Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29
Hearing Is Set
In Bread Price
Indictments
II individuals and
7 Firms to Face
Court Here June 10

Twelve individuals and seven cor
porations and companies named in
an indictment yesterday In an al
legged conspiracy to keep up the
price of bread in the District were
to have a preliminary hearing June
10 before Justice T. Alan Colds
borough In District Court.
Justice Department agents OBJ
tanned the indictments under the
Sherman Antitrust Act on charges
that several chain groceries operat-
ing 1876 retail stores in Washington
collusively established bread prices
at levels higher than those in Mary
land, Virginia and Delaware.
Included among those indicted
we're representatives of two local
bakery unions alleged to have aided
the conspiracy by policing the price
structure and refusing to deliver
cut-rate bread to customers in the
Capital.
Four Chains Named.
Four chain groceries were named
the Greater Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Co., the American Stores Co.
and its affiliate, Acme Markets, Inc,
and the Sanitary Grocery Co.,
operating under the name of Safe
way" Other corporations indicted
were Carl Byoir g. Associates, Inc.
of New York City, and its affiliate,
Business Organizations, Inc, New
York City, and Chester M. Wright
and Associates, Inc, Washington.
The unions charged in the con-
spiracy were the Bakery Sales
Drivers Local, No. 33, and Bakers
Local Union, No. 118.
1t was alleged that the con-
spiracy existed since 1898, and prior
to that time bread prices in the
District were lower than in ad-
joining States. The unions, it was
alleged, exercised close surveillance
over bread sales here, reporting and
protesting price cuts.
individuals named in the indict-
ments were John A. Hartford of
New York City, president: William
Fillmore Leach of Philadelphia
president of the Atlantic division:
Charles A. Schimmat of Chicago,
director of labor relations: Robert
D. MacIver of Philadelphia. direc-
tor of operations for the Atlantic
division, and william Howard Glib
of New York City. director of ba-
kerry sales and production, all of the
A. & p. Co.; Carl Byoir Of New
York City, president of the Carl
Byoir 81 Associates, Inc: Oliver
Hoye of 1903 K street NV. vice
president of the Chester M. Wright
81 Associates, Inc; William Park
of Philadelphia, president of the
American Stores Co., and Fred w.
johnson of Philadelphia, vice pres
ident of the corporation, and M. L.
Langford. 1925 Garfield street NV,
president of the Sanitary Co.
Business Agents Indicted.
The union representatives indict-
ed were Robert C. Lester, business
agent of Local No. 80, and Charles
B. McCloskey, business agent OF
Local No. 118.
The indictment was the outgrowth
of a Nationwide investigation by
the antitrust division of the JUS
tice Department of alleged restraints
in the distribution and sale of food
The case was presented to the
grand jury last April by Harold l.
Schilz, Special Assistant to the At
torney General, and Warren P
Cunningham, special attorney. FL
mo D. Flynt, division expert, con-
Quoted preliminary studies leading
to the grand jury inquiry.
The indicted companies, it was
said, annually distributed 10000, 600
pounds of bread in the District at a
retail sale value Of some $l,600, 900