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...appointment-of-the-week which did not come off was that of President Robert Maynard Hutchins of the University of Chicago to be NRA's chief enforcement officer. Young Mr. Hutchins took train in Chicago, went to Washington, was closeted with the President. Then, just as abruptly, Mr. Hutchins entrained for Chicago again. Observers guessed that either Mr. Hutchins had at the last minute, decided to stick to the University of Chicago or that NRA officials had snuffed his appointment...
...National Business Show in Manhattan held a "Robbie Day" in honor of Frances Mary Robinson, late of the NRA. "I, too, plan to write a book," General Johnson's assistant announced, "telling all the nice romantic things about the NRA...
...Leader, which he has edited & published for 30 years. It has never come close to monopolizing his interests. Long a power in Virginia politics, he is credited with electing his friend Harry Byrd to the governorship. He has been president of American Newspaper Publishers Association and member of its NRA code committee, president of Community Chests & Councils, Inc., rector of University of Virginia's Board of Visitors. An active churchman, a fluent and witty public speaker, a leader in every benevolent project, he has been voted Richmond's most useful citizen...
...There is no way of knowing," he continued, "how far the process of liquidation will go. But with the movement in reverse, it seems very unlikely the NRA would be made the agency through which now positive measures designed to bring about recovery would be undertaken...
Asked to explain what the future of the NRA will be he expressed the opinion that the government will naturally nor discontinue the codes, for to do so would be an outright confession of failure. If in the future the domination of the system by the large industrial units can be prevented and if the interests on the public can be effectively represented, the NRA codes may provide an avenue through which some of the problems of industrial competition can be satisfactorily settled. But all this has nothing to do with recovery...