The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-17

or asking for fur
Their Information.
Though there may
Pres. hoosese' be many dissidents,
carriers and selfish hideouts, 1t is
snnarent that the people are deter
mined to give the N. I. R. A. pro-
eram fair trial. Industrial lead
ara IN general are willing to shorten
work hours, and Increase wages.
There IS, however, one section OF
the "jobs agreement" that arouses
considerable distrust. This In ef-
feet provides that signers OF the
blanket code automatically bind
themselves to the so-called union
labor provisions Of the recovery act.
Open shop employers naturally do
not like this. ...
The President In his radio ad-
dress declared that prompt action
BY employers and cooperation by
workers would spell success for the
recovery plan, while failure would
mean another desperate winter.
Signing Of the universal agreement,
he said, twill start the wheels turn
ing now, and not six months from
now" and he added that to await
formation and approval Of specific
codes for separate industries would
not be fast enough.
Eve are not going through an
other winter like the last" he said,
as grim determination set into his
voice, and he declared that II en-
ployers will act together now 1--WE
can put people back to work."
Sunless 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
honorable men to follow suit or
close up shop. We have seen the
result Of action of that kind in the
continuing descent into the eco
nomic hell Of the past four years"
While pleading for voluntary ac-
ton 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 purpose by seeking
selfish advantage"
GENERAL JOHNSON, working
as energetically as he did when
ne administered the World war
draft code act, was pleased with the
general approval Of the uniform
code designed to establish a 35-
hour week and a $14 minimum
wage for labor and a 4G-hour week
and $l5 minimum wage for the
white collar worker.
AS In the draft case, he said, nu-
merous questions come up in trying
70 apply a general rule to Industry.
wen find undoubtedly that
we've made Mistakes" he said.
and whenever we find we've made
q mistake We'll come out and say
80 and correct 1t. We attempted to
sulke as near median as we could
Wltnout upsetting too many apple
sarls. But we will deal very prompt
" with specific cases of hardship"
a very important question, COW
efing a large class Of workers. was
raised as to whether existing con-
Tracts are affected by the uniform
cvoe' johnson said they were not.
Sontracts cannot be broken, even
~ tne government. This means that
.ne hours and wages of contract
workers are not affected, unless by
common consent.
EN- regional advisers to the pub
NC works administration have
. Deen appointed by the President to
serve as direct representatives of
.ae administration and obtain from
s ssa.e boards lists of projects for
.onslderation. These men. their
aeaaquarters and the states in each
,.a neg,on Ralph L. Cooper of Bel
, ms.. Maine; Boston, Maine. Yer
s %oat, massachusetts,, Rhode Island
ana Connecticut. N
Mt hegion Edward J. FLYNN Of
view York city; New York state.
d,a eelon @Daniel J. Tobin of In
Gdis s Chicago, Illinois. In.
sin. oiiio anu Wlscon-
wbs lon Frank Murphy Of
s maeaton' Mimi; Omaha, North Da.
nO.a, South Dakota, Nebraska. Mn
p Iowa and wyoming.
nesion 5-Dana Marshall Of Port
I 1sna, Ore; Portland, Montana To- -
euohO, Washipr+o