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Show 'AMERICAN PLANNERS' FACE PROSECUTION SAN FRANrisCO. July 19 Moro I than 70 building material dealers ac-cused ac-cused In warrants sworn out by A. iLettlch, plumbing contractor, of violating vio-lating tho Cartwrhjht anti-trust law, Appeared for trial Tuesdav before Polio Po-lio Judge Daniel O'Brien. I Two witnesses, R J H. Forbes, secretary sec-retary of the board of directors of the builder:, exchange, and Lawrence E Crawford, clerk of the Industrial rj i i nous committee, were examined , The latter testified that It was he who issued the permits for mate rial and ihat the contractors must sign a pledge that they were working under the so-called American plan before they could obtain them. Two form letter, and a form raid Issued by the builders' exchange weru read nto th record. These disclosed t iat the contractors who expected to obtain material for construction work must empjoy not more than 5ft pr cent or union men and must pay th . mm scale specified by the exchange The |