The Omaha guide., 1935-02-23
Auto Code Extended

An extending the Auto
mobile Code until June Is, the expir-
alton date Of the N. /. R. A., is n
of four amendments just approved by
President Roosevelt. The other three
provide that time and a half shall be
pad all employees working more than
AZ hours in any one week; that the
Automobile Labor Board be continued,
and that the industry bring out new
models in the Fan, when possible,
and hold automobile shows preferably
at that Season of the year.
Try To Get Restaurants and Bakeries
o Together
The question as to just when a res
taurant merges INTO a bakery is pend
ing between the Code Authorities Of
the industries and the Industrial APP
Peals Board has asked the appoint
ment Of a joint committee to work out
e solution. Under the Baking Code.
restaurant employees would work
fewer hours and get more pay.
Bituminous Coal Price Boards
The Bituminous Coal Codes present
method Of establishing minimum
prices and setting up arbitration
boards to handle disputes arising from
price schedules has been extended I'M
til April 80 b. the N. 1. R. B. This
action was taken to mSet an emer-
gency in the industry.
Match Industry
In order to give American match
manufacturers relief from foreign
competition, the N. 1. R B. has issued
an order, effective for the coming half
year, relieving members from the
code provision that none shall guar
antee prices and floor stocks against
decline in prices" Under actual OPP
Grafton, the American firms found that
this provision worked a hardship en-
them, because it left them at a dis
advantage in competing with foreign
firms not subject to the Match Code.
HOLLYWOOD Complaints Settled
The Studio Labor Board, establish
ed to handle labor troubles arising in
Hollywood studios under the Motion
Picture Industry Code, settled 225
complaints IN the first eight months Of
IT'S existence. The representatives of
the producers, labor and the govern
ment, comprising the Board, have
worked together so efficiently that no
appeal has been taken from any of its
decisions.
Embroidery Design Registration
Proposed
The Schiffli embroidery field is con-
sidering a plan to follow the silk
field into design registration. By reg
istering designs, the silk firms have
been able 70 reserve patterns for their
originators, as no design may be am
ployed until it has been compared
with those on file to establish its orig
inality. The embroidery firms have
had much difficulty in reserving de-
signs. A public hearing to consider
the proposal was held BY NRA on
February II.
The Minimum Mark-ups on Cigarettes
The N. l. r. B. has extended the
orders establishing minimum mark
ups on sales of cigarettes under the
Wholesale and Retail Tobacco Codes
until March 30. The NRA recognized
an emergency due to destructive price
cutting on July IL, last, and issued
the first orders for minimum mark
apps. Mark-ups are minimum percen-
tages which must be added to the
cigarette manufacturers prices. They
were designed to stop the use of Gig
arettes as 'loss leaders"
May Stop Use of Script for Wages
The NRA Advisory Council has rec
commended to the n. /. R. B. that the
use Of script in paying wages be pro
kibited. Script has been widely used
il the bituminous coal industry, but
is now causing difficulties IN the lum-
ber, steel and textile fields. One Of