Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-06-06 | Page 14 | NRA Extension Accord Reached

EXTENSION ACCORD REACHED Continued from PAn Page One so kindly sent me from the interstate conference on labor compacts I have for some time followed with great interest the work which the conference has been doin doing There is no doubt that continued efforts in every state to improve and safeguard labor standards is of ot definite value I 11 am directing that a study be made of ol the pro proposals made in your resolutions and that I shall be kept in touch with any further work of ot the conference Very sincerely yours ours FRANKLIN D. D ROOSEVELT I The conference on state compacts after receiving encouragement from Secretary Perkins asked the president dent to consider the possibility of or according federal protection to states entering Into such agreements It would be similar to the trade commission commission com mission Vigil against un unfair trade practices s. s The interstate compact proposal will be bc placed before the annual conference conference con con- ference of ot governors at Biloxi Miss on June 16 and will be pursued further further fur fur- ther by the interstate compacts commission commission com corn mission at Spring Lake N. N J. J on June 19 Considers Other Moves Some expressed regret however at disclosures that President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt was considering other and more permanent N R A legislation to follow the he temporary measure Such premature disclosures as one senator described them might cause difficulties in the sena senate e over the Clark D. D Mo resolution to continue continue con con- N R A nine and one half months The understanding of most leaders was that as soon as the temporary stop gap measure was out of ot the way or way or at least before congress adjourned ad ad- there there would be some additional addi legisla legislation tion Senate house and administration representatives agreed in secret secret conference con con- ference on the principles of ot what the president ha has described as stopgap stopgap stopgap stop gap temporary N R A legislation To Seek Redistribution Legislators who did not wish to tobe tobe tobe be quoted by name explained the tax plan would be bo an attempt to continue continue continue con con- and broaden N R B As A's basic social aims aims It would seek they declared de de- de dared to increase mass purchasing power through redistribution of money It was emphasized that the idea still was in a nebulous stage and no one professed to know what chance it had lad of or emerging from the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House in the form of a definite new deal plan Another development was an ex ex- session of or the American Federation of ot Labor council called as a result of N R As A's downfall ExpressIOns Expressions Expressions Ex Ex- Ex- Ex of extreme concern over the scrapping of the codes with their collective bargaining provisions had come com from the union leaders To Press Measures They planned a strenuous effort to obtain passage of labor legislation now pending including the Wagner labor relations bill the hour 30 week bill and the Snyder Guffey-Snyder bill to regulate the bituminous coal industry with a little N R A A. Meanwhile Donald R. R Rich rg's career with the government as previously prey prey- predicted appeared to be drawing drawing draw draw- ing to a close Leaving the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House last night he said he did not expect to head the skeleton N R A. A The report that the White House was considering taxes that would if levied cut down large fortunes came as a surprise to most legislators Sharp ears caught that remark although although al al- al though the president did not nol elaborate rate Some congressmen who began asking questions after the meeting were informed that the inheritance and gift gilt tax idea was wu what the president president pred dent referred to 10 At Al present estate taxes axes are levied The new proposal would b be to Impose an inheritance tax on top of that The estate taxes now bring in around