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The ABC of the NRA

by Charles L. Dearing, Paul T. Homan, Lewis L. Lorwin, Leverett S. Lyon. 200 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Charles L. Dearing, Paul T. Homan, Lewis L. Lorwin, Leverett S. Lyon

Publisher:

   The Brookings Institution

Place of Publication:

  Washington, DC  

Publication Year:

  1934
Subjects:   United States--National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, United States--National Recovery Administration
Table of contents
CONTENTS
DIRECTOR'S PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENT xi
INTRODUCTION 1
PART 1. THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT
CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND OF THE ACT 7
CHAPTER II THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT 14
CHAPTER III LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES 25
I. Legal Issues 25
II. Economic Implications 28
PART II. THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER IV ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION 41
I. National Recovery Administration Proper 43
II. Other Newly Created Government Agencies 52
III. Extra-Government Agencies 57
IV. Old-Line Government Agencies 58
CHAPTER V THE PRESIDENT'S RE-EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 60
I. Provisions of the Agreement 61
II. The Blue Eagle Drive 64
III. Treatment of Exceptional Cases 65
IV. Enforcement of Re-Employment Agreement 73
CHAPTER VI THE CODE-MAKING PROCESS 77
CHAPTER VII ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CODES 93
I. Routine Administration 93
II. Compliance and Enforcement 96
CONCLUDING STATEMENT 109
DOCUMENTARY APPENDICES
APPENDIX A President Roosevelt's Special Message, May 17, 1933 113
APPENDIX B Title I--Industrial Recovery Act 116
APPENDIX C President's Statement Outlining Policies of the NRA 125
APPENDIX D The President's Re-Employment Agreement 131
APPENDIX E Sample Codes and Code Provisions 134
1. The Cotton Textile Industry Code 134
2. The Lumber and Timber Products Industry Code 146
3. Trade Practice Provisions of the Rubber Tire Manufacturing Industry Code 177
4. Plant Operation, Accounting, Selling and Statistical Reporting Provisions of the Envelope Industry Code 181
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The Past as Prologue? A Brief History of the Labor Movement in the United States
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...management?" I. Historical Context A. The Emergence of National Unions in the United States. The framers of the U.S. Constitution and the interests...and management came about early in the development of industrial America. Ballot, writing about this period, states...favored by employers. Other laws, including the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, which had provisions...of injunctions by management in federal courts. In 1933, Congress passed the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), which explicitly encouraged the formation...
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National Recovery Administration
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
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