The Washington times., 1934-02-27

ReSentedBy
johnson
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4. Uniform classification Of
areas for the purpose of the
North-South differentials.
S. Further reductions in hours
a week and further increase
in hourly wages.
Small Business Need
6. Certainty Of protection
against monopoly control and
oppression Of small enterprise,
and, especially, the inclusion
in codes Of adequate buying
Gas veil as Selling) provision
to guard against oppression Of
small business.
z. A much improved method
for procuring prompt and eff
fective compliance.
8. A safe method of financ-
ing code administration with
out racketeering and abuse.
8. Elimination of inconsistent
or conflicting provisions among
various codes.
10. Adequate labor and con-
sumer representation in an ad-
visory capacity on code authorities.
II. Uniformity Of governmental
representation on code authorities.
II. Wider use Of mechanism for
settling labor disputes in connec-
ton with code administration.
General johnson denied the
Blue Eagle" delivered less than
was promised for it. And that
the MIRA has increased prices
faster than purchasing power and
so has done more harm than
good. He said:
"The Oft-repeated statement
that the Blue Eagle delivered
less than was promised for him
is one Of those deliberate mis-
representations designed and In
tended to hurt and hamper the
NRA, and for no other pur.
pOse-in other words, . fraud
on the public.
81 PER CENT ACCURATE
Calculation on q most con-
sentative estimate showed . re-
employment under codes and
agreements at 2,75O, 1000, and an
increased payroll of 5000 mil
lion dollars. The net Of this Ii
to say that our stark estimate
made on June 6, in an unknown
field was about SO per cent &C.
Curate. So, when any man says
the extravagant promises were
made for the Blue Eagle, and
not fulfilled, he simply has no
regard for the facts.
"The second similar statement
is that NRA has increased prices
faster than purchasing power
and 80 has done more harm
than good and might better
never have been done at all.
The claim Of this criticism
even before we consider its
truths cruel cynical, bum
combe.
FIGURES CITED
''But like the statement about
extravagant promises, this COM
ment is also simply untrue.
The codes and unemployment
agreements did not go into ef.
feet until September, 1888. The
National Industrial Conference
Board index on the cost Of liv-
ing for September was 77.9 per
cent. At the end Of December
it was 77.3 per cent; at the end
Of January, IT'S per cent, and
preliminary estimates for the
end of February 77.S per cent.
"In the meantime the NRA
increase in payrOlls was 5000
million dollars. In other words,
with the cost Of living station
airy, NRA reemplOyed 100000
people (whO were without jobs
befOre) and added 5000 mil
lion dollars to the annual
wherewithal Of workers to live.
at must be remembered, too,
that all this happened during .
downward cycle of production
when, without NRA we would
probably have had . fresh deluge
Of unemployment.
RAPS 'ASPERSIONS'
"There is q sort Of assault on
NRA to which have cOntinu-
Ously objected. 1t Is q very diff
ferent thing from what l have
described nnwarrarted aSper.
Si0ns on the good faith Of men
assisting here who to my certain
knowledge have come to US at
great personal sacrifice and
given their strength and ability
and health and manhOOd-like
crusaders in q holy cause, and
to limits Of devotion the like Of
which I never saw even in the
war.
with two exceptions, the
maximum salary here is $4,000,
and there is Ia. dly any one here
in . principal position who has
not earned more than that.
Some of them can and do earn
many times more In other en-
plOyment.
'1 object to attempts, by fur
tive innuendO, to shake pub
lie confidence, by outright lies
or half .baked and ignorant as
sertiOns respecting acts and
pOliCieS-usually uttered with
the air Of some secret and
special information.
There il no inside infOrma-
ton about NRA, because II
does whatever it does under
the full gaze of whoever de-
sires to take the trouble to
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