Evening star., 1936-09-23

these men were not Of average intel.
ligence."
wouldn't Talk 10 Agents.
William Harper. now special ONCE.
| at Grand Central Palace, New YORK,
once employed by the Foster Detective
Agency Of New York, said he wouldn't
talk to r. A. ]. agents because he
had no use for them.
Placed in the record by the commit
tee yesterday was list Of 81 industrial
concerns, In the case of each of which
the committee claims evidence to show
they have utilized the services of the
Railway Audit Co. in undercover work
among their employees.
Testimony was given yesterday after.
noon by four present or former agents
Of the Railway Audit concern on their
experiences in industrial .investiga-
ton.
From one, w. A. Hemphill of the
Atlanta ONCE, came the story Of in
vestigating union activities near
Birmingham, Ala. Testimony showed
how he had gained the confidence
of organizers of the Committee for
Industrial Organization sufficiently to
loiter around their office and pick
up information for inclusion In his
daily report.
From q second, John Davidson OF
Pennsylvania, came admission Of the
following report, made to headquarters
Of the Railway Audit:
II may as well state right here that
George Ferguson. who is q movie op-
orator and an office-holder in his 10
cal union, and Darrell Kepler, movie
operator Of the local union. are per-
sonal friends Of mine. have known
Ferguson for 20 years and Kepler for
10 years and now I am selling them
out. as they tell me most anything"
The witness fairly cringed as Sena-
tor La Toilette pressed him:
why did you do that? You don't
look like the kind of guy who would
sell out his friends. Why did you?"
Cites Need of Job.
The need Of q job and fear of losing
one were his only answers. i
A third witness, Charles H. Smith
OF New York, told OF investigating Ia.
Dor troubles In Boston and New York:
OF aiding in strike-breaking efforts
and actually Of joining unions
and holding ONCE in some OF them
while selling them out" to the Rail-
way Audit Co. and concerns buying
the service Of the latter. In one case
he served as publicity agent" for the
union.
A fourth. r. c. Kilgore Of Char
lotte. N. c.. told of four labor rela-
tions investigations assigned to him |
during the last three years.
The 81 companies listed BY the
committee as utilizing the Railway
Audit services follow:
Alka-Seltzer. American Aluminium
Co., Borden Milk Co., Bush Terminal
Co. Bendix Products Corp, Buckeye
steel Casting Co, Busy Bee Hosiery |
Co, Apex Hosiery Co.. Consolidated |
Gas Co.. Cascade Mills, Carolina Power
q Light. Columbian Steamship Co,
Campbell Transportation Co. of |
Pittsburgh. Pa; Chillicothe Paper |
Co. Eastern Steamship Co.. Frigidaire
Corp. Fedden Bros. OF Shillington,
Pa.
General Materials Co. Greensboro
Full Fashioned Hosiery Mills, Huck-
Gerhardt Co., Horbrand Corp, Indus
trial Hosiery Mills. Inc; Kelvinator
Sales Corp, the City of Knoxville,
j. w. Landenberger & Co.. Mock, |
Judson & Voehringer, Mammoth Hos
iery Mills. Inc: Nolde & Horst Co., |
Northwood Hosiery Co, Norfolk &
Southern Railroad, Northern Indiana
Public Service, National Dairy Prod
ucts. Phoenixville Hosiery Mills, |
Princess Royal Hosiery Mills, Inc; |
Pennsylvania Railroad, Precision Tool |
Co. CRemington-Rand), Queen City |
Co. Reading Full Fashioned Hosiery |
Mills, Inc; Rogers. Ramsey & Hogue.
City OF Rome. Ga; Real Silk Hosiery
Co.. Schuylkill Valley Mills.
Traymore Hotel of Atlantic City.
N. j.; w. B. Thomas Hosiery Mills, |
Tasty Bread Co. Of New York City, |
Toledo Edison Co.. Texas Oil Co,
United Service Co, Utica Mutual Life |
Insurance, F. G. Vogt & Sons, Wood
ward Iron & Coal Co., Western Union, |