Evening star., 1933-06-27
INDUSTRY WORKS
. FOR TEXTILE CODE.
First Test of Roosevelt Re-
covery Program Starts
in Cotton Industry.
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to raise wages generally throughout the
textile mills as the first step in the
general upward shift, are President
Sloan, T. M Marchant of Greenville.
s. c., president of the t.:neriCan Cotton
Manufacturers Association, represent
ing Southern mills, and Robert Amory
of Nassau. N. H, speaking for the
Northern plants.
At the outset of the hearing there
were indications that opposition would
be presented to the minimum wage
scale provided in the agreement
For Northern mills this scale was
placed at S11 for a 4G-hour week and
in the South $40. No workers would
be permitted to work more than 40
hours and productive machinery could
be operated two 40-hour shifts week,
Granted Right to Bargain.
In addition, as required by law, the
agreement granted workers the right
to bargain collectively and to organize
in any manner they chose.
The hearing was held in the Com
merce Department Building, with ap-
proXimately 800 persons in attendance
On the rostrum with Johnson were his
advisory boards of industrial and Ia
l6dQSTS ana tIlUSt "
resent the consumers.
On the industrial side of the stage
was Walter c. Teagle of Standard Oil,
Gerard Swope of General Electric, AL
fred P Sloan, jr., of General Motors,
and Walter S. Clifford, American Tele-
phone & Telegraph.
On the labor side of the stage Sec
rotary of Labor Francis Perkins was
seated between Green and President
John l.. Lewis of the United Mine
Workers
Donald r. Richberg, general counsel
for the recovery administration, in out
lining the procedure to be followed at
the hearing said there should be clear
understanding that this was not judi
cial investigation, but rather an admin
istrative inquiry for the purpose of ade-
ouately advising the administration OF
the facts upon which the exercise OF
administrative authority must be predi-
Gated.
He said the law lays down no re-
uuirements for any public hearings upon
codes. Therefore there are no statutory
limitations for control upon procedure,
adding:
1T should be clearly understood that
no representative of private interest
favoring or opposing code has any
entation of evidence of the procedure in
a public hearing, which will be subject
to the sole control of the deputy ad-
ministrator in charge, acting in con-
formity with any general regulations or
specific instructions of the adminlstra-
tor"
To provide for the orderly handling
of these hearings, the following pro-
cedure, Richberg declared, had been
tentatively adopted, with the under
standing that no binding precedents
are established and that the practice
outlined may be changed at any time
to improve the conduct OF the near
ings:
q. The actual hearing upon code
will begin with the presentation OF the
code BY its sponsors, who will be allotted
such time as may be appropriate Tor the
initial presentation of the code.
"2. Before hearing is given to those
offering objections, addition to or modl-
hcation of any code provision, spe-
eific statement must be filed settlng
forth without argument a request for
the elimination of the specific proVl-
sion of the code.
Give Objection Chance.
"3. Inasmuch as this is the first
public hearing held under the admin
istration of the national industrial re-
covery act, and some misunderstand-
ings of proposed procedure may have
developed, an opportunity will be given
to II objectors to present in writing
their proposal for elimination or
notifications Of, or additions to, code
provisions before June %, 1888. Fur
ther, in accordance with the notice
of hearing, issued June 10, an oppor-
tunity will be given up to noon, June
%, for persons not previously appear
ing to make supplemental appearances
and to file written objections.
"a Since the purpose OF the public
hearings is to provide evidence OF facts
upon which the administrator will be
justified in recommending approval OF
codes to the President, these hearings
will not be appropriate for the presen-
tation of arguments upon issues OF law.
If any party in interest desires to raise
any issue of law in connection with a
proposed code Of fair competition, he
may file a written argument thereon
with the deputy administrator, but oral
arguments upon questions of law will
not be permitted during the public
hearing.
IS. The control of presentation of tes-
timony during hearings will rest en-