Evening star., 1934-05-07
ELECTIONS GUNS
OPENED BY SMELL
House Republican Leader
Sees Revolt Against
N. R. A. and A. A. A.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Republican leader of the
Representative Smell of New
York-contended today that despite
President RooSevelts admonition tc
stop crying wolf" business is be-
ginning to raise its voice with long
pent-up objections to the N. r.. A
and the A. A. A"
SHELLS statement generally was in
terpreted as an opening gun by the
House SIDE of the Republican Con-
greSSional Committee in preparation
for the Fall elections.
The new deals experimental ef-
forts to put business in a straight
jacket and make the American
farmer do goose-step at the behest
of Government" said Smell. obvious
ly are on the way to abandonment"
The New Yorker indicated that Re
publican leaders expected a report
by Clarence Darrow's N. R. A Review
Board, submitted last week TO Mr.
Roosevelt, would provide an attack
on the N R. A." that might make
campaign material.
Expects Charges of MOnopolies.
The report has not been made pub
lie. Smell said he was informed it
charges that N R. A. codes set up
monopolies in eight major industries.
The long pent-up objections tC
the N. r. A. and the A. A. A" he
said have finally become vocal and
public. despite admonitionS of the
President to business to stop crying
wolf and in spite of the return to
character of Gen. Johnson. who now
sees business in the role Of pirate
Smell cited criticism of N. R. A. and
the Farm Administration at last
weeks convention of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States Like
wise, he said. the American Federation
of Labor had cenSured the recovery
agency as responsible for allowing
unemployment to continue at the
100000 level
The Republican Congressional Com
mittee this year, for the first time in
many elections, is running its own
show. without aid from the Re-
publican National Committee 1t has
the exclusive right to say what the
general plan of attack on the Demo-
cratic majority in Congress should be
and what ammunition should be used.
Keynote for Criticism.
The keynote for this criticism was
sounded in SHELLS statement, which
added:
While Gen. Johnson at Columbus,
was charging foes of the N. R. A
with plotting to Scuttle ut. the United
States Chamber of Commerce warned
that nothing should be allowed to
minimize the Importance of trade
associations in the administration of
N. R. A. codes This organization
likewise warned us in the face of more
threats of cracking down from Gen.
johnson, that codes must be enforced
with a maximum of suasion and a
minimum of coercion.
"On other fronts the agency for
regimenting business. whether it like
it nor not. was attacked.
TO add fuel to the fires of dis
content Mai, Benjamin H. Namm.
vice chairman of the Retailers Special
Committee on Fair Trade Practices,
filed a brief with the N. r. A. pro-
testing that millions of small mer-
chants are inadequately protected by
the retail codes from unfair competi-
ton.
AT the same time in the Senate,
Senator Clark, Democrat of Mis-
souri,, and Senator Shipstead, Farmer
Laborite of Minnesota. attacked price
fixing under the N. r. A"
Smell asserted it would be amazing
If the Capitol is not flooded with pro-
tests of an opposition silent hereto
fore" and that neither the Ameri-
can business man nor the farmer will
longer stand for the check this regi-
mentation is placing upon our re-
turn to prosperity"