Evening star., 1934-06-28
n. R. A. CONDEMNS.
DARROW'S REPORT.
Attorney Resigns as Head
of Board-TextiIe
Man Named.
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exception to those references in the
second Darrow report concerning an
''unrevealed and mysterious agency
which changed the boot and shoe
code after it had been agreed to by the
trade and to sinister and surrep-
titious" circumstances in other code
drafting.
johnson referred to the boot and
shoe charge as "a fabrication out of
whole cloth" A change in the retail
code. the administrator told the
President, was made by him with the
the industry.
E R Schaeffer. assistant deputy
administrator. reporting on the mer-
Chandising plan of the brake lining
division of the asbestos industry, said
the Review Boards investigation into
the proposed operation of the merch-
andising plan = was almost per-
functory. only two members of the
board being present and no notice
having been given the assistant deputy
administrator"
~. 4NlhldoCll' ASSISTANT dCPulS
administrator, said of the charge by
the DarroW board that the code for
bedding contained an absolute pro-
hibition" against the use of second
hand materials for beds or bedding,
despite the existence of an organiza-
ton for this trade
The testimony presented at the
public hearings indicates that the use
of secondhand material in the manu-
facture Of bedding is a menace to
public health and the basis for a per-
nicious type of unfair competition.
Renovation and repair work for
the oWner-uSer is permitted under the
code, which leaves the members of the
association which appeared before the
National Review Board undisturbed
In their legitimate field"
Shoe Code Explained
George L. Berry. division admin
istrator of the boot and shoe code,
replying to the charge that the code
did not shorten the credit terms eX-
lstlng III the industry, noted that the
large manufacturers were in a posi-
ton to extend much longer and more
favorable terms than their smaller
competitors and that many hours of
elaboration have been spent by the
code authority and deputy" in at
tempting to eliminate this natural
advantage of large concerns"
Barton w Murray, acting ad-
ministrator for the cement code. said
there was mo showing at the hear
ing or elsewhere" that the code for
that industry as charged by the
DarroW Board, had been seized by
powerful interests as an opportunity
to extend their power and multiply
their profits
Walter White, deputy administrator
for the coffee code, informed his chief
that the complaint against the code
mentioned in the DarroW Board re-
port was concern which manu-
factured roast cereal to be used as a
blend and this concern found its
business seriously reduced as a result
of the restrictive labelling require
ments" of the code
The DarroW report on a complaint
against the electrical manufacturing
code was dismissed with terSe COM
ment by j. G.. Cowling, deputy admin
istrator, that the complainant was
under a misapprehension' and that
when it was pointed out to him the
board dismissed the complaint and
adjourned the hearing"
Wakes Sarcastic.
H o. King, the division admins
traitor who examined the section OF
the Darrow report covering the retail
code, sarcastically told johnson the
Darrow Board has come back with
out facts, but not empty handed, for 1t
has discovered a plot
The story of this plot makes up
the entire report on the retail code,
King wrote. 1T charges corruption
against the highest officials of the
Government Upon what facts does 1t
rest? So far as appears from the
transcript of the record, the board
makes and recklessly publicizes its
charges upon the unsworn testimony
of a single individual.
AS to the changes alleged to have
been made in the code and their ef-
feet upon small enterprises, it should
be first emphasized that the national
industrial recovery act expressly gives
power to the President and his deSig-
mated agent to change codes without
the consent of the trade or industry
submitting the code"