Show J A TRUCE OF SELFISHNESS THE president has lIas set Americans the hardest task that ever faces humankind the humankind the putting putting putting put put- ting aside of self interest for the common good He calls for a truce truee on selfishness for nil all to act vigorously and boldly as one man manill manin manin in ill in a mass attack on the depression by bj- voluntary voluntary vol vol- 01 agreement to to-ift to lift wages and shorten hours lie ire calls for a covenant to get the jobless millions in the United States back to work to recreate purchasing power to match the speeding up of production From the White House there has lIas issued a declaration of war upon ever everything thing that is retarding recover recovery Announcing it General Johnson N. N R. R A. A chief said I believe we can create a psychology stronger than in war As s he talked he pointed to what he called the only significant chart one showing that hat values alues have shot far upward leaving purchasing power behind It i is inevitable that these must move together for prosperity the tile general general general gen gen- eral declared Success for the plan President Roosevelt said in his bulletin depends wholly upon united action b by all employers The employers employers' employ employ- ers era part is to act lct at once and all together the t e part p rt is to do their best on the job and to cooperate with N. N R. R A A. in peaceful I adjustment of differences More lore can be done clone run flow for workers declares the presidents president's bul bull bul- bul l tin through this cooperation of people than can ever erbe c be done lone by discord and dispute There is no force here except conscience con con- science and opinion But this is not a ballyhoo c campaign This is a test of patriotism Rather sketchy details are so far available z to hours of work short weeks minimum wages rages and other features of the tile agreement approved b by the president Thursday night A great gLeat campaign of education regarding tile the program is promised by the head of the tile national national na na- na- na recovery reco administration Swift moving changes require swift action Mr rr Roosevelt said faid Und Undoubtedly business men and citizens generally recognized that the administration was proposing a drastic and movement but ut as to how it will affect deff- deff deli deli- individual business concerns and industries indus indus- tries and eg much is yet ct to be bo learned The he temper of the American people is still keyed up to the that accompanied the tile inauguration of the tile widely idel heralded new deal deaI Lets do something That was the slogan everywhere Now v it looks as if the president had hind produced something to enlist tl the th activity of or the whole of us Whatever it is those who elect to stand on the sidelines seem to be left wholly out of the picture The individual l citizen or the individual individual in in- business choosing to stay on the out out- side fide faces what the administration on rather frankly reveals as a boycott cott The whip has hns been cracked at the White House While the plan of nationwide cooperation coop coop- cration is defined a as wholly voluntary e it could not advance one step farther without becoming absolute dictatorship The way things shape up the president ent seems to be pointedly asking the American people if they want to do what is suggested as being for th their ir best good gool or if they prefer to have haye the velvet cIvet glove peeled pi pf off the governments government's fist t |