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nont: o: the ACninistrationt s business, were resented and this militated
ajainnt ..,jt:, functining.

 It v', c-,I.tanitly pointed out th-t what was being done was for the
:-ritcction w' the Code Authority itself, but none the less the answer
 A c t_',-:- llthe Cod
evcr i-. i--, .we ':v;n' our irnustry, either we ,re trAsted or we are not
antC *, s!ill thirLk Adiinistrationf is over -reachin" itself and in any
tvei-r.t tLe'c. c-n be no excuse for the delays." It is to be rermembecred
th t in tic latter Ca's there was less delay than formerly but there
still rc..i;-.:e( the v.onC.er, How Lon.- oh Lord, How Long)

4. _ir_ .If..1 .

 It i'cs originally propose-. that labels should be sold at a profit
sufficient to finance' the operations of the- Code Authority. Preliminary
cnniifercics were held 'by the Deputy and his 'advisors with the Directors
rcspectin- this anJ upun objection it was determined that a levy of 1/3
of 1' s..i ales would be preferable and ti,.t labels should, be sold at
coAst plu'. It was consequently so ordered in Administrative Order 332-8
-nd the later Ord'er 332-14, 332-25. Proper regulations were set up, under
which i :...:try ordered and were supplied for c:.sh, sufficient for not
more than three week's operation.

 1'r. A, A, Fisher in his report to the Deputy made part of this his-
tory, JCe 3, Ixhibit Y states in detail that the total sales of labels
were 37, '32,Or00 and that these were purchase( after bids from several source
of su,:,pl; at a -rice of $14, 84.00. (iOME: Reference is made to sticker
labels; tcsc were only to be affixed to merchandise already in stock on
July 2, 1'.4) Industry was req-.ired to file with the authority a monthly
statement cnd without such, labf.ls could not be issued. The use of labels
was salutary serving as a compliance weapon, and to further the laying of
iound.ti i;.: of a statistical structure,.

 Pa:c 4 exhibitt Y gives in detail the income received during the
period coveru-d fro.r. :."arch 26, 1934 to FebrBary 28, 1935. This totaled
IC5,7'..... uWit?- a total expense of '"651,574.44 leavi .; a surplus of in-
ccrele $-,,..?..85. This as statc.%: in a previous paragraph and on page 5
Exhibit Y ''a. in part c.istriiutcd pro rata to industry, creating an ex-
cellcnt i")rcession.

5. ProTprticn of Ac scss!:ients Cnllecte&

 The collection of assessments .wrs a sim-rnle matter, for the label
rcjul tions .rovidcd for a filix,;: of sales reports with the Authority
and unie..s the pprovcd percenta,-e was paid labels did not issue.

 At -- bc.i-.'inj t-iere was some confusion, or -,:-rhaps a slight
holdi bL.c:, -'itil it was found that distributors would not accept
m .crc.au 'ie ,ithi.c.ut labels. Frnr.T then on, there wes no trouble, col-
lectiinc, : "made frrm, 1.;r of industry, with a small amount, $600,
thbt .'. ., v.-c,'ll cctible, and this held all the way to 'the end.

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