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retain fro.i 2.2. to C').' of the price paiC by the manufacturer for home-
w:nr1-. If I....c'or-: i hl.ishe he ese contractors will become the real
SmanulrctLL.rc.-s .c. scattered( as the, rre, it v'ould be absolutely im-
possible to even loc,te their workers, much lesz to get coirrli&aicc.

 '1T e .,. ..; l;' r. i'.1: to eli..i1l-,te thence contractors, and if
we cc-n do .o -o l 'L'c feel the success of the plan would be en-
hanceL,. con-3i .-rably. 7.e re, Etrivirgtc rnake the manufacturer Leal
directly 'i, th te homev'orker, and. throuiJh registration by both manu-
facturc .e .'e'orkers, we ca-n ..t into effect our plan to
establish ti.: ni/imiurm \i e rate: of our code for the homeworkers.

 As a jractic,1l vroilL.n, the abolition of homework in this in-
dustr" .P.i iiT.meC-.itel, c:-eate a -;,ystem of bootle...iin, in homework,
accomrn.nieL. b-,- .ll Lhe vicious and racl-eteering methods common to
prohibi io;n.  lio'.icworkers ,"oulc. buy their own beads and com-
plete t'-ie br.s, anc. .ll aT prices that no n.mui.acturer could meet.

 An'':ve'i.C', he -,.ecific objection raised by Mr. Rosenzweig: The
.)iece .'or'_: pricess .'ill b; fixed on the following bases---the number
and ziAi. ni 'cd.s th t *-o into a, b,- are determinable. The basic
price -.'ill bLe ixed accorc.ing to the number of beads and the kind of
beaus. T'-hiF rice- i, circulated according to the number of strings
of ue DL.s, Onil: iii cose of unus',al design, a test of time required
to fini.- .ci a de:.Ai :n ';;ill be made. The Code Auathority will employ
such ,oor!.:er.- ur vorcers :n their premises to actually make the seai,,le
for th- .-.ipose of testinig the tinie required. The Code Director will
then ii: -.he 'rice fc. that articularr .esin. The Code Director
..jiens Lo ..e tnnroi. hi. C e:...eriencec in the izvkin'; of bea.cd b:-- s.
ao man';.:-c c..-:r- v'ill i.-ve an opportunity of havin- his own workers
do the tc ,i.i

 Wre acce t the u; .c stion made by Lr. Iosenzwei." that the home-
 or-er -.s v'el th'ie ..:Lnuiacturer shall have the ri,"ht to protest
 any price -.et by t'2, Code Authority. In case of such protest, the
 ode Di-,ecLor will cr-.sec to be made an actual test of the time re-
 t.iret. to i.,- L t;E article in question.

 In the .,2.tter of chili. labor, the record in the Acministration
 ill siov. that in another brxncl-. of our industry (Lraidin, of leather
 ags) tlie Co.e Lire:ctors ".-rere convinced that child laocr was being
 employeL'., ca1c'. "i.thrut lihesitation requested and obtained and aPministra-
 ive ort.er a.bolisn i horie"orK in that br',ncr-1 of the ind.astry. If the
 oc.e Dire-toirs fonnc. thFt child labor is b'ein- employed in the ma!-ir..
 f bea.ed, b.: :s, t.ey .,nulC. just as quickly ai.,lish homework in this
 ranch o: tha industry ;s they (lid in the other branch.

 Thc ..latter of contrnctorf gives us the most concern in this plan,
mainly ue':r.-..e Dif the le-gal status of the contractors. If the Code
irectors ..'e iifo--ied th&t they have the ri,.ht to abolish contractors
n the .'ea(.ek. branch of the industry, the problem of control of the
hole ,lan vc.,,d1 be ;,:uch more siriole. In the plan we only said: "as
ar as practicable" conttrctors should not be employed. The Code
irecto:o-z wo'.I. v'elco'.ie ,a ie:.Il o ..)nia.i covering. : this matter of con-
racto- rn-_irtions "'ith manufr.ct- .rer anY. homewor':er.
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