Evening star., 1933-08-14

got uN into 1t and who now profess
alarm because we are about to depart
somewhat from ancient doctrines.
Some say, 'Oh yes, there are Blue
Eagles everywhere, but the employers
that show them are cheating. They
put up the Blue Eagle and then beat
the game. They don't raise wages and
they don't make jobs"
People who say that don't know
what is going on. The President un-
derstandS the temper of the American
people better than any leader we ever
had. He had part in the great CO.
operation OF the. war. His doctrine at
every turn. assumes good faith and 1t
springs from an acute experience. The
strength Of our Nation Is that you can
trust it to play the game But he is a
realist and he has repeatedly said
publicly and privately-that he does
not purpose to leave the vast majority
Of honest men to the mercy Of the
exploit the public spirit Of their
He said in his inaugural that he be-
! lieved in putting first things first and
the first thing in this great program
is to get Blue Eagles in every window.
The time for dealing with the unim-
portant chiseling fringe will come as
soon as that is done. But please trust
the Blue Eagles who carries thunder
bolts in one claw and a mill wheel in
the other, to deal with it effectively
and suddenly and to the complete and
| lasting satisfaction Of the great bulk
of American players Of the game.
Eagle Badge Of Honor.
The Blue Eagle is a badge Of honor
Of the very essence Of American fair
play. We cannot do less than accept
unquestioned the pledge OF every appli-
cant and to award this bright medal to
every employer who asks for 1t. Nine
ty-nine out Of q hundred will deserve
| it, and live up to it, with the almost
holy reverence of religion In this
solemn and critical hour.
We all know the possibility OF an
Iscariot in every II. Even Judas sur
vived for Q season-and then lung
| himself for shame. AS soon as this
great modern legion is marshaled. 1t
| will be time enough to look about u.s.
| There will never be q need for spies
or constables or police court actions
Everybody in every community knows
what an employer Is doing with his
help. Does anybody for moment
believe that any man can deceive the
public behind the badge Of the Blue
Eagle?
At this time we ask only, that you
| visualize the rare case OF man who
! has betrayed the confidence Of the
President and the people Of this Ma
| tion and. behind the Outspread wings
of the Blue Eagle has inveigled the
women of his community to support
! his business, and then imagine that,
after just complaint and fair and pa
/ tient hearing. he is at last found out
| as one who would prong pennies in
violation Of a spontaneous confidence
| Of his Government and his neighbors
Guilty as charged Guilty Of trifling
,, with this great chance to lift this coun-
try out Of economic hell. Guilty Of q
| practice as cheap as stealing pennies
out Of the cup Of blind beggar What
should be done with such a man? No
Jail deserves to be dishonored by his
| incarceration. AS happened to Danny
Deever in Kiplings regimental hanging
| N r. A. will have to remove from
him his badge Of public faith and
! business honor and "tykin of his but
tons of an cut his stripes away"
and break the bright sword of his
commercial honor in the eyes Of his
neighbors- throw the fragments
in scorn-in the dust at his feet.
1t is sentence of economic death.
1t will never happen. The threat of
it transcends any puny penal pro-
visions in this law. The mere image
of 1t is the rare exception that proves
| the rule that, under such q new and
| intelligent approach to this economic
! riddle as has been given to this world
by Franklin Roosevelt, honor is a bet
ter guide for business conduct than
Hoyle's book Of tuppeny rules written
| in a statute and the scorn OF trusting
people more potent force than threats
I NJ iail nd {r,j vi,
any adroit advocate can avert. In this
! high court OF commercial chivalry We
are beyond the day when any lawyers
| interminable palaver can fill the peo-
pies mouths with dust. 1t is a new
thing in social and economic relation
ship and we are now getting the trump
| cards Of the new deal and the Blue
Eagle is the ace of aces in the deck
Hopelessness Of Trifing.
1t is for these reasons that nobody
need entertain fear that there will
| not be enough Blue Eagles-or that
any man who walks on legs can with
impunity) trifle with this bird and
long survive. But the very power OF
these bolts in the claws OF this earliest
| Of American symbols-the thunderbird
! suggests a greater caution.
We put out the Unemployment agree
TnenI hIteT pdlIlStdklIlg SluOy OF WndC
| is needed to put all our people back
to work We knew that there were
some vast Industries that probably
could not meet the general rule with
out too great a sacrifice. We left our
rules wide open to give them their
chance to come here and show why
there should be changes. We knew
that this would bring to our doors
great willing and patriotic groups
anxious to give their utmost. but put
to the stark necessity of asking for
some adjustments They have come
| and. pending hearing when the
! whole matter may be considered under
the public eye-or as some one has
said. In a goldfish bowl"-the claims
they make have been granted Qargely
on their own statements. but checked
by our staff. AS fast as they have