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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1933
Page
19
The National Recovery Administration issues interpretations affecting wages outside the minimum, prompting employers to consider equitable adjustments if they sign the president's agreement and join the voluntary code. The policy outlines how employers and workers are affected by wage adjustments under the voluntary code.
Washington July 23 hearing dates set for August 19 as the automobile code proceeds. Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator, announced that virtually every major industry has submitted a code and hearings on the automobile code are scheduled.
The article outlines minimum wage scales for adult men, minors, and women under NRA guidance. It notes 3 cents per hour in cities 500,000+, 41.5 cents in cities 250,000+, and 40 cents in smaller cities, with adjustments for under-21 and under-16 workers. It warns employers not to reduce higher-paid workers to subsidize lower wages and mentions compliance procedures and potential stays. It also reports NRA and industry reactions, including warnings from the National Manufacturers Association about wage safeguards and potential adjustments.
Washington July 25. Flow that sign recovery agreements lead to public sales with pretexts is frowned on by the recovery administration. A case from Wichita Kansas is reported by a local committee of three who did not approve and seek comment from Washington. In the absence of General Bogh Johnson, his aides and General Hammand, advertisements of the sale are deemed poor testing.
Governor E C Johnson issued a call for a special session of the Colorado legislature to convene next Wednesday to consider a convention for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. A special election is expected to be held to decide the issue early in September.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins toured the Sparrows Point Bethlehem plant in Baltimore with 20 employee representatives and discussed hours and wages. She noted workers favored a living wage, while the industry code proposes a 40 hour week with a 40 cent minimum wage, versus current pay as low as 28 cents an hour.
Mrs Grace Morri son Poole president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs calls 1 900 000 clubwomen to boycott stores and establishments that fail to adopt the president’s blanket wage and reemployment agreement. She asks clubs to urge members to favor NRA member businesses and those supporting the re employment pledge.
Boy Scout Troop No. 61 begins a three day camping trip at Medina with Scoutmaster Timon Woodward leading the group and Marhin Weigh coordinating activities. Joan Ed assists in organizing the camp for the boys.
Henry Ford studies the proposed work wage code adopted by 43 members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in Detroit. A Ford representative attended early drafting sessions and Ford's final attitude remains unclear amid industry discussions.
Dallas July 28 former Dallas county treasurer Quen Fitzhugh aged 50 died when a car plunged into the Trinity River west of Dallas. Rescue efforts found him with his head under water but doctors attributed death to a heart attack, not drowning.
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