Evening star., 1934-03-04
RIGHT T0ORCAN!zE
IS STRENGTHENED
Roosevelt Speeds Action to
Punish Interference
With Unions.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated treSS.
On the eve of N. r. AS assembly
of code authorities. President Roose-
welt yesterday put new strength into
measures protecting labor's right to
organize.
An executive order was issued to
make possible speedy disciplinary ac-
ton against employers under codes
who interfere with union efforts Of
their workers or who seek to press
them into company unions. To this
end also the National Labor Board
membership was increased and
strengthened
simultaneously. Secretary Morgen-
thau Of the Treasury sent out q call
to 112 selected banks for immediate
information on the demand for capi-
tai credit, release Of which as q means
of stimulating heavy industry revival
is q special N. r. A. aim.
Program Prepared.
Hugh S. johnson, N. r. "A. admin
istrator, and his assistants worked
away at completing the program of
action for the industrial assemblies,
which begin Monday morning with
an address by the President and con-
| tinue for three days and nights of
group sessions on selected code prob
lens.
officials explained that the plan
for allowing advisory votes by indus
dustrialists in these sessions on dis
puted points may be used only in the
discretion Of the group chairman. It
will not extend to administration
plans, and may be abandoned alto
gether If any misapprehension exists
that such votes would dictate Gov
ernment action or policy.
The presidential labor order COIN
cided with issuance by two national
organizations of attacks on the new
bill by which Senator Wagner. Demo-
crat. of New York, Labor Board chair
man, would give the board sweeping
power in the handling of industrial
disputes.
James A. Emery, counsel of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
called 1t "the most amazing legislative
proposal" he had seen in 80 years,
and one which ignores every funda-
mental concept Of legal rights and
remedies" Milder criticism issued
from the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States.
The President stated the right of
the Labor Board to send any case of
an employer refusing to deal with his
workers or to allow them freedom in
selecting representatives, to the De-
partment Of Justice for prosecution,
or the Compliance Board of the
N. r. A. The latter was required to
take steps for compliance only. with
out making any review of the Labor
Board findings.
In the past. notably in the E. G..
Budd Manufacturing Co. case from
Philadelphia. the compliance unit has
reviewed Labor Board acts, postponing
ultimate decisions
! Companies Called.
Immediately on publication of the
order Wagner called four companies
to show cause week after next why
they should not be cited for discipline,
! each case involving either alleged re-
fusal to deal with unions or charges
Of discrimination against union men.
The new appointments to the board
by the President brought in as vice
chairmen Clay Williams, tobacco mag
nate. and Leon Marshall, Johns Hop
kins economist. Ernest Draper of
Brooklyn; Henry Dennison, Massa-
chusetts manufacturer, and Gerard
Swope were added TO the industrial
members, giving the board q total of
13 members, who will be divided into
panels so that some will be present at
all times. Swope was on the board
before. but withdrew recently.
The companies Wagner cited were:
Hartman Hosiery Mills. Hartman,
Tenn: A. Roth & Co., Chicago: Dres-
ner & Son, Inc, Chicago, with two
subsidiaries. and Patrick, Inc, Duluth,
MINI.