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Show ROOSEVELT PUTS TEETH IN NRA ACT Violators of Codes Facing Fines, Imprisonment Under Order WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (U.R)--Fines and jail sentences with possible maximums of $500 or six months in jail, or both, faced violators of recovery recov-ery codes and agreements tool to-ol a v. President Roosevelt invoked in-voked the penal sections of the national industrial recovery act 1 last night in a sweeping executive ; order and delegated full powers to ! Administrator Hugh S. Johnson to ' prevent violations of the law and ' force compliance with codes and agreements, and all rules and regulations regu-lations issued under them. New Regulations Johnson immediately supplemented. supplement-ed. the president's order with regulations regu-lations placing those who display the Blue Eagle under the president's presi-dent's re-employment agreement or an equal footing with those for whom codes have been promulgated. promul-gated. Johnson's regulations also required surrender of the Blue Eagle upon demand. The .president acted under section sec-tion 10 (A) of the law which gives him power to prescribe rules and provides for punishment in case of violation. The president's order was in four parts. The first prohibited anyone from falsely representing himself to be discharging the obligations, or complying with the provisions, of agreements, codes, or rules or regulations. The second prohibited prohibit-ed use of the Blue Eagle contrary to rules prescribed by Johnson. The third delegated to Johnson the power to enforce the first two prohibitions, and "take such other steps as he may deem advisable to effectuate such rules and regulations regula-tions or any rules so prescribed by the administrator, and to appoint personnel and delegate thereto such powers as may be deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes pur-poses of this order." The fourth part of the order set forth the penalties contained in the law. May Surrender Eagle-- Under that authority. Johnson issued five regulations. The first proclaimed the Blue Eagle insignia he property of the government. The second, provided for its display dis-play upon compliance with codes, agreements, rules and regulations. The third required its surrender upon demand by Johnson or his authorized representative. The fourth provided that nothing should prevent those from whom the Blue Eagle has been taken away from displaying or selling goods marked by others with the emblem. The fifth set the penalties. penal-ties. , , . The administrations acuim wo intended to protect merchants from competitors who were misrepresenting misrep-resenting compliance with codes or agreements, and give the administrator adminis-trator the power to enforce his orders for revocation of the Blue Eagle. |