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Colonel Harry 3erry
Divisional Administrator
Commerce Building
Washington, D. C.

 Tg. L.dio .. Con:,,e Ar.thorit.,

My dear Colonel 3'rr;r:

 This Code Authority met last ni,:ht, rnd I invit. C Speical Deputy,
Doctor Schaeffer, who, as you probably 'mo., is in char.e7 of adminis-
tration work in Ie,, York,, to beo-resent.

 The meetin,- was a little less boisterous th-.:-, usual, -nd it 'asw
interesting to note that, not withstr.iing the general. strike situ-
ation, -hich is so seriously nffecti:*.r; everyone, good spirits prevailed.

 In -orivate conversations with one or t,-,o aniuf.ct'arers before the
meeting, I was informed that the strike is :.Tuch riore serious tC'.- per-
haps I thought, and tlih.t it is doubtful, if it lasts another week, if
many of the nanufacturerz jj st-oi, the gaff, T,.-- Corviunist element is
definitely in the saddle and I am afraid t.hat if nanufacturers h.vne to
give in tO the Co..ivimist demands, you will have the saxqe situation develop
here as is the case in the -ur 1:nufacturing Industr.

 It is generally believed that the rn: anc file of workers are ju.t
as anxious to go back to work as are the manufacturers to hav3 t<v., I
was also informed that one s::.ll noanufctaurer lih: ,.Ire ,- signed the neT
agreement.

 I further learned, ;.li during ; the course of "th t ncO'tin rei:rks
about it "ere made openi'r 'that there will be .efinite iirr.tion of in-
dustry front lie'.7 York, and that it is the '.ero,' feeling that in that,
Pnd only that, lies salvation. I ,as told. that a number o0 -,-.nufacturers
have been scouting around during this; pst ,eek lookin-; for locati*Is.
Prom the -noint of view- of organized labor, this, of course., wTill be death,
because of the obvious' impossibilityr of holding; the L.uustry -ithin the
ranks of labor organization. rnether the i.u.;tr .". sta-nd the cost of
zBaving,is of course, an ooen question. However, I thinhl Ch.rfjcrs of Cor:--
merce and other similar bodies in the snil.lor centers ',ill do cvcrythin.
they can to held finance such a, move.

 The early part of the iie:tin.- was -iven to ti'. re': ".n" of v-ri.ols
petitions as1:in.- for learners, :.p'rt-itires, overtilne, P_..d so fort.. ;:ost
of these, in fact I think all of them, w-ere rejected on tlh, .7rouC-i',s that
the position taken by the ,)etitioners r'aos unso-m.1. T9-sc will, of course,
go forward to you froa the Code Authorityr Officers*
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