Volume 063-4 - October 2009 (6 pages)

NCHS Bulletin October 2009 zations took a military tone, as directed by General Johnson in telegrams to towns across the country. The telegrams specified the roles of generals and colonels. In Grass Valley Ed Burtner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was elected general and he appointed three colonels. Majors led each industry or trade. Vera Hansen, representing women, was elected lieutenant-general, with Del Powell and Robert Deward as secretaries and William Garland, treasurer. This would be a real war against depression, General Burtner said. In Nevada City Philip G. Scadden became the general and Mrs. C. E. Parsons, lieutenant general. Mrs. Parsons appointed John Fortier to be colonel in charge of manpower; Mrs. Belle Douglas colonel for education and publicity; and Fred E. Conner as colonel of the speakers bureau. “America has gone to war,” Scadden said. “We simply must get our people back to work. And this present drive will do it.” (After a while, no doubt reflecting the wishes of the White House, the military designations fell away, and leaders simply became chairmen and chairwomen, as in civilian organizations.) The codes developed by the different trades varied in particulars but included common principles. Work was limited to 40 hours per week, so as to spread employment, while shop hours were often more than 50 hours a week. Barbers, for example, set hours of 8:00 to 5:30, Monday through Friday, and 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturdays. They set a price of 50 cents for a haircut and 25 cents for a shave. Beauty shops set hours of 9 to 6, six days a week. The barbers and beauticians wanted to see their code become a county-wide ordinance with severe penalties for violators. Most shops set hours from 8:00 to 5:00 (or 5:30), and none stayed opened late Saturday (as they had before the NRA). In Grass Valley all the major grocery stores adopted a code that fixed their hours at 7:30 to 5:00. They included the O. Eldredge & Sons, Kilpatric Grocerteria, + ooh We Are For 4 4 Boston Ravine Grocery, Harris, J. J. Rowe groceries, Safeway and Purity stores, Grass __ Valley and Ward’s markets and Smith Package Company. Stores that engaged in the tourist trade, than has heretofore been possible in Col= fax for many (& + by the results. -1 President Roosevelt's 3 Recovery Program And we are glad to announce that the most essential thing in man’s appearance (a hair cut) has come back to fifty cents. Real News For Mother Now you can have your children’s hair cut for less Franklin D. Roosevelt Support the NRA program and you will be benefited Marsun’s Barber Shop COLFAX, CALIF. . especially iat 1g rrerrrse sous ? LakeOlympia, + Natural Gold or in neighborhood businesses, such as on Brighton Street or Alta Hill or Hills; Flat, were ex; empt from the code. They had hours presumably _ that suited their Pe PPEPEEEE EEE TEES Shere FEEEEEEEEET EY neighborhoods and were unlikely to undercut the pricing of the major stores. In Nevada City merchants and tradesmen led by Fred F. Cassidy, president of that town’s Chamber of Commerce, sent a telegram to the President: in base metal. Sake ascccsetssaad We are featuring new watches and jewelry of 3 natural gold which is rapidly gaining in pop4 ularity all over the world. Hartung’s DEPENDABLE JEWELERS 124 Mill Street Grass Valley, Calif. The citizens of Nevada City in enthusiastic meeting assembled last night heartily endorsed principles announced in your employment agreement of the National Recovery Act. Local business employers have subscribed to its terms one hundred per cent. Codes of fair competition are now being prepared for approval. This community extends to you its sincere appreciation of the notable am, steps you are initiating for national industrial recovery and assures you of its complete willingness to afford every assistance and co-operation in working local details. Grass Valley sent a similar telegram, though it dwelt as much on the desire to see the embargo lifted on gold as it did on NRA. While other Nevada City merchants adopted their codes, the tavern keepers couldn’t reach agreement due to one noticeable holdout among them. When the other barmen discovered that the holdout didn’t have a license to sell beer in the first place, they appealed to the city to rescind his business license and came to agreement. While many businesses cheerfully complied with NRA regulations, the largest employers in the county did not. The mine owners and managers noted that the NRA specifications for the mining industry left out any mention of gold mining. Fred Nobs of Empire Star explained that it was because gold mining was a non-competitive industry. He told a large gathering of mining men at the Bret Harte Hotel that Empire Star would support industrial recovery by “employing men.” Around the banquet tables, the miners agreed that the six-hour day proposed for some industries would be im: practical in gold mining. Nevertheless, eventually the con--. . a precious metal that cannot be imitated -~

NCHS Bulletin October 2009 zations took a military tone, as directed by General Johnson in telegrams to towns across the country. The telegrams specified the roles of generals and colonels. In Grass Valley Ed Burtner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was elected general and he appointed three colonels. Majors led each industry or trade. Vera Hansen, representing women, was elected lieutenant-general, with Del Powell and Robert Deward as secretaries and William Garland, treasurer. This would be a real war against depression, General Burtner said. In Nevada City Philip G. Scadden became the general and Mrs. C. E. Parsons, lieutenant general. Mrs. Parsons appointed John Fortier to be colonel in charge of manpower; Mrs. Belle Douglas colonel for education and publicity; and Fred E. Conner as colonel of the speakers bureau. “America has gone to war,” Scadden said. “We simply must get our people back to work. And this present drive will do it.” (After a while, no doubt reflecting the wishes of the White House, the military designations fell away, and leaders simply became chairmen and chairwomen, as in civilian organizations.) The codes developed by the different trades varied in particulars but included common principles. Work was limited to 40 hours per week, so as to spread employment, while shop hours were often more than 50 hours a week. Barbers, for example, set hours of 8:00 to 5:30, Monday through Friday, and 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Saturdays. They set a price of 50 cents for a haircut and 25 cents for a shave. Beauty shops set hours of 9 to 6, six days a week. The barbers and beauticians wanted to see their code become a county-wide ordinance with severe penalties for violators. Most shops set hours from 8:00 to 5:00 (or 5:30), and none stayed opened late Saturday (as they had before the NRA). In Grass Valley all the major grocery stores adopted a code that fixed their hours at 7:30 to 5:00. They included the O. Eldredge & Sons, Kilpatric Grocerteria, + ooh We Are For 4 4 Boston Ravine Grocery, Harris, J. J. Rowe groceries, Safeway and Purity stores, Grass __ Valley and Ward’s markets and Smith Package Company. Stores that engaged in the tourist trade, than has heretofore been possible in Col= fax for many (& + by the results. -1 President Roosevelt's 3 Recovery Program And we are glad to announce that the most essential thing in man’s appearance (a hair cut) has come back to fifty cents. Real News For Mother Now you can have your children’s hair cut for less

Franklin D. Roosevelt Support the NRA program and you will be benefited Marsun’s Barber Shop COLFAX, CALIF. . especially iat 1g rrerrrse sous ? LakeOlympia, + Natural Gold or in neighborhood businesses, such as on Brighton Street or Alta Hill or Hills; Flat, were ex; empt from the code. They had hours presumably _ that suited their Pe PPEPEEEE EEE TEES Shere FEEEEEEEEET EY neighborhoods and were unlikely to undercut the pricing of the major stores. In Nevada City merchants and tradesmen led by Fred F. Cassidy, president of that town’s Chamber of Commerce, sent a telegram to the President: in base metal. Sake ascccsetssaad We are featuring new watches and jewelry of 3 natural gold which is rapidly gaining in pop4 ularity all over the world. Hartung’s DEPENDABLE JEWELERS 124 Mill Street Grass Valley, Calif. The citizens of Nevada City in enthusiastic meeting assembled last night heartily endorsed principles announced in your employment agreement of the National Recovery Act. Local business employers have subscribed to its terms one hundred per cent. Codes of fair competition are now being prepared for approval. This community extends to you its sincere appreciation of the notable am, steps you are initiating for national industrial recovery and assures you of its complete willingness to afford every assistance and co-operation in working local details. Grass Valley sent a similar telegram, though it dwelt as much on the desire to see the embargo lifted on gold as it did on NRA. While other Nevada City merchants adopted their codes, the tavern keepers couldn’t reach agreement due to one noticeable holdout among them. When the other barmen discovered that the holdout didn’t have a license to sell beer in the first place, they appealed to the city to rescind his business license and came to agreement. While many businesses cheerfully complied with NRA regulations, the largest employers in the county did not. The mine owners and managers noted that the NRA specifications for the mining industry left out any mention of gold mining. Fred Nobs of Empire Star explained that it was because gold mining was a non-competitive industry. He told a large gathering of mining men at the Bret Harte Hotel that Empire Star would support industrial recovery by “employing men.” Around the banquet tables, the miners agreed that the six-hour day proposed for some industries would be im: practical in gold mining. Nevertheless, eventually the con--. . a precious metal that cannot be imitated -~