Evening star., 1933-05-30
Manufacturers Summoned to
Conference Here Next
Saturday.
FAIR COMPETITION CODE
DRAWN BY LUMBER MEN
Congress Marks Time as Senate
Committee Suspends Hearings
on Plan for Day.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Opposition to stiff enforcement pro-
visions in President Roosevelt's en-
comprising industrial control bill re-
suited today in summoning of an emer-
gency meeting here of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers for next
Saturday.
Robert L. Lund, president of the as
sociation, announced he was sending
invitations by wire. He expected 1000
to come.
The industrial control-public works.
taxation measure in its present form,
he asserted. would "retard rather than
promote industrial recovery"
A specific objection is the provision
for licensing industries which refuse to
cooperate voluntarily for business sta
bilization. Lund supports the principle
of the bill.
Lumber Men Draft Code.
At the same time. however, lumber
manufacturers announced, through the
National Lumber Manufacturers Asso-
clatlon, that "a code of fair competition
and administrative organization" had
been drafted for submission to the
President under the bill
wilson Compton, manager of the as
ISOLATION, said the code was drawn in
accordance with resolutions adopted at
an emergency conference in Chicago
last week, and provided for eliminating
unfair practices reducing unemploy-
ment, revising wages and protecting
small enterprise
Congress marked time on the measure
with the suspension for today of SEN
ate Finance Committee hearings. The
committee listened yesterday to various
taxation proposals for financing the
big Dill, and heard also objections from
the National Association of Manufac-
turers
There was suggestion also from
Henry I. Hartman president of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States, for revision of the bill to make
clear that the principles of the true
open shop are not contravened."
ConnalIy Submits Plans.
One new tax plan, under which IN
come taxpayers would be assessed fiat
10 per cent more than they now pay,
was proposed to the Senate Committee
yesterday by Senator Connally, Demo-
crat, of Texas.
The Connally plan would retain the
same rates as are now in effect. He
explained that under the 10 per cent
provision the person receiving the larger
income would pay more taxes, whereas,
he said, under the present plan ap-
proved by the House, the man of small
income would have his tax increased
so per cent.
Connally will endeavor to obtain ac-
ceptance Of his plan instead of the 2
per cent boost in the rates which was
approved by the House
He put his plan before the committee
after James A. Emery, counsel for the
National Manufacturers Association.
had proposed sales tax. Senator Reed,
Republican. Pennsylvania, has advo-
Gated the imposition of similar levy
Recommendation Called Excuse.
Connally said, was put forth merely
as an excuse to escape income taxes" !"
In explaining his own proposal, Con-
nally said:
If man pays $50 income tax he
would pay So more. or $33 But If
he paid $4,000 now he would pay
81 900 more, or $1,000
He said it would yield as much if not
more than the House proposal
While the Senate committee was
moving ahead with hearings on the
industry public works program, another
link was rounding into shape in the
administrations business improvement
program. The House passed the Wag-
ner bill to create a Federal-State en-
ployment service to find free jobs for
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