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 A co.iAittee of reCresent01ive ru-;aur:ct'ei' con listingg of
I. Sc..oenoltz, C.s .ol S. si n. Gree.').um, on n previous
occasion Cefiie,-e fraa'.., as follows:

 "All fr:mn,; sall be consiC.eaC-C s-:i-s-:illeC excenting
 F 11 ,.urse.s not -t' uc',i' to frai es ."

 Our definition for labor on semi-skzillee oper tio.-,s in nocketbook-
 n : is: All workers en:. ed i: -c.etool:-.:ig a,.re to be considIerei
sl-ille. .,.i semi-slkilled.

 Tie above mentioned foulr err-loyers .,,v- defined se::ii-skilled
oner-.'ions in the -"oc]:ctboo'.:-:v,>ng branch of the tr-C'e ps follows:

 "All employees ena:e- in -ocetboool--'.:-in, arc to
 be consi'.erref semi -sil er1 e;xce-t turni'- in
 anc:les" tucks or loops, an. all table '.:or: on
 1 i nin- c ."

 We Iamow from our own experience, rnd. the erT)lo-'-rs in the City of
ITew York havr always conceded that turning in .-Unrlles, tucks or loo-)s,
also table work on linings, Pre s-1illed o.o-raetions v:hich for ye,-rs have
been e-'fornec b- sLillec pocketbook -:kers nd. classified helpers
(classified, hel-ers have always received and are receiving ; today a rmini-
mum vw-,Je of no less than .o.3 r vee)

 definition on Paring

 Our definition for labor on the -oaring brn.ach of the indust-ry is
as follows: All employees enga-jed in paring, skivin, sp-litting or
edjin;, are shillec. or to s-- the least, semni-si:illed o-oorations.

 :essrs. I. Schoenholtz, Chas. Wolf, S. I.akIsiI- and A. Greenbaum,
four of the outstiL'.inj manufacturers of our industry, have actually
agreed. to this definition. 'We quote fror the report submitted by
I|r. I. Schoenholtz, Chairriman of the committee, to the Code Authority of
the Loies' 1:-:nlba,- Industry, to wit:

 "All employees enL,- =ec1. in paring (nLeain; sometimes
 ck-ivig,") zhal be considered semi-sicille&. |

 Tie aunCersigned labor renresent-',tives of the committee are at a
loss to '..erstand why the two re-)resentatives, :essrs. GolC.smith and.
A. Greenobnuni, particularly the latter, should. have g.;one boch: on the
definition of th.e previous committee of four emcloy..ers, of which
l1r. A. eenbum wTas a member, a.nd attested his ni-.ie to the definitions
of t',e previouss i e--ort. The committee of labor on previous s occasion
was not s-tisfi-c' with the definition of said. cor i ittee of four
emJlors *,...ich constituted the rL,ajority )opinion of tl:e employers of theo
industry, an. \,j ..eand that justice be done to the skilled workers
of the industry who, because of circumstances, have been nickL-named
semii-skille. workers for the sole purpose of maintainin- sub-standrrd
con"iuJions i ,K .Knl' s5ops in- ti-e incustrT, ?.nd. for the further -,urpose '
of peertu.tiing unfair labor c:rToetition in the trrde.


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