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    "ocrText": "1930 38\n1930 38\nFritun 10/1/30\nvice president of the labor federation,\nphysical\nRACKET JURORS\ncalled on Chief Justice McGoorty yes-\nORDER SEIZURE\nterday. It is reported that he called\nfor the purpose of complaining that\nFRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1930.\nOF UNION FILES\nthe state's attorney's assistants were\nusing the rácket investigation to\nIND AGENCY IS\ntorney Daniel Anderson said yester\nday.\nharass legitimate labor, As a result\nof these charges a meeting will be\nNOT CONNECTED\nReports published last week, based\nOil Drivers' Records to\nheld at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the\nAssociation of Commerce headquarters\nWITH R. CAPONE\non statements of Edward A. Collins, a\nformer employé of the surety com-\nBe Examined.\nto iron out these differences,\" it was\nThe federal grand jury investiga\npany, charged that Ralph Capone put\nannounced.\ntion of the John T. Lyon agency, 175\nup half of the $16,000 required as se-\nCRIMINAL COURT.\nThe meeting will be attended by labor\ncurity by the New York office when\nleaders, Col. A. A. Sprague, Col. Rob-\nWest Jackson street, Chicago, repre-\nthe local agency opened last April\nCleveland Freeman and Joseph Zigman,\nert Isham Randolph, president of the\nsentatives of the Grand Central\nMr. Anderson said the grand jury\nlarceny, sentenced to 1 to 10 years each\nin the penitentiary by Judge Joseph B.\nAssociation of Commerce, State's At-\nSurety company, has disclosed no con-\nprobably would issue a statement ab\nDavid.\ntorney Swanson and Judge McGoorty.\nnection between it and Ralph J\nsolving the company from any Capone\nFrank Millard and Ray Cortez, robbery.\nCapone, Assistant United States At- influence,\nsentenced to 1 to 20 years each in the\npenitentiary to Judge Harry M. Fisher.\n-\nfat:\nDuces tecum subpoenas were used\nby the state's attorney's office yester-\n1930\nday to seize the records of two unions\nwhich have been named in the rack-\neteering investigation ordered by Chief\nZulture\nJustice McGoorty of the Criminal\ncourt. The detectives found that one\nof the unions has apparently been\ndriven out of business by employers,\n/ 20/20\nwho would not stand for alleged rack-\neteering methods.\nDAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY. SEPTEMBE\nAt the time that the raids were\nbeing conducted Assistant State's\nAttorneys Charles Lounsbury and\nILLINOIS CHARGES\nthe further conception that my posi-\nCharles J. Mueller were before\ntion as a member of the committee is\nthe grand jury presenting evidence\nquasi-judical in character, I must re-\nagainst one of the organizations\nspectfully decline to permit my name\nnamed in the subpoenas. The evi-\nto be attached to either of the state-\ndence involved the Oil Wagon Driv-\nMOVE NYE BOARD\nments contained in your telegram.\"\ners' and Filling Station Employés\nunion, No. 705, with headquarters at\nMRS. M'CORMICK REPLIES.\n220 South Ashlang avenue.\nMrs. Ruth McCormick, at Centralia\nHalted Oil Supply, Charge.\nTO LIBEL THREAT\nIII., issued the following reply to the\nPatrick [Paddy] Berrell is secre-\nstatement of members of the Nye com\ntary and treasurer of this union; John\nmittee:\nFitzgerald, president, and James\nOn Sept. 15, 16 and 17, in Chicago,\nWalsh, business agent.\npublic hearings were held by the sena-\nComplaints have been made to the\ntorial investigating committee which\nprosecutors that where e orts to un-\nionize employés in cert gas filling\nPapers Warned Against\nwas under instructions of the United\nStates senate to inquire into the pri\nstations failed the son ce of supply\nmary campaign expenditures of sena-\nwould be shut off. It is reported that\nMrs. McCormick.\ntorial candidates.\nthe distributors were notified that the\nThe committee on those three\nstations where employes were not un-\ndays declined to hear sworn testimony\nionized could not be given gasoline\noffered as proof of charges that agents\nunder penalty of a. strike.\nof the senatorial committee had hired\nThe second subpœna was aimed at\nthe Billposters and Billers union, local\n(Continued from first page.)\nwire tappers and had in fact partici-\npated in the crime of wire tapping.\n3, 18-20 East Eighth street. The de-\nThe committee then abruptly ad\ntectives found that the place was oc-\nhave the inherent power to investigate\njourned the Illinois hearing.\ncupied now by an advertising con-\ncern and that the union apparently\nany charge of misconduct on the part\nHaving throttled that evidence\nis no longer in existence.\nof any of its agents or employés in\nwhich should have been competent in\nany judicial inquiry, four members of\nAld. Oscar Nelson, who is also a\ntheir official capacity.\nthe committee now attempt to throttle\nRefused to Hear Evidence.\nthe press of the United States \"\n\"A majority of the committee de-\nnied the attorney general of the state\nof Illinois the opportunity of present-\ning evidence in support of the matters\nmentioned in your telegram relating\nto the alleged misconduct of alleged\nagents of the committee. While giv-\ning full faith to the statement of\nevery member of the committee that\nhe has no knowledge of such miscon\nduct on the part of any one connected\nwith the committee, I cannot make a\ncommitment on the question\nof\nwhether any agent of the committee\nhas been guilty of such misconduct\nuntil all the evidence relating thereto\nhas been heard.\n'Holding these views and having\nCHICAGO (ILL) HER & EXAM\n1930 38\nSATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1930.\n[TRIBUNE Photo.]\nREPUBLICANS OF ALL FACTIONS POSE FOR PICTURE AS PROOF THAT PARTY IS HARMONIOUS. Left\nto right: Carlos Ames, John Jaranowski, George E. Q. Johnson, Judge Charles McKinley, John A. Swanson, Otto Reich,\nDavid E. Shanahan, Charles V. Barrett, Ruth Hanna McCbrmick, B. W. Snow, Roy O. West, William R. James, Barney Cohen\nand James A. Kearns at the Coliseum meeting.\n(Story on page 3.)"
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