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Show BUILDING 'TRUST' OF H. Y. PROBED Contractors Had Scheme to Stifle Competition, In- vestigators Say NEW Yf'PvK. Oct. 21 Agents of the M.at attorney general- office this aftrrnoon raided the office of John T. Hettrick. attorney for groups of master plumberx, ftone cutters anct F? heat and -ventilator contractors, and I .'i 'I documents and records which K' will be brought before the Joint legis- j Si lattve committee invstixatlng an al- lcsjpd building materials trust. Earlier Hettrick had been declared fe In eontempt by Senator Lockwood, chairman of the legislative commit- i E nc7 to product record jfi of his clients' methods j f" HEARING OPENS. NEW FORK, Ocl 21. Attempt to .-)ii.w thai master plumbers, stone cut- H nd steam healing and ventilating BS j contractors in greater New York hue Rj an unlawful srh'-nit to throttle com- I i it mil,'' was made here Wedneada) B by Samuel Untermyer, at the opening I "i 'ii' .i l r t logislatlye Investigation of N the alleged building materials trust M .Mr. f'ntermyer said he expected to H 6 lop much evidence that would K that these contractors hjid ' as- i I toclations" and operated under a I ; 'code of practices" by which bids H i t through a "central clearing H , r.ouwc." John 1. Hettrick, attorney for the Q iition of master j-lumbers of I greater New York, was subjected to I severe cross examination, regarding I ; this alleged "code" Hettrick also Is Bj counsel for groups of stone cutters I Eg ii.l BU am heating and ventilating con-1 H i tractors. I The witness testified that he had Kfl realised fum one to three per cent B on millions of dollars of contracts that : had passed through his office. ' This Q inone (VaS paid him for furnishing IN insurance against mistakes and the ' H I hundred evils surrounding the busi-II ness" of his clients, he said si COLORED CARD BYSTBM. rhe nritneaa admitted that a system B 1 "f e-.h.refl e.inls a av issued notify ' B contractors regarding the status of 9 various l-ids and the "insurance risk" B Involved. Py' W In n .Mr. Untermyer produced a I Ol Index cards the witness rei - B ognlsed them and explained: ' F-"My F-"My mail has been robbed down at B my office. If you are using any of my cards It Is m duty to warn you 5 , nobody that robbed the I'nlted W I ni:l has turned anything over Fj to you," w, l don't know how thev got here." E .-aid Mr. Untermyer. but vou will m with me thai the. arc Slffnlfl-lfl cant." b The witness then asked Mr. Unter- IB myer if the Cards were all blanks." ! B , "t one." replied Mr. Untermyer JR holding up a card, adding. "What Is the item marked? Insur- M ance. Isn't If That Is the way thev Ej I pay In their money These cards are M membership ards, aren't they?" ! ; Yes. that represents their legal B ret to me," replied the witness. Mr Hettrick resented any reference IB to the groups of contractors as "as- i fl soclatlona" expressing the desire thatlB they be recorded as his clients '; Mr. Untermyer said he would de- fl velop evidence u show tbafthey m I associations," and that many mem- fl bers have resigned during the last fl few weeks when they heard ' things ' ffl were stirring. ' WILL TI LL NAMES The Index cards! held by the com- H mittees pounsel, show, d that Mr Hett- ES rick numbered his clients instead of H giving names which he said he was I fl unable to di ulge. fl When Mr Untermyer announced I I that he could furnish the name, ( V some of the contractors represented i Pi by the numbers, the witness olun-'$l teere.i t.. bring l.efore the commute. '5 tomorrow the "key sheet" to the )n- ' V 'tt' nuiilbei sy.' tem. (Jj The morning session of the com-1 H mlttee was marked by a clash between ' .-jj William P. Brlndell, president of the I building trades council, Jind Mr Unter- I myer. when the labor leader protest- 1 cd against alleged bullying and In- J suiting tactic. by the committee". J i i,V,"U' ? Pnnelly, secretary of the' 1 gilding trades employes association I s nw"s Questioned by Mr. Uhtermyer I as o the agreements made bv his as- I -elation with the butlding J |