Evening star., 1942-04-17
Gene to Great Britain for the pur-
pose OF shooting Germans.
primtpw Cop,nnS;tion

Eftmfnk composition.
The witness explained that ttetra-
Gene was a printing composition for
firearms and munitions and asserted
that an agreement involving the
German patent on the compound
produced these results:
l. Prevented sales of tetracene-
primed ammunition to the British
Purchasing Commission until re-
Gently.
2. Gave a German company ac-
cess to military information through
Remington Arms Co. royalty pay
ment to the German company.
5. A German company may COL
lect royalty on ammunition sold to
the United States Army.
Mr.. Dobeys charges surprised
members of the Senate committee
and Senators Lucas, Democrat, of
Illinois; La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, and Bone, Democrat, of
Washington, asked If the agree
ment still was operating.
The antitrust lawyer said coun-
sci for Remington Arms informed
him they had broken the agreement
not to sell to England and other
parts of the British Empire in re-
cent days.
Controlled by Dupont.
Mr.. Dobey said that the Remington
Arms principal plants were located
at Bridgeport. Conn, and that E. I.
du Pont de Nemours g. Co. acquired
control Of the firm in 1898. He said
that the international cartel was
founded in 1929 with Rheinisch-
Westfaelische Sprengstoff Cknown
as r. w. S., A G. and Dynamit,
A. G., subsidiary companies of l. G.
Farben Industrie
Remington. the witness said.
acquired all patent rights to the
chemical compound in 1929 and at
the same time entered the cartel
arrangement with the German COM
panies and Imperial Chemical, Ltd,
an English corporation, by which the
sell military ammunitions contain
ing the patent product in the Brit
iSh Empire and r. w. S. agreed not
to sell in the United States.
Earlier, Chairman Bone OF the
committee had said:
We're going to blow the lid off
if we have to, to get all industries
TO work winning the war"
He said that was his answer to
suggestions" that the commi.tee
drop It's investigation of American
tie-ups with Axis-controlled buSi-
ness interests.
Mr.. Dobey said documents in the
hands OF the Justice Department
showed the following bearing on
national defense and the war effort:
L. A German corporation which
has sold a United States patent to
an American corporation may still
by agreement effectively prohibit
that American corporation from
selling the product covered by the
patent even in countries where
there are no patents owned by any
one which would be infringeo by
such sales.
2. BY such agreements this Amer
lean corporation, although it owns
the patent, may still be prohibited
by the German corporation from
permitting any American licensee to
sell the product outside the limits
OF the United States.
3. BY such agreements these re-
strictions may b. imposed not only
on the patented product, such as
the printing composition here, but
upon any unpatented military am
munition which happens TO contain
a small quantity of this primer, al
though the military ammunition so
restricted may be in volume and in
value many times greater than
the patented primer,
4. Thus, by such agreements, our
American exports. our American
productive capacities and our aid
TO our British Allies may be and
are restricted by German interests
which have no patent rights what
ever to protect by such restrictions.
IS. BY such agreements, such Ger
man interests have been in posi-
ton TO obtain. through reports re-
Quired OF the American concern. by
the right 20 inspect its books and by
computation of percentage
royalties, exact information as to the
amount OF such military smmuni-
ton sold TO the United States Gov
eminent or to It's allies or to any
one else
IS. BY such agreements the Ger
man interests are permitted to exact
royalties on tetracene primed am
munition sold by Remington, even
upon that sold to the United States
Government for its prosecution of
the present war. But, nevertheless.
the title to the patent, which patent
alone gives rise to the right to such