Evening star., 1933-11-17
|CODE IS |NDORSED
/ BY STEEL INDUSTRY
Leaders Ask Extension to
May 81, 1884, After
Trial Period.

L 6y the AhSOClate0 fTeSS-
The steel industry today requested
the N. R. A. for an extension of it.
code until May, 81, 1894, at the sam.
time recording in q formal resolution
"its general satisfaction with the opera
tions Of the code in its effects on tn,
industry"
This resolution was made public b.
Hugh 8. johnson, after 1t had beer
forwarded to President Roosevelt.
The original steel industry code wa!
J adopted for a trial period of thre'
/ months and the extension is for pur.
poses Of further trial, ito the end tha
sufficient time may be given more fully
| TO demonstrate" that the code will eff.
fectuate the purposes Of the N. r. A
| law.
N. r. A. officials earlier had sale
they expected the code to be in full
| operation only toward the expiration
| Of the first trial period, and that fur
ther time would be needed to determine
how successful 1t was toward spreading
employment, higher wages for workers
and more compact self government In
the industry.
Paper Code Up.
At his first press conference since
returning from the Midwest speaking
trip, johnson said he expected the
President to sign codes for the news
print industry, the general paper and
pulp field and for automobile tool and
die plants before his departure fol-
Georgia late In the day.
A study is being made for him of the
ruling of Controller General McCarl in
regard to giving Government contracts
to firms which have not signed codes
johnson contends that McCarl's ruling
did not take into consideration a.
regulations issued by the President on
the point
repeated earlier assertions that he was
not satisfied with the degree OF en-
forcement secured by local compliance
boards, and that I'VE will come out In q
few DAYS with complete plans for deal
| ing with the situation.
He declined to detail what would be
done.
Faith Still Holds.
Asked what he expected to do II the
Forthcoming investigation of profteering
charges revealed clear-cut cases Of price
gouging, johnson said he would expect
the code authorities to deal with offend
ing members of the respective industries
making them reduce the prices to a
proper figure.
In reply to questions regarding the
heavy criticism recently directed at N
r. A., the administrator observed:
I'm not shaken at all in my faith"
johnson said that although he was
still holding up the code for motion
pictures, this has got to be acted upon
next week"
He declined to say what sections oi
the code were causing delay.
More compacts will be sent to the
President for his approval at Warm
Springs, so as not to delay their going
| into effect.
Correlation Planned.
Seeking to simplify and merge the
| multiplicity of Government boards
committees and agencies now handling
operations OF the recovery program
| officials Of the Roosevelt administration
are expected to announce within two
weeks realignment Of activities. The
local correlation of the various units
and lessen public confusion In regard
| to the Federal programs.
There are local N. r. A. compliance
boards, labor boards, home loan agen-
cies, farm mortgage agencies, farm
loan units Of various types, public
works and relief directors and boards
In the haste of organizing recovery
| machines, these agencies have been
studded over the map with little or nc
| provision for contact between them ex-
cept through Washington headquarters
| where correlation has not been very
strong.
N. r. A. itself has o multiplicity OF
| scattered agencies, and, involved in the
| problem of securing more real compli-
ance with codes and blue eagle agree
| ments, Is that Of simplifying to aid It's
| purpose. Other plans for better en-
| forcement also are being made, but
officials today were not ready to COM
ment on what President Roosevelt and
Hugh s. johnson would decide to do.
| johnson was asked to amplify Q
| statement issued last night upon the
| union movement started within the
| N. r. A., but declined to comment or
| 1t beyond saying that his mind was moi
| clear on whether Government employees
like those of private establishments
| should form unions.
Union organizers made no claims to
numbers enlisted, waiting for a mass
meeting at the Federation of Labor
headquarters tomorrow night to show
their strength.
Besides shortened hours, the N. r. A.
workers demanded restoration of a Is
per cent Federal pay cut and reclassi-
fication Of grades In line with the civil
service procedure.