Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-08-05
More Than 3, 10 Under Code,
While Many Others Are
Signing Up Today.
HUNDREDS GIVEN JOBS;
PRICES ALSO INCREASE
Haircuts to Cost Fifty Cents and
SLAVES Half That in New
BARRIERS Agreement.

More than 3,1lo Washington en-
ployers were doing their part" today
toward bringing back prosperity by CO.
operating with the Presidents emery
ency Unemployment program.
BY the time the Benjamin Franklin
Post Office-distributing point for the
Blue Eagle In Neutrality-suspicious. at 2
O'Clock today. it was expected about half
of the Capitals employers would be
signed up in support of N. r. A.
At the same time that hundreds OF
employees were added to pay rolls as a
result of application of various indus
trial codes, a sharp stiffening in the
prices of commodities was reported
throughout the city.
Yesterdays total of Washington en-
ployers to place their names on Ger
tificates of compliance" totaled GA,
comparing with 1872 for Tuesday. the
first day the Blue Eagle was available;
921 for Wednesday, and 100 for Thurs
day. As soon as national groups rep
resenting the restaurant, hotel, trans
portation and other industries, agree on
codes, the number of employers to be
brought into line is expected to be
considerably increased.
BARRIERS Agree on Code.
The agreement Of local BARRIERS on
q code. under the leadership OF the
Master Barber Association OF the DIS
trict, a large number of Blue Eagles
obtained yesterday were by these en-
ployers. who announced that haircuts
would be increased to so cents, shave,
Is cents, and the working week set at
40 hours with a minimum wage OF
$1450.
The agreements signed by local en-
ployers go directly to Norfolk, the De.
partment of Commerce geographical
district which includes washington,
where "honor rolls Of cooperating
firms and individuals are prepared.
The names are assembled from day
to day. and displayed In the lobby OF
of the City Post Office, North Capitol
street and Massachusetts, avenue.
The method of securing the Blue
Eagle is to sign the agreement and
mail 1t to Norfolk in a Government
franked envelope, and fill out form
for presentation at the Benjamin
Franklin Post Office certifying that
this has been done.
The post Office has been authorized
to give each complying employer one In
door Blue Eagle card. one outdoor card.
hanger insignia, large blue eagle
stickers, 10 small stickers, 10 consum-
ers' stickers and 10 consumers state
ments of cooperation.
Large organizations desiring more
than those given out at the post office
are directed to three local printing
firms who have been made official
printers" and are provided with cuts
and plates for the printing up Of addi-
tional insignia for which the employer
Is required to pay. Such organizations
as chain grocery stores were given one
set of the insignia, and if additional
emblems were needed for each branch.
they were required to buy them from
these printers.
Capital May Get Board.
Secretary of Commerce Roper today
asked District trade and civic organiza-
tons if they required the naming of a
board similar to the state and geo.
graphical district organizations set up
under the National Recovery Admins
tration, in order to push the Presidents
recovery program in the Capital.
Referring to reports that the District
had been omitted in the naming of
more than 600 committeeman in every
part of the country to aid In the drive,
the Secretary said:
"Inasmuch as the national head
quarters of the Public Works Admins,
tration is located here, it was decided
by the administrator that it would not
be necessary to have a local committee
or board of an advisory nature for the
District of Columbia in connection with
that program.
Program Working Well.
"Inasmuch as this seems to be work
ing with satisfaction, we have thought
that it would be well to follow the
same plan with regard to the National
Recovery Administration.
However, we are not adverse to ap-
pointing a board for the entire District
of Columbia in connection with the Ma
tional Recovery program If 1t is con-
sidered necessary by Gen. Hugh s.
johnson, and will confer with him
with this end in view.
I'm the meantime, would like to
have an expression as to the adviS-
ability of such procedure from the
standpoint of the District, from the
president Of the Board of Trade and
the president Of the local Chamber of
Commerce and other District CONNER
cial organizations"
ID. C. Not in Draft.
Although Washington was among the
cities whose trade leaders received tele-
grams July 81 urging cooperation in
the Unemployment campaign, the Dis
trict was not included in the drafting"
OF civic and business leaders in all parts
of the United States to push the re-
covery drive.
It was explained at N. r. A. head
quarters today that the omission was
not made through error, as had at first
been reported, but because It was not
thought such organizations would be
necessary at the point where the ad-