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When the majority of American newspapers rose up in arms against the proposed code for their industry under the N.R.A., many of them were doubtless quite sincere in their belief that such a course would develop into an infringement of the constitutional rights of the uncensored press. On the other hand, it was widely thought, though not quite so widely printed, naturally, in the papers, that the industry was afraid of an investigation of its methods of circulation, particularly the practice of employing children to sell the sheets in the streets. Mayor LaGuardia of New York has uncovered quite...
...group meetings of the code authorities, Dr. Hettinger, one of the NRA's own economists, in a frank debate with General Johnson questioned the soundness of the latter's request that hours be decreased and payrolls augmented too. The objection made was against any inflexible rule or percentage. It was asserted that the consumer industries are in good shape and that less than ten per cent of the unemployed today are from those consumer businesses, whereas reliable figues show that 90 per cent of the idle originally were at work in heavier industries or service businesses related to them...
...taken shall be examined so that by public criticism and constant study of the facts mistakes may be pointed out before it is too late to remedy them. The NRA meeting this week, together with the sessions last week, marks a milestone in the history of American business. The code authority members here were chosen by industry itself. Many will protest against tariff changes. Members of Congress from districts that have had and need protective tariffs will declaim and conscientiously object to change. The vote will show a split in the Democratic as well as the Republican parties...
...administer the Press code, General Johnson last week picked a big-framed, dynamic Irishman from. Iowa, named George D. Buckley...
...Henry Ford has been making steel for years but never enough to build all his automobiles. When the steel code stopped the discounts which steel's biggest customers were getting on their orders, a rumor spread that other motormakers would take a tip from Henry Ford and buy or build their own plants. Last week it was reported that Mr. Ford himself had started a $10,000,000 steel expansion program. United Engineering & Foundry Co. of Pittsburgh announced that he had ordered a complete set of rolling mills for his River Rouge plant...