Word: coding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Three big triumphs left General Johnson with two big problems still on his hands: soft coal and automobiles. Earlier in the week the President had warned that he wanted to sign the bituminous coal code before he left Washington. Later he relented. The 29 coal groups, each advocating its own code, could not agree, were given a few more days to reconcile their differences. Stumbling block to the auto mobile code was Henry Ford's refusal to approve the plans drafted by other manufacturers. Mentioning no names General Johnson thundered at the assembled auto mobile men: "Certain...
From Detroit emanated a hint that foxy Mr. Ford was only waiting to see what kind of code his competitors would adopt, then go them all one better with a more generous code...
...Said the code: "No employe and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing...
...Manhattan harbor the Rex, decked with code flags, received flag and siren salutes from liners, ferryboats and tugs, reached her pier amid frenzied cheering. After sounding the Rex's great whistle one last time Captain Tarabotto rushed into his cabin, "I cried like a child!" he said afterward. "I wept for my beloved dead mother that I could not send her news of this great...
Last week in Washington the American Newspaper Publishers' Association and the Blue Eagle came to final terms. A. N. P. A.'s President Howard Davis, anxious to end four weeks of wrangling, submitted a "temporary" code by which publishers could officially receive their eagles, got it approved by Administrator Johnson pending a hearing. It stipulated that publishers would not be bound by any requirements which might impair the Freedom of the Press, thus quieting a controversy raised by newspapermen who feared the licensing powers of NRA. It included (but left for future discussion) settlement of a second controversial...