Evening star., 1933-08-25
100000 Men and Women
to Take Part in Cam
paign.
FAIR TRADE PRACTICE
PLAN BEING COMPLETED
Final Steps Are Being Taken to
Procure Accord in Coal
Industry.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The N. r. A. today reported ready
all over the country for next weeks
push in the Blue Eagle Unemployment
campaign, meanwhile Is moving delib-
erately ahead to secure a coal industry
accord, and fashioning new terms Of
fair practice for the retail trade.
Hugh Johnson, recovery boss, con-
centrated upon the coal conferences at
which factions too bitterly opposed in
the past even to deal with one another,
had been brought into cooperative
consultation by necessity and the per-
suasions of President Roosevelt. Con-
clusion OF an automobile code, though
looked for soon, was being left in the
background
Large Army to Take Part.
The division set up to run the Blue
Eagle drive announced that organiza-
tion for the door-to-door push to get
business men 100 per cent under the
by the millions as pledged supporters.
had been spread to every county in the
United States. 1t estimated 1900 600
men and women will take part next
week
After three days and an extended
night session, the code of fair practice
for all retail trade except drug and food
stores remained in tentative shape. 1t
had been revised by a trade committee
to provide slightly greater hour and
wage hexibility in favor particularly of
smaller shops and communities, but,
despite some objections, still banned
sale of goods below fixed cost, and pro-
hlbited cut-rate advertising.
Arthur D. Whiteside, deputy admins
traitor in charge, had to swing his at
tention this morning to a code for the
retail drug trade which calls for longer
hours than proposed for the million
plus dry goods, furniture, hardware,
shoe and clothing establishments. This
brought up an acute point of trade
friction In view of competitive business
done by many drug stores.
New Negotiations Expected.
Automobile industry spokesmen were
expected to renew negotiations for pre-
serving in some form their code decla-
ration for open shop policies. despite
the ban placed on such statements by
johnson.
There was no promise of immediate
solution of the bituminous coal prob
lens. johnson and his aides yesterday
talked Of not wishing to spend more
than a week at the Job, but this was
not believed to be necessarily the
amount of time needed.
Non-union mine operators from
North and South, bitter competitors,
consulted together and with spokesmen
for the United Mine Workers, with
whom they have fought bloody wars, on
point-by- point agenda drawn up by
johnson.
Protest Is Made.
In Johnson's last talk with automo-
bile SpokeSmen they protested the ban
on qualifications regarding labor unions
in their code. and insisted that they b.
allowed to state that they would hire,
promote and discharge men in the fu-
ture without regard to union relations
They proposed to bring back a new
formula after consultation with motor
makers not represented on the COM
mittee.
Behind these big Jobs the N. R. A.
was digesting codes for all manner Of
small industries and trades. Today
nearly 80 agreements were set for hear
ing, the buIk between now and Septem-
Der l. The number of codes received
ran around 1000 and the n R. A. was
busy reducing these to acceptable pro-
portions, seeking to put all possible
small groups into combinations so hear
.ngs could be held on all before the end
OF the year
The mechanics of handling codes
already had reached the point that
some have been disposed of in less than
two hours of hearing.
To do this. however, N r. A.. which
a month ago had less than 200 on its
pay roll, now has an employment roster
doubled and triplcd, and its appoint
ment division is still taking on people
daily.
Completion in Doubt.
Neither johnson nor his Ieutenants
handling the coal and automobile
codes-R. M. Simpson for coal and
Robert w. Lea for autos-would hazard
guess as to when an agreement would
be obtained. One official expresses the
opinion, however, the code for the soft
coal fields would not be completed this
week, but indicated the possibility that
the other major charter now pending
might be agreed upon at any time
There was every indication that the
terrific pressure applied last week by
President Roosevelt and Gen. johnson
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