Evening star., 1933-09-01
DEADLINE REVEALS
600 CODES LISTED
Number on Hand to Delay
Forcing of Pacts on Lag
ging Industries.
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code agreements for the countrys basic
I industries-textiles, steel. oil, lumber,
automobiles, electrical manufacturing.
clothing and others, with coal and the
big trade classification covering all re-
tail stores due to join them.
It also had launched, as a hurry-up
measure, a Blue Eagle drive by voiun-
teers designed to bring every business
establishment into the fold with def
mite volunteer pledges to increase en-
ployment and wages.
After the Labor day peak OF this
drive, N. r. A. will attempt to take
stock of its gains, single out enough
violators of the Blue Eagle agreement
for discipline so as to furnish examples
to others not worth running down in
dividually, and expedite hearings on
hundreds of little industries whose
agreements are now waiting considera-
ton.
The NJ R. A. sent word today to the
anthracite coal industry to hurry
along its code. Deputy Administrator
Kenneth M. Simpson had his coal ad-
wiser. James H. Pearce, do the nod-
flying.
Code Nearly Ready.
Simpson said he understood the
anthracite code was nearly ready and
probably would be presented the first
of next week.
Meanwhile. Simpson reported sub
stantial progress on the bitumincus
coal code 10 have it ready for presi-
Dental signature Tuesday.
He conferred with operators from
outlying regions with view to smooth
ing out differences with the Appa!a-
chan group, and drafting for them an
equitable" scale Of wages and hours.
Commercial producers from the vast
Appalachian fields reaching from Penn
sylvania to Tennessee continued work
on their union contracts based on a
minimum basic pay of $3.50 day.
They expected to meet heads of the
United Mine Workers of America again
today.
Alabama, Western Kentucky, Georgia,
Tennessee, Somerset County, Pa; West
ern Maryland, Preston County. w. Va;
Indiana, Illinois, the Southwestern.
Rocky Mountain and Pacific States
from those in the Appalachian agree
ment. These must be correlated with
the Appalachian scale, although the
Indiana, Illinois and Far Western wages
already are above the Appalachian
minimum and are not expected to be
reduced.
Will Affect Subsidiaries.
Simpson said he had no word from
the captive" companies of Western
Pennsylvania, whose entire output is
used by their steel company owners.
They were not parties to the agree
ment to place the Appalachian mines
under union contracts and have taken
no part in negotiations. Simpson said,
however, the code would be binding on
the subsidiary as well as the CONNER
cial companies.
Preparation of formulas to be fol-
lowed by the committee of the Ma
tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce in administering the automobile
code went abroad meanwhile in the Of
flee of Robert w. Lea, deputy recovery
administrator.
These will specify just what statis-
tics for the industry are desired by
the N. R. A., and methods on correlat-
ing them will be stipulated. The ad-
ministration wants the figures on la
Dor, production and the like.
Although the code does not go into
effect formally until September S, some
manufacturers already are operating
under it.
Eight more industries were given tenn
porary modified presidential re-employ-
ment agreements yesterday, among
them the telegraph communication
services and the Portland cement in
dustry.
48-Hour Week Is Set.
A 48-hour work week averaged over
each four weeks was provided by the
telegraph companies except for mainte-
nance men, executives, line repairmen,
cable ship workers and employees in
towns where not more than three work.
ers are stationed. Minimum wages at
the customary SIS to $12 scale depend
ing on population with 81 reduction
in the South, were provided.
The Portland cement industry signed
up for an average 36-hour week with
wages ranging from 80 cents in the
South to 40 cents on the West Coast.
Other special agreements were au-
thorized for heavy forging, 40 hours,
wages 27 cents to 40 cents; non-ferrous
foundry, 40-hour average, 35 and 80
cents wages; construction equipment
industry. speciality accounting supplies,
liquid tight containers, saw service and
shoe polish, all 40-hour factory work
weeks, with various allowances for tenn
porary increase.
Broadcasters Code In.
A new code came yesterday from the
National Association of Broadcasters,
proposing a 40-hour week except for
operators and control men, employed 48
hours; minimum wages of $40 for tech
nicians, announcers and program-pro-
ducing employees, with all other classes
on the SIS to $12 minimum base.
A code for the boot and shoe indus
try, containing the controversial merit
clause inserted in the automobile agree
ment, also was submitted to National
Recovery officials and ordered to public
hearing September II.
The frequently. rewritten shoe code