Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-08-03

lieHlyW00d business mel Tues
day responded to Pres. Roosevelt s
appeal to speed the national re-
covery program, by shortening
hours, increasing wages and com
plying with the fair competition
code.
]. c. Penney Co, and Ingwal-
sons Department store were the
Ilrst to return to the postoffice the
certiflcate of compliance. Avery l..
Roser signing the certificate for
the Penney Co.. and C. G. Chris
Hansen for the lngwalson store.
Jack kjelstrup, district manager
OF the Continental Oil Co, was
notified that the company is whole
heartedly behind the movement.
Mr.. Kjelstrup was instructed to
sign the agreement Immediately.
The certificate said I'VE certify
that we have adjusted the hours OF
labor and the wages Of our en-
ployees to accord with the Presi-
dents Unemployment Agreements
which we have signed.
Assurance is that other business
concerns In the city will get behind
the plan. PlentyWood will respond
as all other towns in the nation.
Large ptsters were being dis
played by concerns signing the
compliance. Stickers. stating MIRA
consumer, we do our part. are
making their appearance on cars.
where individuals are in harmony
with the plan.
Business houses signing the
agreements plan to put the Dro-
gram into effect Just ais soon as the
state Retail Merchants code Is Of
ficialy adopted. They will then make
adjustments accordingly.
The letter distributed by the
post-office department carried the
signature of the president and con-
tanned the following code:
During the period of the Presi-
dents emergency reempl 0 Y m n
drive, that is to say, from August
! to December 81, 1898, or any
earlier date OF approval of a Code
OF Fair Competition to which he is
subject, the undersigned hereby
agrees wit the President as follows:
I'd After August 81, 1888, not
10 employ any person under Is
years OF age, except that persons |
between Ia and is may be an
pl0yed (but not in manufacturing
or mechanical industries) for not
to exceed 3 hours per day ana
those hours between 7 a. m. and
z D. m. in such work as will not J
with hours of day school.
"t2) Not to work any account
Ing, clerical, banking, office, ser $
vice, or sales employees (excepf a
outside salesmen) in any store. \
office, department, establishment. or
public utility, or on any automotiye S
horse-draWn passenger, express. v
delivery, or freight service or In
other place or manner. for I
than 40 hours in any week :
no to reduce the hours OF any
tore or service operation to below
y hours In any / week, unless
UGH hours were less than So hours g.
eT week before July 1, 1893, and &c
o the latter case not to reduce 4
UGH hours at all. II
10 Not to employ any factory ca
T mechanical worker OF artisan dr.
than a maximum week of SIS .,
ours until December 81, 1898, III
ut with the right to work a max Fl
mum week of 40 hours for any ii
'eeks within this period; and not IA,
!, employ any worker more than ha
hours In any ] day.
ID The maximum hours fixed =.
the foregoing paragraphs (z) ",
CD shall not apply TO en- ~
In establishments employ
9 not more than two persons In r.
WINS less than $500 population
men towns are not part of q
rye trade area; nor to employees
a managerial or executive capa-
ty, who now receive more than VIC
30 per week; nor to employees on G.
nergency maintenance and repair cit
0Ih, nor to very special cases In
lere restrictions of hours Of high !
sKalled workers on continuous for
ocesses would unavoidably re- fri
Ice production but, In any such
eclal case, at least time and one loo
ird shall be paid for hours worked IA
excess of the maximum. Popu- He
Ion for the purposes OF this ~
reement shall be determined by !
to the 1880 Federal cen w;f
80
"t5) Not to pay any of the /,
OF employees mentioned in !
ragraph ~ less than SIS Der nen
elk in any city of over 500. 900 10,
pulation, or in the immediate :
de area Of such city; nor less ina
u Sl4.50 per week In any city ars
ween 100000 and SOC, 900 pop 10
tion. or In the immediate trade a
a OF such city; nor less than hv
"eoA ~ any eily o between who
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