General Johnson. the Administrator of the National Recovery Act. and one of the leading administration spokesmen. has publicly acknowledged that it is inconsistent for the Government to reduce salaries of the Federal employees and at the same time to appeal to private industries to increase salaries in order to increase purchasing power. When the Government. the largest employer in the country. fails to pay a fair wage. it reduces the purchasing power of a million people. The restoration of the basic salaries would benefit not only one section but the entire country. as the incomes would be increased throughout the Nation to the postal. customs. internalrevenue. immigration. judicial. and other Federal systems. The restoration of these basic salaries would serve as no small factor in a business revival in every section of our country. While a large percentage of the pay restoration would come to the 65.000 Federal employees in the city of Washington. much of it would be sent back to the various States. as I know and can state without fear of contradiction that approximately 50 percent of the employees in this city are contributing a part of their meager salaries to assist their parents and other dependents in their home communities.
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