The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-24

pushing Ior"aru III
n. 8. Johnson the recovery CAM
paIgn determinedly. Following out
the Presidents program, Gen. Hugh
8 Johnson, national recovery adj
mlnistrator, has drafted" citizens
IN all the states to lead the great
drive. Nine members were apt
pointed on each Of 48 state "re-
coyery boards" and seven members
were named for service on 26 dis
trict recovery boards" for the re-
Gently made codes. The Geographic
notice sent each Of the former by
General Johnson was:
president Roosevelt has drafted
ron as one Of the nine members OF
the state recovery board for the
state of :. as explained In bull
letin No. 8 Of July 20. He has re-
uuested you to volunteer your serv-
Ices without compensation In this
great drive for national rehabilita-
lion. AS q member Of this board
your duties will be to get every pa
triotic American citizen, employer
and consumer to cooperate in. this
program. Please wire acceptance
Immediately, and you will receive
further Instructions" -
The advisory board for public
works is doing its part in the re-
employment campaign by dealing
out further large sums from the
public works fund. Its head, Sec
rotary Of Interior Ickes, announced
allotments totaling $11S,2S2,OO0 for
one state and five federal projects.
Added to allotments already made,
brought the total thus far ear
marked out of the three billion
three hundred million dollar fund to
s105S, 166.201.
The state project to be financed
by the government was beneficiary
Of the largest allotment. Sixty-three
million dollars, Secretary Ickes an
nounced, is allotted for construction
Of the Grand Coulee dam in the Co
lumbia river basin.
The upper Mississippi 9-foot chan
mel project, already approved by
President Roosevelt, was allotted
$11,5O0,00O. This is a federal prof.
ect to be undertaken under the gov
ernment's rivers and harbors pro-
gram.
Another s22,7OO,OOO of the public
works fund was earmarked for the
Caspar-Alcova reclamation project
In Wyoming. for many years the pet
scheme Of Senator John B. Kendrick
Of Wyoming.
The federal forest service was al
lotted $15,2S2,745: the coast and ge-
odetic survey, 100000, and the
geologic survey $2,5OO,OO0.
II REPRESENTATIVES Of the oil.
coal, steel and many other in
oustries were busy trying to agree
On thear codes In Washington. In
sacn there were factions with con-
melting ideas, and it was not easy
20 reconcile them. This was espe-
cially true Of the oil men. Among
tnem were many advocates of fed
srai regulation Of petroleum prices,
our they were told by Administrat-
tof Johnson that he would not rec
ommend to the President any price
n2ing until the effect of production
control has been determined.
formation Of the coal code was
complicated by the riotous strike
~ tne mining zone of southwest
cru pennsylvania. Thirty thousand
mners were out and Governor Pin
. suos called out state troops to con-
erui the situation after a quarrel
WIN q sheriff. The National Coal
,assoclation, controlled by nonunion-
leu operators, asked Administrator
=. TO look into the trouble in
Ts strike region. and he designated
:. Inward F. McGrady, labor adviser
uatlon. 'ne BIZ
\ BOTH the coal and steel code
,o. discussions there was contro-
pnI sy over +, the open shop versus
ons The steel men took the
open shop clause ,,,,.,.,,,.,,.,..... -.
out OF their pro- -
posed code to ia. = s
sllitate settlement.
O nut they declared
plainly that they
would stand for the sSs|
a present systems of
employees councils
- me Industry to
AIRY On collective b
bargaining. 81
:. MI Johnson said '1'''AA 1S''
me- Nc would not ap- r. p. Lamont
ris I've any code that does No, nro
o Sds TO for advisory councils DC On p tho