Trusted Buster

Herbert A. Bergson, Boston-born, Harvard-bred, left a sure thing in his father's law firm to join the Department of Justice in 1934. Except for two wartime years in the Coast Guard, he has been hardworking his way up ever since. A dark-haired six-footer, Bergson last week was named by the President to head the department's Antitrust Division, succeeding John F. Sonnett.

Even for a man who works ten hours and up a day and most of his weekends, it will be a full job. Antitrust currently has 119 cases and 190 investigations pending, will be even busier after July 1, when it gets the biggest appropriation in its history ($3,400,000). Also, as part of its campaign strategy, the Administration is expected to let fly with a few trustbusting suits where they will do some vote-getting good (with an eye on the farm vote, it plans to move against farm machinery manufacturers soon). In 39-year-old Herbert Bergson the Administration thought it had a man who would be a good politico-legal trustbuster.

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