Evening star., 1933-10-11

any other union is absolutely negatived
by the plain words Of this statute.
N. r. A. Has Enemies.
There are enemies of the N. r. A.
Yesterday. I heard that q prominent
Wall Street journal was going to con-
duct survey Of small employers for the
purpose Of demonstrating that tbs
Presidents Unemployment agreement
was q failure.
Il know something about Wall Street
used to work there. It has been much
maligned and also properly criticized.
But the idea Of Wall Street journal
going out to demonstrate through the
little fellow the fallacy Of a great
social regeneration Is one of the grim
NEST, ghastliest pieces of humor of all
queer fotsam of our daily work.
There is distinct movement to raise
farmer antagonism to N r. A. or the
ground that anything done for workers
before farm prices are raised to their
pre-war relation to other prices is un-
favorable to agriculture. The essential
purpose of the Presidents program is
to erase disparities. 1t Is a cohesive
program. 1t proposes something fol
every oppressed area We all recognize
that the greatest disparity is the low
ness of farm prices. But the agricultural
adjustment act was given to farmers
just as N. r. A. was given to workers
1t goes to the ultimate limit to cure
the ills Of agriculture. There are much
more drastic powers in that act and
they are being ably and vigorously ad-
ministered. But there can be nothing
in our new social compact that says
| that one class must wait for any benefit
all for %hn nf hanoGf fF
another class. The aim is to raise
the condition of all together. In DR.
Sachs opinion. it is the economic
anarchy in the field of distribution
which depresses farm prices and it !:
in that direction that all our efforts
are concentrated.
Appeals for Support.
"There has been mark-up OF prices
but never forget that they were mark
ups from the destructive levels OF de-
| preston lows. The finest demOnstra-
| ton of the recovery act is about to bt
given. The Government now has the
right to ask about these things ano
| when there Is complaint about undue
increases to require justification Of
them That Is about to do in every
case Of outstanding disparity. AS I ap-
peal to you to give the Presidents plar
your unstinted support in the matter
OF disputes, appeal also to our farmer
| friends to do the same thing IN thE
matter of national unity against depres-
sion. Let us play the game as team
! and not as discordant units.
There is complaint also-largely
| from Wall Street-that rising wages
have increased costs and SO reduced
consumption. Any man who will make
an examination of these codes must
| know that in every case wages and
hours have been related to the ability
of each industry to sustain them, and
| not one code has been approved with
out the overwhelming agreement OF the
| industry submitting it. Not one single
code has been imposed. Not one
drastic provision of this law has been
| invoked. These financial gentry who
assume to know more about how to
operate a business than the men who
are running it should take some counsel
Of these circumstances, but finally and
above all they should answer the funda-
mental question of how you are going to
| reactivate business without giving the
mass purchasing power so necessary TO
mass production. You cannot squeeze
blood out Of a turnip.
Chiseling Not Overlooked.
"There is criticism also that there Is
chiseling behind the Blue Eagle and
! that our failure to hang, draw and
quarter these opportunists is reducing
confidence in. the whole plan. I think
/, that this criticism is justified. But the
point has never for one moment been
overlooked. The question Of enforcing
compliance is complex. Taking away
the Blue Eagle has been proved to be
a terrific economic punishment. We
must have a method Of justice and GER
tainty. Organization for this involves
other departments of Government. Men
have been working night and day to
prepare a national network to handle
these problems and the result will
shortly be forthcoming. The temporary
| advantage that real chiselers may OBJ
tain will prove costly experiment. The
whole power Of Government is behind
! the Blue Eagle, It is the symbol of the