Evening star., 1934-02-20
JOHNSON REEVES
BLUE EAGLE DRIVE
5000 Committees, Active
Last August, Asked to
Return to Duty.
and radioed to New York.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Six thousand committees which last
August waged the Blue Eagle cam
paign were asked today by Hugh S.
johnson to return to duty in an effort
to bring out the fullest possible ex-
preston Of popular and industrial
sentiment toward N. r. A. prior to the
March assembly of code authorities.
simultaneously he telegraphed the
N. r. A. State directors to use every
means to see that their regions were
informed fully of next weeks public
sessions at which N. r. AS progress
and flaws in its program are to be ex-
posed to criticism and suggestions from
any one who wishes to be heard.
Preliminary Step.
This will be a preliminary step TO
the work being laid out for the code
authorities which assemble March s.
Members of the old campaign COM
mittees were asked to spread the
story Of what the administration is
seeking to do, and arouse public in
terest to the utmost"
Johnson himself will lead the move
ment tonight with a radio address
over both National and Columbia net
works at 1920 pm
In the kilograms to State directors
the N. r. A. head said:
THE purpose of these meetings Is
to bring the industrial and labor or
ganizations under N. R. A. as near to
perfection and general satisfaction as
possible with justice to all concerned
Former Organization Lacking.
'The meeting of practically the
whole of American industry through
representatives, and their discussion
with Government, labor and con-
sumers' representatives with view
to constructive national action in an
emergency, was never before possible
because of lack Of organization.
Seven or eight million separate
employers can no more act intelli-
gently and in unison than mob can
But the heads of 500 organizations
can act, under Government control
as easily as a Congress can"
johnson on Air Tonight.
NIeI. .. COIlllSOIl IJldIlS W uC-
liver a message of exceptional i'm
portance to the country" tonight. but
he is not disclosing its contents be-
forehand.
The N. r. A. chief is to speak over
the air at 1890, Eastern standard
time A desire to have all citizens.
employers and workers express just
what they think about N. R. A. is be-
lieved to be one motive for the speech.
Gen. Johnson meanwhile gave free
hand to the new small-business mans
Complaint Committee to investigate
almost anything they desire without
supervision. The primary effort, Of
course, Is to determine what effect the
codes have on small business.
Senator Nye (Republican) of North
Dakota, who has complained of the
effect of N. R. A. on the little fellow,
said:
II hope the boards recommended
tions on code complaints will carry
weight with N. r. A and aid in elini-
mating abuses that have oppressed
small business
Clarence Darrow will serve on the
York lawyer, was invited, but could
not accept.
Inquiry Into Newspaper Code.
The N. r. A. Is arranging for an in
quiry into the newsboy employment
and editor-reporter wage-hour pro-
visions of the newspaper code A re-
port must be made to President Roose-
welt within go days.
The N. r. AS report on the news
paper code, which goes into effect
Monday, also will touch upon the re-
action to a presidential request that
big papers adopt flve-day week.
Both johnson and President Roose-
velt stressed to publishers that their
constitutional freedom of expression
would not be hampered.
A report by Johnson to Mr. Roose-
welt asserted that so far as the N. R.
A. was concerned there was no issue
in respect to freedom of the press, and
that the controversy had been stinu-
lated almost entirely by those who had
only second or third hand informa-
ton of the progress of the negotia-