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Show COUNSEL lv.;es arguheiits i:: daldv;io Trn Lawyer for Faulkner' Hit Picturing of Inventor as "Stupid" , . , (Br a.eseetetee' rraat HELENA, VlonL, Feb. 1J In ton, 1 trait with th characterlxatlon of Na ' thanlel Baldwin by his own courwl as "stupid," the president of Nathaiml - Baldwin, Inc., radio manufacturer and ' inventor; was pointed out as a collee ' professor by attorney for Harry H. r Faulkner, general manager of the Salt Laka plant. In his plea to a federal " court jury today. The two, with 14 other men, effw e clala of tha Baldwin corporation and ' Intarmountain Sale corporation and mall fraud in connection with a aaia of stock of tha Baldwin corporation. Testimony wss completed Saturday and arguments began. Faulkner, former sales manager fop Sanford Brothera of Chicago, was pointed out by his sttorney aa th I v one of the group of indicted oiiuua who received no money aa a result of the sales campaign. He became in ; volved, the attorney declared, when Nathaniel Baldwin ahuted to him art I obligation that th president hiniseit ; had undertaken enswerinf th im quiry of a stockholder. Fsulkner's letter, the attorney said, advised the stockholder that there, was no contract with Sanford Broth era for purchs.fr of Bsldwin rsdios, but failed to stst that there never had been one. Salesmen wera described a "par. rots, reciting a prepared speech" with a "picture book" furnished by their employers, as "ham and eggers," incapable in-capable of understanding the in trie, cies of the financial setup in the gov ernment's testimonr. Counsel for Harry M. Green, W. H. Hauter and Harvey Penney, recalling the government's efforts to shew how much each stock purchaser was "out of pocket" because of hia Investment, pointed out that th transactions took: piece in 1929. "And aren't w all out of pocket sine then?" he queried, "no matter in what we invested, in what bunnaaa we are engaged." Harvey H. Cluff, former Utah stats attorney general, appearing for Frank Keller Jr.. an official of th Baldwin corporation; Charles H. Bsrnett, president, end E. H. Nathan, ssles manager of the Intermountain-Ssles Intermountain-Ssles ' corporation, caused Judge) George M. Bourquln to interrupt with an explanation to th Jury that Keller, who did not testify, was not under oath when he made statements which a postal inspector repeated oa the witness stand. Welling D. Rankin, federal district sttorney, begsn th government' j concluding plea at th Start of tha afternoon session. j |