The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 24, 1933, Page 5

THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933. a. sas Rat Vhat the Blue Eagle means to | 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 to be some misunderstandings, It is time to restate as clearly as possible the aim of the whole endeavor and the duty of each individual, + That is the purpose of this message—to state officially, briefly and clearly the simple rules forcommon guidance. « It is an evidence of the self-sacrificing service of the whole country that this newspaper has donated this space. In that spirit the whole country is acting. « This plan depends wholly on united action. That unity 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. duh OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S REEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (Sometimes miscailed “The Blanket Code”) longer hours, but you agree to pay them at least time and onethird for mpere worked. ieee the limits set in para- graphs (2) and (3) P. R.A. ‘There are a few very special cases where ly skilled workers must be allowed to work more than the 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 (3) P.R,A. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN This Agreement, binds you to terms into eff from the time you sign the Certi December 81, 19335 * a Code far your trade or industry, that *lace of this Agreement. You agree: Child Labor GY After August 31, 1933, not to per ander 16 years of age, exeept ween 14 and 16 may be employed ~ mannfacturing “or echnical. fads _ to exceed 3 hours per day and, those hor “2A. M. and 7 P.M. in-such work as fere with hours of day school, — ‘This meuns that after August 81, 1983, you to employ any childrenyunder 14. old in of business. Fou may employ children between 16 years old, but only for three hours a bo an hours must be between 7 in the morning and 7 ai and arranged §0 as not to interfere: with agree not 6 employ any children under 16 a manufacturing mechanical industry, at any ‘WE_DO_OUR PART HOW TO EARN THE BLUE EAGLE 1. Sign the President’s Reemployment Agreement (P.R.A.). 2. Shorten Hours of factory workers to 35 hours per week, and of qll other employees to 40 hours per week, (See paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, P.R.A.) 3. Raise Wages. (See paragraphs 5, 6, arid 7, P.R.A.) 4. Don't Employ Child Labor. (See paragraph 1, P.R.A.) 8. Cooperate with the President. To do this: (a) Live Up to the Agreement, (See paragraph 8, P.R,A.) (b) Don’t Profiteer. (See paragraph 9, P.R.A.) (©) Deal Only with Others “Under the Blue Eagle.” (See. paragraphs 10 qnd 12.) (a) Get « Code in by September Ist. (See paragraphs 11 and 13, P.R.A,) HOW TO GET THE BLUE EAGLE 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 “Howto Earn the Blue Eagie”). 4. Sign a Certificate of Compliance. This is a slip distributed with the Agreement. It says: “I/We certify that we have adjusted the hours of labor and the wages of our employees ; I Ne ‘ f the classes of empl deen im Gorsamls CA) loos sean 15 per ,000 population, or in sfbe gece Ey Hi 54 EE fi ry i cit f agree to pay all employees, except factory a coe iL workers tne rage aE ‘wages sé out peg io dollars per week, but our employees are hour, pn mee use the following schedule: » Place of Business: {Population by 1930 Consus) Minimum Wage: In cities af between 250,000 and 500,000 o...0.00.00+ In cities of between 2,500 and 250,000 .secsrcrsrseroersrsorsereneeneees 35 cents per hour If your business {s in a town of less than 2,500 popula- ‘This means that you agree not to work any of the kinds » @ employees listed in this paragraph ( t outside salesmen) for Eye —_ 40 hours a week, Ph “graph covers all employees except factory workers, me- chanical et re "artleans, fap tiga po limit on hours and no minimum wage 4] es to purely agricul- tural labor, domestic servants, re sons working for * you solely on. a conunission basis ; if you have persons “ warking for you. who; are guaran a@ base pay in addition to their commission, then their base pay plus commissions must equa! the minimum wage. ‘This Agreement sets no maximum on the number of hours you may keep your business open. You agree not to keep your wholesale, retail, or service establishment ‘open tess ian 52 hours ‘a week unless it was open less than 62 hours a week before July 1, 1983, Even then you agree to keep it open as long as you used to keep it open ‘before duly 1. Of course, if you have always kept your sture open shorter hours in Summer months you can cvitivae to do so this Summer, but you should pay your empioyees the same amount each week that they will get when you keop your store open full time. « ~The stores with more than two employees which remain epen the longest are contributing the most to carrying Sout the al ‘of the Agreement. The stores with two et tess employees which can be open only the miniaun Rianber-of hours required, are doing the most to fulfill their. part, ¥ (3). Not to employ echanical seacher-or astieas crore tha ponsionmmn week of 25 hours until December 31, 1933, but with the vight to work a week of 40 hours for aay @ weeks within this 3 and not to, any worker, more than 8 hours im aay ene ‘This means that If you are emplo: factory or me- weahieal Serhere br atione you anon F to work them mare then 35 hours a week and not more than 8 hours tm any one day rm S hours a day (2) The maximum hears paragraphs (2) and (3) pio: ees ia establishments hig eg tee pemoos ia towns of less which towns are not pert of her ta registered ployees on emergency werk; @or to i 1930 Federal census. This means that there are certain may werk fonger hours than are atlewed by paragraphs (2)aet (8) PRA, 2.400cby the 10 websus) aad you than two persons, the limit en hours dees not " these eioplayees. Uf your town ia really a part of a larger business community, the Hmit on hours dees apply to these employees, ‘The Umit on bours decs net apply te a * whe are wholly or primarily Ts er es, AS foag as they receive $35.4 week. Professiunal persons, like doctors, lawyers, registered’ pharmarists and aurses, ~ ery be eopployed without any figit on howgs. Where cnpiiuyecacise steing emergency jebs of mainte- Rance oF repair work, they may be kept om the jeb for 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 a ene tioned in os (lS ne Wen! 40 outs: per hour aes ta rate for the same class of work on July 15, 19: hour, in which latter ease not to hor rate on July 15, 1929, than 30 cents » It is agreed graph establishes a pay regardless of ‘This fixes the minimum wage which you agree to pay factory and mechanical workers and eter "The fol- lowing schedule may belp you to find out the proper rate: pon Apfel lerdal dg gett pi om Jnly 15, 1929, was: agree to pay ts: More than 40c an hour...40c.an hour 30e to 40¢ an hour...........The July 15,1929 hourly rate Less than 30¢ an hour.....30¢ an hour Instead of paying by the hour, you may pay by the week at a rate which gives the same weekly earnings for a week of 35 hours. For example, instead of 40c an hour, you may pay $14 per week. ¥f you had a contract on or before August 1, 1933, with a learner or apprentice, you do not have to pay him the minimum wi ‘but mo one should be classed as a learner or an appréitice who has ever been employed as a regu- lar worker in your industry. (7) Not to reduce the ment now in excess of the minimam Two official interpretations—No. 1 and No. 20—have been issued, explaining this paragraph. You ean get copics of these at your pen Chamber SS tamara tee the nearest N.R. A. representative. force this Agreement. 1¢ is not taw, It between you and the President. The you to do i | would he 0 “rebterfage to deatent of oe ene ee your emplagess om @ stcak 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. EXCEPTIONAL CASES 1. Where a Code Has Been Submitted. (See paragraph 13, President’s Reemployment Agree- ment). If your whole Trade or Industry is unable to live up to the President's Agrecment, you should get together at once, with other employers in your Trade or Industry and, in a group, sub- mit a Code of Fair Competition to N. R. A. in ‘Washington. Since it takes some time after a Code has been submitted for it to be finally approved, your group may petition \N. R.A. to substitute the wages hours provisions of your Code for the wages and hours provisions of the President's Reemployment Agreement. If N. R. A. finds that the Code provisions are within the spirit of the President's Reemploy- ment Agreement, it will 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- em ent Agreement. In this case you should ge wi ificate of Compliance the fol- lowing clause: “To the extent of N. R. A. con- sent as announced, we have complied with the President’s Agreement, by. complying with the substituted provisions of the Code submitted by the ——_—__—_—— Trade/Industry.” If the substitution is consented to after you have already put the President's Reemployment Agreement into full @ffect, and after you have already gotten your Blue Eagle, you may still put the substitnted provisions into effect without signing another Certificate of Compliance. 2, Where = Code Has Been Approved. If a Code of Pair Competition for your Trade or Industry has already been finally approved by the President, you need not sign the President's R t Agreement In order to get the Blue The same is true if you are subject to a Code which has been put inio effect tempo- rarily by agreement between the President and wesentatives of your Trade or Industry; but in wt of these cases, you must sign a Certificate af ——— adding to it the following state- ment: “We have complied with the operative pro- visions of the Code for the —— Trade/Industry.” 3. Cases of Individual Hardship. (Paragra 14, President's Reemployment Agreement). i If there are some peculiar reasons why a par- ticular provision of the President's Agreement will cause you, individually, a great and unavoid- able hard: you may still get the Biue Eagle by taking the following steps: fa) Sign the Agreement and mail it to your District Office of the Department of Coamneree. Official Statement of the Blue Eagle Division, N.R.A., Washington, D.C, NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION | b) Prepare a petition to N. setting out nl ib tsa: wily fou cannot peep with a provisions, requesting that made in your case. 'c) Have this Trade AsStiation. It thee i no Beads Atsocation § Chamber repre- sentative organization designated M4 N. rt A. (a) Ifthe Trade Association, or other or; zation, approves your send it to N. B.A. in Washipgton with (e) Comply with all the provisions of the Agreement except the one you are petitioning to have excepted. (f) Sign pl a Blue le, but before displaying ft, you must set a anak bar ecto #5 beat ook a wnt “Provisional” ou it. If your petition is approved by N. R. A. er tie oe