The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-27
BOYCOTT AS
N R 4 WEAPON
IS DISCUSSED
Government Not Sponsor
ing 1t But Emotional
Pitch May Force 1t
EDUCATION MAY GET
DESIRED RESULTS
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright, 1893 United Press)

( Copyright, 1893 United Press)
WASHINGTON. July 27. (UP).
The question Of how far the
government should go in encOur-
aging indirect boycott by arOus-
ing public pressure behind the
Blue Hawk of the National Re-
covery Drive is being raised in
mder-cover talk here.
1t has possibilities Of becoming
one Of the most vital questions in
the operation OF this unprecedent-
ed experiment.
I PreSidcnc EooSeveit'S advisers
have been divided as to the wis
dom of encouraging what some de-
scribe as a tacit boycott by the
public on Incorporating bust
mess houses. Some see the posi-
bilities Of an unfavorable reac-
ton from resentment at strong
arm methods by the public if it
is once aroused To regard as slack
.erS. houses not showing the Blue
Hawk.
General Johnson feels that the
maximum OF public pressure is
necessary to force everyone into
line. At the same time he stands
ready, once an employer has sign
ed up. to take sympathetic view
OF his problems.
At is stands today the situation
is that the government is not SpOn-
sOring 4 boycott or rs some call
it, blaCkmail. But some hold the
view that the governments atti-
tudc will have the effect of bring
ing something like that about
should public sentiment take on I
highly emotional pitch. Those who
question the present course fear
that uncomfortable forces may be
unleashed.
The strongest words that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has used were
these uttered the other night:
I'm wal, in the gloom Of night
attack, soldiers wear a bright
badge on their shoulders to be sure
that comrades do not fire on COM
raieS. On that principle, those who
cooperate in this program must
know each other at a glance. That
is why we have provided j badge
of honor for this purpose, a SIM
pie design with the legend. 1--WE
Do Our Part, and l ask that all
those who join with me shall dis
play that badge prominently. 1t is
essential to our purpose"
General Johnson last night put
the same idea little stronger:
The idea Of the NRA badge is
to show people who of the employ
crs Of this country are following
the president in putting bread
winners lack to work and which
of them think it is good business
to sell at a few cents lower price
made possible by declining to help.
If that is blackmail so is putting
uniform on a soldier when he
marches into a battle to defend
his country. On that theory he
should be in civilian clothes so
that nobody could know he was
not a deserter skulking away be-
hind the lines"
The implications that might be
drawn by irresponsible individu-
ais from such references to de
serters and the indirect compari
son between q incorporating
business man and an enemy on the
battlefield are what cause doubts
among some. In the agriculture
department a campaign of educa-
ton rather than of popular pres
sure was used in the successful
cotton sign-up campaign. But re-
strained as those methods were, re-
ports came in of some night-rid
ers forcing neighbors to sign up.