Evening star., 1934-08-08
House Speakers Letter
Asking Code Exemption
Presented to Board
JOHNSON TACKLES JOB
OF REDESIGNING N. R. A.
Returns to Direct Effort OF Or
ganization Into New Chan
mel for Future.
Bv The Assnciated Pres


Speaker Rainey today joined a
crushed stone operator in his district
in asking Hugh S. Johnson's new In
dtistrial Appeals Board for relief from
alleged monopolistic oppression by an
N r. A code.
The Eldred. III, petitioner asked
special exemption from code require
ments so he could pay labor 20 and
25 cents an hour instead of the Blue
Eagles 40 cents He was the first to
asked the board for relief from
monopoly
Rainey wrote johnson that 30 to 40
persons now unemployed were willing
to work for their pre-code wage of 20
and Is cents an hour.
Pleads for Exemption.
Rainey said he sincerely hoped the
Eldred Crushed Stone Co could be
exempted from code obligations
"Hand-operated plants absolutely
cannot compete with nearby machine
operated plants and pay the same
wages" the Speaker said.
Rainey said that contrary to
N. r. AS objective of giving employ
ment. its policy in this case was
throwing men out of work.
The Speakers letter was brought
into the first hearing conducted by
the industrial Appeals Board created
by johnson as permanent replace
ment of the now extinct Recovery
Review Board, headed by Clarence
DarrOw.
johnson returned to his desk today
to steer N. r. A. into its second era
With codemaking virtually finished,
the recovery unit enters the uncharted
seas of compliance.
Small Dealers Relieved.
The first step came last night with
lifting of codes i'll a number of trades
and services in towns Of $500 or less
The new Industrial Appeals Board
met in the old National Labor Board
quarters in the Commerce Department
Building. Amos J. Peaslee, New York
attorney, presided as chairman. At
his left was John s Clement, Phila-
delphia manufacturer. and at his right
Msgr. John A. Ryan, with a handker-
chief tucked in,n his clerical collar
against the top-hoor heat
A. j. Armstrong. manager. spoke
for the Eldred Co. Except for an OBJ
server for the ccce authority of the
en- nv,lchal rfprr and fgVnuaI n
dustry, the audience was composed of
N. r. A. officials. Johnson, the Labor
Advisory Board the Industrial Ad-
visory Board, the Consumers Advisory
Board and the Research and Planning
Division all were represented.
We've tried to comply with our
code, but We can't get enough for our
product to compete with machine
operated plants" Armstrong said
He said he could not reconcile the
anti-monopoiy provision Of the code
with a statement by o. M. Graves,
code authority chairman. that plant
which cannot comply with all the code
provisions should not exist.
Many Codes Held Up.
N r. A. officials reported to John
son today that his August 10 code
deadline will find 81 proposed
still unspproved.
OF this number, 81 were reserved
for individual consideration. These
included such major industries as
communications, shipping and util-
tiles.
Also among the 81 were SO various
food codes which awaited action by
the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration. On the remaining IT no
decision was reported.
~ r. A. said that on July II a
total OF 27l proposed codes were
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