New-York tribune., 1922-01-04
More Buildin.
Indictm ents
Will Be Asked
New Grand Jury Hearing
Lockwood Evidence To Be
Called On for Bills Agains,
Labor Heads, Employers
Plots Laid to Hundreds
Old Charges May BE Re-
yived: lntcrmyer TO Hear
Union Reform TODAY

9tNtt@l nundrcd more inGlCtments {
aud reindictmonts against employers
and number naming union labor
leaders in the building and allied in
dustries and trades are to be asked
Of the new grand jury empanclcd to
hear evidence brought TO light by She
Investigations Of The Lockwood lcgisla-
tive committee, it was learned yester-
day from authoritative sources.
Completion Of the grand jury, which
is composed Of twenty-threc members.
was effected yesterday by Samuel
Cntermyer, volupteer chief counsel of
the Lockwood committee. which is to
resume its hearings tomorrow.
Trade Charges Ready
Charges Of conspiracy to restrain
trace are TO be laid before the grand
jury against the employers involved, it
IS expected, while allegations OF
coercion and eXtortion viii furnish
the plincipal basis for the action
against the labor leaders concerned
The proceedings viii be similar to
those which have resulted in previous
indictments, and in some cases convic-
tions as the result of Lockwood com
mlttee activities.
One method of procedure which com
mittee members say IS likely TO ho fol-
lowed is that whore previous indict-
ments have resulted only in the i'm
position of fines in the state or Fed
efal courts, new prosecution of the en-
ployers or labor leaders fined will be
launched IN the judicial branch other
than that which contented itself with
mere tnng in the case To instance:
An employer or labor leader who es-
caped with a fine instead of a ai son
tcnce IN previous proceedings. say, in
the Federal courts, : likely to find .
new action on the same charge started
against Mm IN the state courts.
IN connection with the new wholesale
attack on alleged llegalities in New
ork's building industry it is planned
by the Lockwood committee, it was
tated 20 ask the Legislature to revise
the state statutes 50 as to give state
prosecutors The right of appeal from
the dismissal Of indictments.
Supported by Prosecutors
l MS mea- -re IS sa4a to naVc sac
strong support OF district at rnc
throughout New York State, although
opposed by Judges on the er1~nu tuat
Il '.ould iN-rlnge upon the prerogatives
Of the bench
Nj. Untermyer yesterday completed
The greatest snare q recreatins the
legal stan which is TO assist MIN in the
committee and grand jNry We g, g e0
rour OF his assistants We're announced
as Abraham tIcumaN, az ls.Al.. ,,en-
eral counsel tor the United states
Shipping Board; Ferdinand Pecora.
Chief Assistant Distinct Attorney OF
New York County: Timothy n. Pfeirer
who has been associated with HIM III
the last in Lockwood committee ac.
tvltIes, and Stanley Richter, MI. I'm
termycrs son-in-iaw. ilr. Pecora viii
act is trial counsel
Inc opening sc sion Of the committee
tomorrow will be devoted chiefly to
hearing from landlords, building own
ers' associations and Real Estate Board
feprsser -allves as to why tney believe
the emergency rent laws should not Ae
extended for at least one more wear. q
request which the committee is plan
ming L make Of the Legislature. After
they have finished discu sing the mat
ter tenants and their representative
viii present the other point Of view
which Mr.. Untermyer is known to favor
most strongly.
Another otfshoot Of the commi ttee s
to settle the differences of the employ
ers and union workers through an arb
tration plan submitted by him-had q
development yesterday. when the Bui d.
ing Trades Council held meeting and