Evening star., 1933-07-04
EXPECT PRESIDENT
WILL ACT QUICKLY
ON TEXTILE CODE
Await RooseveIt's Return to
Pass on First of Trade
Agreements.
SOFT COAL SCHEDULE
is BEING STUDIED
Hours, Wages and Conditions Of
Employment Will Be Con-
sidered at Conference.
BY the Associated Press.

A speedy White House decision on
the cotton textile code, only one past
the hearing stage, is expected by Hugh
s. johnson, Industrial recovery admin
istrator, when President Roosevelt re-
turns to Washington.
johnson, however, pointed out that
because this is the first Of the codes
the President wants time for q careful
analysis before promulgating It.
Coal Industry Proposals.
The administrator also let 1t be known
that q single code is desired for the
entire bituminous coal industry This
announcement was made after sepa-
rate code for Indiana mines had been
submitted by operators in that State
johnson said he had not as yet seen
the Indiana code. 1t was described
however, as calling for miners in that
State to be paid so cents an hour with
q maximum work week Of four 8-hour
days.
That scale is between and 10 cents
higher than scale Western Pennsyi,
vania. Northern West Virginia and
Eastern Ohio operators have consid-
cred. 1t is nearly double that now used
. in some non-union fields.
Further steps toward solution OF the
complicated problems surrounding coal
entry into the group OF Industries IN
the recovery program were expected IN
coal circles to result from two major
meetings to be held here this week.
Conference Thursday.
Northern operators meet Thursday to
discuss a code prepared for the entne
industry by officials OF Central Coais
Associates, Inc, that group Or or.
of Frank E. Taplin of Cleveland. has
Insisted that the spread between wages
in the Northern and Southern fields be
reduced materially.
John L. Lewis, president OF the United
Mine Workers of America, ana group
of Central and Western operators OF
l1nionized mines have invited operators
IN their region to send representatives
here Friday ito consider hours, wages
and conditions of employment.
Lewis issued a statement mere tooay
in which he said the union, after large
membership gains during the past lew
weeks, now represents and SPEAKS a ioa
the entire body of coal miners In tne
United States" and was prepared to
enter collective bargaining"
Application of a prlce-regulatms
nrinciple similar to market quotations
which govern stock, bond ana COM
modify levels was suggested oy tne
administrator yesterday as proDaoly
desirable way of avoiding price nAhe
by agreement in the industrial cooeS.
The plan would involve creation o.
an open-price association to Whlch al
plants in an industry would repor!
periodically, possibly weekly, their tota
GALES and prices. Names of the custom
ers would not be given. but the data
would be available to other plants, to
retailers and to the public. average
price levels, he believed. would De tne
result, leading to stability.
Other Codes Awaited.
Johnson expects the womens wearing
apparel industry to submit a code TO-
morrow for a hearing. He says several
major industries-steel, oil and lum-
ber-are nearly ready. However, ne
pointed out, no industry should nave 70
wait for hearing, as his staff IS equipped
to hold a score at once.
He expressed the wish that more IN
dustries would send representatives 70
Washington to get line on the way the
initial wage-raising, work-spreaolng
codes are being worked out NUMBER
of industries, he said appear TO oe
losing time by framing codes IN consul.
tation with their own lawyers. He SAID
these codes are not shaped 50 as 70
reach primarily the objecttves sougnt
by President Roosevelt.