The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-18
The Code
interpretations for Guidance
of Employers and Employees
By NOAH HOLLOWELL
Chairman of National Recov-
cry Executive Committee
of Hendersonville

How are small business con-
Germs that cannot pay their help
$12 or $19 a week or the man.
ager more than $35 a week 60
ing to obtain the blue eagle OF
keep in the good graces of public
sentiment which may demand the
display of the eagle? In other
words, is small business to be
put out of business because it is
small and Improbable where all
the help, even the manager, is
employed?
Very little if any permanent
relief can be offered. Provision
has been made for stores which
have temporary problems to
overcome to obtain the eagle
temporarily while the case is be-
ing reviewed by Washington au-
thorities.
The local NRA executive COM
mittee will have a subcommittee
to deal with these problems. This
committee will be announced by
General A. V. Edwards this
week. The procedure is as fol-
lows:
Sign the presidents re-employ-
ment agreement. Mail it to the
district office of the department
of commerce. If you find its
provisions are mostly impossible
then prepare a petition to the
NRA, asking for a stay or post
ponement of those provisions
which produce an unavoidable
hardship Submit this petition
to the local committee provided
for that purpose. If this COM
mittee will officially accept the
petition and vouch for the facts
contained therein, add the fol-
lowing to the face of the certi-
ficate: Except for those interim
temporary provisions regarding
wages and hours which have
been approved by the Hender-
sonville NRA executive commit
tee Then the postmaster will
authorize you to use the NRA
blue eagle"
This procedure may take some
time and is Of course subject to
reversal when the petition is re-
viewed by the NRA in Washing
ton. The petitioner agrees to
abide by the NRA ruling.
Business men who for years
have done things in certain ways
will be quick to say that the code
cannot be complied with. Per-
haps not on the same old basis
of business. Before pressure be-
comes too strong / would suggest
that small business men who are
confronted with this problem
give it deep, concentrated
thought Immediately before being
called on by a committee to do
so because the committee will
not perhaps be able to offer any
helpful suggestions. Their adj
vice will be of an off-hand ma
ture and not calculated to be
very constructive and yet some
times such advice furnishes food
for thought. Perhaps the bust
ness needs better caliber behind
it in the way of a manager. If
so there is now law against en-
ploying more efficient help when
you are compelled to pay certain
wages. A store may have too
many employees not worth $12 OF
$13 and perhaps never will be,
A business man is not supposed
to follow sentiment too far in
this direction when it comes to
saving the life of his business.
Perhaps the store is losing monev
on bad accounts. These could
be eliminated and let the en-
ployes get the profits instead of
the dead beats. Probably Won
have a relative or good friend of
the family managing your bust
ness and he or she doesn't have
the capacity to produce more
business and through greater
volume be able to earn higher
wages. Probably some very faith
FIJI but not highly qualified en-
ploye could be given a subordi-
nate position, not reducing his
wages, and more and better
qualified help be introduced to
help pull the business out of the