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C. M. M. A. Group Now Preparing
N. R. A. Code for Industry
BUSINESS code for the Coin Ma-
Machine Industry to conform with
the requirements of the National
Recovery Act and to share in hastening its
prospective advantages is now being pre
pared. It should be ready for submission to
the manufacturers for discussion and adop
tion about the middle of August. It will
deal principally with working hours and the
wage scale for labor it is believed.
This is the result of one of the most rep
resentative meetings of manufacturers ever
held under the banner of the Coin Machine
Manufacturers’ Association of America.
Practically every firm in Chicago was rep
resented at the meeting held on Friday,
August 4th, and a number of manufactur
ers were present from other cities. The
attendance was easily more than 100 which
denoted the great importance which manu
facturers attach to the National Recovery
Act and speaks well for the cooperation to
be expected in putting its principles into
effect in our own industry.
The final committee elected by the group
to draw up the code and submit it to the
manufacturers for approval consists of Mr.
Walter Tratsch of the A. B. T. Mfg. Com
pany; W. J. Ryan of O. D. Jennings & Co.,
and J. H. Keeney of the firm of Keeney and
Sons. They were selected from a commit
tee of seven who were nominated by the en
tire group as follows: D. Gottlieb, John
Watling, Bill Ryan, Vince Shay, J, Frank
Meyer, J. H. Keeney, and Walter Tratsch.
Previous to any action or discussion of
the code to be drawn, the members were
privileged to hear Attorney Louis Jacob
son, an experienced man in association and
trade agreements, who outlined the pur
poses of the National Recovery Act and
explained what was expected of every trade
group in adopting a code to conform with
its principles. He declared that it was best
that all members of the C. M. M. A. take
part in forming the code because it would
have to be enforced after adoption whether
it pleased every manufacturer or not. He
also said that if this industry does not
write its own code, that someone else would
do it for them. He stated that it really
represented an opportunity for the manu
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facturers’ own interests as well as a duty
in continuing the general movement to raise
wages and stabilize prices.
A discussion of the matter followed Mr.
Jacobson’s talk and he answered many ques
tions raised by members. It was lnmted
primarily to wages and working hours.
Lee S. Jones, presiding at the m eting,
stated that he believed the industry should
be recognized immediately as an 1” u
by the government. He p o m te d ,u t that
the ten per eent Federal
was being collected under
goods classification, and that this *
bing the industry of rightful recognition
A valuable contribution was made to the
discussion by Mr. Silberman of the Art-
craft Press who recited his experiences
helping perfect a code for the/ nntl^ a^ n
dustry. He advised that a code be
at once and when approved to be a en
Washington by a committee of
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ers. He urged the adoption and e
ment of a general code as to .^ou”
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wages at once and place the specific
effect when completed.
A fter the final committee was formed for
drawing up the code, Bill Ryan j o u n c e d
that they would try to have it rea y
a week.
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A discussion of the new jobber or^a^
tion followed reading of a telegram
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M. B. Summerfield, managing direicwr
the jobbers group. Nat Cohn, a New
distributor was present at the mee ing
briefly explained the purposes of
e
organization.
He was loudly app
when he declared that the National Auto
matic Distributors Ass’n. had flatly
to refuse to handle imitations of origin
machines.
A buffet luncheon and plenty of refres i
ments were on hand, the usual order o
genuine C. M. M. A. hosiptality.
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