Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-08-10
Drastic Action Will Follow
Improper Display Here,
LittIepage Warns.
SURE PUBLIC OPINION
WILL ASSERT ITSELF
Points Out Emblem Is Property Of
Government and Must Not
Be Duplicated.

Blue Eagle by the Capital employers
will call for prompt and drastic action
by the newly organized N R. A. cam
paign army, Thomas P Littlepage, gen.
eral in charge of the drive, said today.
Taking cognizance of complaints that
have been filed through the United
States Chamber of Commerce, tenn
porary clearing house for protests from
the District, Mr. Littlepage declared
that public opinion would assert itself
in dealing with these offenders" prom
lsing that wide publicity would be given
discrepancies.
While it is the desire of those in
charge Of the Presidents emergency
unemployment campaign to see wide
spread use made of the official emblem
OF the N. r. A., which bears the words,
We Do Our Part" Mr.. Littlepage
said, 1T is serious offense on the part
OF anyone to make improper use of the
insignia"
The campaign general made it plain
that the N R. A. official emblem is
the property OF the United States Gov
eminent and may not be used or re-
produced without authority of the
N. r. A.
Points to Stipulations.
He pointed out that the Presidents
agreement stipulates that signers shall
not use any subterfuge to Illustrate
the spirit and intent of this agreement
which is, among other things, to in
crease employment by a universal cove
nant, to remove distractions to COM
nerce. and to shorten hours and to raise
wages for the shorter week to a living
basis
The Governments regulations permit
the use OF this emblem" continued Mr..
Littlepage, by all employers who sign
the Presidents Unemployment agree
ment and comply with it, and the regu-
lations also permit consumers to wear
or display similar badge, but only in
the form authorized for consumers who
sign statement of cooperation.
VlolatorS of the National Recovery
administration pledge, according to off,
Gals at NJ r. A. headquarters, will losa
their blue eagles, and Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson, administrator already has an
nounced that "once the blue eagle flies
away it won't come back again.
Plan Aggressive Campaign.
Beginning. Monday, Washington will
be blanketed by the aggressive cam
palgn to line up every employer and
consumer behind the administration
drive for rehabilitation.
Womens teams, organized under
Colonel" James G. Yaden, head of
the volunteer National Recovery Sales
Army, will work with mems groups in
house-to-house, block-by- block can
vass of the entire city. Consumers will
De urged to patronize only those es-
adjustments displaying the Blue Eagle
ana employers not having the emblem
will be checked on in an effort to sign
them up.
Names Division Heads.
Col. Yaden announced the appoint
ment OF Charles I. Stengle, president of
the District Public School Association.
ana Arthur Clarendon Smith. president
OF the Federation of Business Mems
Associations to head two of his cam
palgn divisions, while Mrs Esther M.
BAR was placed in charge of a wom-
ems division after Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle
nad declined the post Miss Eta L.
Iaggart is acknowledgement of the
organization. The division majors"
appointed today supplement those al
ready named which include Richard A.
Dickson, head of the Central Labor
Union, and George Beasly president of
the Federation of Civic Associations.
Meanwhile it was revealed the newly
organized complaints division of the
National Recovery Administration is
swinging into action in dealing with
frauds and "chiseling" on the agree
ment.
Among other things. the unit has
been asked to investigate reports that
BARRIERS throughout the country have
boosted prices without, in many in
stances, giving additional employment
and modifying working hours.
Assembling Complaints.
Complaints filed with Henry D. Fow-
Ter of the United States Chamber of
Commerce, who has been assembling
them preparatory to the organization
of local committee, reveal charges
that some employers have cut down
working hours and at the same time
reduced salaries; that some employees
have been put on part-time basis and
that employees are being worked over
time without compliance with the
agreements signed by employers.
Each one of these complaints will be
investigated by the local campaign
army's Committee on Education, under
Col" James E. Collifower, and appro-
priately dealt with, Littlepage asserted.
Washington's employers still were lag
ging behind in enlisting in the NJ r. A..
as approximately $500 of the city's
5000 to 10000 employing establishments
had signed up at noon today.
Air Staff Increased.
BY signing the Presidents agreement
and also by being in the position of en-
joying increased business as result of
the N. r. A. headquarters here, the
Eastern Air Transport has added to its
staff here, it was announced last night
The naming of the Recovery Board for
the District was still hanging fire to-
day, as Secretary of Commerce Roper,
chairman of the Special Industrial Re
covery Board, studied names Of sug-
gested appointees submitted to him by
the Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
merce, Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and Federation of Citizens
Associations. The board, it is expected,
will be chosen late today.