Evening star., 1933-07-21
RECOVERY DRIVE
F.. SWIFTLY STARTED
President Watching Public
Reaction to Re-employ-
ment Campaign.
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premises. The signer may appeal fol
adjustments if hardship is worked.
Were going to appeal to the public
to support the people who agree,
johnson said. Il believe we can create
a psychology stronger than in war. We
already have the churches and fra
ternal societies lined up"
For every consumer who wishes to
cooperate and become a member OF
the N. R. A. there will be a badge
ISSUED upon signing of this statement
Il will cooperate in Unemployment
by supporting and patronizing en-
ployers and workers who are members
of N. r. A."
johnson exhibited a chart he called
''the only significant chart there Is.
It showed values have shot far upward
leaving purchasing power behind.
1T is inevitable that these must
move together for prosperity" he said
so the stock market crash isn't such
bad thing after all"
Appeal by President.
johnson gave out two documents
after leaving the White House last
night One was copy of the agree
ment every employer receives, the other
q bulletin describing the President
unemployment program"
The agreement began with a note ''to
every employer" and was signed
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1t read:
Il. This agreement is part OF Ma
tion-wide plan to raise wages. create
employment and thus increase purchas-
ing power and restore business That
plan depends wholly on united action
by all employers For this reason I ask
you, as an employer, to do your part
by signing.
50 If it turns out that the general
agreement bears unfairly on any group
of employers, they can have that
Strengthened out by presenting prompt
1y their proposed code of fair competi-
ton
The bulletin described the plan. II
explained an agreement would hold un-
til a code for the particular industry
was approved. fixing wages and hours
l. warned that for every trade or in
dustry which has not submitted code
by September /, the President will ex-
ercise his authority and ordered hear
ings to proceed on the preparation OF
one.
Swift Action Demanded.
swift moving changes require swift
action" the bulletin said. "A rapid rise
in prices and mass production is going
on. Mass purchasing power must rise
as fast In this national emer-
gency. we cannot delay broad re-em-
ployment while We wait for codes.
Before Labor day-Six weeks away
1t is possible to solve the problems OF
unemployment through individual
agreements with the President. But to
do this the country must act quickly
vigorously and boldly as one man-get
together in one powerful ef1ort-de-
clare a truce on selfishness.
The employers part is to act at
orce and all together to submit and
scrupulously comply with agreements
with the President to shorten hours and
raise wages and to cooperate with en-
pioyes in peaceful adjustment of diff
ferences.
Cooperation Is Urged.
"The employees part is to do their
best on the job and to cooperate with
N. R. A. and employers in peaceful ad-
juStment Of differences. More can be
done now for workers through this CO.
operation of 100000 people than
can ever be done by discord and dis
puts.
The public's part-and especially the
of bUying)-iS to support all those en-
ployess and employees who do then
parts to put breadwinners back to
"TheSe is no force here except con-
scienc& and opinion. But this is
not klllyhoo campaign.
'Thi1 is test of patriotism"
Seve.e-membeTed recovery boards are
created in each of the Commerce De-
partment's "a districts to supervise the
work. A nine-membered recovery board
is created for every State All men,
bers will serve without compensation
and will be named by the President to
represent the various classes of society
Confers at White House.
President Roosevelt promulgated the
new order after Gen. johnson had read
1t over to him alone in the White
House. Leaving the Executive Mansion
after his two-hour talk with the Prcsi-
dent, the administrator carried the
general order under his arm to the
Commerce Department. where he made
1T public. He had conferred with Sec
retary of Commerce Roper and Louis M
Howe. secretary to the President. be-
fore showing the order to'Mr. Roosevelt
Earlier in the day johnson had
"oAiiSd VI uIlleSS
wages and buying power quickly over
take ascending prices and production.
Other new developments in the re-
covery drive yesterday were:
Labor representatives in the ship
building trades in the shipyard code
hearing assailed Rear Admiral Emory
S. Land, naval chief constructor, for
siding with shipbuilders for 40-hour
work week instead of the 30-hour plan
written into naval construction law and
demanded by the yard workers.
Cloak and Suit Proposal.
Cloak and suit manufacturers, pro-
posing a piece work basis of minimum
pay for their labor in a code newly
taken up in hearing ran into determined
opposition from their union workers
who insisted they must have a weekly
pay rate of not not less than SIG a
week except for manufacturing
employees At S14 The workers also
wanted 80 hours and not the proposed
40
At hearing on a lumber code the
timber men put aside the question OF
wages and hours for arguments in sup
port of detailed method of controlling
the output of forest products. Their
wage proposals are as low as 22E cents
an hour: their work week as high as
48 hours, both diSliked by johnson.
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