Mrs America named as retail monopolist by Jewel Tea exec
Franklin J. Lunding, president of the Jewel Tea Company, declares that Mrs. America is the real monopolist in retailing. He argues the consumer can make or break products, stores, or distribution systems, and that no retailer has a true monopoly. He notes competition from countless other stores and chains.
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Franklin J. Lunding
The
Jewel Tea Company
America
Mrs. America
Penalizing Efficiency in Antitrust Debate on A and P
The Indianapolis News argues the government seeks to scold efficiency as restraint, noting A and P's declining market share from 11.6 to 6.4 percent between 1933 and 1947. It urges clarifying public interest in competition while condemning the use of the Sherman Act to penalize modern retailing for volume selling and lower prices.
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Indianapolis News
Congress
The
How to Prevent Monopoly Senator Proposes Antitrust Reform
Senator Robinson of Virginia introduces a bill to curb labor unions by amending the 1890 antitrust act. The measure would allow injunctions against unions that unreasonably restrain trade across states or with foreign nations, framing unions as big businesses in need of regulation for national welfare.
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Virginia
United States
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
National Welfare and Security
Subways and subsidies cited by Truman in transport debate
President Truman cites federal subsidies to transportation agencies beyond railroads totaling about 1.5 billion dollars annually, plus state and city spending on airports docks highways and related facilities. The Railway Employees' Journal argues costs are hidden in taxes rather than cheaper rail transport. City airports expand amid rising road costs and truck damage. Taxpayers fund the growth.
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Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Employees’ Journal
Breach of Faith Urges Immediate Repeal of Wartime Taxes
The council of the American Federation of Labor calls for immediate repeal of wartime excise taxes on amusements, transportation, leather goods, cosmetics and more. It labels Congress' inaction a breach of faith, arguing the taxes harm employment, production and purchasing power and should be cut rather than replaced with other levies.
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Council of the American Federation of Labor
Congress
AF of L
Community House event hosts and church service notes
Burtsville report from WoS CG Sot Union Church Community House Friday evening event hosted by Mrs Elmer Brown. Wesley Church service Sunday March 6 at 11 AM with Prof Grasonne from Greenwood High School Faculty as speaker. Family dinner guests listed. visitors and local names noted. Subscribe for The Journal.
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Union Church
Elmer Brown
Lasmens Das
Wesley Church
Grasonne
Greenwood High School
Henry Stafford
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