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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Detroit Produce

APPLES Michigan. bu crates y &
| No 2ls-in min. unless otherwise stated
| ] IS, Northern spys sls0al70 iona
thans 81 50nl So Rhode Island Green
'ngs, 1911 IS; Wageners Hql.l3.
.1ls,, 20 bu hampers Bls .
poorer low as 75c Wax beans. fat type
RoCCoLr-Cahfornis. pony crates q
CABBAGE stock: New York. Job
sacks Danish. e0c 81 new stock. Los
Angeles, crates round type Arizona 81 %
$50: Texas. 81 5oH275 mostly 81 so n
| ? IS. u crates 81 s0ni.65
CARROTS -Los Angeles crates dozer
punches California fair 20 good, s. 2j n
375 Arizona. s3.e5 n rs; Texas, fair
50 1913 dozen few 81
CELERY Michigan. bundles dozer
stalks Mammoth. IS zoe California Pas
cal. wirebound crates ? - -3As dozen IS IS.
Is-inch = crates 4-6i- dozen. 50 75n4
Golden Hearts 20-inch - crates 3-tig cor
SO 25a33 IS Is-in. Y crates S. and smaller
SO So wirebound crates 6s and smaller
CAUIIFLowER- California. pony crate,
i2s and larger 81 -, feW 81 50 Arizona
cRANBERRIEs Ma~achusc,,s. ., -bbi
boxes Howes 50 sOais25
LETTUCE-iceb type Los Angelo:
dozen Sass. s dozen So 20 Phoenix Dist
3 dozen s., fair 81 so, dozen s.. ran
90 IS Z. 80: California Imperial VALLEY
DOZEN SIS. fair S25 dozen s. fair 81
LEAF LETTUCE-Ohi dollhouse lob
baskets 81 20ai25
GRAPES California display Tugs I'm.
periors Sl.Tjq2 best S2.l5H23j -Almerias
onions 5o-ib. sacks. Sweet Spanish
q : No. 1. 3-nch and larger Utah 81 50
Colorado 81 S.: Idaho 81 -. Idaho, 90
inch size. 81 50. Colorado. 2-3-inch size
81 10 70 60 Michigan l. No. T. Vel
lows. 7o-soG 2-inch and larger. 81 80. Sc"
POTATOES 1oo.lb sacks idaho. Rus
SET Burhanks l. ; 80 Washed s. %
"a lO-lb sacks - $50. Maine, l0o-lb
sacks. T. s. No ! ChppeWas and katah
dins. 81 25q235 few g. IS. i5-lb. pape'
Michigan. lO0-lb sacks T. No l. Cob
blers. Ns5 Russet Burbanks 81 IS . l So
Chippewas 81 e012. Upper Peninsula !
s 40 l. Green Mountains iOo.lb SACKS
feV sales. 81 i5-lb. paper sacks. soc Ne
brsska. Sob. sacks, 4 No. 1. washed
Triumphs 81 80 New stock Florida
bushel crates L SO ] TruTphs. 81 2a
Few 81 Texas bushei crates L 5 No. /
RHbisHEs- pony crates. 81
RUTABAGAs --cspAds 5o-is sack.
waved, 6aHf ftc
Y sPINAcH Texas bushe baskets savo
t{pe e0c % 81 few sales 81 80
SWEET POTATOES Porto Rico Yems
oushel crates Louisiana L. :. No /, 81 50
Texas L. :. No. !, 81 IS isa Tennessee
generally good quality bushel hampers
Porto RiCan Vans 81 45ai 50 buShe
hampers Nancy Halls 81 201 rs fai
condition. 81 Oklahoma. bushel baskets
TOMATOES cartons repscks me
diums. 81 s. Ohio. dollhouse, SAB baskets
medium, ,iI5, fev green and 'urning
81 o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
High CaIiber Leadership

The caliber of the Council is
shown in the leadership il chose
10 get close cooperation in the
industry. Heading it is Alvan
Macauley. ch m an OF the
Packard board and head of the
Automobile Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION. His aides are Clarence
w. Avery. chief of the Murray
Corporation; c. c. Carlton OF
Lansing. president of the Auto
motive Parts and Equipment
Manufacturers. Inc, and Paul G.
Hoffman. the energetic president
of Studebaker.
Others on the Council are: A.
Edward Barit. president, Hud-
son Motor Car Company; Robert
+. Black, president, White Mo-
tor Company; w. p. Brown.
president, Briggs Manufacturing
Company; f. A. Clark, vice
president, Budd w h @ el Com
pany; Charles Davis. Automo-
tive Tool and Die Association;
Edsel Ford. president, Ford Mo-
tor Company; *. T. Keller,
president, Chrysler Corporation;
II. r. kerans. president. Motor
and Equipment Manufacturers
Association; George w. Mason,
presi dent, Observation-Disclosures
Corporation; p. V. Moulder.
vice president, International
Harvester Company and c. E.
Wilson, president, General Mo-
tors Corporation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Gen. Foods Asks Steel Rate Set
To Issue Notes AT "a Per Cent

NEW YORK Jan . Steel In
got production for fhc week ended
December - D, placed al 81 per
cent Of capacity IN the compha-
ton hy Dow Jones & Co, Inc.
This compares with IS per cent IN
the prevlou, week and 81 i. per
cent two weeks ago
United States Steel is estimated
az ~ per cent against 100 per cent
IN the week before and 80 per
cent two weeks ago Leading IN
are credited with 81
per cent against - per cent IN thc
preceding week and 90. per cent
two weeks ago
In the Christmas holiday week
OF last year the industry showed
drop Of II points 10 81 per cent.
United States Steel went down
2Oig points 70 50 per cent while
leading Independents lost ID points
to 81 . per cent
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02

NEW YORK. Jan . General
Foods Corporation preferred stock
holders viii be- asked AZ a meeting
January - 20 consent 30 issuance
Of notes payable 10 certain banks
and maturing not later than Jan.
81. l947 and for such amounts a.
The directors or officers may de-
tcrm.uc
The total indebtedness so Gre.
atcd outstanding at any time dur
nag ihr above period is not To az
coed Sl0UOoOOO
The notes 10 be issued viii have
no voting rights no amortization.
sinking fund OF other special pro-
visions relating 10 redemption or
retirement except the require
ment that all notes outstanding
under the plan must be retired
not later than Jan. 81 1917.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Livestock Markets
DETROIT

CATTLE Receipts 200. market steady
choice steers. xi2 1914. good steers si2
- - - common 20 medium. Ss25a12.
good heifers Situl225. common "a
medium >sHii; good COWS IS % rs. so
medium cows 81 75Hs.25 cutter and
&c mmoh, - QUA 10 canners No % -
So good beef bulls. Sl0p Is: good
sausage bulls 80 1910 medium sausage
bulls IS 50 y Q SIS: cutter ana common So
70 50, good and choice stocker and feeder
calves ST. son II. So. medium SOIL.
good stncker and feeder steers and heifers.
50 75T common 20 medium, 81 50 10
g75
CALVES Receipts. 200; market steady
good and choice. SIS SO; common 20
medium N1ui5.50. culls SsDii
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts 500.
market steady 90 1ic higher good and
choice lambs. Si2.7jqi3 medium 20 good
Sll. 30 % - so; Gull and common So sou
1925: good ana choice ewes So 50 d
common and medium. 81 so 8 so culls
81 45O
HOGS Receipts 800 market not estab-
lIshed early prospects hiogher
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Discusses Building Situation in New York

But the program another speaker discussing the
building New York brought what think is the root
trouble He did we'll that should be noted
Federal state housing o noble
such housing certainly and Judgment
problem. They the
who something
This nutshell Private enterprise like
founded the principle that ndi-
dals have only they and have for
hat they Whether they for what they have by making
with their hands by hiring Others make it for them
principle IS the
security" YOU VIII people who
think Something than they
pay they deluded that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Handle Whole Financial Structure Of Nation

In regard the budget
ranking
members and the appropriations
would be charged with
the whole financial of and
budget beyond House
could without twothrds The budget of this
would be mandatory filing the clerk
that
ceiling would be subject point of order
oyerru,ed only upon A Wohirds.
Disneys thesis that Congress effect itself into
rubber through making huge unless
for itself fact finding tools for auditing and
He
have behoden the Congress
departments investigation needs
o government"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
caIIy Nothing

T-bn Sc1f..aot, administration
Inch b,, ladlod ouf billions TO
,,-,,cre ,for not producing 70
-,oo,dorclIrg 8genc5eS galore
u,h,rh rorsI.'. m SquandernC
.r,,siIirr .rr,> for uou-Iefcn>c
,,,,,rn.c. MS l.,r most MIG
g,r4lv has done practically
T.,r.r, .r REGARD to furnish
-. g.. t,,,.r,..- tho cotIn-
,.,,r .,,.,.,t..-- .-r,l businesses
nablc of enormously expand
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Forbes
Good Business Men
Called ConspicuousIy
Absent in Congress
BY b. c. FORBES

What would you think OF a
gigantic industrial corporation.
. controlling small plants all over
he country if il, on receiving
rush orders for far more prod
uctS than It's principal factories
could possibly fill, allowed most
of its branches to close down?
The federal administration IS
doing something akin TO that
1t most urgently needs infin-
itely more than the nations main
plants can furnish. Yet it is
causing thousands of little plants
to 90 out OF business, instead OF
moving heaven and earth 10
utilize them To maximum capac-
ity at the very time their output
Is more essential than ever be-
fore for our national well-beIng,
preservation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Complete Revamping
OF Wabash Railway

WASHINGTON. Ian . - The
ice has issued a formal order
approving purchase by Wabash
Railroad Company OF the railroad
properties and other assets Of the
Wabash Railway Company long
IN rcCCVcr>bIp
The rccciler>hip and sale were
under jurisdiction of the United
states District Court al ST LOUIS
This completes the reorganization
of Wabash Railway Company.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
On the Business Front
With WARD SCHULTZ
Detroit Times Financial Editor

bctroit lHuts hhoh'h'
Is Lowered gift and estate tax
exemptions with higher rates.
: Increased excise taxes with
particularly high boosts where the
government wishes 10 discourage
the purchase of certain items.
On a far more pleasant note. We
picked up December copy OF the
Sportsman Pilot and found therein
a feature article by we'll known
Detroiter. Charles VI Duke
Huber. who heads the Telauto-
graph office here He partners
with Earl Pifer on a plane which.
incidentally. has been ordered out
Of commission along with hundreds
of other private jobs,
To get back to the article it's
entitled Ferry Flight Westward
and in il Huber tells how nc took
two-placc Cub from LockhaVen
Pa. TO Hollywood Cal. using only
air maps no Instruments nc
radio He had never been further
west than Chicago by plane be-
fore.
He named~ the, plane "Pont dt
Cell / don't know what IL mean:
either which name he had copy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Metal Markets

Naw York and 0h1iesaie nonterroG'
meta quotations supplied by Federa'cr
Metals Division. Detrou Spot ~ per cent
.Ir nom nal New Yotk - future I'm
DC. lake grade copper delivered Midwest
- eIeciro'y,ic spot smei'er u castnl
copper ii75. - Louis lead . 10. -
LOUIS Zinc : %; $cV YORK antimorN. ~
virgin aluminium -
pecemhcr I'm arrivals : zoo toas tN
port copper l. rs. resale, - FREE sterlus
exchange - u3l4 Iilf
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
. sence Conspicuous

In our Congress successful bust
moss men have been conspicuous
only by their absence
But that il no excuse why
,uprcmclv bu~incN~likc methods
should not be instituted Al
Washington in this hour Of
crisis Var IN these modern
times il is constantly impressed
ul-en u< Is ven or lost IN fac
tories rather than on fields az
battle Every governmental and
other spokesman bases confident
prediction OF oar ultimate VIC
tory upon the fact that We can
produce more than can our enc
mics
Yct No have the amazing
;pcc'aclc of plants capable Of
urning ou' war supplies beng
.o,cd by tha thousand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Broderi(k, Service Fire
Tieup Is Terminated

David P. Dinwoodie, vice preSi-
dent Of d. + Broderick, Incor-
porated. has announced that the
Broderick companies have termi-
mated their general agency and
management relationship with the
Service Fire Insurance Company
of New York. effective Dec 81,
1871. and that contracts had been
terminated effective as of that
date.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Farmers Market

APPLES Mcln'Osh fancy 81 bu 10
N2aHl No ?. 75c bu Nortnef r.
I75. SO 3 SlZj. Greetings. -. !. T5'
.t 81 % DO. 80 =. JOc hu Jonathan fancy
~ - bu. SO s. 81 - SO. N
g. Delicious fa1ct 50 hu. y" l. - 81 Z"
81 rl,jo %. So =. ',c bu WaEuers
Nr 81 80 nu.
REFTS 5uu-l. boz
CABBAGE No goo 81 10 hu 80 .
e So. s lss , r5a r. H. s si4 sa 1- 80
CARRoTs Fanny 81 IS ou 80. !, goo
CELERY ran so Use doz punches
CELERY sQUARE-Faney, 81 80: No
CELERY cABBAGE-Faney, N25 bu.
CELERY Roors-No / sl4125 ou
EGGS Large 81 2 Il 59-doz case
FFNNEL - so. 81 23H so oo'
HoRsERAprsH Fsne H23 bl; No
1 g. 7sas2 bl- -. -.
81 5opl - Solo sack No ~
PARSLEY ROOT 80. j. Nql 81; 30
PARsNIPs 80 si1l.s5 40 /. 7'c
81 Iull 90 SO 2 80 r7ic.
POULTRY AND HOGS Hons. i've
heavy breeds p ate 70 legnorns Il y
20, hroilers heavy % 2ec 10 otoiiers
Ieghorus iSu2Oc 10 ducks. 2on 90 10
geese $4,000 10. turkeys. hens > p SO
TO- toms - 2sc 10. hogs, medium
dressed u 2Oc lb.
PUMPKINS so !. 40 n SOC Du
RADISHFS Red, dollhouse SO. 500
6sC COZ punches
RHUBARB Fancy, 81 5-ID box choice
&c
EtrT~rAGAs 80 !, so @ 7Uc od.
SQUASH Hubbard SO i07 500
Table queen. so A. soc 80 ,, soc
Delicious 10 I 80 n s5c bu
TCRNIPs Fancy. goo bu
VEGETABLE GREEN --Cniiards No. ]
65cnxi on. escarole 30. J. 30 g '3c bu
French sndive. fancy. 81 so j-lo box 40
T. Si25. SO =, 81 k0hl-rsoi 30 J. 80 q
soc duz punches ksls ~. !, iu eJc bu
leaf lettuce. hothousc ~ fucu 81 10
10 basket. lceks. 30. J. 30 75c DO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Bendix Aviation
Expanding Unit

CHICAGO. Jan BcndiN
Aviation Corporation officials have
plans for q million dol
lar expansion Of defense produc-
ton facilities at the BcndiX Prod
uCtS Division ar South Bend. New
facilities are TO he financed by the
Defense Plant Corporation and
leased 10 Bendix Corporation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
7 Freeport Company
Officials Promoted

NEW YORK. Jan. Wilson r
Lundy. vice-president of Freeport
Sulphur Company. has been elected
a director and D. T. McIver. as
siStant general manager, has been
named general manager in charge
OF the company's sulphur opera
tons. Langbourne NJ. Williams Jr.,
president, announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
BUSINESS DETROIT a@ @ss1TfMES
MARKETS
M. S. Rukeyser
M. S. Rukeyser
Asks Increased
Federal Savings

WASHINGTON Jan I'm contrast with Senator La Follettes
objection specific federal nondeense economies
Byrd joint committee nonessena expenditures
Rep Wesley f. Disney of Tulsa Okla, today told that the
proposed savings do go far enough.
declared
and thus mourning liability In real
estate transaction nation. leaving with
intended that
a justified
economic theory"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Permanent Machine for Saving Recommended

for implements the Byrd committees specific
recommendations for federal aggregatng S3ol 0O0
Disney proposed:
THE bills authorizing the appropriations eliminated by the
Byrd should Otherwise
haunt later with possibly appropriations particularly
C(C, NYA
permanent machinery recommended
this committee. budget committee the House
and whose total neither
except by wohrds vote Real expert stats should he set
independent
executive branch the
extravaganza and duplication the executive branch.
"If the citizen sacrifice. the should
to-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Lewis Heney
Lewis Haney
Building Slump
Laid To l.. 5. Policy

question concerning outlook lies in the
building field 1t difficult maintain anything like normal
building activity ubnorma The decline
such activity therefore has much practical importance
This decline explanation. there well
shortage housing defense purposes
housing for defense workers isey and effort has
been made to remedy the situation
The trouble due shortage of building materials
There does freezing dealers
such materials by the doubt that shortage
of building trade labor $ much Of a factor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Amer. Can Tin Plate
Prices Unchanged

NEW YORK, Jan The
American Can Company announced
that the Official price for tinplaie
effective January ! Will bc - per
base box The official price Tor
special coated manufacturing tcrnc
plate. effective January / viii be
$40 These are the same prices
that prevailed for 1917
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Sociaistic Attitude Has Been Predominant

Probably the chief the policy the government in
dScouragng private enterprise supplying
attitude has been predominant If remedy the defense
shortage and do quickly had better from
this unblsineSske approach.
For example long Mr. Sullivan Jones director Of
OPM.
Private enterprise is falling job. rental
produce That the challenge private enterprise lie
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02

fond N 50 cents M The common.
payable January - 10 stock Of
record January 10 bringing the
total for the fiscal year ending
January 81 to S1l0, the Same as
in 1910
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Dividends

Chain Belt Company declared a
dividend OF - cents on the com
mon. payable January - TO stock
of record January 10 Pad the
anne amount Jan. -, 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02

declared a dividend OF - cents on
the common. payable February :
to stock of record January 10.
Paid the same amount IN the pre-
CcdlnC quarter!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Gasoline Stocks Up
I Million Barrels

NEW YORK, Jan . American
Petroleum Institute estimates
gasoline stocks last week IN
creased 2.lS2 600 barrels Ia a total
|of 81 $4,000 Refinery operations
|weLc 81 per cent up o. point.
e. ~ oil output averaged 4OSO-
Is OarrclS daily. of 233 800 daily
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
But How Soon?

How soon viii Washington
be,tir itself
C.plu.rt lof. mP FORBES
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Rn,nl I,nenritcr ComnnnN de.

clarcd dividend OF 81 on the
common payable January ~ TO
stock Of record January s Paid
the same amount Jan. ID, 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Parke, Davis Pays
accent Dividend

Parke Davis e. Co has declared
a dividend of 40 cents. payable
January 81, TO holders of record
January Is. Previous payment
was same amount on Oct. 81, 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Change in Our Economic SetuD May Come

As the speaker A Richards president OF the East New
York savings Bank said
Il" not to expect people what they get
will change tea change
\ "A
change system of eminent"
ask. let the builders make money Tor
housing? Which better builders and profits
bucaucrat and and hsh taxes Anyhow"
\ have tho needed housing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
,rIinyton Nils declared A regu-

lar quarterly dividend OF $50.
payable January - TO stock OF
record January -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-02
Detroit Stock Exchange
billie Range
High Low Div.

a-Paid or payable IN
Stock 80 cash
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Furniture, Household Goods

A BEAUTIFUL selection OF mfrs. display
samples. living room suites under $50.
Why pay the long prioef Terms. Aivin's.
sTlb West Vernon. Open evenings.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
furnaces and Oil Burners
Wearing Apparel

ONE PAIR riding boots. size s4: whip
cord breaches. waist 1896, like new
Prospect 2l0s
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Living Room Bargains

rs beautiful and s-pieee living room
suites TO 70. New and floor samples.
Values mp 60 $3.50. Save +eGo Only $40,
SIS and x45.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
Dinette Bargains

80 porcelain top and solid oak 5-plece
dinette sets To go. slight factory defects
and display SAMPLES. Save up TO 500.
Sacrifice for $685., 81 delivers.
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Grand Old Pochyderm

Baltimore mournS the loss of its
biggest citizen, the famous and only
representative of her SpecieS-Mary
Ann the zoo elephant. For twenty
years this symbol of the G. o. P.
served as bulwark of Republicanism
in a Democratic stronghold. Such
was the power of her personality
that she was respected and admired
by the most ardent New Dealers, and
in fact attracted a great deal more
attention from politicians than the
donkeys housed nearby In the fatal
November of 1910, when all seemed
lost, faithful Republicans used to go
out to the ZOO, get an eyeful of Mary
Ann, c. 0. P. tGrand Old Pachy-
derm) and return home better and
finer citizens, inspired to keep the
torch burning for the future.
After surviving those dark days
many thought she would go on for
ever, but fate decreed otherwise.
Seized with a mysterious malady, she
died overnight. Her back seemed
broken, and sabotage was limited.
One other theory is proposed. For
all those years Mary Ann lived apart
from her species, and liked it. The
only living things she ever saw were
the hippopotamus across the way
and throngs Of gaping sight-seers,
neither being anything to inspire a
spirit of universal brotherhood with
the world Perforce she became an
isolationist. Could it be possible that
somehow the news leaked in to her
| from Chicago that her party aban-
/ doned isolationism? Was that the
last straw vote that broke the ele-
plants back?
Evening star., 1942-04-28
Wiretoppino Decisions

In two significant hve-to-three
decisions the Supreme Court has
circumscribed the area in which the
privacy of wire communications is
protected by the Federal Communi-
cations Act. At the same time the
court pointedly has restated the
principle laid down fifteen years ago
in the celebrated Olmstead case, in
whichever the vigorous dissent of
Justices Holmes and Brandeis-it
was held that the constitutional
guarantee against unlawful search
and seizure cannot be invoked by
defendants in criminal actions to bar
evidence obtained by wiretapping.
The decision to which most i'm
portance was attached by the Gov
ernment was delivered as the court
upheld the conviction of three men
accused. in bankruptcy fraud.
Federal agents had obtained evil
dence by the use of a detectaphone
"a device capable of picking up
delicate sound waves-which was
fastened to the wall of a room
adjoining that in which the de-
PENDANTS reputedly discussed their
plans. The trio contended that the
eavesdropping infringed their con-
stitutional rights and also involved
a violation of the Communications
Act prohibition against intercepting
and divulging communications, be-
cause the agents had overheard an
outgoing telephone conversation.
Justice Roberts. who read the
opinion of the court in both cases
brushed aside the constitutional is
sue. holding. as did the court in
1927 when affirming the conviction OF
members of a liquor ring in the Ohm
stead case that the fourth amend
ment, prescribing lawless search
and seizure, could not be stretched
to endow wire communication with
the right Of secrecy. The Communi-