PROGRESS OF N.R.A.
PROGRAMME OUTLINED
TO WIDEN SCOPE OF CODES
PRINCIPAL FEATURES
United Press Association—By Electric Teleeraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, February 27. General Johnson, Administrator of the National Recovery Act, addressing a public meeting for the purpose of constructive criticism, today reviewed the National Recovery Administration's accomplishments and projected a twelvepoint programme to widen the scope of codes. ' The principal features are:— A further reduction, in working hours. . An increase in hourly wages. A more uniform and equitable rule of price stabilisation, to prevent eut-tlvroat competition, with further insurance against prices outstripping purchasing poiver. A more effective rule to prevent sales beloNy costs of production. Uniformity of wages and hours in competitive industries. Protection against monopoly. A wider use of ■ mechanism for settling labour disputes. Adequate labour and consumer representation in an advisory capacity on bodies of code authorities.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 11
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137PROGRESS OF N.R.A. Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 11
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