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Show STEEL TRUST OBJECTS TO AN INVESTIGATION NEW YORK, April IS. Tho annual meeting of the stockholders of the United States Steol corporation was held in Hoboken today. The action of the board in abolishing- the executive commltteo and In naming Judge Gary to act as chairman of the board of directors was approved. J. R. Allee moved that all persons not stockholders should be excluded. Judge Gary urged that the motion be not pushed, as the corporation courted publicity. Mr. Alice's motion was losL Mr. Alice offered a resolution providing pro-viding for the appointment of a committee com-mittee of stockholders to Invcetlgnte the present management. He did not charge misappropriation of funds, but asserted that more than $6,000,000 has been paid In commissions through bond conversion for lcs3 than $12,000,000. The retiring directors were nil reelected re-elected for tho term of three years. The Allee resolution for the appointment of an investigating committee was defeated. |