The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-21
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Document Asserts
Monopolies Aided
BY Code Operation

kO1ut 0u SOay St6l4SOs IlV4lefOAlC1VoA
board" to act for the protection Of
small, independent business which he
deemed, In several respects, Is endan-
gered under the codes.
The NRA itself, In q reply to the
review board which was made public
simultaneously with the report, de-
Tended itself In language as plain as
that Of the barrow document. The
NRA administrator, Hugh 8. johnson,
said:
"A more superficial, Incorporate
and inaccurate document than the re.
port, I have never seen. In my judg-
ment this board has missed q great
opportunity for q real public service.
As 1t = now acting 1t Is Of no service
to anybody-it is . political sounding
board. In view Of its fixed prejudices
and partisanship and It's unfair meth
DDS Of taking and reporting testimony,
the conclusion is unacceptable that the
board Is not proceeding In good faith
to fulfil It's public obligations.
Favors Private Purposes
Its continuance a. an agency Of
government would enable 1t to pro-
mote private purposes at the public
expense, and In my judgment would
impair seriously the usefulness Of the
national recovery administration"
NRA took no public issue with Sin
clair's minority report and johnson
gave out Monday correspondence be-
tween himself and Senator Borah Of
Idaho, and Nye OF North Dakota,
which showed the administrator in
partial agreement with the minority
members view.
To Borah he had written last De-
cember in explanation OF his desire
for q review board along lines sug.
gested by Nye.
Despite the general finding for So
cialism, the board in one connection
held restoration OF the anti trust
laws, amended snd invigorated, to be
. crying need.
The major Darrow report consisted
Of brief synopsis and general state
ment Of opinion ending In an assertion
that MIRA can't do the Job assigned to
It.
It contained also separate reports
on the codes for steel, coal mining,
motion pictures, electrical manufac-
turing, dyeing and cleaning, rubber
footwear, ice manufacture and coal
retailing.
Would Dust Rosenblatt
Further, the board recommended
the custer Of Division Administrator
Sol A. Rosenblatt from supervision Of
the movie code.
It urged the dismissal for alleged
mal{easance and misfeasance In Of
flee Of two divisional coal code au-
thorities.
NRA's answer paralleled the OAR
row report In size and structure. It
asserted the board was guilty Of
abusing shamefully the confidence
reposed In its membership" and made
the accusation that:
The board took and reported any
testimony that would serve its preju-
dice without regard to the competence
o. bias Of the witness or the palpable
falsity OF hts statements: and declined
to avail itself Of abundant sources Of
accurate information which were
open to its investigation"
In the case Of the steel code. how.
ever, it pointed to the long studies for
revision which are to result shortly
in . redrafted code. Even on that
the MIRA sought to show on the part
Of the board q misunderstanding OF
both codes and the underlying eco
Monies: and "wilful distortion Of the
facts to suit preconceived conclusions. -
Among the most amazing docu-
ments In the collection were the re-
ports from both sides on the moving
picture code. The board attacked
Rosenblatt's character. It made
known that It had disregarded . brief
filed by seven major producer -distrib-
utor companies because the companies
had failed to come before the board.
Reply II Heated
RosenblattS reply fairly blazed with
indignant explanations, personal de-
Tense and q detailed recitation Of
court decisions and other records.
The barrow review board report
criticized sharply the steel as well as
the motion picture code.
OF the entire l55 pages Of report
fifty each were devoted to those two,
the rest being divided among six other
codes.
The steel report explained the
board had no facilities to investigate
the industry and therefore had taken
and adopted the basic facts Of q
federal trade commission report on
steel made in March to the senate.
THE code has operated to augment
the evils previously existing" said the
board. "Monopolistic conditions have
Icing existed In the industry, due to