The Washington times., 1933-09-01

of the 500 business gathered obvious They
not to be deprived of their great prvegeo HIMSELF
in PERsON-not moving picture not deputy, but the
commanding officer It increased their of se-m
porance and before the general had spoken half dozen
OF his brief surred sentences he had increased their
Of obligation WELL
For-r-fd March!
happened to sit behind him and only the squared
Off shoulders the heavy neck which the big head rests
and the upper half Of his stocky figure His style is mill
tP the opening words of each sentence blurred the
C come at the end, in all military commands.
Jc said that this meeting (of retail merchants) was
more important than except few in which difficulties
had arisen. But the compliments over He went
to the justice of the act under which he works and to
his fixed intention not to allow the codes to be made an
excuse for profiteerng and cheating.
Suddenly he took newspaper and began read slash
ing attack himself The editorial hoped that General
johnson would catch his breath and explain what ne
about boycotts and economic death and hanging
Danny Deever in the morning '1'd like to say that I've
caught my BREATH he nterposed and read the at
tack the end Then the words came clearly with sup
pressed violence
No Cheating
He had not asked boycott; he had threatened any
man with economic DEATH machinery for forcing
people to accept the Blue Eagle But if signed
got the Eagle and then cheated under the Blue
Eagle he would be caught and after patient hearing II ne
guilty. he would be exposed with such publicity as to
cause DEATH It not the who refused to
sign but the man who signed and then used the code
~new weapon hurting the public who would suffer-
Not great orator. General but impressive The ap
peal patriotism not great the appeal to common
common Qecency
DONE the General left with salvos of applause. He had
business elsewhere.
With the Boys
The business was interrupted four the afternoon for
press conference The Washington correspondents
early crowded around the table at end OF the room
Five minutes the General arrived preceded by his
secretary who chewed gum and wnked syy at the re-
porters We go to it, murmured the General as ne
sat down. They went to it.
Houston paper reported that had been fined for
stayng open longer than the code hours what authority
had the General given for that? None, he answered
In another State posse had attacked storekeeper tor
some real fanced nfracton of the code by what au
thority? 'None" said the General Had any big steel
men been invited speak for the Blue Eagle? The Cen
eral had nothing to do with speakers How many Blue
( Eagles have you taken down" ''None."
No Synthetic Charm
It is not all negative all curt but for the most part
johnson looks as if he d like be elsewhere 1t is known
that he is one Of the popular with newspaper
correspondents he makes attempt to please them
he definitely curry favor. When they ask MN
questions information which he does not posses ne tells
them so They ask what he would do If Henry FORD pre-
sented code all by himself. Thats fantastic ne an
swers. But he lodges
''How will business get credit from the banks for
increased cost of goods higher payros? The General
has been working that Commercial banking has ceased
to Junction. he says and grmy admits that ne sees ie"
signs of improvement there Occasionally he smiles; "en
all the others laugh he laughs too and his red 1ace WIN
its prominent thick lights up his eyes TWINKLE ror
moment he looks if he enjoying himself enorm-
ousv and as if he must have been good company IN the
days when he did not have to work so hard.