Evening star., 1933-08-21
D. c. UNEMPLOYED
TO GET FIRST CALL
N. R. A. Jobs Here for Wash
ingtonians, Policy in
Campaign.

Washington employers are being urged
today by the local N r. A. campaign
workers to employ, so far as possible,
only bona fide Washingtonians In fill
ing the new jobs created through the
operation Of the various business and
industrial codes.
Acting on q suggestion made last
week by DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer,
chairman Of the Board OF D. c. Com
misisoners. Thomas P. Littlepage, COM
manding general Of the Districts Ma
tional Recovery Administration forces,
recommended to his stan this morning
that the employment Of Washingtonians
be made the guiding policy of the re-
covery drive here. Unanimous accord
greeted this proposal and Mr.. Littlepage
promptly issued orders throughout his
organization to the effect that the local
N. R. A. workers will advocate wash
1ngtonianS for Washington Jobs.
Record to Be Kept.
Mr.. Littlepage also asked his work
ers to ascertain and to maintain rec
ords Of the number Of jobs created and
filled under the N. r. A. drive.
The District Of Columbia's N. r. A.
organization will not have to assume
responsibility for spreading the Blue
Eagles wings over the Maryland terri
tory embraced In the National Capitals
metropolitan area. This was settled
today when Maj. E. Brooke Lee, direc-
tor Of Maryland's N. R. A. forces, ad-
vised Mr.. Lttlepage that Washington S
suburbs In Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties would be taken care
OF by the campaign forces he heads.
The District Of Columbia N. r. A.
general queried the Maryland and Vir-
gnla authorities last Friday after the
Department of Commerce had asked
whether the District campaign COM
mittee would push the drive in its
metropolitan area.
Final plans for seating the thrones
expected to witness the National Recoy-
cry day celebration August 20, will be
laid at luncheon meeting Of the Grand
stand Committee tomorrow afternoon
at the Occidental Hotel John T. Bar
orod is chairman Of the committee and
F. Bucholz Is vice chairman.
Plans to Be Framed.
Similarly, plans for policing the cele-
bration and direction Of trafic, will be
framed at meeting of the Public order
committee at II am. Wednesday at
the District Building. Melvin c. Hazen
Is chairman Of the committee.
Discussing plans for the parade today,
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, parade chair
man. said response from business and
industrial frms, and organizations which
desire to participate in the march is
SO great that difiiculty is already being
experienced in holding the parade to a
given time limit Besides the parade
the Recovery day celebration program
will include the replanting on the
Ellipse OF an oak tree, brought up from
Mount vernon, and a display of fire.
works.
Pledge Cards In Hand.
AT noon today the women's house
toulouse canvaSsing organization had
IN its workers hands 10000 consumer
pledge cards and consumer Blue Eagle
stickerS. Twenty thousand more will
be available to this army of enthu-
siastic workers who beat the gun by
starting their campaign before the OH
cial time set by the National Recovery
organization.
While no figures on the number of
consumers signed up will be available
until 10 am. Thursday when first re-
ports from the field workers will be
made, the various captains and their
!ieutenants have reported that Wash
1ngton housewives are bidding them
welcome at their doors and are readily
signing up the pledge to support Blue
Eagle businesses. Much of the women's
work Is being facilitated through the
channels of the District OF Columbia
Congress of Parents and Teachers. the
various women's clubs and the citizens
associations.
The Cleveland Park N. r. A. Com
mittee will meet tomorrow night at the
Mount Alto Hospital to perfect plans
Tor the drive in that section of the
city. Mrs. Clara Wright Smith, cap.
tain there, called the meeting.
More Lieutenants Named,
Three more captains appointed thei,
neutenants over the week end. Mrs
Walter C. Jones named as her lieu
tenants for Trinidad Mrs Nina Russell
Mrs. John Mayhem, Mrs. Helen Thomas
Mrs. Helen Sengstack, Mrs. D. w
johnson. Mrs. M. Burneston, Mrs. A
j. Milburn, Mrs. Edna Rawlings, Mrs
M. L. Selby and Mrs. Edward Fisher
Mrs. Thomas Thompson, captain OF
the Columbian Women of George Wash
ington University, named as her lieu
tenants Miss Florence Bingham, Mrs
D. Houston Buchanan, Mrs. v. v. Belle
Mrs. George w. Crisweii, Miss Rose
Cormack, Mrs. Paul Heyl,, Miss Olive
King, Miss Ruth Lilies, Mrs Fred T.
Nessell, Mrs. Johnnie Reed, Mrs
Frank Rutter, Mrs. Harold Sutton
Mrs Charles H. Squire and Mrs
James c. Wilkes. 49,
Mrs. Margaret Rauber, captain OF
the group for the Sixteenth street and
Florida avenue section, appointed al
her neutenants Miss Betty Bacon, Miss
Margaret Baer, Miss Mary Baer, Miss
Hazel Coneghan, Miss Lucy Friedell
Miss Dorothy Jones, Miss Madeline
King, Miss Catherine Maginnis, Mrs
l., q Rauher and Miss Mary Raliber