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teh * ae a es a WC “SPRINGFIELD FIELD DIVISION eae JS. Grand Jury To Sift: j ™r- 7 amine at F.B.L Investigation Intog U.M.W,-Mine B De ‘ ‘Washington, Sept. 3% (UP) — £ federal grand jury will be asked soonto de be U.S.GRAND JURY TO PROBE DEAL Continued from Page 1. federal grand jury in May indicted I. iwo baking companies, two of their officials, and two officers of the ‘Bakery & Confectionery Workers International union (A-F.L.) on charges of conspiring to injure em- ‘| ployes of the companies in the ex- ercise of rights guaranteed them junder the fair labor standards act. “In the Brooklyn case It was charged that the éefendants con- ‘apired to threaten with discharge ‘land otherwise Intimidate employes ‘unless they signed waivers of }ctaims for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime and liquidated damages. That indictment charged that as part of the conspiracy the union officials refused to accept partial payment of arrearages in union dues from those who Fre- eee ee fused to sign such waivers and ~ threatened to certify them as de- linguent se the companies could discharge them under closed con- tracts. . It has been reported that the presence of F.B.1. agents in Spring- field was the cauhe for Lewis’ re- cent automobile trip to that min- é i . ais) | [lng area. The trip is under O.PA. ) . investigation to determine whether by the Wagner act, Conviction on‘ - charges of interfering with an in- dividual’s rights carries ‘impetaon-| 1 ~ The internal ‘revenue bureeu he violated the gasoline ralioning| “st discovered evidence of the | regulations. Deyle Says “Ne Word.” U. & District Attorney Howard ‘L. Doyle sald today he “knew noth- - ‘ing whatsoever” about the report- ' ed forthcoming grand jury inves- | ‘gation of the John L. Lewis- oe _ Mine B Coll Co. Joan éeal | “T bave received no instructions “any kind from Washington on the second tine ‘that the efvil rights statute has been applied to cover an alleged violation af the. Wagner act. A Brooklyn, NM. ¥,,; Continued on Page 6 Couns. ed to meet here within ee eee fs “et eee &