The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-19
ROOSEVELT'S
VICTORY nets
STEEL ACCORD
Administration Was in OPP
position to Policies of
Big Business
SEE EARLY ACTION
AS TO COAL AND OIL

AS ~ SUAL AMI OlL
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 (UP)
A deadlock keeping the great oil,
coal. and steel industries out of
the National Recovery ranks was
broken by administration pressure
today when agreement was reach
ed on a steel code.
Officials were confident smash
ing of the steel blockade fore
Swallowed early action to put the
other industries under recovery
codes.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, hard
hitting NRA administrator, drove
the bargain on steel at protracted
conferences with magnates that
lasted much Of the night.
In steel more than in any other
industry the Presidents recovery
policies came in direct conflict
with the nations great financial
powers. including the House Of
Morgan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UP)
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
Johnson threw the full force Of
his fiery personality early today
into the bitter battle to bring the
great steel industry under the
Blue Eagle.
= With the other two key indus
tries-oil and coal-deadlocked
again after it had seemed their
problems were solved for the
present, Johnson turned back to
steel for a "brief conference" in
early evening and after midnight
it was still in session.
At midnight. Johnson emerged
a moment from the secret meet
ing to tell a delegation of oil re-
tailers, waiting to see him. that
they would have to wait until
morning.
"For Gods sake don't bother
me with oil now" he said and
pointed to the door behind him
which led to double suite. "Ive
got den of lions in each room in
there. and | can't both with any
thing else."
What passed behind the doors
was a matter for speculation only
but it appeared that the steel
magnate had been separated in
two groups, one discussing labor
problems and one other matters.
Since John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers. joined
the meeting late in the night. it
appeared that if success came
from this conference, the coal
problems might be solved too,
since steel domination Of the coal
fields has furnished the base for
most of the difficulties in drawing
up a code for that industry.
In both steel and coal, the
greatest bar to code agreement
has been insistence Of the indus
tr" upon an open shop clause
which would permit company
unions only, and an equally de-
termined battle by the American
Federation of Labor and the Uni
ted Mine Workers for the right
to organize the employees.
A series Of developments yes
terday marked another fast NOV
ing day for the recovery admin
istration despite the coal delay.
They include:
l. Requested by a group of la
Dor leaders to bring railroads un-
der the NRA, President Roosevelt
said this was impossible. He point
ed out the roads already have a
coordinator and will have setup
somewhat similar to the broad
program. The carriers, however,
he said, can observe some of the
principles of the Recovery Act.
He did not name these principles:
The labor leaders had charged
railroads were violating labor pro-
visions on the Recovery Act.
2. Recovery authorities reject
ed a proposal by leaders Of the
auIOElOIlfe IuuusIly bhoS SHSh
code contain a provision specifical-
ly allowing them to continue
"open shop" operations. William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor. described
this plea as "unsportsmanlike"
and urged a 30.hour week for the
industry.
8. The national labor board an
nounced it had been successful in
terminating a strike of shirt work
ers at the Phillips-Jones plant at
Pottsville, Pa. Settlement of an
other dispute at the H. V. Dob 4
Co., shirt factory, also in Potts
vile. was expected momentarily.
4. A representative of the ma
tional labor board will be sent into
the anthacite coal fields near
Scranton, Pa. to investigate COM
plants of miners. at the request
of Governor Pinchot. 's'', q.
s. Thomas Kennedy, secretary
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