ROOSEVELTS DEFENCE
NATIONAL RECOYEYRY ACT MARKED PROGRESS CLAIMED LOWER HOURS - 'HIGHER.'PAY <Ui)tT<e<l Prea* Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. President Rioosevelt in the midst of developing criticism of the National Recovery Act to-day made it clear that he felt the recovery programme was progressinc in. both its price-raising and re-employment phases. His secretary, .Mis? Perkins, had reported t.o him that the average hourly wages had risen from. 43 cents to 51 cents, while the average hourly working week had declined from 42 hours to 36 hours. The latest charts indicated that the
prices the fanners received for their products had increased from the index figure of 40 in the spring to 52 on October 11. while the prices- paid bv farmers had increased from 68 to 77. The index figures were based on the level of 1026. with a 100 parity.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 3 November 1933, Page 5
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