Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-23 | Page 17 | Contractors to Have Code

CONTRACTORS TO HAVE CODE National Nation l Group Croup Submits Draft of Rules to Utah Organization tion Utah contractors are planning to join with o other her contractors rs of the nation in taking advantage of ot the opportunity opportunity op op- afforded by the national industrial industrial in in- recovery act for the development develop ment meat of mandatory codes of fair competition com corn petition for each industry Mark Tuttle manager of ot the thc intermountain branch A Associated General Contractors tors said Frida Friday The national association has ha submitted sub sub- mIlled for tor the approval of ot the Utah contractors and other association members a tentative draft of such a code embodying the principles o of sound business practice for tor which responsible responsible responsible re re- re- re organized contractors have fought for tor more than a decade Mr Tuttle said sald Lester S. S Corey of ot Ogden a member mem memo ber of ot the national associations association's board which will meet at Chicago June 26 at which formal action on the board to be held at Chicago June 26 at which formal action on the proposed code will be taken preparatory preparatory tory to Its submission to President Roosevelt Mr Tuttle said F FAIR Am PRACTICE Utah is esp especially interested in a I fair practice code and the advancement advancement advancement advance advance- ment of the contracting and building Continued on Pate Pare Twenty I S CONTRACTORS TO HAVE CODE from Pae Page Pago Sen Seventeen een industry for it has more large contractors contractors con con- tractors than nearly any state twice it Its Is size she sie he said In fact tac the of the U Utah h contractors during normal times extends extend throughout tho the entire entre United States and sometimes Unite to foreign countries Outstanding among the te reforms reform to be effected by the code are arc elimination elimina ilna tion ton of the te pernicious and widespread practice of bid peddling r restriction of competition to bidders and the guarantee of fair treatment and ad n R decent minimum wage to labor Mr Tuttle Tute said In issuing a call cal for the special board meeting at Chicago A. A C C. Toz- Toz zer of New York president of the national na na- na tonal association emphasized that in inan inan inan an Industry as complex as construction construe tion Uon there tere are arc problems problem which are arc distinct in i each of the major class class- caton such u h as highway building public works work and railroad construction construe tion and it is ton i is anticipated that each eacho o of these occupational groups will wi find it desirable to amplify the proposed code to cover their own special len lems lem Mr Tuttle explained TENTATIVE DRAFT The Te tentative draft draU to be considered considered con con- however contains conti the basic baic principles o of fair competition which should govern gover the general contracting contracting contract contract- ing ig business and ad which must be included in eluded in any code calculated to t improve im Improve Im- Im prove materially labor and nd compe live Uve conditions In construction as contemplated con conS by the recovery act The Te general code defines a genera general general gen gen- era eral contractor as a an a individual firm or corporation that contracts for tor contact construction construction con con- work in its it as a embraced in I plans plas and specifications and executes execute such sueh work in whole or part with its it or organization The code would subject anyone undertaking the functions of a general contractor on construction work valued in i excess of ot 1000 to compliance with its It pro pre visions