HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 10

A BILL TO REGULATE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COM-
MERCE BY PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UNDER
WHICH CORPORATIONS MAY ENGAGE OR MAY BE
FORMED TO ENGAGE IN SUCH COMMERCE, TO
PROVIDE FOR AND DEFINE ADDITIONAL
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION, TO ASSIST THE
SEVERAL STATES IN IMPROVING
LABOR CONDITIONS AND ENLARG-
ING PURCHASING POWER FOR
GOODS SOLD IN SUCH COM-
MERCE, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

PART 1

JANUARY 25 TO 29, 1937

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

HENRY F. ASHURST, Arizona, Chairman WILLIAM H. KING, Utah

WILLIAM E. BORAH, Idaho M. M. NEELY, West Virginia

GEORGE W. NORRIS, Nebraska FREDERICK VAN NUYS, Indiana

WARREN R. AUSTIN, Vermont PATRICK MCCARRAN, Nevada

FREDERICK STEIWER, Oregon M. M, LOGAN, Kentucky WILLIAM H. DIETERICH, Illinois GEORGE MCGILL, Kansas CARL A. HATCH, New Mexico EDWARD R. BURKE, Nebraska KEY PITTMAN, Nevada TOM CONNALLY, Texas JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming JAMES H. HUGHES, Delaware

CONTENTS

Statements of

Page

Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, United States Senator from the State

of Wyoming---

1

John T. Flynn, economist, New York City---

49

Walton Hamilton, professor of law, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 58

Charles A. Beard, author and historian---

69

Charlton Ogburn, general counsel, American Federation of Labor,

Washington, D. O---

80

William Green, president, American Federation of Labor, Washington,

D. CO-

87