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Show He defended the investigation being made of the packers by Francis J. Heney for the federal trade commission commis-sion and justified the use of confidential confiden-tial letters taken from the packers private flies in the present wage arbitration. ar-bitration. The packers, he said, have always opposed every attempt made to obtain decent working hours for their'' employes em-ployes either by trade unions or in legislatures. leg-islatures. And the packers always act collectively in these matters, Attorney Walsh said. He cited the incidont of the discharge of twenty-five men by Swift and company at its Denver plant which precipitated a strike, as evidence evi-dence that the big packers do not hesitate hes-itate to stop production, if necessary, despite government needs when their plans or profits are interfered with. He denned the action of the packers as sabotage. I |