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There the parties were scored for continuing willful violations of the Act.

In the Sherman Interlocking Relationship Case, 9/ the Board stated:
 
"...We now declare that with respect to any application for approval of matters covered by section 408 and 409 hereafter filed, whenever the Board has reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant has, at the time of his application, violated either of those sections by having acted without prior Board approval, the application will be held in abeyance until either the alleged violation has been voluntarilly terminated of the existence of the violation and, in the event a violation is found to exist, until the violator has taken required corrective action.

"It should be noted that not only is this mode of proceeding an appropriate one under the Act, but that it will exclude any consideration in such proceeding of circumstances in the mitigation of violations. In other words, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, an application under 408 and 409 will not be considered by the Board for approval as long as the action or relationship exists in apparent violation of the Act, whether or not the action or relationship in questions would ultimately be found to be consistent with the public interest." (Emphasis supplied.)
    
Thus the Board indicated that further consideration would be given upon termination of the alleged violation or upon corrective action. If the board could approve an agreement after action to correct a 
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9/ Sherman Interlocking Relationship Case, Docket No.  4109,
Order Serial No. E-6493, dated June 6, 1952.