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Said little A.P. Member Kerney, on his editorial page: "The supporters of [the Chicago Tribune's publisher] McCormick now are preparing petitions to Congress to exempt news agencies from the antitrust laws. This is an unfortunate attempt to gain special favor. . . . Congress should turn [it] down. Freedom of the press . . . is not a license to newspapers to run their businesses apart from the rest of America. . . . It should be treated by the press . . . as the sacred trust which...
...addition uniforms and text books will be supplied, and formally enrolled members of the course will be exempt from Selective Service Induction...
...which six months ago asked for powers to streamline the overlapping, bureau-ridden executive branches of the war government, finally inched past the Senate. But its final form was still uncertain. Both the Senate and the House had made changes that galled the President (e.g., the Senate wanted to exempt the Maritime Commission from reorganization; the House wanted to exempt the Veterans Administration). Now the bill would have to go back to a joint conference for further chewing...
...effect, it was imposed solely against the half dozen or so U.S. tube companies which sent $2,414,000 worth of seamless tubing into Canada last year. Because of Empire preferences, British tube exporters would be exempt...
...banks and insurance companies (with compensation) is proceeding more slowly, encountering more difficulties. Up for Government ownership on the official list are mines, utilities, foundries, armament and chemical plants, pottery, porcelain and glass factories, cement, textile and metal factories. For the present, businesses employing fewer than 500 workers are exempt. The end objective: 70% nationalized, 30% free...