Show FILENE URGES PAY INCREASES SAN FRANCISCO Feb 6 P lP- lP Business recovery can be accelerated b by using wing the N R A machinery to increase increase in in- crease wages Edward A. A Filene Boston Boston Bos Bos- Bos ton merchandiser today told the Commonwealth club here Wages should hould be raised he asserted asserted as as- while prices should be lowered lowered low low- ered by allowing them to remain in in competition He lIe included farmers in inthe inthe inthe the class of those whose incomes should be lifted Unless we can get buying power into nto the hands of th these e masses there is no chance on earth for business I recovery Filene insisted Business has missed the opportunity opportunity for recovery presented to Itin itIn it in n the N R B A codes Filene said He explained By using those codes as they may maybe maybe I be used we busin business 5 men may solve this problem of wages in a wa way that will bring business in the near future fu- fu ture to new heights of prosperity The liThe big news is that for the first time in history American busin business businessmen men can now act together particularly particularly upon this problem of wages and we can enforce the decisions which we make AU All we now need is a better Understanding understanding un Un- of wages as the buying power of the only market which can be big enough to pull us out of this depression and keep us out |