Evening star., 1933-09-04
MRS. NORTON SEES
NEW ERA IN N. R. A.
House District Committee
Chairman Urges Support
of President.

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pressed by Representative Mary T. Nor
Committee, who particularly urges every
home maker in the National Capital to
support the Presidents program.
Declaring that she is proud to have
voted for this measure, Mrs. Norton
said she believed the decade Of selfish
ness, with large profit, the only goal of
industry will be followed by years of
greater equality among men,"
She advises the residents of the Dis
trict to do their duty-tO stand four
square behind the President for sue
cess of the national recovery act. He
cannot succeed without our concerted
effort" Mrs. Norton stressed. Unless
We think in terms of winning this war
we cannot win If oyery woman in the
District of Columbi" will organize her
self as a unit of c e in this great ad-
venture. thinking success, buying from
those who are trying to support the
President and boycotting the chiselers
iteers during the World War, we shall
succeed
Name Exactly Suited.
Mrs. Norton points out that the ma
tional recovery act Is exactly what It's
name implies Nothing could be more
comprehensive or better named, foi
when the benefits of this act are known
from one end of our country to the
other, l have no hesitancy in predict
ing that we shall have arrived at
better understanding of the problems
of labor, and a better division Of the
responsibility re that should rest with
every individual in working out our
own salvation.
The years of prosperity following
the Great War seemed to destroy thai
feeling of helpfulr1ess We had during
the war. Somehow we became selfish
Large profits seemed the only goal OF
those engaged in industry We lost our
sense of proportion. and when the crash
came we were daZed and knew not
where to go. For three long years this
continued We seemed incapable OF
thinking straight-of finding any solu-
ton to our misfortune.
'If we act as one great unit We can
destroy the evil force of poverty. You
know that during the past four years
we have had more than 100000 un-
employed in the richest country in the
world Evidently something was fun
damentally wrong with our order, else
this could not happen. Today, In
Washington. the brains of the country
have come together to combat this hor-
rible nightmare. From early morning
until late into the night leaders are
trying to find the solution of the prob
lem. President Roosevelt says there is
a solution. He is trying every method
known to men find it. He will find
it if we will continue to trust him. be-
lieve in him. and help him whenever
and wherever We can.
Putting People in Jobs.
The question that seems to be in
the mind of every one today is, How
will the N R. A. program send people
back to work?' The answer seems very
simple if every employer of labor will
live up to the specifications of the con-
tract he signed with the President: that
is, shorter working day and a greater
wage for each of his employees. This
will, of necessity, create the employment
of a greater number of people If these
employers do not live up to the letter OF
the law then they are retarding the
purpose Of this act, and only retarding
national recovery, which is the only
thing that will be responsible for in
dividual recovery. So that the en-
ployer with any kind of vision will re-
alize that IN helping other people he is
helping himself. even if this very help
ing entails some hardship on his part
He is the person with whom the entire
success of this act rests. When a great
er number of people are given employ
ment there will, of necessity, be much
greater purchasing power and this
buying power is one of the fundamen-
tai requisites to the success of the re-
coVery act. This is evidenced daily il
you will follow the reports published in
the newspapers of the business revival
IN a great many places throughout the
country.
I'VE know that industry has been
crippled. that the employer had lost
his courage, and we also know that
since President Roosevelt assumed
control of the machinery of govern
tment much courage has been revived
There is nothing that will help employ
ers more than to see their sales in
crease. and when their sales increase
the people they employ must have more
wages. There is nothing very difficult
about this proposition In the final
analysis it comes down to you and tc
me. The things we buy from day tC
day will improve economic conditions
If they are bought from a dealer who
displays Blue Eagle in his window
Therefore, it is our individual task at
this time, if it is at all possible, to make
the necessary Improvements in our
home that we have been putting off
during the past years of depression
Let's paint our houses if they need
paint. let's buy that new chair we want
so badly. buy the tires our automobile
needs so badly if we can't afford to
buy new car-in other words, buy, buy
buy, to the very limit of your ability
and buy from dealers recognized under
the national recovery act.
Cooperation Is Necessary.
You can do your part just as I can
do mine, but not unless we all pull to-
gether and realize the gravity of the
situation that faces us and that the
only way to success is through sincere
and whole-hearted cooperation. There
Is nothing more important to the aver
age person than to have his courage,
confidence in the future, and hope re-
stored. 1t is the foundation upon which
we build everything worth while and
the lack of it perhaps more than any
thing else has been the great destructive
force that overlook us three years ago.
If we believe that our civilization
is to go on, if We believe that the old
order is changing and that the new
order will bring us more equality, hap
piness, and everything that goes to
make life worth living, then un-
doubtedly we will get behind the Presi-
dents program and each of us will dc
all that we can to make it success.
For many years child labor has been
one of the greatest evils in our economic
system. Bills have been introduced to
remedy this evil. but to no avail. Then
came the recovery act and in one day
by the code established by the cotton
and textile workers, the evil was abol-
iShed. That was one of the greatest
steps forward our civilization has ever
known and it was accomplished in
one day under the leadership of our
Franklin Roosevelt. If he never did
another thing for us, that, in itself
would be monument to him. But
he will not stop there. He means to
send yolIr brother or husband or yolI