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...their system and to this end attack the President on every occasion? All the support that he has received from them so far has been given him merely because of their hope that they themselves might gain control of the regulatory machinery which was being erected--such as the NRA--and thus set up a rigid oligarchy in which the government would be subordinated to business men. Failing to do this, they must block Mr. Roosevelt; and the present attack on him, for which the cancelling of the air-mail contracts has provided the excuse, is only one phase...
...point out that one of the chief reasons for the failure of demand for industrial loans is that potential consumer demand has been stifled by unreasonably high prices, as for steel and building materials. His complaint here, and it is a very real one, should be directed against the NRA. He may be quite right that a potential boom lurks around the corner in the form of a low-cost housing...
...Urged that NRA be made permanent...
...months ago at Tampa, Fla., Federal Judge Alexander Akerman made national news when he removed a handful of feathers from the Blue Eagle's tail by refusing to enjoin a dry cleaner who had violated NRA's minimum price agreement (TIME, Dec. 11). In Judge Akerman's opinion, the cleaner was not engaged in interstate commerce and therefore Congress, through the Recovery Act, had no power to regulate his business. If Congress claimed such authority, observed Judge Akerman, the Constitution would be voided and anarchy would ensue. NRA's power and prestige saved its face when...
...everyone was as pleased with the new Radio Playhouse as were CBS officials and their first night guests. Manhattan theatre folk regarded it as an invasion of their domain, denounced the policy of free admission as unfair competition. Indignant theatre managers named a committee to protest to the NRA...