Evening star., 1933-08-17
PR|NC|PLESFORO|L
CODE AGREED UPON
N. R. A. Chiefs Get Funda-
mentaIs in Talk Around Pres
ident RooseveIt's Desk.
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type of representation they might select.
The original code presented by the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce, with Henry Ford not yet in
dicating adherence, read:
In accordance with the foregoing
provisions the employers in the auto
| mobile industry propose to continue the
and under which unusually satisfactory
and harmonious relations with en-
ployes have been maintained. The
selection, retention and advancement
of employees will be on the basis of in
dividual merit without regard to their
affiliation or non-afhliation with any
labor or other organization"
Two other proposed notifications OF
the collective bargaining clause in
cluded in the steel and coal codes have
met the opposition Of the administra-
ton.
The steel industry. at the beginning
of its hearing withdrew its stipulation
that the company union plan now in
use in steel plants met the require
ments Of the act, and non-union coal
operators are still firm in a refusal to
eliminate an open shop provision from
their code, despite the demand Of the
administration.
The automobile code, however, reads
differently and in the present form
stipulates that the open Shop may"
be continued.
May Settle Controversies.
The belief was expressed by an on
cial Of the administration that the
wording Of the automobile code might
be substituted In other major nom
union industries to point the way to
settlement Of the controversies over
union organization.
The coal conference originally was
slated for August %, but the admins
tration's desire for speedy action in ap-
proval of a code for the industry
prompted it to move forward the ses-
sion to tomorrow. Only operators who
submitted codes were invited.
The intense oil situation has showed
into the background for the moment the
important steel code. Deputy Simpson
told newspaper men it was unlikely that
he could find time today for work on
steel although he might possibly have
some conversations late in the after
noon.
Steel representatives and Dr. Alex
ander Sachs, Johnson's statistical ex-
pert, continued to work for the third
successive day at the Commerce De-
partment on facts and figures govern
ing wages and working hours in steel.
Their problem was reconciling figures
presented at the steel hearings by Sec
retary of Labor Perkins ard those
brought to Washington by the big steel
companies
The results of their work on stats
lato ,,,;n ha hoF
to aid him in reaching his decision on
the steel code.
Simpson said yesterday he had mot
seen any evidence Of a change in atti-
tude" from that recently expressed by
Robert Lamont, head of the Iron and
Steel Institute when he said steel had
made every concession 1t could.
Moves to Restore Peace.
Secretary of Labor Perkins, at whose
office the rupture between steel and
labor's spokesmen took place, moved
swiftly Yesterday to restore peace.
She announced that in order to facili-
tate q quick agreement on the steel
code. statisticianS and technical ex-
perts for the operators and those of the
Labor Advisory Committee OF the N: r
A would seek common understanding
and report to Johnson.
day, when heads of five great steel COM
panies refused to sit at conference
with Green, Miss Perkins said the in
te-estS of the steel workers would be
projected and added:
The Government in some COM
plicated codes has invited joint con-
ference of interested parties with dlf-
ferent opinions after the public hearings.
in order that misconceptions may bS
removed, facts and figures reconciled,
and the differences in mere opinions
reduced to a minimum before the ad-
min.strator takes up the code for fnal
study and revision before recommend
ing 1t to the President for promulga-
ton"
None Compelled to Participate.
Referring to the walkout by the steel
men Miss Perkins said:
mo individual or affected group is
compelled to participate. and when it
became Obvious that some of the
operators mot all. I believe) preferred
not to participate in the conference.
the deputy administrator. Kenneth
Simuson. and l announced that the
conference was dissolved"
Green told newspaper men Yesterday
that "if Johnson calls me in On steel
conference I'll go. of course"
i COulQIlt DS SiIChtl, liz dudcu
I'm what regard as an emergency I'll
continue to render my services. I re-
gard their refusal to confer with me as
representative of the steel magnates'
fundamental opposition to organization
of their employees"
Green who is also the appointed labor
adviser Of the N R A for the automo-
bile code sat in for several hours at
Yesterdays conference Of the auto men.
This session dealt primarily with the
hours Of work proposed by the automo-
bile industry. namely a 35-hour week
with 4s-hour maximum during sea-
sonal periods.
Temporary Codes.
Among the temporary modified pres
idential agreements given effectiveness
Yesterday were those covering the gas
appliances, folding box manufacturers,
book manufacturers, cooking and heat
ing appliances. farm equipment, bleached
shellac. shovel, dragline and crane, lead
and chain industries.
The fiat glass industry f1led pro-
posed scale of wages and hours LOT
plate laminated. structural, rough-rolled
and wire glass factories.
The scale was offered as substitute
for the hour and wage provisions OF the
blanket code, under which the lnoustry
is for the most part operating at pres
ent. Walter w. Ahrens Washington at
torney who presented it, said.
It proposes a 42-hour week for work.
ers engaged in continuous processes and
a 36-hour week for all other workers
and a basic minimum wage OF 35 cents
an hour, with differentials between the
North and the South and for the various
tyres of work.
The scale was agreed upon by COM
mittee representing 80 per cent OF the
nlate glass industry. 95 per cent CT the
Illuminated glass industry. 100 per cent
of the structural glass industry and
rs per cent of the rough-rolled ana
wire glass industry, it was said.