Evening star., 1933-06-28

the national recovery act, at the nleel
cotton industry.
to many points which you did not take
up with me before"
Mcmahon rejoined:
Il had no hand in making up the
code. These points were not brought
out in the negotiations before us"
Il see" Allen commented. These
were additional points"
A bit later, Johnson told Mcmahon {:
You are entitled to bring in any facts.
But these are not adversary proceedings.
We want facts in an effort to CO.
operate"
I'VE are endeavoring to cooperate, -
Mcmahon said
Later in the session Labor Leader
Green was to present his views.
Tire Man Protests.
Late yesterday a protest against in
clusion of his plants under the code
was made by c. A. Stillman, vice presl-
dent of the Goodyear Tire Co. in behalf
of his own and three other major tire
companies.
Speaking also for the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Co, United States Rubber
Co. and the B. F. Goodrich Co.. he said
all four maintained separate plants for
the manufacture Of cotton fabrics used
in their tires but that none of the
fabric was sold on the open market in
competition with the cotton fabrics
He argued those companies should
not be included as part of the cotton
textile industry and should not be sub
ject to the code.
Exemption Is Asked.
Stillman urged specifically that if the
fabric mills Of the tire companies were
included as a part Of the cotton in
dustry that they be exempted from re-
striction in the hours of operation of
machinery in their plants.
He said the tire fabric mills mad
been operating on three 8-hour shifts
a day and that If the machinery hours
were reduced to so hours week under
the cotton code. several hundred en-
ployes would be discharged
Stillman asserted that inevitable con-
sequences Of reduction i'll machinery
hours in those plants would be a
shortage of tire fabrics with probable
increase in tire prices and loss of en-
ployment for thousands of workers.
Through a shortage Of fabric, he
said, many tire workers would be
thrown out of employment as one fab
ric worker could produce sufficient
fabric to keep three tire workers busy.
He contended that these fabric mills
actually were nothing more than de-
partments Of the tire producing COM
panies
r. A. Seiberling of the Seiberling Rub
Der Co. was applauded when he de-
manded that the independent rubber
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equal footing with the big four repre-
sented by Stillman.
Seiberling said the independents
bought their tire fabric instead of hav-
ing their own mills, as did the big four.
and that If the mills from which they
purchased fabric were put on a 40
hour basis while the fabric mills owned
by the big four remained on l44-hour
basis it would add rs cents a tire to
their costs
Seiberling also suggested that the ef-
fective date Of the proposed code be
postponed beyond July IT.
We are running "a hours a day"
he said. This is because inventories
were SO per cent below normal There
has been more buying power since
March and we are now in the hot sea-
son-tires are exploding everywhere 1t
is hard to supply the demand
We are for this textile code and
want to put nothing in its way but
We want TO leave the door open for us
TO make sugge5tions. The smaller man
ufacturer represents 80 per cent Of the
volume Of output and Is the customer Of
independent mills. 1t is unfair to put
our mills on 40-hour basis and leave
44-hour basis for the big four. We're
asking equal opportunity with the big
four
IF this code is put out with 144 hours
for the big four with their own fabric
mills and 40 hours for the smaller man
ufacturer II will mean a Is cent han
Gicap tire and will force the small in
dependents TO operate our own mills
Also Asks Exemption.
Sylvan Gotshal, appearing as spokes-
man for the National Upholstery and
Drapery Textile. Association. asked ex-
emption for that group from the cotton
code, contending its problems were en-
tirely different from those of the cot
ton industry.
The association, he said. represented
200 mills doing an annual business of
500 900 900
He said the association felt il
should be group by itself and that a
code already had been drafted which
would be presented soon
E. j. Mcmillan. president of the
America Knitwear Association. which
he said comprised 900 underwear man.
ufacturers, also urged postponement of
the effective date Of the cotton textile
code.
We're preparing a code OF our own, ''
Mcmillan said
We want the effective date delayed
and We suggest the middle of AuRlst :"