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Show corns is CITED FOR COIITEHPT Justice Wright,, Who Im posed Former Jail Sen tence, Is Heard From. WASHINGTON, Jane M Justice Daniel T. Wrlajht of the district supreme court, today issued a rule aaainst Samuel Oompere. Frank Morrison, form afttctien. the labor leader, requiring them to ahow oause en July 17 why they should not be Judged guilty of contempt of court. This action followed the filing of th report of th apecfcT , eommittee of attorney, an pointed by Justice Wright to inquire Into rh matter of contempt proceedings In the B-ks Htove end Range boycott. Mr. Oompera Is president. Mr. Morrison eer.ratsurx.-susd Me. iMllili Tiee-tiree-ient ut the Ameijrau Federation of bor. - The contempt proreedlnc akalnat th labor leaders recently were rwaeed upoa by the Knlted gtatea eifpeem court, which set aelde Jail eentem-ea heeetofer Impneed by Justice Wmht. Tne supreme su-preme oourt. held that the rontemat on which Justir Wright formerly. paaeed wae of a civil nature and aaainst the Bucks Htone and Ranee company. In 'dismissing, the former proceedings, however, the supreme su-preme court gave te the dtatrtot court a right to reopen ihe cans In the event thai any contempt of the court Itself or It orders or-ders shuuld be found. . i ' Inasmuch ae . the stove company and th A mer an Federation of lasnr bor had adjusttd their dlfferencee, H wae not euppoeed that the matter would be pursued further, but the day following the decision. Justice Wright appointed a committee com-mittee of three lawyers to Inquire into all the clrcumeuincee af the case aad to determine de-termine whether or not there had been a contempt of court Itself. Thia committee consisted of J. J. Perllna-toa. Daniel Davenport Dav-enport and James M. Beck. Mr. Oompera questioned the fetmesB of an Inqulrv by these men Inasmuch as they all had bees associated ae counsel for the stove company asataet the (d-eratlon. (d-eratlon. , Although July 11 has been set for the labor leaders to answer the contempt rule, there will be no hearing until fall. The report of the committee concludes with a suggestion that Oompera. Mitchell Mitch-ell and Morrison may be prepared to apologise to the court and make promise of further submission, since the Vnlted gtatea supreme rourt ha decided adversely ad-versely to their contention that the Injunction In-junction againat the publication of the stove company's name on the unfair Hat of the American Kederatlonlat violated the constitutional prerogative of freedom of the press and speech. |