The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 23, 1933, Page 2

What the THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1983 - ~ and how you can get it The President’s Reemployment Program is advancing to complete success. No such sweeping demonstration of the unity of a whole people against a national danger has ever been made. « In this vast surge of patriotism it is neces- _ sary to keep our common purpose always clear. When 125,000,000 people attempt to act as one man there are sure —_ mechanilite, or by taxes to be some misunderstandings. It is time to restate as clearly as possible the aim of the whole endeavor and the duty Lae get ol ped of each individual. « That is the purpose of this message—to state officially, briefly and clearly the simple rukes te osjectot tus AnePrieering Not to increase the morchariiive : after the date om erin iL I more than is made necessary by ine oreases: invoice costs ies x by tome or wher neve nate for common guidance. « It is an evidence of the self-sacrificing service of the whole country that this newspaper has gz tem sreiiet was sted out by the Preatento donated this space. In that spirit the whole country is acting. « This plan depends wholly on united action. That wmity (777 °°. Be mits then: is almost complete. In the next few days let us close up every gap in the ranks and nail the flag of the Blue Eagle on the door of every man who works another man. OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S REEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Sometimes miscalled “The Blanket Code’’) ‘This Agreement binds you to put its terms into effect from the time you sign the Certificate of Compliance until ecember 81, 1958; but when the President has approved a Code for your trade or industry, that Code takes the place of this Agreement. You agree: Chitd Leber (1) After August $1, 1933, not to employ any under 16 years of age, except that persons Petwoon 14 and 16 may be employed Chat not in manufacturing or mechanical {ndastrics) for ‘not to exceed § hours per day and those hours between T A.M. and 7P. M. in such work a» will not inter. fore with hours of day echool. ‘This means that after August 81, 1983, you agree not to employ any children under 14 years old in any kind of business. You may employ children between 16 and 16 years old, but only for three hours a day and those hours must be between 7 in the morning and 7 at night, and arranged so as not to interfere with school. You agree not to employ any children under 16 years old in ® manufacturing or mechanical industry, at any time. Meximum Hours (2) Not to work any accounting, clerical, bank- = office, service, or sales employees (except out- salesmen) in any store, office, department, establishment, or public utility, or on ae auto- motive or wn passenger, express, ivery, or freight service, or in any other place or manner, for more than 40 hours in any 1 week and not to reduce the hours of any store or service operation to below 52 hours in any 1 week, unless such hours were less than 52 hours per week before July 1, 1938, and in the latter case not to reduce such hours at all. ‘This means that you agree not to work any of the kinds of employees listed in this paragraph (except outside salesmen) for more than 40 hours a week. This para- graph covers all employees except factory workers, me- chanical workers and artisans. However, no limit on hours and no minimum wage applies to purely agricul- tural labor, domestic servants, or persons working for you solely on a commission basis; but, if you have persons working for you who are guaranteed a base pay in addition to their commission, then their base pay plus commissions must equal the minimum wage. [his Agreement sets no maximum'on the number of ours you may keep your business open. You agree not to keep your wholesale, retail, or service establishment open Jess than 82 hours week unless it was open less 52 hours a week before July 1, 1933. Even then you agree to keep it open as long as you used to keep it open before July 1. Of course, it you have always kept your store open shorter hours in the Summer months you can continue to do so this Summer, but you should pay your employees the same amount each week that they will get when you keep your store open full time. The stores with more than two employees which remain pen the longest are contributing the most to carrying out the pur of the Agreement. The stores with two or less ees which can be only the minimum Raper ty hours required, are doing the most to fulfill pa (B) Not to employ any factory or mechanical (gyrker oF artioan moro than a maximam week of hours until December 31, 1933, but with the wight to work a maximum week any 6 weeks within this 3 and not to employ any worker more than 8 hours in any one day. This means that if you are employing factory or me- * chanical workers or artisans, you agree not to work them more than 85 hours a week and not more than 8 hours m any one day. ‘When you have more than the usual amount of work to do and can't get additional workers, you may employ this class of employee up to 40 hours a week in any 6 weeks, but prmatnile cosstyex sane act work them more than @ hours a day. (4) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing (2) and (3) shall not apply to em- ployees in establishments emplo; not more than two us in towns of less than 2,500 population oi toms ary not part of = larger ado aren: nor to registered acists or other prof nal Prsssreg carer ie thee Benfesclon nor ager @ managerial or execu! ive capacit wi how restive more than $95 per welt nor Yo em loyees om emergency Works mor to very special eases ‘where Testricthons 1550 Federal cenas ‘This means that there are certain empl ees whom you may work longer hours than are allowed hs (2) and (8) PR. A. ; aie i ad If your business is in a small town ‘population less than 2,500 by the 1930 census) and you do not employ more than two persons, the limit on hours does not apply to these employees. If your town is really a part of Ane business community, the limit on hours does apply to these employees. ‘ The limit on hours does not a) to your employees who are wholly or primarily A os ra executives, as Jong as they receive $85 a week. ‘Professional persons, lke doctors, lenyers, registered pharmacists and nurses, may be employed without any limit on hours. ‘Where employees are doing emergency jobs of mainte- Rance or repair work, they may be kept o the job for longer hours, but you agree to pay them at least time end one-third for hours worked over the limits set in pare- graphs (2) and (8) P.R.A. ‘There are a few very special cases where highly skilled workers must be allowed to work more than limit of hours in order to keep up output on continuous processes, but, here again, you agree to pay them at least time and one-third for the hours they work over the limits set in paragraphs (2) and (8) P.R.A. Minimum Wages (3) Not to pay any of the classes of employees mention paragraph (2) less than By per week in any city of over Loeb ate ea eperneed or in the immediate trade area of city; nor less than $14.50 week in any city of between 250,000 and 850,000 Population, or in the im- mediate trade area of such city; nor less than $14 per week in any city of between 2,500 and 250,000 population, or in the immediate trade area of such city and in towns of less than 2,500 population to east tir te ahs less than 21 per cent, Pro’ that shall not require wages in excess of $12 per week. This sets out the schedule of minimum wages which you agree to pay all employees, except factory or mechanical ase or (ited ape wages mie set out in ris is lollars per week, but if your em; rees are e hour, ro may use the following scleatiles as Place of Business: (Population by 1930 Consus) Minimum Wage: In cities of 500,000 or over. 7% cents per hoar In cities of between 250,000 and 500,000 .aesresseseeeessesenneseeneeren36¥4 cents per hour In cities of between 2,500 and 250,000 .. 35 cents per hour If your business is in town of less than 3,500 popula- tion, you agree to raise all wages at least 20%. If raising all wages 20% causes you to pay over $12 per week, then you need only pay the $12 per week. = If there is any doubt in your mind as to whether your business is in the “immediate trade area” of a city, you should ask your local Chamber of Commerce or other similar organization for'a decision on the matter. The general rule is that the “immediate trade area” is the area in which there is direct retail competition. 6) Not to pay any employee of the classes men- tioned in paragraph (3) less than 40 cents per hour unless the hourly rate for the same class of work on July 15, 1929, was less than 40 cents per hour, in which latter case not to Jess than the hourly rate on July 15, 1929, and in no event less than 30 cents hour. It is a that this para. graph estab! a minimum rate of Pay regardless of whether the employee is com- Pensated on the basis of a time rate or on a piece- performance. This fixes the minimum wage which you agree to pay factory and mechanical workers and artisans. The tol lowing schedule may help you to find out the proper rate: ch cert ta the'seme commune The mintmam rate which you on July 18, 1929, weer saree 00 poy tat More than 40c an hour...40¢ an hour 30c to 40¢ an hour........... The July 15, 1929 hourly rate Less than 30¢ an hour.....30¢ an honr Instead of ying by the hour, you may pay by the week at a rate which gives the same week! ly earnings for a week of 35 hours. For example, instead of 40c an hour, you may pay $14 per week. If you had a contract on or before August 1, 1983, with a learner or apprentice, you do.not have to pay him the minimum wage, but no one should be classed as a learner or an apprentice who has ever been employed as a regu- lar worker in your industry. (7) Not to reduce the compensation for employ- ment now in excess of the minimum wages » agreed to (notwithstan that the hours worked te incresve tho pay fet ouch crane by Crease pay a equitable readjustment of all phy eeeealen: sa Two official interpretations—No, 1 and No. 20—have been issued, explaining this paragraph. You can get copies of these at your local Chamber of Commerce or from the nearest N.R.A. representative. Anti-Subterfuge 8) Not to any subterfug pelea! pe erp Gy poten yabeyaeeloe other things, to increase employment by a uni- ee Sree eee anrae o e meree, ant ay to the shorter week to a living besie- ks This is the heart of the whole Agreement. The Presi- dent's Plan is to oure this depression by increasing pur. chasing power. You can help him put this-plan over by voluntarily signing this Agreement to shorten houre and raise wages. There is no force to compel you to sign this Agreement. It is not law. It is a personal agreement between you and the President, The President expects you to do everything in your power to carry out the spirit of the Agreement after you sign it, This means whole-hearted cooperation by really earning the Blue Eagle—not by just getting it and then not doing your part, - It would be a “subterfuge to frustrate the spirit and intent of thie Agreement” to sign it and then put all of your employees on a straight commission basis—or any other trick to avoid doing what you promise to do. 4 $ Ly F z i ey fF 35 BE Has tH i i : ki Ht fee j “ < hd M { ‘ wemsee && ? } ! i Sa iy reencce tnd ren owt fy acorn HOW TO EARN THE BLUE EAGLE dag thir fot 1. Sign the President’s Reemployment Agreement (P.R.A.). 2. Shorten Hours of factory workers to 35 hours per week, and of all other empleyecs to 40 hours per week. (See paragraphs 2,3 and 4, P.R.A.) - 3. Raise Wages. (See paragraphs 5, 6, and 7, P.R.A.) 4. Don't Employ Child Labor. (See paragraph-1, P.R.A.) 5. Cooperate with the President. To do this: National Industrial Recovery Act. You in this (a) Live Up to the Agreement. (See paragraph 8, P.R.A.) ee pi pened ie Ee (b) Don't Profiteer. (See paragraph 9, P.R.A.) (©) Deal Only with Others “Under the Blue Eagle.” (See Paragraphs 10 and 12.) (d) Get a Code in by September 1st. (See paragraphs 11 and 13, P.R.A.) Agusd ed Geansennad soph ene ae, P a for the HOW TO GET THE BLUE EAGLE Tent, the ealecigned Sri eek note Aare” 1. Sign the President's Reemployment Agreement. 2. Mail the Signed Agreement to your District Office of the Department of Commerce. 3.-Put the Agreement into Effect (as outlined above in “‘How to Earn the Blue Eagle”). ee ms mee usually, increase the costs of 4. Sign a Certificate of Compliance. This is a slip distributed with the Agreement. It peas he pape: Nag eee in says: “I/We certify that we have adjusted the hours of labor and the wages of our employees to accord with the President's Reemployment. Agreement, which we have signed.” 5. Deliver the Certificate of Compliance to Your Post Office. The Postmaster will give you your Blue Eagle. = * another, and so on to the consumer. t buy Come ars Baeaeract made before June 16, 1992, to goods at a fixed OU ay make an a1 meat with your seller so fatiyeara y him for the cost to him caused by his having signed this Agreement, or having come under a Code approved by the lent, In some cases the final buyer is the Government, which, EXCEPTIONAL CASES 1. Where a Code Has Been Submitted. (See (b) Prepare a petition to N. R. A. setting out paragraph 13, President's Reemployment Agree- the reasons why you cannot comply with certain ayy if your whole Trade or Industry is unable provisions, and requesting that an exception be to live up to the President’s Agreement, you nade in your case. should get together at once, with other employers nea Jn your Trade or Industry and, in a group, sub- _ (¢), Have thi mit a Code of Fair Competition to N. R. A, in ‘ASseciation. Congress that appropriations be made to allow the Government to py ts pert by we sii the Agreement for their increased costs. The P: it has also appealed to the States and cities to take action per- mitting them to do likewise. tition approved rour Trade re inno Frade Assocation for You should have no fear that, because your buyer has ashi your business, have your petition approved by not signed, you will be left with the cost on you ‘Washington. your local Chamber of coaearee or = r repre- alone. The expects every employer to sign its Since it takes some time after a Code has sentative organisation designated by N.R.A. been submitted for it to be finally approved, your group ma: Petition N. R. 4s to pubetttute the at He He Teed rey or cee ho Be , Subochttions wages al urs provisions of your le for the a I» roves send R.A. Res and hate pengilGne pA the President's in Washington wil ‘approval. (13) This Agreement shall cease upon approval Reemployment Agreement. If N. R. A. finds that the Code provisions are within the spirit of the President’s Reemploy- ment Agreement, it gail consent to such substitu- tions. If N. R. A. does consent there will be an official notice in all the papers. You may then put the substituted provisions into effect in place of the indicated paragraphs of the President's Re- camplormecat Agreement. In this case you should add to your Certificate of Compliance the fol- lowing clause: “To the extent of N. BR. A. con. sent as announced, (ec) Comply with all the provisions of the Agreement except the one you are petitioning to have excepted. f) Sign the Certificate of Compliance, adding rol the following clauses “Busept for those interim provisions rega: wages and hours which have been approved the ‘Trade Association.” Deliver this Certificate of Compliance i oat eat Chee. ere peceive a Blue ut before disp! ou musi put a ‘white bar across ita breast Sith the word P.R. wevhave complied with the “Provisional” on it. If your petition is finall the President's Agreement by complying with the sinered by BA Yen aay ae ee rather than under the wages and hours provisions of this substituted provisions of the Code submitted by down. If your petition is not approved by N.R.A. re the Trade/Industry.’ you must comply with the Agreement in full. Encoptions If the substitution is consented to after you It ha tract is agreed that Person whi ishes to have already put the President's Reemploymient ish a fuhor ontunieation eailing for longer track se Rie bate Methe Precidente Joyment Drive Agreement into full effect, and after you have than the President's Agreentent allowstand tis by ‘this, but ‘asserts that already gotten your Blue Eagle, you may still contract was made in. good faith by collective some hereof, because of pecu- put the substituted provisions into effect without bargaining and cannot be changed by you alone, War will create id- signing another Certificate of Compliance. try to get the labor organisation to agree to a able hardship, may obtain ‘tho benefits hereof by 2, Where a Code Has Been Approved. If a reduction to the maximum hours allowed by the signing this Agreement and putting it into effect Code of Fair Competition for your Trade or — President’s Agreement. If the labor organisa- and then, in a ed bya Industry shes already been finally approved by tion will not agree, you may apply to N. R. A. tion of his industry, or the President, you need not sign the President's for permission to work your employees as many tion Reemployment Agreement in ordér to ‘the hours a week as the contract for. Send to such provision pending igation Blue Eagle. The same is true if you are ie N. R. A. @ request for this with a by N. R. A., if he agrees in app! te to a Code which has been put into effect tempo- certified copy of the labor contract and any abide by the decision of such in This rarily by agreement between the. President and statement of fact you desire. This application is entered ered inde parynant to section 4 (a) representatives of your Trade or Industry; but in will be handled by N. R.A, in the same manner the National Recovery Act and sub- either of these cases, you must sign a Certificate as an application for relief in cases of individual ject to all the terms and conditions required of Com) ed addin; eo it the following state- handéhip, Sled woler Paragraph (14) gd A, sections 7 (a) and 10 (b) of that act. ment: “We have com) with the operative pro- pul will not necessary obtain: ap- visions of the Code for the — Trade/Industry.” _proval of a trade association or other organics. aE eon Gorge apa aera 3; Cases of Individual Hardship, (Paragraph /on, If N. EA. approves your, application or particular part of this Agreement causes you, as an éndo- 14, President's Reemployment Agreement). ina aga pa Mesa: vs orn vidual employer, great and mmavoidable, ha yee If there are some peculiar reasons why a par- - may relief by taking = outlined ticular provision of the President's Agreement 2, Wot employees in, accordance with the con fending "Cases of ual ip” tract as orl; y written or modified, and can then si Certificate of Compliance to it the following: “Except as segues, to comply with the terms of the A; will cause you, individually, a great and unavoid- able hai yon may still get the Blue Eagle by taking the following steps: (a) Sign the a mail the undersi the (Ne f Sore oh e * a) Agreement and mail it to your _ between unt Jame of tion. If there are any problems in your mind District Office of the Department of Commerce. Labor Organteation are not cleared up by this explanation, get in Official Statement of the Blue Eagle Division, N.R.A., Washington, D. C. RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL lue Eagle means to you |