The National Labor Relations Board (hereafter the Board) petitions for an adjudication that respondent Jacob Vander Wal, doing business as Superior Business Forms, is in civil contempt of this court for having failed and refused to obey the decree of this court entered on November 8, 1962.

After a hearing had been duly held, the Board made its order dated June 8, 1962. The Board made findings that respondent had refused to bargain collectively with the Spokane Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union, Local 592, hereinafter called the Union, and ordered among other things that the respondent cease and desist from such action and do certain acts set forth in the order. Thereafter, the Board petitioned this court for an order of this court enforcing the Board’s order.

Respondent did not file in this court any objection to the Board’s petition for enforcement. Thereafter, on November 8, 1962, this court made its order and decree against respondent, enforcing the order of the Board which was dated June 8, 1962.

The decree of this court provided in part:

On February 11, 1963, the Board filed in this court a verified petition asking this court to adjudge respondent in civil contempt for disobeying and failing and refusing to comply with, and continuing to disobey and fail and refuse to comply with the decree of this court entered herein on November 8, 1962. In said petition the Board alleged in part as follows:

Upon the filing of said petition, this court issued an order to show cause to said respondent directing him to make answer to said petition under oath “specifically admitting or denying, or meeting by affirmative defense, each and every allegation of said petition;” and further ordered that said respondent appear before this court upon March 25, 1963, to show cause why respondent should not be adjudged in civil contempt of this court as prayed in said petition.

On March 7, 1963, respondent filed in this court a verified answer to said petition, but failed to deny therein the allegations contained therein in paragraph 4, a, b, c and d. His answer is one of confession and avoidance. He does not deny that he refused to execute the contract described in paragraph 4, b, but sets out that a petition for decertification was filed by his employees on March 23, 1962, and again on November 28, 1962, signed by a majority of his employees, and that the regional director for the Board dismissed each petition; and for that reason respondent has failed to sign the contract referred to above. He states in paragraph 13 of his answer: “That if the respondent signs the labor contract offered by the union he will thereby foreclose the employees from expressing their desires and will effectively force them to accept union representation against their express wishes.”

He asks this court to find that he is not in contempt of this court’s order.

At the hearing of the order to show cause before this court on March 25, 1963, respondent appeared personally and orally stated his position. He did not deny that he had failed to sign the contract mentioned in the petition, but stated that he now believes the majority of his employees do not desire to be represented by the union in question. We find that respondent’s contentions are not sufficient to permit him to avoid a charge of contempt.

A similar situation was before the Court in N. L. R. B. v. Warren Company, 350 U.S. 107 , 76 S.Ct. 185 , 100 L.Ed. 96 . The Court there stated:

The respondent is adjudged in contempt of court.

This court should impose whatever sanctions are necessary under the circumstances to grant full remedial relief, to coerce the contemnor into compliance with this court’s order, and to fully compensate the complainant for losses sustained.

Accordingly, we direct respondent to purge himself of the civil contempt by taking the following steps:

Upon the failure of respondent to make a satisfactory showing, this court will deal further with the matter by imposing upon respondent a compliance fine of $500 and a further compliance fine of $100 per day for each day of continued non-compliance, and by such other means as the court may direct.

The clerk will enter an order in accordance with the above opinion as directed.

. N. L. R. B. v. Nesen, 211 F.2d 559 , 9th Cir., 1954; McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co., 336 U.S. 187 , 69 S.Ct. 497 , 93 L.Ed. 599 ; United States v. United Mine Workers, 330 U.S. 258 , 67 S.Ct. 677 , 91 L.Ed. 884 .