Evening star., 1922-07-08
CARAVAN EXPLAINS
PATENT STATEMENT
Declares German Lawyers
! Influenced U. S. to De-
7 mand Return.
Sr the Associated Praa.

NEW YORK, July s.-Francis p.
Garvan. former alien property Gus
todian. now head of the Chemical
Foundation, whose German patents.
purchased from the alien propery
custodian. the government now Is de-
manding back. has issued a state
ment giving his reasons for the
charge he made that the action had
been taken at the instigation of the
German government and the Ger
man dye trust without notice to the
American organic chemistry industry
or to the Chemical Foundation"
Within about three weeks" said
the statement, "a commission of three
German lawyers, Rudolph Oppenheim,
Hans Wagner and Karl Holderman.
representing the German. Cartel.
which in turn consists of all the or
arrived in this country to perfect
plans for the recovery by Germany
of their control in Ameica of the
organic chemical industry.
On Saturday. June "a. a conference
was held at the office of O'Gorman,
street, at which were present Mr..
Vandiver and Mr.. Levy. representing
Herman A. Metz. the leading German
importer. and several other lawyers
representing the German embassy and
other German interests. 1t was there
decided that a direct action 20 upset
the sale would be inexpedient, but
that the most promising procedure
would be to attempt to induce the
United States government to bring
the action and to offer to the govern
ment all possible German assistance.
Accordingly. a committee was ap-
pointed consisting of Messrs. Open
helm and Wagner, Nandiver and Levy
to go to Washington and consult with
the Department of Justice
'On Tuesday. June 81. this COM
mittee visited Attorney Generals
office and there placed before his as
sistants the German proposition and
offered German assistance. Prio to
that time neither the Chemical Foun-
dation nor any one in any way repre-
senting them. nor any one represent
ing any part of the American organic
chemical industry had been asked
any questions in reference to the sale.
and subsequent to the visit of the
German representatives no request
or opportunity was given to
any American interests to answ or
the German representations before
mand was made"
Answering another question as to
what other sale in reference to
patents the foundation case would
Decome a governing precedent ne
said:
Sees Precedent Upset.
First. the sale of all wireless
patents and plans to the United
States government for the nominal
sum of Sl4O.000.' Germany had OBJ
tained'the domination in this coun-
try through a patent system similar
to the chemical patent system and to
free the country from that control
they were all sold to the government
for what, of course. is An inadequate
price if you consider the value to
Germany of the control of the wire
less news of the world.
Second. some $500 German patents
were selected by the Army and Navy
as having been taken out by the Ger
mans to control our freedom in wag-
ing war. These patents cover gun
sights and countless other appli-
ances and devices either used by our
Army and Navy or which might be
used in the future. Many of them
had been infringed upon by the Army
and Navy in the winning Of the war.
The alien property custodian turned
over to the United States all the Ger
man rights and interests as between
this government and German inter-
ests to the Navy for the nominal sum
of 100000. This transaction will
also have to be upset