The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-08-18

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Following out the Presidents pro
gram, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. national
recovery administrator. has drafted"
citizens in all the states to lead the
great drive. Nine members were ap-
pointed on each of 4S state recovery
boards" and seven members were
named for service on &c district re
covery boards" for the recently made
codes. The telegraphic notice sent
each of the former by General john
son was:
president Roosevelt has drafted
you as one Of the nine members of the
state recovery. board for the state OF
Hs explained in bulletin No. 3
Of July 20. He has requested you to
volunteer your services without COM
pensation in this great drive for ma
tional rehabilitation. As member OF
this board your duties will be to get
every patriotic American citizen, en-
ployer, and consumer to cooperate in
this program. Please wire acceptance
Immediately and you will receive fur
Their instructions"
The advisory board for public works
is doing its part in the unemployment
campaign by dealing out further large
sums from the public works fund. Its
head, Secretary of Interior Ickes, an
nounced allotments totaling $118,282,-
600 for one state and five federal prof,
ects. Added to allotments already
made, brought the total thus far ear
marked out of the three billion three
hundred million dollar fund to 81, 058,-.
1662O1.
The state project to be financed by
the government was beneficiary of the
largest allotment. Sixty-three million
dollars. Secretary Ickes announced. Is
allotted for construction af the Grand
Coulee dam in the Columbia river
basin.
The state of Washington is to un.
dertake the dam project, it is under
stood. Thirty per cent Of the $6S,000,.
coo total cost. or $4,000 900 represents
direct outright gift by the federal
government. The remainder is to be
loaned to the state. at low interest
rates over longtime period.
The upper Mississippi 9-foot channel
project, already approved by President
Roosevelt, was allotted $11,5O0OOO
This is federal project to be under
taken under the governments rivers
and harbors program.
Another $22,700,000 Of the public
works fund was earmarked for the
Caspar-Alcova reclamation project in
Wyoming, for many years the pet
scheme of Senator John B. Kendrick
Of Wyoming.
The federal forest service was allot-
ted $15,2S2,745; the coast and geodetic
survey 100000. and the geologic sur
yey $2,5oo,0OO.
y REPRESENTATIVES. Of the oil,
~ coal. steel and many other indus.
tries were busily trying to agree on
their codes in Washington. In each
there were factions with conflicting
ideas, and it was not easy to reconcile
them. This was especially true Of the
oil men. Among them were many ad-
vocates Of federal regulation of Pc
troleum prices, but they were told by
Administrator Johnson that he would
not recommend to the President any
price fixing until the effect of produc-
tion control has been determined.
Formation of the coal code was com.
plicated by the riotous strike in the
mining zone of southwestern Pennsyl.
vania. Thirty thousand miners were
out and Governor Pinchot called out
state troops to control the situation
after quarrel with sheriff. The
National Coal association, controlled
by nonunionized operators, asked Ad-
ministrator johnson to look into the
trouble in the strike region, and he
designated Edward F. McGrady, labor
adviser to N. R. A., to investigate the
situation.
TN BOTH the coal and steel code dis
! cussions there was controversy over
the open shop versus unions. The
steel men took the open shop clause
out Of their proposed
code to facilitate set
Element but they de- ~
clared plainly that #sSS
they would stand for #
the present systems N
Of employees councils
in the industry to
carry on collective
bargaining.
Mr.. johnson said he
would not approve
any code that does
not provide for ad- ~ - Lamont
visory councils. On the old issue of
how collective bargainings should be