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77ie 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. Wlien 125,000,000 people attempt to act as one man there are sure
to be some misunderstandings. It is lime 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
for common 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 l A J I
nail the flag of the Blue Eagle on the door of every man who works another man. "JJUuf V-U
OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S
REEMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT .
(Sometime, miscalled "The Blanket Code")
. This Agreement binds you to put Its termi Into effect
t roa the time you sign the Certificate of Compliance until
December 81, 10331 nut when the President has approved
a Code for jour trade or Industry, that Code takes the
place of this Agreement
. Tou agret:
Child Labor
(1) After August 31, 1933, not to employ any .
person under 16 years of age, except that persons
between 14 and 16 may be employed (but not in
manufacturing or mechanical Industries) for not
to exceed 3 hours per day and those hours between
7 A. M. and 7 P. M. In such work as will not inter
fere with hours of day school.
This means that after August 81, 1933; you agree not
to employ any children under 14 years old in any kind
of business. You may employ children between 14 and
It years old, but only for three hours a day and those
hours must be between 1 In the morning and 7 at night,
and arranged so as not to Interfere with school. You
agree not to employ any children under 1I years old In '
a manufacturing or mechanical industry, at any time.
Maximum Hours
(2) Not to work any accounting, clerical, bank
ing, office, service, or sales employees (except out
side salesmen) In any store, oflice, department,
establishment, or publle utility, or on any auto
motive or horse-drawn passenger, express, delivery,
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, 1933, 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 bonis t 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.
- 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 less than 62 hours a week unless It was open leu
than 52 hours a week before July 1, 1988. Even then you
agree to keep It open as long as you used to keep it open
before July 1. Of course. If 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
open the longest are contributing the most to carrying
out the purpose of the Agreement The stores with two
or less employers which can be open only the minimum
number of hours required, are doing the most to fulfill
their part
(3) Not to employ any factory or mechanical
worker or artisan more than a maximum week of
35 hours until December 31, 1933, but with the
right to work a maximum week of 40 hours for
any 6 weeks within this period) and not to employ
any worker mora 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 8o hours a week and not more than 8 hours
in any one day.
When you liave more than the usual amount of work to
do and can't get additional workers, you may employ this
class of employee up to 44) hours a wrrk In nnv ti weeks,
but even in this case you must not work them more than
6 hours a day.
(t) The maximum hours fixed In the foregoing
paragraphs (2) anil (3) shall not apply to em
ployees in establishments employing not more than
two persons in towns of less than 2,500 population
which towns are not part of a larger trade arrat
nor to registered pharmacists or other professional
persons employed in their profession nor to em
ployees in a managerial or executive capacity, who
. now receive more than $35 per weekt nor to em
ploy ees on emergency maintenance and repair
work l nor to very special cases where restrictions
of hours of highly skilled workers on continuous
processes would unavoidably reduce production but.
in any such special ease, at least lime and one-third
shall be paid for hours worked in excess of the
maximum. Population for the purposes of this
agreement shall be determined by reference to the
1930 1'ederal census.
This means that there are certain emplovecs whom vuu
may work longer hours than are allowed by paragraphs
(2) and (3) P. R. A. 1 B 1
If your business is In a small town (population less than
S.300 by the IWI0 mi, us) and you do not employ more
limn two persons, the limit on hours does not apply to
these employees. If your town Is really a part of a larger
business community, the limit on hours does apply to
these employees.
The limit on hours does not apply lo your employees
who are wliolly or primarily inanagrrs or execiitliea, as
long as they receive l a week. Professional persons,
like doctors, lawyers, registered pharmacists and nurses
may lie employed w ithout any limit on hours.
Where employers are doing emergency Jobs of innltitr
nanca or repair work, they may lie kept on the Job for
longer hours, but you agree to pay them at least time and
one-third for hours worked over the limits set in para
graphs (2) and (e) P. R. A.
There are a few very special cases where highly 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 limiU set in
paragraphs (2) and (3) P.O. A.
Minimum Wage
(5) Not to pay any of the classes of employees
mentioned in paragraph (2) less than $15 per
week In any city of over 500,000 population, or In
the immrdinte trade area of such city; nor less
than S14.50 per week in any city of between
250.000 and 500,000 population, or in the im
mediate trade area of such cityt nor less than f 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 lo
increase all wages by not less than 20 per cent,
provided that this shall Rot require wages in excess
of $12 per week.
This seta out the schedule of minimum wages which you
agree to pay all employees, except factory or mechanical
workers or artisans. The wages are set out In terms of
dollars per week, but If your employees are paid by the
hour, you may use the following scheduler
Plaxm of Business i Minimum Wage:
iPopuUllau by 19S0 Cental)
In cities of 500,000 or over 37H cents per hour
In cities of between 250,000 and
. 500,000 36 U cents per hour
In cities of letween 2,500 and
250,000 35 cents per hour
' If your business Is in a town of less than 2,900 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 tho $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 organisation 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 employ ee of the classes men
tioned In paragraph (3) Ices 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 rase not to pay less than the
hourly rate on July 15, 1929, and In no event less
than 30 cents per hour. It Is agreed that this para
graph establishes a guaranteed minimum rata , of
pay regardless of whether tho employee ia com
, pensatcd on tho basis of a time rate or on a piece
work performance.
Tills fixes the minimum wage which you agree to pay
factory and mechanical workers and artisans. The fol
lowing schedule may help you to find out the proper rate:
II Ik. ml. fmr tk. tnm. kind
.1 trork In ikm mm rnmmuniiy
a inly IS, 1999, imsi .
Tk. minimum rats wklth m
grm. la pay In
More than 40o an hour... 40c an hour
30c to 40c an hour The July 15, 1929 hourly rate
Less than 30c an hour..... 30c an hour
Instead of pnviug
Iiy the hour, you may pay by the
week at a rule which gives the same weekly earnings
for a week of 85 hours. For example, Instead" of 40c an
hour, you may pay $14 per week. ,
If you had a contract on or before August 1, 1933, 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 rcgu
lar worker In your industry,
(7) Not to reduce the compensation for emplov.
mem now In excess of Ilia minimum wages hereby
agreed lo (notwithstanding that tho hours worked
In such employment may be hereby reduced) and
lo iurreaso the pay for such employment bv an
equitable readjustment of all pay schedules.
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. It. A. representative.
Anti-Subterfuge
(8) Not to use any subterfuge lo frustrate the
spirit and Intent of this Agreement which is, among
other things, to increase employment by a uni
versal covenant. In remove obstructions lo com.
merer, and In shorten hours and lo raise wages for
the shorter wrrk to a lliing basis.
Tkii It tht hrart of Ik. nholl Aartt meal. las Prett
dtnl't.Ptan is to rare Ihit depression by increatino rr
thntino riw, You run help him pal ihit plan oi'sr fv
Voluntarily Honing Ihit Agrttmtnt lo thortrn hour) and
raitr tm.i. Ihtr. it no force lo compel you lo tion
Ihit Aontmint. II it not law. It It a prnonnl aam.tval
between yon and Ik. President. Tht Prttidtni trperlt
you lo do everything in your potrsr lo earn oat Ih.
tpiril of tht Armnt after you lion it. Thit meant
va(-ariir(l roc-pe rolina fy really earning ( Hlut
.'.; not y sut gelling il oad thin not doing jn.r
pnrl.
fl nvalif h a "tubttrfugt lo fruilralt tht tpiril naif
ttitrnt til thit .tgreemtnt" to tion it and then put all of
your employ, et oa a ttnli:ihl mmniiiii.in lantvr any
other trie lo avoid doing uhal you promitt to do.
. WE DO OUR PART
HOW TO EARN THE BLUE EAGLE
1. Sign the President's Reemployment Agreement (P.R.A.).
2. Shorten Houri of factory workers to 35 hours per week, and of all other employees to 40
hours per week. (See paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, P.R.A.)
3. Raise Wages. (See paragraphs S, 6, and 7, P.R.A.)
4. Don't Employ Child Labor. (See paragraph I, P.R.A.)
3. 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.)
(e) 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.)
HOW TO GET THE BLUE EAGLE
1. Sign the President's Reemployment Agreement.
.2. Mall 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").
4. Sign a Certificate of Compliance. This is a slip distributed with the Agreement. It
says: "II We certify that we have adjusted the hours of labor and the wages of our employees
to accord with the President's Reemployment Agreement, uhich we have signed."
5. Deliver the Certificate of Compliance to Your Post Office.' The Postmaster will
give yvu your Blue Eagle. .
EXCEPTIONAL CASES
1. There a Code Has Decn Submitted, (See
paragraph 13, President's Reemployment Agree- .
ment). If your whole Trade or Industry is unable
to live up to the President's Agreement, 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 and 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 arc
within the spirit of the President's Reemploy
ment Agreement, it will consent to such substitu
tions. If N. R. A. docs 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
employment Agreement In this case you should
add to your Ccrtilicate of Compliance the fol
lowing clausci "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 TradeIndustry."
If the substitution Is consented to after you
have already put the President's Reemployment
Agreement Into full effect, and after you have
already gotten your Blue Eagle, you mav still
put the substituted provisions into effect without
signing another Certificate of Compliance. ,
2. Where a Code Has Been Approved. If a
Cmlc of Fair Competition for your Trade or
Industry has already been finally approved by
the President, you need not sign the President's
Reemployment Agreement In order to get the
flue Kagle. The same is true If you are subject
to a Code which has been put Into effect tempo
rarily by agreement between the President and
representatives of your Trade or Industry i hut In
either of these cases, you must sign a Certificate
of Compliance, adding to It the following state
ment! "We have compiled with the operative pro
visions of the Code for the TradeIndustry."
3. Cases of Individual Hardship. (Paragraph
14. President's Reemployment Agreement).
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 hardship, you may still get the Blue Eagle
by taking tlie following stcpsi
(a) Sign the Agreement and mall It to your
District Office of tlie Department of Commerce.
Official Statement
NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION
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(b) Prepare a petition to N. R. A. setting out
the reasons why you cannot comply with certain
provisions, and requesting that an exception be
made in your case.
(c) Have this petition approved by your Trade
Association. If there Is no Trade Association for
your business, have your petition approved by
your local Chamber of Commerce or other repre
sentative organization designated by N. R. A.
(d) If the Trade Association, or other organi
sation, approves your petition, send it to N. It. A.
in Washington with Oils approval.
(e) Comply with all the provisions of the
Agreement except the one you are petitioning to
have excepted.
(f) Sign the Certificate of Compliance, adding
to it the following clause! "Except for ihor.c
interim provisions regarding wages and hours
wiiich have been approved by the
Trade Association." Deliver this Certificate of
Compliance to your Post Office You will receive
a Blue Eagle, but before displaying it, you must
put a while liar across its breast with the word
"Provisional" on It. If your petition Is finally
approved by N. R. A. you may take the bar
down. If your petition Is not approved by N.R.A.
you must comply with the Agreement In full.
4. l?ninn Contracts. If you have a contract
with a labor organization calling for longer hours
than the President's Agreement allows, and this
contract was made in good faith by collective
bargaining and cannot be changed by you alone,
try to get the labor organirntion to agree to a
reduction to the maximum hours allowed by tlie
President's Agreement. If tlie labor organisa
tion will not agree, you may apply to N. It. A.
for permission to work your employees as manv
hours a week as the contract calls'for. Send to
N. R. A. a request for this permission, with a
certified copy of the labor contract and any
statrment of fact you desire. This application
will be handled by N. R. A. In the same manner
ns an application for relief In cases of individual
hardship. Hied under paragraph (11) P. R. A.,
but it will not be necessary to obtain the ap.
proval of a trade association or other organisa
tion. If N. R. A. approves your application or
is able to bring about any modification of the
contract you will then be granted permission
to work employees in accordance with tlie con
tract as -originally written or modified, and can
then sign the Certificate of Compliance adding
to It the following! "Except as rrcpiirrd to
comply with the terms of the Agreement in effect
between the undersigned and the (Name of
Labor Organisation)."
of the Blue Eagle Division, N.R.A.,
Antl-Proflteerlng
(9) Not lo increase the price of any merchandise
sold after the date hereof over the price on July 1
1933, by more than is made necessary by aelnal in
creases in production, replacement, or invoice costs
of merchandise, or by taxes or other costs result
ing from action taken pursuant to the Agricultural
Adjustment Act, since July 1, 1933, and, in setting
such price increases, to give full weight to probable
increases in sales volume and to refrain from taking
profiteering advantage of the consuming public.
The object of this paragraph Is to prevent profHeerlng
or speculation, so that prices will not rise faster than par
chasing power, and destroy the President's plan. The dan
ger to be avoided was pointed out by the President on
June 16, 1933, in the statement which he made on signing
the Recovery Act He said, them
, "If we now inflate prices as fast and as far as wo
increase wages, the whole project will be aet at
naught. We cannol hope for the full effect of this
plan unless, in these first critical months, and, even -at
the expense of full iuitial profits, we defer price
increases as long as possible. If we can thus start
a strong, sound upward spiral of business activity
our industries will have little doubt, of black-Ink
operations in the last quarter of this year. The
pent-up demand of this people is very great, and
if we can release It on so broad a front we need not
fear a lagging recovery. There is greater danger
of too much feverish speed."
If you were selling your merchandise on July 1, 1933,
below cost, you may take your cost price on that date as .
the basis for determining the allowable increase under
this paragraph.
Cooperation
(10) To support and patronize establishments
which also have signed this Agreement and are
listed as members of ti. R. A. (National Recovery
Administration).
The success of the President's Reemployment Agree
ment Program depends upon public support going" to
those who raise wages and shorten hours in accordance
with this Agreement, in order to repay them for the extra
expense which they hove incurred in doing their part,
Codes
(11) To cooperate to the fullest extent in having
a Code of Fair Competition submitted by his in
dustry at the earliest possible date, and in any event
before September 1, 1933.
This Agreement Is a temporary measure to tide over
the time from now until all employers and employee can
cooperate under Codes of Fair Competition under the
National Industrial Recovery Act You agree, in this
paragraph, to do all you can to have a Code submitted
for your trade or industry before September 1, 1933.
Appropriate Adjustments
(12) Where, before June 16, 1933, the under
signed had contracted lo purchase goods at a fixed
price for delivery during the period of Ihis Agree
ment, the undersigned will make an appropriate
adjustment of said fixed price to meet any increase
in cost caused by the seller having signed this
President s Reemployment Agreement or having
become bound by any Code of Fair Competition
approved by the President
This Agreement will, usually, increase the costs of
those who sign It. The purpose of this paragraph Is to
pass any such Increased costs along from one signer to
another, and so on to the consumer.
If you have a contract made before June 16, 1933, to
buy goods at a fixed price, you agree to make an arrange
ment with your seller so that you pay him for the extra
cost to him caused by his having signed this Agreemcnt,
or having come under a Code approved by the President.
In some cases the final buyer is the Government which,
under existing low. Is generally not allowed to pay more
than the contract price. The President has announced
hat he will recommend to Congress that appropriations
be made to allow the Government to play its part by
paying Government contractors who have signed the
Agreement for their increased costs. The President hos
also appealed to the States and cities to take action per
mitting them to do likewise.
You should have no fear that, because your buyer "has
not signed, vou will be left with the increased cost on you
alone. The President expects tvery employer to sign this
Agreement. "
Substitutions
(13) This Agreement shall cease upon approval
by the President of a Code to which the undersigned
is subject- or. If the N. II. A. so elects, upon sub
mission of a Code to which the undersigned is sub
jeel and substitution of any of its provisions for
any of the terms of this Agreement.
As pointed out in the explanation of paragraph (11)
P. R. A. above, the President plans to have all business
govern itself under Codes, and therefore Codes should be
promptly submitted. If N. R. A. finds that the wages
and hours provisions of a Code which has been submitted
arc within the spirit of lliis Agreement, N. R. A. will
authorize your industry to operale under those provisions
rather than under the wages and hours provisions of tills
Agreement.
Exceptions
(II) It is agreed that any person who wishes to
do his part in I he President's Reemployment Drive
by signing this Agreement, but who 'asserts that
some particular protision hereof, because of pecu
liar circumstances, will create great and unavold
able hardship, may obtain ihe benefits hereof by
signing this Agreement and putting it into effect
and then, in - petition approved by a trade associa
tion of his industry, or other representative organize,
lion designated by N. R. A., may apply fr . ,tav of
Mich provision pending a summary Investigation
i j J ?' i' hl; 'gnr' ucn application to
abide by the decision of such investigation. This
rlX.PI"vnl. " Vl7rr,d lnl pnrsuont to section 4 (a)
of the ISa lonal Induslrinl Recovery Aet and sub.
jec to all the terms and conditions required by
sections 7 (a) and 10 (b) of that act.
If you really want to do your part in the President's
Reemployment Program, sign this Agreement. It ".
particular part of this Agreement causes you. as in TadU
r.,W '"T'oyrr great and unavoidable hardship, you
may obtain relief bv taking the step, outlined unJer the
heading "Cases of Individual Hardship."
Save this sheet as your official source of Informa
tion. If there are any problems in your mind which
are not cleared up by this explanation, get In touch
who inr oinciai pt. K. A.
representative in your
community.
Washington, D.
c.