Evening star., 1933-07-26
The text of Gen. Johnson's address
follows:
Corporations Take Lead.


Nothing can stop the Presidents re-
employment program. Including the
great corporations which have already
submitted codes or are about to sub
nit them, the bulk of all our industry
had already Joined to put over the
principles Of Franklin Roosevelts plan.
even before his ringing call last night.
Among the greatest corporations in the
whole world are United States Steel,
General Electric Co., the Great Allan
tic and Pacific Tea Co.. the Standard
OIL companies. All these have taken
the lead. Mr.. Henry Ford has
given his personal assurances Of support
Indeed he has been a pioneer leader in
the doctrine of higher wages for many
years The presidents of Standard Oil
of New Jersey, General Motors Inter-
national Harvester Bethlehem Steel,
American Telephone g. Telegraph Co.
and Chrysler Motor Co, have been ad
Users and supporters here even long
Before the law was passed. There is
neither space nor time to catalogue the
long list of leading companies further
than to say that practically the whole of
the iron and steel, textile automobile,
bituminous coal, lumber, garment. ship
building and petroleum industries, and
more than 200 smaller industries had
already submitted agreements or codes
or have given assurances Of doing so.
That practically means a larger ma
jority of the leading companies on the
Stock Exchange list. plus a host of
smaller companies, in whose hands the
President said last night the success of
the whole plan rests
OF course, nobody will ever tell the
story Of this great movement without
mention of the leading men of the
cotton textile industry. who without
waiting to find out from the leadership
of others whether it is better to be
patriotic and brave than timid and
futile), led the way to the emancipation
of their workers from the dread of un-
employment and to the abolition of
child labor in this-a victory of peace
which caused the President to say last
night that nothing in his administra-
ton had made him happier
Before the echoes of the Presidents
voice had died away last night, tele-
phone bells began ringing clear across
this continent. Then came such a
deluge of kilograms of approval and
greatest communication system in the
World-thousandS upon thousands.
Nothing Will Hamper Program
They are still pouring in, and they
present a croSS-section of employers.
great and small, so thorough as of itself
to insure success. 1t is the most inspir-
ing thing that has happened in this
country since the war the men and
women of a great nation, who for more
than four years have been stunned and
helpless under one of the worst blights
that ever plagued a people, suddenly
stirring to one mans voice and rising
together like vast army from a dismal
biVCuac at clear bugle call at day.
break
Nothing will even hamper the Presi-
dents program!-the power of this
people once aroused and united in
fixed purpose is the most irresistible
force in the world Unity and powerful
purpose are not frequent in democracy
They are possible only when two essen
tialS are present-an elemental human
aspiration and a leadership toward
which it can turn. 1t happened once
in the war when the aspiration was to
quench a conf1agration which was con-
suming the youth of all nations and the
leader was Woodrow Wilson, an apostle
of peace, and yet, when occasion came
the greatest war lord that ever trod the
earth. 1t is happening now when the
aspiration is to take half nation of
SLIlSIeIS OuG VI WIldL LIE TIcSlOcllI
called last night four years Of economic
hell. The country was shown in words
a boy could understand a completely
organized and nicely interrelated plan
of offense and defense against depres-
sion Washington's strategy leading to
Saratoga and Yorktown; Lincoln's
grand plan ending at New Orleans,
Vicksburg, Appomattox and Charles
town, and wilson's idea of industrial
mobilization. selective service, and
European unity Of command were vital
to the country in its three great trials.
But peace also has its crises. and the
simple, reasoned. balanced and practical
strategy and action that were laid before
the country last night came at an hour
of trial as great and were as important
to our people and as vital and effective
as any of the great strategic concepts
of our wars.
Drive on Its Way.
This country understands all this. 1t
approves all this. 1t is at last aroused,
the Presidents recovery drive is on its
way. 1t is an irresistible march. The
unemployed are already going back to
work and Labor day has been set as the
great objective.
A good many questions are being asked
about details Every one of them will
be answered in a few days. We are
trying to accumulate batch big enough
to give us better idea of your actual
problems and then, as rapidly and as
often as they seem necessary, We shall
issue bulletins clearing them up At
least 80 per cent of our inquiries clearly
come from the fact that the inquirer
has not carefully read the three bull
letins of this administration and the
Presidents agreement
That raises another tendency that
ought again to be emphasized because
there is danger Of its becoming a new
kind of racket Nobody needs any
special f1xer to get anything from the
Presidents recovery administration. To
hire such man is to throw your money
away. This administration Is not going
to go red tape" 1t is not going to set
up any complicated procedure Any
man can get hearing and can say
what he has to say. in his own words,
in his own way, and if he does that he
will get what everybody else gets-a
square deal-no less and no more. On
that kind of a plan nobody needs a
fixer to get anything
The real answer to all questions is
this: You will receive in the mail, about
July a. an envelope with two pieces of
paper and an addressed envelope in it.
One piece of paper is the Presidents
agreement. Sign that on the dotted
lines and fill out the information called
for. Put it in the addressed envelope
and mail It, Then put it into effect at
once. On August sign the other piece
OF paper which says that you have car
rfed out your agreement. Turn it in to
your post office. Then you will be given
the Blue Eagle of N. l. r. A. on a poster
or window sticker. Take this to your
store or shop and display it prominently.
If you need more posters or stickers you
can get them later from a dealer If
you want to use this symbol on your
goods or automobiles or trucks or any
where else in connection with your bust
ness, you are authorized to do so. But
do not do this either now or later If