Further evedence damagion to Aaron Sapiro, New York attorney, one of eighteen defendeants in the Chicago racket trial, was given yesterday by former Judge Olson, who took the stand to testify that he warned the Chicago Laundry Owners Association not to sign the Sapiro conract at a meeting on July 8, 1932.
“I am glad to be here with this contract because the laws of Illinois are more favorable to an agreement such as this than the laws of other states,” the witness quoted the New York attorney as saying. “I am working from the standpoint of the union because the laundry owners must work with the union in order to get anywhere. The union can enforece the terms of this contract better than the Association can.”
Olson swore that Sapiro resented the fact that Olson branded the contract a conspiracy, claiming it was a restraint of trade in ciolation of the law. He told of a meeting held later in Alderman Nelson’s office to smooth over difficulties between the witness and Sapiro.” Olson told the court. “I told him I made no such statement, and Sapiro called me a liar. He said he didn’t want anything to do with me. That ended the conference.”
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