Evening star., 1933-07-24
ROOSEVELT READY
FOR GREAT EFFORT
IN RECOVERY TALK
Regards ADDRESS This Eve
ming of Dominating Nature,
But Secretive on Topic.
COMES AT INAUGURATION
OF "PROSPER" CAMPAIGN
Work on "Partnership" Pact With
Employees Rushed as Presi-
dents Address Awaited. -
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt primed himseN
today for the supreme endeavor on be-
half Of his recovery program, scheduled
In the address to the Nation this eve.
ming.
Those IN touch with him were i'm
pressed by the importance he attached
to the occasion, coming, as 1t does, upon
Inauguration Of the intense national
campaign to put more money into thg
pockets Of the needy so they can buy.
As to exactly what he planned to san
however. there was no assuredly sccul
rate telling. Some persons in close cont
tact with him spoke as freely of theD
not knowing his intentions as they did
OF their knowledge that he deems th}
speech OF dominant nature.
The Postof6ce Department, meanwhile
hurried arrangements for dispatchtne "a
5000, 900 employers the "partnershipa
agreement with the Government de.
signed for them to raise wages and re.
strict working hours. thereby helping
buying power and employment.
Opens Hearings on Proposals.
Hugh S. johnson, the recovery admin-
istrator, took time OF from his work on
this proposed blanket" code to open the
important hearings on proposals by
which the oil industry would be gov
erned.
The hardest problem Of all" he
called it, and said this meant we need
the greatest cooperation.
Factions at strife in the industry
piled into the hearing, while lesser
crowds elsewhere followed progress on
taking Of testimony in connection with
the proposed lumber and wool codes.
johnson rejected the lumber indus.
try's request for immediate imposition
OF its code as presented, Withholding
reasons. He opposes some provisions
of the code.
As has been the case in every hear.
ing to date, the initial session on the
wool code revealed labor and manufac-
turers differing sharply on minimum
wages and working hours.
A formal and ceremonious approval
was given by organized labor to the
blanket wage and hour code issued b.
President Roosevelt however.
President william Green Of the
American Federation Of Labor carried
to Administrator johnson an agree
ment. signed by him, bringing the EN-
ployes Of the Federation under the
acts limitations. Green afnxed his
signature In the presence Of johnson.
32-Hour Limit Probable.
johnson has acted to dispel an ap-
parently growing belief among somo
industrialists that 40-hour work week
would be short enough.
A 40-hour week was in the cotton
textile code, first submitted, first ap-
proved Industries took that as a guide.
Shipbuilders, for example, presented an
elaborate case for 40 hours.
johnson said 80 should be the ship
builders limit. He made clear that
his only yardstick is: How much hour.
reduction must each industry adopt to
re-employ all the idle men it can
economically absorb?
The blanket" voluntary agreement
preScribeS IS hours maximum for fac.
tory and mechanical workers. The cot.
ton textile industry was allowed 10 be.
cause National Recovery Administration
experts figured the plants on that
schedule could use every skilled opera.
tive and might need more.
Lumber men in a pending code asked
40 to 48 hours, coat and suit men, 10;
electrical plants. SO.
Like the shipmen. these may be asked
to accept shorter hours voluntarily. II
they do not, 1t will be up to johnson to
advise President Roosevelt what changes
to make before promulgating their
codes.
Detailed letters of instruction were
prepared for the hundreds Of Chamber
Of Commerce which have promised to
set up local committees Of key men in
each community to start campaigning
next Thursday In the Nationwide e1S
fort to raise wages and trim working
hours.
Suggestions for volunteer speakers
were mailed out, and plans for . big
advertising campaign through th0
country's newspapers were mapped.
Co-operation Is PIedged.
More kilograms pledging cooperation
were received yesterday. both at the
White House and the recovery ad.
ministration. Among them was ono
from the Retail Dry Goods Association
of San Francisco, announcing accept
ance Of the 40-hour week and pledging
wholehearted cooperation.
Economical Cunningham Drug Stores,
Inc, Of Detroit announced immediate
application Of the blanket agreement
to its 70 drug stores.
The Lansford, Pa. Evening Record
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