The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-29
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IN SHIP CODE
Planned Revision to Cut
Hours, Raise Pay of
Office Workers.

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WASHINGTON. July 2e-The
shipbuilding code signed this week
by President Roosevelt may be
modified shortly 10 shorten work
hours and raise wages Of White-col-
lar workers
Officials Of the recovery admins
tration expressed surprise today
when omission Of these workers
from the final code was called to
their attention
The first code submitted b. the
shipbuilders provided a reduced
work week and minimum pay rates
for an employees The day before
hearing on this code a new one was
substituted which covered only en-
pioyas on an hour rate Final action
on the code was hurried through
because bids were to be opened for
construction Of naval vessels. and
apparently. in the hurry. the
changed wording was overlooked
Office Workers Included
The President attached a pro-
vision to the cotton textile code the
first signed declaring that white
collar workers should come Under
its terms General Hugh S. john
son repeatedly has declared that
such workers must be included in
all attempts to increase purchasing
power. and the Presidents cmer-
gency employment plan spe-
officially provides for them.
Members OF The labor advisory
board were as surprised as other
recovery administration officials
when the omission IN the ship
builders coGc was called TO their
attention They have not yet made
public their report on this code 10
Johnson
The snipbWlders code was more
lenient than that for the cotton
textile industry in several respects
IN spite OF the shorter work week
ana higher minimum wages for
which II provides.
Six Month Basis
Yards building vessels for the
merchant marine are permitted to
calculate their 36-hOur work week
on Slx-mOnth basis. Employees
engaged IN designing engineering
and i'm mold loft and order depart
ments and other employees necessary
for preparation of plans the only
ones to whom immediate employ
ment VIII be given under the new
ship contracts are permitted to
work forty-eight hours a week for
the next six months Apprentices
may be paid less than the minimum
wage for two-year period the life
of the recovery act
In addition strong representations
VIII be made to Johnson today by
his labor advisers as To tho need of
setting up immediate machinery to
investigate alleged code violations.
Meanwhile officials of the re-
Covery administration are exhibiting
keen interest in progress being
made by the American Federation
of labor IN organizing industrial
unions in mass production in
duStrieS
Want Industrial Unions
They nave found a number Of
prominent induStrialists who have
maintained open shops ard opposed
craft unioniSm receptive to the idea
of industrial uTiOnS that would
make it possible for them 10 nego-
tate with one set OF labor officials
instead OF half a dozen
In a few industries only the OPP
position of existing craft Unions Is
preventing such action az the pres
ent time In others the American
Federation of Labor is making a
beginning by chartering federal
plant unions
William Green. president OF the
federation, after first saving that
such unions would be united only
by councils and that they would
receive advice only from neadquar-
tiers. admitted that he was planning
organizations of federal Unions into
industrial unions AT some future
time. and that federation officials
would retain tho rinhf 70 baroai1,