Evening star., 1934-02-17
CONDITIONAL 0. K.
GIVEN TWO CODES
Action Taken by President
on Laundry and Restau-
rant Industries.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Two more codes that have been
q source Of trouble since their In
ception have at last been given con-
ditional approval by President Roose-
velt. They cover the laundry and
restaurant industries, In both OF which
there have been charges Of low wages
and long work hours.
At the same time, Gen. Hugh 8.
johnson put into effect a code for
the slip-cover manufacturing industry,
bringing the total Of codes to 283. 1t
was learned yesterday that President
Roosevelt expects to take action this
week end on the newspaper code.
54-Hour Week Set.
The restaurant code, effective Feb
ruary 26, establishes q six-day work
week, with q maximum Of 81 hours
for male help and 4S for women, but
with definite provision that wherever
the hours have been shorter they
shall not be increased to the code
level. Wages we're established on two
scales. non-service employees getting
s12 to SIS, according to the popula-
ton Of the community, and service
help $3.50 to S1050, with all tips to
be kept by the walters.
The Southern States, including
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico,
were allowed 10 per cent lower wages
A 10 per cent differential was estab-
nshed for Kansas and Missouri.
The wages must be reviewed within
90 days by N. r. A to determine
their adequacy"
The laundry code as a whole was
given only o s0-day conditional ap-
proval, for q further report on wages,
and subject to special stipulations. 1t
establishes a 14-cent wage in the
South, approved with reluctance by
the President and johnson, ranging
UP to a 307cent minimum In cities Of
more than 600, 1000 population in the
Northeast and far West.
The 14-cent wage becomes effective
in Alabama, Arkansas Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi. the
trade area of Albuquerque. N. Mex. !;
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and part Of Texas and Vir-
gtnia.
Dissatisfied with Scale.
OF this wage, johnson said TO the
President:
"It Is not contended that the IA
cent rate represents a satisfactory
level. It's application has, however.
resulted in an increase in the operat-
ing pay roll Of 46 per cent in plants
affected. Inasmuch as practically all
the laundries In this section were op-
Grating at losses even prior to these
pay roll increases, 1t was not felt that
any higher rate was at present eco
nomically feasible"
Laundry work hours were fixed ut
40 a week, N. r. A. estimating that
they have averaged Is.
The restaurant code provided that
employers should not make deductions
for meals except by agreement with
their help and then not more than
So a week. Lodgings may not be de-
Quoted without approval Of the code
authority, or II deductions are now
in effect, they must not exceed $2.5o a
week. Similar rules are established
In regard to waiter uniforms.
Buckeye Stages, Inc, q bus line
operating out of Columbus, Ohio, yes
terday was ordered by N. r. A. tc
surrender its Blue Eagle, and steps
were taken toward possible prosecu-
ton for code violation.
The National Compliance Board
held the concern had failed to file its
operation schedule, rates and fares, as
required by the code, and had failed
to show the required certificates Of
convenience for extension of its oper-
ations from Detroit to Pittsburgh. The
board held this resulted in giving the
Buckeye lines an unfair competitive
advantage over code-complying lines
simultaneously the board ordered
surrender of Blue Eagles by four scat
tered restaurants and restored the en-
blem to Campbell Baking Co. of St
Cloud. Mimi, for restitution of wages
not paid its help in accord with the
Presidents agreement.