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Show Blue Eagle Closes a Mill Considerable Interest has been taken in the closing of the Harri-man Harri-man Hosiery Mills, which threw 653 employees out cf work at Harriman, Tenn. The reason given for the suspension of operation opera-tion was that loss of the Blue Eagle made it impossible to continue. con-tinue. In a public statement the officials offic-ials of the mills alleged' that the NRA was out to get it and that canceDation of orders, following the flight cf the famous bird, was mere than the business could stand. First observation is that of regret re-gret that workers lose Jobs, although al-though some labor trouble had been seen at Harriman before the closng of the mills. Next, we call attention to the admission that the Blue Eagle, laughed at by many, has power, that its absence ab-sence affected business- and made operation unprofitable. Then again the public should understand that an industry to get a Blue Eagle must qualify by meeting certain conditions. These apply to the Harriman Mills as well as to many other plants. Pointedly the Blue Eagle offers certain advantages for certain concessions. con-cessions. The mill that wants to fly the bird must be willing to meet the term or else it has no right to the insignia. If all that closed the Harriman Mill was the lack of a Blue Eagle the management could easily start again by the Mmpie expedient of doing what ot'ie,-s do to get ar eagle. |