Evening star., 1935-06-06
n. R. A. JOBS HERE
HINGE ON SURVEY
Uncertainty on Outcome OF
Study Is Admitted.
Henderson Favored.

| The future Of 5,238 N. r. A. Jobs
| hinged today on a survey to be made
at the request Of Donald r. Richberg
on the number Of persons which the
organization will require after June is.
| Richberg. on the verge of retiring
himself from the agency he helped
construct. indicated after a White
House conference he hoped for gradual
reduction of the force and absorption
| of the discharged workers into admin
iStratiye work-relief posts.
| The One-time assistant President"
/ said that, as far as possible, workers
with accumulated leaves due them will
/ be given vacations as matter of fair
| ness. but added that there was no way
| possible at this point To know how
many employees the new set-up would
/ need.
| The uncertainty expressed by Rich
| berg was reiterated AT Blue Eagle ad-
ministrative headquarters, which had
no inkling Of what the future would
hold.
Henderson May Head Group.
Leon Henderson. chief of the Re-
search and Planning Division. now
seems likely to become head of the
skeletonized organization which sup
posedly will devote its attention to in
duStrlal research. Henderson is a
protege of Hugh S. Johnson. who
brought him into the n R. A. March
l. 1884, from the Russell Sage Foun-
datiOn.
Henderson has files bursting with
highly-developed information on busi-
ness conditions, industrial trends. price
fluctuations and economic data of
invaluable use in the code-making
work vetoed by the Supreme Court am
IN planning A future method Of Gov
ernment control of business.
Speculation on the name Of N. r.
As successor today centered on Re-
covery Research Board.
Henderson is expected 10 climb into
the saddle held first by johnson ard
then by Richberg. who started out as
general counsel of N r. A. Richberg
said yesterday after talking with Pres
ldent Roosevelt:
L have not changed my position
tn leave n. R. A as soon as possible
after June is. I hope to get back to
private law practice eventually"
Other Officials to Go.
With him are expected to go Ad-
ministrative Officer w A. Hartman
and the six other members of the
N. I. R B:
Walton c. Hamilton, on leave of
absence at Geneva at a League of
Nations labor conference; William P.
Witherow, Pittsburgh steel man;
Philip Murray. vice president Of the
United Mine Workers; Charles Edison
head Of Thomas A. Edison industries.
and Sidney Hlllman, president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
Approximately 500 other hiCh-rank-
ing members of the vast Blue Eagle
organization are said 10 be definitely
on the way out.
The placement problem, however
centers around 4.800 clerks stenog-
raphers. messengers and minor officers
who depend solely on their N. R. A
pay checks for their living.
How many OF the personnel sure to
go can be absorbed by rural resettle-
ment and ruraI electrification is a
question. The employment application
section Of the National Emergency
Council, Job clearing house for the
workrelief agencies. has received no
orders to favor n. r. A applicants
Consensus today was that the new
organization could use no more than
1000 workers al the most. These
would be devoted TO research and 10
the Government contract division.
headed by Frank Healy