Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1933, Page 3

PRODUCTION GAINS | ALONG WITH PRICES General Trade Improvement. Except in Isolated Sec- tions Noted. Industry continued its mighty spurt of lifting its production curve and com- | modity prices upward during the last| week by operating its factories at al- most full speed to meet the spreading demand for consumers’ goods. As fac- | tories continued to inerease employ- | ment, Government and private business reports indicated yesterday there were evidences of broader trade improvement in all sections of the country with the exception of a few isolated districts in the South. ‘The weekly reports, compiled by the Commerce Department and Dun Bradstreet, were augmented by sum- maries of June activities which con- firmed a more rapid rise and wider gains over last year’s record than the ‘weekly data indicated. The Commerce Department said pro- duction schedules were generally main- tained during the first part of this month at the rate reached at the end of June. Reports that industry was operating to pile up goods in ware- houses to await a retail trade revival ‘Were not substantiated by the Nation- wide survey made by Dun & Bradstreet. Enlarging Orders Received. H “The usual Summer let-down now is receiving minor consideration,” this re- | port said, “as more industries are found | to be sufficiently booked to carry high into September, while constantly en- larging orders are being received for | foodstuffs, shoes, ready-to-wear cloth- ing, millinery, machinery and equip- ment, iron and steel products and to some extent for building material.” ‘The report emphasized that where hesitation has appeared, it has been due to the uncertainty of the price lev- els that will be obtained after codes of ration have been approved by the atlonal Industrial Control Adminis- tration. “Although following the quick stride of industrial advancement by many “aces,” the report continued, “retail sales are beginning to surpass even the good totals of June. In some of the Middle Western cities retail distribution is at the best comparative figures for the last three years, while in ether sec- tlons gains are being shown over last, year's figures for the first time since 1930. 4 goods, shoes, clothing, food- stuffs, hardware and furniture are lead- | ing in the gains being recorded, while the previous high sales levels of elec- trica] appliances, automobiles, - acces- sories and radios are being maintained. Buyers Swarm to Centers. “The seasonal lull in the wholesale markets gives no indications of appear- ing this year, as after the lessened ac- tivity of a week ago, buyers have swarmed to the leading centers in the eager desire to appraise the sultability of the new Fall merchandise. In con- trast to the attitude of a year ago, buyers are placing orders for Fall with confidence and assurance.” The Commerce Department corrob- orated the private report to the effect that automobile plants were maintain- ing their production schedules. Steel ingot production, the department re- | po.ted. made further progress, with the rate of operations est¥nated at 54 per cent of capacity. e department said the percentage of car loadings over a year ago arge, while merchandise loadings, have passed last al, while the aggregate load- 75 were up more than a fourth. The geneial level of prioes continued to moie upward during the past week, the department said. Both agricultural and non-agricultural prices were high- er, and some of the farm commodities, such as wheat, advanced sharply. Cot- ton was up slightly for the week. The iron and steel composite price scored a further advance. Commercial Failures Fall. ‘Weekly statistics sent into the de- partment indicated that commercial failures were lower, and they continued to run much below last year. The Census Bureau's cotton report, made public last week, showing con- sumption was the largest in June than for any month since 1912, was viewed as_astounding in trade circles. While cotton textile mills have shown & steady improvement since January, consumption did not begin to pile up until May, and for the last 60 days the output was reported as a record smasher, especially in mills in cotton- growing States. The following shows the industry's steady bale consumption climb since the beginning of this year, compared with the u‘:le month in 19)32: onth. g IOLLOWING is & summary of the “code of fair competition of the iron and steel industrv.” filed yesterday with the national in- dustrial recovery administration by Robert P. Lamont: “The industry” is defined as includ- ing “the business of producing in the United States and selling pig iron, iron or steel ingots and rolled or drawn iron or steel products, or any of them.” Membership in the code is opened to any member of the industry who ac- cepts rules and regulations set forth in an appended schedule and signs and delivers to the secretary of the Amer- ican Iron and Steel Institute an ap- plication along the lines of a form set forth. Pursuant to section 7 of the national recoverv act. covering hours cf labor, rates of pay.and con- ditions of employment, the code is made subject to the following condi- tions: (1) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collec- tively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from interference, restraint. or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in & | the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other con- certed activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aild or protection; (2) That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and (3) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay and other conditions of employment, approved or prescribed by ithe President. Open-Shop Principle. In explanation of these conditions, the ccde says: “The plants of the industry are open to capable workmen, without regard to their membership or non-membership in any labor organization. The indus- try firmly believes that the unqualified maintenance of that principle is in the interests of its employes. For many years the members of the industry have been and now are pre- pared to deal directly with the employes of such members, collectively, on all matters relating to their employment. The principles of collective bargaining under which certain members of the industry have dealt with their em- ployes are embodied in employe repre- sentative plans, which are now in force at plants of members of the industry generally. The fundamental principles {of such plans are set forth in schedule C. annexed hereto. It is the bellef of the industry that the method of col- lective bargaining set forth in such plans provides for a day-to-day adjust- ment of all matters relating to the em- ployment of employes in the industry and at the same time insures to such employes a knowledge and understand- ing of the conditions of the business of their employer, which they would other- wise be unable to obtain, that such principles should be maintained, and that the rights of the employes and members of the industry to bargain collectively through representatives elected or appointed and acting in ac- cordance with such plans without in- terference, restraint or coercion of any sort should be preserved and protected.” | Employment of persons under 16 years is prohibited. Common Labor Rates. Minimum rates of pay per hour for common laborers prentices and learners) to be effective in 21 wage districts into which the in- ;iustry is divided are provided as fol- ows: . Eastern district. Johnstown district Pittsburgh _district Youngstown Valle: - North Onlo River district, : Los Angeles district. 35 Provision is made for an average work week of 40 hours in any six months. For the purpose of this pro- | vision, the first six months period for each person in the employ of any mem- | ber of the code at the effective date shall begin with that date, and the first six months period for any em- ploye thereafter employed by any mem- ber of the code shall begin with the date of employment. Higher Pay Question. It is set forth that such rates of pay | |went into this year’s program, which ad- shall not be the maximum rates of pay for the respective districts, but that until changed none of the members of the code shall be required to pay its common laborers a higher rate except as members have agreed to pay a higher rate in any agreement heretofore or ln hereafter made by the members with ‘The Census Bureau's report indicates how business is improving in the South- ern textile centers as the result of in- crel:se:hm ocotton consumption: onf February March ril 1932. 358,048 16,601 IR.205 4 Meantime, the department reported yesterday that this country’s exports of raw cotton in June more than doubled in value and were 71 per cent larger in quantity than for the same month in 1932. The total was 615,000 bales, valued at $28999,000, compared ‘with 360,000 bales, valued at $13,275,000 in June, 1932. Cotton exports during last month were larger than for the preceding month, showing a counter-seasonal trend, which the department said is normally downward at this time of year. SPECIAL NOTIC] FOR SALE OR RENT—UP-TO-DATE FUR- nished house: six rooms and bath: vel reasonable. Apply 3120 Park pl. nw. 7 RoRgRpIn e oo b G aae THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE' STOCK- holders of the Northeast Bullding Asso tion_willbe held Thursday. July 20, 1 at 7 o'clock pm. at the office of the association, 2010 R. I. ave. n.e., for the purpose of electing difectors for the en- suing year and the transaction of such other business as may properly come be- fore the meeting. S. S. BYMONS. Secretary. _ INVALID ROLLING CHAIRS FOR RENT OR sale; complete line of new and used chairs: all sizes. stvles and adjustments: reduced prices. Also folding chairs, wood or metal. 418 10th St. N.W. i RETURN-LOAD RATES SPECIAL o and part loads to all points within miles: padded vans; uaranteed servic cal moving also. Phone NA. DEL_ASSOC.. INC.. 1317 N. Y. PULL 1000 e: lo- NAT. "YOU NFED AN ELECTRICIAN CALL ectric Shop on Wheels. Inc. A compleie "hop on_wheels will be sent to your door. hones Wisconsin 4821. COlumbia 2400. ALL BILLS OWED BY FRANK B. BROWN, Emerson st. n.e. please 3bth st. Mt. Rainier, Md, ORGANIZATIONS, TAKE NOTICE! $850 buys modern office equipment and six months' rent in a famous building: national association, 90c: COOKING, 10. Call LYNGO, WEst Summer. . reasury Department Ofice of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘Washington. D. C. May 20 1033 Notice is hereby given to_all persons who y have claims against “The Commercia) lonal Bank of ington.” District of le_must be presented E ll'wbefl C. is Receiver, with the ate or they may be disaliowed. ' CONN . del. . Baldwin, roof thereof within three months from Comptrolier of the Currency. CHAMBERS i5,0n¢ of the tars- akers world. Complete funerals Jow up. 6 chapels. 12 g!lrlo ‘k'l c i’n”run and ambulances, 25 undertakers and assictants. the employes. Until this provision is changed, each member of the code will pay to the em- ployes in the industry who on July 14, 1933, were receiving a rate of pay per hour in excess of the minimum rate, at least 15 per cent more than they are then recelving, provided the resulting higher pay shall not be greater than employes doing the same work in the same district are receiving. Production and new capacity within the industry is not restricted, but the board of directors set up under the provisions of the agreement, if and when it finds that restriction is nec sary, is empowered, “subject to a) proval of the President after confer- ences,” to modify or rescind the regu- lations. Specific provision, however, is made against the construction of new blast furnaces or open hearths of Besse- mer steel capacity. i Provision is made against any members of the code making any sale at a price or on terms more favorable than the price, terms or tonditions established by a schedule appended to the code, based on a list of specified basic points for the manufacturer of various steel commodities. The schedule concerning prices and terms of payment says: The term “base price” of any prod- uct means the price for sush product f. o. b. a basing point, before any extras in respect of such product shall be added or any discounts for early payment or deductions shall be allowed or made. Period of Free Credit. The term “period of free credit” i means the period of time between the date of a shipment of a product to the purchaser of such product and the date from and after which such purchaser shall be required to pay interest on the purchase price of such product or any part thereof which shall not have been Lamont Gets Lost InU. S. Department He Once Supervised By the Associated Press. Robert P. Lamont lost his way yesterday in the corridors of the Commerce Department Building. A lot of other people do that regularly, but Lamont, now pres- ident of the Steel Institute, was Secretary of Commerce when the huge building was opened., He got lost with the steel in- dustry’s code under his‘ arm, looking for the office of Hugh 8. Johnson so he could deliver it to rial administras been wal anxiously for that code for ys, found Lamont wandering down the wrong cor- ridor, and, divining the purpose of the visit, steered him quickly to the right room. . (not including ap- | | ROBERT P. LAMONT. paid prior to the expiration of such riod. period. The term “date of invoice” means the date of the invoice of any product. The term “discount for early pay- ment” means the amount of the deduc- tion allowed for the payment of an in- voice of products before the expiration of the period of free credit in respect thereof. ‘The term “an affiliated group” means one or more corporations connected | through stock ownership with a com- mon parent corporation, if (1) at least | 75 per cent of the stock of each of| such corporations (except such com- mon parent corporation) is owned di- | rectly by one or more of the other corporations, and (2) such common | parent corporation owns directly at| least 75 per cent of the stock of at| |least one of the other corporations. | The term “an affiliated company of a | member of the code” means (1) & cor-| poration which is one of an affiliated | group that also includes such member | of the code, or (2), in case the member Summary of Iron and Steel Industry Code of the code is a person, firm or asso- ciation, a corporation at least 75 per cent of the stock g which is owned by such member. r the purposes of this paragraph the term “stock” does not include non-voting stock which is limited and preferred as to dividends. Detailed definitions are set up for un- fair methods of competition in com- merce within the meaning of the Fed- eral Trade Commission act and_their transgression by members shall be deemed a violation of the code. Collection of Statistics. Provision is made for the collection and dissemination of statistics by the board of directors even to the extent of being required by the board, which also is given the authority to examine books and records. ‘The penalty for violation of the code provides for the assessment of $10 a ton of any products sold by a member and the funds so collected shall be pro- rated among the members. The code shall continue in effect for 90 days after its effective date unless terminated. When terminated all obli- gations and liabilities under the code shall cease except unpaid assessments. Provision is made for the changing of the code by amendment. All amend- ‘ments shall be proposed by the board of directors by vote of the majority of the members thereof at the time in office. Each amendment so proposed shall be submitted to a meeting of the members of the code which shall be called for such purpose upon notice given. If at such meeting members of the code hav- ing the right to cast at least 75 per cent of all the votes that might be cast at such meeting, if all the members of the code were present thereat, shall vote in favor of the adoption of such amend- ment, such amendment shall be sub- mitted by the board of directors to the President for approval, if approval thereof by him shall then be required: by law. Every such amendment shall take effect as a part of the code upon the adoption thereof by the members of the code as above provided and the a proval thereof by the President, if ap- proval thereof by him shall be required as aforesaid. COTTON CONTROL PROGRAM PUSHED New Schedule Will Cover| Next Year’s Crop and Pos- sibly That of 1935. (Copyright. 1933, by the Assoclated Press.) A new cotton_production control pro- gram to cover next year's crop and pos- sibly that of 1935 took form yesv.erd:yl year’s plan, moved ahead with their plans along the whole farm front. | Formal activity in drafting the new | cotton program will begin as soon as distribution of about $100,000,000 to more than 700,000 farmers in 16 States | has been completed. The bulk of these | payments for agreements to cut the output of farms of this year's growing | crop from 25 to 50 per cent will be fin- ished in three weeks: in two months the job will be complete. 1 Producers and representatives of the | cotton industry will be consulted in 5 | drafting the new plan, but it was re- | ported by authoritative sources that ad- | ministrators already have come to an agreement on many fundamentals. Will Seek Acreage Cuts. The chief of these is that they intend | to employ the principle of the voluntary domestic allotment plan as far as pos- | 0 sible with a prospect of another cam- | paign this Fall to obtain agreements | from growers to cut next year’s crop and give Secretary of Agriculture Wallace | an option to require those agreeing to xlnsx:a’ke a substantial reduction again in | 5. Payments would be based entirely on | the principle that growers will receive “parity” prices based on pre-war aver- ages on that portion of their cotton | required for domestic consumption. ! Only farmers agreeing to reduce their acreage a given percentage would be en- titled to these payments. A parity price is one designed to raise the purchasing power of the farmer's | dollar to the same level it had during the pre-war period. This plan would abandon both the | cption and the leasing elments that | ministrators regarded as an emergency nature. Farmers who signed contracts in this year's acreage reduction cam- paign were given either cash payments for retiring from production a portion of their crops, or were given cash pay- ments and an option to buy specified amounts of Government-owned cotton at 6 cents & pound—5 cents below the present market price. Posters to Be Distributed. The new plan will bear many re- semblances to the wheat program on which administrators will concentrate next with what they called an “educa- ticnal” campaign, some of whose meth- ods will be reminiscent of liberty loan drives. Gaudy posters urging farmers to “stand by your neighbor,” and speakers with demonstrated persuasive abilities are to be sent into many of the 800 counties where wheat is the chief crop to lay the foundation for an effort to obtain agreements from growers starting August 1. Farmers will be asked to sign ments to reduce their acreage in 1934 and 1935 up to 20 per cent in return for cash payments provided from a fund now swelling with the proceeds of the 30«cent per bushel tax on grain milling which went into effect July 9. The campaign to reduce- cigar leaf tobacco acreage this year in five grows ing districts will get underway Monday. Growers will be offered cash payments in proportion to the estimated value of their product in the growing districts of New England, Pennsylvania-New York, Ohio-Indiana, Wisconsin-Min- nesota and Georgia-Florida. During the next week administra- tors also expect to approve the first of the milk trade marketing agreements submitted to them. These include one covering the Chicago milkshed and an- other the Georgia milkshed, centering at Atlanta. These agreements, as sub- mitted, provide for minimum prices to be paid producers for fluild milk and cream and also minimum prices at which they may be sold by processors and distributors and prices to | charged consumers. Other plans for marketing other farm'| products are being prepared by those | manufacturing butter and dairy pro- | ducts, meat packers, wholesale distribu- tors of food .and sugar. e DRAFT PAPER BOX CODE Manufacturers Refuse to Reveal Program Adopted in Chicago. CHICAGO, July 15 (#).—A code ‘of trade practices was agreed upon today by representatives of the folding box division of the National Paper Box Manufacturers Association. Howard Fuller, Boston, who presided, said the code could not be disclosed before it is presented at Washingtcn. Prisoner Moved for Safe Keeping. SPRINGS, Colo., July MacDonald, FEDERAL OIL BAN 10 BE ENFORGED Regulations Ready for To- morrow Seek to Curb Excess Production. By the Associated Press. Regulations to enforce President Roosevelt's order prohibiting shipments in interstate commerce of oil produced | as farm administrators, heartened by |in deflance of State regulations were | the response of cotton growers to this grafted yesterday by the Interior De- partment and will be issued tomorrow. Departmental lawyers worked over- time to get out the regulations under which the Government will for the first time use its power to curb the excess production which is threatening the oil industry. Simultaneously Secretary of Interior Ickes, who was charged Friday by President Roosevelt with the duty of enforcing the order, promised *vigorous™ action to stop the shipment of the flle- gal product in interstate commerce. Ickes said the order issued by the President was sweeping enough to reach the violators of State laws and that im- mediate and drastic action would be taken. The Department announced its di- vision of investigations, headed by Louis R. Glavis, had already started investigations that would bring speedy prosecution for any violations of the law. ‘The investigators were assigned to inquire into reports that 600 tank cars of illegal oil were hurriedly shipped out of Texas Thursday. The Department announced that in- vestigators would be concentrated “in those districts where the greatest eva- sions of the law have occurred in the past.” Though no area was named, this was understood to mean particularly the flush oil flelds of East Texas. The Department said that any one who produces and transports oil in ex- cess of State regulations would be sub- ject to a fine of $1,000 and six months’ imprisonment. MILLS IN NEW ORLEANS WILL ADD 5C0 TO FORCE Cotton Manufacturing Plant Will Boost Pay Roll From $15,000 to $22,000 Weekly. By the Assoolated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 15.—Reorgan- izing its operation schedule to conform to the hational textile code, the Lane Cotton Mills, one of the largest of its type in the South, today announced that approximately 500 new employes would be called to work Monday, when the weekly payroll will be boosted from $15,000 to $22,000 under the program of reduced hours and increased pay. Under the new schedule the plant will go on a two-shift basis with mini- mum wages at $12 a week and the work week limited to 40 hours. The company| said workers would receive about the same for the new 40-hour week as for the old 54-hour basis. Employes, totaling about 1,500 today, will in- creased to 2,000. Mill executives explained that in spite of the limited shifts, the company ex] greatly to increase its cloth output thrcugh increasing the number of its looms. $75,000,000 ADVANCE MADE TO 10 STATES FOR HIGHWAY PROGRAMS (Conttued From First Page.) per cent on Federal aid systems; 25 per cent on extensions through munici- palities; 25 per cent on secondary roads; expenditures in all 77 counties. Oregon—Allotment, $6,106,896; 50 per cent on Federal aid systems; 25 per cent on extensions through municipalities; 25 per cent on secondary roads; expen- ditures in 30 of the 36 counties. All Counties to Benefit. South Carolina—Allotment. $5,459,- 165; 50 per cent on Federal aid system; 25 per cent on extensions through municipalities; 25 per cent on second- gry roads; expenditures in all 46 coun- ties. ‘Vermont—Allotment, $1,867,573; 49.9 per cent for Federal aid highways; 25.2 r cent extensions through municipali- 5;; 24.9 per cent on secondary roads; expenditures in all 14 counties. Virginia—Allotment, $7,416,757; 50 per cent on Federal aid system; 25 per cent extensions through municipalities; 25 per cent on secondary roads; ex- penditures in 91 of the 100 counties. ‘Washington — Allotment, $6,115867; 50 per cent to Federal aid system; 30.7 per cent extensions through municipali- ties; 19.3 per cent to secondary roads; expenditures in 34 of the 39 counties. Missouri—Allotment, $12,180,306; 50 per cent on Federal aid system; 25 per cent on extensions through municipali- ties; 25 per cent on secondary roads; expenditures in 92 of the 114 counties. ‘Wisconsin—Allotment, 'MM.M’;: cent on Pedgral aid system. tm-xunnnflmmm th | ties; 25 per cent on secondary roads: expendif counides ture a &ll 71 IDRIVE FOR BUYING POWER ADVANCED Efforts for Increase Gain as! More Industries Fall in Line. ___(Continued From First Page) weaving mills, “throwing” plants which twist threads, to apply immediately ! the terms of the cotton textile code which beginning tomorrow will put 450,000 cotton workers on a 40-hour work week with minimum wages raised to $12 and $13, in the South and North respectively. Formal administration sanction was promised, and the ex- pectation was that the action would put another 200,000 or more workegs on the higher pay basis. Meantime, Johnson made ready to put before President Roosevelt today a plan | for 8 general appeal to all business to come forward now with substantial gny raises and reduction of working ours to make more jobs. He expressed confidence that the toughest part of the road had been traversed so far as the manufacturing industries were concerned. Codes were coming in rapidly and their labor bene- fits going into effect rapidly. ‘What Johnson wants to get at now is the wages of the “white collar” class, clerks in stores, office workers and so on. They represent a huge slice of the worker purchasing power, a portion which Johnson feels must share re- covery benefits now if the prosperity- in-the-making is to have a: sound foundation. After Johnson talks to the President ! aboard the yacht Sequoia, somewhere down the Potomac today, an early call for volunteer action by every employ- ing business is expected. Hearings on Large Scale. ‘This week hearings on codes will be- gin on a large scale. The agreements of the electrical manufacturing indus- try and the shipbuilding and ship- repairing trade will go under examina- tlon Wednesday. The next day a code for the entire lumber trade will be taken up. The following Monday a col- lection of codes proposed for the petro- leum industry will be examined, and the wool industry’s 40-hour week plan with minimum wages of $13 South and $14 North will be taken up. The coal hearing probably will be begun that week. One group of oper- ators has filed an agreement, but the two largest, Northern and Southern non- union operators, who control 70 per cent of the bituminous coal output, will get together here tomorrow to re- duce the two codes they have com- pleted to a single one—if possible. That will have the bigger raw ma- terial industries, with the exception of non-ferrous metals, copper, zinc, etc., all in process of joining the industrial control program. Big lines still not heard from include automobiles, ma- chinery, chemicals, but their agree- ments, too, are looked for in the near i future, An agreement is expected this week from the National Retail Council, which is trying to frame one plan suitable to the 2.000,000 or so stores in every community which sell everything that people buy. The steel code filed yesterday called for its administration _through the board of directors of the Iron and Steel Institute, 30 men to be chosen, whom- Lamont sald were representative of 80 per cent of the industry. Labor Provisions Qutlined. Its labor provisions are: Forty hours work week, averaged over each six- month period; common labor minimum wages of 25 cents in Southern districts, running up to 40 cents in the producing centers; a flat increase of 15 per cent for workers above the mini- mum; preservation of the present sys- tem of collective bargaining through work councils or company unions “without interference, restraint or coer- cion of any sort,” with final appeals lodged in the head of each company, i and with no outside unionization. ‘This, however, was qualified by sub- scription to the mandatory clause of the recovery law which maintains the right of workers to organize in any way they see fit and deal with their employ- ers through delegates of their own free choosing. No specific control of production vol- ume was proposed beyond forbidding increase of any plant’s pig iron or ingot producing capacity. On prices, an elaborate system of “basing points” was set up for each product. Each mill must report its prices, as at present, to the Steel Insti- tute, whose board may investigate them if need appears. Discounts for prompt payment were fixed at one-half of 1 per cent for payment within 10 days except in the case of shipments from the Eastern zone to the Pacific Coast, when the lmit is 25 days. Maximum periods of free credit also were pre- scribed. Green, the Federation of Labor presi- dent, assailed the employe representa- tion plan of the steel men because he argued that despite any assurances of secret election of representatives, the workers are not free of their employers’ influence and that in effect “the cor- porations are dealing with themselves. Wage Situation Analyzed. Of the wage and hour provisions, he said: “If the purposes of the national recovery act are to be realized, it is necessary that the large basic indus- tries like steel increase wages and cut working time far more than is proposed. Steel should be called upon by the Gov- ernment to do its "hl;lb share in absorb- ing unemployed workers.” n%‘lxurupon the actual number of workers in steel plants available here were not regarded as dependable by offi- cials because of the many changes that have been taking place. In 1931, with the industry running between 60 and 10 per cent of capacity, census figures listed 264.000 workers. Now the 60 per cent mark again is being approached, but technical changes may have re- duced the number of men involved. The wool manufacturers in filing their code asked the administration to tfn’o- tect. them against foreign importations. In addition to raising wages and cut- ting working hours, they limited ma- chine operation to two 40-hour shifts, Just as cotton did, and they also banned child labor. “The cost of the products of the in- dustry,” they said, “will be materially increased by the larger wage cost per unit of product resulting from the estab- lishment of this code. We realize, how- ever, that our action in sub- ject to the code is part of the large pro- gram of the administration looking to- ward the lsn-mmst increase of purchasin, power and the general improvement of economic conditions. “We stand ready to go forward in this industry with the initial step to- ward the success of this vital effort.” Speclal Advisers Named. Late yesterday the Recovery Admin- istration annovnced the appointment of special industrial and labor advisers for consideration of several of the pending J. L. Luckenback, president of Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping, and Joseph Franklin, president of the International Boilermakers’ Union, were chosen for On 3 S-oped w.flx;;.:d&nt of General Electric Co., an reen. On the coat and suit division of the | apparel industry: Louis Kicstein, vice president of William Filene’s Sons Co., Boston, director of the National Better Business Bureau, and Sidney Hillman, president of the ted Clothing kers’ Union. s Walter C. Teagle, Standard Ofl, and chair« Administration’s Iabor men thus far have been named for this hearing. Representation on behalf of consum- ers is to be announced this week. General Meeting Called. ‘The agreement of the underwear men to come under the cotton code, drawn up yesterday at a meeting of officials of the Underwear Institute, will be passed upon at & general meeting here next ‘Wednesday, which also is to act on a permanent code. Ox’\;‘é:h‘ln:em!rzn the cotton code spec! for the temporary agreement is that sewing machines be operated single shifts for only 40 hours a week, while knitting machines keep the 40- m]'i‘]r double shift schedule of the textile mills. ‘The agreement was transmitted to the | Industrial Recovery Administration in | a telegram signed by E. J. McMillan of | Knoxville, Tenn., president of the Un- | derwear Institute, and Roy A. Cheney of Washington, secretary, | It read: “At your suggestion the undersigned, | the president and secretary of the Underwear Institute, representing all types of underwear and allied products industry, agree that this industry will operate beginning July 17, 1933, under the provisions of the cottcn textile in- | dustry code approved by the President | July 9, 1933, substituting the name of the Underwear Institute for that of the | Cotton Textile Institute, where the latter name appears, and in our case restricting hours of operation of sewing | machines to a single shift of 40 hours| per week and knitting machines to two | shifts of 40 hours each per week. Immediate Approval Sought. “We release to the governance of the Cotton Textile Institute such cotton- spinning spindles as may be operated | by mills in our industry, such spindles | to be placed permanently under the cot- ton industry code. “To clarify, productive machinery in| our industry shall be knitting machines | and sewing machines. This agreement, of course, is made without Jeopardizing | our right and privilege to submit and | have a hearing on our own code, which | will be submitted promptly and under | which our industry will operate after| approval by the President. | “This agreement, signed in good faith, must, of course, be subject to approval | by the majority of production of our | industry, which approval we are seek- | ing immediately. Our National Indus- trial Recovery Act Committee are E.J. McMillan, George E. Rutledge of Min- neapolis, T. H. Mueller of Bethlehem, Pa.; Arthur M. Reeos of New York, James Roger of Gloversville, N. Y., and Roy A. Cheney.” — GAS VICTIM RECOVERING Mrs. Blanche Bache Given Oxygen Aftér Rescue by Husband. Mrs. Blanche Bache, 39, of the 5800 block of Colorado avenue, was reported recovering last night in Casualty Hos- pital after being overcome by illum- | inating gas in the kitchen of her home. | Finding her unconscious in the kitchen, the woman’s husband, Oscar Bache, summoned police, and Pvt. Bruce of No. 6 police station adminfstered artificial respiration until the arrival of the rescue squad, which | gave her oxyge! GROSNER of 1325 ‘F 200000 GET PAY RAISE TOMORROW .= Cotton Code Paves Way for 100,000 More Jobs in Textile Plants. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, July 15—A new era—an era of higher pay and shorter working hours—dawns for half a million textile workers in the United States. Tt is ushered in by the operating code, adopted by the industry under the national recovery act, which goes into effect Monday. The new set-up paves the way for an estimated 100,000 more workers to get jobs in the mills. The code, the first to be effective under the act, guarantees for every | worker at least $12 a week in Southern and $13 & week in Northern mills. In addition, no operative will be allowed to work more than 40 hours a week, and none under 16 years of age will be employed. Productive machinery, such as spinning spindles and looms, may not be operated more than two 40-hour shifts, or a total of 80 hours a week, and employes are given the right to organize and bargain collectively. Minimum wages in some Southern fixed in the industry except in where & maximum number of hours fixed by law. This, in most cases, is a week. ‘The code will bring to thousands en sutomatic wage increase, as the $12 and $13 are minimum wages, with higher scales prevailing for skilled workers. Many mills in recent weeks have voluntarily increased wages, but the majority of these increases were to restore previous reductions, and in many instances additional increases will be necessary to meet the code’s require- ments. ‘The code was drawn up and approved by the Cotton Textile Industry Com-* mittee, in collaboration with Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, administrator of the re- covery act. It was also approved by | President Roosevelt, who retains the | right to amend, modify or cancel any | part of it and to approve supplemen- tary provisions. Few Decide on Course. Pew cotton mill executives have de- | cided how the plan,will work oul for | them individually. Many have declared | the plan will have to be allowed to “work itself out.” Shortage of skilled labor in some sections may work against the code at first. Each mill will be allowed to decide whether to run double or single shifts. Executives were hopeful the code would first absorb all surplus textile labor. Learners during a six-week apprentice- ship, cleaners and outside employes are not included in the minimum wage agreement. Leaders of the industry in the North and East saw in the new code a pos- sible return of some Massachusetts cities to leadership in cotton textile produc- tion. In recent years the textile leadership has shifted to the South, with South Carolina a consistent leader in the number of spindles in operation, although North Carolina ]'L‘BS the largest number of spindles in place Many Are Half Blind And Don’t Know It What some people are finally prevailed upon to try eye glasses, they see things that they never knew existed. There is no charge unless glasses are needed; and then only 50c a week, if you consult the regis- tered optometrist at St. NW. Castelberg’s, 1004 F 18 cleaning house! 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