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CODE AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT

 In the first days, after I inaugurated tne Code Authority, it be-
came seemingly impossible to bring aoout peace and fortunate it was tha.f.
the industry had selected men to head up the Code Authority work in the
persons of LIessrs. Abraham 1Mittenthal and Max Berkowitz, assisted by j
Maurice Mossessohn. I say it was fortunate that these men were selected
because they had been connected witn the industry for many years,' had' i
vision, level heeds, integrity and patience and thus were able to carry!
on successfully. The first t'-o named 27ned their businesses as manufacj,
turers, one in his business looking after distribution bnd understanding
those problems, and the other a production man, understanding all the I'
twists and turns of factory operation. Mr. i Mossessohn had dealt with
the industry through the Associations and had obtained therefrom a broad
understanding of the personnel of industry, their peculiarities and a
knowledge of how best to approach and handle such men.

INDUSTRY PEACE

 After the Code Authority had been in operation for two or three
months, I made up my mind that if possible I must bring about peace in
the industry and one iiight at a Code Authority meeting Prbitrarily
adjourned the regular meeting at 10:00 in the evening telling the member
that we would reconvene as a meeting of industry, and that I was preps
to sit with them all night and all the next day if necessary, to find
ground upon which all mi:ht strnd to the end that they would accomplish
the good that pll agreed could come under the code. That 'night session
lasted until nearly 5:00 in the morning. It was later followed by
numerous conferences v'ith various groups and sometime later a"further
conference took nice :)n the train enroute to E public hearing in
Washington. This conference -Yas continued in Washington at the Carlto'.
Hotel, adjourning at 3:00 the next morning and peace agreed to and sglt

 Unfortunately, neace ras not declared between the industry and
labor. Included in the original code was P clause which called for a
definition of semi-skilled labor. Realizing the difficulty of determil
ing this point, I personally visited numerous factories in and out of
New York to see whether *I could reach a conclusion as to where to draw'
the line as to skilled, and semi-skilled labor. Having found it inmposr
to reach a conclusion myself, I so informed the then deputy and it wasr
unfortunate that at the public hearing referred to above the Assistat::b
Deputy in charge either did not understand or seemingly found himself
unable to appreciate the difficulties of writing a conclusive Jefiniti.
and insisted one must be written. This led to increasing the bitterne:
as between the manufacturer, labor and the Administration. Notwithsta
ing this, the Code Directorate kept its head, its feet on the ground'
the steering of a fair course, and although a general strike was call
lasting some 60 or 90 days, succeeded for the year 1934 in bringing t
industry into a better financial condition than it had enjoyed for mea
years '

FINANCE

 The financing of the Code Authority was based upon assessments a.
while this was a label industry, labels were sold at cost. The finan

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