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SOVIET IS TAKING
IN INTELLECTUALS
Germany Hopes for Political
Amnesty for Thousands of
Refugees There.
By the Aaaoelated Proa.
BERLIN. January 3.?Commenting
on telegraphic reports from Moscow
that the soviet Intends to reconstruct
Its government with a number of non
party men In Important positions, the
Vorwaerts, the majority socialist or
>an, says today that numerous Intel
lectuals of known patriotism but not
sympathetic with the bolshevlki, have
been taken into the administration in I
advisory capacities and that this un
doubtedly has had a salutary effect
on the political situation In Russia.
Doubts Radlenl Chaage.
The newspaper doubts that any
very radical reconstruction of the
government is probable in view of the
frequent false announcements ema
nating from Moscow, but It suggests
that the bolshevlki would be wise to
name such men to carry out negotia
tions with foreign governments for
credits which the soviet thus far has
failed to secure.
In this connection the Vosslche Zelt- .
ung points out that many Russian
emigrants, now refugees in Germany,
belong to the intellectual class and
probably would return to Russia and
become a force in the reconstruction
of the homeland if the bolsheviki gave
evidence of its intention to cease per
secution of this class and permit more
freedom of thought. I
300.000 Have Crossed Border.
A semi-official statement issued to
day, says 300.000 Russians h?ve cross
ed the German border since the war.
notwithstanding the most stringent
passport regulations. The newspapers
assert that the intellectuals among
these incoming across the border
chose between death by inquisition or
starvation, but that some of them long
Queen Aid* Campaign
To Uplift Morals
Of Modern Women
By Cable to The 8tar and Chicago Dally
News. Copyright, 1022.
AMSTERDAM, Hollaad, Jan
nary 4.?-t'ertnln Dutch man and
women dlapleaaed with nbat
they call (*lie "unchaste and
shocking;" attire af modern
women, hnve formed a commit
tee, the aim of which la the
moral elevation of women In
Holland.
The committee la ynbUihlng a
serlea of strongly worded sr
tlclea In the newapapera pro
test In* ngalnst the "dissolute
behavior of modern women,
who hnve loot the discretion
and feminine tlmoronaaeaa of
former tliues.*'
Queen Wllhelmlna, who al
ways acta aa example of mod
esty In dress, has expressed
herself ns In hearty sympathy
with the work of the commit
tee.
'
to return to their fatherland, knowing
they are not wanted here. In the face
of Germany's Inability to check this
immigration, the hope is expressed in
political quarters that the soviet gov
ernment will declare a political am
nesty.
OFFER SWISS SCREEN VIEWS.
Lantern slides Illustrative of Swit
zerland In Its many Interesting phases
will be loaned to lecturers In Wash
ington free of charge by the official
information bureau of Switzerland.
241 5th avenue. New York. It was
announced today. A special lecture,
describing "Schools and School Life
in Switzerland," written by a promi
nent Swiss writer, also is available,
free of charge, together with slides'
covering this subject. The slides are
both colored and plain.
366 AUTOS TAKEN IN YEAR.
Thr ??? hundred and sixty-six auto
mobiles were taken by Joyriders and
automobile thieves last year, and
reports of the police automobile
squad show that fifty of them re
mained unrecovered at the close of
the year. Many of them were re
covered at diBtant points, and mem
bers of the automobile squad re
turned them over the roads.
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AUTHORITY UPHELD
BY HIGHEST COURT
Approval of Trade Commis
sion Action in So-Called
Beechnut Case.
Authority of the Federal Trade
Commission to determine what are
unfair trade practices was upheld by
the United States Supreme Court yes
terday In the so-called Beechnut case,
the court standing Ave to four.
Three trade method cases previously
decided by the Supreme Court which
were brought under the Sherman anti
trust law, and not under the Federal
Trade Commission act. as was the
Beechnut ca8e. settled, the court
stated, "that In prosecutions under
the Sherman act a trader la not guilty
of violating Its terms who simply re
fuses to sell to others, and he may
withhold his goods from those who
will not sell them at the prices which
ho Axes for their resale."
? "He may not go beyond the exercise
of this right." It added, "and by con
tract or combination, express or im
plied, unduly hinder or obstruct the
f>-ee and natural flow of commerce in
the channels of Interstate trade."
Beechnut ('??? Reviewed.
In the Beechnut case the court
stated that "the facts found show
that the Beechnut system goes far
beyond the simple refusal to sell
s:oods to persons who will not sell at
stated pries, which in the Colgate
case was held to be within the legal
right of the producer." The Sherman
act was not involved except as "a
declaration of public policy to be con
sidered in determining what are un
fair methods of competition, which
the Federal Trade Commission is em
powered to condemn and suppress."
Analyzing the Federal Trade Com
mission act. the court asserted that
Congress deemed It better to leave
the subject of what constitutes un
fair methods of competition de
nounced by the act without specific
definition, each case to be determined
upon its own facts by the commission,
subject to review by the courts.
The methyls and plan of the Beech
nut Company in its trade policy were
described at length by the court,
which asserted that the concern re
fused to sell its products to prac
tically all jobbers, wholesalers and
retailers who did not sell at prices
it suggests, or who resell to other
Jobbers, wholesalers and retailers
who have failed to resell at prices
suggested by it. Further, that It re
fused to sell to practically all mall
order houses engaged In Interstate
coihmerce, because they frequently
sell at cut prices, and had refused
to sell to practically all jobbers,
wholesalers and retailers who sell
its products to mall order houses.
Other Refusals to Sell.
The court also said it had refused
to sell t?^ practically all so-called
price cutters, and maintained a large
force of specialty salesmen or drum
mers who refused to fill their orders
through jobbers and wholesalers who
sell at prices less than suggested re
sale prices or who sell to others who
do so. Reference was also made by
the court to the various lists main
tained by the company of dealers,
with key numbers to enable It to
Identify the distributors from whom
jobbers and retailers purchase, en
abling Its representatives to identify
price cutters, as well as those from
whom they obtained their supplies,
the company refusing to sell to the
dealers from whom the retailers who
cut prices obtained the supplies. Card
records, the court asserted, also were
maintained with the names of thou
sands of Jobbing, wholesale and re
tail distributors, using to indicate the
various classes of trade the words
"Undesirable price cutters." "Do not
sell," or "D. N. S." the abbreviation
for'"do not sell," or expressions of
like character.
The majority suggested a form of
order which the Federal Trade Com
mision should have used in forbidding
the continuance by the company of
its practice.
Justice Holmes Dissents.
Justice Holmes, in dissenntlng. Baid:
"The ground on which the respond
ent is held guilty is that Its conduct
has a dangerous tendency unduly to
hinder competition or to create mo
nopoly. It is enough to say that this
I cannot understand. So far as the
Sherman act Is concerned, I had sup
posed that Its policy was aimed
against attempts to create a monopoly
In the doers of the condemned act or
to hinder competition with them. Of
course, there can be nothing of that
sort here.
"The respondent already has the
monopoly of Its own goods with the
full assent of the law and no one can
compete with It with regard to those
goods, which are the only ones con
cerned. It seems obvious that the
respondent Is not creating a monopoly
in them for any one else, although I
see nothing to hinder its doing so by
conveying them all to one single
vender. . ,
"The worst that can be said, so far
as I see, is that it hinders competition
among those who purchase from_lt.
But it seems to me that the founda
tion of the policy of the law to keep
competition open is that the subject
matter of the competition could be
open to all. but for the hindrance
complained of. I cannot see what
that policy has to do with the subject
matter that comes from a single hand
that is admitted to be fret to shut as
closely as It will.
Seea No Wrong Clone.
"And to come back to the words
of the statute, I cannot see how It
Is unfair competition to say to those
to whom the respondent sells and
to the world, Tou can have my goods
only qn the terms that I propose.
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with the existence of any competition
In dealing with them, depends upon
the respondent's will. I see no wrong
In so doing and if I did I Should
not think It a wrong within the pos
sible scope of the word unfair. Many
unfair devices haye been exposed In
suits under the Sherman act, but
to whom the respondent's conduct
Is unfair I do not understand."
Justices McKenna and Brandeis ap
proved the dissenting opinion deliv
ered by Justice Holmes, but Justice
McReynolds summarized hiH dissent
by asserting that the court proposed
to make unlawful something that
would have been lawful had the com
pany been able to keep In its memory
the names of unsatisfactory cus
tomers and had not placed such a
list In writing.
TO PRESENT VIEWPOINTS.
French and German Stand on
Arms Cut to Be Explained.
French and German points of view
regarding the conference for limitation
of armament will be presented this
week at the international forum of the
National Council for the Limitation of
Armaments, at 532 17th street.
The French outlook will be presented
omorrow at 4:45 o'clock by M. Four
nier-Sarnoveze, member of the French
chamber of deputies and adviser to rtie
French delegation on economic and so
cial questions.
Dr. John Mes will outline Germany's
attitude toward France, her struggle
for democracy and her pr-sent political
and economic situation 'n Saturday.
Miss Nellie Margare uilan of Nek
Zealand, Mme. Sari 1 I of Sweden
and Mrs. Mary Dawson nnider of Can
ada, the only woman press correspond
ents at the conference, will speak to
day. Rabbi Abram Simon will speak to
morrow at 4:45.
HAREELD BACK AT DESK.
Senator Harreld, republican, of Ok
lahoma, was at his desk yesterday for
the first time since early in Novem
ber. when he underwent an operation.
The senator has been advised by his
physicians not to resume active work
for several weeks.
GIVEN LEGION POSITIONS.
Daniel J. Donovan, Legislative Of
ficer; R. A. O'Brien, Color Bearer.
At t?s suggestion of William F.
Franklin, commander of the Vincent
B. Costello Post, American Legion.
Watson B. Miller, recently elected
commander of the American Legion
of Washington, has appointed Daniel
.T. Donovan as legislative oflVcer and
Richard A. O'Brien as a color bearer.
Th?ir appointments to these posts
mean that thoy will have seats on
th?- executive committee of the de
partment of Washington staff.
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