The Washington times., 1934-06-13
NEW DEAL HELD
To ENCOURAGE
MONOPOL|ES
Little Fellow Has No Chance
Till Agriculture and Labor
Control, He Says

Asserting, in effect, that the
MIRA has fizzled, and that 1t is
monopoly-ridden and controlled
by big interests, w. o. Thompson
resigned today as q member OF
the National Review Board, whose
chairman is Clarence Darrow.
Mr.. Thompson, q former law
partner Of Mr.. Darrow, addressed
y long letter to President Roose-
veIt, in which he criticised the
MIRA, Gen. Hugh johnson, and,
hferentially, his colleagues on the
board.
In his letter, Mr.. Thompson
said he alone was responsible for
the supplementary report that
accompanied the first Darrow re-
port, signed only by himself and
Mr.. Darrow. This was the report
that spoke of Specialization Of in
duStry'' as probably the only way
out. It caused considerable furore.
Mr.. Thompson said he would
leave it to Mr.. Darrow to make
his own "judiciouS explanation"
Of why he signed it.
MOnOpoIies Charged
The National Review Board,
Mr.. Thompson said, was appointed
to ascertain and report whether
"any code, or codes of fair com.
petition are designed to pro-
mote monopolies or to eliminate
or oppress small enterprises" His
letter continued:
'The report Of the review
board submitted to you (the
President) clearly indicated that
small business is being oppressed
and eliminated by mOnOpOliStic
trade practices written into the
codes. 1t revealed also the
domination Of code authorities
by the largest producers in each
industry we investigated
Publication of the report, Mr..
Thompson said, was made the
occasion for IAN unjustified at,
tack by General johnson, the
Labor Advisory Board, and other
agents and supporters Of n1onop-
oly capital" He said:
They assaiIed us bitterly for
doing the very thing we were
appointed to do, namely, to hear,
anveStigate and report on the
complaints Of small business
men,"
DISAVOWS BOARD REPORT
Mr.. Thompson said the board
without my knowledge or sigma
h1re" issued q statement on June
8 approving the newly announced
NRA price-fixing policy. This
statement he described as merely
a maneuver by which it hopes to
EeeStablish itself in the good
graces of the NRA. He continued:
"The trend Of the NRA has
been and continues to be toward
the encouragement and develop
ment Of monopoly capitalism in
the United States.
"The NRA handed over to
trade associations, dominated by
the largest corporations in the
various industries, the formula
ton Of codes of fair cOmpeti-
tiOn, without representation Of
the consumers or workers.
Wherever A. F. Of L. unions
have been represented, as in the
clothing industries, for example,
the labor leaders have shown by
their acts that their chief con-
Germ is in the interests of big
business.
WORK SPEEDED UP
Monopoly, with its elimina-
tiOn Of smaller, less profitable
plants and concentration in
larger, more efficient units has
been able to enforce greater
Speed-up and Stretch-Out on the
workers who are employed.
The actual result of the NRA
codes has been merely q con-
tinuatiOn Of the Stagger system
under which more workers are
attached to the payroll but all
are receiving wholly inadequate
earnings. The MIRA clearly re-
fleets its class character as an
@ttempt of the capitalists to find
. way out Of the crisis by pass
ing the burdens onto the shOul-
ders Of the masses of workers
and farmers. The NRA reflects
the inability of sO-caIIed en-
Nghtened capitalists to operate.
Planned economy to improve the
living standards Of the masses.
Its development day by day re-
veals more clearly a marked
trend toward faSciSm in the
United States.
'"The only solution involves q
change in class relationships.
Only a Government by the work
ers and farmers can plan pro-
ductiOn, produce goods for use
and not for profit, eliminate
poverty, and raise the standard
Of living Of the entire popula-
ti0n."
1899 GOnznOn "Grnd