The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-06-05

manent MIA substitute which
will be submitted to this con-
gress. If a definite decision is
not reached in early stages of
this work final action may pro-
long congress until September.
WASHINGTON, June S. (UP).
The administration will ask con-
gress to extend NRA nine and a
half months-until April 1, 1886
President Roosevelt said last
night.
Mr.. Roosevelt said there would
be no attempt to circumvent the
supreme court decision and that
the government had abandoned
all code making.
1t will be q skeleton of its
former self, he added govern
ment agency without power to
enforce wages, hours or fair
trade practices upon industry In
general.
That announcement was made
late yesterday at special press
conference that found S45 news
papermen crowded into Mr..
Roosevelt's oval study. The pres1-
dent opened the conference with
jest and then grew grave and
serious as he told the nation the
results of week of study Of
the supreme court decision that
invalidated code making.
Mr.. Roosevelt puffed cigar.
cite in an ivory holder and gazed
at the great seal of the presi-
dent of the United States, en-
bossed on the ceiling, as he went
down through the details of the
new NRA plan. t.
The chief provisions are:
First, The Clark resolution.
passed by the senate and calling
for extension of NRA until April
4, 1886, will be taken to the
house and amended. All code
making provisions will be strip
ped from it.
Second, NRA will continue to
act as a unit, although some of
its employees will be dismissed. 1t
will continue collecting and class
flying a vast amount of data on
wages and hours. :.
Third, The administration will
further amend the Clark resolu-
ton to provide authority to main
tain code wages and hours on
work that is done for the govern
ment. Mr.. Roosevelt said such
work was only about one per
cent of production in the United
States.
All this, the new deal comedies,
is stop-gap. That was the
word Mr.. Roosevelt himself used.
There will be no attempt, ne
said. to persuade business men
to enter into voluntary code
agreements.
The new policy announced left
the blue eagle as little more than
a stuffed bird with its claws cut.
The only remnant of the author
ity that formerly resided with
INRA is the attempt to enforce
code conditions in government
contracts. ~,
Indirectly, Mr.. Roosevelt mint
ed at something else in the as
; tant future = perhaps another
MIRA when he said that by
maintaining the blue eagle or
Plantation intact it would be
possible to furnish information
of great value to congress.
! 1t took almost 10 minutes Tor
| the 345 newspapermen to get IN
to Mr.. Roosevelt's office. Laugh
ingly, he said he had expected 5o
reporters, who voyaged across
! the Atlantic on the Normandie
to attend yesterdays press con-
, ference and that he planned to
Talk French.
Earlier in the day Mr.. Roose-
{ Welt had a special cabinet meet
: ing and later conferred with MIA
executives and congressional
leaders.
While no attempt will be made
to enforce codes. the president
said, the administration hopes
that private industry will con-
tinue to maintain minimum wages
land minimum hours. Many in
dustrial groups already have
called on member sto obey code
provisions voluntarily.
Concerning the fate Of the
agencies subsidiary to NRA, Mr..
Roosevelt said new legislation
would be needed to revive the
| federal alcohol control admins.
tration, the electric home and
I farm authority, the petroleum ad'
ministrative board and the cen
trail statistical board.
i The following agencies will be
| continued through amendments tc
executive orders:
The national emergency coun
ell and the national resource.
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