INTEREST WANING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 17, 31 October 1933, Page 8

INTEREST WANING.

BLUE EAGLE CAMPAIGN. • LEADERS EXPRESS CONCERN. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Concern at reports that public interest in the Blue Eagle campaign shows a marked decline is frankly expressed by National Recovery administration circles.

Visitors to United States cities note that the theatre audiences are stated to be glum and unresponsive to ,fche screen announcements of President Roosevelt, General Johnson, administrator of the N.R.A. campaign, and other leaders. Two months ago similar audiences went wild with enthusiasm. The National Labour Board is facing the necessity at an early date of fulfilling its prom Use that it would re--quire employers to submit to its jurisdiction in labour disputes. The immediate caae at hand is the nine Western Kentucky coal operators who ignored and defied summonses to a hearing on charges that they were discriminating against union labour. There are numerous other cases of alleged defiance of code regulations. Regarding the "blanket code" a big enforcement problem has developed, some notable violators of the Blue Eagle have been disciplined, but they refuse to fake down their ensigns when ordered.

Sharp protests continue to reach Washington in considerable numbers from owners of establishments who say that they can no longer afford to continue under their re-employment agreements because competitors ai'e violating them. Despite sincere efforts by General Johnson's assistants, "racketing" and "chiseling" by underhanded violators of the N.R.A. are very prevalent throughout the country.