The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-25
WARTIME FERVOR
MARKS PLEDGES
GIVING ASSURANCE
Continued from page one)

SASS anu understanding anu w
operation.
"The workers of the country
have rights under this law which
cannot be- taken from them, and
nobody will be permitted to
white them away, on the other
hand. no aggression is now neces-
say to attain those rights.
"The whole country will be
united to get them for you. The
principle that applies to the en-
ployers applies to the workers as
well, and | ask you workers to
cooperate in the same spirit"
Taking the opportunity for a
"heart-to-heart' talk with the
people, the first since congress
adjourned, the president explain
ed how every act of that con-
gress, including the farm relief
bill and the industrial planning
bill, are the orderly components
of a connected and logical whole"
and not just "a collection of hap
hazard schemes"
He answered critics of his pol
icy of cutting down government
expenses and at the same time
spending billions for relief. There
is no inconsistency, he said.
at is not inconsistent because
a large portion of the emergency
money has been paid out in the
form of sound loans which will
be repaid to the treasury over
a period of years; and to cover
the rest of the emergency money
we have imposed taxes to pay
the interest and the installments
on that part of the debt. So
you will see that We have kept
; our credit good"
The president reported encour-
agingly of the banking situation
in the country, both national and
state.
He likened the farm act and the
industrial recovery act as twin
measures to overcome the "two
great barriers" to normal pros
perity-"low farm prices and
the creeping paralysis Of unem-
ployment."
His message to the country set
off the greatest peacetime CRU
SADIE in any nations history.
The first complaints against
President Roosevelt's higher wage
shorter-hours voluntary agree
ment were received last night by
Hugh S. Johnson. national recov-
cry administration, simultaneous
ly with the chief executives plea
Tor cooperation.
They came from directors Of
the Detroit, Mich, Retail Mer-
chants Association, Sweetbriar
Shops, Inc, of Denver, Colo, and
the Garage Division of the Auto
motive Repair and Maintenance
Association, San Francisco. They
were made public by Johnson
At the same time, the labor
advisory committee of the recov-
cry administration met here to
discuss reported violations of the
cotton textile industry's perman-
ent code which went into effect
q week ago
NJ. A. Engass, president, De-
troit Retail Merchants Associa-
ton. protested that the 4O-week
would add untold expense to
operation on account Of necessit-
ating working employees in shifts
which will in turn add greatly to
the cost of merchandise" he said
the mercantile industry should
not be asked to subscribe to less
than a 47-hour week.
Engass, reporting the decision
of the associations directors,
also critisized the SIS minimum
wage on the ground it does not
take into account junior employees
who, even during 1929, were not
making SIS a week. He sug-
gested another minimum rate to
cover this class.
The Detroit association, En-
grass said, prefers to await form
ulation of permanent code
which, he explained, would make
provisions for junior employees.
Sweetbriar Shops, operating
eight small stores in towns of
5000 and 10000, protested in a
telegram that the reduction in
hours would operate against the
Small struggling merchants" who
serve communities who must keep
open longer hours.
"Chains can stand it, but little
fellows will be forced out if they
take on more expense before
business improves which will DE
early fall ANYWAY" the telegram
said. adding, however, that they
are "ready to stand the gaff even
if we go under"
eff you knew the strain we
are under and heroic measures
being taken to keep going you
would give this matter serious
consideration"
The Sweetbriar Shops said the
wage scale is acceptable.
Reporting that the San Fran
cisco Garage Industry is alarm
ed" at reports of the blanket
code, o. L. Tenant, chairman,
Garage Division, Automotlve Re-
pair and Maintenance Associa-
ton, said it is impossible to short
en- hours and raise wages now
because of "ruinous competition
from private and apartment gar