1,500 Butchers Hail Nra Code at Convention

The beginning of a new era in the retail kosher meat trade was hailed by members of the Code Authority for the industry and David S. Andron, general counsel for the Code Authority, at the opening session yesterday of a two-day convention at the Hotel Commodore. More than 1,500 persons from every part of the country were present in the first convention of the kosher butchers under the NRA code.

Speakers at yesterday’s session included Mr. Andron, Charles Cohen, executive chairman of the Code Authority; John M. Brunjes, executive secretary, and the following Code Authority members: Abraham Avreen, Isidore Escann of Baltimore; Morris Harris, Hyman Schulman of Boston; Oscar Spitalnick, Jacob Schatz, Isidore Batkin, David Goldberg of Newark; Emil Horn and Abraham Belsky.

CODE WILL PROTECT PUBLIC

Mr. Andron desclared that the administration of the code will guard the Jewish public against misrepresentation of the quality of meats and the sale of non-kosher meat as kosher.

Mr. Cohen asserted that the code “embodies everything that the kosher meat trade has been seeking for years.”

The sentiment of the trade for continuance of the NRA was voiced by Mr. Brunjes, who declared that “the kosher butchers stand 100 per cent behind President Roosevelt in his drive for fair competition in all industries.”

Mr. Andron was toastmaster at a banquet in the Commodore’s Grand Ballroom last night attended by more than 1,000 persons. Among those on the speakers’ list were Aldermanic President Bernard S. Deutsch, Congressman Emanuel Celler and Samuel Dickstein.

A conference regarding fair trade practices under the code will be held at this morning’s session. Regional and local code administrators will be designated during the afternoon. Other features on today’s agenda are: formation of plans for permanent fair trade practices and adoption of a national emblem. The convention will close with the adoption of resolutions.