section of the common calling of industry that I know it is fair
for all. It is a plan--deliberate, reasonable and just--intended to
put into effect at once the most important of the broad principles
which are being established, industry by industry, through codes.
Naturally, it takes a good deal of organizing and a great many
hearings and many months, to get these codes perfected and signed,
and we cannot wait for all of them to go through. The blanket
agreements, however, which I am sending to every employer will
start the wheels turning now, and not six months from now.

There are, of course, men, a few of them who might thwart this
great common purpose by seeking selfish advantage. There are
adequate penalties in the law, but I am now asking the cooperation
that comes from opinion and from conscience. These are the only
instruments we shall use in this great summer offensive against
unemployment. But we shall use them to the limit to protect the
willing from the laggard and to make the plan succeed.

In war, in the gloom of night attack, soldiers wear a bright badge
on their shoulders to be sure that comrades do not fire on
comrades. On that principle, those who cooperate in this program
must know each other at a glance. That is why we have provided a
badge of honor for this purpose, a simple design with a legend. "We
do our part," and I ask that all those who join with me shall
display that badge prominently. It is essential to our purpose.

Already all the great, basic industries have come forward willingly
with proposed codes, and in these codes they accept the principles
leading to mass reemployment. But, important as is this heartening
demonstration, the richest field for results is among the small