Evening star., 1933-09-13
THOUSANDS GREET
N. R. A. IN NEW YORK
WITH HUGE PARADE
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and assistance to the National Recovery
Program" the President said
Gen. johnson interpreted the N. r. A
movement as vast effort to bring
capital and labor on a common plane
Of understanding and as means of
ending the "old system of enforced non-
cooperation" III industry.
If ever a great public measure was
conceived IN faith in the institutions
and the people of a great Nation, this
is that measure" johnson said.
Growing out of the N. r. A. move
ment, he asserted. is distinct stir
ring Of hope throughout this country"
and that hope, he added. lis not with
out substance"
The greatest element Of recovery"
johnson said, lis recovery of conf
dence"
1t is faith" he said. that make
prices go up. factory wheels turn, causes
merchants to stock their shelves. and
the people to buy the products of in
duStry.
Denies Dictatorship.
johnson said the N. r. A. Admins
tration invites criticism, but added he
felt he should defend the recovery act
against charges that it means 'dicta-
torship," because the Presidents pro-
gram calls for cooperation and not
compulsion."
1T was an idea." he said. clearly
in accord with the very fundamentals
Of American democracy and utterly
opposed to the hopeless resorts to
dictatorship abroad.
If you look at the Presidents whole
recovery program. you will find a
similar principle running through every
act passed by the last Congress
AS instances. Gen. johnson cited the
agriculture adjustment act, based on
cooperation" by the farmer to 'rc-
duce production to demand" and other
legislation enacted during the last
Congress.
No man can put his finger on any
particular cause he said. 'and say
that was why the country has been
lifted about a quarter of the way Of
the March depths since Franklin D.
Roosevelt became President.
But any man can be very sure that
there was chaos-then swift and in
telligent action-and then Nation wide
improvement so definite and certain
that nobody now denies it.
Sees Steady Hand at Helm.
"The ship of our national fortunes is
being guided away from the storm
center with a steady hand at the helm.
but that Is no reason for change OF
course or to go back to such ridiculous
drifting as nearly wrecked us last
Winter
The general said he saw STRINGS Of
some opposition to the N. r. A. pro-
gram, but added such opposition
emanated from "discredited leadership"
1T is wrong" he said. Ito say that
industry is being shackled or put into
a straight jacket. The fact is that in
dustry is being freed. 1t is wrong to
say that the people Of this country are
being melted to boycott.
The fact is that they are being given
a chance to join with the vast ma
jority of employers who are cooperating
in a national movement to common
end
we have made mistakes. We
want criticism. We are con-
stantly seeking it and trying to correct
our errors when criticism reveals them.
I'VE know we cannot quickly or COM
pletely do all that a distressed people
would like to have us do. We only
know we are following the plan pre-
scribed for us by the President. We
know it has raised wages and put people
to work and increased purchasing power
and helped to turn factory wheels and
increased the market for farm and fac
tory products.
I'VE know it has abolished child labor
and flooded schools and restricted sweat
shops and given women better break.
We know it offers way to stabilize in
dustry and restore profits and improve
such sick industries as the bituminous
coal and textile industries"
Gen. johnson closed with plea for
faith, saying:
"A people inspired by faith can do
anything. and he the President has
restored faith"
The mass meeting was under the
auspices of the Foreign Language Pies
Short speeches were made in Slovak,
Chinese. Spanish italian. French. Swiss,
Norwegian, japanese and other foreign
languages, explaining the principles OF
the N. r. A. movement.