The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-06
CONGRESSMAN
CHARGED WITH
NRA SABOTAGE
Representative Told Lumber
Men to Ignore Codes,
Officials Claim.
PROBE IS UNDER WAY
Financing of Authorities
Discussed in Session
at Capital.

By Initial Press
WASHINGTON, March 6-Two
letters by Representative II. P
Fulmer Dem, S. c., advising
sawmill operators in his state to
operate on a common sense basis
without regard to NRA codes, were
introduced in evidence today be-
fore the NRA code reorganization
conference.
c. c. Shepard, lumber man OF
Clarks, La. representing the lumber
code authority, read the two let
ters he said Mr.. Fulmer had writ
ten and said that he mad wired
home for more letters from con-
gressmen on the same subject.
He said that Representative Full
mer had written to E. w. Watson
of Winsor, S. C., and Roy Hunter,
saw mill operators who had been
charged with fragrant violations of
the lumber code.
In a letter dated Feb. Is, to E. w.
Watson, Mr.. Fulmer said, accord
ing to the witness:
Warns of Investigation
L I were you I would operate
your mill on a common sense basis"
In P. s. to the same letter, Mr..
Fulmer warned Mr.. Watson that an
MIRA compliance director soon would
call upon him.
The man will call on YOU in the
next few dsys-loOk out n him, 3"
the letter said.
In the other letter to Mr.. Hunter,
a mill operator. in Bamberger, S. c.,
the congressman said:
L feel sure it will be impossible
for you to pay the wages and COM
ply with the hours set up in the
lumber milling code.
Armin w. Riley, deputy admins
traitor of the NRA who had refused
to accept the letters from Mr.. Clark
last midnight because newspaper
men were present, took them i'm
mediately today and said that they
were to be rushed through the NRA
minmeographing department for
immediate distribution.
Congressman Is Invited
The NRA telephoned Mr.. Fulmer
inviting him to appear before the
conference on small industry codes
at the Raleigh hotel to explain the
reasons behind the letters.
we want to give him a chance
to tell his side of the story" said
Leon Henderson, code chairman of
the meeting.
NJ. B. Mosesohn of the Wholesale
Trade Code Authority, addressing
the code administration meeting on
the question of financing code au-
tnorities. said that contributions to
code authority finances must be
made mandatory.
Firms must be prohibited from
doing business if they do not aid the
code authorities financially he
said.
IF the MIRA is construed to allow
shutting down of businesses for vio-
lation of codes. nOn-Support of a
code authority financially must be
a major violation.
Must Contribute, He Says
Too many firms are getting the
benefits from codes without con-
tributing anything. The mere fact
that a firm is working under a code
is an admission of benefits"
Jay o. Ball of the boot and shoe
code authority, told of the system
used by his group for financing
operations.
He explained that the boot and
shoe code was one of the early
codes. He said that there were only
two paid officers in the code au-
thority, which governs the 300 units
in his industry.
He said one Of the greatest OBJ
jections offered by individual mem
berS OF the industry was concern
ing the possibilities for loose and
unnecessary expenditures. He said
this had been done away with. how
ever, by an efficient system of
triple-Checking all expenditures.