Evening star., 1933-07-21

To the public went an open appeal
for cooperation "by supporting and
patronizing employers and workers
who are members of the N. r. A.
signers of the presidential agreements
for boosting national purchasing power.
Huge Publicity Campaign.
Powerfully driving this war-like
plan for unifying the country in Gre
ating unemployment was a carefully
mapped campaign of education" that
brusQue Gen. johnson said will "satu-
rate the country with the dope on this
thing"
President Roosevelt himself will
take to the people the plan he and
johnson agreed upon finally late last
night.
I'm just as certain it will work as
am sitting here" said johnson. back
at his deck after the presidential con-
ference. I'm stalking everything on
it,
While Gen. johnson acted to set the
drive in motion. his deputies pushed
ahead with hearings on four separate
industries which have stepped forward
with fair competition codes for self
regulation and labor betterment.
Labor Pressing Claims.
These were the shipbulding, lum-
Der, electrical manufacturing and the
women's cloak and suit industries.
Labor's demands for better wage and
hour terms than offered by the en-
ployers dominated the proceedings.
The steel code hearing has been set
for July 81.
simultaneously the presses at the
Government Printing Office were roar
ing away on production of millions Of
copies of the emergency Unemployment
agreements, which employers, begin
ming the middle of next week, viii
be asked to sign.
Mail carriers were instructed to de-
liver the blanks to every business es-
tablishment employing more than two
persons.
johnson asked the presidents of the
chambers of commerce to get on the
local committee their mayor and Off
cial heads of the clearing house, Rotary,
Kiwanis and Lions Clubs. retail mer-
chants associations, Federation Of
Labor. advertising clubs, federations OF
women's clubs, welfare societies, min
isterial associations. real estate aSsocia-
tions and other important units.
Further Instructions Later.
Further instructions as to conduct
of the campaign were promised later.
The campaign in general will be
under supervision of Charles F. Horner,
Kansas City, wartime head of the
Liberty Loan Drive Speakers Bureau.
Frank r. Wilson of Sioux City, Iowa,
Louis j. Albert OF Cleveland and Labert
st. Clair of New York, all specialists
in the liberty loan movement. have
been assigned key positions in the new
setup.
The heart Of the plan:
Every employer will receive through
the mail July 81 an agreement ad-
dressed to him by President Roosevelt.
Upon signing, this binds him to main
tain a fixed minimum wage and not
to exceed fixed maximum work week
during "the Presidents emergency re-
employment drive from August / to
December 1.
Basic Terms Of Pact.
The basic hours, labor and wages:
Child labor outlawed.
$14 to SIS a week minimum and Q
40-hour week for So-called white collar
labor
80 to 40 cents an hour minimum for
q 35-hour week and an 8-hour day
maximum for factory and mechanical
labor
Equitable readjustment Of pay above
the minimum.
Every signer receives a certificate
and Government badge showing the
seal of N. r. A. (National Recovery Ad-
ministration) and the words: Member
N. r. A. We do our part" This
ment. goe-ds, communications and