The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-23
LOCAL ARMY
IS LINING Up
BEHIND NRA
Organization Will Be Com
pleted at Meeting
Thursday
INTENSIVE DRIVE
TO BEGIN MONDAY

With the Blue Eagle drive daily
gaining momentum in every part
of the country, indications today
were that Henderson county soon
will be enlisted in force behind
this new American bird.
Meeting yesterday afternoon,
the five "key men" in charge Of
the drive here laid plans for a
house-to-house canvass next Mon
day to enlist support for the UNI
employment campaign insofar as
it can be carried out here. At
tending the meeting were General
A. v. Edwards, Noah Hollowell,
permanent chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee and the three
colonies, H. H. Ewbank, in. charge
of man power; O.. Y. Browlee,
head of the educational forces, in
Guiding a speakers bureau, and c.
NJ. Ogle, publicity and advertising
director. -.
Col. Ewbank announced the
appointment of five majors to
help conduct the house-to-house
canvass, and said these majors had
appointed part of their captains
and privates. Mrs. John Forrest,
who as acknowledgement will mo-
belize, the woman power, will .ap-
point three majors. the other two
colonies will name as many ma
jors and others helpers as they
have need for, and General Ed.
wards will appoint majors For out
lying towns and territory. All APP
pointees will meet at 500 p. m.
Thursday at the city hall ID COM
plete the organization for the in.
tensive campaign set by the ma
tional NRA administration for
next week.
Majors who will work under the
direction of Colonel Ewbank are
c. L. Stark, F. A. Ewbank, Erie
G. Stillwell, J. C. Morrow and c.
X. Hoover.
Reports reaching Henderson
vile from Washington today gave
stirring picture of campaign
for unemployment that is unique
in the annals of. this or any other
country. According to these re-
ports approximately 5000 commu-
mites are now organized with a
militant crew of volunteer workers
who are going the limit of their
ability to make possible the OBJ
jectives of, President Roosevelt
and National Recovery Admins
traitor Johnson which is 5000, 900
more men and women on the pay
rolls of the nation by Labor Day.
And to this volunteer army, thous-
ands of recruits are being added
daily as new communities by the
hundreds take up the work.
One of the marvels of the cam
paign, so it is pointed out, is the
sheer speed with which these
strides have been attained. 1t is
literally matter of days since the
Blue Eagle first was thrust across
the American horizon. Less than
80 days ago, General Johnson sent
out a message to the heads OF
commercial organizations in all
parts of the country asking them
to take the initiative in forming
militant Blue Eagle organizations
in their respective communities.
This was the beginning of the cam
paign. In less than "a hours there
after wires, phone calls, and let
tiers began a bombardment that
has never ceased. 1t has been a
bombardment of enlistment. And
through all the thousands of mes
sages that have been pouring into
Washington, this has been the
theme of all: "We're ready to go.
Tell us what to do"
1t is not going too far to say
that all America has enlisted be-
hind the Blue Eagle. For example,
every motion picture theatre in
America is this week showing a
"trailer" to the news reels. 1t
starts off with a vigorous Uncle
Sam pointing an uncompromising
index finger at the audience with
the words, "Uncle Sam Wants
You" And then the whole picture
is of a nature calculated to stir
the audience to the heights of pa
triotic ardor. Then there are
countless movie-tones, and next
week will see the beginning of a
series of NRA dramas in which
all the big stars in Hollywood will
take part. Never before in the his
tory of the silver screen has there
been such a solidarity of endeavor
to bring success to a cause. The
radio, too, has surrendered quite
as completely to the Blue Eagle.
1t is not easy to tune in anywhere
today and not hear some message
of exhortation in behalf of the
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