The Washington times., 1934-07-02
FINAL BARROW
REPORT FLAYS.
CEN, JOHNSON

ny International News Service
Clarence Darrow's national re-
eovery review board hurled its
third and perhaps final harpoon
into the back of Administrator
Hugh s. Johnson's recovery whale
today and sent it Laundering in
troubled waters.
It charged the NRA with tos-
tering monopolies, said the ma
tional recovery act has failed OF
its purpose and in some instances
has become mot the foe but the
adjunct of depression"
Like the boards two previous
reports, this one declared little
reckoning is given the consumers.
Steel and Film Codes Hit
With Mr.. barrow, it's chairman,
resigned and now visiting in New
York, the board decided to give
the report to the press, because
its earlier reports were withheld
until General johnson and his
aides issued statements criticiz-
lug their charges. It had been
presented to President Roosevelt
last week and he sent it to the
MIRA staff for study.
The report specifically attacked
provisions in the revised steel and
motion picture industry codes and
described the Federal Govern
ment'S boycott of non-NRA-pro-
duced products as lone other
form Of oppression of small en-
terprises."
Oppression Is Charged
The MIRA was charged with
turning business over to the
trusts, the board pointing out that
the big steel companies control
the American Iron and Steel In
stitute and this institute wrote
the steel code and is its code
authority.
The NRA was accused of pro-
noting price-fixing, unfair trade
practices and the oppression o.
small business.
"TheSe are the facts and we
believe that the sooner they are
frankly recognized and bravely
dealt with, the better for the
nation and its people" the report
said.
&C.. 1t is OminOus and dis
quieting to note that although
these evil conditions have been
demonstrated and are well
known to exist, nothing has
been done to remove or even
restrain tn e m. T h u s andS
upon thousands Of small enter
priSes i'm many lines have
petitiOned for relief. The answer
has been to drive the car Of
suppression still more relent-
1eSSly upon them"
The board found there are too
many codes, the codes are too
drastic and they attempt to &C
compliSh too much. It particular
~ attacked officials of the United
States Steel Corporation, and
other leaders in the industry in
its attack on the revised steel
code. It charged these officials
with "purported contempt, chill
inSolence, gouging and brigand'
age"
Removals Demanded
Wholesale removal of existing
code authorities was demanded,
The board reported the applica'
ton Of the Governments boycott
of products produced by firms not
complying with the NRA "has had
most unfortunate consequences. . .
however justifiable this provision
may have seemed as a means to
enforce NRA."
It noted President Roosevelt's
. executive order requiring every
Government bidder to present q
certificate of compliance with
every code to which he is subjected
and commented:
"Many small establishments
honestly purpose to observe the
code 50 far as possible, but find
some of its provisions incOmpati-
BILE with continued business ex-
iStence. The codes were most
often, made by large business
units, animated by no higher
purpose than their own advant-
age and the suppression Of
small competitors"
The board said it had been con
6ronted with cases Of small enter
priSeS which had been meeting
the code requirements Of working
hours and conditions Of employ