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Show ! ; Wl DO OUR PART J ?rorE AND PURPOSE OF THE 1 DENT'S EMERGENCY REEMPLOYMENT CAMPAIGN .i..,', Emergency Re-employmont Campaipm may la !V Ijl as a plan to dd from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons t1 ' payrolls within the next six weeks or so, through '' ""'made ith ul8 President of tllB United States by somo " ';fllti -ems or individuals, employing two or more persons each. f ihat (his number of jobs may be made available, it will ' of course, for employers in many cases to shorten work-plan work-plan also provides for certain minimum wage scales : ? in many cases will mean added labor costs for the employer. -lpriJent's Agreement, however, includes a pledge of coopcra-the coopcra-the consuming public, and it is thus anticipated that tha ' 31 hil undertaking a larger expense as the direct result of : Inent with the President, will gain added patronage as the S of his public spirited attitude. - frl also is to be borne in mind that where all employers act ttP'i' PP'e on ieir Pavro"8 or ,0 raise wages, no as the President himself has pointed out, "will suffer because ittlerel of competitive cost will advance by the same amount to be understood that this plan is supplementary to the plan sJopu'on by various industrial and trade groups which has for e the elimination of unfair competition, the establishment of .misHe rewards for labor, the spread of employment and the 4 of production. This plan for speeding business recovery, HI . ' J under the provisions of the National Recovery Act passed Si Csit Congress, is rapidly being made effective, and there will S . "jjl.jp on the drive to make its adoption widespread. a President's Emergency Re-employment plan will bridge time !2 '-nj the nation out of the depression more rapidly than if the ."jioition plan were depended upon exclusively. The President's -ent also covers many business groups that would not Be amen-v" amen-v" sinyof the code arrangements. f :-J tat is still more important, perhaps, the President's Emer-Reemployment Emer-Reemployment campaign carries certain psychological values A se as priceless as patriotism at this juncture of our economic The President himself made this quite clear in his recent radio sto the nation when he said: "On the basis of this simple prin- t : '4 anybody doing things together, tie are starting out on this x'ie attack on unemployment. It will succeed if our people J ::inrd it in the big industries, in the little shops, in the great icJin the small villages. There is nothing complicated about it fee is nothing particularly new in the principle. It goes back to 'at idea of society, and of the Nation itself, that people acting :rap am accomplish things which no individual acting alone '.lira hope to bring about." ' y hs we have all the power and potency of mass attack directed j sand lines of organization and system. Here briefly, is an out- ' :: of this organized attack on unemployment: In every community, ji&im are formed along military lines, which is fitting enough, :a the President's Emergency Re-employment campaign is Uncle :-wsr on unemployment and the nation is rallying to the colors just :ya!ly as though we were actually engaged in a war against a a foe. . ' He local committee is made up of the active heads of the leading !' ass and civic organizations, and includes also the mayor. Thess atees in the thousands of cities and towns throughout the country .! formed following telegrams and letters sent by General Johnson if presidents of Chambers of Commerce or similar trade bodies in : section of the United States. These local committees elect a gen-; gen-; -to hare charge of the city campaign and a lieutenant general who i moman. The general selects three colonels, each of whom is to taka :i certain part of the campaign work. For example, Colonel No. 1 Jttage of the "man-power" or organization department. Under his i -""Son block-to-block canvasses will be made to check up on com- -ft vita the President's Agreement, and to make a survey of th ' ployed, as to adaptability by experience as to trades and indus- s iid thus be able more readily to help in the processes of as3imila-llabor as3imila-llabor by expanding industries. Colonel No. 2, briefly, ha3 charge) s arspaper publicity and kindred activities; and Colonel No. 3 ha -saining and direction of public speakers under his charge, tack of these three colonels has seven or more majors on his staff, -ach major has about the same number of captains. Each captain Jwen or more field workers. All of the local organizations are, of 'constantly supplied with educational and inspirational material blinds from the National Recovery Administration in Washington. tons and tons of printed matter has been shipped to every 'W corner of the country. : N.rU. emblem, known popularly as the Blue Eagle, is one of ;'st interesting and vital features of the campaign. All employers , :3 s'gn the President's Agreement are entitled to display the Blue i f inth the initials N.R.A. and the words "We Do Our Part." ! i -stents, manufacturers and all others who have the right to display U Jignia by reason of their having complied with the Presidents t ?!tmt, are permitted to hang it on their walls, or in their windows, : hicks and cars, and, if they so desire, to stamp it on their prod- "merchandise. It is, in fact, the desire of the Recovery Admin-x Admin-x -;itonthat all make liberal use of this badge of patriotism. r person in the United States who wishes to cooperate in the . i Rent's Emergency Re-employment Campaign and be considered as ; JbeT ot the N.R.A. may go to the authorized establishment in his f ""J and sign a statement of cooperation as follows: V jj- coperate in re-employment by supporting and patron- ,,S ""Payers and workers who are members of N.R.A." J v . 7 sch signer will then be given and may thereafter use the "p laf consumer membership in N.R.A. e ! , 3 Phase of the progress of this mighty campaign will be flashed Ff ' rV.SpapeT3 of the country and announced constantly over the ' "r ay everyne will be in a position to know just what the 'B is doing from day to day in actually putting people back on , I1 and adding to the mass purchasing power of the country. as has been stated, it is desired that liberal use of the '4; made hr employer and consumers, it is to be remembered CI C'al N'R'A- emblem is the property of the United States ,if,; s ent and may not be used or reproduced without authority ot Rovery Administration. -Ha ,'8!8"5 U employers who sign the President's Agreement are I'iJ U,e nc " 11 heal post-offices and it is ur-red that all employers who P :!itir, n,S,gned the agreement Uo so immediately and deliver them Post-master. A m!nor exceptions, the terms of the President's Agree- Ceck ne?l0yers h e, " Miu: Any employer of a factory ' , 1CaUorW or artisan rnu.t not pay him less than 40 cents V WMk him more t'.r n 35 hours a week, except that if the 5 A '!'lylre payinS 1 than 40 cents for that kind of work 7 W epIo"er c p--y I'""' rale now but not less I ii AS ' 311 cmp! jyes-those on a weekly rate-the HC Py not lcss l SI5 a week in a city of over 500000 ,f ,w.W-50 a week in cities of between 250,000 and 500 000 ';j 'M i ln cities between 2.500 and 250,000 population; or H ' WorV Iess than 2.r'00 population, and the employer agrees I es v 8 class 01 workers more than 40 hours a. week. As to "Hi, ere getting a higher wae. the employer must not I Nl, s because of a reduction in their hours and he should 1 S id? ' 6 Usual difference as between the lower and the i5 ;erPi7es- And f-r August 31, he must not work ch.ldren !fhs 9f age. There are, of course, some other rules win h 'He t but the term of the agreement as here outlined areebulkof cases. |