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De-.n G. ECwardds

 The business address of the NATIOINAL LABC- CO1.PLAINTS
CC.U.ITTE3 is, and will continue to be:

 347 Fifth Aveii.e,
 ITe'.i Yorkc, 17. Y.

 The exact scope of the sdid Co>plaints Comnidttee will
be t.-e territory embraced by the Code of Yair Competition for the
pb :ve-nrtier. Industry.

 It is desired that complaIints within the scope of said
Code Authority .re to be filed. in the first instance with the said
Code Authority.

 The said Conplaints Ccm.ittee insofar as its Industrial
Adjustment A:,ency is concerned, is to deal with complaints of alleged
violations which refer res.;ectively to:

 (1) Labor provisions (vilen the comDl -int alleges that an emloyer
 is violating a labor provision and is
 handled as a fair trac.de practice c-mMlaint)

 (2) Hours of labor (wl..en the cor.:laint alleges that an employer
 is violating an hour provision and is
 h:rndled as a fair trade practice complaint)

 (3) iDininium Wages (wv en the cor.-nplint alleges that an employer
 is violating a wage provision and is
 handled as. a fair trde practice complaint)

 The Code Authority has been duly and properly constituted
and has been functionin.L sa-.tisfactorily since the effective date of
said Code; it is well equipA.d financially to undertake the expense
of tLe functioni.a. of the said Complaints Coixdttee and is particularly
desirous, in the interest of strict compliance with the Code and the
principle and spirit of the National Ind.ustrial Recovery Act, to place
trustworthy investigators in the field to the end that each unit of
the Industry may be brought to a corn lete knowle,.ge that this Code and
the Act itself are to be observed, supervised and pr'.-erly enforced.

 Any change in the said committee, either in personnel
or in th:e establishment of .regional Comilaints Cri-m.rittees, will be
ii.iediately reported to the National Recovery Administration.

 Re s-ectfully submitted,

 signedd) 0. W. Pearson

 C. iPearson
 Ai'n-inistration il1ember


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