Evening star., 1933-08-14
N. r. A. Ahead of Program
johnson Tells St. Louis Gathering Success of Presi
denis Re-employment Drive Is Inevitable With
Loyalty of Nation Behind 1t.

at the door OF q den full Of cubs.
When every American housewife under
stands that the Blue Eagle on every
thing that she permits to come into
her home is a symbol of its restora-
ton to security, may God have mercy
on the man or group OF men who at
tempt to trifle with this bird.
Woman's Job Vital.
The Job of any woman in this pro-
gram Is a very vital, active and den
mite one. In the first place. she should
insist on display OF the Blue Eagle
by every supplier of her home.
But that is not enough-already, we
have heard some boasting Of manufac-
turers. We don't need the Blue Eagle:
Our dealers eagle will cover sales OF
our goods" "Oh ye of little sense" 1t
makes no difference whether it is an
automobile or package OF pins
women will ask for the manufacturer
eagle on radiator caps or makers
package and no,$30, 100000 corporation
will be permitted to cover its omissions
behind the self-sacrifice Of $4,000
dealer.
But mere passive cooperation Of
women is not enough. 1t is not an
as that Of the Blue Eagle-into the
minds of everybody in every nook and
Granny Of q Nation as great as this in
30 days. 1t is to the intelligent women
Of the country that NJ R. A. appeals to
see to 1t that there shall be not one
Of their sisters in their community who
does not know and understand what
must be done to put her men folk
back on somebody's pay roll. In every
city. town and hamlet in this land.
there should be q local committee
charged with the duty Of carrying our
great Presidents program into effect
Naturally some Of these groups are
active and alert and able and some
are less SO. There is one way to make
them all so and that is to get the
women folk Of their community after
them. That, madam-w wherever and
whoever you are-is the biggest part Of
your job
Get in touch with your local COM
mittee tomorrow. If it Is asleep. wake
it up. II, for some reason. there is
none in your town, get together a few
live women: form one-telegraph me
and you will be duly commissioned in
48 hours to supply the need your men
folk have neglected. The job of these
committees is-by a store e-to-store and
factory-to-factory canvass-to get the
Blue Eagle on every employers window
and. by a house-to-house canvass. to
marshal the great army Of women buy
ers in this country behind the Blue
Eagle.
All this is not . campaign Of intimi-
dation. 1t is a campaign Of explana-
ton. The only thing to make the
Presidents plan effective Is to under
that is necessary to understand the
Presidents plan is to know that every
employer who can show the Blue Eagle
has already raised wages and made new
jobs and that he cannot possibly keep
it up unless everybody acts right now
to support him and buy his goods.
That simple but necessary program
depends on just one thing for its sue
ceSs-the instant and intensive activity
and support OF the mothers and wives
and sisters and sweethearts Of this
else in the world.
Men Led Revolution.
Our men had the leading part In
the Revolution which made the Nation
and in the Civil War which united
it, and in the World War which glori
fed it. But, this time, it is the women
who must carry the whole weight of
President RooSevelt's war against de-
pression-perhaps the most dangerous
war Of all 1t is women in homes
and not soldiers In uniform who will
this time save our country from mis-
cry and discord and unhappiness. They
will go over the top to as great a
victory as the Argonne ever was. 1t
is zero hour for housewives. Their
battle cry is Buy now under the Blue
Eagle" and the bird Is blazoned on
the banners in their van
Today, this country is astir from
coast to coast. Nothing can stop this
movement. Along the line Of march
are such men as stood on the banks
of the Hudson while Fultons steamboat
got up steam and cried. She'll never
run-She'll never run" We also heard
a similar complaint in Washington for
a month. We like to remember that
when the Claremont began chunking
up the Hudson River. men ran along
side crying. She'll never stop-she'll
never stop" We are hearing that also
now. "Beware-what are the people
going to do with this dangerous
Weapon?"
Well. we have trusted the people of
this country in every great crisis since
our beginning. and 1t is the belief Of
this administration that they can be
trusted now Surely they are more to
be trusted to get us out Of this hole
than some of the blind leaders who