Evening star., 1933-09-03
| ALABAMA DRIVE
OF N.R.A. MOVING
ON VIDE FRONT
Trade, Ciuic Groups
United in Pledge
Activities.
BY ]. F. ROTHERNIEL.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, September a.
The recovery program is going forward
on a wide front in Alabama. Urban
industry, farming, trade associations,
labor and the buying public all are
entering with a high degree OF una
nimity into the program.
The consumer began to make his
presence felt this last week when in
virtually every hamlet Of the State citt-
zens' groups joined In the national
campaign to see that the doctrine Of
recovery was accepted by every dealer
and in every home. ]. E. Addicks, Sec
retary of the State Recovery Commit
tee, from Montgomery headquarters es-
timated that close to 10000 workers
took the field last week in the N. r. A.
army of Alabama.
Few refusals to sign the cards pledg-
ing cooperation in the administra-
tons recovery program were yopprted.
Some of these refusals arose oet OF
lack OF information. A few came from
employers who said they could no.
come under the general code and con-
tinue in business. What efforts will be
made to bring the latter employers in
line with the emergency program have
not been determined, except that the
public will be urged to trade only with
firms flying the Blue Eagle.
Complaints Passed On.
Complaints Of violations Of the spirit.
If not the letter, Of the codes are be-
ing heard and passed on to Washing
ton. The general plan seems to be not
to complicate matters Just now with
any great amount of agitation over al
legged violations. One matter laid this
week before the State committee con-
cerned an increase Of TOO per cent in
August over July Of families obtaining
unemployment relief in Montgomery.
Some of this increase Is attributed to
a change in the method Of admins
tering relief. but a considerable part
of it, it Is charged, Is due to discharge
of workers following new conditions
under the blanket code.
Alabama cotton farmers are at last
beginning to receive checks for their
plowed-up-cotton acreage. The checks
are coming in at the same time that
ginning is becoming general over the
State. With favorable weather, the
harvesting Of cotton in the State is
proceeding rapidly The bolls are ma
turing rapidly and evenly and many
fields are being cleaned with one pick
ing.
Ginning is far ahead of that Of re-
cent years. The report OF the Wash
ington Census Bureau for August 16
showed SITS bales ginned this year as
compared with only 783 last year.
Cotton Harvest Expedited.
Gathering the cotton crop is expe-
dited by the fact that nearly O,0O0
acres were plowed up under the acre
age-reduction plan. The State crop
Is still expected to exceed 1000, 900
bales, although there has been some
deterioration since the last Government
forecast of 1,143,00o bales.
Spurred by appeals Of President
Roosevelt Tor greater speed In getting
the public works program under way.
the Alabama public works advisory
board has listened to appeals for nearly
100 projects during the last week.
Many Of the smaller projects have
by Government engineers and experts.
Larger projects held under adv\,ment
include one for 81 900 900 for drainage
and flood control Of the Sipsey River
in Fayette, Tuscaloosa. Pickens and
Greene Counties. This work, 1t was
claimed, would create 10000 acres Of
good farm land In those counties. There
is also sought $500, 900 for a flood con-
troll program for Elba and Geneva,
which suffered serious flood damage
four years ago.