Show COURT ENJOINS RAISERS KAISERS KAISERS FIRM Price Ceiling Violation Alleged in Action CLEVELAND Aug 27 21 P jp- jp The Kaiser Co Inc headed by bythe bythe bythe the west coast Henry HenryJ J. J Kaiser and a Cleveland concern concern concern con con- cern were restrained by a federal court order Thursday from further alleged violations of 0 O P A price ceilings on steel The temporary restraining order signed by Federal District Judge Robert N. N Wilkin at the request of the office of price administration tion named the Kaiser concern and the Builders Structural Steel company company company com com- pany of Cleveland James C. C Gruener regional OP OPA A attorney declared the Kaiser company company company com com- pany purchased from the Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land concern pounds of steel on only one order but which he he said was shipped in less than carload lots to evade 0 O P As A's price maximums The order was given in mid-July mid Gruener said and added in a statement In purchasing its steel on an illegal market the Kaiser Co Inc has branded itself as a scoff-law scoff participant in the illegal transaction transaction transaction trans trans- action said the court order In its eagerness to snatch steel from the other steel-famished steel war in industries industries in- in by paying profiteer prices it enabled the Builders Structural Steel company to violate the law The Builders Structural Steel company for its part has taken advantage of the war-made war steel shortage to exact an illegal toll The excessive prices which it charged are in reality paid by the public which is financing the war effort Judge Wilkin ordered a hearing for September 5 Kaiser who proposes to build gigantic cargo planes for the go gov- gov v- v Continued on Page Pae Five Fiver Column Three 0 P A Too Steps f r ion f own K b Yv Mu r x w v. v HENRY J. J KAISER Relies Relics on general reputation COURT ENJOINS ENJOINS' KAISERS KAISER'S FIRM Continued from Page One if he can find enough materials was not named personally personally personally person person- ally in the cour court order Gruener said it grew out of investigation investigation in investigation in- in of dealings of Willard P P. Markle a Houston Texas steel broker who in a consent decree decree decree de de- de- de cree signed here Monday was permanently permanently permanently per per- restrained from violating violating violating violat violat- ing 0 O P A ceilings The Markle investigation in turn started when Frank Higgins son of the president of Higgins Industries Inc New Orleans publicly indicated indicated in indicated in- in his firm was able to buy steel products on a black market mar mar- ket In his statement Thursday Gruener continued In addition to the cost of steel the profiteering methods employed by the Builders Structural Steel company and connived in in by the Kaiser company virtually doubled the freight charges and by the wasteful methods of shipping inless inless in inless less than carload lots impeded the war effort by slowing down the sorely taxed transportation facilities facilities facilities ties of the country The president asked for an Investigation in investigation investigation in- in into the black market in steel Leon Henderson instructed instruct instruct- ed us to pull no punches punches' We Weare Weare Weare are are not through but we are stopping stopping stopping stop stop- ping each violator as we find him We intend to use every means available to us to keep the steel hawks from preying on the war industries but we do not intend to let some of those industries feed the hawks to gain gam their own ends We will not stop with mere in injunctions in- in junctions Where we can bring suits for triple the amount of the illegal profits made by the profiteering profiteering profiteering prof prof- sellers we will do so Where we can revoke their licenses to carry carryon on business we will do so And finally where we should institute institute in institute in- in criminal proceedings we will do so OAKLAND Cal Aug 27 UP Henry J J. J Kaiser commenting on onan onan onan an injunction issued against his company in Cleveland in connection connection connection tion with alleged black market steel dealings said We are content content content con con- tent to rely upon our general reputation reputation reputation rep rep- and record |