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SECOND SECTION
THE CALDWELL NEWS
And The Burleson County Ledger
dustry Are Turning
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted Unreserve dly to the Development and Upbuilding of Burleson County.
Bnrleeon Co. Ledger. Vol 18. No. 18 CALDWELL, BURLESON COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933
The Caldwell News, Vol. 6, No. S3
Official Inter
National
'pretation of
Code Explained
meet cases of individual hardship.
Interpretation No. S
(Concerning date of compliance)
It is expected that all employers
desiring to cooperate with the Presi-
dent's recovery program will sign the
approved); but after the President has
approved a Code, or after N. R. A.
has approved of the substitution of
the provisions of a Code for Agree-
ments in the trade or industry cover-
ed, conformity with the Code provis-
Interpretation Nos. 1 to 6
The President's He-employment Ag-
reement was written in language in-
tended to be flexible to meet many
varieties of conditions. As a result,
interpretations will be- required from
time to t'ine as uncertainties in the
application of .the Agreement develop.
Interpretation No. 1
( Concerning paragraph 7)
Paragraph 7 means, first, that com-
pensation of employees above mini-
mum wage group (whether now fix-
ed by the hour, day, week, or other-
wise) shall not be reduced, either to
compensate the employer for increase
that he may be required to make in
the minimum wage group in order to
comply with the Agreement, or to
turn this Re-employment Agreement
into a mere share-the-work movement
without a resulting increase of total
purchasing power. This first provi-
sion of paragraph 7 is a general state-
ment of what shall NOT be done.
ABSTRACTS
Reliable aad Ca> -plete, and Up-
to-date. Ownership Mapa
Wondrash Abstract &
Realty Co.
Phone: Res. 240; Office 128
The rest of paragraph 7 is a par-
ticular statement of what SHALL be
done, which is that rates of pay for
employees aliove the minimum wage
group shall Ik- "equitable readjust-
ments." No hard and fast rule can
be laid down for such readjustments,
because the variations in rates of pay
and hours of work would make the
application of any formula unjust in
thousands of cases. We present, how-
ever, the following examples of the
need for and methods of such read-
justments:
in. It is recognized, however, that it
will be physically impossible in many
instances to adjust employment con-
. ditions and to hire the necessary ad-
have been normal practice at the same diUo|m, per80nn0, in order ^ comply
hourly wage. Seasonal or temporary wjth the Ajfreement of Augugt ,gt
increases in hours now in effect, or F()r ^ reagon provigi(>n ha8 been
recent increases in wages, are proper made fw jgtjujng ^ B,Ut. ^ Qn,
factors to 1m? taken into consideration
Agreement promptly and mail them I ions by an employer will be regarded
STRICT RULES AGAINST UNFAIR
TRADE PRACTICES, BAN ON GOODS
MADE IN PRISONS, IN RETAIL CODE
Example I.
in making equitable readjustments.
The policy governing the readjust-
ment of wages of all employees in
what may be termed the higher wage
groups requires, not a fixed rule, but
"equitable readjustment" in view of
long standing differentials in pay
schedules; with due regard for the
i fact that payrolls ore being heavily
I increased, and that employees will re-
hmployees now work- jot?jVo benefits from shorter hours,
ing forty hours per week in factories.
When hours are reduced to thirty-
five, the present rate per hour is in-
crsased one-seventh would pro' ide the
same compensation for a normal
weeks' work as before.
Example 2. Employees now work-
ing sixty hours per week in factories.
When hours are reduced to thirty-five,
a rate per hour is increased one-sev-
enth might tie ins'iificient to provide
proper compensation Hut, to in-
creas- the iati by five-scv-'iiths, in
orde • 10 provide the same compensa-
tion for thirty-five hoprs as previous-
ly eatwd in sixty, might impose an
equitable burden on the employe:. The
sixty hour week might have been in
effect because of a rush of business,
although a forty-hour week might
Man's Free Times
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There are two times in life when we should have no
re'ponsibilities—up to the "teena" and after the third
score.
Nature takes care of the first- we must provide for
the next hy savin# in the meantime.
First State Bank in Caldwell
Tuesday, Aug. 15
BARBECUE
Plenty of Choice Barbecued Chicken, Pork,
Beef and Sausage
at
Beran's Pavilion
CALDWELL, TEXAS
Plenty of Entertainment for Young and Old
(Shooting goal. Hah pond, and Various Games)
Feature of the afternoon program—various kinds of races and should ho sent to the'District Office
context , such as wagon race, watermelon race, barrel race, soda 0f tho Department of Commerce. Af-
from the reemployment of other work-
ers, and from stabilized employment
which may increase their yearly earn-
ings.
The foregoing examples indicate the
necessity of dealing with this prob-
lem of "equitable readjustment" of
the higher rates of pay, on the basis
of consideration of the varying cir-
cumstances and aonditions of the
thousands of enterprises and employ-
ments involved. Any attempt o de-
'ine a national standard would be
productive of widespread injustice.
The National Recovery Administra-
tion will, through local agencies, ob-
serve carefully the manner in which
employers comply with their Agree-
ment to maJ<e "equitable readjust-
ments." und will take from time to
lime and announce from Washington
such actions as may be necessary to
correct vicar cases of unfairness and
to aid conscientious employers in
carrying out in good faith the terms
of the Agreement.
When an employer signs an Agree-
ment ami certifies his compliance and
also joins in the submission of a Code
of Kail- i ompetition Itefore September
1st., 11(33. his determination of what
are "equitable readjustments" should
be accepted, at least prior to Septem-
ber 1st, as a prima facie compliance
with his agreement, pending action
by N. II. A. upon the Code submitted,
or any other action by N. R. A. taken
to insure proper interpretations or ap-
plications of Agreements. This will
afford N. R. A. an opportunity to sur-
vey the general results of the Re-
employment Program and to iron out
difficulties and misunderstandings
over Agreements that are of a sub-
stantial character.
Interpretation No. 2
(Concerning paragraph 14)
A person who believes that some
particular provision in the Agreement,
because of peculiar circumstances,
will create great and unavoidable
hardship, should petition to N. R. A.
asking for a stay of this provision as
to him. lie should then submit this
petition to the trade association of
his industry, or if there is none, to
the local Chamlier of Commerce or!
similar representative organization de-'
ignated by N. R. A., for its approv-1
I. The written approval of the trade
association, or such other organiza-!
tion. will be accepted by N. R. A. as '
the basis for a temporary stay, with- :
out further investigation, pending de-1
cisión by N. R. A. The petition must
contain a promise to abide by N. R.
A.'s decision, so that if N. R. A. de-
cides against the petitioner, he must
give effect to the provision which
was stayed, from the date of the de-
cision of N. R, A.
The petition and approval of the
trade association or other organiza-
tion, as prescribed above, should be
forwarded to N. R. A. in Washington;
ami employer's signed copy of the
President's Reemployment Agreement
upon the filing of a certificate of com-
pliance. It should be possible in most
cases to make the necessary adjust-
ments and file a certificate of compli-
ance within the first week of August,
and such action taken as promptly
as possible, will be regarded as carry-
ing out the Agreement in good faith.
Interpretation No. 4
(Concerning paragraph 13)
All employers are expected to sign
the Agreement, whether Codes have
been submitted to N. R. A. or not
(unless such Codes have already been
drinking, peanuts and rag chewing contests, address hy Walter
Malee, Editor of Halletsvillc
Music by BACA'S BAND
DURING THE DAY
BENEFIT ST. MARY'S CHURCH
DANCE AT NIGHT
Music by . . BACA'S ORCHESTRA
ter complying with these requirements
the employer will lie entitled to re-
ceive and display the Blue Eagle by
delivering his certificate of compli-
ance U) iiis Post Office.
Paragraph 14 is not intended to pro-
vide for group exceptions, but only to
Vic /i\/c!iTONK
HERBINE
CORRI CIS CÜNSIIPATION
HOLUREC BROTHERS
SUROV1K DRUG STORE
CHICAGO
Century of
Progress
Texas Week
Aug. 21-26
Santa h
Round Trip
Good in Tourist Pullmans
on payment of Pullman Charges
On sale Aug. 19-20
Limited 14 Days
I^eave Caldwell 1:01 A. M.
Ar. Chicago 9:45 A. M.
Tourist Pullmans,
Fred Harvey Air Conditioned
Dining Car, Chair Cars.
Call on Agent for sleeper
reservations also details of
Travel Guild and American
Express all expense tours
in Chicago.
ASK YOUR SANTA FE
AGENT
as compliance with his individual Ag
reement.
Interpretation No. 5
(Concerning paragraph 9)
Washington.—Elaborate provisions j tail Dry Goods Association, and Na-
against unfair competition and ban-;tional Shoe Retailers Association.
ning of convict-made goods are fea-1
,, _ , . tures of the tentativo code for retail i
Where the July 1, 1933 pnce was MttabHahmetlts which heari ;
a distress price the employer sign- ^^ the national recovcry a(llninia.
ing the agreement may take his cost trati(,n arc to jn Aurus1 15th. j
price on that date as the base for
These tra'V. practice provisions were j
such increase in selling price as is
permitted by paragraph 9.
Interpretation No. 6
(Concerning employments covered
by the Agreement)
The following groups of employ-
ment are not intended to be covered
by the President's Reemployment Ag-
reement:
1. Professional occupations.
2. Employees of Federal, State or
local governments and other public
institutions and agencies.
3. Agricultural labor.
4. Domestic se/vants.
6. Persons buying goods and sell-
ing them independently or persons
selling solely on commission, provid-
ed, however, that persons regularly
male public by the administration but1
do not becomc elfective until the code;
is approved. Wage and hour stipula-
tions for the retail dry goods, depart-:
ment, mail order specialty shop,, —
men's clothing furnishings, furniture,
hardware and shoe store trades rep-
resented by the various national as-
sociations have been approved tempo-
rally by Hugh S. Johnson, the recov-
ery administrator.
The trade practice provisions of the
code include:
"(A) No individual or organization
selling goods at retail shall sell any
merchandise at less than the net in-
voice delivered cost or current mar-
ket delivered cost, whichever is lower,
PERMANENT WAVE, J3.50
Croquignole Permanent Wave, $2.00
Finger Wave—20c; Dried—25c
Shampoo & Set—35c; Dried—40c
Hot Oil Shampoo—50c
All Permanents Guaranteed
Mesdames Sefcik and Skrabanek
Phone 187
Underweight
Children
Need More Iron in Their
Blood!
Children who are thin and pale and
who lack appetite arr usually suffering
from a deficiency of iron. When the
blood lacks iron it becomes thin and
Íioor and fails to nourish. Then a child
ose appetite and bccomes still thinner
and weaker — and easy prey to disease!
To build up your child, give him
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It contains
iron which makes for rich, red blood.
It also contains tasteless quinine which
tends to purify the blood. These two
effects make it an exceptional medicine
for young and old. A few days on Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic will work wonders
in your child. It will sharpen his appetite,
improve his rotor and build up his pep
and cnerRy and increase hit resistance to
disease. Grove's Tasteless ChUl Tonic is
pleasant to take. Children like it and it's
absolutely safe for them. Contains noth-
ing harmful. All stores sell Grove's Taste-
less Chill Tonic. Get a bottle today and
see how your child will benefit from it.
employed to sell on commission, with >lus P" cent to insure that labor
a base salary or guaranteed compen- ^18 8ho11 he at least ™ver-
sation, come within the requirements f
of the agreement.
Interpretation No. 7
(Concerning paragraph 4)
Time and a third for hours worked in
excess of the maximum by employees
on emergency maintenance and repair
work:
Hours worked in excess of the maxi-
mum by employees on emergency
maintenance or repair work shall be
paid at the rate of time and one-third.
Interpretation No. 8
(Concerning paragraph 2)
Seasonal reduction of hours of oper-
ation:
j The hours of any store or service
'may be reduced below the minimum
specified in paragraph 2, if the re-
duction is in accordance with n prac-
tice of seasonal reduction of hours
and docs not result in reduction of the
weekly pay of employees.
Interpretation No. 9
(Concerning the minimum wage for
apprentices)
! The minimum wage provisions of
the Agreement do not apply to ap-
prentices if under contract with the
employer on August 1st, 1933, but
no one shall be considered an appren-
tice within the meaning of this in-
terpretation who has previously com-
pleted an apprenticeship in the indust-
ry.
Interpretation No. 10
(Concerning the minimum wage for
part time workers)
The minimum wage for a part time
worker in an employment described in
Paragraph 2 of the Agreement is a
wage such that if the employee work-
ed at that wage for a full week of 40
hours he would receive the minimum
weekly wage prescribed for him by
the Agreement. The minimum wage
for a part, time worker in employ-
ment described in Paragraph 3 of the
Ag eemcnt is the minimum wage per
hour prescribed by Paragraph 6 of
the Agreement
Interpretation No. tl
(Concerning maximum hours of store
operation)
The agreement imposes no limita
"(B) Nothing in the foregoing
paragraph, however, shall be inter-
preted to prevent bona fide seasonnl
clearances of merchandise so adver-
tised or plainly marked nor shall any
individual or retail organization for
the purpose of a liona fide discontinu-
ance of the handling of any line when
so advertised or plainly marked be
stopped from selling said merchandise
at less than net invoice delivered cost
plus 10 per cent to insure that labor
costs at least shall be partially cover-
ed.
"(C) Advertising (written, printed
radio or display) which misrepresents
meichand'se, values, policies or* ser-
vices; or selling methods wnich tend
to mis'ead the consumer, shall not be
made by any individual or organiza-
tion selling at retail.
Truthful Advertising
"(D) Organizations or individuals
selling goods at retail shull be free
to advertise truthfully their own
goods, policies, services, and their
own prices but reference to the goods,
policies, services or prices of compet-
ing retailers shall not be made.
"(E) No individual or organization
selling goods at retail shull make use
of, participate in the use of, publish
or broadcast any statement which lays
claim to a policy or continuing prac-
tice of generally underselling compe-
titors.
"(F) No individual store or organi-
zation selling goods at retail shall
sell convict or prison-made products."
The code is sponsored by the Na-
tional Retail Furniture Association,
National Retail Hardware Associa-
tion, Mail Order Association of Am-
erica, National Association of Retail
Clothiers and Furnishers, National Re-
CL0THES
hmmmm:
The Test of a Suit is Not
in the Price
IT'S IN HOW THE
SUIT IS MADE
Guy Douglass
Men's Wear
• •
Interpretation No. 13
(Concerning paragraph 5
"Immediate trado area" is the area
in which there is direct retail com
petition. In case of question, the de-
cision shall be made by the local
Chamber of Commerce or similar or-
ganization subject to review by the
tions on the maximum hours of opera- State Recover Board.
tion of a store or service.
Interpretation No. 12
(Concerning employments included in
Paragraph 2)
The following are among the em-
ployments included in Paragraph 2:
Beauty parlor operators. Barbers.
Dish washers, Porters, Elevator oper-
ators, Drivers, Delivery men, Filling
Station operators, Restaurant work-
ers, Janitors, Watchmen.
Interpretation No. 14
(Concerning owners of stores without
employees)
Owners operating their own cstab- j
lishments without any employees may
obtnin the insignia of N. R. A. by
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Open
Season
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For Chills and Fevers
and Bowel Troubles.
We have the remedies—
For Chills:
Mendenhalls.
Oxidine etc.
Groves—-"666'
For Bowel Trouble:
Chamberlains C. & D. Med.
Wakefields Blackberry Comp.
Kolik—Percy Medicine etc.
Stone & Hitchcock
Drug
Old
Reliable Corner
Store
• •
Safety Is Our Motto
A Man cannot be too careful with his
savings. It is natural that he should want
to take care of his money and he turns to a
bank. This is right and proper, providing the
bank is sound. We have such a bank and
invite your account.
CALDWELL NATIONAL BANK
Capital and Surplus $150,000.00
WHY PAY MORE?
8 HOUR BATTERY CHARGING
50c
Have that motor and car reconditioned at Pre-war Prices
by Expert Mechanics. Don't forget us when you have
Radio Trouble. We fix 'em—tubes tested free.
STAR GARAGE & RADIO SHOP
Texaco (Jas and Oils Auto Accessories
PHONE :u
G. H. Shaw — Caldwell. Texas — E. A. Wotipka
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Andrepont, L. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1933, newspaper, August 10, 1933; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175063/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.