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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1933
Page
13
The Wool Manufacturers Board met to consider a tentative industry agreement. President Roosevelt signed a code affecting the production end, to take effect across the wool industry on August 16.
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Washington Aug 2 Hugh S Johnson recovery administration chief opens hearings on codes of competition for the cotton garment and textiles industries. He discloses plans for a nationwide purchasing drive to supplement the government work spreading wage-earning program. He warns that unless goods are moved off shelves, conditions will worsen.
A cautious plan outlined by officials emphasizes reemployment as the key to recovery. The forthcoming phase will entice consumer spending only when safe, arguing a prior push to spend reserves was ill advised. The momentum hinges on a visible return to work and a credible, sustained program.
Johnson argues for needed reforms alongside recovery aims of employment and purchasing power. He criticizes the spread the work movement and calls for action to remove practices that degrade sane industries. He highlights eliminating child labor in cotton as an example of reform by group effort.
In Bay City Michigan on August 2 a crowd gathered outside two food stores protesting extended hours after a local recovery act. Police were called to disperse the group and chiefs urged remaining shops to close, with proprietors complying.
In Brownsville on August 2, national guardsmen trained machine guns in the southern Pennsylvania soft coal strike area to keep trouble zones quiet. No disorders were reported, though Star Junction saw six wounded and many burned by tear gas yesterday in clashes between strikers and special deputy sheriffs as about 1000 pickets tailed company police.
A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said he called a meeting of the Railway Labor Executives Association to discuss among other tasks a national code for railroad workers. The meeting will be held here tomorrow.
Washington Aug 2 A formal statement denying reports of ties with Blanchard 047 company and other majors opposing federal petroleum price regulation was issued by Jack Blalock and John B Elliott. They say independents maintain their position, pursue their aims, and that their program aligns with administration plans. The statement notes the major oil interests are divided and asserts no split within their group. Elliott is said to chairs committee with the Independent Petroleum Association of California.
Dallas August 1 report of labor unrest accompanies adherence to national recovery code. Dallas Coffin Co workers walked out after J F Parks, company president, refused immediate wage raises. Only five percent left union jobs as code submission to National Casket Makers' Association is delayed until August 4.
In Laurel, the Easiman Gure diner and company plant halted operations after a walkout by 150 to 200 workers demanding higher wages and shorter hours in line with the NIRA program. P A Rogers, company vice president, said plants would suspend operations temporarily while schedules are reorganized under the national lumbermen's code.
In Uvalde on August 2 the First State Bank and the Commercial Nations Bank merged to form a new institution. Tully Garner, son of the vice president, will head the consolidated bank with Garner already serving as president of the First State Bank. In Austin on the same day Governor Miriam A. Ferguson ordered the release of nine Texas penitentiary inmates, granting three conditional pardons and six general paroles.
Washington August 2 The National Recovery Administration has received about six hundred to seven hundred codes of fair practice from industrial groups but only about forty are cleared for publication. An executive explains that codes pass through multiple analyses for membership equity collective bargaining child labor and policy alignment before letters recommending changes are sent to advisory boards. After approvals they go to conferences with deputy administrations and other divisions, then to public bearing.
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