The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-08-21

who owns 81 per cent of Dyestuff
stock. Halbach has been employed
by Farben interests in the U. S. since
the formation of American |. G. IL
1929. Although incorporated for only
few millions of dollars, General Dye
stuff handled countless millions o.
dollars collected in the U. S. and for
warded to Farben In Berlin.
Still another was the Advance Sol
vents and Chemical Corporation
which took care Of Farben imports
into the Americas.
So the corporate intricacies con
tinue Perhaps only Max Ilgner at
"Beuro I. g., Berlin NW7" and Her
mann Schmitz know all the ramifica-
lions of the Farben set-up in this
hemisphere
Sterling Products, Inc.
And now before continuing to Far
ben's activities in South and Latin
America, consider the part played by
Sterling Products, Inc, in the develop
ment of Farben here.
The leading men in Sterling Prod
ucts, Inc. during the years of its con-
nections with Farben were:
l. w. E. Weiss, native American,
born in Canton, Ohio. Weiss was
chairman of the board, general man
ager and director of Sterling Prod
ucts as well as an officer and direc-
tor of most of its subsidiaries until
the fall of 1941 when he was forced
to resign by U. S. authorities.
Weiss, who also had been direc-
tor of General Aniline, paid a ridicu-
lous fine of $1,000 for his part in the
Farben-Sterling agreements in Latin
America. Weiss son, w. E. Weiss
Jr., trained in Farbens pharmaceut-
ical plants in Germany in the '30s,
remains, in spite of his fathers dis
charge from the organization as head
Of Alba Pharmaceutical Corporation,
one of the most prosperous subsid-
iaries of Sterling Products, Inc.
2. A. H. Diebold native American.
Diebold was president of Sterling
Products until the fall of 1941, when
the attorney general of the U. S. in
stituted legal proceedings to declare
Sterlings contracts with Farben in
violation of the antitrust laws.
Also Fined $1,000
Diebold also was fined $1,000 and
forced to resign his executive post |
with Sterling.
8. Earl l. McClintock, native Amer
ioan MoC1intooE ,ryoo opJ ct;lI 10 ,y;oo
president and a directing executive of
Sterling Products, Inc.
He had an important post in the
Alien Property Custodian's Office in
the first World war, and after the
sale at auction of some 1900 Bayer
patents to Sterling Products by the
custodian, entered Sterling's employ.
The steady flow of pharmaceutical
supplies from U. S. factories to the
South American subsidiaries of the
German Farben came under the di-
rection of McClintock All the con-
nections between the South American
subsidiaries of Sterling and the units
Of Farben were supposed to be I'M
der the supervision of McClintock, for
these were his responsibility.
Early in 1912, Farma Platense SA,
Buenos Aires, was owned fifty per
cent by Farben, fifty per cent by Ster-
ing Products, Inc.
It's general managers name was
Earl l. McClintock
American Bayer Company and Win
hroup Chemical Company were vital
subsidiaries of Sterling Products, Inc.
Turing the years of its close co-opera-
ion with Farben.
Markets Given Back
Only five years after the first {
World war-an indication of how far
Jack these relationships go - the $
hemical industry rulers of Germany
nd American Bayer came to an !
greement which completely restored c
pharmaceutical markets /
Latin America. '
Here were three clauses in the s
greement: t
1. American Bayer Company was to :
upply aspirin in Latin America for e
ale though the German Bayer agen- .
les; p
2. The German Bayer was to sup Z
ly these pharmaceuticals If it could
o it cheaper than the American firm.
A prime Farben policy was under
cling, SO, of course, the company
7ould sell cheaper than any competi-
)rs.) D
2 Tho q n, 70 q
per cent of all net profits. Il
Worse Contract v v
Subservient though this contract fl
as, the one made between Winthrop u
nd Farben later was even more dras fl
c. Farben eventually acquired SO y
sr cent of Winthrop's shares and be-
ame a co-owner of the company with l.
Lerling Products, Inc. CHATS when
Veiss went on General Aniline's =,
)ard.) Winthrop is the company
hich does highgrade prescription =
'ug business in the U. S., and is now al
tting up a huge organization in =,
attn America under its own name. 81
Before the outbreak of the second T.
'orld war, Farben had worked out Ct
ose business relationships with N
andard Oil and Ford. d
1t was in constant association and II
EN- partnership with Sterling Prod
It's, Inc, major pharmaceutical he
mbine in this hemisphere. 1t had ~
own subsidiary = General Analine
in the chemical, dye and film manu- -
curing fields.
It's power, influence and control
-, ~ Al