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would show whether or not the notice of the public hearing on the
Ladies' Handba& Code ras sent to the Virginia Art Studios?
 a
 MR. HITTENTTHAL: Every known member of the industry was notified.

 IM. ORE: You know of the public hearing?

 HISS ROHR: Yes, and I did not qpoear but wrote to Mr. Glass and
filed a petition.

 MR. BART.: On the basis of that evidence, the -petitioner is not
entitled to an exemption under the July 15 order. They participated in
the writing of the Code.

 HISS ROHR: But the Code. participated in I was killing to live
up to. I know nothing about the other one.

 MI. BAkR: The industry agreed to submit F certain Code. 'Then it
came to public hearing the aooroved code '.s the snrne.

 HISS ROHR: We had no southern representative.

 1R. ORE: I think 7e can -Pive that possible technicality. Do
you belong to the Association?

 :ISS ROHR: We did not vrat to belong to the Ladies' Handbag
Association.

 MR. ORE: She did not assent to the code of 35 an hour but 30t
an hour.

 MISS ROHR: And 7.s the code w.s presented to us there was an
apprentice cl-use.

 M.. I-ITTET'HAL: At the mreting of the Association there was a
proposal for an apprentice clause whichh did not oecoie a oart of the
Code. The rpte of 30, an hour ct that time was opposed by the Labor
Board as being inadequate, ,nd it was made 355, an hour for all sections
of the country nn~. it '-'as approved.

 MR. ORE: 4i1 you state your viewooi-,t for the benefit of the
record--your attitude in relation to this exemption?

 MR. IITTEiTTHAL: It is my understanding. ; that U'iss Rohr had receive
a letter fror the Deoutv Administrator -).nd that she thereuoon paid a i
visit to Deputy Aduinistrntor Ho'-:?rd. ;hiss Rohr sain visited the
office and after tiiatvisit siCd she had not received any satisfaction*

 HISS ROT.: The first letter stated -e would be given P. hearing.
Then we had a letter of -etfus.l sr:.in;, '-Te did not participate. That
letter was not ans-ered.

 171. MITL'E'MTHAL: The Code Authority acted unoon the petition after
a thorough study of it and the conditions surrounding thet particular
factory. They voted the problem of the Virginia Art Studios was no


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