The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-29

mean? He said, Give me $1,000 an
| will give you 4 letter."
Did you pay the S1.00O?"
Il did; paid in one hundred dolla
bills then and there"
When and where was this?'
Right In st. Marks place; right 4
his Office"
Had you drawn the biils?"
II had the bills in my pocket"
How did you know that that woul
be the price?'
81 had s2.7OO IN my pocket at tina
time"
You did not show the rest. did YOU?
No: IL 1 had 1 would not have ha,
any left"
Fr9dus said that as soon as the none,
had been handed over Brindell called II
IAN elderly gentleman" who gave hin
letter stating that the bearer had
agreed to conform TO all the rules an6
regulations of the council. That wa,
his bill of rights, the witness said. III,
said he got the job he was after and Is
now at work on 1t.
George II. CIarIs's Testimony.
George Fl. Clark was called to testify
regarding the appeal made to him b,
Fradus. The witness said Fradus was
In a bad way with Brindell and ap.
pealed for help, and so he made an ap-
pointment to see the head OF the coun-
ell.
did he make any proposition to YOU
as to the terms on which he would lei
Fradus go ahead?" Mr.. Untermyer
asked. HE did," the witness replied
What was the proposition"
ut was cash proposition"
How much?" my memory is indis.
tinct. I have been trying to forget IT.
NO more so than It was this morn.
ing" mo, 1t was $500 TO the best OF
my recollection. I told Mr.. Wallsteir
that this morning"
You told Mr.. Wallstein $4,000 this
morning." II beg your pardon, he said
$4,000"
1T does not matter whether It was
$3.50 or $780," Mr.. Untermyer com
mented; 80 long as Fradus did not have
the money It was immaterial?"
"As far as I was concerned Il was
immaterial one way or the other" Mr.
Clark said.
"Is that the best you could do with
him?" IT did not try to Jew him down
at ALL"
when he tried to Jew you up. you
did not try to Jew him DOWN." mo.
did not decker with him at ALL"
And did you tell him whether tina,
would be all right or not?" mo. sir.
told him I would report back"
did he tell you why he wanted
S7,500?" He said he wanted It for
himself"
did he tell you why?" He gave nc
special reasons why"
zone was that ne needed the money.
was IL ?" ct assumed that"
What were his reasons think they
would be Interestingly" "One reason
he gave was that there was no general
contractor on the building"
Might rs Well Play Part.
HE meant by that. / suppose, that
there were no intermediate profits and
he might as we'll be the intermediary?
THAT was the idea"
What was his next reason?' THAT
he wanted the money. He thought he
ought to have n rake off on IT,"
"He was perfectly brazen about ftp
ct never knew OF u situation like that
before. never heard Of It or saw IT,"
Robert c. Whiting OF New Rochelle
labor supervisor for the Fuller Construc-
ton Company. testified that on one oc-
casion Brindell had threatened Il strike
against that company throughout the en-
tire country II he did not consent to an
whereby the laborers en-
ployed on the Munson Building be forced
into the Trades Council. Mr.. Whiting
said he refused. He met Brindell at the
Building Trades Association in the pres
ence of Charles J. Kelly of that organi-
zation.
when I refused to do as he dictated
Brindell walked to the telephone and
gave orders that the men on the Fuller
Jobs be called out" the witness said
The next morning all men struck on
three big Jobs without knowing why
whiting requested a meeting with the
Employers Association. Brindell and
Kelly were present Kelly said that
had been named committed
OF one to settle all questions and blamed
me for the whole trouble"
Untermyer's Prediction.
This man Kelly will play quito part
In this case before we have finished
Mr.. Untermyer remarked. Members OF
the committee were astonished by the
Of the witness indicating that
the Employers Association, with It's 500
or more employers. representing prac-
tically the entire building industry in
New York. was advising whiting 70
make peace with Brindell and to accede
TO his demands. II was a revelation OF
the Labor Kings" power not before
known.
whiting said that while he was talk
Ing with Kelly at the conference Brin-
dell took Mr.. Starrett aside and stated
that nothing could be done by the Fuller
unless his (Brlndelrs de-
n, do tt,nra onn.ntaJ ~, Nyblttr0
"Brindell said, You will have TO lay
off your old men and put my men on
The Job or you cannot go ahead and
Starrett agreed 10 II. and then Brindeil
agreed to call off the strike. which he
Id" whiting continued. THE ineffl-
ciency OF these new men cost us about
800. 900 before the job was finished"
The Objectionable men whom Brindeli
lid not care to have working were those
employed by Waixel. whiting substan-
lated Walxers testimony regarding tho
whole transaction. The building opera
lions involved amounted TO many mill
ons
Arthur Greenfield, OF 204 East Twen-
.y-sixth street, and James Trainor, OF
I517 Commonwealth avenue, the Bronx
members of the Metallic Firing and
f.athing Association. shed dim light on
he meeting OF their organization last
at which records were de-
stroyed. Both were very hazy. They
,ould remember details regarding their
business for some months. but were al
most blank about the Monday meeting
4 special gathering, called hastily to