RECOVERY PLAN

Evening Star, Issue 21519, 18 September 1933, Page 9

RECOVERY PLAN

AMERICA'S GREAT EFFORT CODE FOR CONVICTS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, September 16. The National Recovery Act code to protect convicts against excessive hours of work and at the same time neutralise competition with private industries will he formally considered by the Administration after provisions have been agreed to by all the States as suitable to the industrial conditions of their penal systems. A tentative code states that prisoners should work the same number" of hours as other workers in like industries, and in no case over forty hours weekly. As a deadline a Roosevelt ultimatum to the coal negotiators was passed tonight. The indications were that another extension of time would be necessary. General Johnson, who has charge of the Act, expresses optimism that agreement will soon be reached. ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOUR BURDEN ON EDUCATION. WASHINGTON, September 16. The United States Commissioner of Education announces that the abolition of child labour has thrown on scores of communities throughout the country an increased education burden which they will be unable to meet unless outside assistance is forthcoming. ’BALANCING THE BUDGET . SURPLUS POSSIBLE. WASHINGTON, September 16. Advertising a special issue of Treasury notes against 160,000,000 weekly bond purchases by the Treasury, Secretary Woodin announced to-day: “ The Government receipts are larger than were expected. This will go a long way towards balancing the Budget. A surplus is a possibility if the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed, as seems probable.” FORD TO TAKE ON MORE HANDS WASHINGTON, September 16. Reports from Detroit state that Mr Henry Ford’s personnel director has announced that his company would employ 5,000 war veterans at the rate of 300 per day, starting on Monday. He denied that this had anything to do with the National Recovery Act, and indicated that it was merely a desire to, help employment. According to despatches from Balboa, the employers at the Panama Canal are forbidden to purchase Ford parts for existing motor equipment until Mr Ford signs the National Recovery Act. MINING DISPUTE ENDED ANOTHER PROBLEM SOLVED. WASHINGTON, September 16. Peace in the two-month-old soft coal mining dispute was assured to-night, when the United Mine Workers of America and the operators of the Appalachian field agreed on a basis of contract covering wages, hours, and working conditions. The ultimate signature by all the parties concerned, including President Roosevelt, is now assured, though it is possible it may be delayed a day, thus bringing the last of the nation’s ten basic industries into the recovery programme. The accomplishment is hailed as assuring peace in a warring industry and higher wages for 400,000 men. It is the virtual end of a most troublesome National Recovery Act problem. PAYROLL INCREASES WASHINGTON, September 16. Referring to payroll increases, Miss Perkins (Secretary of Labour) said: “ That is where the purchasing power ilies. It indicates that the push is on. It is not time to throw our hats too high in the air. Factory employment is still 28.4 per cent, below the 1926 average and payrolls are still 48 per cent, below. We still have a good way to go to reach that goal.”