First: Cutting: The definition of the majority, excluding. pa-er
w-cdi.in; en rubber-cloth cutting from the semi-sk:illed -irovision is
 .. o .-iufacturer will trust r-:y learner to cut any materials,
wnet.iaei it be outsides (that iis leather, sill-, etc), or liniUis, or
paper, or w- ding, unless the cutter has e;:erience, since it requires
precisio:., 'imowleJ.:e of materials and shill in L'n.lin, a shear-cuttinj
or clici--,- mac'-.ine to do this wor-.... ost of the ,a-Lnufacturers in en-
a:;in_ cutters, even in the out-of-town a-,c'as, try to ret workers that
have ePncrience in handling machines. he3- get either shoe-cutters,
cutters fro-, bookbinderies or other kincdred. industries, rnd it t-kes a
very short time for this kind. of worker to adapt himself to the hndb.2.
liie. If a manufacturer should tr.ke :i.n altogether iine,:-erienced worker
to vor' -t Ghe machine, he will find thnt it will t-i:e time and ap-li-
cation befoi're the worker will be able to cut satisfa.ctorily even the
above ...entionec. items, such as -aer, ..in rrl rubber cloth.

 Second: The definition of t:ie minority which excludes handle
li..in.As, -lullers, puller lirin's _.:c. jussets thpt are cut by clickl's,
is a c.efinition that would lace 50C of the cutting branch of the in-
duslr- in the unskilled 'rr..ch. Ti1e cutting brr.nch' of our industry is
conceded b'u.- all manufacturers as bcin- the foundation of a f:nctory. A
cutler ht-s to heandle a knife, work: at a hazardous clichin;g Lrachine or
shear-cuttinC machine, and must be constLaitly on the lookout to save
and econor..ize on the materials.

 Definition of 0Oeratinp: Any attempt to t/1:e -Part the various one:a-
tions in o-'eratinr is, to ,my mind, a -,ure evasion of the provision of
the code. If we are to consider the definition of semi-skilled as -'ro-
posed, it would make it impossible for the majority of the operators to
receive tl-e benefit of the 4, per hour. In considering this provision
of the Code, after consiCderable debate, the only exclusion conceded was
lining onprntinc. If other operating was to be excluded, it was
stranje that there should have been a limitation on liinings; and even
on linin s &-here are certain operations, such as ruffle-pockets, sewing
on of --i-injs, etc. that are highly skilled.

 Defi-.-ition of Fr:,T.i:': In its attermot to exclude nurse frming
froL/ the se..i-s".illed, it would put bag-fr..i';, w.ich is one of the
highest pid pnd enost skillful o':erations ia our industry; on the lowest
level. :-o beginners c:,';i fr-;.ie a nurse unless he is broken in In.' worlds
at it constntl for a number of wee-ks, even thoh there are lbor
saving devices .and machines which have lately been introduced for
fra.iin.i -)urn-oses, it would still necessitate hard application and steady
practice before a worker csan fro:me a -purse --ronc'rly. It is my opinion
that there p.re no unskilled workers in the fr.-'ing r.r.?nach altogether,
thnt all the worlz -;erformed on framing is skilled. It certainly cannot
be dcefineC. n.s less than semi-skilled. W.e object against this pro-osed
definitio-I c-s tending to break : down the standards of a branch of the
industr-- t -.-i has for many years been fairly well -)aid.

 Definition of Pocketbook-1,a1-ing: The definition of semi-sldilled
on poceetbook-:. .iLing as made by the majority as well as the minority,
is confusion. -,n. it will make it altogether impossible to enforce con-
pliance. A semi-sklilled worker in the nocketbook bra--ch of the industry