Evening star., 1933-08-14
Roosevelt Launches New Se-
ries of Meetings to Spread
Wings Wider.
JOHNSON ASKS PUBLIC
TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE
Woolen Agreement Becomes Effec-
tive Today With Others Being
Inaugurated Soon
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The giant pinions Of N r. AS Blue
Eagle were held today by officials to
be hovering over a quarter of the
Nations 100000 workers.
And to assure that the wage-raising,
work-spreading bird would cover even
more territory, President Roosevelt and
his helpers launched a new series Of
meetings to map out the future pro-
gram.
One was today, the first conference
between Hugh S. johnson, national re-
coVery administrator and President
Roosevelt since the Chief Executive re-
turned to Washington from his short
vacation. Johnson's aides, during his
absence in ST Louis for a speech last
night, reported progress to the Presi-
dent. but Mr.. Roosevelt wanted a per-
sonal discussion with his chief lieuten-
ant.
viii Meet With Council.
Then tomorrow the President Is to
meet his Recovery Council to see that
all phases of the Federal effort to better
conditions are being synchronized.
Because the President has accepted
him by Johnson, the expectation was
that Mr.. Roosevelt would approve an
elaboration of the idea the admins
traitor is advancing now as in Johnson's
ST. Louis speech last night when he
said:
If you see a place where there is
none and you do any kind of business
there, you have right to ask: Brother,
where is your Blue Eagle?' and Gf the
answer does not to you seem fair) to
take your business elsewhere. If every
person did that for a week,
there would not be store or shop or
factory in this whole country without
its Blue Eagle
Meanwhile, in the absence Of data on
which to base correct figures, N r. A.
officials declined today to estimate with
any claimed attempt at accuracy how
far they had come toward their original
goal of putting 100000 unemployed
back to work by Labor day. But their
guesses ranged as high as !, 500, 900 and
as low as 100000.
100000 Under Blue Eagle.
Score upon score of codes have been
submitted, five major Industrial plans
approved, 40 to so industries authorized
temporarily to substitute their own un-
approved codes hours and pay condi-
tions for labor provisions IN the Roose-
welt blanket code
Through temporary measures ST..
that, N. r. A. officials estimated, fl
10000, 900 workers we're. or soon woulL
be. affected by the Blue Eagle. They
carefully explained they did not mean
that 100000 new workers had been or
would be hired because Of what had so
far been done.
The most recent substitution in the
blanket code enlisted. officials said.
l 500, 900 employees of the electric light
and power, telephone, natural gas pro-
ducing and manufacturing, canning,
construction, corn products, paper and
pulp and other industries.
Among the industries to which au-
thority previously had been given by
johnson to enter into the blanket
agreement with labor sections Of their
own proposed programs are millions OF
other workers, such as:
Petroleum, meat packing, radio.
printing, ice cream, barber and beauty
shops, laundry, confectionery, restau-
rant, wholesale drug, boot and shoe, re-
tail coal merchants. paint, varnish and
,, lacquer; retail lumber, evaporated milk
and numerous others.
Codes in Effect Soon.
The majority came in with 40-hour
week, few had IS and So hours, while
the salary scales of all went upward
from the S12 minimum weekly wage In
the general blanket code.
The following five major industry
codes have been approved and are In
effect or soon will be:
Woolen becomes effective today; cot
ton textile coat and suit. shlpounon8
and electrical manufacturing.
Trade practice plans for coal, steei
and oil have gone through the hearing
stage and efforts now are being made
to adjust the numerous dlherences oe-
yeloped within the business.
Pending for hearings are programs Tor
the automobile, electric light and power
industries and others, all to be olsposed
of as quickly as possible.
Late today johnson was to receive .
report from spokesmen for the Amer
ican Newspaper Publishers Association
upon a proposed code for the industry.
Last week at conference with john
son this group accepted his proposed
changes in the code as submitted and
| today they were to inform the admins
| traitor whether the new draft was &C
, ceptable to the enire organization az
represented by the board of directors.
A proposed code submitted by the
| rubber tire industry was made public
Yesterday. The projected agreement
would make Newton D. Baker. former
| Secretary of War, controlling in
| luence in fair practices for all plants.
The rubber code, as submitted for
hearings, would fix minimum 36-hour
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