The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-11

S may be many dissi-
: - = dents, carpers and
pres. nooseve" selfish holdouts, 1t is
apparent that the people are deter
mined to give the N. l. r. A. program
fair trial. Industrial leaders in gen.
eral are willing to shorten work hours
and increase wages. There is. how.
ever. one section Of the "jobs agree
ment" that arouses considerable dis.
trust. This in effect provides that
signers of the blanket code autOmati-
cally bind themselves to the so-called
union labor provisions of the recov.
cry act. Open shop employers nat
urally do not like this.
The President in his radio address
declared that prompt action by en-
ployers and cooperation by workers
would spell success for the recovery
plan, while failure would mean an
other desperate winter. Signing of
the universal agreement. he said,
twill start the wheels turning now.
and not six months from now" and
he added that to await formation and
approval of specific codes. for sep
arate Industries would not be fast
enough.
I'VE are not going through another
winter like the last" he said. as a
grim determination set into his voice,
and he declared that if employers will
act together now 1--WE can put people
back TO work." 81
unless there is united action" the
President. said, "a few selfish men in
each competitive group will pay
starvation wages and insist on long
hours OF work, which forces honor
able men to follow suit or close up
shop. We have seen the result of ac-
tion of that kind in the continuing
descent into the economic hell of the
past four years."
While pleading for voluntary action
and promising the creation of rolls
of honor" of signers to be posted In
their home towns, Mr.. Roosevelt
warned his hearers that the law gives
him power to deal with those who
try Ito thwart this great common pur-
pose by seeking selfish advantage"
~ ENERAL JOHNSON, working as
~ energetically as he did when he
administered the World war draft act,
was pleased with the general approval
of the uniform code designed to estab-
fish 35-hour week and $14 mini
mum wage for labor and a 4O-hour
week and SIS minimum wage for the
"white collar" worker.
AS in the draft case, he said, nu-.
merous questions come up in trying
to apply general rule to industry.
"We'll find undoubtedly that we've
made Mistakes" he said. "And when
ever we find we've made a mistake
we'll come out ard say so and correct
1t. We attempted to strike as near
median as We could without upsetting
too many applicants. But we will
deal very promptly with specific cases
of hardship"
A very important question, covering
large class of workers. was raised
as to whether existing contracts
are affected by the uniform code.
Johnson said they were not. Con-
tracts cannot be broken.
Over the radio General Johnson told
the country that no power can stop
the recovery program and that five
million workers would be re-employed
before September labor day.
TEN regional advisors to the public
1 works administration have been ap-
pointed by the President to serve as
direct representatives of the admins
tration and obtain from state boards
lists of projects for consideration.
These men. their headquarters and the
states in each region are:
Region Ralph l.. Cooper of Bel
fast, Maine; Boston, Maine, Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut.
Region Edward J. Flynn of New
York city; New York state.
Region 3-Daniel J. Tobin of In
dianapolis; Chicago, Illinois. Indiana,
Michigan. Ohio and Wisconsin.
Region frank Murphy of Wheat
on, Mimi; Omaha, North Dakota.
South Dakota. Nebraska, Minnesota,
Iowa and Wyoming.
Region 5-Dana Marshall Of Port
land. Ore; Portland, Montana. Idaho,
Washington and oregon.
Region 6-Justus S. Wardell of San
Francisco; San Francisco. California,
Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
Region Clifford Jones of, Spur.
Texas; Fort Worth. Texas, Louisiana.
and New Mexico.
Region 8-Vincent NJ. Miles of Fort
Smith. Ark; Kansas City. Colorado,
Kansas. Oklahoma. Missouri, and Ar
kansas.
Region 0-Monroe Johnson of Ma.
rion. s. G.; Atlanta. Mississippi. Ala.