Evening star., 1935-08-25

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National Recovery Administration.
Notwithstanding successful AMI praise
worthy efforts being made by many
employers to maintain standards OF
employment, these indicate tenden-
cy toward serious impairment of es-
tablished standards by minority. To
place these facts before your commit
tee, am transmitting herewith GER
tain information substantiating this
conclusion. AS additional evidence is
gathered, shall continue to furnish it
to your committee to lay as broad a
factual base as possible for your con-
sideration of the problems involved
The National Recovery Administration
is also making general survey Of
the results so far obtained under the
national industrial recovery act.
1T does not seem possible to COM
plete this work in time for its use at
the present session of Congress. In
the short time remaining, it seems
impracticable to ask the Congress to
statute of broad import. If your COM
mite staff could be delegated to an
alyZe, during the coming months, the
material collected, believe adequate
data would be made available for a
thorough understanding of the COM
plex situation confronting industry
and labor. With this done, your
committe could meet, in the FALL for
hearings and the formulation of pro-
posed legislation for preserving per-
manently to the Nation such social
and economic advantages as were
gained through previous emergency
enactments. This would enable you
to offer, at the opening of the COM
ing session, a well-considered pro-
gram for congressional action.
Hopes for Compliance.
pending determination by the Con-
gress of whether further industrial
legislation will be enacted. it is hoped
that industrial groups will, in increas-
ing numbers, avail themselves of the
provisions Of the joint resolution, ex-
tending National Industrial Recovery
Administration which permits agree
ments Cd putting into effect the re-
ouirements Of section 7(a), minimum
wages, maximum hours and prohibi-
ton Of child labor, and (2) prohib-
tting unfair competitive practices
which offend against existing law.
Such agreements, when approved by
the President, as to matters covered
by the joint resolution, are exempted
expressly from the penalties of the
antitrust laws, including criminal
prosecutions, injunctions and treble
damages. BY such action, industry
can undoubtedly do much to preserve
the very substantial gains made while
the codes were in effect. Applications
for approval of such agreements should
be filed with the Federal Trade Com
mission.
Industry may continue to take ad-
vantage of the familiar trade prac-
tice conference procedure Of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
"It will be my purpose during the
adjournment of Congress to call into
conference representatives of manage
ment, labor and consumers, in the
hope that discussion will create among
them a general agreement as to the
best means of accelerating industrial
recovery and the elimination of un-
employment. am hopeful that such
an effort will be successful, especially
in view of the definite manifestation
Of interest by all in the solution of
these problems.
"I am sending similar letter to the
Hon. Robert L. Doughton, chairman
of the Committee on Ways and Means,
House of Representatives. May re-
quest that consideration be given by
your committee towards adopting a
plan conformable to these suggestions,
and If possible correlating the activi-
ties of the respective Senate and House
committees.
"Very sincerely yours,
'tFRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT"