Show IS C ait ADMITS OP OPEN I H P H l Bethlehem Plant President Says Product Sold Only to No Nonunion Firms Firms' NEW YORK Dec 15 Eugene 15 Eugene G. G I Grace president of the Bethlehem I Steel corporation took took the stand this I afternoon In New Yorks York's building trust Inquiry to reply to charges that II his concern was sponsoring the open shop by withholding steel from builders build build- II ers er er employing union labor Mr 1 Grace told the Joint legislative committee conducting the investigation tion that it was the policy of the Bethlehem Beth Beth- lehem lehern Steel company not to sell any I fabricated steel unless it was to be erected under open shop conditions i Mr Grace asserted however that although his corporation was a member member member mem mem- ber of the National Steel Fabricators' Fabricators association it had acted independently of the associations association's open shop pro pro- gram Declaring that the witness was fencing him Samuel Unter- Unter myer counsel for the committee in insisted insisted in- in slated that the corporations policy was due to concerted action with the association I |