Evening star., 1933-11-05
INDUSTRIAL CODES
/ At HALFWAY MARK
Presidents Approval Given
rs, With Hearings on 1853
Completed.

The biggest physical task OF the
National Recovery Administration, the
drafting of codes for industry, is we'll
past the halfway mark with rs codes
already approved by President Roose-
welt and with 162 more on which hear
1ngs have been completed.
Hearings on approximately so others
have been called, and more are being
scheduled at the rate Of from five to ten
each day.
1t is estimated by N R. A. officials
that only about $50 codes will be re-
ouired to complete the huge task OF flx-
ing rules of fair competition, wages ana
employment for all industries in the
country This figure was arrived at
after tabulatio1 Ct the last census OF
manufacturers n-e-.e by the Commerce
Department and certain regrouping OF
some lines Of business so that one code
will apply to them
Examples of Grouping.
Examples of this grouping are shown
BY the codes for retail trade and for
electrical manufacturers. Under the re-
tail code 10 classes of stores are gov
erned: Department stores, furniture,
hardware, shoe stores. limited price va
riety stores, mail order houses, mems
clothing establishments, general mer-
Chandise stores, Women's specially shops
and music stores. Because of the pecu
liar variety of stocks carried in drug
r;el SET up Tor the retail drug tradc
This is also true of the food and gro
beth the National Recovery Administra-
tion and the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. has been completed for
beth the wholesale and retail food and
grocery trade. and that code is now
being put in final form fer the PreSi-
dents approval
The other example of grouping
electrical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that
since the original code was approved by
the President on August a. four sub
ordinate codes under it have since been
given official sanction They are the
telephone manufacturers, the porcelain
manufacturers, flashlight and dry bat
te-y industry and the radio manufac-
turers.
The cotton textiles code was the first
completed by the N R. A. It was ap-
proved by President Roosevelt on July
9. Since then codes have been pub
lished at the rate Of about 20 per
month and many of the larger indus
tries are operating under their pro-
visions
After the textiles code, the next big
codes approved we're signed on August
1e covering the lumber. steel and petro-
1elln industries. The next came just a
week later, when Gen. Hugh S. john
son, administrator, hoped to Detroit
in g plane and returned with the auto
dustry except Henry Ford. 1t was
signed by the President August 26.
Continuing the drive for the larger
employers Of labor, hearings we're
uShed by the N. r. A., and on Septem-
ber 18 another large group was sent to
the President. including the transit
code and that for the bituminous coal
industry. The general bank code and
the boot and shoe industry codes we're
signed October 8. and they were the last
major rules set up until the retail trade
Code was approved October 81.
Several large industries, however. are
still without their codes, but in most
cases hearings have been completed and
the President awaits only the final draft
Of the rules Of fair competition before
pronlulgating them as laws under the
recovery act. These include motion
pictures. hotels, newspapers. radio
broadcasting. toy manufacturers, the
Shipping industry. the construction in
dUstry, rubber and tire manufacturing
and the toy-making industry.
Joint Code Completed.
Only one joint code, under both
n R. A. and A. A. A.. has been COM
pleted. This one governs the beet and
cane sugar industry. Hearings on IL
others have been completed, however,
and only one so far-spice grinding
irr 70 hn et,,JioG hoo ri,,oc
were completed in September: Southern
rice milling, cotton ginning, cottonSeed
crushing and the date industry Eight
others we're passed upon last month and
are now being written in final form:
baby chick industry, macaroni manu-
featuring, wholesale and retail food and
groceries. mayornaise manufacturing,
raw peanut milling, paper shell pecan
growing and distributing, coffee, and
anti-hog cholera serum and virus
manufacturing.
The codes now in effect follow:
Approved in July-Cotton textiles,
shipbuilding and wool.
Approved in August-Electrical manu-
featuring, rayon weaving, coat and suit
makers, corset and brassiere manufac-
turing, lace making. legitimate theaters,
lumber, steel, Photographic manufac-
turing, fishing tackle. petroleum, hos
iely, mems readymade clothes, auto
mobile, rsyon and synthetic yarn.
Approved in September
leather. cast iron soil pipe, salt, mo-
ton picture laboratories, oil burner,
gasoline pump. underwear and allied
bag, transit. artificial flowers and feath-
GTS. bltunlinous coal
Approved in October-Knitting ma
chine, wire covering and braiding ma
chine, retail lumber and building ma
terial, laundry and dry cleaning ma
chine, textile machine. building sup
plies. agricultural implements, glass
containers, boiler makers, lime, wom-
ems belt, barking, boot and shoe. re-
tai motor vehicle. saddlery manufac
turing, ice, luggage and fancy leather
goods, electrical storage and wet pri-
mary battery, silk textiles. optical man
ufacturing. mutual savings banks,
handkerchief, umbrella, automatic
sprinkler, compressed air, heat ex-
change, pump, throwing industry,
marking devices, cap and closure, re-
tall trade, retail drug trade, steel tubu-
lar and fire box boilers, plumbago
Crucible, industrial supply and machine
distribution. dress. gas cock. millinery
ard dress trim. fertilizer, packaging ma
chine, motor bus, road machine, ad-
vertising specialties, canning and pack
ing machine, terra Gotta. paint, varnish
snd lacquer manufacturing, and hair
and jute felt.