The Archive · 1938

Yale Professor May Fill Anti-Trust Post

Washington, Mar. 6.

The Attorney General, Mr. Homer Cummings, to-day offered the post of Assistant Attorney General to Professor Thurman Arnold of Yale Prof. Arnold would suc-

Robert Jackson, whose appointment as Solicitor General was confirmed by the Senate yester day.

Prof. Arnold told the United Press at New Haven that he probably would accept the appointment. The offer was interpreted here as definite indication that the Administration planned to continue its anti-monopoly campaign.

Prof. Arnold, who would head the anti-monopoly division of the Attorney General's office, it was pointed out, was the author of the best seller, "Folklore of Capitalism," in which he attacked the inefficiency of anti-trust Jaws and alleged that the courts had "emasculated" such laws. His book urged a thorough revision of anti-trust laws and some observers predicted this task might be entrusted. to him—United Press.

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