Business: The Government's Week: Jun. 20, 1938

Last week the U. S. Government did the following for and to U. S. Business:

¶Pushed the much-mooted monopoly investigation, as the Senate passed and the House pondered a recess inquiry requested by Franklin Roosevelt.

¶Got set to tackle the worst crop problem since 1932.

¶Dumped a bucket of water on the dying embers of emergency railroad legislation. With carloadings at the year's lowest last week and 141 Class I roads reporting a $28,000,000 loss in March against a $24,000,000 net income in March 1937, Franklin Roosevelt tried to spur Congress to pass some...

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