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House Group Probes Liquor Industry Big Four Role
A House Judiciary Subcommittee convened for public testimony on whether the Justice Department stifled antitrust action against four major liquor firms Seagrams National Distillers Schenley and Hiram Walker for backing the 1948 Democratic campaign. FTC statistician William Levin and Justice official Ernest Branham testified amid broader debate on regulatory controls and housing funding.
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House
United Press
Judiciary Subcommittee
Ment
Big Liquor
Frank L. Chelf
Dky
Seagrams
National Distillers
Schenley
Hiram Walker
William Levin
Federal Trade Commission
Ernest Branham
Justice Department
Chelf
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Branham
Congress
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West Germany
Iowa
Federal
National Mortgage Association
Alien Property
Wuhis Smith
Alien Property Office
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Smith