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Between Secretary of Commerce Roper and NRAdministrator Johnson have arisen differences (both of principle and personality). They took visible form last week in the Swope Plan for putting NRA more under civilian control (see p. 10). As General Johnson flew West on an inspection and explanation tour. Washington talked again about his soon resigning...
...smoky blacksmith shop of Hugh McMahan at Newport, Tenn. last week, a young New Yorker named Don Cahill was discussing the NRA. Blacksmith McMahan was an NRA man. Cahill was not. Resenting the city man's talk, the patriotic blacksmith let his temper get the better of him. He picked up one of his tools and flung it at Cahill. Cahill flung back. The blacksmith flung another, Cahill returned it, and Blacksmith McMahan drew his gun shot Cahill dead...
...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...
...matter reveals that the press is catching at a straw. Its only danger, if any, lies in the possible exploitation in the misty future of an unfortunately worded phrase. As General Johnson strove to make clear in his recent address at Chicago, neither President Roosevelt nor the NRA has harbored the slightest intention of limiting or licensing newspapers in any way. On the contrary, the present administration has thus far distinguished itself by its willingness, even its desire, to see the light of publicity thrown unrestricted on every phase of its activity. But even if the chief executive...
...view of this, the attitude of the American press fails to achieve the dignity of a crusade against oppression. It is simply in accord with the weak and vacillating policy, following the mob rather than leading it, which characterizes American journalism in times of great crisis. Perhaps the NRA may succeed; perhaps it may fail. Until something definite happens, however, editorial pens will shake warily with every tremor of public opinion, and, like the biblical character, blow neither hot nor cold...