Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-08-25
Questions Regarding MIRA
Are Asked And Answered

tlonal questions raised in connection
with the Presidents voluntary re
employment agreements:
Q. Will a blue eagle be accord
ed simply on a promise to ICON
form" to the agreement?
A. NJ. The blue eagle will b
bestowed only upon complianc
with the agreement.
Q. How will the governemtn b
able to tell the difference between
'chiselers" and persons who honest.
ly put the agreement into effect:
A. Through results of a ques.
tionnaire now in process of prepa.
ration.
Q. What allowance is made TO,
small manufacturers who are fin
ancially unable to put increased
wages into effect?
A. The MIRA is committed tc
a flexible administration. Action
OF banks in showing a sympathetic
attitude toward loan applications
would tend to aid plants and bust
ness houses to take up the slack
between increased costs and improv-
ed business.
Q. How has this FLEXIBLE" ad-
ministrarion been illustrated?
A. In notifications granted re-
tail stores, banks, electrical manu-
f~acturers and others, permitting
them to operate under modified
conditions of wages and hours until
their own codes are approved.
Q. Will stores accustomed to
make seasonal reductions in hours
be forced to keep open to conform
with the 52-hour minimum speci-
fled in paragraph 2?
A. No. The horTs may be
reduced if the reduction is in ac-
cordance with past practices and
does not result in reduction of the
weekly pay of employees.
Q. Do boys and girls in curb
service stores come under the wage
provision?
A. Yes. The workers also must
be at least 16 years old to work
more than three hours a dav, after
Aug. 81. Tips, according to the
generally accepted interpretation
may count as part of the pay.
Q. Must a part time worker be
paid the minimum pay as if he
worked a full week?
4: The minimum wage for a
part-time worker is a wage such if
the employee worked at that wage
for a full week of 40 hours he
would receive the minimum weekly
wages.
Q. Can an employer work an
employe in a retail store during the
rush period in the morning and
then release him until another busy
period begins in mid-afternoon?
A. This would be interpreted as
a violation of the spirit of the
agreement.
Q. Are luncheon and rest
periods deductible from the number
of hours worked to bring to total
within a specified number.
total within the specified number?
A. Yes, within reason. Pro-
longed luncheon and rest periods
would be regarded, however, as op-
posed to the spirit of the agree
ment.
Q. Is an employer obliged to re-
tain all present employees, regard
less of their efficiency?
A. No, there is nothing in the
agreement compelling an employer
10 retain particular employers, pro-
v'ded the ones he hires are paid at
least the minimum wage.
J Q. What would prevent an en-
ployer from discharging persons
now receiving more than the mini
mum and hiring INEXPERIENCED
workers at lower pay, thus Great.
ing a new group of Unemployed?
A. This would be regarded as q
violation of the agreement to spreac
employment and increase wages
There is no provision in the blanke,
agreement for a report on personne
and wages added, but a question.
naire is to be distributed on thi
point and those who have made n,
real contribution to re-employmen
will be deprived of the blue eagle
Q. How do the smaller EN-
ployers receive blank forms?
A. If the forms are not receiv
ed through the mail they may be OBJ
tanned at the local post office.
Q. Do public utilities come un
der the recovery act so far as tn