Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1933, Page 4

(L PRGE ONTROL | BATILE FORESEEN Teagle Victory Predicted in Code Submitted by John- son to Industry. By the Associated Press A victory for Walter C. Teagle and forces aligned with nim against specific governmental regulation of oil prices was seen by leaders of the industry to- | day in the oil code which Hugh 8. Johnson, the industrial administrator, told them he wrote in submitting it last night. : Advocates of Federal supervision over prices were quietly gathering their strength for an attempt to write in some price control which is favored by the numerical majority of the industry. Teagle is chairman of the Advisory Committee aiding Johnson and pre dent of the Standard of New Jerse His position in the price controversy was supported by the Standard of In- diana, Gulf Oil Co., Texas Oil Co. and a Yraction of the independents. led by Jack Blalock of Marshall, Tex. Favor Price Control. K. R. Kingsbury, president of the| Standard of California; Harry F. Sin- | clair of Consolidated Oil Corporation. { and a wide section of the industry contend price control is necessary if the companies are to increase employ- ment and wages. The code did not fix prices, propos- ing as the only regulatory provision that petroleum and its products should not be sold at less than cost of produc- tion and a reasonable profit, including taxes and inspection fees The battle within the business, going on more or less under cover for weeks, is expected to reach the open tonight or tomorrow as representative groups | take up tie tentative code with John- son. Those urging rigid price regulation were hopeful that if Johnson cannot be persuaded to write in some regulatory provisions in the final draft, President Roosevelt will do so. Break Attributed to Fight. The break between Teagle and James A. MofTett, leading to Moffett's resigna- tion as senior vice president of the Jer- | sey Standard, was attributed, by those inside, to Moffitt's advocacy of Federal price regulation and supervision of the industry. Moffett is expected in authoritative circles to be actively in charge of ac- tivities under the code when finally written. as he is held in high regard by President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Ickes, each of whom has asked for his recommendations. He resigned as vice president of the Standard of New Jersey to accept ap- pointment to the Advisory Committee aiding Johnson, after Teagle was re- ported to have told him either to turn down the committee place or get out of the company. Provisions of the code for Federal supervision of production through au- thority for the President to regulate shipments out of an -oil State if it exceeds its allocated production formed & focal point for another scrap over the code, with many opposed to Federal ;mcrol of the flow of crude oil to mar- et. See Place for Moffett. In the section of the code authoriz- ing an administrative agency to be de: ignated by the President to work with a co-ordinating committee of nine, three from the administration and six from the industry, oil circles saw the place for Moffett. The general expectation was that the Interior Department would be designated by Mr. Roosevelt as the agency which would allocate productign quotas to the States, and that Ickes would rely on Moffett to be actively in charge. Whether he would be alone or head & small committee of three or five was s moot point. There Were reports that a committee of three might be set up by Ickes if he is charged with enforcement of the production section, with Moffett as chairman, M. L. Benedum of Pittsburgh as a member and some one from the Southwestern oil area. Labor provisions of the code, stipu- lating a 40-hour week for clerital em- rlnyes in the production, refining, pipe- ine and drilling divisions, at scales of from 45 to 55 cents art hour, and a 36-hour week for other employes in these divisions at the same scales were eonsideged acceptable to the industry. Approval likewise was expected for the marketing section’s labor code, ealling for a 40-hour week and pay rates of from 40 to 47 cents an hour. Aggroximately 30 per cent of the 1.100.000 employes of the industry are in the marketing division, A. F. of L. Head Asks Leniency for Worker Hitting Steel Union By the Associated Press. A lanky, sunburned Alabaman stepped before a loud speaker in the steel code hearings yesterday and offered to testify that Bir« mingham mill workers want free- dom from the company union, A brief sentence and he had started back to his place when William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, stepped forward, saying “Mr. Administrator, this man, ‘W. H. Crawford, is & mill work- er, he came here at the request of his fellow employes. He got leave of absence from his fore- man and when the foreman found out he was coming to this hearing he threatened to dis- charge him. “He’s going back to his work in Birmingham, and we want this administration to see to it that he is not fired because he dared to come up here and speak for his fellows.” Hard-bitten men in the back of the hall aplauded and K. M. Simpson, presiding, nodded his head with a friendly smile. Craw- ford, with solemn face, returned to his place. _Cohmmbia Permanent Building Association PAYS 5% compounded semi-annually Under U. S. Gov't Supervision Organized Jan. 1, 1903 Loans Made on Owner- Occupied Homes NO COMMISSION 733 12th St. N.W. : Melvin C. Hazen, Pres. - Wm. P. Richards, Vice Pres. Floyd E. Dayis, Treasurer Fred A. Smith, Secretary : C. Clinton James, Attorney Member Building Association : Councll of the District of Columbis o { door instead of going right inside. Employers Get Eagles STAND IN LINE FOR FIRST OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION. Here is the line of employers and employers’ agents at the Eleventh street and. Pennsylvania avenue branch post office this morning when the first of the | N. R. A. blue eagle poster packets was handed out at 8 o'clock. Shown, left to right, are: Col. George L. Tait, superintendent o ost office: C. A. Neff, post office guard, who was pressed into distributing serv- | ce; George Hamm of the American Automobile Association, who got the first | packet; D. E. Nichols, James A. Frazier and C. S. Corse, who received the next three packets Blue Eagle of the mnomll Recovery Administration flight from the Benjamin Frank- Branch Post Office at Eleventh street and Pennsylvania avenue took | f the branch | —Star Stafl Photo. ELEVEN BODIES FOUND SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain, August 1| at 8 am. today after the agents of two | ().—Eleven bodies had been recovered ‘Washington employers had waited for him since 6 o'clock. The first packet of N, R. A. insignia was handed to George Hamm, 309 Gar- last night following upon the capstzing | Sunday of the motor boat Jesus | Search was continued for bodles of others of the 20 persons who disap- | rison road, Clarendon, Va., who repre- | peared when the little boat turned over sented the American Automobile Asso- in a storm Wi Mr. Hamm arrived at the post | looked on. ciaticn. hile hundreds of persons | Wreckage of the boat wa» | office at 6 a.m. and waited in the cor- | washed upon the rocks but no survl\'o(‘ ridor for the two hours that intervened [ has been found. before the window.” While the distribution this morning was the first official, at least 10 Wash- ington merchants obtained the insignia last week before the post office shut down on giving them out to await the general distribution today. “Fooling” Cost Honor. James A. Frazier, colored employe of the George Radio Co. 816 F street, reached the Post Office Building at 6 o'clock, “sort of hung ‘round” the front By the time he became aware of the fact that a line was forming inside, Frazier had dropped to third place in the line. D. E. Nichols. 3551 Georgia avenue, proprietor of a barber and beauty shop, followed closely on the heels of Mr. Hamm. to be the second Washington employer in line, C. S. Corse, 1728 Taylor street. representing Barber & Ross. Incorporated. was the fourth man in line and the last to arrive at the window before 8 o'clock. Col. George L. Tait, superintendent of the Benjamin Franklin Post Office branch, directed the distribution of the packets of Blue Eagle material. In exchange for a signed certificate of agreement with the code, each employer ‘s recelving one Indoor card, one out- door card, cre h _iger, five large stick- ers, 10 small stickers. 10 consumers’ stickers and 10 consumers’ statements of co-operation. Line Gradually Increases. Following the rather slow start, when the “line” ‘embraced only four persons, the file of employers and their agents gradually built up to about 25_its max- imum at any one time during the morn- ing. Three clerks have been stationed at the “eagle window” to make up pack- ets of Blue Eagle material and distribute them to the employers. The Benjamin Franklin branch of the Post Office is the only official dis- tribution point for the N. R. A. posters and other material in the downtown section. opening of the “eagle Eagle Loses Clash With'Auw SPOKANE (#).—A pugnacious eagle gave battle to the automobile driven by Deputy Assessor C. R. Hager. The bird dived at the car’s radiator, but the dive proved fatel. Hager has a new mantle For the Home- Owner! Always remember that But- ler-Flynn sells paint and paint- ers’ supplies to the home owner in any quantity desired. We are just as glad to serve vou with a small order as a hundred-dollar one! Fairfax paints are made of 100% linseed oil, zinc, lead and teutanum. And are ready mixed. Come in NOW, Deferred Payments If Desired ButlerFlyn PAINTS—GLASS 607-9 C St. N.W. Met. 0150 WRITERS OF NEWS EXEMPTED BY GODE Reporters and Other Editorial Staff Members Will Not Have Hours Cut. Newspaper reporters and other mem- | bers of newspaper editorial staffs will | ty shops, mail order, men’s clothing | not have thej; hours cut to 40 a week, | and furnishings, furniture, hardwood | under an interpretation of the blanket voluntary code issued yesterday by the National Recovery Administration. They find themselves included among ‘“pro- fessional persons,” under paragraph 4, whose hours are not interfered with. Others also falling into this class, ac- cording to the interpretation, are in- ternes, nurses, hospital technicians, and | substitute for the general blanket agree- | research technicians, Other interpretations issued included | which will allow stores to display the | one allowing business men who have no employes to obtain their Blue Eagle in- signia by signing the agreement and a certificate of compliance. Another included charwomen, win- dow cleaners, and other members of maintenance forces in the “white col- lar” class whose hours are to be limited to 40 per week. The two remaining interpretations provided that one employer, who oper- | ates several businesses, need sign but one agreement. and that non-profit- making institutions are ‘“employers” under the terms of the agreement, and will therefore be expected to sign up. Minute Mystery Solution to HIDDEN TREASURE. (See Page A-3.) Fordney knew that some one had been in the old mill recently because on the bottom of the large, flat stone which Jenkins turned over there was green grass growing. HE ALONE IS AN ACUTE OB- SERVER WHO CAN OBSERVE MINUTELY WITHOUT BEING OBSERVED.—Lavater. D. C., TUESDAY, Types of Stores Affected By the Assoclated Press. Here are some of the pertinent facts in connection with the retail code made temporarily effective today by Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administrator: What type of stores is affected? Retall dry goods, department, special- and shoe store trades, food and grocery distributing agencies. |~ Are those accepting these provisions | pendln{ final approval of the code ex- | empt from compliance with President Roosevelt's blanket agreement and al- | lowed to use the blue eagle insignia? ‘The wage and hour sections merely ment and have the same effectiveness, insignia. | Do the codes cover all retailers? | ‘They apply only to those affiliating with the trade associations which pre- sented the proposed permanent code of fair competition. Others may subscribe te the code but if they do not they | must sign the President’s agreement to | obtain the official insignia. | What organizations submitted the 2 e? ‘The National Retail Furniture Asso- National Retail Hardware As- Mail Order Association of Natjonal Association of Retail and Furnishers, National Re- Americ: | Clothie: | ;Greater Shaving Comfort | Here's good news for men who dread their daily shave. 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Alrcoaditioned WESTBOUND (Seandard Tisme) Lv. WASHINGTON . ..10:35 P. M. Ar. WHITE SULPHUR *6:00 A. M. Ar. Hot Springs.. ......8:10 A. M. Ar. CHARLESTON ... ..9:40 A. M. Ar. HUNTINGTON .. .10:52 A. M. Ar. Lexington . . L230 P. M. Ar. CINCINNATI .2:55 P.ML Ar. INDIANAPOLIS . .. 440 P. M. Ar. Louisville. . . ...5:05 P.M. * Air-conditiened sleeper occupied until 8:00 A. M. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON Alrscnditionsd 'WESTBOUND (Standard Time) Lv. WASHINGTON .. ..6:01 P. M. Ar. WHITE SULPHUR 12:15 A. M. Ar. LEXINGTO! .7:52 A M. Ar. CINCINNATI.... ..8:30 A. M- Ar. LOUISVILLE. . .. .10:25 A. M. Ar. INDIANAPOLIS . . 10:35 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO..........250 P. M. THE RTSMAN 'WESTBOUND (Standard Thma) Lv. WASHINGTON. . .11:55 A. M. Ar. WHITE SULPHUR .6:45 P. M. Ar. CHARLESTON. ...10:45 P,M, Ar. HUNTINGTON. .. 11:55 P. M. Ar. Columbus... ... ..*3:40 A. M. Ar. Toledo........ev.s..655 A M, Ar. CINCINNATI.......730 A. M, Ar. Detroit.. .. ..ev0...8:55 A M, * Sleeper occupied until 8:00 A. M. J. B. EDMUNDS, Assistant General Passenger Agent 714 14th Street, N. W. Phone: National 0748 AUGUST 1, Facts About New Retail Code Hour Sections Substitute for Provisions of Blanket Agreement. 1933. Are Listed — Wage and tall Dry Goods Association, National | Shoe Retailers’ Association, National Association of Retail Grocers, National American Wholesale Grocers’ Associa- tion, National Retailer-Owned Whole- sale Grocers, National Grocery Chain Store Association and Food Chain Store Distributors and voluntary groups. Is there any weapon for enforcing | signing of the code other than public | | opiniom ‘f:llut those who lack insignia? | | " There is no other weapon. | | Are restaurants under foodstuffs code? They are not incluced now. Is there a $1 differential in wage provided for the South due to cheaper living costs? Yes. Are drug stores included in the codes? Drug stores have not come under a code vet and will be expected to sign | | the blanket agreement. | | TR, Potato Blends With Tomato. | L. L. Lohr of Waxahachie, Tex., ex- | lains & tomato growing from a potato | in his garden by the fact that the lat- | ‘tbgr kts rom & variety evolved by Bur- ank. agent for the Internatioral Longdiores men's Association, asserted some of the boats are paying their men $50 to $60, and board per month for work averag- ing 15 hours s day. 3 Other firms, he said, are paying an cials, yesterdsy moved to obtain s uni- | he said. On some boats, Ford added, form wage scale under the national re- | the working hours should be put to 120 a month 50 as to give more men em- eovery ployment. RIVERMEN ASK NEW SCALE Union Leader Points Out Dis- crepancy in Hours and Pay. Leo J. Ford of Pittsburgh, business Save 50% to 60% On the Cost of Your Glasses nd Thursday Distance Toric Lenses—High-Bridge Frames—Regular Price. $18 .. 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