The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-09-11
Exposing the Na1 Chemical Trust in the United States

II In 1910 and in 1871, General Anilin
shipped millions of dollars of chem
e icals and dyes to Farben units il
Il South America
I. Sterling Products, Inc, through
: American Bayer and Winthrop Chem
f ical, shipped more than a half-millioI
dollars of pharmaceuticals and semi
t manufactured materials to Farber
units in nearly every country in South
America.
: Credit Facilities Arranged
/ In addition, during the first year Of
4 the war, Sterling Products, Inc, trans
ferred to Farben in Germany more
! than $1,200,000.
J In February. 1881, General Dyestuff
Corp.-sales agent for General Aniline
established through the National
, City Bank a letter of credit amount
J ing to 2,3S2,795 Swiss francs. 1t was
made out to the Credit Suisse of
Basic, in favor of Farben.
And in November, 1871, General
Dyestuff Corp, sought to have Chem
4
York arrange credit guarantees with
the banks Buenos Aires correspond
ent for the benefit of Alfredo Mol,
lin contemplation of the shipment of
substantial quantities of dyes to Moll.
The bank asked for clearance by
the Treasury and Justice depart
ments. Although the departments
never approved or disapproved, they
kept the request under consideration
for so long that the bank finally
! backed out of the transaction.
In the spring of 1871, the federal
government obtained an indictment
against Rudolph Ilgner, head of Chem
nyco and brother of Max Ilgner, in
connection with an investigation of
the Identities of interests controlling
nitrogen and other vital chemicals
used in the manufacture of high ex-
plosives and munitions in the U. S.
Data Destroyed
The destruction of all the records |
of Chemnyco was ordered by Ilgner |
while the FBI still was pursuing it's
investigation.
Then, in federal court, Ilgner plead
ed guilty and was fined $1,000!
Records that might have been in
valuable to American authorities in
discovering damning facts about the
German business" set-up here was
gone.
On June IA, 1871, President Roose-
al L; - Il
pro-naZi firms.
Meanwhile, little export firm in
New York City called Fezandie G
Sperrle had been reorganized. To it
had gone Gerhard Neisser, General
Neisser, General Dyestuff's export
manager and German equipped with
a Chilean passport.
And through this dummy firm, Gen
eral Aniline shipped chemicals and
dyestuffs to similar dummy COM
panies in Latin America.
On September 10, Fezandie &
to A. R. Cunha Jr., a Farben dummy
in Rio de Janeiro.
Put On the Blacklist
On September 25 1941, a supple {
ment to the American blacklist of
nazi and pro-nazi firms was published y
Among the names was A. R. Cunha f
Jr. q
In the fall of 1871, Sterling Prod +
lcts Ines cooperation with Farben
n Latin and South America caused
he federal authorities to institute f
egal proceedings under the antitrust
avs. [
Thomas G. Corcoran defended Ster
ing and on September 5, 1941, Cor S
,oran obtained a consent decree
which dissolved the Sterling Farben g
agreements but which permitted the
of the contracts without I
publicity !
No Farben representatives were N
,rought into court, placed on witness Z
tand and asked questions about the 7
intricate business relationships.
The consent decree that terminated h
he litigation also imposed these pen = =
tiles: fine of $4,000 each for Ster
ing, Winthrop and Alba pharmaceut- 9
cal and fine of $1,000 each for w.
}. Weiss and A. H. Diebold
. Brother in the Firm A
Incidentally, Corcoran's brother,
'avid, occupies high position in the
terling Products, Inc, set-up. He
-as vice president of the Sidney Ross
ompany when that company, an i'm
ortant link in the Sterling Latin
merican chain, was acquired by Ster-
ng in 1888.
The facts about Farben's relations
18th various business interests here
nd in Latin and South America are
list coming to light. The interlock- Ri
e directories are nothing short of
ewildering.
The inducements frankly are too x,
implicated to follow. Every fact of
scovered leads to other stories in pr pr
eating an unbelievable mass of cor ifi
,rate control by Farben in this hem a. a.
phere.
AS investigations of the Farben G..
ust here and abroad are continued, he
lditional information undoubtedly 10,
Ill be uncovered = suggesting other at