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...Deuteromic Code," Professor R. H. Pfeiffer, Andover...
...That the code was to be administered by the Association, at whose council tables Alcoa's voice is loudest, instead of by a government administrator...
...That the code's clause banning sales below cost contained no provision that Alcoa must figure its costs of fabricated wares on the price it charges for raw aluminum. If Alcoa based the price of its fabricated products on the price it charges itself for raw aluminum, the independents claimed that Alcoa could undersell them at all times...
...That there was only one code. The independents wanted one for themselves, another for Alcoa...
...week against 30?. Pressed for details on former wages, Vice President Winthrop Neilson stated that Alcoa was paying as low as 20? an hour or $8 a week until it voluntarily jumped to 22? "in an attempt to cooperate in re-employment." When Alcoa signed NRA's blanket code, wages were boosted to 30? an hour. "We accepted 30? an hour for what we hoped would be a very brief period in order to get the Blue Eagle," explained Mr. Neilson. Asked about Alcoa-owned Bauxite, Ark., Mr. Neilson described it as a "model mining town" with "excellent sanitary...