The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04


ministrator Hugh S. Johnson est1m
would gain jobs by Labor day.
Additional hundreds Of thousands
will regain old Jobs or find new ones
as the recovery program gains mo-
mentum and more and more indus
tries come under the twO-year fair
practice codes Of the NRA.
All to Get Work
The program envisages eventual
absorption of all Of Americas IN
employed Who want 70 work
It is less than threee months since
President Roosevelt signed the ma
tional industrial recovery act. But
in this time these significant de-
velOpments have occurred.
1. The evils Of child labor have
been eliminated.
8. Abuses Of the sweatshops have
been corrected or eliminated.
3. Orga nized labor has strength
ened its position.
4. Higher ethical standards have
been set for the conduct of bust
ness.
5. Womens place in the indus
trial world has been improved.
s. Machinery has been set up for
handling industrial disputes, both of
a national scale with government
backing and in individual industries.
Z. A new spirit Of cooperation has
become apparent among many in
dustrials.
8. Long range planning has been
forwarded
g. Control of prices and prOduc-
ton has been put into actual praC-
tice in certain instances.
10. The countrys population has
been welded into a cooperative
agency of reconstruction
H. Unfair trade practices and
cut-throat methods of competition
are being curbed.
II. Fair price structures are being
developed.
10. Governmental statistical serv-
ices are being co-Ordinated.
IA. Certain labor controversies of
long standing have been settled.
Is. Progress has been made to-
ward eventual adjustment of work
ing hours to the machine age.
Unfair Tactics Barred
The unfair trade practices which
the codes propose 10 abolish list the
giving and taking of brides. fragrant
Misrepresentation and other ac-
tivities which come more within the
realm of outright dishonesty than
under any possible conception of
progressive business methods.
The universal CRY against pTac-
tees of this type has been encOur-
aging to those in government life
who believe that-the American bust
ness is essentially honest and not
given generally 10 INSCRIPTIONS tao
tics.
President Roosevelt signed the re-
covery act on June 10 At the time
he issued a ringing message TO the
American people that stands up to-
day as the soundeSt Interpretation
of the recovery act yet compiled.
On the same day the law was
signed the cotton textile industry
submitted the first code of fair
competition as provided in the act.
which opened the way for industrial
self government freed from the
shackles of the Sherman antitrust
law of 1890 and The Clayton act of
1914.
Speed Is Achieved
The cotton textile code was swept
through hearings and TO the Pres
ident's desk in ruthless cutting away
Of shibbOlets which had plagued
the industry for years. Child labor
was Knocked out almost over night
Wages were raised and industrial re-
lations setupS organized. The way
was cleared for eventual elimination
Of mill towns.
One by one the big industries
came forward steel. lumber. oil
clothing. automobiles. bituminous
coal-until so per cent of America 5
industrial life was represented be
fore the MIRA.
Coal. stubborn problem for de-
cades past. has been before the NRA
all summer. Hearings began Aug.
g. with open clashes over the COM
pany union provisions of the nom
union codes and nearly thirty separ-
ate sections of the industry clamOr-
ing for individual treatment.
Clear WAY for Peace
The high spot in the coal discus
sion vas the agreement reached
Aug. Is between nOnunion operators
and representatives Of the United
Mine Workers Of America. clearing
a path for union recognition and
settlement Of controversies which
have led in the past TO serious con-
fiicts and bloodshed.
The most spectacular part of the
summers unemployment efforts
was the blue eagle drive under
presidential agreements to increase
wages and shorten working hours.
johnson. the army general who
turned his talents TO peacetime
work in the most pretentious eco
nomic experiment ever attempted in
the limited States was the driving