Evening star., 1933-08-14
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, August l4-The text of
an address made here yesterday by Gen.
Hugh s. johnson, National Recovery
Administrator, follows:
The Presidents employment pro-
gram is far ahead Of schedule. We
are not trying to get figures. We do
not need them just now and neither
do you The Blue Eagle is very
visible bird. If you want to know how
the plan is working in your town, count
the stores and factories with Eagles
up as you go along the street. That
Is the answer and you can get it for
yourself by the simple use Of your
eyes
Right now. in this town, the Blue
Eagle window Is the rule and not the
exception. How did these early birds
happen to flock forth in such sudden
numbers SO spontaneously and so soon?
Because this country-Weary OF woe
was ready to make any sacrifice for
national cooperation against this
accursed depression. Because this land
ached for leadership. Because at the
very darkest moment Of our four years
night-March 4th last-that leadership
came like an answer to prayer. and in
a day or two vitaliZed and incarnated
the yeaning wish in over one hundred
million human hearts. Because, hav-
ing wakened an almost dying hope, by
its early acts, it has never paused for
one moment-but with a strong, swift
steady hand has struck one blow after
another with the regularity and force
Of a trip hammer to forge the one
weapon with which we can defeat the
ret throofanad ON
shores. That weapon is confidence
confidence in ourselves. in our institu-
tions, and in our leadership. The job
is almost done These growing flockS
OF Eagles are as sure certain sign
Of returning confidence as robins are
Of Spring. And like the coming of
Spring they have covered the whole
country. The Blue Eagle means some
thing vastly more than the rich re-
sponse to bulletin No 3 or any
other act or word of N. R. A.
concrete opportunity to show in
definite way the belief Of this whole
country in every act and deed of the
greatest leader any distressed country
ever had at a great crisis-Franklin
Delano Roosevelt. To the administra-
ton which I represent before YOU to-
night. this man stands as symbol of
the faith Of a whole people.
Not Enough Eagles.
We are asked almost breathlessly
every day. Are there enough Blue
Eagles" will the plan succeed" The
answer to the first question Is mo.
there are not enough Blue Eagles
until every employers window is
adorned ~ The answer To tho Saronf
question-"Will the plan succeed?'-
is altogether up to the people in each
town. You don't need to ask how
many Blue Eagles there are. Just
look about you If you see a place
where there is none and you do any
kind Of business there you have a right
to ask: Brother. where is your Blue
Eagle" And if the answer does not
to you seem fair. to take your business
elsewhere. II every person in this seen
and unseen audience did that for a
week, there would not be a store or
shop or factory in this whole country
without its Blue Eagle. Never in the
history of the world was peoples
destiny more suddenly and completely
placed in their own hands. II you
want to continue in this national val
ley OF the shadow of economic death.
ignore this bird If you want to lift
your country out of it, insist on this
Blue Eagle in the window and on the
wares and merchandise Of every man
who works for another man. 1t is the
most potent talisman for good that
ever was given to country. Men
have died by thousands to defend
muslin banner because 1t stood for a
sovereign pride but here is a chance
to live by millions by adherence to a
symbol that stands solely for the
solidarity of people.
There Is one sure reason for success.
This is move to bring happiness
back to homes and homes are the
peculiar province Of our wives and our
sisters and our mothers. 1t is they
who have borne the brunt of this four
years blight on decency in living. And
they are the purchasing agents of
America. 1t is said that women do 80
per cent Of buying. 1t is more ac
curate to say they do (or in some
measure controD 100 per cent of our
buying. This whole venture is in the
hands OF our women. 1t is they who
can put the Blue Eagle on everything
that stands or moves in trade and
commerce. Our cause could not be in
surer hands. Men might argue about
how many business angels could stand
on the point of an economic needle
and let the chance go by. but woman
in defense Of the support Of her home
js about nc safe for trif1erS as n liOneSS