"INIQUITOUS CHARGES"

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 8 January 1944, Page 5

"INIQUITOUS CHARGES"

ANTI-TRUST COMPLAINT

Rec. 11 a.m. LONDON, January Tj Lord, McGowan, president of the Im-j perial " Chemical Industries, Ltd., has" issued an additional statement on the! American anti-trust suit. ;, Lord McGowan said that since mak-j ing the statement cabled yesterday his attention had been drawn to statements made by the United States Assistant; Attorney-General, Mr. Wendell Bergej "While I haven't yet received a comA plete report," he said, "Mr; Bergd clearly states that in his view the! activities of Imperial Chemical Indus-j tries and dv Pont de Nemours and| Company had -frustrated the Allied war effort and involved collaboration with! the enemy. I cannot wait to obtain! more exact information before deny-j ing utterly and totally any suggestion.! that any action of ours during the war,' and, indeed, before the war, was o£< any other character than designed to; assist both the British and the Allied* Governments by every means in our power. ; "We have lent freely our ablest col-] leagues—staff and workers, including} thousands of key men—to all Government Departments and factories, which!" asked for them. We have placed our] research, patents, and processes, andi j all our knowledge, technical and com-1-I mercial. for the purposes of war un-j I reservedly at the disposal of the Gov-j [ ernment, and through them to America' and Russia. Our war effort has been! freely recognised and appreciated byi i the Ministries of all three Services,! the Supply Departments, and other) ministers and their Departments. Ii wish, therefore, on behalf of myself! and Lord Melchett, and my colleagues,l and the 120,000 men and women world ing in our war factories, and the 15,000 of our employees who are serving in) the Armed" Forces, to issue a flat! denial of these iniquitous charges and' to make it clear that we are prepared! to meet them fully and in detail at the! proper time and place."