The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-24
Merchants, manufacturers and all
outline of this organized attack on
unemployment. In every community

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unemployment. In every community
organizations are formed along
military lines, which is fitting
enough, because the Presidents
Emergency Accomplishments cam
paign is Uncle Sans war on unem-
ployment and the nation is rally
ing to the colors just as legally as
though we were actually engaged
in war against foreign foe.
The local committee is made up
of the active heads of the leading
business and civic organizations,
and includes also the mayor.
These committees in the thousands
of cities and towns throughout the
country were formed following tel
egrams and letters sent by Gener-
al Johnson to the presidents Of the
I Chambers of Commerce or similar
trade bodies in every section of the
United States. These local commit
tees elect a general to have charge
of the city campaign and a lieut.
enant general who. is a woman.
The general selects three colonies,
each of whom is to take over a
certain part of the campaign work.
For example, Colonel No. has
charge of the "man-power" of or
ganization department. Under his
direction block-to-block canvass
will be made to check up on COM
pliance with the Presid ent's Agree
ment, and to make a survey of the
unemployed, as to adaptability by
experience as to trades and indus
tries and thus be able more readily
to hslp in the processes of assimi-
lation of labor by expanding in
dustries. Colonel No. 2, briefly, has
charge of newspaper publicity and
kindred activities; and Colonel No.
8 has the training and direction Of
public speakers under his charge.
Each of these three colonies has
seven or more majors on his staff,
and each major has about the same
number of captains. Each captain
has seven or more field workers.
All of the local organizations are
of course, constantly supplied with
educational and inspirational ma
terial of all kinds from the Nation
al Recovery Administration in
Washington. Literally tons and
tons of printed mater has been
shipped to every nook and corner
of the country.
The NRA emblem, known popu-
larly as the Blue Eagle, is one of
the most interesting and vital fea-
lures of the campaign. All employ
ers who sign the Presidents Agree
ment are entitled to display the
Blue Eagle with the initials NRA
and the words eve Do Our Part"
others who have the right to dis
play the insignia by reason of their
having complied with the Presi-
dents Agreement, are permitted
to hang it on their walls, or in their
windows, or on trucks and cars,
and, if they so desire, to stamp it
on their products or merchandise.
It is, in fact, the desire of the Re-
covery Administration that all
make liberal use of this badge of
patriotism.
Any person in the United States
who wishes to cooperate in the
Presidents Emergency Re-employ-
ment Campaign and be considered
as member of the NRA may go
to the authorized establishment in
his locality and sign a statement
of cooperation as follows:
81 will cooperate in re-employ-
ment by supporting and patroniz-
ing employers and workers who
are members of NRA."
Any such signer will then be
given and may thereafter use the
insignia of consumer membership
in NRA.
Every phase of the progress of