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 CODE AUTHORITY
 LADIES' HDiTAG IIDLUSTRY
 347 Fifth Avenue
 'NEW YORKx

Col. Walter Mangum
Deputy Administrator
Commerce Bldg.,
W7ashington, D. C.

Dear Col. Mangum:

 The Code Authorityiat a meeting held on March 7, 1935 passed the
following resolution:

 RESOLV-D, that the Code Directors be and ?.re hereby
 directed to request the Administration to terminate
 the exception to the minimum uv:.;c rate -?.i tod to the
 Virginia Art Goods Studios, of Lynchbv.rg, Virginia on
 August 1, 1934.

 Since this exception was granted to the Virginia Art Goods Sti.dios,
the Code Authority has requested a number of times to havo it termina-
ted. The Code Authority has been greatly embarrassed by 1-,avin the
Virginia Art Goods Studios and the Pat Baj, Inc., of P.ichrnoni, Va.
the only members of the industry -r'ntcd an exception to the code
wages, since numerous requests from other members of the industry for
the same exception, to the code have been refuscd in every case.

 Other members of the industry vwhen found violating the wage
provision of the code, have attempted to justify their right to do
so by referring to the c::coetion ZreAited the Virgii-ii. Art Goods
Studios. The continuation of this stay is rcgr2'cd by the remain-
der of the industry as being discriminatory.

 The Code Authority herewith requests that this inc'--iality in
the industry shall be terminated at once by the A',M i-.istrator, and
that if necessary, a hearing be held immediately for that purpos-e.

 The Code Authority also asks tnat the .:.,xc...tion granted to t`e
Pat Ba-, Inc. shall also be terminated, and that if fo',-d neccssry,
they should be included in a hearing thrt ma[. be cvllcd for this
purpose.

 Very truly yours,

 CODE AUr;IORITY
 LADIES' HIADAG I:U''JST3Y
 (s) A. I..I TZ7:T r'L
 CODC DIRECTOR






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