The Omaha guide., 1935-03-09

ItdCutu PO,lcA,lOO. MtIt
not formally tabulated in the
first year Of MIRA, but the esti-
ma e Tor the restitutions i'll that
period is one million dollars. A
FORMAL record has been kept since
June Is, 1884, and the number DC
workers beneKsed was 1892.
Upholds Cotton Picking Mini
mum; The Industrial Appeals
Board has checked an attempt To
develop a new minimum wage of
Zoe an hour under the Cotton
Pickery Code. The minimum set
IN the code is 18c an hour which
IS for women workers. ID. NAcn-
man and Co, Of Augusta Ga. told
the NRA last December thai It
could lot afford to pay 16c an
hour and asked for a Toe rae. Di-
vision Administrator Riley refus-
ed and the company appealed. I'm
handing down its decision. ne
Board said hat the Company was
required to show that it was IN
an unfair competitive posi- ion
through no fault Of its own. TIE
appellant could not prove that
this was he case nor could it show
inability to mechanic its plant
and thus effect a considerable
savings through wage reductions.
Code Costs 10 Industry: Account
ing experts estimate that coded
industries pay for code admin
strtaion l0.65.h of 100 per cent
OF the volume Of their sales. This
yields a total OF SAT, 400 900 a
year. The investigation was con
Quoted by Hiram S. Brown. NRA
budget director. The figures are
not final and the indications are
that the total will be reduced
when complete organizations are
formed under the codes. Exact
estimates are difficult to make.
as code assessments are not ali the
same. However, for 352 budgets,
it was readily ascertained that
the assessments amounted 10 Il.
18th Of | per cent Of the annual
sales volume, making the cost of
code admins ration $38, 600
for coded industries doing y bust
ness Of Seventy Billion Three
Hundred and Eighty Million Y
year. Only IA budgets provided
for an expense as high as | per
cent Of the annual sales volume,
or more.
Forest Preserva ion Rules: A
long step forward i'll the plans
for saving American forests from
fire, insects and disease has Just
been taken. The Western Divi-
sion Of the hardwood distilla.ion
industry has submitted To the
NRA rules whereby owners and
operators Of woodlands may co.
operate with the Forest Service
and other public agencies III pro
tecting the forests and providing
for the %regrowth Of timber. The
rules, when approved, will be adj
ded to the code provisions. The
Southern and Eastern Divisions
are expected to have their rules
drafted soon.
Knitted Outerwear Homework
Commission; A short time ago
the MIRA decided 60 allow home
work IN handwriting operations
until April l, though the Code Of
the Knitted Outerwear Industry
provides for its elimination. I'm
der some conditions, employment
and wages were found to be i'm
proved through homework and
the Code Authority asked that it
be permitted to a limited extent.
The MIRA has appointed w. II.
Dillingham;, of the NRA Division
OF Research and Planning; Rose
Schnelderman, President of the
National Women's trade League
OF America, and R. III. Lowe, Ex-
ecutlve Director Of the Code Au-
thorIty, to report by April 1, on
the most practical method of en-
forcing the homework provisions
Thousands Of workers are affect
ed.
handkerchief Homework Commits
sion: Can women engaged in some
forms Of handwork get along bet
ter at home or in shops and fac
tories? The answer to this ques-
ton seems less simple now than
when it wa raised at the time Of
the formation Of codes. Several
industries r gathering data 20
prove their contention that the
rules prohibiting homework
should be further relaxed. A com
should be further relaxed. "A com
within a month on the ACCESSIBILITY
OF allowing handkerchieefs to be
embroidered in homes. The body
is headed by Charles Green Of the