Evening star., 1933-12-17
n. R. A. VIOLATIONS
7 REPORTED AS FEW
@hnson Presents Statistics
! to Show Blue Eagle
s.. Is Success. {
- the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
An assertion that only one in 10000
q the 100000 employers displaying
the Blue Eagle is a deliberate violatol
was made yesterday by N. r. A. as II
arranged for continuance of the Volun-
cary unemployment agreement into
next year.
This is evidence" said Hugh S
johnson, "of the support Of the con-
sumers-for the defaulting firms have
found it impossible to do business
profitably without the insignia"
IL statement he presented these
statistics: Only 311 complaints of "chiS-
cling" have been reported to Washing
ton by local Compliance Boards, while
close to 5000 cases have been settled
locally after violations were found to
have been due either to misunderstand-
tng or otherwise easily rectified.'
Back Wages Paid.
Latest evidence of the Importance of
the Eagle to employing establishments
was announcement that Moro Manufac-
turing Co. of New Orleans, after a
month without the emblem, had found
1t desirable to give its employees $4,000
in back wages to come up to re-employ-
nlent agreement terms, and had prom
ised to comply faithfully with the cotton
garment code. Several reinstatements
on the same basis hadN preceded this
one, some affecting big firms.
OF the 31l cases reported to Wash
dngton only 48 were deemed to warrant
removal of the Eagle. Thirty-three
were found not to be violations at all;
az were adjusted by codes becoming ef-
9ective for the parties complained
against; so have been adjusted since
report TO Washington; IS have been re-
; turned for more information; % are
still unacted upon and 10 have been
= eferred to the National Labor Board.
Declared Answer to Critics.
The statistics. johnson said, ought
to be a fairly complete answer to the
statements made III certain quarters
that the N. r. A. was other than sue
cess"
Also made public yesterday we're Octo-
Der figures for the steel industry show
ing a payroll increase for the month of
$500, 900, despite a decline in produc-
tion to 81 per cent from Al per cent in
September This followed much larger
increases, bringing pay rolls to total
of S7,429,726 above the pre-code pay OF
June, though the steel industry's output
then was greater. The average earning
had mounted from 53.1 cents per hour
in June to 649 cents in October.
The Blue Eagle will continue to be
the emblem of cooperation for all
firms, whether under code or not. A
large proportion of the original SignerS
now are under permanent codes, and
many more will be before the agree
ment expires December 81.
Agreement to Continue.
For those not then included under
codes N. r. A. intends to arrange con-
tnuance of the voluntary agreement.
They will not be allowed to display the
Eagle without complying with the wages
and hours prescribed. and there will
be either a public proclamation of this
fact, together with a call for continued
public support of Blue Eagle establish
mentS or distribution of new pledge
for the signature of uncoded employers.
Also under consideration is distribu
tion of special emblemS to the coded
industries which will be available only
to those who sign and pledge code COM
pliance. These emblems would identify
the displaying establishment as men,
Der of the code for their particular
trade.