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Wage and Hour Provisions

ITn the light of thp Virginia Art C-se referred to on rages 58, 95,
96, this history and rho'-n in Exhibit A.I. One is tempted to say
wage provisions -s set up '-ere sound as arnlying to every nart of
the country. There was however, brought into that situation a
factor that could not be used in all cases, the injection of a
qualified expert fn factor:,: practice. Since such is not possible,
and since we .cno" -'e always have -ith us loose factory organization,
I an inclined to believe a differential for markets located away
from accented centres of P nprticular industry, of a particular
industry, should be included in a new code. I think also that hour
tolerances in the neak noeriods of the two selling seasons, is a need
of all high style industries. Could this have been done, and an
average struck for the year by lo-ering the number of hours allow-
able in off seasons, industry and labor would come nearer an a-oroach
to reace. I hno,- this is not the whole answer but it is definitely
leading t-. ; way.

May I conclude this history by expressing my own feeling about this
industry. Utterly demor-ilized &t the beginning of its code life it
became united. Str rting with nothing in the way of facts and figures
it laid thle foundation stones and built an anorecirtion of the value
of such facts. Faced -ith many serious problems it tackled them in-
telligently, as will be seen by a c,reful perusal of the Exhibits
contained herein. Industry morale non-existent, came into being,
nd I feel that the industry, in making these first ste-os, has a
right to be oroud of itself, -ndc the Administration in the great
hel-o it extended and gave has the right to be proud also.


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