Evening star., 1934-01-10
n. R. A. IS PROBING
CODE COMPLAINTS
Attention Directed to Alleged
Iniustices and Poor Ad-
miniStration.
BY the Associated Press.

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Seeking to establish whether changes
In National Recovery Administration
codes are warranted by complaints, the
National Recovery Administration yes
terday turned attention to examination
OF the unsatisfactory side of its code
operations, tracking down alleged in
Justices and damage charged to defects
In codes, or TO improper admhistra-
ton.
the White House, that Senator Wagner
would remain chairman of the National
Labor Board, the recovery adminiStra-
tlon'S arbitration organization, but q
vice chairman would be appointed soon
to take over the heavy work which
Wagner cannot attend to during the
present session Of Congress.
No indication was given as to who
would be chosen for active direction of
the board
A hearing on general price changes
since the establishment of the Recov-
cry Administration developed extensive
complaints, but also considerable sur
face evidence of Justification for marked
price increases in knitted goods and
textiles.
A separate public session reviewing
vigorous protest from the wood working
branch of the industry whose spokes-
men complained that the code as ad-
ministered was playing havoc with their
business. In addition. Small mill own
ers Of the South claimed code wages
were too high for them.
Green Asks Change.
William Green, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, joined
asking that this industry be eliminated
from the lumber code entirely and
placed under a code of its own.
The labor head and the manufac-
turers contended the lumber code low
cred the wages and standards" OF
skilled woodwork employees
"AS compared with the highly skilled
worker almost exclusively employed in
the woodworking industry" Green said
''the labor employed in the lumber in
dustry is largely common labor and
all of it is notoriously low paid"
Green suggested an amendment to
give labor, the Government and the
consumer representation, not only on
the lumber code authority, but on all
code authorities.
While these inquiries were underway
one of N. r. AS top men, Division
Administrator Malcolm Muir resigned
after six months service to return to
private, business. Hugh s: johnson
thanked him for his inspiring" work
Muir's division, handling construction
and heavy manufacturing industries
Is credited with nearly half the codes
approved to date. A successor remained
to be named.
Eagles Ordered Removed.
N. r. A. also issued orders for re-
moving Blue Eagles from five more es-
tabliShments charged with "chiSeling'
on wages and hours.
Although the price change session was
devoted to examination of protests
against increases under all codes except
lumber. electrical equipment and petrol
cum. which are being considered sep
arately. it got no further yesterday than
the cotton industries
Approximately 200 codes formerly
under the jurisdiction of the Farm Ad-
ninistration yesterday were officially
transferred to the N r. A. by an ex-
ecutive order from the President
Under this arrangement, AZ codes will
be retained by the Farm AdminiStra-
ton, including those dealing with cot
ton, milk and vegetable oil commodity
markets and industries and trades con-
cerned with handling, storing or first
processing Of grains, tobacco, sugar,
naval stores, fresh fruits and vegetables
and antihog cholera serum and virus.
Among the codes transferred to the
N. r. A. are II in which the Farm Ad-
ministration will have voice in ap-
proving trade practice provisions.