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Show UNIONS DEMAND TRUSTjNQUiRY California Workers Want U. S. to Take Hand in American Plan Case SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16. A request re-quest that he urge upon tho attorney general the "necessity of his proceeding proceed-ing against the San Francisco Bulld- r exchange :uil material dealers' combinations here," was telegraphed to Samuel Gamprrs by State Building Build-ing Trades council About 80 con-Irart.irs con-Irart.irs iml ui naniza t ions hne been held for trial In the state courts on charges of violating a California antitrust anti-trust law. The telegram said: "After a preliminary pre-liminary hearths;, officers of the Industrial In-dustrial association, Huildera' exchange ex-change and material dealers' combination combina-tion In San Francisco have been bound oer to the superior court "on Charges of conspiracy in violation of the nnti-frust law of California for 1 refusing to sell building materials to In i yens employing union men. We re-; re-; uuest that you urge upon the .-ittorney general the necessity or his instituting institut-ing peocet dings." Approximately 60 contractors and ! firms, among them some of the blg-' blg-' gest of, the Pacific coast, were noM to answer Monday and ihe remainder Wednesday. The case against the defendants de-fendants arose out of a strike Of building trades workers here and the subsequent Introduction of the so-called so-called "American plan" or open shop operation The matter of proceidlm-' against the defendants in the federal ourts also has been tnl:rn up with the United States attorney hi-: the Build-in Build-in Trades council announced. |