New-York tribune., 1920-10-29

! ing which to business firms Fradus
/ says he was able to obtain contra cts
The contract was written on a letter
head of the Building Trades Council,
dated August II, 1920 1t read;
ITO Whom 1t May Conc, II hereby
agree to conform to the rules, regu
lations and agreements concerning
wages, hours and conditions as exists
between the affiliations of the New
York Building Trades Council and en-
| p,oyers on file IN the office Of the
Building Trades Council, and further
agree to employ none but union engi-
rcers and chauffeurs on all future
work"
This document was signed by Fradus
in Iiddish and was declared by him
to be his sole charter for doing bust
ness. FEaAGf4 says he did a business
I approach hi Aa million year, that he
had justN Ikishcd his last job, but
/ that he WAS practically bankrupt
through his fight with Brindell
In connection with the Garment Cen
( ter Realty Company job. over which the
original fight occurred, Nevius testified
that Brindell tried to get the work for
a contractor named Pearce. 1t was al
/ legged that he wanted to work Pearce
with Fradus on any one Of four propo-
sitions. Each was to do part of the
work, it was said, but in any case the
price of the work was to be boosted
Fradus's contract called for $275,00
Under the new arrangement, with
Brndell's friend Pearce in the deal.
Fradus said it would have cost the COM
pany about $4000O0 FradNs was event
ually driven out of the deal. he said,
/ leaving the field to Brindell's friend.
1t was at this point that Roswell D.
Tompkins, secretary and treasurer Of
the Building Trades Council, gave some
account of the councils sources of
revenue. He said that about 1000
members of the 1877 unions affiliated
with the council paid into the treasury
81 year for compensation bureau
of which he professed to know prac-
two or three investigators in this
bureau and secretary named Margaret
r. Doyle and man named Stephen
birmingham. The salaries Of these en-
ployes, it appeared were the only eX-
penses attached to the fund, and Tomp-
kins did not know what happened to
the rest Of the money.
Charles H. Wallas, president of the
Gowanus Wrecking Company, of Brook
lyn, told story Of trouble and ruin
similar to that of Fradus. He had
been doing business Of from S35O,OOO
yeas to 100000, but had not had a
job for the last six weeks He blamed
Brlndell for his troubles, saying he
would fight him to a finish if it meant
has last cent.
Papers Are Destroyed
The session came to a close with
startling story told of meeting Of the
Employing Metallic, FUrr.ng a4l Lath-
ing Association, in the rooms of the
Building Trades Association, last Mon
day afternoon.
1t was disclosed that certain papers
OF the organization, which were in fact
the minutes Of meeting of last April
20. bearing on price-fxing. were de-
stroyed at the meeting
Arthur Greenfield, of 2O4 East
lwenty-slXth Street, president of the
association, testified that the organiza-
ton was associated with the Building
Trades Employers Association and had
about tWenty-cne members. He said
the meeting was called by John Tag
CART, VINO ne knew was walking dele
IF INC "ul ding Trades Council.
Mr.. Untermyer questioned Green
fed. Did Nh Kelly say that the in
Neslgation seemed to be secretly car
ried on and that no. one from the
Union Builders Council had been able
TO get a line on the workings Of the
committee and that there appeared to
be no influence that could prevent its
continuance? ?" asked Mr.. Untermyer.
81 believe he did, replied Greenfield.
AT the meeting you destroyed pa
pers. didn't you %
yes"
"You destroyed the papers because
of the investigation, didn't you?"
eyes"
"All the men voted to destroy these
papers? ?"
eyes"
"It was the minutes of price-fxing
meeting, wasn't it ?"
II think it was"
Greenfield then declared that the pa
pers were destroyed because they m ght
lncrlminate members Of the associa-
ton.
James E. Trainor, another member
@ the Metal Lathers Employers Asso-
ciation. said he was present at the
meeting and that man named Nc
Cartney announced that the meeting
was called on the orders Of Taggart
Iralnor could not explain how TaCgart
got authority to call meeting Of en-
ployers. Mccartney declared, he said
that Mr. Kelly would talk to them and
that the minutes of the previous meet
ings We're to be looked over to see if
there was anything discriminating in
them.
l@lNor SalQ Kelly tOlN tnen to stand
pat t~nd stick together" that every
body was to stick to the same story"
and that whatever one SAID the other
'NlloW was to say the same thing He
didn't know what "the story" was that
they were all TO stick by.
Didn't the minutes contain the ref
erence,' asked Untermyer, that a Nj.
Murphy, president of lather workers
union, was in the pay of your associa-
yes, sir replied Trainor
what did you expect him to do for
that $55 when he was representing the
union ?'
Il didn't ask anything Of him. He was
supposed to see that all material on the
Jobs was union made
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