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 CODE AUT HOPJ' Y
 LADIES' -Ai:ADBAG Ii',DLSTYS
 347 Fifth Avnure
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 -A'ril 23, 1935

Colonel Walter 11anc-am
Deputy Administrator
Commerce Building
Washington; D. C.
 Re: Vir,;inia Art Goods Studios, Inc.
 17305--1310 (,hurchk Street
 Lynchburc,, .Virginia
Dear Colonel:

 I have made a caref-.ulinVesti[;t~on of tho conditions in the
 factory of the above filim an!? "have' fcun&i thAtct liy have been work-
 ing overtime from April first on, .-.vorr-in. frcm 21. to 24 hours
 per person. I have made arrangements with them to .1a-a. time and
 a half for this overtime work which they have ,areod to do. A
 list of the workers and the arrounts will be in our office within
 the next few days.

 Miss Rohr, president of this firm, stated to me that she -ad
received an exemption from you for 9-)rentices. .:r- fail to find
in our files any correspcndenco, or copies of s-ieo, with reference
to this statement.

 The attached report -ivos the number of wmrk-,rs who were em-
ployed below the Code r:inimur from December 19, 1934 to date.

 VWe will appreciate it if you vwill send us copies of any
correspendence that you may have had with this firm in order that
we may straighten these matters out. From vhat Miss -5ohr -a.s
promised the writer, she will cr.-? definitely under all the pro-
visions of our Code.

 Very truly yours,

 CODE AUT{HCRITY
 LADIES' A}TDAG I::DUSTRY

 i'.a.. ^nrlc,.i~tz
 Code Director

Encl -- List showing overtime and
 payroll violation


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