FORD STATUS N R A SHAKEUP IN SPOTLIGHT Resignation of First Firs Aide to Johnson Heralds More MoreS Changes I b r. CODE HANDLER TO TO QUIT Continued Silence SHenee Marks A Au Auto t ol Manufacturers Manufacturer's Attitude CB Br Associated Tress Press WASHINGTON Sept 1 1 tion ion of Dudley Cates Gates as assistant industrial In In- administrator and the continued continued con- con hesitancy of ot Henry Ford toward to- to ward ard aligning himself with the N NR R A movement were predominant t topics today oday as a lull settled over the ic recovery y administration The leader of the hitherto hardworking hard hard- working forces Hugh S S. S Johnson was reported by associates to be much shaken by the Cates Gates departure His erstwhile lieutenant meanwhile mean straightened out routine matters preparatory reparatory to actu actually leaving because because be- be cause ause of ot marked differences between him lim and Johnson on labor policies under the theN N R n A. A There still was no communication as to what would do or oray orsay say ay If It anything before the effective date ate of the auto code next Tuesday Today the deadline for submission of f r r J manent codes code administrators ou cou COU o v round around such agreements In n h 4 j dM 1 def definite nite expectation o or of r ve e t q tore c. c oon roon EX CT ODE ni A rC regulation J d a month I ro d that for or groups I d had bad no tome tnie forward with by ser er 1 the N R A code COd hearing e dates regard regard- lt r v pi T li Jl with all basic Industrial T 7 h f under codes or about to haul I a as cements completed and with withof of codes awaiting hearing t c ci to nonresponding industries t tot rot expected to begin imme 4 ly y stayed stared away from His 1 of of- Oce k see until late in the day combining test rest with preparations for the speech he be is to deliver Labor day in irs Chicago o Donald N R n A chief conn conn- sel sd who with Johnson had been working ceaseless ceaselessly In rounding up the soft coal agreement and completing ing the automobile code cod also kept to his home apparently tired and in need of rest The national labor board with a number of or labor disturbances to ad just was the busiest unit Under its chairman Senator Wagner of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York it considered policy questions and investigated further the bosier hosiery strike situation at Philadelphia and elsewhere OUT OF FIRST STAGE The N R A AitS itself f. f with the big codes virtually out of ot the wa way definitely was out of its first stage and entering a period of consolidating its staff stat Johnson expects to concentrate shortly short short- ly on reorganization of or personnel to b k keep p the most effective ive men in the top Lop ranks and weed out those thos whose services no longer will be needed Of Officials reiterated reiterate they ep expected the bituminous coal code to be ready b by next Tuesday day when the president returns By then or soon thereafter the one other big agreement covering the entire retail trade is expected to tobe tobe tobe be ready for signature Of Ot the codes submitted tors tars believed that not more thap than would be promulgated finally It is the intention to combine dozens of ot industrial in in- units under one agreement Like the retail trade lines Iines now now be- be Continued on Pose POle Two 1110 r FORD ORD RD STATUS N R B A SHAKEUP IN SPOTLIGHT t. t Continued from PAge PACe One gathered under one me master code it itis 5 intended to bring all components of ot the construction industry together and to follow this process wherever lT possible cate Cates who has been vice president of M f the Marsh and McLennan insurance brokerage firm of Chicago was borni born i in Richmond Ind md During the war he served here as secretary of the capital issues comm com com- m t e. e Earlier he was trust officer of or a San Francisco bank and had done zo some n newspaper work ANOTHER LEA LEAVING YING Besides his insurance work which Ife Ie expects to resume after an extend extend- ea rarest arest rest he has had other business I 5 interests l rests In Chicago related to bank bank- ing Another nother official leaving the N R B A Is John JohnM M. M Hancock of New rk who has been an administrative ss assistant Stant in char charge e of ot general Uon ilon of the N R A and handling of ot d 3 as they are submitted In his WEG se officials say there has been no friction and that he originally Intend Intend- to tiel-to retire as soon as a. the organizing page a e of the code work was donen done n Hancock is a partner of the Lehman Brothers Brothers' corporation where he has Specialized in chain stores and group financing He lie has held tended extended In many of the country's larger corporations During the war he had charge of 01 purchasing as a commander an in the supply corps corp Jio T i o announcement has oS been made on replacing him This position may d later in reorganization al al- i ugh ough the duties to be performed be bc different Indications have been that Gates Gates' post as assistant administrator for in in- might not be filled at at all aU