Vol. II, No. 13' Issued Weekly by the National Recovery Administration, Washington March 29, 1935 Steps Taken to Silk Textile Industry National Industrial Recovery Adjust Productive Code Amendment Board is Reconstituted Capacityi~ Cotton Is Approved The National Industrial Recovery Board has approved an amendment to the Silk Tex­ Textile Industry tile Industry Oode incorporating in it the By Executive-Order standard non partnership, nonliability clause NIRB Acts on Recommendation of for the protection of members of the Code Donald R. Richberg is· Appointed Acting Chairman and Authority. Textile Plan.ning Committee The amendment adds a new section 6 to William P. Witherow and Philip Murray Are Named article VI which reads ns follows : Studying Problems of "Nothing contained in this Code shnll con­ As New Members of Administrative Group Mill Groups stitute the members of the Code Authority partners for any purpose. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority be liable in The National Industrial Recovery Board any manner to anyone fo r any ace of any The President signed the following Executive order reconstituting the on recommendation of its Textile Planning other member, officer, agent, Ol' employee of National Industrial Recovery Board on Mareh 21 : Committee bas taken steps to adjust avail­ the Code Authority. Nor shall any member " By virtue of the authority vested in me by the National Industrial Recovery able productive capacity in those groups of of the Code Authority, exercising reasonable the cotton textile industry where it may be diligence in the conduct of the duties here­ Act, approved June 16, 1933, and to effectuate the purposes of said act: I hereby necessary to meet the present inadequate under, be liable to anyone for any action or re,constitute the National Ind1:1strial Recovery Board created by Executive Order con umer demand. omission to act under this Code, except for No. 6859 as follows: The Textile Planning Committee of the hi~ own willful malfeasance or nonfeasance." Board was created when it bad become ap­ " 1. . I hereby continue as members of said Board: A. D. Whiteside, Sidney parent that the textile industries of the coun­ Hillman, Leon U. Marshall, and Walton Hamilton. try faced an emergency threatening seriously "2. I hereby appoint William P. Witherow and Philip Murray as members to impede national recovery. The commit­ Used Car Trade-In of said Board. tee's members included Arthur D. Whiteside, "3. Upon the retirement of S. Clay Williams as a member and chairman of and Sidney Hillman, members of NIRB, and Leon Henderson, economic adviser to the the Board on March 22, 1935, I hereby appoint Donald R. Richberg to serve as Board, who· are particularly fitted by years Amendment Is a member and acting chairman of said National Industrial Recovery Board. of experience to deal with the industrial labor "4. Any previous orders concerning the subject matter hereof are hereby and economic problems of the textile indus­ Approved modified and amended so far as necessary to make this order fully effective." tries. Prentiss Coonley, fourth member of On taking office as chairman of the Na- tion that this will be approved by the Con­ the committee has been administrator of The National Industrial Recovery Board tiona! Industrial Recovery Board, Mr. Rich- gress, and that the extension of the act will the Textile Division, in constant touch with has announced approval of an amendment berg made the following statement: be authorized. , textile industries' problems since he joined to the Code of fair competition for- the mo­ "The NRA is moving into a new period "For this purpose the administration of NRA early in July, 1934. tor vehicle retailing trade relating to used of its development. Pending the enactment the act will be concentrated· in the admin­ The committee's task is, from a study of car allowances. of legislation it would be unwise to put into istrative officers and the Board itself will the industries' problems, to formulate ,a long­ A public hearing on the amendment was effect new major policies which should re- serve two major functions. First, to deter­ time program for all the textile industries, held March 7. At this time representatives ceive the sanction of the Congress. But it mine broad questions of administrative pol­ and, in the meantime, to recommend tempo­ of the National Control Committee, the gov­ is also necessary to make clear that the icy. Second, as a supervisory body to recom­ rary or emergency steps necessary in laying erning body of the industry; urged adoption fundamental policies of the NRA and its mend action, either by the President, or by the groundwork of a constructive program. of the amendment. They stnted that the activities, which have recei.ved overwhelming the acting chairman in behalf of the Board, The issuance of the order of March 26 is amendment, together with the improved public support, should be Yigorously adminis- in accordance with the authority retained by such an emergency step. · methods of collecting and compiling statis­ tered. There should be no question of the the President, or delegated by him under the It has been demonstrated to the Planning tics for the official guide would afford a whole-hearted determination of the adminis- law. Committee that there are branches of the sales value of used cars " equally fair to tration to carry forward the industrial re- "When the Congress has laid down the cotton textile industry which cannot continu•~ consumers of such used cars, to the con­ covery program upon the reasonable assump- standards and requirements to be effective to run in the immediate future on their pres­ sumer of new cars who uses the old car in after June 16, it will be possible very rapidly ent operating schedules. Some plants are lieu of money, and the dealer who accepts to put in effect a permanent organization, already being :forced to close down with com­ the used car instead of cash on the sale of conforming to the\ provisions of the new plete unemployment and hardship to the com­ a new·motor vehicle." law. munities dependent on them . .It is inevitable Approval of the amendment is conditional "I would point out that from the begin­ that there be some reduction for a time in on the proviso that it is to be effective only Code Approved ning of the NRA to the present time t!J:e operation and employment. The questions on offic ial guides compiled and published in problem of effective administration has been are : Shall this reduction be made in an or­ accordance with the pertinent provisions of one of great difficulty. It has been necessary derly and equal way, so as to spread the the amendment, and further, that all offi­ for Zinc Industry to build a new machinery and keep it opel'­ inadequate activity and employment reason­ cial guides effective on and after April 10, The National Industrial Recovery Board ating during a petiod of continual remodel­ ably equally over plants and communities de­ 1935, shall be compiled and published in con­ ing. It was like building a transportation pendent on them? Or, shall these reductions formity with the pertinent provisions of the bas approved a Code for the zinc industry. system in war time, with the necessity of take place in a haphazard, unequal, and ex­ amendment. It will become effective Monday, April 8. continual reconstruction, while at the same treme form, with prolonged uncertainty and The Code provides a basic maximum 40- time maintaining the trans.portation of pas­ instability and with degree of hardship hout· week averaged over 3-month periods, at sengers ant! supplies. wholly unnecessary? Drapery- tJ pholst.ery minimum wag~s varying between 30 and 47% " Such an operation could be subjected to The Board believes it preferable in this cents an hour. The order of approval, how­ many appa1;ently valid criticisms. Such a situation to spread such work and employ­ system could not possibly be made to work ment as is available as widely and equally Trimming Code Is ever, limits the averaging provisions' opera­ tion to 60 clays, at the end of which time the well according to peace-time standards of as possible among the va1ious communities efficiency. But to those who know what has in the industry. Accordingly it has created Extended averaging provisions "shall be automatically been done, who appreciate .the necessities, as machinery by which this can be done in the stayed and the Code amended * * * to1 well as the difficulties, it must be e\'ident divisions of the industry where it may prove · The National Industrial Recovery Board eliminate the said averaging provisions, or that the NRA is making a great contlibution necessary, by temperarily lowe1ing the pres­ bas extended the Drapery and Upholstery the said averaging provisions shall be super­ to the support of an industrial civUization. ent maximum of hours of operation or num­ Trimming Industry Code from its present ex­ seded by appropriate provisions submitted by "Every agency of human progress from ber of machines operated. piration date, March 31, 1935, to June 16, the Code Authority which shall conform to the wheelbarrow to the airPIIUle and from a 1935, or until such time as the Textile Trim­ Reductions, where necessary temporarily established Administration policy.'' tribal council to a' republican form of gov­ in the emergency situation, will be limited to mings .Code, which is planned to include the An 8-hour daily limitation is placed in the ernment ~as been opposed and scoffed at by not more than 25 percent in the maxin1um industry, is approved. the tired old men and the young-men-in-a­ hours of operation prescribed in the Colle The Code bad been extended on three pre­ maximum hours provisions of the Code, apd hurry of every generation. The tired old or in the maximum number of machines oper­ vious occasions. Meanwhile, negotiations the Board is empowered to name an impar­ men are sure you can't remake human na­ ating in a particular branch or unit dming have been conducted looking toward cpnsoli­ tial iuvestiga tor " to review conditions iJ;! the ture. The young-men-in-a-hurry· think you the preceding 6 months. This will not affect dating it with the Narrow Fa?rics. Cod('! a~d mining division of the industry and· specifi­ can reform human activities by setting up single-shift mills which have operated within the Millinery and Dress Tnmmmg Bra1d cally concerning the application of the 8- new systems overnight. But the fact is 6 months prior to any reduction of productive and Textile Code. Both the drapery and up­ bour provision in conformity with the State that aggressive, mature men and women of holstery trimming industry ~nd the nal'l'?W capacity. Production in many branches of laws.'' The order of approval requires the imagination, by steadily improving human the industry is already in keeping with the fabrics industry opposed th1s move, wh1ch mechanisms of cooperation, steadily advance was abandoned. impartial investigator to "review conditions available demand. in the Mississippi Valley, southern and south­ the level of civilization. · Ample safeguards in the interests of man­ Instead, a tentative Code known as the "The NRA has the greatest possibilities agement, labor, and the consuming public, Textile Trimming~ Code, was prepared. It western districts of the mining division of of helping to develop an industrial civiliza­ have been provided by the creation of a re­ is intended to combine the Drapery a?c~ Up­ the industry for the purpose of reporting to tion that will not enslave, but will set free, M1lhne~·y search and planning committee consisting of holstery Trimming Code and the the Board wi~hin 90 days from the effective the masses of the people from t:~>rannies that 3 members to be appointed by the chairman and Dress Trimming Braid €ode under 1t. date of this Code, the amount of adjustment have oppressed them throughout history. of the Code Authority and one by the NIRB, of Code wages (not in excess of the recom­ The progress made in 2 years in building a none of the members to have any interests in mendations of the Labor Advisory Board- better, safer, fairer, industrial structure bas any unit of the industry. Under the pro­ Amendment to Candy 35 cents per hour above groutld and 40 cents been enormous. The man who would give cedure established action by the Code Au­ per hour underground) possible in said dis­ up the effort and smash the machine is the thority based on a recommendation of this same type of maQ who 100 years ago wanted research and planning committee, will always Manufacturing Code tricts • * * and that the Board after to prohibit .railroads, and 30 years ago was be subject to approval by the NIRB. reviewing said report and consulting with all denouncing automobiles, as dangerous and The approval of the order is an eii_Jer­ Is Approved interests concerned, may modify the mini­ destructive experiments contrary to the 'nat­ gency step leading toward a broad, long-ttme mum Code wage provisions for said districts ural order of human existence.' " planning relationship between this industry The National Industrial Recovery ~oard of said mining division, as it may deem nec­ and the administration which bas been has announced approval of an amen. dm~nt to the Code for the candy manufacturmg. m­ essary upon the basis of said report.'' The organized. dustry, as requested by the Code Au~honty. Code rates are 3o and 35 cents an hour, re­ l~rom several causes demand bas been ab­ The effect of the amendment, wb1ch re­ spectively, in all three districts. Plum bing Fixtures Code norma lly restricted. The doubling of the Tile Code is to be administered by a Code price of raw cotton and the -adding of the designates subsection c, s~ction 2, r.ul.e ·17 of a1·ticle VIII, as section 3, 1s to p~·oh1b1t ~em: Authority of 6 voting members, 5 to be se­ Amendment Approved cotton processing tax has thrown cotton out bers of the industry from grantmg cred1t or lected from the members of the executive of its usual price relationship to other t~x­ committee of the American Zinc Institute, The National Industrial Recovery Board tiles. Exports have been steadily decreaswg other allowance or replacement beyond· 6 months from the da te of shipment wh~n Inc., and 1 elected by members of the indus­ today announced approval of an amendment for several years, while in the la~t ~ew · the candy is returnee! because of defects m try not members of the institute. to the Plumbing Fixtures Code, deleting months an unprecedented increase m l.m­ packao-e, quality, or ~ppeay~nce . The Code There are about 12,800 people employed' in article VII, trade practices, and article VIII, ports has made buyers so fearful of a pnce as originally written proh1b1ted a manufac­ the industry, about two-thirds of them under­ collapse that they have minimized their pur­ marketing policies and other provisions per­ ture1· f1·om granting credit beyond 6 mont~s ground. The mine procluction of recoverable chases. This bns contributed to the accu­ zinc declined from 775,000 tons in 1926 to taining to such policies. The wage and hours from the date of shipment when t:?e candy 1s provisions of the Code and the number of mnlation in mills' hands of inventories for r eturned becau e of manufactunng defects 2 5,000 in 1932. In the same period wot·Jd which no reasonable market is available, but not when the candy is returned because production declined from 1,768,000 tons to workers employed are ~n no way affected by throwing an added burden on the price level. of defects in package, quality, or appearance. 1,074,000 tons. this amendment. • (Continued on pa~e 4, column 2) 2 THE BLUE EAGLE March 29, 193 5 SCHEDULE OF CODE HEARINGS, MARCH 24 TO APRIL 15

Important Information Concerning ;Notices of Hearings and PLACE AND DEPUTY P ROI'OSED ACTION Opportunity to be Heard INDUSTRY OR TRADE ADM lNtsTRATOa ------1·------=o.l------Hearings are of two types: (1) Oral hearings, OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD (in writing) : 4 designated "hea ring" on calendar; and (2) "op­ Facts, ct·it!cisms, objections, or suggest_ions con­ Th1'-fl'i2~6:-rftd·. ' portunity to be heard" by the filing of written cerning t he s ubject matter of such not1ces ~ust statements of fact, briefs, or criticisms dealing be submitted on or before the final date specified Machine Tool and Equip­ Room 721, 910 Seven­ Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by tho Code in the notice addressed to the proper Deputy Ad· ment Distributing teenth Street NW ., Authority for amendment to art. III, sec. i or the Code. with the subject matter of such. notice. ministrator dr other official indicated. Such com­ Trade, 139-13. Washington, D. C., F. munications must state: (1) Name of industry; A. Hecht. The subject maher of these notices Is abbreviated (2l na me o/ correspondent and group rept:esented ; Silk Te~tile Industry, Room 3022, Commerce 'opportunity to•be heard on application submitted by tho Oodo in the sch edule published below. A complete offi­ (3 facts supporting criticisms, objectiOnS, or 48-33. Building, Washington, Authority for approval of budgets and basis of contribution for cia l copy of any notice may be obtained on request suggestions. D. C., A. Henry Thurs­ the period from Jan. 1, to June 16, 1935, and for tbe period from from the National Recovery Administration, Room ton. June 17, to Deo. 31, 1935, provided the Code is extended by ope 111• 3316, Department of Commerce Building, Wash­ The subject matter r eferred to in eitber type tion of law, or otherwise, for a period to or including Doc. 31 ington, D. C. of notice may be revised in any r easonably g_e~­ 1935. ' mnne particular on the basis of such facts, crttl­ Total budget for the period from Jan. 1, to June 16, 11JS5 is $53,~55 HEARINGS (oral): l'hose wishing to be beard cisms, and other conslc1 erntions as are properly Basis or assessment is at the rate of 2 cents for each $100 or not before the Administrator. sales for the calendar year 1933, for the period from Jan. 1, w must fi le a w ritten requ·est witb the proper Deputy June 16, 1935, except that commission weavers shall pay an assess­ Administrator at least 24 hours before the date Calendar is chronological, with alphabetical ment at the rate or 4 cents fo r each $100 of net billings or their set for the hearing, which request must state: arrangement by trade or Industry for each day. actual net billings for services for the calendar year 1933. Tho (1) Name of industr y and date of hea ring; assessments to be made against each member of the industry (2) names of persons wis hing to testify and groups NOTE: Since a ll notices must be in. the prin ter'.s whose principal line of business is governed by this Code. hands by Friday evening next p recedmg the pubh· Total budget for the period fr om June 17, to Dec. 31, 1935 is $53,455. r ~presented; (3) definite alternative proposal or cation of The Blue Engle, th e calendar. below do ~s Basis of assessment is the same as for the period from Jan. 1, to specific obj ections, without argument. Hearings not show notices posted on the Official BulletLD June 16, 1935, above quoted. are confined to factual presentation. Written Board after that date, nor does this ca lendar show briefs conta ining arguments as well as fact may other henl'lngs for the same d_ates wh lc ~ may have Friday, Apr. 5, 19 35 be fi led a ppeared in prior issues of t·b1s publi catiOn F ilm Manufacturing In­ Room 510, 1518 K Street Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the dustry, 84-B2-6. NW., Washington, D. Code Authority for approval of its budget and basis of contribu­ PLACE AND DEPUTY INDUSTRY OR TRADE PROPOSED ACTION 0., J . Reed Carpenter. tion for the period from Dec. I, 1934, to Nov. 31, 1935. ADAnNISTRATOR T otal budget is $16,000. Assessment is based on the percentage or I each member's sa les of the industry for tbe previous calendar year, but in no case shall any one member's assessment be greater Sunday, Mar. 24, 1935 than $0.005 of his own dollar sales and no member shall pay moro than ~8 percent of the total budget, and t he minimum for any Retail Solid Fuel Indus­ Room 717, Barr Building Opportunity to be heard on Order No. 28q-236 issued mar. 14, member shall be $25 per year. try, 28Q-238. 910 Seventeenth Street1 1935, canceling tbe lowest reasonable truckmg costst? 'be used Ladies' Handbag Indus­ Room 4035, Commerce Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by tho NW., Washington, D. within tbe trade area of Westchester C, try, 28Q-240. Street NW., Was hing­ mission to the National Code Authority to expend from the sur­ and will become effective within 20 days from that date unless ton, D. C., F. A. Hecht. pius fu nds available on Feb. 28, 1935, and/or accounts receiv'!hle good cause to the contrary is shown prior thereto. by the various divisional Code Authorities, a portiOn suffiment The budget provides fo r expenditures in the pro rate sum of $540.62 to cover expenses for a period of 45 days, namely, to Apr. 15, 193_5. per ~ont h. 'l:he basis of contri bution is provided in art. Vlil, The order is dated Mar. 18, 1935 and w1li become effective w1thLD title E, sec. I, to and including par. (c), of tho Code. 15 da:ys unless prior to that time a subsequent order is iss ued. Infants' and Children's Room 4061 , Commerce Oppoftunity to be heard on application submit! ed by the Code Wear Industry, 373-47. Building, Washington, Authority for approval of its budget and basis of coni ri bution 16r Wednesday, Apr. 3, D . C., M. D . Vincent. the period from Apr. 9, 1935, to Apr. 8, 1936. 1935 The budget is divided into two peliods, and t be first covering the period from Apr. 9 to June 16, 1935 is in the amount of $34, 3, nod Mayonnaise Industry, Room 505, Barr Building, Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by th~ Oode for the second period, from June 17, 1935, to Apr. 8, 1936, is $160,017. 3i9-27. Washington, D . C., Authority for approval of budgets and bases of contnbut10n for Total budget is $194,900. Basis of contribution is: ~4 of 1 percent of Weld M. Stevens. the period from Apr. 10 to June 16 1935, and for tbe period from the net sales of manufacturers. June 17 ·to Oct. 10, 1935, provided the Oode is extended by opera­ Musical Merchandise Room 402, 1518 K Street Opportunity to be heard 0!' application submitted by the C~do tion of law, or other" ise, for a period to or including Oct. 10, 1935. Manufacturing Indus­ W., Washington, D. Author!I y fo r approval of tts budget and bas1s of contnbutiOD Tots! budget for the period fr om Apr.10 to June 16, 1935, is $13,522.26 . try, 209-15. 0 ., W. L. ScbUfZ. for the period from Jan. I to Dec. 31, 1935. Basis of assessment is: ~6 of the annual rates of assessments rang­ Total budget is $5,638. 15. Each member shall be assessed on tho ing fr om- $5 for sales of less tban $500 for the year ended Dec. 31, # basis of ' ;ioo of 1 percent or the net sales, estimaled at $4,000,000 1934, to $12,000 on sa l ~ amounting to more tban $4,000,000. during the calendar year 1934. Total budget for the pen od from June 17 to Oct. 10, 1935, Is$23,977.74. Basis of contribution is at the rate of Y.J of the annual rates of as- Scientific Apparatus In­ 1320 G Street NW., City Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the Code dustry, 114-17. Club Building, Wash­ Authority for approval or its budget and basis of contribution sessments above set forth. . ington, D. C., W. W. for the period fJ om May I to and including June 15, 1935, and Oyster Shell Crushers Room 532, Barr Building, Opportunity to be heard on amendments to art. III, sec. 2, of from Juno 16, 1935, to April 30, 1936, inclusive. Total budgot Industry, 452-10. Washington, D. 0., the Code which were approved on Mar. 14 1935, by Order No. Rose. 1 1 7 R. S. Hollingshead. 452-9 ana which will become effective, 20 aays from that date E!~~ ~~~-be r is assessed 60 cents per $1,000 net sales, and addi· unless good cause to the contrary ~s shown prior thereto. tiona! assessments for section Code administration as follows: laboratory suppliers section, $1 per $1,000 net sales; optical In· Thurs~9~l pr. 4, strument section, $1.60 per $1,000 net sa les: laboratory fur mturo section, $5 per $1,000 net sales; industrial instrument section, 84 cents per $1,000 net soles; sur veying-drafting-coaters section, Canned Salmon Industry, Room 505, Barr Building, Opportunity to be h eard on application submitted by the Oode 50 cents per SL,OOO net sales; steam and fiuid spe.cial ty section, 429- 15. Washington, D. 0 ., Authorit y for amendment to art. VI, sec. 8 (k) , of the Code, relat­ $1.50 per $1,000 net sales; clinical thermometer section, $2.50 per Weld M:. Stevens. ing to the filing of standard provisions for employment contracts $1,000 net sales. for all persons employed in the United States proper for work in Alaska on a monthly basis. Wholesale . M illinery 910 Seventeenth Street Opportunity to be heard 0!' application submit ted by the C~do Trade, 201-E-16. NW., Barr Building, Authority for approval or Its budget and basis or contnbutlon Commercial Refrigerator 1320 G Street NW., City Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the Code Washington, D. 0., for the period from Apr. 15 to June 15, 1935, and fr om June 16 Industry, 181-18. Club Building, Wash· Authority for amendment to art. II (definitions) , by striking out Frank H. Crockard. to Oct. 15, 1935. ington, D. C., W. W. tho present sec. 1 and inserting a new sec. 1. Total budget fo r the first portion of said period is $4,500, and r~r Rose. the second portion of said period is $9,000. The basis of conLn· Fishing Tackle"'nd ustry, Room 402, 1518 K Street Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the John J. Hildebrandt Co. of Logansport, Ind., for exemption from the bution provides that each member shall be assessed on the basls 13-41. NW., Washington, D . of 62~ cents per $1,000 of the dollar sales volume for the flscs 1 0., W. L. Schurz. provisions of art. II, sec. 3, subsection (a) of tbe Code, inso far ns these provisions apply to 6 skilled employees, and for permis­ year, May 1, 1934, to Apr. 30, 1935. In no event shall any mem· sion to pay these employees time and one-half above the wage ber pay a sum less than $4.17 as a minimum assessment for tho rate as provided by the Code, for all hours in excess of 8 per day first portion of the budgetary period or less tban $8.33 for tbe or 40 per week, for a period of 90 days. second portion or the budgetary period. Light Sewing Industry Room 4061, Commerce Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the com­ Except Oarments, 229- Building, Washington, forts hie division of this industry, fo r amendment to the Code Tuesday, Apr. 9, 1935 49. D. 0. M. D. Vincent. by addin~ to art. II of the supplemental provisions for the com­ fortable division, a new sec. 5. Women's Belt Industry, Room 2062-M Commerce Hearing on applications submitted by the Code Authority and Lumber nnd Timber 907 Sixteenth Street NW ., Opportunity to be heard on Order No. 9-321, dated Mar. 15, 41-{)6-C . . Building, '\Vashington, George B. Martin, representing the Champion BelL Manufac­ Products Industries, 9- Washington, D. C., A. 1935, approving amendments to the Code, which will beco me D.' C., 10 a. m., M. D. turing Co., Belt Modes, Inc., Queen Belts, Inc., Ben Slote Co., 322. 0. Dixon. effective within 20 days from that date, or on Apr. 4, 1935, unless Vincent. Charles Josephson Oo., S & G LEather Goods Oo., all of New good cause to the contrary is shown prior thereto. York City, for amendments to art. VI of the Code. March 29, 1935 , THE BLUE EAGLE 3

SCHEDULE OF HEARINGS, MARCH 24 TO APRIL IS-Continued Interpretations

PLACE AND DEPUTY INDUSTRY OR TRADE lar number of hours for a similar establish­ ADlliNlSTRATOR PROPOSED ACTION Complete Wire and Iron ment shall be paid, in accordance with article IV, section 4 (b), $14 (the minimum wage Tuesday, Apr. 9, Fence Industry for a 40-hour week within cities of over 1935-Contd. No. 84LI-23 500,000 population),, for 40 hours, plus $2.10 (35 cents times 6). for 6 hours, plus $4.67 Beauty and Barber Shop Room 402, 1518 K Street Opportu.nity to be heard on application submitted by the Code Mechanical Equipment NW., Washington, D. FACTS.-.A.rticle VII, section 1, provides (time and one· third), for 10 hours, or a Authonty for approval of its budget nod basis of contribution in part as follows : Manufacturing Indus· O . .-w. L. Schurz. lor the period from Mar. 15, 1935, to Mar. 15, 1936. total minimum weekly wage of $20.77. try, 28(H7. Total budget is $40,302. For the period from Mar. 15 to June 16, "Each member of the iil.dustry shall 1935, each member shail be assessed r; of 1 percent of net dollar file * * "' identified lists of all of his volume of current sales based on sale of labels. Should the pro· pos~d amendment covering the use of labels be approved, the prices, discounts; rebates, allowances specifi· bas1s of assessment for tho period from June 16, 1935, to Mar. cations, and all other terms of conditions of Manufacturing and Wholesale 15, 1936, shall be r; of 1 percent of net doilar volume of current sale, hereinafter in this article referrecl to sales based on sale of labels. Should this amendment not be :1 as 'price terms', which lists shall completely Surgical Industry approved, the basis of assessment for the period !rom June 16, 1935, to Mar. 15, 1936, shall be r; of 1 percent of net dollar volume and accurately conform to and represent the No. 501-8 or 1934 sales not used as n basis nbove, i.e., total net dollar volume individual pricing practices of said member. of 1934 sales'less period from Mar. 15 to Juno 16, 1935. Such lists shall contain the price terms for F ACTS.-.A.rticle IV, section 7, of the Code Cotton Textile Industry, Room 3022, Commerce Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by tho Code of fair competition for the mantrracturing and 1-109. Building, Washington, Authonty for amendment to tho trade practices go,•erning the all such standard products of the industry D . C., .A. . Henry Thurs· merchandising of cotton carded yarn by deleting tho present sec. 2 as are sold or offered for sale by said mem· wholesale surgical industry provides: ton. and substituting in lieu thereof a new soc. 2 which reads as follows: ber and for such nonstandard products of "Wages shall be paid weekly or semi­ "Spinning mills shall furnish duly certified reports each week to said member as shall be designated by the monthly in lawful money or by negotiable the Statistical Bureau of the Cotton·'l'oxtilo institute, Inc., 320 check, payable on demand. Wages shall be ~roadway, New York City, of all sales of carded cotton yarn dur· Code Authority * * '' Price terms and mg tho week immediate! y prior, irrespective of the manner In re,•ised price terms shall become effective exempt from fines. charges, rebates, deduc­ which such sales are negotiated, stating same by date of order, tions, or any other form of withholding wages quantity, and descriptions of yarn, delivery specifications, price immediately upon receipt thereof by said to be paid, and terms of sales; indicating in the case or eacbimle agent. Immediately upon receipt thereof, except for contributions voluntarily made by negotialed through a selling agent, the name or the selling agent said agent shall by telegraph or other equally the employee or required by law. The em­ who negotiated such sale. Selling egents shall file similar reports ployer or his agent shall accept no rebate di­ as to all sales made on behalf of spinning mills. Spinning mills and prompt means notify said member of the selling agents shall separately report to tho Institute all export time of such receipt. Such lists and revi­ rectly or ind.Lrectly on such wages, or give sales giv ing, as to each export sale, the name o! the exporter. sions, together with the effective time thereof, anything of value or extend favors to any per­ Statistical reports shall be Issued weekly by the Institute to all son for the purpose of influencing rates of spinners and selling agents summarizing such statistical informs· shall upon receipt be immed iately and simul· tion received." taneously distributed to all members of the wages, hours, or the working conditions of his Wool Textile Industry, Room 3022, Commerce Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the Code industry Such lists or re"l•isions employees." . 3-57. Building, Washington, Authority for amendment to art. IV of the rules of practice and * • *. The complaint ·states that pieceworkers do D. C., A. Henry Thurs­ merchandising !or the bl!lnket division by deleting the words or any part thereof shall not be made avail· ton. "prior to July 1" and "or beyond Sept. 1, whichever is earlier", able to any person until released to all mem· over rejected work on the reopened original so t bat this article will\ read as follows: '!..Completely specified bers of the industry job card and that no wages are paid for such firm orders may be taken with price guaranteed against decline, * '' * ." work. such guaranlee not to extend beyond the specified delivery date." Article VII, section 2, provides : Also, to amend art. V by deleting In its entirety; to emend art. VI "·when any member of the industry has QUESTION.-Is a m-anufacturer, who re­ by deleting par. 1 and substituting in lieu thereof a new par. 1 filed any revision; such member shall not file quires piece-rate workers to do over rejected "hich reads as follows: " I. Shipments shall be r. o: b. mill or 1 established warehouse, and no charge need be made for delivery a higher price within fot ty-eight ( 48) hours." work for no additional compensation, in vio­ within city limits of mill or warehouse." ·l Article VII, section 3 provides: lation of article IV, section 7, of the Code of fair competition for the manufacturing and Wednesday, Apr. 10, "No member of the industry shall sell ,or 1935 offer to sell any products/service of the in­ wholesale surgical- industry? dustry, for which price terms have been RULING.-The manufacturer who requires Blouse and Skirt Manu· Room 2062-64, Commerce Hearine on application "submitted by thli Code Authority for filed pursuant to the proYisions of this ar· piece-rate workers to do over rejected or un­ lecturing Industries, Building, 'Vasbington, amendments to art. V, sec. 1, seo. 1 (a), and art. VII, of the Code. !9HOD. D. C., 10 a. m., M. D. ticle, except in accordance with such price satisfactory work, where the rejection or un· Vincent. terms." satisfactory work is the fault of the worker, Gear Manufacturing In· 1320 G Street NW., Wash· Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the This industry has always operated on the without further compensation, is not in viola­ dustry, 117-19. ington, D. C., Dexter Code Authority lor approval of its budget and basis of contribu· tion of section 7, of article IV of the Code of A. 'l'utein. tion for the period fro m Apr. 1, 1934, to Mar. 31, 1935. basis .of delivered prices, with the delivered Total budget is $9,000. Basis of assessment is: ~o of 1 percent of prices applicable to various States in which fair competition for the manufacturing and the estimated annual volume or shipments, obtained by multi· delivery is made. wholesale surgical industry. pl ying the actual shipments for the first quarter of 1934 by 4 and using the resultant figure as the basis for assessing dues. Assess· Members "A" and "B" have respectively ments are to be payable monthly, or on such other basis as deter· filed the following price revisions : mined by the Code Authority. Also, on application submitted ·(a.) "Effective immediately our prices for Electrical Manufacturing by the Code Aut"uority lor permission to expend surplus funds State --- on material only are reduced a\•ailable Apr. 1, 1935, and for an extension of the budget and basis of contribution !rom Apr. 1 to June 16, 1935, allowing ex· 25 percent." . Industry penditures of an amount not to exceed %• of the actual expend!· (b) "Effective immediately our filed prices 4-80 tu res as disclosed in the statement o! receipts and disbursements 25 uuder the proposed budget. for one project only are •educed percent." Industry of Collective 910 Seventeenth Street Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the QUESTION.-Are the above price revi· FA CTS.-.A.rticle III ( b) of the Code pro· Manufacturing for NW., Washington, D. Code Authority Jor approval of its budget and basis o! contribu· sions ·propet· in accordance with the above vides, )n part as follows: Door-to·Door Distribu· C., Frank H. Crockard. tion for the period from Aug. 3, 1934, to June 15, 1935. " On and after the effective date the mini­ tion, 49&-6. Total budget is $11,000. Basis of contribution Is l-1o of 1 percent provisions? for each dollar of gross sales, exclusive of carri age charges, lor tho 2. What does constitute a proper price re· mum wage that shall be paid by any em­ calendar year 1933. ln the event a member of tlw industry shall vision in accordance with the above provi· ployer to any employee engaged in the proc­ not have been engaged in business drning the entire calendar essing of the products of the electrical manu­ year 1933, the 1933 monthly gross sales, exclusive of carriage sions? charges, lor the period during which he was so engaged, multi· RULING.-1. No. facturing . industry and in labor operations plied by 12, shall be used as the basis of contribution. If a mem· directly incident thereto shall be 40 cents ber shall have entered the industry subsequent to Dec. 31, 1933, 2. (a) To properly revise a filed price list per hour, unless the rate per hour for the the average monthly gross sales, exclusive of carriage charges, a member of industry must recall that part same class of labor was on July 15, 1929, lor the period subsequent thereto during which be bas been so .of its former price-filing which he intends engaged, multiplied by 12, shall be used• as the basis o! contri· less than 40 cents, in, which case the rate bution. to revise and substitute therefor a revision per hour paid shall be not less than the rate Investment Bankers, 141- Room 1102, Carry Build· Opportunity to be heard on application submitted by the Code which shall indicate clearly the effect of the per hour paid on July 15, 1929, but in no 44. ing, Washington, D. C., committee for approval of its.J>udget and basis o! contribution revision as to its previously filed price terms. K. J. Ammerman. lor the period !rom Apr. 16 to June 16, 1935. event shall the rate per hour be less than Total budget is $36,226.48. The amount o! asseS?ment is based on (b) The revision shall be effective not for 32 cents per hour, • the number of employees employed by each investment banker, any one project only, but to the same extent * • which amount ranges from $4 for 5 or less employees, to $48 for and for the same purposes as the original QUESTION.-Under article III (b) is an 201 or more employees. employer who entered the electrical manu­ Stay Manufacturing In· Room 1851, Co=erce Hearing on application submitted by the Code Authority for price-filing. dustry, 307-452 A. Building, Washington, amendments to the Code. (c) The revised terms shall be applicable facturing industry subsequent to July 15, D . C., 10 a. m., Walter on all sales of or offers to sell the type of 1929, entitled to pay to employees engaged in Mangum.· the pt:ocessiug of the products of the industry Carpet and Rug Manu· Room 2066, Commerce Hearing on a proposed amenilment to the Code, submitted by the product affected by said revision until pt'ice factoring Industry, 202- Building, Washington, Code Authority, to amend art. VII by the deletion of sec. 19 (a) terms are again fully and properly revised. and in labor operations directly incident 150 B. D . C., A. Henry 'l'burs· which reads as follo}Vs: "19. Allowances.-(a) Retail stores are thereto wages less than at the rate of 40 ton. to be credited or paid the volume allowances based ouly on mer· cents per hour? chendise invoiced to an Individual company. No manufacturer shall pay or allow credit for any cost of reshipping merchandise Retail Jewelry Trade INTERPRETATION.-Employers who en· shipped end invoiced to a retailer." ' . . tered the industry subsequent to July 15, No. 142-66 (b) Monday, Apr. 15, 1929, are not entitled, under ar.ticle III 1935 FACTS.-.A.rticle V, section 1 (e), second to pay such employees less than at the rate paragraph provides as follows: of 40 cents per hour. Furniture Manufacturing Patio Room, Carlton Ho· Hearing on conflicts and overlaps of the provisions of the Codes Industry and Lumber tel, Washington, D. C., which obstruct the proper operation and administration of these " The minimum wages paid to professional and Timber Products 10 a.m., John W. Upp. Codes. persons, outside salesmen, outside collectors, Industry, 312-1-10, 313- \ watchmen, guards, store detectives, and The Men's Clothing Industry 1-()6, 2-Z. maintenance and outside service employees 15-60 shall be upon the basis of the basic employee workweek upon which the establishment by FACTS.-Bushelmen repair or correct im­ which they are employed has elected to perfections in the manufactm·e of a garment Interpretations operate." and as such perform work done by manufac­ QUESTION.-If any such employee works turing employees in the shop. Final inspec­ more or less than the maximum number of tors or final e.'l:aminers merely determine Electrical Manufacturing Industry hours per week prescribed for his establish· whether the worl( has been properly done and ment by article IV, section 1, how is his inspect same; they do no repairing or cor­ No. 4-77 "minimum wage" to be determined? recting of imperfections, and their work is frequently qone in the stock room and not in FACTS.-The definition of the electrical the definition of the electrical manufacturing INTERPRETATION.-In the case of any the factory. manufacturing industry reads in part: "the industry as defined in paragraph I of the of the employees mentioned, the minimum Code for the electrical manufacturing indus. wao-e of any such employee shall be the mini· QUESTION.-How shall bushelmen in manufacture for sale of electrical apparatus, manufacturing shops, final inspectors, and appliances, material, or supplies, and such try? mu~ hourly wage (determined in accordance with the provisions of artiele V, section 1, by final examiners be classified? other electrical or allied products as are nat· RULING.-The impregnation or coating ural affiliates." dividing the minimum weekly wages by the INTERPRETATION.-~u shelmen, not in· treatment of woven or braided fabric tubing respective number of maximum hours per eluding fin~l inspectors or final examiners, The Hope Webbing Co., Inc., Providence, with a substance or compound, thereby pro· R. I., manufactures various products pro­ week therein stated), multiplied by the num­ are considered as manufacturing employees, clueing an insulating product which acts as ber of hours per week the ·employee shall except that bushelmen working on garments duced from teY.tile materials, including fabric a nonconductor of electricity, is a manufac· tubing impregnated or otherwise treated or work· that is, in determining the minimum sold at retail direct to consumer and returned .... turing process not included under ~ny textile hourly wage of any such employee, the vari· fot· alterations by the consumers are non­ coated with a substance or compound, there· industry Code definition, and this process by producing an insulating product which ous minimum weekly rates of wages set forth manufacturing employees when working in a creates a product which is defined within the in article V, section 1, shall be divided by separate department wholly distinct froll). acts as a nonconductor of electricity, com· meaning of the definition embraced by para· monly known as varnished or lacquered sleev· the respective number of maximum hours manufacturing departments; final inspectors graph I of the Code for the electrical manu­ per week therein stated; provided, however, and final exap1iners at·e nonmanufacturing ing or tubing. This product is used exten· facturing industry, and the said Code f~r sively in the electrical industry. It would that in a case where a Code provision specifi· employees. the electrical manufacturing industry 1s cally requires the payment of a higher wage appear that the methods and equipment e~· hereby interpreted to include such product so to any employee of any of the classes men­ plo ed to process such fabric tubing to pro· produced. duce such insulating product are distinct to tioned the minimum weekly wage of any Cigar Container Industry this particular processing, and such process· such ~mployee shall be determined by giving No. 135-20 effect to such Code provision. ing is not common to all enterprises engaged Fertilizer Industry QUESTION.-May the wage rate of a in producing textile products in general. !t Illustration No. 1: .A. watchman who works• 67-52 56 hours per week for an establishment lo· piece worker be determined by averaging the also appears that competitors of the sa1d cated in a city of over 500,000 population, wages earned eluting several pay periods, in Hope Webbing Co., Inc., manufacturing and QUESTION.-Is a person, who op~rates a which operates under group A of article IV, order to comply with the. minimum wage Processing such processed tubing recog;nize plant for the purpose of ma~JUfactm:mg fe~; section 1, shall be paid a minimum weekly rate provision of the Code? that the product created is within the SC?Pe tiJizer for his own consumptiOn, a producer . wage equal 56 times the quotient of $14 of the Code for the electrical manufacturmg to INTERPRETATION.-The earnings of a (the minimum wage), divided by 40 (the piece worker for each pay period must be industry and not within the scope of ~ny INTERPRETATION.-No. In order f~r one to be a producer under ~he Code d~fim­ maximum hours). or at the rate of 56 times not less than the minimum hourly wage rate Code covering the manufacture of distmct 35 cents, or $19.60 per week. textile products. t·on1 he must be "engaged m the busmess prescribed by the Code multiplied by the f '• • • manufacturing * * * fer· Illustration No. 2: A maintenance and number of' hours worked eluting such pay QUESTION.-Is the above-described insn· 0 outside service employee who works a simi- period. lating product included within the scope of tilizer * • .. for sale." - 4 THE BLUE EAGLE March 29, 1935 Textile Processing Steps Taken to Adjust Productive ExtendExemption Industry Code Capacity in Cotton Textile Industry for Sheep-Lined Is Amended / ceontinuedfrompa ~et> Garment Trade The National Industrial Recovery Board For many months mills have been offering petition for the cotton textile industry, does The National Industrial Recovery Board has approved an amendment to the Textile certain lines far below the lowest possible hereby find and declare that an emergency has approved an order extending for a 6(}. Processing Industry Code which empowers cost of production, presenting a crisis which, exists in the cotton textile industry; that day period the exemption granted manufac­ the Code .Authority to collect certain statis­ unless it is regulated, will inevitably bring action is necessary to effectuate an orderly turers of sheep-lined and leathet· garments tical data from members of the industry. about chaos in production and employment. readjustment and rehabilitation of the in­ from the Cotton Garment Code provision re­ The data includes: · It is believed that the action taken, show­ dustry to meet the needs of such emergency quiring a 10-percent piece-rate increase, on ing the capability of the industry, and during a period of 12 weeks from the date the condition that the rates be increased 5 1. Reports listing the names of all employ­ of the Recovery .Administr~tion to meet such of this order and thereafter, to the extent percent, instead. ees, the actual hours of employment, and the a situation, should have a reassuring effect authorized by law, until the National Indus­ The order dates from March 1, 1935. The actual wages paid each employee for the on the market; check the further shrinking trial Recovery Board shall qeclare either that 5-percent increase is based on rates being week ended on, or on the nearest day to, of demand; hasten the time when it will be the needs of the emergency have been met or May 1, 1933. paid on March 1, provided that no decrease practicable to resume those replacements and that the emergency no longer exists;' and has been made since December 1, 1934. 2. Reports listing the names of all em­ improvements which are essential for reduc­ does hereby order that : This action confirms emergency extensions ployees, with occupational classification, tions in cost; and enable the industry to re­ 1. The Cotton Textile Industry Commit­ granted the manufacturers in telegrams hours of employment, and wages for each sume the normal contribution of business tee, acting under the conditions and in ac­ dated March 1 and :March 13, 1935. weekly period, or for such longer period as which it makes to the durable-goods indus­ cord:mce with the requirements hereinafter the Code .Authority may require. The Board was informed that the 10-per­ tries. set :f)orth, is hereby authorized and directed cent increase at this time would cause au 3. "Reports from each member of the in­ Present conditions with sales below cost · during the period of the emergency which increase in the price of the product so that dustry of the total units Pl\Oduced and/or put a heavy strain on the ability of the in­ has been herein declared to exist, to deter­ the market would be "practically ruined." of services and/or products sold and the ag­ dustry to maintain the increased wage scales mine on and to designate such temporary Inasmuch as the cottori garment Code Au­ gregate amount charged for such service which it has undertaken under the Code. adjustments, as may be found necessary to thority bas adopted a resolution to propose and/or products sold for the _period of such That pressure should be relieved. effectuate the purpose of t11e act, in the max­ an amendment which would increase the reports. Such reports shall be classified ac­ The present desti·uctive competition in this imum hours of operation of productive ma­ rates 5 percent instead of the 10 percent cording to the products produced and/or the industry presents an emergency problem chinery otherwise provided for by the Code, provided for in the stayed Code provision, service and/or products sold and shall be which requires immediate correction as a or in the number of operating units of such • the 10-percent jump was deferred pending filed at such times and for such periods as first step toward measures of a permanent productive machinery, in particul ar divisions action on such amendment. shall be designated by the Code .Authority." nature. or groups of the industry producing products eonditions should be hastened which will or rendering services of a particular char­ make it possible to resume consideration by acter, provided that such adjustments do all concerned in the practicability of adding not require reductions exceeding 25 percent Interpretations Interpretations to the great gains in wage rates already in the hours of operation otherwise provided registered under the Code. . for in the Code or in the maximum number In connection with the order providing for · of such machines operating in such division adjustment of certain branches of cotton tex­ or group within 6 months prior to the period Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Fabricated Metal Products tile production to meet the present demoral­ of such reduction in the respective plants. Manufacturing Industry ized market condition, the National I~dus­ 2. Dul'ing the period of any such temporary Man~facturing and Metal trial Recovery Board also announced : adjustment applicable to any particula r divi­ No. 71-62 ' "The Board adopted a resolution that it sion or group no productive machinery which FACTS.-We have had inquiries from a Finishing and Metal Coating request the United Textile Workers of .Amer­ has not been engaged within 6 months prior number of concerns requesting information Industry ica and the Cotton Textile I ndustry Commit­ to the beginning of such period in the pro­ as to whether or not nitrocellulose base solu­ tee, the Code .Authority for the cotton t~~­ duction of the type of product of the par­ tions consisting of nitrocellulose dissolved in 84-119 tile industry, each to appoint a small com­ ticular character produced by such division solvents and diluents without plasticizers, mittee to confer with the Board immediately or group, shall be transferred to or employed resins, ·or pigments were included under the Applicant: Metal match Corporation, as to appropriate action to be taken upon the in such operation. But the provisions of this Code of this industry. Such solutions are Warsaw, III. iilformation presented in the reports from the paragraph shall not be applicable to produc­ raw materials used by manufacturers of lac­ FACTS.-.Article II of the Code of fair Fecleral Trade Commission and the Bureau tive machinery contracted for at the begin­ quer. When plasticizers, resins, or pigments competition for the fabricated metal products of Labor Statistics in conformity with pro­ ning of such period or installed in the course are added to the above raw-base solutions manufacturing and metal finishing and metal visions of Executive Order No. 6858, and that thereof for use in such division or group they become lacquers. coating industry provides in part as follows: if it shall be foun

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/ March 29, 1935 THE BLUE EAGLE 5 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS

ate an extra shift in its pressing department, the Code, to the extent that it be permitted involving about 20 operators, for a period to accept the return of merchandise, in the Official Orders .of NRA Relating ~ of 90 days from February 28, provided ad­ amount of $135, from L. Epstein & Sons, ditional operators are employed. Baltimore, Md. to Particular Codes ~ Order 332, granting to H. D. Bob Co., Inc., 350 Broadway, New York City, exemption HARDWOOD DISTILLATION INDUS­ HE Blue Eagle prints in each issue summaries of administrative from the provisions of article V, section A, TRY, Code No. 110: Order 21, denying to T orders, interpretations, appointments, and bylaws approved by the of the Code, to the extent that it be granted Delta Chemical & Iron Co., Wells, Delta National Industrial Recovery Board. permission to operate an extra shift on 1 County, Mich., e~emption from the provisions Official orders are of two types, final and provisional. ·where an order creasing machine at Milton Pa., and 5 creas­ of articles III and IV, of the Coda. is provisional, the time within which objections may be filed is indicated ing machines at Montgomery, Pa., for a HAT MANUFACfURING INDUSTRY, b~ow. _ period not to exceed 12 weeks from February Code No. 259: Order 29, approving extension All protests against provisio~al orders should be addressed to National 28, 1935, p1·ovided additional operators are of budget approved by Order 259- 17, dated Recovery Administration, Washmgton, D. C., attention Deputy Admin­ employed. December 20, 1934, on a pro rata basis up to Order 333, granting to .Arotex Co., Inc., and including March 31, 1935. istrator for Code concerned; and such protests should be received before 201 North Waco Avenue, Wichita, Kans., Order 80 approving payment . of $416.66 final date indicated. exemption from the provisions of article IV, from the contingent fund provided in ap­ (For Code approvals, amendments, interpretations, budgets and section C, of the Code, to the extent that it proved budget. ' assessments, bylaws, Coqe Authority members-, and trade complaints and be permitted to e~ploy 8 learners, in addi­ Order 32, granting to Merrimac Hat Cor­ other committees, see elsewhere.) tion to the 10 percent allowed under the poration, Amesbury, Mass., exemption from Code, for a period of 12 weeks, in accord­ article II, section 5, of the Code, to, the ex­ tent that the pressing department of the ance With the wages and training period plant of the applicant is permitted to oper­ prescribed in the Code, provided no employee ate three shifts, of 6 men on the first shift, ASPHALT SHINGLE AND ROOFING not to exceed 90 days from February 28, shall be classified as a learner who has had 5 men on the..second shift, and 4 men on the MANUFACTURING INDUS,TRY, Code No. provided such overtime is paid for at the 12 weeks' experience in the industry. third shift: A copy of the order must be 99: Order 19, granting to the American Tar rate of time and one-half. Order 334, granting to F. Jacobson & Sons, posted in a conspicuous place • in the ap­ & Chemical Co., Duluth, Minn., exemption Order 322, granting to C. D. Williams Co., 1115 Broadway, New York City, exemption · plicant's plant. Order dated March 12, 1935. from compliance with all of the provisions 246 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa., from the provisions of article III, section A, ICE INDUSTRY, Code No. 43: Order 100, of the Code relating to and/or providing for exemption from the provisions of article III, and article V, section A, of the Code, to the hours, wages, and other conditions relating granting to Goetz Ice Co., Tolleson, Ariz., section A, of the Code, to the extent that it extent that it be permitted to work employees permission to increase its daily ice manu­ to labor, provided that ·it comply with the is permitted to work 50 percent of its em­ of its plants 8 hours overtime weekly, and facturing capacity from 75 tons -to 150 tons, provisions of the Code for the chemical manu­ ployees 8 hours overtime weekly for 2 weeks operate its machinery 4 hours overtime and its ice storage from 6,000 to 8,000 tons facturing industry relating to hours, wages, from February 28, 1935, provided overtime weekly for 60 days from March 5, 1935, as in Tollison, Ariz. and other cenditions relating to labor. The is .paid for at the rate of time and one-half. follows: Kingston, N. Y., plant, 50 people in Order 101, granting to Grady Little, Cam­ applicant shall post the order in accordance the collar depa"rtment of the stitching room, eron, Tex., permission to erect and operate Order 323, granting to Albert Rosenbfatt 2 machinists, and 7 floor helpers; Troy, N. Y., with the rules and regulations respecting. & Sons, 1370 Broadway, New York City, ex­ a 20-ton ice plant and 60-ton storage capac- · plant, 50 people in the cutting department, 50 ity in Cameron, Tex. the posting of codes. emption from the provisions of article III, people in the assembling department of the BLOUSE AND SKIRT MANUFACTUR­ section A, of the Code, to the extent that it stitching room, 5 machinists, and 10 mainte­ Order 102, granting Acme Ice Co., Wells­ ING INDUSTRIES, Code No. 194: Order 25, is permitted to work employees of its cutting nance helpers; Albany, N. Y., plant, 60 people ville, N. Y., permission to increase its ice extending temporary approval of budget and department 8 hours overtime weekly for a in the collar department of the stitching manufacturing capacity from 13 tons to 17 period not to exceed 3 weeks from February room, 30 people in the boxing department, 12 tons, in Wellsville, N. Y. basis of contribution for a period from and people in the cleaning department, 10 people including J anuary 1, 1935, to and including 28, 1935, provided such overtime is paid for Order 103, granting to 0. J. McCotter, at the rate of time and one-half. in the shipping department, 2 machinists, and Vandemere, N. C., permission to erect and December 31, 1035. 5 maintenanc~ helpers, provided all overtime operate a 10-ton ice plant, at Vandemere, Order 324, granting to F . Jacobson & Sons, is paid for at the rate of time and one-half. BUFFING AND POLISHING COMPOSI­ 1115 Broadway, New York, N. Y., exemption N.C. TION INDUSTRY, Code No. 97: Order 1-7, from the provisions of article V, s~tion A, DRESS MANUFACTURING INDUS­ INFANTS' AND CHILDREN'S WEAR reapproving budget and basis of . contribu­ of the Code, to the extent that it is permitted TRY, Code No. 64: Order 66, granting to INDUSTRY, Code No. 373: Order 40, exten­ tion for the period from July 1, 1934, to De- • to operate an extra shift for a period ·of Kanner Dress Co., lillizabeth, N. J., exemp­ sion of order dated .August 21, 1934 approv­ cember 31, 1934. 90 days from February'28 on its collar press­ tion from the provisions of article IV, sec­ ing and nutherizing the Labor Complaints CANDY MANUFACTURING INDUS­ ing machinery only at its Albany and Kin_gs­ tions 5 and 7; of the Code, to the extent that Committee in the infants' and children's wear TRY, Code No. 463, Order 37, denying to ton, N. Y., plants, provided additional oper- it may pay its employees less than the mini­ industry for a period of 60 days from the ex­ Queen City Candy Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y., ators are employed. • mum wage rates as s'et forth in the provi­ piratiqn of Order 373-24. exemption from the provision of articles III Order 325, granting to Sweeb-Orr & Co., sions of the Code on condition that it pay and IV, of the Code. them not less than $25.59 fo r cutters, $22.38 INSECTICIDE AND DISINFECTANT Inc., 15 Union Square, New York City, ex· MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, Code No. emption from the provisions of article V, for machine cutters, $19.58 for sample makers, CIGAR CONTAINER INDUSTRY, Code $18.39 for stretchers, $17.38 for pressers, 391: Order 12, approving list of hazardous No. 135: Order 29, approving budget and section A, of the Code, to the extent that it $16.40 for operators, $14.58 for finishers, occupations unsuited to persons under 18 be permitted to operate an extra shift on years of age. basis of contribut~on for the period from one creasing machine at its Pottstown, Pa., . $14.39 for examiners, $13.58 for cleaners and December 16, 1934, to June 16, 1935. pinkers, and $13.18 for floor girls, provided plan,t for a period of 60 days from February the exemption conferred in section 7 shall INSULATION CONTRACTORS DIVI- CORSET AND BRASSIERE INDUSTRY, 5, 1935, providing an additional operator is not apply to any employee properly classified . SION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUS­ Code No. 7: Order 31, granting to Formfit engaged. under said article and section other than TRY, Code No. 244L: Order 11, granting Co., Chicago, Ill., exemption from the pro­ Order 327, granting to Columbus Garment floor girls. No more than 40 percent by unit postponement of the effective date of Ad­ visions of article IV, section A, of the Code, Co., Columbus, Miss., exemption from the pro­ volume of applicant's production shall be of ministrative Order 244-L--9 of a·pproval of to the extent that the applicant's plant may visions of article IV, section C, of the Code, drllsses coming within the definition of the Survey BUI·eau for territory embracing areas in the States of New York and New J ersey, operate 41lj1 13~:oductive hours per week, pro­ to the extent that it is permitted to employ c o'de, provided no e~p lo yee in any craft as vided, that no productive employee shall work up to 100 learners in excess of 10 percent herein set forth now receiving in excess of including Greater New York, pursuant to the more than 40 hours per week. A copy of the permitted by the Code, whose wages shall not the minimum wage scales prescribed shall provisions of section 2 · (e), article III, of order must be posted in a conspicuous place be less than the· rates set forth in the sched­ receive a less amount than said employee is the Code, to April 6, 1935. in the applicant's plant. · ule of the amended Code and on a piece-rate now receiving. A copy of the order must be basis if earned wages are grea ter than those LAUNDRY TRADE, Code No. 281: Order posted in a conspicuous place in the appli­ 45, extending termination date of Code as COSMETIC CONTAINER MANUFAC­ set forth in the schedule, provided the piece cant's plants. TURING INDUSTRY (Subdivision of Fab­ price per dozen garments be equal to or amended December 10, 1934, until further ricated Metal Products Manufacturing and greater than those previously paid. ( Sched­ ELECTRIC AND NEON SIGN INDUS- ' order of NIRB. 1 Metal Finishing and Metal Coating Indus­ ule of such piece rates to be submitted to the TRY, Code No. 506: Order 15, approving dry), Code No. 84-.A6: Order 3, granting ex­ LIMESTONE INDUSTRY, Code No. 113: Code Authority.) The exemption shall not budget and basi::; of contribution for the pe­ Order 31, granting extension of the effective tension of stay of the provisions of section waive the 12-week training period permitted riod from September 3, 1934, to March 31, 8 of. the appendix, for a period of 20 days period of allowable cost formula until April by the Code and credit must be given to each 1935. 29, 1935. from March 4, 1935. employee for any period of time worked in the Industry. Approximately 80 percent of ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING IN­ LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS COTTON GARMENT INDUSTRY, Code the 100 learners covered by this order are to DUSTRY, Code No. 4: Order 84, granting No. 118:. Order 317, granting to Ely & Walker INDUSTRIES, Code No. 9: Order 317, be used on the progressive lines, which are to Fretz-Moon Tube Co., Inc., for its plant granting W. W. Thompson & Co., Scottsville, Dry Goods Co., St. Louis, Mo., exemption at East Butler, Pa., exemption from the pro­ from the provisions of article V, section A, being installed by the firm of Stevenson­ Ky., temporary exemption from the wage Jordan & Harrison, and reports shall be sub­ visions of articles III and IV, of t)le Code, provisions of the Code to the extent that the of the Code, to the extent that it be permitted upon condition that it shall observe labor to operate an extra shift on seven pressing mitted to the office of the Code Authority minimum wage for common labor shall be each week giving the progress of each line. provisions identical with those contained in not less than 18 %, cents per hour and the machines in its plant in Belleville, Ill., for the Iron and Steel Industry Code, in all oper­ 12 weeks from February 28, 1935, provided The 100 iearners shall be hired within 4 present rates of pay for other classifications weeks from February 5, 1935. The order ations where the exemption applies.• The above this minimum will not be reduced. additional operators are employed. applicant company shall report to the Code Order 318, granting to D. C. Heger, 444 shall be in operation until June 1, 1935. A copy of the order must be posted in a cou­ Authority any material increase in the num­ UEDIUM- AND LOW-PRICED JEW­ Post Street, San Francisco, Calif., exemp­ ber of man-hours used in the processing of ELRY MANUFACTURIN,P INDUSTRY, tion fr;om the provisions of article III, sec­ spicuous place in the applicant's plants. Order 328, granting to Brohard-Rainer products of the industry. Code No. 175: Order 48, denying to Mon­ tion A, of the Code, to the extent that he daine Products Corporation, Stroudsburg, is permitted to work his head cutter and Shirt Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, exemp­ FISHING TACKLE INDUSTRY, Code tion from the provisions of article III,. se.c­ Pa., exe~ption from the wage provisions of superintendent 4 hours overtime weekly for No. 13: Order 39, granting to Fish Net & the Code. n period not to exceed 12 weeks from Febru­ tion A of the Code to the extent that It IS Twine Co., Jersey City, N. J., exemption from permitted to work the emplo y~es of its pl~nt ary 28, 1935. This employee is to be p~id the wage and hour provisions of the Co,de MEN'S CLOTHING INDUSTRY, Code at straight time for the overtime work, whrch 4 hours overtime weekly dur.mg t~e ,peno? and denying to them exemption from article from February 28 up to and mcludmg .Apnl No. 15: Order 61, granting to aU members overtime is necessary to adjust the plant to III, of the Code. of the industry, exclusive of t!tiior-to-the­ new conditions. 30, provided such overtime is paid for at the rate of time and one-half. FUR DEALING TRADE, Code No. 381: trnde houses and uniform manufacturers, a Or~er 319, granting to Bedford Shirt c::or­ Order 17, approving extension of 1934 budget stay of the provisions of article IV of the poratwn, 11.40 Broadway, New York City, Order 329, granting to Lam·ar;a Manufac­ Code to the extent that all members be turing Co., Tampico, Ill., exemJ?tiOn from the and basis of contribution through the months exemption from the provisions of article V, of J;anuary, February, and March 1935. granted p~rmission to work 40 hours per section A, of the Code, to the extent that 1t provisions of article IV, section A, of t.he week for 5 consecutive pay roll weeks that be permitted to operate an extra shift for Code to the extent that not more than Its FUR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, fall within the calendar period beginning 2 men for 6 weeks on pressing machinery pres~nt number of employees be employe~ Code No. 436; Order 22, approving exten­ March 4, 1935, and ending April 6, 1935, pro­ in its plant at New Bedford, Mass., from at a wage rate of $9.75 weekly or more If sion of budget approved by Order 436-16, vided that rate of pay for such overtime February 28, 1935, provided additional oper- earned for 36-hour week. elated December 28, 1934, on a pro rata shall be at piece and/or hourly rates now ators are employed. . Order 330, granting to the Carlisle Gar­ basis from January 27, 1935, through April being paid in each respective establishment Order 320, granting to Enro Shirt Co., Inc., ment Co., Carlisle, Pa., exemption from the 27, 1935. to all workers who may be affected. A copy Louisville, Ky., exemption from the provi­ provisions of article IV, section C, . of the of the order must be posted in a conspicuous sions of article V, section A, of the Code, to Code to the e..-xtent that it be permitted to GARTER, SUSPENDER, AND BELT place in the various plants. the extent that it is permitted to operate,an empl~Y 10 learners, in addition to the 10 MANUFAC'FURING INDUSTRY, Code No. extra shift for 2 men for 2 weeks and 3 men percent allowed under the Cod~, .in acco!d­ 94 ; Order 29, approving budget and basis of MERCHANDISE / WAREHOUSING for 10 weeks on trubenizing machinery, pro­ ance with the wages and. trammg penod contribution for the period from January 1 TRADE, Code No. 232: Order 17, approving videcl additional operators are employed. prescribed in the Code, provided no employee to December 31, 1935, upon certain condi­ budget and basis Of COUtributiOB or the pe­ Order 321, granting to Packard Shirt Man­ be classified as a learner who has had 12 tions. riod from February 10, 1935, to February 9, weeks' experience in the industry. 1936, upon certain conditions. ufacturing Co., Inc., Terre H aute, Ind., ex­ HANDKERCHIEF INDUSTRY, Code No. emption from the provisions of article III, Ord·er 331, granting to ~ollal~ Bros., Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., exemption fiom the pro­ 53 : Order 19, granting to Newark Embroid­ THE MILLINERY INDUSTRY, Code No. section .A, of the Code, to the extent that it visions of article V, section A •. of the Code, ery Works, Newark, N. J., exemption from 151: Order 49, granting American Hat Co., be permitted to work the employees of. its the provisions of article VII, section 5, of (Continued on page 6, column 1) Plant 4 hours overtime weekly for a period to the extent that it be permitted to oper-

' 6 THE BLUE EAGLE • March 29, 1935 ADMINISTRATIVE ORD.ERS-Continued

(Continued from pa~e 5) SHOE AND LEATHER FINISH, POL­ renee, Mass., exemption from the proVlstons Atlanta, Ga., exemption from the provisions ISH AND CEMENT MANUFACTURING of article IV, of the Code, to the extent that Amendments and of article III, section 5, of the Code, to the INDUSTRY, Code No. 184 : Order 16, grant­ 2,496 spinning spindles used in the produc-. extent that they are permitted to employ ing Standard Oil Co. (an Ohio co rporation), tion of a special platted yarn may be oper­ ated for a third shift of 40 hours per week M~difications their watchmen not more than 56 hours per Cleveland, Ohio, exemption from the pro­ week. .A copy of the order is to be posted for a period of 30 days from ·March §, 1935, visions of articles III and IV of the Code, to and including .April 3, 1935, for the pur­ in a conspicuous place in the applicant's The Bit1111nin01t8 OoaZ IncZ1l-Btry.-.Amend­ plant. to the extent that ,employees engaged in the pose of producing yarns used in the manu­ manufacture of products subject to this Code facture of fabrics for automobile upholstery ment approved March 14 provides for the THE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING TRADE, be paid not less than the minimum wage to fill actual orders for said fabrics upon the selection of one member of the Oode Au­ Code No. 304 : Order 16, modifying .Adminis­ equal to that provided in the Code for the conditions that all available spindles used thority, divisional and subdivisional from trative Order 304-14, providing for exemp­ petroleum industry and that the maximum in the production of a special platted yarn nominations submitted by the accredited tion of certain members of the trade from hours for such employees shall be not more shall be operated two shifts of 40 hours each and recognized organization of employees. contributions to defray budgetary expenses. per week before a third shift is put into oper­ than the maximum hours provided in the ation and spindles engaged in the production Co1·ilage and Twine Incl1tst?'y.-.Amend­ PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY, Code Code for the pett·oleum industry. A. copy of a special platted yarn may operate on the ment approved March 7 eliminates the fair No. 120: Order 49, denying Flambeau Paper of the order must be posted in a place ac­ third shift only for the purpose of producing trade practice provisions contained in sched­ Co., Park Falls, Wis., exemption from the cessible to all employees affected thereby. yarn for use in the manufacture of fabrics provisions of article IV, of the Code. ule A, in order that members of the cordage Orcler provides for fiiing of yearly conficlen­ for automobile upholstery and shall not oper· and wrapping-twine industry division may PLUMBING CONTRACTING DIVISION tial reports with. Code .Authority as to vol­ ate on a third shift for use in any other mot·e equitably meet the competition offered OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, ume of sales, number of employees, and other fabrics or for the purpose of manufacturing stock for inventory. The applicant shall not by the Philippine cordage and twLne im port­ Code No. 244I: Order 22, granting to mem­ pertinent data. ers and prison labor made cordage and twine, bers of the division and their journeyman • allocate an ·undue proportion of the work to plumber employees, exemption from the pro­ STAINED AND LEADED GLASS IN­ be produced on a third shift to its plants and eliminates fair t rade practices which visions of chapter X, article III, section 1, DUSTRY, Code No. 531: Order 6, denying located in low-wage areas. The applicant have been found to be impractical. to .Aurora .Art Glass Co., 112 Boulevard of shall submit to the NIRB such reports as it paragmph (b) of the Code for that portion Co tton Gannent Ind4tstTy.-.Amenc1ment of Erie County, State of New York, not in­ the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pa., exemption from may request relating to total pounds of the the provisions of article IV, section 1, of the special platted yarn produced during the next approved March 7 removes certain restric­ cludecl in the fo llowing boundaries: West, tions on bonuses and allowances of free Lake Erie and Niagara River; south, a line Code. 30 days. Copies of the order must be posted projected along the Willet Road from Lake in a consi!icuous place in the mills of the goods. TAPIOCA DRY PRODUCTS INDUS­ applicant. Erie to the New York Central Railroacl TRY, Code No. 328: Order 10, approv.ing list The Hosiery Ina-ttstrv.-.Amendment ap­ tracks, near McKinely Parkway ; east, north Order 51, granting to Botany Worsted of occupations unsuited to persons under 18 Mills, Passaic, N. J.; Brampton Woolen Co., proved March 8 fixes the wo rking hours and along the above railroad tracks to the Union years of age. Road, then north on the Union Road to the Newport, N. H.; Edwin and Louis Bry, Nor­ minimum wages of · those employees pre­ viously excepted from the wage and hour Wherele Drive, then northwest along an TRUCKING INDUSTRY, Code No. 278: ristown, Pa.; Forstmann Woolen Co., Pas­ imaginary line from Union Road and Wherele Order 172, ordering pursuant to article II, saic, N. J. ; New Jersey Worsted Mills, Pas­ provisions of the Code such as repair shop Dtive to the Harlem Roade and Sheridan section 1A of the Code and article II, sec­ saic, N. J.; Oakland Worsted Co., Oakland, crews, engineers, electricians, etc. R. I.; Pt·inceton Worsted Mills, Princeton, Drive; north, west along Sheridan Drive to tion 1, of the Code for the household goods L eathe·r Inil1tstry.-.Amendment approved the Two Mile Creek Road and then north­ storage and moving trade, d>atecl .April 19, N. J . ; Royal Worsted Mills, Lowell, Mass.; east and northwest along the Two Mile Creek 1934, that vehicles and all persons employed 'l'albot Mills, North Billerica, Mass.; United March 5 enables the Code Authority to pro­ Road to the Niagara River, to the extt>nt thereon or in services ordinarily incidental States Bunting Co., Lowell, Mass.; Wans­ pose amendments on be)lnlf of the industry that, the hourly _ rate of wages for skilled thereto, engaged in the transportat ion of used kuck Co. (Geneva Mill), Nasonville, R. I.; or any division thereof without the neces­ labor of $1.20 per hour be reduced to 85 household goods or used office furniture and Wanskuck Co. (Mohegan Mill), Providence, sity of a three-quarters vote of the entire cents per hour. equipment, are included wholly in the Code R. I.; The Shirreffs Worsted Oo. (division industry. for the household goods storage and moving of .Aetna Mills), Fitchbm:g, Mass.; Yorkshire PRINTING INK MANUFACTURING trade• and are exempted from all provisions, Worsted Mills, Lenni Mills, Pa.; Faulkner & Liqui d Fuel AppU.ance MOIYI,1tfact1VI''ing In­ INDUSTRY, Code No. 339: Order 11, ap­ of the Code for the trucking industry if the Colony Manufacturing Co., Keene, N. H.; dust1'y.-.Amenc1ment approved March 8 pro­ pro'ving list of pazardous occupations un· Cowen Woolen Oo., Lewiston, Maine; and the vides that rule L of article V be deleted and revenue derived from such transportation of 1 suited to persons under 18 years of age. used household goods or used office furniture Broad Brook Co., ;Broad Brook, Conn., exemp­ certain provisions be inserted in lieu thereof and equipment is 90 percent or more of the tion from the provisions of the first para­ PRIVATE HOME STUDY SCHOOL IN­ graph of article III for employees in the to provide for maximum terms of sale and DUSTRY, Code No. 447: Order 10, denying total revenue derived through each such ve­ discount. Rule M is amended to make the hicle, and if either the person in whose serv­ hurling and mending departments, to the to National Poultry, Institute, Inc., .Adams extent 1!.tat 'they may be employed 48 hours provision against price decline to include the Center, N. Y., exemp\ion from the provisions ice such vehicles are employed has his place of per week provided time and one-third is paid period of post-dating· on items. of article IV, section 1, of the Code. \ business within a metropolitan district, as de· fined by the United States Census of 1930, for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week and since this exemption is granted Lmnbe1· atnd T·imber P1·oducts.-.Amend­ READY-MADE FURNITURE SLLP or such vehicles are being used to transport ment approved March 11 corrects a dupli­ used household goods or used office furniture because of lacJ;: of available workers, all duly COVERS MANUFACTURING INDUST~Y, qualified hurlers and menders shall be em­ cation of jurisdiction between the Northern Code No. 283: Order 17, approving budget and equipment within such a district, or such Pine Division and the Northern Hardwood vehicles are vans doing long-distance moving, ployed who may present themselves to any and basis of contribution for the period of of the abov,e-named applicants for employ­ March 15, 1934, to March 14, 1935, subject to as defined in article II, section 11, of the Subdivision over hardwood lumber produced certain conditions. Code for the household goods storage and · ment. The order must be posted in a con­ in Minnesota by removing the State of moving trade. The percentage of revenue spicuous place in said departments of ap­ Minnesota from the jurisdiction of the North­ RETAIL FOOD AND GROCERY TRADE, derived through each vehicle shall be deter· plicant firms. ern Hardwood Subdivision. Code No. 182: Order 69, denying G. M. mined as of tbe calendar year 1934, or if WRECKING AND SALVAGE INDUS­ Chester, Mineral Wells, Tex., exemption the vehicle was not opeTated during that en­ MeNEGLIGEE over '500,000 population or in the immediate tract to pay the wages and observe the hours RETAIL TRADE, Code No. 60: Order 376, INDUSTRY, Code No. 408: Order 35, deny­ trade area of such city. set forth in the Cbde, clarifies certain definl· postponing the effective date of .Administra­ ing the National Garment Co., Massillon, (b) Less than ·fourteen dollars and fifty tions in article IV, division C, part 2, · section tive Order No. 60-365 to .April 5, 1935. Ohio, exemption from the provisions of ar­ cents ($14.50) per week in any city between ticle III, of the Code. 250,000 and 500,000 population or in the im: 1. The amendment further makes changes ROCK AND SLAG WOOL MAN-UFAC­ mediate trade area of such city. in the wage and hour provisions and working TURING, Cocle No. 321: Order 18, granting WALL PAPER MANUFACTURING IN­ (c) Less than fourteen dollars ($14) per conditions of various classes of employees. a stay of the operation of the provisions of DUSTR"¥, Code No. 19: Order 16, granting week in any city or place up to 250,000 popu­ Beaudry Wall Paper Corporation, and Cort­ Photographic 0/YI,d Photo Fiwisllli!ng Incl1ts­ article III, section 1 of the Code for a period lation or in the immediate trade area of such t?·y.-.Amendment approved l\larch 4 makes of 60 days from March 8, 1935, to the extent land Wall Paper Co., Inc., exemption from city or place." that ·no employee be permitted to work in the provisions of article III (a) of the Co'de changes in the administrative organization to the extent that employees of the appli­ QUESTION.-If an employee in the dis· and modifies certain provisions to the end excess of 40 hours per week or in excess of tribution division of the motion picture in· 8 hours in any 24-hour period except aS' cants needed to work fot· the purposes set that they are more equitable and capable of forth In the application shall be·'{lermitted to dustry works less than the maximum hours administration. otherwise provided in the Code, or for the set forth in the Code, may he be paid less purpose of changing shifts, and in such cases work in excess of the maximum hours pro­ I vided in the Code ·upon condition that hours than the minimum weekly wage provided for Powcler P1bf! Ind1t8t1·y.-.Amendment ap- no employee be permitted to work in excess therein? of 16 hours in any 24-hour period, provided of such employment in excess of said maxi­ proved March 11, provides for the inspection that such change of shifts shall not occur mum hours shall not exceed 16 hours in any INTERPRETATION.-No such employee of records by the Code Authority. 1 week for any 1 shift and any such em­ more frequently than once in any 14-day may be paid less than the minimum weekly Preoious J ewelry P1·odlucing I nd1tstry.­ period and that the rate of pay on any such ployee who works in excess of 40 hours in wage provided in the Code, even though he change day is exempt from the overtime pro­ any 1 week or more than 8 hours in any works less than the maximum number of .Amendment approved March 7 cancels cer­ visions for hom's worked in excess of the 24-hour period shall be paid at the rate of hours per week provided for therein. tain Code provisions which tends toward daily maximum. time and one-half. No employee shall be monopoly by the deletion of subsection 0, laid off on account of or as incidental to section 1 of schedule .A of the Code. RUBBER MANUFACTURING. INDUS­ the exemption hereinafter gmnted. This or­ TRY, Coda No. 156: Order 69, modifying der shall be posted in a place conspicuous Soap and Glycerine Manu­ Rayon and BiLle Dyeino 0/YI,d Pritntvnu In­ .Administrative Order No. 156-37 conditionally and accessible to all employees. U1tst?'Y.-Amendment approved Ma rch 6 pro­ approving Uniform .Accounting Manual by facturing Industry vides for the insertion in the Code of the extending from December 24, 1934, to and THE WHOLESALE FRESH FRUIT . 83-61 standard clause providing for nonpar tner· including March 25, 1935, the time within AND VEGETABLE DISTRIBUTIVE IN­ ship and nonliability of Code .Authority mem· DUSTRY, Code No. LP18: Order 12, denying which the ode .Authority is required to re­ QU.ESTION.-What is the minimum bers. port the resua of the use of the manual to United Fruit. .Auction Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, weekly wage for salesmen in the soap and the Division .Administrator. exemption from the provisions of article III, glycerine industry excluding traveling ex­ UmbrelLa Ind1tst1·y.-.Amendment approved Order 70, denying to M. Rudolph & Co .• section 1, of the Code. penses? l\Iarch 6 provides for the collection of con· DeKalb, Ill., e:..:emption from the provisions tributions and spbmi. sion of budget by the of chapter X, article III-B, section 2, of the WOOD FLOOR CONTRACTING DIVI­ INTERPRETATION.-Inside sales em­ Code .Authority. t ,Code. SION OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUS­ ployees must be paid at least $15 per week in TRY, Code No. 244K: Order 7, approving any city of 500,000 population, or in the im· Restatt?'O/YI,t lndnsky. - .Amendment ap­ SCRAP -IRON, NONFERROUS SCRAP divisional Code .Authority budget and basis mediate trade area of such city, and at least proved March 8 provides for the rai ing of METALS AND WASTE MATERIALS of contribution for the period of November $14 per week in any other part of the United funds by an equitable method of contribu· TRADE, Code No. 330: Order 42, approving 1, 1934, to June 15, 1935. States. tion and relieves members of the Code Au­ budget nod basi of contribution for the pe­ Outside salesmen must be paid not less thority from liability for any action taken in riod beginnin"" July 1, 1934 and ending June WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRY, Code No. than 40 cents an hour, or in southern States connection therewith, except for their own 30, 1935, for the Wool Stock Trade Division. 3: Order 50, granting to Pacific Mills, Law- not less than 35 cents an, hour. willi'ul malfeasance or nonfeasance. March 29, 1935 THE BLUE EAGLE 7

Interpretations Code A~thority M~mbers Approved Interpretations

Heat Exchange Industry The National Industrial Recovery Board Robertson and Bryan Kemmer, Casper, Wyo.; Cotton Cloth Glove Manu­ approved the following selections and ap­ H. M. Symons Cheyenne; John Elngle, Sheri­ No. 56-12 pointments of Code Authority members: dan; J. J. C~rey, Greybull; Platt Wilson, facturing Industr-y FACTS.-Article V: "Wages" of the Co_de Kemmerer; Roy Sundin, Rawlins, Wyo.; of fair competition for the heat ex~hange _m­ BLUE PRINT AND PHOTO PRINT IN­ W. ID. Bundschu, Chattanooga; S. F. Zbinder, No. 187-25. Part: Article II, section 5; a~ti­ du try provides in relevant part m secti~n DUSTRY.-Arthur' Beiser, Chicago, lll.; Chattanooga ; N. C. Daniell, Cleveland; R. W. cle IV, section 1, subsection (f); article (b) as to "minimum wage that shall be paid Ewald Schuettner, St. Louis, Mo.; David T. Spiers, Knoxville; R. Lott Moore, Morris­ V, section 8. by any employer to any unskilled employee May, New York, N. Y.; George Warburton, town ; Elbert E. Hill, LaFollette; R. C. lV.lc­ engaged ii:J. the production of the products of Philadelphia, Pa.; J . W. Dietrich, S.an Fran­ Clure, Biistol; Harry G. Range, Johnson FACTS.-The sections referred to above the beat exchange industry !lind in labor op­ cisco, Calif.; Harry J. Scliultz, New York, City; .Tas. S. Frazer, W. 0. Brown, F. M. deal with the definition and classification of erations directly incident thereto shall be 40 N.Y. Haber, Nashville; E. C. Walling, McMinn­ "beginners." The letter of transmittal which cents per hour, unless the rate p:r hour for 1 ville. forwarded this Code to the President, stated: the sume class of labor on July 1o, 1929, was CANii)LE MANUFACTURING INDUS­ LEATHER AND WOOLEN KNIT (p. 527) : "The lowest minimum in, th_e ?~ode Jess than 40 ceo ts * * *·" TRY.-Harold Will, Syracuse, N. Y. ; H. T. (for' beginners' and 'substandards ) IS$ r.SO Section (c) provides as to" minimum wage GLOVE INDUSTRY.-Wm. C. Bliedung, Hawthorne, New York,' N. Y.; H. E. Rounds, Milwaukee, Wis.; Louis Postman, Glovers­ 'for a week of forty ( 40) hours. ' Beginners ' that shall be paid by any employer to all em­ Ozone Park, Long Island; Pi... N. Muench, doing the work of glove sewers will receive ployees other than those engaged in the pro­ 1 ville, N. Y.; for 2 years beginning January Syracuse, N. Y.; N. J. Baumer, Baltimore, 1, 1935; Francis Sutton, Johnstown, N. Y.; at least $8.45 per week of forty ( 40) hours." duction of the products of th~ heat. exch an_ge industry ancl in labor operat10ns directly m­ Mel. , for a period of 1 year beginning March Samuel Fear, Gloversville, N. Y.; Richard This has been interpreted by some manufac­ 5, 1935. G. Fried, Milwaukee, Wis., for 1 year be­ turers to mean that employees, other than cident thereto shall be at the rate of $15 per ginning J anuary 1, 1935; alternates, Frank weelc, whether calculated on an hourly,, BEESWAX BLEACHERS AND REFIN­ glove sewers or glove cutters, may ~e ,clas~i­ J. Sellinger, Sheboygan, N. Y.; W. F. fied as " beginners" and paid accordmgly; weekly, monthly, piecework, or any other ERS INDUSTRY.-R. J. Mayer, Paterson, Kuehne, New York, N. Y., for 2 ;years be­ m basis in accordance with the usual custom of N. J.; Howard C. Will, Syracuse, N. Y.; ginning J anuary 1, 1935; S. Park Hallen­ some instances, $7.80 per week of forty ( 40) the employer * * *." · George P. Dunn, New Y_ork, N .. Y.; for a pe­ beck, Mayfield, N. Y.; Jacob Zuckerwar, hours. On March 6, 1934, the Code Auth01ity A..rticle VI : "Hours" provides in relevant riod of 1 year beginning March 5, 1935. Gloversville, N. Y. ;, Claude Nathan, Chicago, declared that the " beginners " provisions of part "on and after the effective elate no em­ Ill., for 1 year beginning January 1, 1935. this Code apply only to glove sewers and glove ployer shall employ any employee_ except ex­ CO~CRETE MASONRY INDUSTRY..­ ecutives, administrative, _supei'vlso_ry, and F. J. Patchell. MERCHANT AND CUSTOM TAILOR­ cutters. technical employees and then· respect1ve staffs COPPER, BRASS, .BRONZE, AND RE­ ING INDUSTRY.-Lionel H. Bailey. QUESTION.-Can employees, other than who are paid at the rate of $3~ or more per LATED ALLOYS TRADE.-William Loeb glove sewers or glove cutters, be classified as week traveling sales and service employees, MOTOR BUS INDUSTRY.-Artllur M. as observer administration member. Hill, Charleston, W. Va.; John M. Meighan, " beginners "? watchmen, and firemen, in excess of 40 h~ui?3 Washington, D. C.; R. T. W-hiting, Seattle, INTERPRETATION.-0 n I y employees per weelc, provided, however, th~~ these limi­ COTTON GARMENT INDUSTRY.-H. Wash.; C. T. McConnell, Cleveland, Ohio·; performing the operations o·f glov~ cutting tations shall not .apply to ~ond itlOns of sea­ C. Fox, New York, N. Y.; as alternate to Ed­ 0. S. Caesar, Chicago, Ill.; Charles M. Sears, sonal or peak demand wh1ch create an ~n­ ward W. Swan. (other than scrap leather) or glove sewin~, usual and temporary burden for production Jr., Newport, R. I. witli less than twenty-four (24) weeks expen­ DENTAL LABORATORY INDUSTRY.­ OIL FIELD PUMPING ENGINE SUB­ ence at such operations within the industry, or installation * * *." Paul C. McGowan, Boston, Mass.; S. M. ·Al­ QUESTION.-A..re firemen included under lison, Pittsburgh, Pa.; V. D. Lee, Birming­ DIVISION OF THE MACHINERY AND may be classified as " beginners " for a to~~ ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.-C.Paul period not to e~ceed twenty-four (24) week~, section (b) or section (c) of article V of the ham, Ala.; Joseph J. Saslow, Chicago, Ill.; Code of fair competition for the heat exchange · Clark, Olean, N. Y.; Arthur Clifford, Sr., during which t1me such employees mu t re­ R. C. Brown; Davenport, Iowa; George Stern­ Kansas City, Mo.; H . L. Hileman, Oil' City, ceive at least the regular piecework rate cur­ inclustry? berg, New Yoi'k, N. Y.; Robert J. Rothstein, Pa.; T. F. Huclgins, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; J . J. rently in effect with a guarantee of at l~as t RULING.-Firemen are engaged in labor Washington, D. C. ; I. .J . Dresch, Toledo, Ohio; 65 percent of the minimum wage prescnJ;>ed operations directly incident to the production McKinney, Butler, Pa.; H. J . Hencken, Chi­ Walter F. Kiess, St. Louis, Mo.; Max Scholl, cago, Ill.; C. G. Neely, Franklin, Pa. in the Code for the operations of glove cuttmg of the products of the heat exchange industry Houston, Tex. ; J. L. Manning, Oakland, (other than scrap leather) and glove sewing. and come within the provision of section (b) Calif.; W. S. Weecl, Rochester, N. Y.; L. E. OPTICAL RETAIL TRADE.-Walter P. All other employees must be paid at least the of article V of the Code of fair competition for Tatreau, Portland, Oreg~; Wm. H. Schroll, Spreckels. wage minima as provided in the Code. the heat exchange industry. Fire~en are _e ~­ Chicago, Ill.; P. A. Kanouse, Los Angeles, RETAIL JEWELRY TRADE.-Walter·P. titled to receive at least the unshhments engagecl in commercial relief flexible shafting, which is used for vanous etc., Industry).-Approval of appointment of W. C. Connolly as impartial agent to de­ Maplewood, N. J . ; S. C.. Stampleman, Boston, printing? purposes such as speedometers, dental mo­ Mass.; Arthur Liebes, Jersey CitY, N. J. tors m~ters etc. Although metal flexible termine violations of supplementary Code by · RULING.-Binding and ruling operations shafting is included under the defi nition of assentors to agreement providing for the pay­ SANDSTONE INDUSTRY.-Stanley D. are incidental to the processes of rel.i.ef print­ the basic Code of fair competition for the ment of liquidating damages. Knight (chairman), Chas. H. Heintel, Cleve­ ing, whether or not such operations_ are per­ fabricated metal products m~tnufacturing and FUR DRESSING AND FUR DYEING land, Ohio; H arold T. Blum, Glenmont, formed in relief printing est_abhshments. metal finishing and metal coating industry INDUSTRY.-Hem-y G. Schlesinger, Ber­ Ohio; , Ha rry Nicholl, Lorain, Ohio ; Volney The provisions of article II, section 21, of the Code Authority of the automotive parts_ tram J. Gooclman, A. Allan Perry, A..brabam S. Taylor, McDermott, Ohio. · · the Graphic Arts Code, apply to binding and ruling operations whether performed in a an d, equipment manufacturing_indu stry main­ Flyer, Bt·onx, N. Y.; A. Joseph Geist, Spring­ SOLID BRAIDED CORD INDUSTRY.­ tains that those companies, \vhen manufac­ field, L. I; Abe Estrin, Ben W. Hollancler, relief printing establishment or independently R. 0 . Arnold, Covington, Ga.; E. S. rpratt, thereof, and include mechanical employees turing this product for use in connection with Louis Recllus, Newark, N. J .; Joseph Simon, Boston, Mass.; B. B. Blackwelder, Hickory, speedometers, should operate under _the Code North Bergen, N. J . ; Herman Basch, Max engaged in all trade-bindi·ng and paper-ruling N. C.; Ernest Koella, Rockford, Tenn.; operations. of fair competition, for the automotive parts Zucker New York City; Isador Reiffel, Mount James E. Hooper, Baltimore, Md. and equipment manufa,c t~ring _inclustq. It Vernon:, N. Y.; Michael C. Meseritz, It·ving appears that it would be highly ImpractlCa!Jle Laiken, Philip Loeb, Harry Goodman, Julius' TRUCKING INDUSTRY.-Alvin 0. Eck­ for the manufacturers of fl exible shaftmg Blank Oscar Yeager, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Sam­ ert, Belleville, Ill.; Robert C. Stockton, Paper Bag Manufacturing to be required to split down their production uel Mittelman, Ozone Park, L. I.; :aenjamin Evanston, Ill. ; George M. Fort, Morton, Ill. ; between various used Codes, such as that for Schwartz, Bayonne, N. J. Chester C. Moore, Chicago, Hl.; fl. G. Fer­ Industry automotive parts and equipment. guson, lJlairfield, Ill.; Elvin Watson, Gales­ MOTOR VEHICLE RETAILING No. 230-20 RULING.-It is ruled that those engaged burg, Ill.; for tbe State area of Illinois; TRADE.-Fl. C. Bates1 Jos. Buckingham, Peter S. Peterson, Underwood, Iowa; Fred in the manufacture of flexibl~ shafting for QUESTION.-What is meant by " class or Meyer Lasker, Bronx, N. Y. ; W. H. ~Ic­ c. Eslick, Mason City, Iowa; L. E. Stone, 1abo1·" in the following Code section (article use in connection with various products, such Naugllton, A. R. Southworth, Jersey CitY, David Liddle, Des Moine , Iowa; for the as speedometers, dental motors, and meters, V, section 1) ? N. J .; George Laessig, Union City, N. J .; State area of Iowa; Theodore B. Plimpton "Provided, however, that in ca e the rate shall operate under the basic Code of fair L. L aBrasche, H. H. J)onaldson, Brooklyn, for Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Ham'P­ competition for the fabricated metal products per hour for any class of labor wa , on July N. Y.; A. G. Rupp, Lyn:brook, N. J.; I saac. shire, Vermont, and Maine; Frank H. Phipps, 15, 1929, less than the minimum rate above manufacturin~ and metal finishing and metal Cohen Glen Cove; Dan Gluck, Hempstead; New York City; Jl'rank Fl&nagan, West Rox­ specified for the same class of labor, then the coatin~ industry. c. B. ~Warren, D. E. Ahrens, ~ alph Horgan, bury, Mass., Region 1; Fred 0. Nelson, Jr.! minimum rate for ·uch cla of labor shall be New 1':ork; J os. L. Daly, Flushmg; J._ Kl ~ess, New York City, Region 2; Ted V. Rodgers, the rate paid on July 15, 1929, but in no .event Electric and Neon Sign Far Rockaway; R. Nelson, TompkmsVllle > Scranton, Pa., Region 3; H. D. Horton, less than ninety (90) percent of ' the rate N. K. Mintz, Great Kills; S. G. lV!athe~s, Charlotte, N. C., Region 4; William L. Stodg­ above specified." Industry~ New Brighton; Robert Fowkes, Spnng '\ al­ hill Louisville, Ky., Region 5; Fmnk C. FACTS.-A corporation is paying on the ley· Alex Van Houten, Suffern; N. C. Law­ Sch'midt Toledo, Ohio, Region 6; J . Henry No. 506-10 Alphin 'm1 Dorado, Ark., R egion 7; F. R. basis of this provision in its Philadelphia son' Nyack; R. Cornwell, Riverhead_; E. R. plant, which was not in operation on July 15, FACTS.-Ar~' ticle IV, section 2 (a) and Car:lsson Huntington ; J. C. Barne, Pat­ Petty 'El Dorado, Kans., Region 8; J ames E. St. Paul Minn., Region 9; Frank 1929, and justifies such payment on the ground (b), read as follows: (c£) The term" skilled chogue; H. E. Laux, Mount Vernon;_ Jos. Kel;y, lVI~rphy, that these rates are applicable to the same op- employee " as U!'ecl in this section s'hall mean Ossining; T. G. Tracy, White Plams, N. ~-; Shuff! barger, Albuquerque, N. i'l'lex., Region 10; Clinton S. Reynolds, Tacoma, Wash., . erations in its Milwaukee plant which was in sign painters, iron workers, sheet-metal work­ R. D. Lewis, St. Paul; F. C. O'Connell, Mm­ operation on July 15, 1929. ers, maintenance men, electricians, glass blow­ neapolis; L. F. Carlson, An~ka _ ; ~1. C. Swa?GJ', Region 1'; Roy . B. Thompson, San Fran­ ers, and pumpers, expressly excepting there­ Duluth· A. Hawkinson, Vn·g11ua; 0. GJlde­ cisco, Cahf., Regwn 12. INTERPRETATION.-The exp r ession from helpers as hereinafter defined. meister; Grand Rapids; H. R. Connor, He- "class of labor" as u eel in article V, section WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING 1, of the Code means the idenl;i.cal kinds, (b) No member of the indu try shall em­ 'd ·· · J. A. Alderman, Crookston; ~- A. TRADE.-Lester A. Coons. ploy more than 1 helper for each 3 jom·ney­ ~~ 0 ~ 0 , Fergus Falls; H. C. Mills, Bramerd; types, or grades of work performed by em­ men. The term " helper " as used herein sh-all J C Schlough, St. Cloud; A. Bartelt, ~len­ WINDOW GLASS MANUFACTURING ployees iu a plant engaged in the indu try, mean all employees other than journ(!,vmen c~e;. R. M. Neill , Willm~r; C.. W. ~I c kl ~, INDUSTRY.-F. J. P atchell. which plant was in actual operation on July engaged in the skilled trades defined in para­ Montevideo. Neal Van Dorw, Marshall ' J. F. 15, 1929. The Code provision applies to any WOOD CASED LEAD PENCIL MANU­ graph (a) of this section. Barnes Bl~e Earth; R. S. Curran, ~eel plant in which, on .July 15, 1929, le. s than the FACTURING INDUSTRY.-John King Code minimum rates were paid. It doe not QUESTION.-May an employer employ 1 W·ng. 'E G Usem Austin; H. J. Postler, Rochester:1 , • W.• M. • Seifert,• w·.mo na'. . p . K . Reckford, Hoboken, N. J .; J . H. Schermer­ apply to any plant which, on July 15, 1929, apprentice to each 3 journeymen and each horn, J ersey City, N. J .; Herman P rice, did not pay less than the Code minimum rates. ft·a ction thereof? Priest Duiuth; A. P. Nelson, St. Paul' V. T. Ma ir 'Minneapolis; Paul B. Lum, Stanle;v H. New York, N. Y.; H. B. Elmer, Brooklyn, The Philadelphia plant of the corporat1on INTERPRETATION.-An employer may Horn'er Whitney Leary, Oscar Coolican, N. Y.; Asa B. Wallace, St. Louis, Mo.; A..l­ cannot take advantage of the fact that the employ 1 apprentice or helper for each 3 jour­ B enja~in Ourism&n, . J. B. Barn~s, an,d fred H. Best, Irvington, N. J.; John S. Furst, Code provision may be applicable to the Mil­ neymen but may not employ one additional J . M. Sanders, Washmgton, D. C. • M. E. Philadelphia, P a. waukee Dlant. aoDtentice or helper for any fraction thereof. 8 THE BLUE EAGLE Mar ch 29, 1935

Recent Trends in the Rayon and Synthetic Yarn Indu~try

Developments in the rayon industry --- , ..... __,.,.,. 50 ------1""-----~- - 1-- 1-o.... r-o-- t-v,__ 1'r"'oo. /--- - during recent years as ·seen in this 7' ------1'-'~ d. I ~ - X 4 0 week's chart, are dominated by the AVERAGE HOU RLY WAGE IN CENTS v '------./ ~ --o- ....o- continued expansion that the industry r "f AV ERAGE HOURS WORKED PE R W EE K has experienced. Annual production T 30 has increased from year to year almost A VERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IN DOLLARS without interruption ; deliveries have -n. P.. .. ,o..,,.o.. \ rL been strong, and prices have fallen off ~J:4,... ~ 20 as the growing industry effected eco­ nomics in production and adopted new processes. ·with this background 15 2.0 the expected increase in employment T OTAL MAN_ __H ~9U5 RS ~~ ,...... "'- / has materialized, and the individual IN I,OOO,Ouu' [-r'"' ( 1 \ worker has found his lot improving. (50 (; 5 0 INDEX OF tMPLOYMENT \ H ourly wages, receding before the 0 I crO..~o-oyo-o~ R ayon and Synthetic Yarn Code was II - ... ~ ~ / -- ,.... Ol 100 _,.:[)'til -- , .._... ,_"' - ~-- adopted in the third quarter of 1933, C\1 1...... -~, 1.0 Q! 9 0 regained the 1929 level in a few months 8 0 (/) and in 1934. have approximated 50 w 70 cents (uppermost part of the chart). X INDEX OF PAYROL LS \ ~l ""·l· w 60 Hours worked per week were reduced 0 \ with the introduction of the Code in z 50 '' 1933. The new weekly earnings, re­ '\,.I ; sulting from the shortened working 4 0 week and the increased hourly wage, 200~==~~~~~~;;~;;;:~~::::::::::t=::::::::~~~~~~======i======· ==~200 netted a gain to the worker ovec the U. S. PRODUCT ION J A 5 IN 1,000,000' OF POUNDS 1\ f'vo..,,~ weekly wage of the pre-Code year. In 0 1 1934 the weekly wage increased further 0_ 15o h1 ,~~~~.~~==~. ~~,~~~~-----4------j~ ~,~~~~-~~~ .... ~hr------~~------~150 and, if allowa;nce is made for the lower 11 I D---<:1... ~ ~ ~/' t ' t ""x l\ ,J 0\ ~=~~~~t;::~~~~ 1 ',.~ ~~ 'x, /U' cost of living in 1934, the weekly wage C\1 r -: .- \ Ir \l ,.,\ 1: . \, Q! " X .. ,., I v ' I I \ . represented a gain of more than 10 100 rgg , r; '- / ' '>. '....,. f""t.. 1 'I WHOLESALE PRJ·CE percent over that of 1929. (f) 90 w 80 '-.... .: \ \, ' : H ISO DENIER P.:' 80 Only in 1932 did employment fall X 70 \ f x...., ~ :1\ f ~ IN CENTS PER POUND w 70 noticeably below the 1929 average. 0 The rise in 1933 soon carried employ­ z 60'~1~N~D"E~XTJO~F~D~E~LFITIVTIE"~'R~I~E~S~ --~-----}--~\\\"ttt~ ~: r-~~\;f~~J ~~~'\-\ --\~~ --~~------~ 60 ment as much as one-third above that 5o,r---~----r-~1 .. .- ----r------r---~----~~------~------~------~ 50 of 1929, a level that has been main­ tained during most of 1934. I n 1933 2000,.------.r------~------r------~,------~------~------~ pay rolls quickly regained the1r 1929 average and during the last calendar I SOO f\ ~IMPORTS FlR CONSUMJ.riON year were some 6 percent above the 05 Ul I"\.J \ /~ IN 1,000 OF POUNDS predepression figure. -· I n the third. section of the chart ~ \ I\~/ . yearly production totals are shown in­ ~looor---~+--r~~------;------r------~------~~------~------~ 0 v \ '\"'' creasing by 75 percent during the 6- 0. \ -, E X PORTS year period. Despite the summer re­ soor-----~--,_1 -4,r----t------t------r~I~N~- ~~~o~o~o~· s~o~F~P~o~u~N~D~s~+------~ action in textiles in 1934, · production __ for last year was slightly larger than in 1933. It is noteworthy that the 75- ' ~ v• "'l ..... J l 1\'"" A_j- =~!1 percent increase in production since Q M J S 0 M J s D M J s D J s D M J s D M .J s D M .J s D , 1929 has been attained with only a 33- 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 percent increase in employment. Sources of data : Bureau of Labor Statistics-E'mployment and pay-roll in dexes with NRA a djustment t o 1933 Censu s t otals; avera~e Deliveries have moved in sympathy h ours and average hou rly wage from 1932 t o dat e; price of rayon. United St a t es Tariff Comm'ission and United States Department of Commerce- Im p orts for consumption and exports. National Indu strial Conferen ce Board: Average hou rly wage 1929-1931 with production; in ~p.onthly form they d E} pict among other things, wide multiplied by .824. Textile organon-Prod uction and index of deliveries. Char t prepared exclu sively for Blue Eagle by the Division fluctuation in 1932 and 1933 and a of Research and Planning, NRA. slow recessio_n that began in 1933 and have been an influential factor in the exports. The \former dropped to neg­ past, further increases in rayon pro· terminated aft,er the September strike substitution of rayon for other fab­ ligible proportions af ter 1929 and 1930. duction will require additions to the in 1934. L>rices of rayon (150 denier, rics. Indicative of this substitution is In marked contrast, exports have number of laborers, though not propor· grade A, as drawn in the chart) have the increased percent of rayon recently tended upward with 1934 exports dou­ tionally. Hourly and weekly wages declined by one-half during the 6 years )»eing used in making broad woven ble those for 1933. However, expofts . may be well maintained, presumably that the chart covers. The decline re­ goods. in 1934 represent but one-tenth of 1 to attract more workers to the indus­ flects technical improvements and In the lowest section of the chart percent of total production in the try. Such wages in combination with economies in production on a large (on arithmetic scale) are shown rayon United States. gains in employment would indicate scale. At the same time lower prices imports for consumption and rayon Judged by what has occurred in the increasing pay rolls.

Code Authority Interpreta~i on s Code Authority By· M embers Resigned laws Approved sequently such employees may be permitted T)le following Code Authority bylaws were The following Code Authority members Grinding W heel Industry to work, on payment of the normal hourly approved : resigned: ' No. 170-18 rate, a maximum of forty-four (44 ) hours Assembled Watch Industry. Bedding Manufacturing Industry- Flqr­ in any seven (7) day period, without pay­ Bituminous Road Material Distributing In­ FACTS.- Article III of the Code of fair ment of overtime. dustry (with conditions ). ence Nesbitt. competition for the grinding wheel industry Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel, and Slag Button Jobbers' or Wholesalers' Trade­ provides in part (sec. 6) that kiln tenders I ndustries (with revisions) . Lionel H . Bailey. shall be permitted ~ o work a maximum of Carbon Dioxide Industry Mayonnaise Industry. - Cat·bon Dioxide Industry-Hubert B. Bram­ for ty-eight (48) hours per week to meet the Motor Vehicle Ma intenance Trade. Motor Vehicle Retailing Trade. let. demand of emergency peaks in prod uction; No. 275B- 21 and (sec. 7) that empl oyees engaged on ship­ Package Pasteurized-Bl ended and Process Flexible Metal Hose and Tubing Manufac- FACTS.- A member of this in dustry bas Cheese Industry (wi th exceptions) . turing Industry-R. P. Barry. ' ping crews, including truck drivers, shall be fi led with this Code Authority a schedule of Retail Solid Fuel Industry (with exceptions). permitted a tolerance of ten (10) percent prices. Below the listecl prices there appears Sanitary and Waterproof Specialties Manu· Merchandise Warehousing Trade-Fred E. over th e maximum hours provided in sections Clark. the following notation : facturing Industry. 1 and 2. "In view of competitive pr ices published Toll· Bridge I ndustry (with conditions). Ra ilway Car Appliance Industry-E. M. Wool Stock Trade (with exception) . Naylor. QUESTION.-Wbat provisions for over­ as low as 3% cents per pound, we reserve time payrqent apply to kiln tenders and ship­ the right to sell or offer to sell our carbon Power and Gang Lawn Mower Industry­ ping crews whose working hours are referred dioxide . under open market or contract at EJ. M. Naylor. Trade Practice Com· to in sections 6 and 7, respectively, of article this minimum." T acl\le Block Manufacturing I ndustr y­ III of the Cocle of fair competition for the Robel't P. BaiTy. grinding wheel industry? QUESTION.-Is the filing of a price list plaints Committees with a reservation clause, as noted in the Umbrella Frame and Umbrella Hardware I NTERPRETATION.-The provisions of facts, in accord with section 1 of article IV Manufacturing Industry-H. D. Savage. the Code relating to extra payment for over­ • Approved of the supplementary Code as amended Au­ Bulk Drinking Straw, Wrapped Drinldng Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry­ time do not apply to kiln tenders; conse­ gust 16, 1934? Isador Eltra. quently such employees. may be permitted to Straw, Wrapped Toothpick and Wrapped work, on payment of the nor mal hourly rate, INTERPRETATION.-No. The fi ling of Manicure Stick Indu try. a maximum of forty-eight (48) hours a week a price list with a reservation clause as noted Marble Quarrying and F inishing Industry­ to meet the demand of emergency peaks in in the facts is not in accord with' the intent Pacific Coast Area. Code Aethority Bylaws production, without payment of OYertime. of section 1 of article IV. There is nothing Marine Equipment 1\Ianufacturing IndustrY The provisions of the Code relating to to prevent a member of the industry from (Am enrlments conditional). Denied extra payment for overtime do not apply to meeting competition by filing a new schedule Retail Solid Fuel Industry-Divisional Code P retzel Industry. shipping crews, including truck driYers; con- of prices. Authority, Divisions 9 and 34.

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