Evening star., 1933-09-13
President Reported impatient
With Code Delay and At
tendant Labor Row.
JOHNSON PUSHES PLAN
FOR COMPLIANCE BOARDS
Retail Trades Pact Receives Final
Touches-0thers Will Re-
quire Further Study.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Threatened strikes in Western Penn
sylvania bituminous coal fields and pro-
longed squabbles over a code of compe-
tition for the soft coal industry have
made President Roosevelt impatient
and indications are he will talk with
the operators soon.
It wss plainly indicated at the White
House today that the Chief Executive
planned to take early steps to bring
about the fixing Of code for the in
dustry. He is expected in some quar-
ters to summon the operators to the
White House for a final talk.
The Pennsylvania Coal Arbitration
Board set up by Mr.. Roosevelt appealed
today to Western Pennsylvania miners
to stay on the job until the code OF
competition is completed.
Swope Asks Strike Delay.
Gerard Swope, chairman, sent tele-
gram to the United Mine Workers at
Pricedale. Pa, saying strikes would not
hasten but rather delay completion OF
the code.
Mr.. Roosevelt is saying nothing pub
licly so far about the lengthy wran-
Cling over the coal code. but there were
indications that the White House feels
there has been too much talk on the
part of the operators.
Meanwhile, a new code for the in
dustry was being written today at N. X.
A. headquarters.
Authors summoned to the confer
ence table included administration ex-
perts, representatives Of operators
from all major producing fields and
leaders of the United Mine Workers
of America. Hugh S. johnson himself
was to take q hand as knotty issues
arose.
Squirting all groups toward the goal
of completing the final code this week
were the reports of growing disturb
ances in Western Pennsylvania. But
Deputy Administrator Kenneth M.
Simpson declined to forecast definite
time for taking the charter to the
White House. ...,.-,-.
swopes plea to the Pennsyivania
miners was in reply 70: . wire from
local union leaders, n which they
said they would quit work today until
the code was signed and demand for
a five-day week and six-hour day, with
S5 basic pay was met by the operators.
last week, was the basis for the new
draft. Clause by clause, N. r. A. OFF,
cials attempted to harmontEe that code
with objections submitted by operators
and miners.
Local Boards Rushed.
Though coal cintinued the headliner,
it was only one of many activities
progressing simultaneously in the re-
covery drive. Prominent was the
further development Of Johnson's plan
for local compliance boards" to en-
force observance of wage and hour
johnson the right to take definite
action against specific employers.
The retail trades code was receiving
a final polish, which its sponsors hoped
would get the charter, along with its
price fixing clause, to the White House.
Codes for the boot and shoe, the
motion picture and silk textile indus
tries also were forging through the re-
covery machinery. but with considerable
distance yet to go.
The National Labor Board also was
seeking a solution of the strike threats
in Western Pennsylvania, urging mod
Grafton until coal code is promulgated,
But Chairman Wagner, the New York
nature of his negotiations.
Leaders Are Worried.
The prolonged delay over soft coal
was worrying both Administration and
labor leaders They feared lest the re-
cent high production level Offset the
codes wage and hour benefits by oc-
casioning shutdowns and layoffs once
the peak Winter demand has passed
Working with the N. r. A. and United
Mine Workers to get the code drafted
was a committee of operators.
The vast Appalachian fields named
eight of its Is members. Illinois-Indi-
ana-Iowa appointed four. Alabama. the
Southwest and the Rocky Mountain
States chose two each. One committee
of nine will work on the administrative
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