A1 r I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING fj MUTER HITS miTARYAIR OFNRA HEAD U Says Army Life Brief Business Experience At- tacked by Industry f Continued from Pace Two) military mind and than the imaginative one— account tor much that has happened about NBA a a A ' A L V - General Johnson had been in the army from his youth until after the end of the war Then in 1919 he went into business became vice president of the Moline Plow company subsequently the Moline Implement company This connection the only business experience General Johnson has had ended some three or four years ago It may not be material nor fair to allude to but it is part of the whole picture to say that the brevity and inconspicuousness of General Johnson’s experience as a bust ness man have been inevitably Hhe occasion of acid comment from some heads of industries who do not agree that the general is qualified by his experience to lay down rules for all the business in America Since the end of General Johnson’s connection with the Moline Implement company he has been associated with Bernard M Baruch in New York in a status which includes that of statistician and advisor about financial and industrial matters Icident-allthis association with Mr Baruch has led many to infer that it was Mr Baruch who procured General Johnson's appointment as administrator of N R A This is incorrect General Johnson during the campaign last year had come in contact with Mr Roosevelt and the choice of the general to be administrator of N R A was upon Mr Roosevelt’s own initiative Similarly the association of General Johnson and Mr Baruch has caused many to assume that General Johnson's actions as administrator of NR A have had Mr Baruch's uniform approval if not his inspiration This assumption is incorrect Gen eral Johnson follows his own course decidedly so It was General Johnson I think mainly who conceived the notion should be not that N R A under merely a permissive-measurwhich any industry could come in a broad voluntarily but rather minutely detailed framework within which all the industry in the country should be organized with something like military compactness I think this notion otiginated with General Johnson — although the same idea is shared of course by those other advisers of the president some of the "brain trust” who believe in what is called “planned economy” or “indusy trial control” General Johnson T Submarine Salvage Bell Takes Writers on Leaky Trip to Ocean Floor S Navy’s SEATTLE Nov 11 (A’)— The men who write the news often make even more astonishing news themselves— take for example Ken Binns and Alex Shults who set a world’s record for journalistic deep sea diving just because they wanted to keep their feet dry They got the story they were after a first page feature about the diving bell the U S navy has been testing for submarine salvage work “Hey you” said the city editor “1 wish you would find out something at first hand about E J Romano’s ‘robot’ diving bell We know it looks like a marine monster with claws and Can operate op sunken ships at great depths but we ought to know more' “Yes sir” said Mr Binns and Mr Shults “we happen to be sports writers and we presume this comes under the head of aquatic sports” So they went to the dredge where the salvage company was grappling man fathoms deep for 3£ton rail road gondola car Down They Ge “Yeu aren't supposed to go dwn In this bell” said the salvage people “Only divers andnaval officers go i down" “We are here for first hand information” said Mr Shults and Mr Binns firmly "How dbes the public know the JJeU does go down? If it goes down We go down" “Oh it goes down — ” and the salvage people locked the two Journalists bell built tor one into a diver and unreeled thpm Into the depths of Puget Sound "Say” observed Shults suddenly from his seat on the floor “This bell pear-shape- d is leaking” “No” said Binns who standing on Shults’ torso was in an advantageous position “it’s guaranteed not to leak” "We should have demanded a practice workout” said Shults “I’m in a OFFICIAL GAG ON U S SEWS IRKS PRESS (Continued from Pete Two) tion to a newspaper man he would be Instantly dismissed Mr Ickes then broadened his order and decreed that no lawyer and no official could talk withanyone about the cases pending befotSf5 W A They were enjoined even from discussing P W A business with senators and congressmen or with attorneys representing states counties or cities applying for loans The purpose was to compel senators congressmen and attorneys to talk either with Mr Ickes or with some one of The men his few trusted lieutenants as administrator who were actually working up cases mg those who could best inform them about facts conditions and the law that might be applicable All contacts must be made through Ickea — who has a none too good memory— or one of his few trusted aides Warning Quoted It has long been understood that orders went forth to every clerk stenographer attorney typist and even messenger in the interior department and in the public works administration that they must not talk to newspaper men or to anyone else about government business It is now possible to quote veibatim one of a series of warnings issued by Secretary Ickes which tells better than anything else the manner in which censorship is being carried out or is attempted to be carried out in the domain of Mr Ickes Below is a true copy of one of those orders UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Solicitor October 14 1933 Washington Since the cotton textile code alone To the members of the solicitor’ staff and of the petroleum admlnistra was Consuming a month and since tive board: the oil and coal codes would probably consume longer it was apparent that My attention has been called to all the industries of the coun several leaks of important confidenfitting codes would consume much tial information apparently emanat- more than the two years which is the ing from the aolicltor’s office or from total statutory life of N R A In that the petroleum administrative board condition it occurred to General To prevent such occurrences in the Johnson to devise a blanket code- - un- future each person employed in or der which all businesses would enter connected with either of these offices is hereby instructed meticulously to at once At this point I think General abide by the following rules: 1 News releases are to be made Johnson's military experienoe espeme cially his experience with the draft only in writing after initialing by act came back to him with results and by the secretary of the interior which I think have not been happy or the director of information 2 No oral interviews are to be for him or for the rest of us During thZwar he had as he puts it in his given to nor shall any conversation of the press autobiographical sketch "originated be had with any member plan for selective draft 1917 also under any circumstances rules and policies of same and was 3 Confidential matters re not to be discussed with or in the presence executive in charge” It was the influence of this experi- of anyone not directly and officially Special care ence I think that gave a touch of concerned therewithnot to conduct such military imperativeness to General must be Intaken the halls or in places where Johnson’s conduct of N R A It must have been his memory of the draft they may be overheard if not that caused him to think of anyone 4 Office matters even must not who did not join NRA like Henry known to be confidential Ford as having the same status — and be discussed outside of the regular In General Johnson's eyes the same course of business 5 Confidential intraoffice commuodium—as a "slacker" or “draft dodgnications must be Inclosed in sealed er” during tha war envelopes plainly marked “confidential” before delivery to a messenger (Copyright 1933 New York Infraction of any of these rules will Tribune inc) be deemed cause for summary discharge NATHAN R M4RGOLD (Signed) Solicitor and Chairman Petroleum Administrative Board eawnapM Approved: Harold L Ickes secreEUREKA' Nev— A popular young tary of the Interior Eureka couple are spending their Drastic Order honeymoon with Salt Lake relatives Nothing as drastic as that ever came They were married here November 5 at the home of the bride's ma- out of any government office during the World war no auch penalty was ternal grandmother Mrs Etta r Esther The ever before held over' the heads of by bride is Lenefe Morrison and the employes ©f any regular government groom William I Teakle son of Mrs establishment - An illustration of what happens unEvylyp Rattazzi ' Both are graduates of the Eureka der present conditions is this: his Mr Ickes agent press through the gradgroom county highschool— announced to the world that he had uating in 1930 and tha bride In 1933 doubled hia public works staff and a wedding After the ceremony breakfast was served and the couple was working day and night to rush left for Salt lake where they will action on application for loan The visit the groom’s aunt and uncle Mr doors of the department are closed to and Mrs Conrad Koelliker and Mr newspaper men and to the public at Teakle's aunt Mrs Ethel Neely and 4:30 every day but Saturday and Sett usdays at 1 p m Governor Bipod big grandfather! W P Hawley arrived in Washington one Friday TEA DRINKING RISES the next day he wanted some infor500000-00000- 0 mation MONTREAL (UP)-Ab- out from public works and asked cups Of tea are consumed in the tit be given him that afternoon the world every year according to He was told that Saturday was a short F E B Gourley Ceylon tea planter day that they closed at 1 o’clock who has just arrived here to find out When he reminded them of their adwhy Canadians are not drinking vertised double shift they had to more Celyon produced tea Gourley carry through the bluff and promised said that of the total world consump- to get what the governor wanted It tion nearly 200000000000 cupa are was not ‘forthcoming at $ o'clock so drunk within the British empire the governor and Representative Mur- I V I I ' ' ! Which N R A had been originally conceived the cotton textile industry Getting the members of the textile industry to agree with each other and to write a code proved to be a slower business than General Johnson or anyone else had expected This one code Alone consumed more than a month “ During this month of delay over the cotton textile code General Johnson conceived the idea that the country was in danger Due to a cause separate from NRA due to expec-- I tation of inflation prices had begun to rise rapidly General Johnson during July believed and vigorously proclaimed that the country was in danger of another collapse a disaster which he said "I dread to contem plate” To averttothe disaster he said it was desirable get every induhy in the country under a code From General Johnson’s public words and manner at that tune it is fair to infer that he was rather excited - Nevada Couple Visit Salt Lake Judgp-'Edga- a a -- I - water I don’t think it works” “I think it’s like a parachute” said Reporter Binns philosophically “you puddle of get no chance to practice If it doesn’t work the firat time— fooey” a voice re“How’s everything?” marked over the diving bell's telephone “The bell is leaking” said Shults “It can’t Mak” “I wouldn't quarrel with you but it is leaking” “Merely condensation" said the voice “You are only 210 feet down Ill drop you down some more You’ll get used to it” The green wster outside sparkled as the bell plunged “Now I'll bet it doesn't leak” said the voice “No” said Reporter Binnt “it's showering now The water is coming through that iron bar over the door So the bell was hauled up “No wonder” the salvage people said “you turned this bar the wrong way la the carbon dioxide eliminator gotng?Y’understand you’re supposed to suffocate if it isn’t on Down you go again” Make Frent Fag Once more the algae and fish ‘float ed up and the voice remarked: “See that big black thing on your right?” That’ the gondola we’re lift Ing “Go on over there so I can see it” said Reporter Binns “What will you do if the gondola tilts over on the diving bell?" Shults asked “Go home to lunch” said the voice “I’m going anyway Haven’t you guys seen enough? You’re the only newspapermen ever to go down in that thing and you're 485 feet down now 1 ‘ 12 1933 A 11 “When a Feller Needs a Friend” New la the time the Overworked purse discover IU true “friends la need” For advancing prices are creating new problems for ’ many people Axelrad’a welcome higher prleea as one solution to the country's ills—but we have striven to keep our prioea within the reach of theee whom incomee hare not yet eaught up with the March ef Recovery - terest of s Elections Delay Luther’s Birth Commemoration Deep Sea Diving Reporters Crash Into News Just to Keep Feet Dry NOVEMBER - BERLIN fjt— Nationwide commemoration of the birth of Martin Luther set for November 10 the'great reformer’s actual birthday has had to be postponed until November 19 because of tha reichstag elections and the national plebiscite campaign Under the supervision of the new reich bishop Ludwig Mueller elaborate programs have been worked out Noted preachers will deliver festival sermons schools will arrange children's exercises prominent German Christians will address audiences from nu meroua platforms and the famous Lutheran hymn “Ein Feste Burg 1st Unaser Gott” (the Lord Our God a Stronghold Is) will resound throughout the land Lutheran communities abroad have sent delegates to tell wbit is being done in foreign lands to spread the great reformer's doctrines His memory as the most German of German Christians is being honored under the new nazi regime as never before ' Our success depends upon our customers' ability to buy We believe now it ever is the time e “Feller Needs a Friend" We prdpese to be that Friend to our customers to the utmost ef our ability We have devoted ourselves to the task of buying Quality Merchandise In months gone by aa well as purchases made re- eently— at greatest advantage in price— so that we can offer It to you at prices you are willing—you eaa afford— 4o pay! 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AT 255 STATE STREET Recluse Faces Murder Charge DALLAS Texas Nov 11 UP)— A rotted sack containing bits of clothing and a bullet hole in the wall of a small Texas cabin led officers to file murder charges today against George Patton recluse in connection with the disappearance a year ago of a family of four Jess Sweeten young Henderson county sheriff who brought Patton here for questioning nine days ago ordered that the charges be filed at Athens after he had resumed an intermittent investigation of the whereabouts of J W McGehee 25 his wife and—’’ chil“We’ll come up” they responded Carrie McGehee 21 and their two dren a boy 5 and a girl X hastily The diving bell wasn't crushed at The family was last'heard of on Patthey took residence the bottom of the sea but they made ton’s farm where in October 1932 the front page anyway n dock at that hour invaded the public dozen work offices they found clerks sitting around chatting in rooms that during busy hours house several hundred they found exactly two officials at work Secretary Ickes through his press agent belabored the states for being slow in asklhg for public works loans he held them responsible for the failure of P W A to get large number of men to work Yet states that filed applications municipalities that applied have grown gray with worry trying to get action out of P W A It is not necessary to cite the delays that ao long held up the vast array of Utah applications Secretary Ickes refuses to give out a list of applications showing the status of each case when it was received and how long it has been pending he refuses all information regarding applications that TODAY AND TOMORROW j J iContlnutd from Pan One) prices stated In dollars and measure what certain classes of commodities will exchange for that is buy in terms of other classes of commodities In February 1933 the raw products of American farms could buy at wholesale only 84 per cent of what they 1929 On the bought in July other hand manufactured goods could buy 111 per cent These are examples of what is meant by disparity Either farm prices were too low or manufactured goods too high Until the gap was closed farm products and manu factored goods could not be ex Now what happened between Fe board do act such announcement as ruaiV and July? The purchasing powto handed the er of raw farm they deem proper is product rose from 64 newspapers to 82 per cent the purchasing power of manufactured goods fell from 111 Secrecy Rules' A recent dispatch to The Tribune per cent to 106 per cent The gap had showed up the misleading explanation nbt been closed But it was closing Trade was reviving Recovery was offered by Mr Ickes when Congress- under way Now look at what hapman Martin of Colorado assailed him pened between July and September for being unfriendly to irrigation The farm prices fell from 82 to 78 manufactured goods rose from 108 to 107 secretary proudly pointed to alloca- The gap was opening again tions totaling $145000000 when in The tendency was in the wrong dipoint of fact the only voluntary allo- rection The country felt it instantly cations made by the public works and the doubt and discontent of the board on its own responsibility to- past three months have reflected it taled just $15500000 Mr Ickes even included in his total a $63000000 These figures are I repeat merely project that is for power development samples But they illustrate the probonly and will not irrigate an acre lem of the administration It is not Such misleading information is given simply a problem of how to raise to the press through official channels prices It is a problem of how to raise The facts which sre quite different some prices and how to hold down have to be dug up by correspondents and even to depress other prices For diligent enough to circumvent the or- what is needed is to clqse the gaps ders such as the one quoted above which the depression has opened and and get at some of the facts which that means not only raising farm and raw material prices but holding down officials seek to bury The department of justice like the retail prices and pushing down prices entering into capital equipment For interior department has applied ingag rule to its employes Newspaper the prices of capital goods are still high as compared with men seeking information there are ordinately told they must get it from the attor- other goods The administration has recognized ney general or from his press rep- this fact in forcing the steel comThe attorney general is resentative seldom accessible No attorney gen panies to lower the price of steel rails the princieral no matter how brilliant can keep But it has not recognized Lts general pol himself informed on the detailed ple widely enough in work of the department of justice icy Under the A A A it has strugTherefore no attorney general can gled valiantly to raise farm prices It is also doing its utmost to raise them fully and franjcly dispense news to the dollar But under But any attorney by newspaper men u depreciating N R A it has permitted and even general if he can curb all his subor-tdlnates can feed out only what he occasionally encouraged a rise in the Yet wants the public to have and that is prices a of manufactured goods rise defeats and counteracts what is happening today In the de- such its efforts to raise farm prices partment of labor much the same condition exists with the additional If we are to have a managed reflahandicap that it is next to impossible tion there must be real management for newspaper men to contact Miss That means that the administration Perkin must be just as active in holding Some day there will be a return to down prices that are relatively too the old rule that the public is en- high as it is in trying to raise prices titled to know what its servants are that are relatively too low Its object doing must be not to jack up everything but to restore the balance by closing New Federal Building the gaps For it is the gaps between different Dedicated at Las Vegas kinds of prices that atop the exchange of goods LAS VEGAS Nev— After waiting (Copyright 1933 New York Tribune' two years for its completion Las Inc) citizens dedicated their new Vegas federal building Saturday The cerefederal courtTnd Vegas postoffice mony Included a parade by fraternal government officials itstioned here societies and civic organThe building is located in the new izations with short addresses at the city park on the north edge building of the business district Tha $300000 atructure specially planned with cooling equipment for The forests ‘of Brazil are of great the desert heat will house the Las value blit little developed Good Taste at AXELRAD'S Is Not Expensive 8-- pc Holiday' Hospitality Will Bring Your Room in the limelight Dining Dining Suites 8'pc Dining Suite This splendid Walnut Suite will add You’ll be delighted to know f 1 I that pul 8-- pc Dining Suite Quality at a low price— we offer this suite with positive assurance of your satisfaction A smartly designed style In walnut 8 Pieces In New Covert English sag scat — UpJi Back- - d ermine-wrappe- h after the land ruled out prohibition 2 v $fl(E9) I Living ERoonnSuiltes costly washers an Customer! 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