The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
NRA BOARD TO
START SMASH
AT v|OLAT0RS
Seven Men Will Be Chosen
to Act on Punishment
OF Offenders.
PAY ROLLS ARE BOOSTED
Employment Gains Shown
in City Survey; Strike
Talk Discounted.

Battle lines of the NRA army be-
gan to tighten today to repu-se the
enemy horde of "slackers and
chlselers" in President Roosevelt
war against depression.
Seven persons will be appointed
either today or early next week to
consider action upon 500 afidavits
and other documentary evidence Of
code violations turned in at NRA
headquarters, Francis Wells. Indi-
ana recovery director, announced.
1T is apparent that something
must be done Immediately to check
violations, Wells said.
On the violation committee will.
be representatives of labor, legal.
mercantile, manufacturing, civic
and governmental groups. T. NJ.
Overley will serve as chairman and
name the members over the week
end
Will Probe Complaints
1T will be the duty of the COM
mittee to investigate all complaints
and hold hearing where both sides
Will present their case. Wells said
Upon being found guilty of viola
tons Of the code, in its respective
line of business. the firm or parties
involved Will be ordered TO return
the insignia. Failure TO do this will
cause local headquarters to turn the
matter over to the department Of
justice for prosecution.
The insignia is government
property, and the same law will
apply as would in case of an unoffi-
cial party displaying a government
badge Of representing him or her
self TO be a government Official
However. it is not the purpose to
blackjack any one or any firm into
signing the code. II is our firm be-
lief that greater strides can and will
be made through determined CO.
operation.
Many Employees Added
Three thousand four hundred six
new employees have been added to
pay rolls in the city, according to
tabulations of Chamber of Com
merce survey captains reports to-
DAY The pay rolls have been in
creased s74,05854.
Restaurant owners won their fight
against the provisions in the orig
inal Washington code, which pro-
hited them from deducting the cost
OF meals from employees wages. The
total deducted can not exceed 50
weekly.
Adolph J. Fritz. secretary Of the
Indiana State Federation of Labor,
denied reports Of impending strikes
sponsored by the federation against
firms not adhering to recovery
codes
No strikes are considered by the
federation. Fritz SAID Our plan
is 10 go along with the Presidents
program. We must see that our
rights are not infringed upon. how
ever, and that signers comply with
their codes
Chase TO Washington
AS advisor to the industrial code
committee, Charles w. Chase. pres
ident Of the Indianapolis Railways.
and general in the NRA drive here.
today was TO go to Washington to
attend discussions of a code for
street car railways and city bus
lines
Approval of the newspaper code
by members of the Indiana Weekly
Press Association. who met st the
Claypool Friday, was expected to be
received formally by recovery Of
ficials.
The Presto O-Lite Company at
Speedway City informed the Cham
Der Of Commerce of complement
of 160 of its former workers and
said that a general increase Of bust
ness was indicated by the orders
received since the recovery act be-
gan to operate.
Mrs. Irma Robertson. president of
the Indiana Association of Cosme-
tologistS, announced $50 shop own
ers and employees had accepted the
temporary code at a meeting in the
Washington Friday night.