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...pages indefatigable Mrs. Roosevelt has spread her talent very thin. It is not half so rich and keen a book as her cousin Alice's, published simultaneously (TIME, Nov. 6). Nevertheless, the volume and catholicity of subjects Eleanor Roosevelt touches on-from preparing stuffed eggs to the NRA-proves her once more a lady of illimitable interests. Excerpts...
...together, not only to formulate a liquor tax program for Congress but to swing the weight of his office into place behind two segments of the Prohibition wall which he wished to see left standing. He was determined that the saloon should not return, and ready to use an NRA liquor code if necessary to prevent it. He was anxious to turn U. S. drinkers from hard liquor to wine & beer, and ready to use taxes...
...Seats. Not just to praise his NRA but also to explain his colleague George Peek's collateral AAA and to hold the farm vote for next autumn's Congressional elections, came General Johnson. Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota control 107 seats in the House of Representatives, 78 of which are now Democratic. Loss of many of these seats to the Republicans might deeply cut the Democratic house majority of 183, seriously hamper President Roosevelt's program...
Taking the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That the NRA is a Menace to the American Form of Government," Asa E. Phillips, Jr. '34, and Gordon C. Streeter '34 won a debate held by the University Debating Council in the Upstairs Common Room of the Union last night. The affirmative side of the question was argued by Lewis Perry, Jr. '36, and Thomas H. Quinn '36. Forty Freshmen attended the meeting which had as its purpose the organization of the 1937 Debating Council...
...considerable portion of the survey is devoted to the extent of the modification of the anti-trust laws--a question which has been much debated by lawyers. The opinion held by many that the anti-trust laws are practically abolished by the NRA is repudiated by the Harvard Law Review, and it is shown how the courts, by adopting a "modified rule of reason," can allow industrial co-operation without opening the door to monopolistic abuses by profiteers. At the same time, a warning is issued of the possible conflict with state anti-trust laws, and the necessity...