Show MENT COMBINE CHARGE fiLED BY US U.S. 6 1 p of Justice AIes AI AI- I I es e High Prices Sustained j fly ny r ASHINGTON Nov o C Construction Tarns rams all over oyer the county country have retarded and the unemployment n aggravated by br high prices of ot land cem cement nt ex exacted ct id bY by a 8 combine department of Justice officiate officials charge Building of ot homes and ana good roads has been particularly arly affected The department Is engaged In a sweeping nationwide Investigation Portland cement is the he most Import I important Import import- ant building ma material next to io lumber Its lis uses var vary from sidewalks to skyscrapers sky sky- skyscrapers I scrapers homes to ocean liners Starting with an annual output of ot barrels In ISSO 1880 the tha Industry has grown until today more than barrels are produced and used in the United States every y year ar ASSOCIATIONS I I The rho The The- department Is specifically investigating these sectional associations I of ot ce cement manufacturers te tenT nT r Cement Manufacturers Manufacturers' s' s Protective as association as as- I II hea headquarters quarters at ate New e York I I Midwest Cement Credit Cedit and Statistical cal bureau headquarters In Chicago South Southern rn Audit and Statistical bu bu- bu reau u headquarters at Dallas Tex Norcross Audit and Statistical bureau h headquarters nt lit Kansas a City Mo Jio Southern Statistical bureau headquarters head head- quarters at Atlanta Ga A formal complaint already has head j been lodged against the Cement Manufacturers Manufacturers' ers' ers Protective association of New ew Tork The e en of Justice ce I charges the the C Cement e i Manufacturers Protective asso association advocated Curtailing J production to brIng high heh prIces Uses r I WithholdIng cement from the market while awaiting fair tall prices ArrIving s at agreements that t tion amounted to a a. stifling of or competition Installing uniform n cost cost and accountIng accounting account- account Ing s systems The complaint names the Cement Manufacturers Manufacturers' ve association which Is five tive of Its officers and cement producIng corporations said sald to be members I ot of the I association I S DENU O. O The e association n has aV tIled flied flying nyIng all 1111 these a reply denyIng de- de charges chargeR be h held hellI ld in the tho United States Hearings will dIstrict court for tor tile the southern York Date has not yet district been set of oC New Developments Developments' ot of the case case are being watched wIth interest h by counties where states and big concrete toad road building build build- Ing programs are re under wa way Those most vitally PennsYlvanIa Ohio Illinois California are and copa Maricopa county n alone county ArIzona o Marl Marl- M plans a a. Concrete road program Find Findings I n gs in the Tg case e also o ar are ex ex- ex p t to affect particularly artl bridge building operations under way In Georgia Florida North Dakota Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- Kansas sas and at Fort Fart Smith la I |