Show WIDE NATION I HIGHER WAGE DRIVE OPENS Asks Commerce Ch Chambers to Name Local Groups to Push Plan CODE HEARINGS PROCEED Roosevelt Keeps Close Watch on Public Reaction B a Br Associated Pre Pun Press WASHINGTON July 21 Hugh 21 Hugh S. S Johnson recovery administrator set swiftly in ilL motion today today the nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide campaign t to swing every employer employer employer em em- into the wa wage raising rasing e-rasing move move- ment He telegraphed to chamber of oC commerce com corn merce presidents in all cities of over asking them to create local lo al committees which will run the community com corn end of the reemployment drive While Johnson acted President Roosevelt kept close watch on the movement alert lor for public reaction to the program to which he had given his official approval only last night Meantime deputies pushed ahead hearings on four separate Industries which have stepped forward with fair competition codes for sell regulation and labor betterment These were re the shipbuilding lumber lumber lum lurn- ber electrical manufacturing and women's cloak and suit industries Labors Labor's demand for better w wage and hour bour terms than offered by the employers employers em em- dominated d the proceedings PRESSES ARE BUSY Simultaneously the presses at the government printing of ice were roaring roaring roaring roar roar- roar roar- ing away on production of millions of copies of the emergency presidents president's reemployment ment agreements which em employers beginning the mid middle le of next month will wm be asked ked to sign Mail Mall carriers were Instructed to deliver deliver de do- doliver liver the blanks to every business establishment employing more more than two persons Johnson asked the presidents o of the chambers to get on the local committee com corn their mayor and official heads of the clearing dearing house Rotary and Lions clubs retail merchants' merchants associations associations as as- federation of labor advertising adver tiring clubs dubs federation n of women's clubs welfare societies ministerial associations real estate associations and other important units Further Instructions as to conduct of the campaign were promised later The campaign in general will vill be under supervision of Charles Charles' F. F Horner Homer Kansas City wartime head of f the liberty loan drive speakers bureau Frank R. R Wilson of Sioux City Iowa Louis J. J Alber of Cleveland and Labert St. St Clair of New York all specialists in the liberty loan mover move movement ment have been assigned key positions peal peal- in the new setup PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN I At a press conference Johnson said he expects the publicity campaign to get fully under way before August timed to coincide with the delivery of blank agreements to business ts Asked how women were to be a affected af at- under the th blanket proposal he explained that those In offices and stores were included d in the white while collar class provisions He objected to use of the word boycott boycott boycott boy cott in with the campaign to be waged to get consumers to patronize patronize pat pat- cooperating establishments They will not specifically be asked Continued on Pace Pale Five u RECOVERY ACT SUPPORT ASKED Continued From Prom Pus Face Oe One I he e said not th todeal teal leal with wih tars tors I Asked whether new who are taken on to round out the tie time now ow worked by persons on more morelan than lan the hour 40 limit he said that the ic minimum wage of 12 to 15 was wa for full ful hour 40 week and was not applicable to part time workers He replied to questioners that among mong the industries which he understood understood under under- stood soon would submit codes of lair fair competition for wage and hour hou limitations were rubb rubber er being aided by Newton D. D Baker Jaker Baer furniture manufacturers and coal cal Asked Aked whether the present reemployment reeni- reeni drive meant abandonment ot of if the recovery laws' laws provision for licensing censing industries he said aid I 1 have consistently said that tat will be the last las lat thing Ill I'll 11 ever tr try President Roosevelt himself will wl take Lake to the people the plan he Je e and Johnson agreed upon finally late last lat night night Im Im just as as certain it i will wi work as asI asam a I am sitting here said Johnson back at t his desk dek after the presidential con- con ference Im Im staking everything on onit ti it it PLAN IN BRIEF The heart of at the plan Every employer will wi receive through the mail mai July 27 an agreement agree agree- agee ment addressed to him by President Roosevelt loosevelt melt Upon signing this binds him lim to maintain a fixed minimum wage wace and not to exceed a fixed maximum maximum maxi max mum work week during the presidents presidents president's dents dent's emergency reemployment rive drive e dri from irom A August gut 1 i to December 1 The basic hours labor and wages wage Child ChUd labor outlawed 14 to 15 a week minimum and anda a hour 40 week for so-called so white collar ollar colar labor 30 to 40 cents an hour minimum for fora a hour 35 week and an hour eight-hour day maximum for factory and ad mechanical labor abor Equitable readjustment of pay above bove the minimum Every signer siger receives a certificate and nd government badge showing the seal eal of N. N R. R A A. A national recovery administration and the words Member N. N R. R R A. A We Do Our Part This badge may may be displayed on all equipment equipment goods communications and nd premises The signer may ap appeal appeal ap I peal for adjustments adjustment if i a hardship is worked APPEAL TO PUBLIC Were Wee going to appeal to the public publico to o support the people who agree gee Johnson said I 1 believe beleve we can create create create cre cre- ate a psychology stronger than in war We already have the churches and ad fraternal societies lined up For every consumer who wishes to cooperate and become a member of the he N. N R. R A. A there will vilt wil be a badge issued UDon unon uon si signing nin of ot this statement I 1 will coop cooperate rate in reemployment by supporting and patronizing employers employers em em- and workers who are members members members mem mem- bers of N. N R. R R A. A Johnson exhibited a chart he called the only significant chart there here is i. i It showed that values h have ve shot far upward leaving purchasing power behind It I is i Inevitable that these thee must move together for prosperity he crash said So the stock market isn't such a bad thing after all aU Even as the new voluntary plan was completed the industrial administration administration admin admin- continued hearings on codes code proposed by different s. s Today's Today's Today's To To- days day's included lumber coat and suit suit shipbuilding and electrical manufacturing manufacturing turing while steel has ha b been n set ct for lor July pi 31 1 Johnson gave out two documents after afe leaving the te Wh White House One was a copy of at the agreement every employer receives the other a bulletin bul bul- letin describing the presidents president's nt's reemployment reemployment reemployment re- re employment program NOTE TO EMPLOYERS The Te agreement began w with h a 3 note to every employer and was wa signed Franklin Frankln D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt It I read 1 This agreement is I part par of a wide nation-wide plan to raise wages wage create create cre cre- ate employment and thus thu increase purchasing power and restore busness busi bus ness That plan depends wholly on united action acton by all al employers employers For this thi reason I ask you as a an employer to do your part by signing 2 If 11 I it turns out that the general agreement bears unfairly on any iny group of ot employers they can have that straightened out by presenting promptly their proposed code of f fair competition The bulletin described the plan It I explained an agreement would hold until ut a code for the particular industry industry industry indus indus- try was wa approved fixing wages and hours It I warned that for every trade tade or industry which has not submitted a code coda by September 1 the president will wi exercise his authority and order hearings hearing to proceed on the preparation preparation preara- preara tion of one ton Swift Sw t moving changes require swift swit action acton the bulletin said A rapid rise in prices and mass production lion tion ton is going on Mass Mas purchasing power must rise as a fast fat In this national emergency we cannot delay broad reemployment while we wait for codes Before Belore Labor day six day six weeks away avray it i it is possible to solve sol the problems problem of reemployment through though Individual agreements with the president But Butto to do this the country must act lct quickly quick quick- ly iy vigorously and boldly as a one man manget manget manget get get together in one powerful effort declare selfishness a truce on MUST ACT AT ONCE NCE The he employers' employers part is i to t act at once and all al together to submit and scrupulously comply with agreements agreements agree agree- agee- agee ments ment with wih the president to shorten horten hours and raise wages wase and arid to co cooperate cooperate cooperate co- co operate wih with in peaceful adjustment of differences The part is to do their best on the job and to cooperate with wih N. N R. R A. A and employers in il peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful adjustment of differences More can be done now through this cooperation of ot people than can ever be done don by discord and dispute The publics public's part part and and especially the part of women who control the bulk of buying buying is is to support all al those employers and who do their part to put breadwinners back to work There Is i no force here except conscience conscience conscience con con- science and opinion But this is i s snot not a ballyhoo campaign This Is I a test of patriotism Seven recovery boards ar are created in each of the commerce departments department's 24 districts distrct to the work work A nine recovery recovery ery cry board Is I created for lor every state All Al members will vIll wi serve without c compensation com m- m and will wm be named by the president to represent the various classes casses of society I |