The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-15
UNTERMYER COMMITTEE SUED
BY COMPANY WHICH COPIED
NAMES AT ALBANY.
n Had Got the Mutual List Finished When
TWAS Called on Now II wants 81, ID
for the Work " wasn't AliOwed TO
DO-Olney the Nominal Defendant.

A. De Laet, president of the United States
Addressing and Printing Company of 10
Park place, has brought suit for violation
of contract against Richard Olney, as chair
man Of the international p~olicyholders'
committee. The amount demanded Is
81, s42. rs, which the plaintiff AYERS il the
unpaid balance due on a 1000 contract.
II IL not alleged that Mr.. Olney personally
made the contract or wen knew anything
about it. The people Mr.. De Laet is after
are Samuel Untermyer and G. ". Scrug-
ham. They, together with Seymour Eaton,
he declares, made the contract and Their
broke it when a part Of it had been COM
pleted.
The job that the United States Addressing
and Printing Company was TO do was to
furnish to the international policyholders'
committee a list of the names of the policy
holders in the Mutual Life and the New York
Life insurance companies. These names
we're all to be on file in the Albany Office
OF the State superintendent of Insurance
by July IS last and Mr.. De Lset's company
was to complete its task by July %. The
price was to be s. for each 1000 names. A
contract to this effect was executed, Mr..
Untermyer representing the policyholders'
committee as signatory.
We went ahead with this work." said
Mr.. DE Laet yesterday. and we began
with the policyholders Of the Mutual Life
company. We had already copied $40 900
names according to contract when Mr..
Untermyer informed us hat an arrange
ment had been made with the New York
Life whereby he was TO get the policy
holders names in that company direct from
the ompany itself.
"Of course, this was a plain violation OF
our contract. I had sent 100 writer's TO
Albany and hired 1874 there, paid the fares
of those we sent up and made arrangements
on a large scale for doing this big piece
OF work in record time. OF course. the
work of equipment cost us nearly as much
for the half Of the job that we were allowed
20 do as for the entire job we contracted for.
-Of course, Mr.. Olney probably doesn't
know anything about the matter. Mr..
Untermyer and Mr.. Scrugham and Mr..
Eaton made all the arrangements with us,
but Mr.. Olney is chairman Of the ~interna-
tional ~poIicyholders' committee and is
therefore named AZ defendant.
Why, when these people were forming
the International pohcyholders' COMMITTEES
they came to me and wanted a list of promi-
nent bankers. brokers, lawyers, writers.
and 30 on. who had policies in the Mutual
and the New YORK. Life. ] furnished them
a list. There were 5000 names on il. and
they paid me 500 for H.. | understood
they used this list in the formation of their
committee"
Guggenheimer, Untermyer a Marshall.
as counsel for Mr.. Olney. have submitted
an answer 70 Mr.. De Laet's complaint in
which they admit that a contract was
entered into. but dispute some Of the plain
tin's allegations as TO it's contents. Mr..
Scrugham said yesterday that Il was true
that Mr.. Laetis force was called of before
it tackled the lists Of New York Life policy