U. S. tire makers are a notoriously jealous family and almost all of them live in Akron. But it was only a coincidence that the leading member of the family spent most of last week in Akron's Domestic Relations Court. The Federal Trade Commission was using the courtroom for hearings not on domestic relations but on unholy relations which, the Commission charged, have long existed between Goodyear Tire & Rubber and the world's biggest mail order house. Sears, Roebuck (TIME, Oct. 30). Invoking the Clayton anti-trust laws and the ancient demons of discrimination,...
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