The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-31

the justice department Won
antitrust enforcement from
amendment vas defeated, IS
Debate on the floor was mean
10 show monopolistic practices ,,
various large corporations IN tn
nation presented a serious nations
defense problem. that certain
American firms have joined with
German corporations IN establish.
Ing worldwide monopolies Of nee
ssssry materials and products
Agreement l. Cited
The Rausch a Lomh Corp. of
Rochester. n. Y. for instance &C
eording To a statement made In the
senate. had an agreement with the
Carl zeiss corporation of Germany,
whereby the zeiss firm would not
sell products in the u. S. provided
the Bausoh & Jomb Corp. did not
sell its products anywhere else in
the world. except the u. s.
The Bausch 4 Lomb Corp, fur
Their. it was stated. paid the Ger
man corporation royalties based on
gross sales. enabling the German
company to have a complete pic
ture of every military sale made
by the company to the L. s. gov
eminent II periscopes or range
finders. for example. were pur-
chased. a report had to be made to
the German corporation on the
number Of each.
O'Mahoney Talks
Still another phase Of the pact
saw the two companies, one Amer
lean. the other German. agree to
mark up the cost of instruments
sold to any government. Instru-
ments sold to U. s. were marked
up 20 per cent. although all the in
struments were covered by patents
issued by the u. s. il was asserted.
Sen. OMshoney of Wyoming.
who had told about the Bausch a
Lomb agreement. then said: Il am
sndeavoring 10 call 10 attention Of
the senate to what I conceive to he
the preeminent Importance Of this
appropriation II sets up In the de-
partment Of justice = thoroughgo-
ing and sane study of the elemen-
tary problems which lie at the
basis of all our economic ills.
Size Seen as Cause
Every person who studies this
problem knows that the principal
cause of our economic difficulty
arises from the fact that most OF
the products upon which our eco
nomic system depends are pro-
duced and distributed by large or
CARNATIONS.
Some of these organization
have become 80 great that they
have outgrown the power NJ gov
eminent to regulate them. For ex-
ample. when two corporations like
Bausch A. Lomb in the u. S. and
Carl Zeiss in Germany come to-
gether in a private contract by
which they divide world trade in
optical instruments, they are deal
ing with fundamental problems of
international relationship which
ordinarily are the subject Of study
by the foreign relations committee
Of the senate or the work OF the
state department in negotiating
treaties"
Bone Is Causfte
TT seems 10 me a very odd
thing" said Sen. Bone. that the
government which has power to
give them patent protection should
no me Of the chief victims I
think IL would be an entirely sane
Idea for the government 10 use
those patents in its own factories
for national defense without the
consideration asked by the COM
psnies
Certainly. they ought TO be pa
triotic enough 10 allow the govern
ment 10 use them when II is de-
Tending the very business that
makes money for them"
Sen. Bone, in speaking on an
other phase of the same sppropria-
tons bill earlier. suggested the
government construct its own alu-
minum plant in the Pacific North
west" as an effective way TO COM
bat the aluminium trust
Proposes His Remedy
Il have heard the senator from
Wyoming speak 50 frequently Of
our utter inability IN control car
tells represented by the optical
trust and the aluminium trust that
] wondered why IS members Of
the senate. if they sincerely be-
heve that we are to an appreciate
degree helpless, permit themselves
to remain in a helpless condition.
II there is an aluminium trust
that betrsys the public interest. II
would be . very simple thing for
the government 10 erect a giant
aluminium plant IN the Pacific
Northwest. where there are msgni-
fioent and almost unlimited de-
posts Of aluminium material. and