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...patriotic blacksmiths slain every outspoken critic of NRA throughout the land last week, the slaughter would have been terrific. A definite, increasingly voluble reaction had set in against the Blue Eagle. The "dead cats" which Administrator Johnson had predicted would "fill the air" when NRA hit its stride, were flying thick & fast, and some of them were very dead cats indeed...
Even so constructive a critic of the Administration as Walter Lippmann decided, after re-reading the Recovery Act: "Congress meant to allow industries to combine for two years, to enjoy the benefit of exemption from the anti-trust laws provided they lived up to certain conditions. The initiative was to come from industry. Certain privileges were to be granted to industries if they made certain concessions. It seems to me clear that for most industries Congress meant that codes should, under certain conditions, be permitted and not that codes should universally be imposed. . . " The excessive centralization and the dictatorial spirit...
Highly esteemed in Britain, author of numerous books, Hector Charles Bywater of the London Daily Telegraph is a very specialized critic. He reviews no plays, no novels, no art exhibitions. Hector Bywater criticizes battleships. Last week Hector Bywater went down to sunny Devonport on special invitation from the Admiralty to take a look at H. M. S. Adventure, a 7,000-ton cruiser whose innards have been a closely guarded secret ever since her launching nine years ago. There may have been ulterior reasons for the trip. Though widely known as the last of Britain's "hush hush" ships...
...Monday, November 20, The Harvard Critic, an undergraduate publication dealing with controversial subjects, will make its initial appearance of the present academic year. The publication has undergone radical changes in policy and form which the editors feel are better suited to their needs...
Where formerly the "Critic" contained many articles written by nationally known people, this year only articles written by Harvard students will be used...