Evening star., 1933-09-05
R|CHBERG WARNS
n. R. A. SLACKERS
Declares bad Faith" With
Blue Eagle Will Not Be
+ Tolerated.
BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS Tenn

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September S.
Donald r. Richberg. general counsel
of the N. R. A.. delivered a warning
last night that bad faith" with the
Blue Eagle will not be tolerated
Estimating that from 80 to 80 per
cent Of industry and labor will join
the national recovery program. Rich
berg said about 10 per cent probably
will hold back"
The 10 per cent will not like the
some may hide behind it But the
Blue Eagle is an honest bird. He will
not long protect 10 per cent and
when the Blue Eagle has flown away,
he will not return"
THE 10 per cent will not wish to
join the President in his war against
poverty. 1t is really war against
poverty. 1t is really a war against
them. and they know it. 1t is a war
against those who take more from their
fellowmen than they give in return.
I'VE cannot long be tolerant of those
who will not cooperate"
Pleas for Cooperation.
Declaring that the country's eco
nomic and political salvation depends
on the successful expansion Of our
machinerieS of voluntary cooperation" T"
he warned that there can be no dis
tinctiOn between the labor leader, who
demands too much, and the industrial
manager, who yields too little"
Mr.. Richberg's address was preceded
by huge Labor day recovery" parade
down Main street in which hundreds
OF workers participated
will the dominant men in indus
try and labor-the generals of long
contending armies-be able to serve as
civil administrators of a program of
peaceful corporations" he asked.
This Nation" he declared, has
gone down into the depths not only
OF depression, but of a moral de-
gradation since the World War taught
us how cruel men could be to men and
what dreadful injuries man could be
compelled to accept at the hands of
their fellow men
ance in industry and labor of men who
would either use or tolerate corrup-
ton and violence to gain their selfish
ends. Under the leadership Of such un-
worthy men We have seen political cor
ruption reach its lowest depths and
farthest extent in our history.
Terrorized by Racketeers.
I'VE have seen legitimate business
become the prey Of crooked competition,
Of wholesale frauds and breaches of
trust. We have seen legitimate labor
organizations infested and terrorized by
racketeers. -"
I'VE have seen these things happen
ing in the United States year after
year; and yet men protesting to be hon.
orable citizens-leaders in industry and
labor-have not yet been able to lay
aside or adjust their disputes over the
just rewards of common endeavor,
so they might join hands against the
common enemies of honest business and
honest government"
Declaring that no employer has the
right to deny employees the right to Or
ganize and that no labor leader has a
right to represent single man un-
willing to accept his representation,
Richberg said that the man who &C
cepts leadership of industry or labor
today and repudiates his obligation to
the American people to meet in COM
mon counsel with other leaders to pro-
mote the general welfare, is not worthy
OF his responsibility, and cannot be
peTmCteo 70 retain the power which
he is so unfit to exercise"
Emblem Of Solidarity.
"Our economic and political saliva
tion," he said, depend on the sue
cessful expansion of our machineries of
voluntary cooperation" and I'VE can
not be long tolerant of men who will
not co-operate-who will not even enter
the conference room opened and main
aimed by the Government-whos stub
bornly insist that they will rule or
ruin their own affairs regardless of
whether they bring ruin to the Nation
THAT is the meaning of the Blue
Eagle and its motto-"We Do Our
Part" It stands for a willingness to
Cooperate. It stands as an emblem
Of national solidarity. And on this
Labor day its stands as an emblem of
the devotion of the Government tn the