Evening star., 1933-10-30
RETAIL ST0RESPUT
CODE IN OPERATION
Johnson Plans to Start Sc
ries of Speeches in West
Within Week.
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tSOAAtiA4ACo AoN o6CD
gram must rest chiefly on the will of
business to rule itself, and to conform
also for action by States to establish
laws for permanent regulation.
Meanwhile, Industrial Administrator
Hugh S. johnson is planning to start
within a week on a swing out to the
West coast to make series of speeches.
aimed at Strengthening out disputed
points Of the N. r. A. program, and to
get f1rst-hand analysis OF the coun-
try's sentiment
One Of Johnsons biggest concerns is
over increasing clamor that N. r. AS
industrial control methods will, If they
go the whole way, step across the con-
stitutional guaranty of freedom of the
press. He maintains this is not true
and has been preparing for some time
to expound his position at the first
available opportunity. He wants to go
further also in convincing the farm belt
that industrial recovery is not the en-
emy of the farmer.
N. r. AS Labor Board claims credit
for returning to work more than 100000
men and women either on strike, threat
ening strike, or locked out by employ
ers Senator Wagner announced his
board had taken jurisdiction over 10
cases, rs of them strikes and three lock-
outs.
Union Is Chief Issue.
More than two-thirds were caused BIZ
dispute over recognition of employees
| representatives and collective bargain
| ing-the union issue. SiXty-Six of the
first hundred cases, said Wagner, have
| been settled successfully. 46 by media
ton on the spot, II through agreements
reached at hearings in Washington, 8
| through decisions handed down by the
board and accepted by the parties. Six
teen cases were referred to local N. r.
A. bodies or the Department Of Labor.
Employe elections to choose repre-
sentatives were held under board super
vision in % cases.
Approximately 70 per cent of all
cases coming before the board" said
| Wagner were due to difficulties over
recognition of organizations and thS ex-
erciSe Of collective bargaining These
figures speak for themselves. as Salso
do those giving the total number ,ot
settlements achieved by the board Es-
pecially noteworthy in regard TO the 66
settlements is that much the larger pro-
portion of these were agreements. usual
ly written and signed. and thus bearing
promise OF permanence. The analysis
is worth the consideration of those who
want to get at the causes of labor un-
rest and who wish to gauge the success
of the means of adjusting them"
Sales Standards Proposed.
simultaneously. N. R. AS Consumers
Advisory Board made public a request
to the Bureau of Standards for de-
veloping what it described as ''over-the
counter" standards for retail goods.
What it wants is a definition Of
quality and grade so that all goods. no
matter whether in fancy packages and
heavily advertised or not, shall bear
plainly recognized dependably arrived
at indication of quality. This would
apply to a can of tomatoes a shirt, a
rug. or anything that people buy. A
! glance at the grade mark would tell
whether the tomatoes were the best.
ripest kind of fruit: whether the shirt
or rug contained the grade of cotton.
wool, silk or other material that was
established to wear the longest.
Goods Of second or third grade, the
board believes. would continue to sell
on a price basis. AS an example of
the practicability of this. its officials
frequently refer to brand of pine
apple which is advertised in various
grades with explanation of the differ
ence between them