Evening star., 1934-07-06
ROOSEVELT ENDS
DARROW'S BOARD
President Declares N. R. A.
Review Work "Substan-
italy Completed"
Rx the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The Darrow-N. r. A. affair, one OF
the most spectacular clashes of the
Roosevelt administration, has been
closed by a presidential order abol-
ishing the board.
There was no immediate comment
today from members of the National
Recovery Board, which tossed three
hot shots at Hugh S. Johnson's re-
covzry unit and received fiery re-
plies. Most OF the men who served
on the board were out of town.
The White House made public the
order of abolition yesterday. 1t was
dated June 80 and signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
The presidential order said the
board had substantially completed its
work"
Three Have Resigned.
The three remaining members OF
the board are w. w. Neal, Fred p.
Mann and Samuel Henry. Darrow
resigned about a week ago. The
other two were William o. Thompson
and John F. Sinclair. The latter re-
signed early in the life of the board,
disagreeing with the majority on its
first report and submitting a minority
report.
AT the time the board made public
on Saturday its third report, spokes-
men for the organization said it was
IN recess, awaiting further word from
the President"
The Review Board was established
March 7. by executive order of the
President. after complaints against
the effect Of codes on little business
concerns had been voiced on Capitol
Hill. Leading the congressional critics
of the codes we're Senators Nye of
North Dakota and Borah of Idaho,
both Republican independents.
The board, in all three reports, in
sisted its Investigations disclosed the
growth of monopoly under the codes.
holding that the suspension of the
antitrust laws, a provision of the re-
covery act, fostered such monopolies.
Declared Adjunct of Depression"
In the third report it accompanied
this charge with the additional declS~.
ration that in this respect the N. r. A.
had become not the foe but the ad-
junct of depression"
Hugh S. johnson, the recovery ad-
ministrator, and virtually his entire
staff of deputy administrators and legal
advisers hit back at the Darrow Board
reports. johnson informed the PreSi-
dent the board was clearly incapable"
Of supplying fair and constructive
criticism" and therefore should be
abolished forthwith" This recon-
mendation to the President was dated
almost two months ago.
The text of the executive order
aboliShing the board follows:
Whereas by virtue Of and pursuant
to the authority vested in me under
the provisions of title 1 of the ma
tional industrial recovery act of June
Is, 1888 (Ch. 90, Stat. 1850, and in
order to effectuate the purposes of said
title, established by executive order
Of March 7. 1884, an organization to
be known as the National Recovery
Review Board and appointed six mem
bers thereof; and
Work Regarded Completed.
whereas SdiO DOaTQ mas mace LnTee
reports to the President in the exer-
size Of its duties and functions, and
has substantially completed the work
for which it was established; and
Whereas the chairman and two
other members of the board have re-
signed and any further investigations
and reports would not be representa-
tive of the board as originally consti-
tuted, or serve to effectuate the pur-
poses for which it was created:
Nov. therefore, the remaining
members of said board are hereby di-
rected to take the necessary steps to
discontinue the said board prior to
July l. 1884. and it is hereby ordered
that the said board shall cease to exist
on that date"