The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
COLOUR Week Proposal For Auto Industry
NEW STATE RECOVERY BOARD
LOOKED TO FOR ENFORCING
OF NATIONAL TRADE CODES
Organization Meeting Being Held Today at Raleigh;
Will Have Blanket Authority From WASH
ngton to Deal With Infractions
The Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel


RALEIGH, Aug. 1S.-The new
state recovery board. appointed by
President Roosevelt to assist the
National Recovery Administration
in North Carolina and to "receiv.
and act upon all matters referred
to it by the National Recover!
Administration or district boards
is meeting here today in the office
of Governor j. C. B. Birmingham!
and at his call. This is the first
meeting Of the board since it was
appointed by the President.
Members of this board are
William NJ. Webb. Morehead City
j. O. Carr, Wilmington; J. H. Sc
park, Gastonia; J. B. Ivey, Cha
lotte; Robert Latham, Ashevillei
C. L. Shipping, Greensboro; c. A,
Cannon. Concord; R. R. Law
renee Winston-Salem, and A. l..
Fletcher. state commissioner Of
labor, Raleigh. The board was not
expected to do much more today
than organize. elect a chairman
and formulate a preliminary plan
of procedure.
This recovery board, however,
is destined to become one of the
most important and powerful
agencies in carrying out the Ma
tional Recovery program, accord
ing to those familiar with the put
poses of these state boards. The
prevailing opinion IS that to n
very large extent these boards
are going to have a great deal to
DO with the enforcement of the
various NRA codes in the various
states. with possibility that they
may become the enforcement
agencies in each state. The recov-
cry board in each state in turn u
charged with the responsibility OF
appointing the state recovery
council, to consist Of an unlimited
number of persons representing
commerce, industry and labor, as
well as civic interests. The gov
eminent bulletin dealing with the
state recovery boards. says that
each board shall "advise and re-
port upon the execution of the
National Recovery Act" in each
state, and that the board "shall
receive and act upon all matters
referred to it by the National Re-
covery Administration or by dis
tr;ct boards"
The prevailing opinion among
those here who have studied this
new plan of administering the
NRA regulations, is that each Of
these state boards will be empow-
cred by President Roosevelt and
General Johnson to become the
supreme court in the hearing of
all complaints with regard to the
violation of NRA codes and also
the general enforcement agency
for the codes over the state. The
state recovery board, of course,
will have the assistance of the
many local committees and boards
already functioning.
at is my opinion that this state
recovery board will receive and
act upon all complaints of NRA
code violations in North Carolina
and will have almost blanket au-
thority from the National Recov-
ery Administration to deal with
violators as it may decide" a
member of the board said today.
"The more important cases will
probably be referred by it to Gen
eral Johnson and the recovery ad,
ministration in Washington. But
the idea behind the organization
of these state boards seems to be
to relieve Washington of handling
the hundreds of thousands of COM
plants that are pouring in from
all sections of the country and to
nut the enforcement of the MIA
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