Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-10
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hart .(R) of Indiana, you're
prejudiced if you criticize big
business. Which isn't too strange
coming from Homer, who's
somewhat of a big businessman
himself Cjuke-boxes, mostly.
Walter B. Wooden, associate
general counsel for the Federal
Trade Commission, was testify
ing before Capehart's subcom-
mittee on trade policies Nov.
18. The issue was the complex
basing- point controversy.
Wooden ventured the opinion
that big business was making a
powerful drive" to wreck the
lcountry's antitrust laws, He
added that many persons trying
to clarity" the law on basing-
point practices actually were
eager to continue price-fixing
conspiracies outlawed by the
Supreme Court.
This was interpreted by Cape
hart as an attack on everything
he holds dear. That statement
shows you are absolutely pref
udiced," he told Wooden, land
I'm inclined to believe that you
have outlived your usefulness to
! the government"
Others were inclined to be-
lieve there was some significance
! in the fact as charged by Rep.
Patman CD of Texas, that the
advisory council which has been
helping Capehart with his in
vestigations is Stacked" against
the consumers and small bust
nessment. "Of its 46 members, "
said Patman, mo less than Is
represent companies which have
been charged with violation OF
| the antitrust laws"
Maybe it's Homer who's pref
udiced.
Comes once again the cry for
the young turks" to take over
the Republican party. 1t was
raised Nov. Is by Sen. Morse
(R) of Oregon and echoed the
same day by Sen. Aiken (R) OF
Vermont. Both men pleaded
for an end to the "old guard"
thinking which has kept the
party covered with moss since
heaven knows when.
Presumably, the liberals In
the COP like to call themselves
young turks because 1t implies
a vigor somewhat lacking in the
party's older fence-roosters. Un-
til now, the old boys have kept
the young turkeys in the straw
refusing to unwrap them and
give them positions of leader
ship.
Guess they might as well givt
the young turks crack at 1t
The old hers can't seem to lay
anything but bad eggs on elec
ton days.
No wit all comes out In thu
wash On Nov. Is, Clarence
Buddington Kelland, Republic
an tional Committeeman
charged his party lost the elec'
tion b cause it conducted
"smug, supercilious, arrogan
campaign"
That wasn't all. The Albany
group" said Kellsnd, took con
troll of the party from top tC
bottom and imposed their will,
so that the party as such ceased
to exist and became a private
Albany enterprise" This group
he added, provided the candi
date with snug, shallow, insin
cere speeches. II was contemp
tuous campaign +. NO issue
was stated or faced"
That Albany group must b'
the very same one the news
papers were playing up as thu
brilliant gang of young mer
who were going to set this coun
try straight. It's right nice o.
Kelland TO dish up the inside
dope at this late date Too bac
he didn't mention it before Nov
2.
In the heat of the election
campaign, we forgot to pass OF
a neat little tidbit out of Wash
ington.
1t was a letter sent out sew
eral months ago by the Wash
ington Realtors Committee
front organization for real es
tate and building men.
The lobby listed the opposi
ton II was meeting In Its effortl
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