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wA-4 N.R. A VIOLATIONS ARE BEING PROBED Baltimore Committee Will Re- move Insignia if Charges : Are Proven. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 15.—With hun- dreds of complaints against displayers of the Blue Eagle piling up in the N.R. A. headquarters here, the Griev- ance Committee today was investigating each case in preparation to ordering the insignia from the windows if the charge has been proven. Working hours as high as 92 hours 8 week, pay as low as $2.38 a week, discharge of employes and means of avoiding the provisions of the blanket code were included in the complaints. Some of them were: Mail order house—Working billing department 834 hours daily, with one hour charged to employe's time, half hour for lunch and 15 minutes for “pep” talk, threatening dismissal if more work is not done. Oyster house—Laying off shuckers paid $6 a week until N. R. A. investi- tor calls to find only proprietor and her working there and then re- hiring shuckers. Ink firm—Working employes from ¥:30 am. to midnight, with no extra pay. Hardware company—Discharging girl employed there six years when she told employer he should join the N. R. A. Restaurant—After raising salaries to $15, deducting $5 for employes’ meals. ‘Tie manufacturer — Sending work home to be done by 15-year-old girls. paying them 29 to 50 cents a day. Meat market—Making employes swear they are members of the firm to escape minimum wage of $15. Cleaning establishment—Working em- ployes 92 hours & week at $4 a week. Filling station—Working employes 60 hours a week and making them solicit business in the evening. Garment manufacturer — Employing girls from 7 am. to 6 pm. at $2.38 a week. Department store—Laying off all #rucks and seven truck drivers. Chemical company—Making employes work nine hours for eight hours’ pay. Mail order house—Having time cards punched by others than employes to show 40 hours when employes work 48 Bours a week. The identity of the complainants or sccused firms was not revealed by the committee. Denver Firms Cited. DENVER, August 15 (#)—Names of 20 firms charged with violating the re- | covery code were sent yesterday to Washington by Thomas J. Morrissey, United States district attorney. Morrissev said the firms failed to re- duce hours or raise wages, or both, after signing the recovery code. Marriage Licenses Issued. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 15 (Spe- elal) —Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Taft Benjamin Mills, 22, of Summit, Va, and Helen Verline McGuire, 21, of Farnham, Va.; James C. Davis, 25, and Delia M. Green. 21. both of Washington; Frederick H. Robinson, jr, 30, and Jessie M. Mc- Guire, 23, both of Predericksburg, Va.; ‘Theodore R. Proctor, 26, and Juanita Davis, 21, both of Washington; William M. Radcliffe, 46, and Helen A. Mac- Donald, 24, both of Quantico, Va., ahd William Charles Austin, 21, of Knox- ville, Tenn., and Mildred E. Warfleld, 00, of Bethesda. o N eren D ‘Taking a parting shot at the N. R. A. organization, Prof. Willlam F. Ogburn |today charged that the committee | headed by Mrs. Hugh S.Johnson, wife jof the industrial administrator, was unable to fulfill its functions. ‘The University of Chicago economist, | whose resignation as a_member of the | Consumers’ Advisory Board was ac- cepted by the N. R. A. chief after an | open dispute within the recovery organi- sation, made the charge that the com- mittee was unable to protect consumers just before taking the train for Chicago. | Reaching beyond his dispute with | Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey, wealthy 1 and socially prominent chairman of the | board, Ogburn told Jobnson that the | consuming public was not being pro- | tected. He added in a statement that the ex- pressed policy of the N. R. A. of keep- ing purchasing power moving alongside ! lof rising prices “will be blocked, I pre- dict, for want of adequate indexes.” Board Held Inadequate. “The complaints (against violations of codes by employers), I recommend, | ! should be handled by & ‘line’ organiza- | tion and not by an advisory board,” the professor said as he left for Chi- cago. | ~“During my absence and without my | knowledge the complaints of the con- sumers were relegated to a subdivision of the Consumers’ Advisory Board. | housed in a private home and assigned to a group inadequately equipped to |learn the facts of costs and prices, | which are the topics of most com- plaints.” | Last week Mrs. Johnson was named | | chairman of the Complaint Committee |by Mrs. Rumsey, with Mrs. Emily | | Newell Blair as director. At the time Mrs. Johnson expressed surprise that she was to be chairman, asserting that she had offered merely to give her time in any way she could aid. | | Ogburn ended his connection Wwith the board abruptly yesterday after fail- ing to see Johnson. Last week he re- | ceived & telegram from the Recovery | Administration advising him that he was to be transferred. Returning to ‘Washington he conferred with Johnson and was asked to prepare a statement of policy for the board. Gives Johnson Free Hand. Yesterday he waited for several hours to present this statement and when Johuson left for the White House with- | out seeing him declined a later appoint- }mem Handing his mimeographed resignation to newspaper men he de- parted. His letter read: Dear General Johnson: When I called to see you Saturday |and offered my resignation you asked | me to remain. In view of al the cir- | cumstances, however, I have decided I| can best serve the consuming public | and N. R. A. by withdrawing. thereby | leaving you free to effect such reor- | ganization of the consumers' unit of | N. R. A. as you may desire. May I say at once, however. that) there is no personal feud between my- self and the chairman of the Con-! | sumers’ Advisory Board? Also, I} | scarcely need emphasize that I am not | interested in “holding a job” for myself, THE EVEN N. R. A. Group Unable to Protect Consumers, Ogburn Declares ‘Chicago U. Economist Voices Opinion Regarding Committee Headed by Mrs. Johnson Following Resignation. sumers’ Advisory Board made during my few weeks' experience as director. Outlines High Points. You asked that the memorandum be brief. I have in-this interest omitted some issues which may be desirable to bring up later. The high points are outlined upon which understanding and agreement should be reached one way or another before the work can go forward effectively. 1. The consumers’ main interest is in prices. If the evolution of industry is to be toward greater consolidation, the part- nership with the Government should be strong enough to protect the con- sumer, as shown in our report to you on the steel code and on the oil code. Price regulation is of concern to the legal department of N. R. A, but the | Consumers’ Advisory Board interest in prices of a broader nature. Price determinatibn is of particular significance in the basic industries, such as oll, steel and coal. The full answer on price adjustments will probably not be written for many years to come, but the issue is fundamental. No dogmatic position should be taken, but enough understanding may be reached at this time to provide the basic safety for the consumer. Urges More Price Indexes. 2. The consumers will lose unless in- dexes of prices and purchasing power are developed. ‘The economic system of the classical economists was self-regulatory under competition. If competition is to be weakened by monopolistic tendencies, I think the only automatic check on prices will be recurring business depres- sions. At such times the faster-moving prices will be overhauled, but at great soclal cost, by the slower-moving pur- chasing power. ‘The expressed policy of N. R. A. on this crucial issue at the present time is admirable, but it will be blocked, I pre- dict, for want of adequate indexes. In my opinion, this is not solely a matter in the province of the research division of N. R. A. Such a major concern of consumers calls for the best thought of the Consumers’ Advisory Board, for the | alternative to such control is terrible to | contemplate. N 3. The consumers will not be pro- tected unless the administrative provi- sions of the codes are carefully watched ‘The first phase of your work, as I understand it, was “to put the recovery act over.” This was brilllantly done under your leadership. The emergency nature of the act must soon give Way to the long-time set-up. And it is here that the serious business of the consumer comes in. Needs Reporting Service. In order to administer the codes without injuring the consumer, a very full reporting service needs to be pi vided for in the codes. Such provi- | sions are missing from many of the codes. A general policy might well be adopted, as we have noted in a mem- orandum to the deputies from the Consumers’ Advisory Board. The voices of the consumers will un- doubtedly be loud in the coming years |as the headlines of the press indicate.| an this issue, as is shoWwn from Ger- 1 came to Washington at some sacrifice. | man experience with cartels. How can After receiving the telegram telling | the planning called for by the new deal me of my transfer, I have returned to| be done without provision for such duty, having the best interests N.R. A at heart, to see you. I wanted to lay before you my observations on the policies and program of the Con- ‘Washington only because I felt it m}"" of | } data in the codes? 4. The consumer analysis of codes and reports on hearings is a rather large task calling for considerable or- ganization. If the codes become much more numerous, I would reccmmend & consideration of a change in procedure. Would Develop Quality Standards. 5. Standards as to quality, the sec- ond great interest of consumers, should be developed. 6. The complaints, I recommend, should be handled by a “line” organi- zation and not by any advisory board. During my absence and without my knowledge, the complaints of the con- sumers were relegated to a subdivision of the Consumers’ len? houmm-mnuhome,muw to a group inadequately eq learn the facts of costs and Board, to which are the topics of most mm 7. The Consumers’ Board needs un- pporting organizations as has the Labor Board with underl! unions, and as has the Industries Boa with its powerful and wealthy associa- tions. ere are 137,000,000 sup- porters of the Consumers’ Board, but thex have few organizations and can be reached only through the press. My recommendation is that the di- rector or chairman of the consumers unit be an individual chosen for good judgment and discretion, who shall have free access to the press and all channels of publicity. The Consumers Advisory Board needs the hearty co-operation and sup- poft of the deputies and the whole N. R. A. staff. In my estimation it would be a good move if you would call together the deputies and other members of the staff for a discussion of consumers’ policies and give the con- sumers’ unit a boost. In conclusion, I should like to say that I have appreciated the oppor- tunity to work with N. R. A. for the interests of the consumers. ‘e have been developing the policies as here outlined. If our work has been slow in getting under way, I plead extenu- ating circumstances and not lack of vision or appreciation of the issues. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. OGBURN. Johnson's only comment on the con- troversy involving his wife was that “if |a man is going to resign, God bless | him, I can't do anything about it.” He added that most of Ogburn’s rec- ommendations seemed to be in line with the course being followed by the Recovery Administration and that the organization was “all in a state of | flux” and subject to change. Engine Is 74 Feet I:on[. Britain's biggest, fastest and most expensive railway engine, which has been put on the line between London | and Glasgow, is 74 feet long, can pull | 500 tons at 90 miles per hour and can haul the heaviest freight trains over | the stiffest grades. THE LINDBERGH LINE e (1) Shortest Route Coast to Coast NEW YORK, NEWARK, PHILADEL. 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Eastman, transportation co-ordinator, announced today he was proceeding with four major surveys de- signed to improve and effect economies in rallroad operation. ‘The studies deal with merchandise traffic, carload freight movements, pas- senger business and marketing. ‘The merchandise traffic survey, East- man said, would be accompanied by a “critical and technical investigation of new devices and equipment, such as skids, It trucks, trailers, trucks, truck bodles, containers, sectional cars, auto- motive rail trucks or interchangeable rail and highway equipment.” ‘The profitableness of this less than carload freight also will be investigated, together with the “means by which the several transportation agencies can be co-ordinated so that each will operate efficiently in its own economic sphere.” The carload traffic survey will follow substantially along the same lines, with | methods. NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 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