The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-08
Will Assist General Johnson In
Program to Accelerate
Recovery
MAKES ENERGETIC APPEAL
Heavy Goods lndustriaIs and
Consumer Goods Group to
Name Dozen Each

Washington. March s-(N-Gen.
Hugh 8. johnson took a new step
Thursday In his drive for reemploy-
ment. The MIRA chief summoned two
select industrial committees to help
him work out program for making
more jobs.
This he did after closing the first
code authority assembly with a sharp
announcement that enforcement of
blue eagle rules will be frightened up.
Il have been too gentle you
amt seen nothing yet" he asserted
Wednesday night.
To draft his new plan, johnson
asked the code authorities of the
heavy goods industries and Of the
consumer goods groups to select IL
men each Thursday.
He aimed for something concrete
to announce to the public by the
weekend II possible. But he prom
ised weeks of continuing effort to
round out a complete scheme.
The blue eagle chieftain closed the
industrial gathering Wednesday night
with q speech which coupled an en-
ergetic appeal to play the game
with a declaration that in many in
dustries there Is no excuse" for
ducking his 10 per cent hour short
ening plan.
\ Then he paired a disclaimer Of die
tAtorial, intentions towards industry
with three earnest warnings:
Enforce Penal Sections
Under specific orders from the
president, we are recognizing to en-
force the penal sections Of the act"
he said, first.
The other warnings were in SUBJ
stance as follows:
That the country faces this spring
1.-The worst epidemic Of strikes in our
history: that company unions in 80
out Of 100 cases involve illegal lin
terposition" by employers.
That with the recent supreme court
decision upholding the New York
state emergency milk law, the adj
ministration has dropped all hesita-
ton, and is ready to use the powers
Of the industrial law to the limit, II
opposition forces it.
Johnson let Donald Richberg, gen.
eral counsel Of MIRA, present the last
point In q preliminary speech, which,
in non-legal language, presented
sweeping implications Of the decision
Constitution Halls 5000 or so oc-
cupants were hushed and attentive as
the counsel, after explaining. drawled:
And that should sink q 'lo-o-ng
way home. I want to submit It to
the particular attention OF some emf
nent counsel who come around and
say they will cancel their codes If
they don't get just what they want.
It may be-that the act doesn't lie
in their power
johnson backed that warning with
. few preliminary snaps at indus
trial Bourbons" who forget that the
old order changeth."
But the keynote Of his address was
. conciliatory exhortation for indus
try to rise to the opportunity given by
President Roosevelt.
He rendered . special olive branch
to the heavy goods industries, which
had led the fight against hour
shortening, by asking their help in
shaping for the president q program
to stimulate their production.
Urges George Houston
Further, he asked that the meeting
for selection by them Of q continue
Ing committee, be conducted by
George Houston, president of Bald
win Locomotive. and vice president
Of the National Association Of Manu-
facturers.
The other consumer industry group
was to be chosen by gathering to
be headed by George Sloan, chief Of
the cotton textile institute.
JohnSon'S warning on the union
question caused . stir. He urged in
dustrialists to work with the Fedora
tion Of Labor or they might have
Communists to deal with.
He clearly referred to the new
Wagner labor board bill. He went
on:
Il know what Is coming in this
country this spring-the worst cpl
demic Of strikes in our history. Why
suffer It? Here Is q way out. Play
the game. Submit to the law and get
1t over quickly"
A moment later he finished up on
. gay note: "A man may be en-
titled to 100000 salary from . COR
poration In which labor. consumers
and stockholders are all interested.
=. have made more than that In
my time and with my abundant
faith In what Is being done here) I'll
bet Will make It again."
A roar OF laughter mingled into
applause.