The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-03-16
News Review Of Current
Events the World Over
President Asks for Shorter Hours and Higher Wages;
NRA Penalty Provisions Will Be Invoked; Desperate
Dillinger Escapes From Jail.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

GENERAL thousand members OF the
~ code authorities gathered in Con-
stitution hall, Washington, at the call
Of the President to revise and
strengthen MIRA industrial agree
ments. The opening session was for
NAL and rather stately, with the mem
bers of the cabinet, other high govern
ment officials and many senators and
congressman present. Before this as
sembly came Mr.. Roosevelt to tell not
so much what had been accomplished
In the last twelvemonth as what he
hoped for In the near future. He
warned the industrial leaders that
'the government cannot forever con-
tinue to absorb the whole burden or
unemployment" He called for great
err protection of small business. term
ing the code authority "the keeper Of
your small Industrial brother"
Briefly summarized, this is what Mr..
Z Roosevelt proposed:
Wage Increases and shortening OF
hours to bolster consuming power and
spread employment.
Greater adherence by the people to
the Blue Eagle symbol to make all
''play the game"
Continued enforcement of the anti
trust laws to retain competition and
prevent monopoly.
Strict adherence by employers to the
law allowing free choice by employees
of representatives to do their collective
bargaining.
Permanent reorganization Of the
economic and social structure along
the lines already started.
General johnson, MIRA administra-
tor, wound up the code authority ses-
sions with the blunt announcement
that the Blue Eagle rules were to be
frightened up and the assertion: Il
have been too gentle. You amt seen
nothing yet" Urging the Industrial
lists to play the game fairly, the gen.
eral uttered three warnings. One was
that under specific orders from the
President the MIRA was reorganizing
to enforce the penal sections of the
act; the second, that the country
faces this spring 1.-THE worst epidemic
of strikes in our history because of
Illegal interposition of employers in the
matter Of company unions; the third,
that, with the recent Supreme court
decision upholding the New York state
emergency milk law, the administra-
ton has dropped all hesitation, and is
ready to use the powers of the indus
trial law to the limit If opposition
forces it.
To draft his new plan for making
more jobs, johnson asked the code
authorities of the heavy goods indus
tries and of the consumer groups to
select twelve men each.
President Roosevelt. said the admin
istrator, has approved the plan for put
ting teeth. in the NRA. The President
himself intimated that he would ask
congress to- extend the time limit
on the licensing provisions of the
NRA. The act gives authority to
the President to place any industry
under license and to revoke the license
of any concern in the industry. thereby
compelling 1t to shut down. This au-
thority to license expires next June
under the terms Of the recovery act
which granted 1t for one year only,
whereas the life of the act was limited
to two years.
COMPLETION of President Roose-
~ velt's first year in the White
House called forth chorus of lauda-