Evening star., 1935-05-04
Robinson and Harrison Are
Accused From Within
Blue Eagle Camp.
COMMITTEES ACTION
CITED BY M'KNIGHT
Retiring Litigation Head Asserts
Provision Like That of Bark
ley Is Necessary.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
While Supreme Court justices con-
sidered the pros and cons of N. R. A. s
constitutionality, q cry was heard
from the Blue Eagle camp today that
Roosevelt administration leaders in
the Senate are really opposed to
N. r. A.
The assertion that Majority Leader
Robinson, Democrat, Of Arkansas and
Chairman Harrison, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi Of the Senate Finance Com
mittee are internally" against the re-
covery law came from A. G. Nc
Knight, who is retiring as director of
| litigation for N. r. A.
His comment resulted from the
Finance Committees approval Of a
plan to extend the law only until next
Spring, with all intrastate business
removed from its field of operations.
Administration officials want a two
year extension, with the law applying
to business in or affecting" interstate
commerce.
Finance Committee Vote Cited.
"The vote of the Finance Commit
tee against the Barley proposal to
permit codes for intrastate business
indicates that Congress is going to
reneg." said Mcknight, gray
thatched man from Minnesota.
Pat Harrison and Joe Robinson in
! ternally are not for the N. r. A.
Unless provision along tie line of
the Barkley motion are retained in
the N. r. A. the whole thing will be
emasculated.
IT have resigned, but before I go
home / am going to see President
Roosevelt and tell him about that
bunch in the Senate"
The Barkley proposal would permit
codes for intrastate business affect
ing" interstate commerce.
Justices Quiz Counsel. -.
Sharp questioning from the supreme
bench marked the conclusion Of argu-
ments yesterday in the A. L. Schech-
ter Poultry Corp. case, involving the
constitutionality Of the N. r. A. OF
all the members only Justice Hughes,
Roberts and Cardozo had no questions
to ask as Donald r. Richberg and
Solicitor General Stanley Reed for the
Government and Frederick II. Wood
and Joseph Heller for the live chicken
concern wound up their case.
Some of the queries sought infor-
nation on the limitations provided by
Congress to the Presidents code
making authority and on the char
acter of the Schechter business in
relation to interstate commerce.
Once Justice Butler wanted to know,
Where in this act are there any
standards for fixing the wages OF q
bookkeeper?"
The American Federation OF Labor,
meanwhile, sided with the admins
tration in its efforts for two-year
extension Of N. r. A. The labor
unions Executive Council carried to
the White House q condemnation OF
| the Senate Committees resolution.
Fights Emasculation.
"The Executive Council" it said,
would rather see the national re-
covery act abandoned, terminated or
repealed than emasculated and
adopted for a 10-month period as
recommended by the Senate Finance
| Committee"
Mcknight, in defending the Bark
ley proposal, said:
why, without such a provision
our jurisdiction over wages and hours
is all gone. Many of our severest
critics say that one of the best things
about the N. r. A. is regulation OF
wages and hours.
"The question of wages and hours
is pretty much an interstate matter
according to definitions given from
time to time in legislative history.
"But the whole philosophy OF a
national economy demands that there
be some Federal regulation over the
wage and hour structure. 1t can't
be q matter of State lines"