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JULY 9, 1933. To the PRESIDENT:

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

I have the honor to submit herein my report on the Cotton Textile Code and hearing submitted and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the National Recovery Act.

There is attached hereto:

Exhibit 1. The Code as finally proposed.

Exhibit 2. Notice of Hearing.

Exhibit 3. Statement of Procedure.

Exhibit 4. Economic and Statistical Analysis of the Code and of the Industry, prepared by the Division of Research and Planning of this Administration, conducted by Dr. Alexander Sachs.

Exhibit 5. Transcript of the Record.

Appendix 1. List of Witnesses.

II. THE CODE AND THE HEARING (UNCONTRovERTED MATTER OMITTED)

The Code may be summarized as follows: SECTION 1. Definitions.—This is the Spinning and Weaving divi sion of the Cotton Textile Industry. The only controverted matter in this section was a definition of “productive machinery " as cotton looms and spindles. The question of the validity of excluding card ing machines as auxiliary was raised by President McMahon, of the United Textile Workers, and was justified by Mr. Robert Amory that inasmuch as the product of the card is not sold it cannot lead to overproduction yet the flexibility of running it is necessary to balance the mill's operation (II-K-8-M-2). Mr. Batty, Secretary, New Bedford and Fall River Textile Councils (Labor) concurred that this was an unsubstantial objection. SEC. 2. Proposes a minimum wage of $12 in the South and $13 in the North—exempts learners for six weeks, also cleaners and outside employees. SEC. 3. Provides for a 40-hour work week and an 80-hour machine work week and excepts repair crews, engineers, electricians, firemen, office and supervisory staff, shipping, watching, and outside crews and cleaners. SEC. 4. Abolishes child labor (minors under 16). SEC. 5. Provides for periodical statistical reports from all mem bers of the Cotton Textile Institute, bearing on wages, hours, pro duction, and consumption, etc. SEg. 6. Sets up as a continuing planning and fair-practice agency the Cotton Textile Industry Committee of all the affected trade asso. ciations to supervise the execution of the code, to develop statistical accounting, credit, and other controls, and to carry out long-range NOTE.-References in parentheses refer to Transcript of Hearings.

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