"A long program of suggested remedial legislation lies ahead of the 7,500 representatives of the people who gather this year in the halls of Congress and of all but four State Legislatures. The NRA (National Recovery Administration) will come under the closest scrutiny. As the old year waned, the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)was being attacked and defended."
"Coming to the defense of NRA, Blackwell Smith, Acting NRA Counsel, declared that it had helped raise wages and eliminate child labor, and that recovery was well under way as a direct result of NRA operations."
"A long program of suggested remedial legislation lies ahead of the 7,500 representatives of the people who gather this year in the halls of Congress and of all but four State Legislatures. The NRA (National Recovery Administration) will come under the closest scrutiny. As the old year waned, the NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act) was being attacked and defended."
Click here to see a chart concerning the U.S. urban murder rate between the years 1926 - 1936.
In 1934, the NRA went to Hollywood and performed a task it was not legally obligated to do; click here to read about it...
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CLICK HERE to read about the women and children who were on public relief during the Great Depression.
The Hoover administration asked Congress to release money for public relief - they denied him the funds...
