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Show PRESSDEMT'S PROGRAM TO SUPPORT .'-.untrv Aroused To Need Of Unselfish Support of . NIRA Plan By H. O. TIIOMl'SON Uil.nl Press Stuff Correspondent WASHINGTON July 215 fTlie tl. ive t end unt'iii--..vment advanced today on ' cioiinling title of national tpjwrt so great that Kecov-' . v Ailministrator II u g h ''r,iismi confidently declareil lory was assured. jtif'ciitinO'V 's at hist aroused," ition said. "It is mi irresistible '. ,fh. Nothing will ever hamper president's program." ibe government printing office, r ising three shifts, was rushing . ai parts of the nation milliona copies of the voluntary agree-which agree-which all employers are ask-r ask-r to sign. Within Ihe next day or U tl'ej' W'll b0 1'laeed in the ;m of every businessman, ar ConWovei'sies Thousands of telegrams eontln-jd eontln-jd to pile up here, pledging abid-:e abid-:e by these agreements, fixing a 5 hour week and minimum wage ( 10 cents an hour for industrial jbor and a 40 hour week and &12-11 &12-11 minimum for office and store aployes. They still are pouring in," John-si John-si said in an address, "and they present a cross section of employ-!- ,.i,i .111,1 small so thorough ki of itself to insure success. 1 Tie power of this people once Housed and united in a fixed pur-i-:ses is the most irresistible force ii: the world." Controversies continued to rage ii conferences over the codes forte for-te oil and lumber industries. Johnson, tireless former army gen-continued gen-continued to' exert pressure :.r quick agreements. He was faced with demands that :.t intercede to avert further difficulties dif-ficulties between capital and labor !i the textile, steel and bitumin-:js bitumin-:js coal industries. The labor advisory board has received hundreds of complaints of :ction against union employes in variety of industries. The coju-jlaints coju-jlaints fall Into two groups: 1. Alleged widespread discharge in ihe cotton textile industry now "Perating under a code of fair (ompetition. 2. Charges that many union men are being discharged in the Ml unu steel industries, and in imny cases being evicted, from ihir homes. For the first group the advisory board is counseling slow action on the theory that a revolutionary change such as the textile code will require some time to become rally effective. For the second poup the advisory board is urg-H urg-H that .loluu.'on take Immediate action. |