Evening star., 1935-11-15

At almost the very moment Senator
Borah was reaffrming at Chicago this week
his determination to carry the truSt-buSt-
ing issue into the Republican National
Convention, Assistant Attorney General
John Dickinson, head of the Antitrust
Division of the Department of Justice,
was discussing the subject informally
before the National Democratic Council,
Washington group of ardent New Deal
ers Though, of course, favoring vigor-
Gus prosecution of fagrant infractions
of the Sherman and Clayton laws, Mr..
Dickinson does not share the Borah view
that truSt-busting is a panacea for the
countrys economic ills including high
prices. Unless the Government can prove
oppression" or Intent" in anti-monopoly
cases. Uncle Sans trust-buSter thinks.
in light of Federal Court rulings, that
such litigation is almost as much of
gamble as q horse race. Mr.. Dickinson
mentioned the failure of Supreme Court
proceedings against the United States
Steel Corporation as illustrating that the
courts have not held mere bigneSS in
a corporate set-up to be violation OF
the law and ground for dissolution. In
the constitutional convention at Phila-
delphia in 1787 John Dickinson of Dela-
ware once declared: Experience must
be our guide. Reason may mislead U.s."
The Assistant Attorney General is evi-
dently q disciple of the theory espoused
by the founding father whose distin-
guished name he bears.
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Among the Democrats who heard Mr..
Dickinson was group of st. LouiSanS,
lzL L,,. laeor;had O y1nlifiNaI
Observation-Disclosures F. Dickman, first
Democratic mayor of the Southwestern
metropolis in % years. He was accom-
panied by his corporation counsel,
Charles M. Hay, famous Democratic
orator, who identified himself as the
sole remaining dry in Missouri and
perennial candidate for the United States
Senate" In the course of some after
luncheon pleasantries Mr.. Hay tossed
a brick in Gov. Landon'S direction py
asserting that the Topeka Coolidge"
would never have come within a thousand
miles of balancing the Kansas budget
If Roosevelt recovery" had not over
taken the farmers and the rest OF the
State. AS proof that F. D. RS stock is
booming in the Mark Twain country
Mr.. Hay declared that all that's neces-
sary to win an election in st. Louis
whether for alderman or a new bond
issue-is to "talk Roosevelt"
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Our military authorities, who believed
the Italo- Ethiopian conflict would pro-
vide opportunity for study OF modern
warfare, think the campaign to date Is
a flop. There has been no large-Scaie
fighting worthy of the name, the FasclstS
having nowhere met with anything
savoring of resistance 1t was expected
in particular that hostilities would shed
light on the present-day combat efficacy
of aircraft. But If II Duce's planes have
done anything deserving OF notice
nothing has been heard of it hereabouts.
AS the Black Shirt army pounds toward
Adds Ababa important scrapping may
ensue. So far the battle lust OF Halle
Selassie's warriors has proved q deluSion.
Everybody Is wondering, too, where the
Conquering Lion Of Judah Is keeping
those hundreds Of thousands Of tribes
men yearning to do and die for Ethiopia.
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Despite establishment Of the Philippine
Republic, one Of the unoffcial agencies
long active on behalf Of the independence
movement will be perpetuated at wash
ington. 1t is the Philippine Informa-
ton Bureau, headed by Diosdado M.
Yap. Mr.. Yap, who was formerly asso-
ciated with President Quezon and other
prominent Manila politicos, completed
his education in this country at North
western, Illinois and George Washington
universities. A gifted speaker who has
been herslded - "one Of the 10 greatest