The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-16
Codes Defended at
MIRA Birthday Party
Johnson AssaiIs barrow Board
As communistic; Flags
Other Critics
ASKS FAIRNESS OF PRESS
Administrators Speech Feat
ures Blue Eagle Fete in
West Virginia

Charleston, w. w., June 16.-R-
Hugh 8. johnson Saturday assailed
the Clarence barrow review board as
communistic in purpose, accused part
Of the press Of falsifying MIRA news
and attacked partisan politicians"
aligned against the recovery unit.
His reply to critics featured this
states holiday celebration Of NRA's
first birthday.
Declaring much of the press is in
the hands Of political opposition anx-
ious to regain office" and that ito
get square deal from these papers
for NRA is impossible" he said:
Il can understand the communistic
purpose Of the Darrow board q an
openly avowed assault on our whole
system In favor Of the semi-barbaric
atrocities Of half-civilized Russia, but
the betrayal Of great public trust by
a newspaper to accomplish q partisan
end in utter disregard Of the present
and future security Of the wage and
salary-earning element Of our pop
ulation is quite another matter"
Assume No Responsibility
"And again I ask" he continued,
what responsibility do they assume
In risking and inviting the return Of
child lasor and in deliberately in
voking a new epidemic Of price and
wage cutting and the certain sink
ing into new degradation of the liv.
ing standards Of American workine
people of all classes?
rs there no price too much fol
these people to pay for political ad-
vancement? Is there no state Of hui
man misery that is worthy OF their
sympathetic, unselfish and honest
support"
Assailing partisan politicians" who
are enemies" Of MIRA, he said:
Il know men who have opposed
NRA and who are actuated largely by
an avowed desire to maintain q de-
pressed condition among workers In
their own constituency. some.
times wonder If they never shiver at
the record they are writing In the
great Doomsday book.
Il know what is going on under
NRA," he said. g. know it has
raised employment 81 per cent and
payrollS u per cent. No power Of
attack-no disingenious news story
no collateral assault can ever take
that satisfaction away from u.s.
Raps Darrow Findings
OF the DarroW board, johnson said !:
Il know men who have opposed
NRA and who are actuated largely by
the Darrow board.
1T has investigated not one single
code. It has refused to consider any
data on any code. It has suppressed
testimony from any side but one. It
IS guilty Of deliberately false and un-
supported statements. It's findings
and recommendation are not worth
the paper on which they are written"
johnson said that q year ago the
law insisted ION what Mr.. Darrow
calls savage, wolfish, competition.
1T Is precisely this savage, wolfish
competition which has blighted this
country for our whole population for
more than four years and there Is
only one method Of escape from it
now or in the future.
That method IS to substitute for it
the benefits Of NRA-codes Of fair
competition under blue eagle agree
ments throughout all industry-to
maintain wages and working hours so
evenly that none has reason or &C.
casion to impair them-industrial
self-government under federal super
vision.
This miracle has actually hap
pened under Franklin Roosevelt In
the IL months ended today"