The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-10
FRAME-UP AGAINST
 TRADE COMMISSION | EMPLOYES CHARGE
Packers In Cahoots With Soviet Ambassador" In Effort to Discredit Com
 mission, Intimated
By Associated Pres.


 Washington, January g. Charges hat arrests of federal trade commis- sion employees, made in the recent de- partment of justice campaign agalns' reds." have been the result of frame Rps designed to build the theory that he commission is a hotbed of Dol- khcvism," were made today by w. $. Colver of that body before the senate Agriculture committee.
 Colver left the intimation that the larger Chicago packing concerns had konnived in some degree to attain that result and involved Ludwig c. A. K Martens, self-styled ambassador of the Russian soviet republic to the United States, and S. Nuorteva. Martens sec retary, in his account of instance to prove the point.
 Given whole day before the com mittee. which tonight announced its hearings ended, Colver likewise voiced vigorous demand for legislation to eegulate the industry, need of which vzs proved, he said, by the recent Increment between the packers and the department of justice .- settlement of uti- trust proceedings.
 ANALYZES STATEMENTS
 To this testimony the commissioners dded a critical analysis of statements md motives of witnesses who have op- posed packer regulation during the prolonged hearings of the agriculture eommittee on the Kenyon and Ken t1-ick bills last year, concluding with he assertion that in the meat indus ry competition is continuing to ies- len and monopoly to increase even hough we exhaust the powers of pres mt federal laws intended to restrain t.
 The first instance the commisslonel 1id of the s.frameupH had resulted III he arrest of Rafael Mallen, a former y1erk for the trade commission, 1T aids directed last week at Chicago Communist centers by the department If justice.
 J. c. Clabaugh, head of the se- eref aeryice at Chicago, and ms assistant, Ga man named Barry'1 Cslver said, both of whom nave since resigned, were responsiDie, md Barry now was Il specaai-- 3Eentv For SWllt cG Cv' " " later released.
 OHSOL BELIEVED TRAPPED
 1ohn ohsol another employe of tn' oumission, Eolver said, was arres'e' n a Washington hotel during the pres mt week, while on visit io 3. Nuol .va having been pointed out to DO V. off;cers as Martens, who is beint ..t,t hy the secret service. Reading . alleged claim of 'Nuorteva and Mar .ns that purchase of large meat sup l;~s from an unnamed Chicago packe .a been arranged with the opJect retting it into Russia through the ai ird blockade, Colver said he consiuere' ' his connection between meat pach ea 's, nd the soviet representatives slsn snli. a nt.o as it concerned ohsol aiLes' ss pecially since the latter nao .ken into custody when he came ee Nuorteva in answer to e elephone call.s
 Revertinr to the agreement prepare = Attorney General Palmer Tn con .iuding the sherman law prosecution T rainst the packers, Colver said tna .nrrlv, settled the "Shelman law pnas the matter. ~Separation of the packers from tnel rocery holdings, however, as III ~ l. se of the transfer by Wiison - bf it's grocery puSlHeSs " NNSs ,-, bils company of New York wnoiesa' v1ocer.. he asserted. merely meaI hat the stockholders of Wilson & Y ,ave added the Austin Nichols concer 0 their holdings Principles incorporated Tn the set'l' ,,ent decree. he urged, should worked out in legislation, and amp fed The federal trade commissio Uould not stop because Of the setli' nent of any of its proceedings again' he packers having to do with una rade practices, he said,
 Dealing with persons who nave VI, missed regulative legislation pe1ofe U ,ommittee since the Kenyon and he' Trick bills we're advanced colver Sd nat out of 1S1 heard, IA had oppose nv federal controTTof the industry aid, because they had been influence bv propaganda from packers.
 To show that the consumer was n wetting any benefit from lower liv rtock prices Colver presented a di ram showing that on August l, wb' 4ve hogs sold at 23 cents poun perl Joins sold in Boston for S4 F cen r9rile on october 2s. when live ho Ecld at 12M cents, loins sold at S7 cents in Boston
 Morgan Convicted