Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-11
PRESIDENT FORMS
RECOVERY COUNCIL
Super Body Composed of
Cabinet and Aides to
Push Program.
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wholly unacceptable and will in no
case be approved said Johnson. and ,
while production quotas and minimum
prices will have to be shown to be fully
justified and the interests of the public
amply protected. and while there are
other features which will require re-
consideration. the hearing is called in !
the belief that provisions more in &C
cord with announced policies Of the
administration may develop in the pro-
ceedingS."
Fixes Maximum Hours.
The ccde calls for maximum hours of
work ranging from 40 to "a weekly. de-
pending On the region OF the country
involved; minimum pay ranging from
1922 cents to 42l2 cents per hour. the
lower level generally prevailing in the
South and the higher in the North and
West.
The cct.e also will prohibit any child
labor in the industr, and proposed con-
troll of production by ALLEGATION between
divisions of the indk..ry. Also it called
for establishment OF minimum prices
reasonably adapted TO meet costs. in
Guiding those resulting from the maxi
mum wages of labor resulting from this
code"
John D Tenant of Longview, Wash
ington. chairman of the lumber in
duStrys Emergency National Commit
tee, which framed the code. said it was
not possible to estimate the ultimate
increase in employment which it would
bring about. but that on the basis OF
expected August production, pay rolls
of the industry would have been in
creased more than $l0000000 that
month. if the code had been in effect.
Normal employment of the lumber
industry is placed at around three
quarters of a million men. with tbs
present figures substantially below that.
Worked so Hours.
Unofflcially. it was rot expected that
the code as now drawn would immedl-
ately result in siZeable Unemployment
of lumbermen now idle.
The lumbermen explained to john
son that in cases where they called for
the 48-hour work week. the past normal
working time was 80 hours or more
Where the code set the hours at 40,
a drop was made from the normal Az
to 81.
The minimum wage of 22l2 cents an
hour they said represented an increase
from a prevailing IL Clio cents per
hour. while where the minimum was set
at 40 to 42l2 cents the previous MINI
mum wage had been IS cents.
More Optimistic.
With the presentation O. the lumber
code. the recovery administration ap-
ueared more optimistic OF progress.
officials indicating strong assurance
that the code for the steel INDUSTRY
would be submitted in the near future
in form meeting administrator re-
Quirements.
Should this and other major indus
1,Air V.
it appeared likely that the admlnlstra-
ton would not resort to any drastic
measures such as calling on all lnduS-
tries to submit codes by set date.
It was learned on good authority
TODAY that if the latter plan were de-
cided upon. the three Advisory COMMIT
tees representing industry, LABOR aho
the consumer were m agreemehV tnat
the administration should promu!gate
general wage minimum and hour
maximum for all industry and business:
Fix Minimum Wage.
The three committees which met al
day yesterday and through la se 20
of the night were disclosed to nave
agreed that all wage workers should IN
such a case be given a minimum OF Az
cents an hour for a 35-hour week.
All white collar" workers IN nous-
try and business would be put on a
maximum 4O-hour-week basis Win slo
minimum wage.
These general levels would apply until
such a time as a specific industry pre-
sented and had accepted cooe Oh 1'S
own modifying the blanket terms.
The Advisory Committees. however
did not advocate that such action De
token unless the situation required
stringent measures. and lnolcatlons ~
day we're that the emergency ADMINS
tration did not believe this was the
case at present. =. -. #
The surface optimistic tone Oh on
cials is maintained: industries are dally
,romisinp co-operation and several ac-
tuallv are moving to enter agreements
for differentiation with Increased EN-
nIovment and wages; nevertheless tnere
Is grave concern. roi,o
The cotton textile agreement. eonls
into effect Monday. will boost minimum
wages above the present average anu
limit hours of work and proouctioh'
Program Is Slow.
President Roosevelt had hoped to have
The code program we'll started-lor
major industries within go days OF june
16 when it became law. Inat prospect
Is now dim. .,,str, hos
stepped up production tremendously anu
is manufacturing goods winch eApei.o
are certain cannot pe sofa unIii pu-
chasing power has been hiteo. &c. ny
DELAYING wage-raising codes. INDUSTRY
has done very little to increase purchas-
mo mower of the masses Of laborers,
mechanics. clerks. This opens posi-
hilitv of new industrial SURPRISES 70
swamp the markets before buyers can
afford to buy. .
OFFICIALS fear the benefits OF lew
codes in effect, and even OF the accom-
panying 5000 900 public works pro
gram, now getting started mlgnt esSiis
be engulfed in the resulting reactlon.
To avert this, Administrator Jonn-
son is virtually convinced he Will nave
tn issue a request that major codeS
he submitted within a definite time
two weeks or whatever period ne may
decide is reasonable. Only II cooes
from industries such as steel. OIL au-
tomobiles and others OF comparanie
size pile in right away Is TINS Ikely "
be averted Once the call Is issued,
johnson will arbitrarily set oate lol
hearing on any lnoustry "iii.h A'"'
failed to comply.
Roosevelt Shows Concern.
President Roosevelt also has peen
showing concern over the slow progress
in the wage-raising line, Whlle cheap
iahor nroduction apparently is piling up
goods speculatively against future oe-
mand when prices are expected to be
higher. 80.
The administrator, however. said ne
believed the steel code which carrier
he had asserted had been sent back 1or
revision three times, was very nearly
ready, and that the oil agreement also
might be in soon. Lumbermen expect
to submit a code this week and II others
also develop the recovery unit might
find itself suddenly swamped with work
Because of this johnson Is holding
back on the set date plan.
Attorney General Cummings said yes
terday he did not believe this was the
right time to institute any proceedings