Oct. 12--President Roosevelt today ordered a 36-hour week in the cotton garment manufacturing industry and pledged speedy enforcement of all NRA codes in the future.
In signing the executive order reducing hours from 40 to 36 in the cotton garment industry effective Dec. 1, the chief executive specified that weekly wages be maintained at their present level.
The order affects between 150,000 and 200,000 workers. Originally it was to have become effective on Oct. 1, but the chief executive cancelled these plans and asked a special committee to investigate protests of employers that the shorter work week would be a blow to the industry.
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