The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-18
ASSERTS N0FAV0RS
CAN Be GRANTED IN
SE7.UP FOR GRoU:
Regrets 100 Per Cent of Motor
Makers Not Represented
At Conference
LABOR SPOKESMAN PEEVEC
Green Declares Hours Proposed
Are Too Long and Wages
Are Too Low
LABOR SPOKESMAN PEEVEC

Washington, Aug. 18.-(P)-Steel
coal and oil absorbed the concentrat.
ed efforts of President Roosvelt's re-
covery administration Friday, after
big automobile gathering. from
which Henry Ford was absent, heard
Hugh S. Johnson's blunt warning
there would be mo exceptions, wheth-
er large or small"
This code, when approved. will be
administered without fear or favor"
Johnson said to the automobile men
1T is a matter of regret that the rec
commended code does not include 100
per cent OF the manufacturers and /
hope that condition will not long con-
tinue."
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, de-
nounced the proposed wages of 40 to
43 cents an hour and the proposed
maximum hours of 48 a week with a
35-hour average as too little compen-
sation and too long periods of labor.
He asked a 3O-hour week with wages
of 60 cents an hour.
Provides For Open Shop
The open shop paragraph provides
the employers in the industry may
continue the open shop policy" and it
was attacked as lending itself to a
general misintcrpretation.
Immediately afterward, johnson
told his press conference, II haven't
even thought yet of the disciplinary
powers III the law" but added they
were put there to be used if necessary
ond would be used If the occasion de-
mands. Federal licenses could be ap-
piled under the law.
The recovery chieftain said he still
planned to take the production-curb-
ing, price-superHsing oil code to Pres
ident Roosevelt Friday but was ready
to correct any mistakes pointed out
by oil men during the morning in
numerous complaints filed with him.
Such corrections in the charter, he
indicated, would be only minor
changes after night Of "proofread-
ing" by the industry.
In his press conference Johnson
said submission of the code to the in
dustry by the NRA and administration
was not a high-handed proposition
because these people have had every
chance to present any possible views"
Plans Change in Words
One change he said he would make
was that the production control Sec
ton, saying the federal government
shall allocate production to a state,
would provide instead that it recon-
mend" the production quota.
johnson said steel men had not, I'D
to the present time reached a final
agreement among themselves, adding
that wages and working hours were
the stumbling points.
Conferences with both steel and coal
men were on Johnson's schedule in
the intense drive to bring both huge
industries into MIRA membership by
Saturday night.
The recovery administration was
unable to complete it's work Friday
on the bituminous coal code because
OF the many questions involved and
Johnson said: There will be no coal
code today" He expressed hope It
may be completed soon.
Labor Issue Unsolved
But still underlying the situation
was the feeling caused by steels re-
cent refusal to confer with William
Green. president of the American
Federation of Labor, and Green's in
depreciation that this was represent
alive of steel's inherent opposition to
organization Of its workers.
Labor questions also provided the
sore thumb in coal Ritnmiro,,s o,,er.
ators had from Roosevelt a request
for single trade code that should
contain no open-shop clause. Despite
the presidential admonition, some of
the operators reiterated their insist
ence upon the open shop.
There arose also threats of rebellion
against the oil code. Factions rushed
into shape direct appeals to President
Roosevelt and recovery officials
against some Of its ter,nS