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 October 26, 123:

olonel Harry S. Berry
e'outy Administrator
division Three
commerce Bhilding
Washington, D.. .

 RE: LQdiis' H; 1b' Code AAthority2

y dear Colonel Berry:

 The meeting of this Code Authority lIst night was souoe7hat tun-ult-
ous, but I felt, by the time the lonj session 'Tas over, that the nenbcrs
would be able to reach ,:. nr-reuherit 7ith the Aduinistr.tin 'ith resrect
to the matters in dispute for so loi n.

 I was particularly jrlad. that Er. Ore wr s 're sent, because, nithou h
 they did not for the .1on:nt 2.cce't the -ro-oeoals n;'-le by hin, he, spee,-
 ing vrith the voice of authori'tj-, convinced theni, I am c,-rt-in, of' the
 need of immediate settle;icrit.

 The matters relating: to 7.7w--cs rni. hours and the definition of se:ii-
 skilled w'-ere referred'to n. convittee on vhich I -s askod to sit as a
 member. This committee will be called tor'ether b-r the Code Director no.::t
 Monday, I suggested that, bc-cu:oe of the importance of these natters, the
 Code Authority be re:.dy to receive thie conuitteels reort next Thur.d*-.r
 night, rather than wait for the rejul'-r ueetiu:;, which is not due until two
 weeks froi last night. The- finally; -Zrce-cL. to leave the coJlling of the
 meeting in mTr hrni.o

 Mr. Ore seemeC, to have felt that, p.:r'i'^s, he had too much to s:o
 on the proposals of the dini3tr2.tiop, but I can assure ,you what was
 said wps necessary to impress the Code A7thority with the iC.oea that they
 can no longer dally over this subject. I believe hi; statenents hld. ;r
 salutary effect. I took ocersion at the .'- of the i-.eetin,: to point out
 their folly in consistently nlI persistentlr :ost >onin< the evil j until
 the din distant future, and t'L.-t I vas concerned over their lack of er-
 formence with respect to this irport-rnt natter, and it --as be,;in Ii: to
 be evident they hadn't the courr<-e to souo;-'cly f'.ce the issue.

 We also took up the matter of alternates, 1ir. Ore -)ointing: out
 that they .rre not ernittede. The outcome ,yw.s their re-iinrdii;-1 1Le that,
 in the hearing last sJikmer, the set-uo of the 0e" Co'oe Authority -s
 placed squarely in my hands. I am 7 cing to have meeting_ --ith the
 Board of Directors of the major association next TJeLces.'L. r,- ni.,ht which,


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