Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
INDUSTRIES BACK
WAGES AND HOURS
100 Codified Groups Decide
to Salvage Best of N. R. A.
Provisions.

Nv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 5.-Representa-
tives of approximately 100 codit1ed in
dustrles Yesterday Endorsed plan de-
signed to salvage the best features OF
the N. I. R. A. without reSorting TO a
constitutional amendment.
Under the plan. submitted by Peter
Van Horn. president of the National
Federation of Textiles. President
Roosevelt would call for a 90-day truce
during which the Federal and State
Governments would unite in setting
up a synchroni7ed program OF inter
state and interstate business regula-
tons
The plan was outlined at a meeting
called by the Industry and Business
Committee for N. r. A. Extension
headed BY Ward Cheney. South Man
chester, Conn. silk manufacturer.
Van Horn urged that President
Roosevelt call a national conference oil
State and Federal officials to consider
his proposal. which. he said, had been
found by legal experts to be tunda-
mentally sound.
Voluntary support Pledged.
MANY business and industrial lead
ers pledged voluntary adherence &c
n R A standards
The Anthracite Institute announce
that leaders of the hard coal industry
were considering A plan of voluntary
self-regulation and had enlisted the
services of C. F. Huber OF Wilkes
Barre. Pa. chairman of the Glen Al
den Coal Co. as administrators oil
GEAR" of the industry.
President Roosevelt's assertion tha
the Supreme Court decision took tht
country back to the horse and buggy
DAYS" was challenged by James R
Bancroft. president of the American
Institute of Finance, Addressing the
New England Bankers Convention a
SwampScOtt. Mass Bancroft said
We can understand his reactions
as he sees cherished plans lying II
destruction al his feet
Evidences of support.
The National Music Publishers AS
ISOLATION voted at its annual meeting
to maintain provisions Of the N. R. A
code for the time being at least, ant
the Hotel Association OF New HorE
CITY resolved 10 continue the prevail
Ing" rate of hours and wages.
Walter C. Teagle. president OF thu
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. prom
ised at the annual stockholders meet
ing that there would be no salary cut
or increases in hours.
Jeremiah T. MahOney. chairman o
the Regional Labor Board, announced
that the Robert Gair Co, folding boz
manufacturers with plants in Brook
lvn. Piermont. N. y. and in New
England. had given similar aSSur
ance to union leaders.
Max Zaritsky, official of the United
Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers
International Union. proposed TO Mil
lnery Manufacturers Association
throughout the country that the,
unite in a plan for government
Voluntary adherence to their re
spective codes was pledged by the I'll
Fabrics Association and by the Re
we're Copper g. Brass Co, Inc, viii
plants at Rome. N. Y: Taunton ant
New Bedford. Mass; Baltimore, Chi
cago and Detroit.
Stamps Suggested.
The Industrial Recovery Commute
IF the Association Of Cotton Textil
Merchants of New York recommended
that members stamp on invoices a
hi Ic q n
in accordance with the running tim
and wage levels prescribed by the for
mer cotton textile code.
The Cotton Yarn Merchants ASso
citation Endorsed the stand of the Cot
ton Textile Institute for maintenance
of N. r. A. hours and wages
The directors of the National ASSo
citation of Manufacturers issued
statement that. from communications
from representative manufacturer
and actions of trade organizations
I'VE are warranted in declaring thai
, there is a clear disposition on thu
part of lndustrialiStS to cooperate II
this maintenance of labor standards.
At Quincy. Mass. demands for E
Is and 10 per cent wage increase fol
DAY and night workers, respectively
were presented TO the management oi
the Fore River plant of the Bethle-
hem Shipbuilding Corp. by the Ex'
ecutive Board of the Industrial Unior
Of New England Shipbuilding Workers
of America.
Hosiery Workers Strike.
At Philadelphia. the American Fed
Grafton Of Hosiery Workers an
i nounCed a strike of 80 workers at the
seamless hose mill Of F. NJ. Grauer &
Co. Inc, Philadelphia. citing wage
reductions and hour increases as The
cause.
Representatives of the State fooc
and grocery industry formulated 6
plan Of fair trade practice to be de.
veloped along the lines of the N r. A
rode The plan was drawn up AT q
meeting called by the Food and Gro
Gerry Code Authority.
Representatives of the National AS.
Eociation of Blouse Manufacturer.
adopted resolutions to salvage the bet.
ter features of their extinct code. Ont
resolution will make it unfair to sci
merchandise at a cash discount in ex
cess of per cent and another for.
bids members of the industry from
accepting for credit returned mer
ehandise except for defects in manu-
facture.
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WOMAN SHIRT MAKERS