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tive or does not in other respects
comply with the provisions Of
the act, may require an appro-
pirate modification in the
method Of selection Of the code
authority or other chosen trade
representatives"
Modification Sought
James Flett, as secretary Of thu
National Association of Waste Ma
terial Producers, which has its
headquarters in Chicago, express
ed the position Of his organization
with respect to the code in state
ment which first proposed mod1
6ication Of the first nine para
graphs Of the definitions in the
code, and cited the following as
most important:
1.-THE term Waste Paper
Trade as used herein includes
the buying and or handling for
resale purposes on commission
or otherwise Of waste paper, but
not including producers Of said
materials, or nOnprofit OrganiZa'
tons, or institutions, trade aSs0-
Citations, exclusive Of waste ma
terial dealers associations their
agents or employees"
It is the understanding OF the
National Association of Waste Ma
terial Producers that the code
sponsored by the National Assocl'
alton Of Waste Material Dealers
Inc, the Institute Of Scrap Iron
and Steel, and the Wool Stock
Council is intended to apply to
dealers engaged in buying and
selling scrap iron, nonferrouS scrap
metals and waste materials as de-
fined in the code, and is not in
tended to apply to producers such
as printers, department stores, Of
flee buildings, newspapers, apart
ment houses, or manufacturing
plants Of one character or another,
and or their agents or employees.
NOnprOfit Bodies Exempt
It is likewise the understanding
Of the organization, as expressed
In Mr.. Flett's statement, that the
code is not intended to apply to
nonprofit organizations, such as
the goodwill industries, the Saliva
ton Army, the Volunteers OF
America, the Red Cross, the Amer
dean Legion, religious organiza-
tons, Protestants or Catholics or
any other of like character who
accumulate and sell waste ma
terials as a means Of obtaining
funds to carry on their welfare
work and or to give rehabilitation
employment to needy persons.
# the administrator rules that
Gne producers and dealers are to
be governed by the same code,
however, the producers want the
code authority to consist Of IS
individuals, five to be chosen by
the National Association Of
Waste Material Dealers, Inc,
from among the members Of the
waste paper trade; five by the
National Association of Waste
Material Producers or otherwise,
as the administrator may direct
from the producers of waste pa
per, and five from among the
mixed dealers in waste paper and
other commodities under the
code, in a manner to be approved
or prescribed by the admins
traitor.
Godfrey Bloch, NRA deputy
administrator, has been notified
Of the associations plans to SUBJ
NIT shortly its own proposed
code. .ss
A survey covering a limited
number Of producers made by
the association as to average
wages paid employees in the
waste paper handling depart
ment showed this average, prior
to the establishment of NRA
to have been $18.72 a week, and
after MIRA, 1892, an increase
Of 5.88 per cent.