MOVE TO AMEND U.S. ANTI-TRUST ACT
IT RESTRAINS MEMBERSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS Reed. 6.45 p.m. New York, April 22. One hundred and fourteen newspapers and publishers voted to petition Congress to amend the Sherman Anti-Trust Act so that "it shall not be construed to prohibit any Press service company exercising is own discretion in the selection of customers.” Colonel Robert McCormick, puolisher of the “Chicago Tribune,” called the meeting, saying that the purpose oi the petition was to restore the freedom of the Press, which was abridged bv a bare majority ol the courts without adequate trial. Mr. McCormick referred to the Supreme Court ruling by five votes to three upholding the Lower Court's decision that the Associated Press bylaws violated the Anti-Trust Act. The Associated Press subsequently complied with the court’s order that the by-law must be amended in respect to the admittance of new members. The case arose from the Associated Press failure to provide a service for the "Chicago Sun" on the ground that a competitor, the "Chicago Tribune," was already receiving the service. Thirty publishers opposed the resolution.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 94, 24 April 1946, Page 5
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