The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-23
Acts Strictly On
 Instructions From Washington, D. C.
Not Board of Inquisition or CompuIsion Complaints
 Being Handled Not as Means to Inquiring Into
 Mans Business, But Merely to Show Him Need of Conforming to Presidents Agreement

him., 1t should be explained to him by tho legal member of the board that the presidents reemployment agreement is not statute to he enforced by law, but q voluntary individual covenant"
 Tt should be assumed that If the employer is acting within the spirit of the agreement, ho will be ready and willing to come forward with frank statement of his pos sition in order to clear up any mis. understanding. However, 1t should be explained further, that q refusal to answer q question will be con : sidered contrary to the spirit of the agreement if the answer to the question would determine whether or not the employer is complying. Such a refusal should be noted by the board in making its report to
 Tn addition to explaining the mechanics of the compliance boards handling of complaints, the regulations outline the method of handling petitions for exception.
 No exception" according to the code, from Paragraph CD, S). (iO), or (i3) of the presidents z agreement may bo approved and no exception from or statement of m interpretation or underestimate ing of section [ (a) or Section 10 (bJ of tho National Recovery Act may be approved
 'if the board finds by unanl- nous vote that the petition (for an oxception) is Justified by the facts, 1t should be approved and the petitioner informed of this fact If tho board finds by unanim 0 us vote that the petition is not 3usti- ned by tho facts, 1t should bo dis approved and tho petitioner in- formed of this fact"
 Where tho board is unable to reach c unanimous agreement, the petition, with majority and minor. ity reports from tho board, should bo forwarded to the secretary Of the District Recovery Board for final action. The regulations pro- vido for m appeal to Washington from Q district boards decision.
 Section 3 of tho same regulations deals with petitions for permission to operate under 0 union contra ct for hours longer than the max mum under the presidents rcen- ployment code. Tho board, con- vinced of the genuine intentions of both parties. is empowered to act sas q mediation board, but if 1t is unable to bring about an agree. mont, all data should Do forwarded to tho District Recovery board for thoir action. t
 The board Is permitted to on. largo It's membership whenever tho work becomes too voluminous to Dc handled, by appointing seven more nom bers, of the same nntecedentt as those of the original group. Tn Waterbury it has not yet become neceSsnry to enlarge the board't membership. The policy adopted hero Is for ono or moro available members to git in with Mir Green daily for informal eonferences with compininants or employers and many Of tho cases arc thus die. posed of, without tho necessity of q formal hearing before the full board. Tho more important and difficult cases, com paratively free in number, arc brought before the board as a whole for consideration and, # possible, decision, the en- tire board meeting only as often hs there is sufficient business to war. rant such a session. To date there have been Ave such meetings Of the board as e whole.