Evening star., 1934-07-16

~ the frst moment when they are
gwen the wea pens Of cooperation
/ urtth which to destroy u. We ar
knowledge the errors and faults OF
N. r. A.. but II NJ. r. A. had no other
oozSt than that. II had brought ehiV-
sIry 10 economic conflict would be
enough
There vas dzv I'm medieval war
fare when any man who went down
was sure Of the insertion Of ffne
S1crentfne stiletto into hts iu9ulzr
VEIN INST ss there was day in box
lnq when eye-sosIsins and knee-groin-
ing uert fine srtB But IN both fields
~ lsgslized murder when the world
decided on decsncv everybody pre-
ferred n In private sffsirs we have
abandoned the code duello that
hundred up into Heaven the
Chrtstless code that must have life
for blow.
II Is altogether good that in eco
nornic conflict we have accepted q
new rule which eliminates hitting
below the belt in business competition.
There ts something In the very word
code" that irnparts keen sense Of
nonor in business by the common
consent Of men, engaged therein. II
rs communication deyoutly 70 be
wished
Hsve Reached Sew Point
We nave now reached p new point
In NJ n. A. processes. Just before /
left washington we completed plans
to finish all code writing this month.
There is only per cent of industrial
and commercial employment and pro-
duction remaining TO be codified, but
II is broken up into hundreds Of small
groupings. We have offered these
the option OF a single. basic code, en-
bodv.rg the essential q the ~. .. ,.
program o. the alternative Ct merging
VIII ISIS .Ds coz. ero''ps.
= ris j. na Soitrs.y "c,rc -noc'n
aisr. nit tus y aIcn ione SfItoy M s
convinced Us will meet me desires O.
the industries invoiveo.
Also. without waiting for this deck
clearing to be completed. we are
grouping all codes having kindred in
terests under unified administrative
rulings. At the same time we are
establishing within N. r. A. q means
for reviewing and correcting, cases In
which codes cr their interpretations
have caused hardship, especially where
the smaller and less directly vocal
units of business are involved. We
had hoped the Darrow Board would
do this. You know what 1t did in
stead But that IS water over the
dam.
II Is bitter thing to me that two
men Tor whom have perhaps the
greatest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Darrow
and Senator Borsh-should attack
N. r. A. on the charge that 1t helps
big business and hurts small business.
Why don't they consult their constit-
uentS in small business? This is an
issue of easily discovered fact. The
fact is that N r. A. is the grea test
boon 10 the small enterprise in our
lifetime
ASK Small Retailer.
am not going deeply into this at
this time. but all you have to do is ask
any small retailer-ask any small
SaW-mlll Opefal0r-aSk any movie
house. III be content with the answer
There WAS no evidence before the
DarroW Board that did not prove ex-
sctly the reverse OF what the board
asserted. The codes do not aid
monopoly
There are some Just complaints. 1t
could not be otherwise in task as big
as the organization of nearly 500
diverse codes had been. We shall now
devote the man-poweT, brains and
eXneriFp"a OF the talented business
man, labor leaders, lawyers, econo-
miSts ana others VINO make up the
N r. A staff, TO make codes function
smoothly and to settle the scores of
more complicated problems which had
to be passed over on the initial stages
No governmental agency could have