Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-17 | Page 8 | Price Fixing Deadlocked

PRICE FIXING DEADLOCKED on son Passes n to Pr President With Co Cost Plus Plus t-Plus Still Undecided WASHINGTON Oct 17 UP UP- UP Recovery Recover Administrator Johnson left let the retail il code dispute over price fixing up to ta President Roosevelt to to- day He left lett a White House conference with the comment that the code is isnow now V now up to to the president and we wc weare weare are still talking cost plus 10 per cent Johnson app apparently was holding holdin firm finn to retention In the code of or the disputed cost plus provision which h has embroiled him in a controversy with agricultural relief relic officials who have have- urged a substitute provision simply banning sales at It less than cost Johnsons Johnson's stand at the same time was reflected by merchants headed by William H. H Hager Hager- president of the Retailers Association of oC Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania Hager pointed out that speedy action must be obtained because delay delay delay de de- de- de lay is hurting hurling us and the spirit o of the theN N NR R A. A Hager said no decisions were reached in the conference Johnson said he laid bid before air rr Roosevelt the protests and an appeal on Ott behalf of the retail merchants of ot the the- country j We feel that there is going loIng to fobe be financial ruin roin for tor small retailers unless un tin- less a reasonable 10 p per pr r cent stop loss is granted granted- he herald said j He added that the president apparently ap ap- ap to the was sympathetic appeal and said that Mr Roosevelt understands the problem o of business and ind overhead j