The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-01
WEEKLY WAGE
MINIM j NJ IS
ADVANCED s.
Textile Industry Agrees
To $l2 In South, With
4O-Hour Week
RECOVERY PLANS
GET GOOD START
By THOMAS L. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent


WASHINGTON. July /. (UP)
President Roosevelt's business re-
covery program got off to flying
start yesterday afternoon when
the recovery administration and
the cotton textile industry agreed
on a code providing a So higher
weekly minimum wage than orig
inally proposed.
The code fixes a $12 weekly
minimum wage in the, South. Sl3
in the North, and a 40-hour maxi
mum working week. I'll specifical-
lv bans child labor by prohibiting
employment Of persons under 16
years of age.
The increased wage, which rep
resented a concession by the in
dustry to the flood of labor pro-
tests, was along lines previously
outlined by the United Press. AS
originally submitted by the indus
try, the code proposed SO and
$11 minimum wages in the South
and North.
The code still exempts cleaners
and outside workers, also appren-
tees for q period of six weeks
from the minimum scale. Labor
protested these exemptions in
vain. No change was made in the
working week schedule of 40 hours
for workers and 80 hours for ma
chinery.
George A. Sloan, president of
the Cotton Textile Institute, also
announced creation of planning
committee of 20 of the industry's
leaders. This group will advise
with Johnson and recommends
changes in the code from time to
time to meet changing conditions
in the industry.
The committee will be drawn
from the Cotton Textile Institute,
the American Cotton Manufacture
ers Association, representing the
South, and the National Assocla-
ton of Cotton Manufacturers,
representing the North.
The code still must receive the
formal, official certification of
General Hugh S. Johnson, recov-
cry act administrator. The Uni
ted Press learned however that
the compromise was reached
through negotiations with officials
and had their approval.
After Johnson's formal approx
al, the code then goes to President
Roosevelt. who has the final word.
Agreement on this first code IN
the governments venture into
economic planning. followed the
adoption of a coordinated program
between the industrial recovery
administration and the agriculture
administration for common regu-
lation of those food product in
dustries which come within the
scope of both agencies. This was
authorized in an executive order
by President Roosevelt.
The agriculture administration
will handle the marketing and
price arrangements while john
sons organization will supervise
codes for regulation of wages and
hours of labor.
In press conference, Johnson
termed price-fixing a chad sub
iect" and said, $50 far as we are
concerned we don't want price
fixing in the codes" He prefers
pledges not to sell below cost OF
production. Touching on mnopo-
lies and extortion, the administra-
tor commented:
"Extortion to my mind is the
very end and aim of monopoly. L
can't tell you just what extortlon
is but this country knows damned
well what it is"
The textile code compromise
presented by Sloan grew from a
series of conferences between in
dustry's leaders and Johnson and
his aides which kept them up into
the early hours of the morning.
The aggressive administrator was
anxious to get the machinery
started by getting this code ad-
justed at once. -.
1t was common knowledge that
progress was being made, but
Sloan's announcement of the in
dustry's concessions at an after
noon session came as somewhat
of surprise. The hearings had
not been officially closed, having
until today to run. 1t was expect
ed several days might elapse be-
fore a final adjustment was made.