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This page satirizes Congressional hypocrisy regarding antitrust legislation. The "What Congress Is Doing" section depicts a debate where Representative Oldfogu supports exempting labor unions and farmers' organizations from anti-trust law—calling these groups beneficial forces—while simultaneously denouncing them with absurdly contradictory language ("nefarious, umbilical, anti-American, subversive"). The satire's point: politicians speak in meaningless jargon to disguise their true intentions. Oldfogu actually wants exemptions for these groups, despite attacking them verbally. His colleague Newcombe's bewildered response ("I just woke up. What are you talking about?") underscores the nonsensical nature of the debate. The page is otherwise dominated by period advertisements (Edison Mazda lamps, Cascade Highball liqueur), typical of Life's format as a satirical publication that relied on advertising revenue.

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Trust and the Farmers’ Trust to creep h under the benign protecting wing of ik this statute. Mr. Chairman, I protest sl that nothing could be clearer than that 1 this is an outrageous scheme of these 3 two classes to secure a clean bill of ce health. What would happen if we do T not exempt them? I will tell you. Just w as soon as the law is passed and the tl Labor Trust and the Farmers’ Trust tl are seen to be restraints of trade, their p clever lawyers will come to Washing- ton and wheedle a pliant Attorney-Gen- y eral into prosecuting them under this law. As soon as the Attorney-General Why so many cars equip) —————_ — 8 with EDISON MAZDAS is easily understood when you add to the unrivalled experience of d manufacturing over 500 million EDISON lamps, our years of close co- < I operation with lighting system makers and that world-wide research ; known as—‘'MAZDA Service.”’ st EDISON MAZDA Automobile Lamps are so nearly ideal in efficiency and sturdiness that more than 40 leading cars equip with P these reliable lamps and owners everywhere use them for renewals on j cars, motorboats and motorcycles. You get these lamps wherever you see an EDISON Agency or Service u Station sign displayed. You can get a complete set packed in this . i handy little lamp-chest.. And by keeping this chest always filled with r the new EDISON MAZDAS, you protect yourself against emergencies ; and insure maximum lighting system efficiency. v Be sure the MAZDA lamps you buy bear the name—EDISON YY EDISON LAMP WORKS OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY s / General Sales Office, Harrison, N.J. Acencies Evervwhere What Congress Is Doing anti-trust bill, with particular reference : to the amendment which proposes to exempt those detestable labor unions and farmers’ granges. Mr. Broavctot#: I thought I under- stood the gentleman to say he favored their exemption. in Mr. Otvrocue: Of course I favor their exemption. What right have they (Being an unfaithful copy of recent froceedings as reported by the Con- | gressional Record.) | R. OLDFOGUE: In the short time allotted to me, 1 wish to spare no emphasis in supporting this sagacious amendment. I consider that the labor unions and the farmers’ or- st Presser : ' to come here and ask to be put on the ganizations are nefarious, umbilical, +. : ; . . es me basis as the wise and beneficial ss anti-American, subversive, aberrative, > industrial corporations which have been so influential in building up this coun- try? Shouldn't we carefully avoid ‘ 3 strengthening any body of men whose policy it is to tear down rather than to build up? Mr. Broavctorn: IT beg the gentle- man’s pardon, but isn't he somewhat | Why we do not give) oman! therrante: fom he oc tion of the Anti-Trust Law, but I take more to charities | _ tisattitude not because I dislike these ; H) We are offering today subliminal, indesortatory, ratiocinative and altogether incompatible. Mr, Newcome: Will the gentleman kindly explain what he is talking about? I just woke up. Mr. Otorocue: I am discussing the an : . organizations, but because I look upon } | what we distilled « BRIEF discussion/of this ques: them as a power for good which should Sy aeive diaulledsane tion as it relates to men of asap Org en nOuN > ' urified years ago— neans appeared with a recent bulle- le conserved. r N) fime has completed what tin our new Economic Service. Mr. Ovprocve: With all due respect ~ — we started. Result—purity A copy will he sent gratis on request. : to my idiotic colleague, and not wishing oud smaothnese: richness Address Dept. 2 to call him a scoundrel, a liar and a : lore Babson Statistical Organization hypocrite, 1, nevertheless, consider it my i & Co tithe Largest organization of its character in the United States duty to expose his unconscionable du- / Tenn. eek ms |) Industrial Building Wellesley Hills, Mass plicity and the duplicity of the others wt } Secs ‘ 1 —_ who are tryi to allow the Labor comicbooks.com