Evening star., 1933-07-31
N. R. A. OFFICIALS WORK
ON FINAL DRAFT OF:
CODE FOR RETAILERS
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industry to one scale of hours and
within 10 days and push it through
to compel them to adopt the schedule
In the Presidents agreement and then
change it again when the code Is ap-
proved.
Whenever any industry comes for
ward with q code that satisfies me that
1t Is approximately right as to wages
and hours, will consider letting them
operate under it without prejudice to
the final form Of the code"
The administrator pointed out the
Presidents agreement and interpreta-
tons since then specifically authorized
that it should not apply where codes
have been adopted or where the pro-
visions Of q proposed code were given
temporary effectiveness.
Agreement Totals Mount.
As hearings on the proposed steel
code began today, postmasters and re-
covery administration offices through
out the Nation continued to report
mounting totals OF volunteer agree
ments by employers with President
Roosevelt to go along with the blanket
agreement for curtailed working hours
and better pay.
Already the signatures accumulated
guaranteed that hundreds OF Thousands
OF workers today were entering upon
shorter work weeks In offices and
stores, in factories and mechanical es-
adjustments.
No national total of agreement.
signed was yet available, but district
headquarters at San Francisco by last
night had reported 19, 1908; Chicago, T..
289. probably affecting 100000 workers
Boston, 1888. covering II ,ss7 employees
st. Louis, 4,l53; New Orleans, l,264
Louisville, 1902: Jacksonville, 789
Some Of these cities had had a late
start on distribution of blanks.
New Interpretations.
To help business men anxious 70,
explanations of the voluntary agree
ment's terms before signing, the ad-
ministration last night issued severa
new interpretations:
That the white collar" wage and
hour limits apply, among others to.
BARRIERS. beauty parlor operators. dish
washers, drivers, deliverymen. elevator
operators. janitors. watchmen, porters
restaurant workers and filling station
attendants; that there Is no maximum
limit on the hours Of store operation
only minimum t52 hours unless pres
ent practice is below that. and that
the minimum may be reduced in ac-
cordance to normal seasonal practice
such as Summertime Saturday closings
so long as pay Is not thereby reduced
that all emergency overtime must be
paid time and one-third; that ap.
prentices under contract August / may
be paid less than the minimum. but
that no one shall be regarded an ap-
prentice who previously has served ar
apprenticeship in the same industry
part time workers need not be paid the
minimum weekly wage prescribed, but
must be paid at least 40 cents an houl
unless their class Of work was paid les:
than that in July, 1929, and in no case
shall they receive less than 80 cents
A brand-new code for the oil industry
is TO be put before the petroleum rep
resentatives by johnson. Because they
could not agree among themselves In 6
suitable Agreement, he had his own
staff rewrite it. Indicated were stiff
provisions to curb practices which have
been the source of extended strife.
Decisions Pend on Several.
Still in the mill were final decision.
on q number of codes, including one fol
lumber. while Johnson's deputies made
ready to take up during the rest ol
the week hearings on millinery. cast
iron soil pipe, cotton garments and the
Photographic industry. With steel, the
codes to be discussed this week will
affect we'll over a million workers.
J. v. w. Reynders. nationally known
engineer. will act as industrial adviser
to the Recovery Administration, 1t wa!
announced yesterday. AS consumers
representatives the following have beer
named: Richard H. Ashton OF the
Association Of Railway Executives
Gary Smith, vice president Of the New
York New Haven g. Hartford Rail
road; w. N. Kirkman. president OF the
National Association Of Purchasing
Agents: G. A. Renard, Secretary-treas-
urer of the National Association of Pur-
chasing Agents: Prof. Frank A. Fettel
Of Princeton University. and possibly
Alfred Reeves, vice president and gen.
eral manager Of the National Automo.
bile Chamber Of Commerce.
William Green. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor. viii
serve as labor adviser to Gen. johnson
JOIlIlSOIl laSC ElSQC IurIler 6xtenQeC
the stay granted tire fabric mAnufac.
turers from provisions of the cottor
textile code limiting the hours o.
machine operation.
Original Exemption Expires.
The exemption originally granted by
President Roosevelt when he approved
the cotton textile code on July Is ex-
pired yesterday. Johnson'S order ex'
tends the stay pending the President!
decision on the contention Of tire man.
ufacturers that the code limitation Of
machine hours to two 40-hour shift.
or maximum Of 80 hours q weel
would cripple their operation.
The companies principally affected
are Ffrestone Tire & Rubber Co.. Good.
year Tire & Rubber Co., United State.
Rubber Co.. 3. F. Goodrich Rubber Co.
General Tire & Rubber Co., Fisk Tire
& Rubber Co. and Dunlop Tire g. Rub.
ber Co. The exemption applies, how.
ever, to any cotton textile mill produc-
ing tire fabric.
1t was testified during the cotton
textile code hearings that the fabric
mills of the rubber company now are
working three shifts a day for seven
days week In order to supply the
demand.
counsel of the recovery administration
had Lamont recalled for questioning