Evening star., 1933-08-29
N. R. A. Experts Are at Work
on Final Draft of Code
for Industry.
JOHNSON SEES BINDING
PACT Within TWO DAYS
Next Job Will Be to Bring Entire
Retail Trade Under Gen.
eral Agreement.

William Green, president OF the
American Federation OF Labor, said to-
day 1t was his impression the aeree-
ment between the United Mine Workers
OF America and Appalachian coal op-
orators constituted recognition Of the
union by the operators.
Meanwhile, Recovery Administration
officials were at work seeking to put the
agreement into the final form for
PRONUNCIATION by President Roosevelt as
a code to bind the industry,
II Is my IMPRESSION" Green said in
an interview, that the agreement con-
stitued recognition Of the United Mine
Workers"
Operators Express Views
Terns OF the agreement remain to
be made public.
Some of the coal operators while ad-
mitting they will have to recognize the
United Mine Workers where their en-
ployes choose the union as their rep
resentauve for collective bargaining,
contend that other groups of employees
VINO choose other representatives will
be given due recognition.
Jonn l.. Lewis, president of the union.
claims his organization represents virtu-
ally all the miners of the Nation.
In that way, labor leaders say. agree.
ment with the union last night con-
sututed recognition of the union.
The final draft Of the code will be
submitted to the operators and miners
ior approval as soon as completed.
The administration also was prepar-
ing to negotiate with operators from
outlying regions with a view to har-
monizing their proposals for wages and
nours with those agreed to for the vast
Appalachian fields
The mine workers and operators
were understood to have agreed to a
$3.50 basic daily wage for the North
with Accent differential for the
South and "a cents for the Fairmont
region Of Northern West Virginia.
They also were understood to have
agreed upon 40-hour maximum work
week for the six months starting Sep
tember 1.
During that time, a Government
commission would study the problem
OF hours with view to determining
whether the work day and work week
could be reduced.
Mine Committee Meets
The mine workers Policy Committee
met to discuss the agreement. but
Lewis refused to comment on the out
come
Discussion Of the check of -deduc-
tion Of union dues from miners pay
was reported sidetracked during nego-
| t1ations between Hugh s. johnson, re-
covery chief, and the operators and
miners.
The union was understood to be
reQdV tn raise q rau demand for iv,cl,,
sion Of check-of provision in the
code, however. If the operators insisted
| upon inclusion Of the automobile"
labor clause.
That would permit operators to hire,
discharge or promote workers without
regard to membership or non-member-
| ship in any organization.
The operators were understood stil
| to be insisting upon inclusion of that
clause, which they placed in q substi-
tute code filed with the administration
| Sunday.
Speeds National Drive.
Confident that the last major hazard
to his campaign was behind, Gen. john
son today turned to speeding the ma
tional drive for popular cooperation
with the Recovery Administration.
Calling into conference the chairmen
Of the N R. A. committees for IA major
cities, he outlined aims of the move
ment to align every employer and to
have consumers buy where the Blue
Eagle is displayed.
The city N. r. A. chairmen sum-
moned included: Birmingham, L. E.
Foster; Detroit. Abner E. Larned; In
dianapolis, Charles w. Chase; Phila-
delphia. Herbert j. Tiley; Chicago,
George w. Rosseter; Cincinnati. c. F.
Williams; Baltimore Maj. Gen. Paul B.
Malone; New York, Grover Whalen;
Cleveland, Mayor Miller; St. Louis,
Mayor Dickman; Houston, Donald Pot
ter; Kansas City, j. c. Nichols, and
Pittsburgh, F. c. Harper.
johnson Is Gratified.
The basic agreement finally obtained
for the coal industry was regarded by
Gen. johnson as one Of the most
significant advances in the career Of
the Industrial control enterprise.
After skirting the edge of failure for
a week, union labor and representatives
Of the biggest bituminous coal fileds
of the country were brought into .
compromise which the administration
was ready to approve. Today and to-
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