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60-302 , It appears that the Bureau has not previously been furnished with copies of the above statements b2C Richmond Fur Dressing Corporation, New York Office, 171 Yest 29th Street, factory, #l+? Cross Street, Stapleton, S. Ie, called at Mr, Law's office and, upon being interviewed by this agent, Stated that his company consists of himself and six other partners who are all workers in the company, and three employees consisting of a Watchman, a driver and a floor worker, none of whom is a member of the union; that the company was organized in November or December, 1933 and dresses only wolf~skins which it obtains fron New York City fur manu- facturers, and returns them to the same manufacturers after they ure dressed, The mamfacturers purchase the wolf-skins from fur dealers in New York City, and the fur dealers Purcnase them at the market in New York City or from the shippers direct located in various parts of the United States or Canada, ED «:=:-: that they have re-~ LIC cently received threats from the orficers of Local #3 of the Inter national Fur Dressers Union; that they, however, are unable to become affiliated with the union because the union would insist on sending many workers to their plant for employment, and that there was hardly enough business to go around among the present partners who own the busi+ ness and receive smaller profits than the union scale of wages, He sub- mitted a statement in his own handwriting signed by hinself and his six partners, reading as follows: “On August 3, 1935 there came to the premises of Richmond Fur Dressing Corp. of 1-7 Crass Ste, Stapleton, S, I., a party of three who neperesented themselves as a committee of the union. This party asked the firm to join the Union and upon refusal threatened the members of the firm. They have been identified as Morris Stein of Local No. 35 of the b #) Ce International Fur Dressers Union, and a : ~ &@lso of Local No. 3 of the Interratione resserg ~~ Vion. The third member of the committee has not been identified, These people also threatened not to go to New York and bring business to the above (Signed)