N.R.A, POLICY
PRESIDENT CLAIMS PROGRESS HIGHER WAGES; FEWER HOURS FARMERS ALSO ON BETTER WICKET (U.F.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 2, 11 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Mr Roosevelt, in the midst of developing criticism of N.R.A. to-day, made it clear that he felt that the recovery programme iwas progressing m both its price-raising and reemployment phases, Secretary Perkins having reported to him that the average hourly wages had risen from 43 cents to 51 cents, while the average hourly week had declined irom 42 hours to 36. The latest charts indicated that the prices the farmers had received for their products had increased from' the index figure of 40 in the spring to >52 on Oct. 11, while the prices paid by the farmers had increased from 6S to 77. The index figures were based on the level of 1926, with 100 for parity.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12092, 3 November 1933, Page 5
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