FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

CURTISS WRIGHT CORP	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
10/31/2012 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

WILLIAMS CONTROLS INC [WMCO]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)	
(Street)

PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
No securities owned  	0  	I   (1) (2)	See footnotes   (1) (2)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	
(  1) 	On October 31, 2012, Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. ("Curtiss-Wright Controls"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Corporation ("Curtiss-Wright"), Columbia Acquisition Sub, Inc. ("Purchaser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Controls, and Williams Controls, Inc. (the "Issuer") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Purchaser will commence a tender offer (the "Offer") to purchase all of the outstanding common stock of the Issuer at a purchase price of $15.42 per share.	
(  2) 	Curtiss-Wright, Curtiss-Wright Controls and Purchaser may be deemed to have shared voting/investment power over 2,556,296 shares of the Issuer's common stock pursuant to that certain Tender and Support Agreement (the "Support Agreement"), dated October 31, 2012, by and among Curtiss-Wright Controls, Purchaser and certain stockholders of the Issuer (the "Stockholders"). See the Schedule 13D filed by Curtiss-Wright, Curtiss-Wright Controls and Purchaser with the SEC on November 13, 2012. None of Curtiss-Wright, Curtiss-Wright Controls or Purchaser has any pecuniary interest in the shares held by the Stockholders, and each expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares covered by the Support Agreement.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD
PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054		X			
Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD
PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054		X			
Columbia Acquisition Sub, Inc.
10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD
PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054		X			

Signatures		
/s/ Glenn E. Tynan for CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION		11/13/2012	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
	
/s/ Robert H. Shaw for CURTISS-WRIGHT CONTROLS, INC.		11/13/2012	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
	
/s/ John Watts for COLUMBIA ACQUISITION SUB, INC.		11/13/2012	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.	
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).	
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	
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