Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. Charles D. Hilles, Director of the New York Life Insurance Company, and also Resident Agent for the Employer Liability Assurance Corp., today explained to the Monopoly Committee investigating insurance setups the relations between the two compani

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 17. Michael Clearly, President of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., today told the joint Monopoly Committee that his firm had avoided interlocking directorates with conflicting interests. He said that several persons had been eliminated fro

Questioned by monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 16. David F. Houston, President of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, today told the Monopoly Investigating Committee that interlocking directorates influenced deposits of the company in banks. He defended the action on the contention that int

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 20. William H. Woods, former President of the Illinois Bankers Life Assurance Co., and Head of the Illinois Bankers Life Association, today outlined to a Monopoly Subcommittee the circumstances surrounding organization of the company in 1929 when it

First witness as Monopoly Committee begins study of steel industry. Washington, D.C., Nov. 1. First witness before the Monopoly Committee today as it opened a study of $4,000,000,000 steel industry was Elton Hoyt, 11, Manager of the Picklands, Mather, and Co., Cleveland, Ohio, who described his comp

Steel export representatives tell Monopoly group of Europe-America Steel Cartel. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. S.M. Bash of New York, Vice President of the Bethlehem Steel Export Corp. and Manager of the Steel Export Association today told the Monopoly Committee that U.S. Steel producers were urged to

Quizzed by Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21. Herbert G. Shimp, President of the American Conservation Co., detailed to the National Monopoly Committee today the deal he made with Hugh T. Martin, President of the Illinois Bankers Life Assurance Co., whereby $430,000 paid to his--Shimp--c

Denies that helping Richard Whitney got him business. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Charles E. Mitchell, Chairman of the Board of Blyth and Co. Inc., and former Chairman of the National City Bank of New York, testified before the Federal Monopoly Committee today that he was influential in having George

Companies report 11 percent decline in employment. Washington, D.C., Jan. 20. Colby M. Chester, Chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, today told the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee that 40 typical companies have reported a decline of 11 percent in employment. He also told t