Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
Text of n. II. A. Statement
Administration Asks Extension to April l..
Bill Would Restrict United
States Contracts.

BY the Associated Press.
The text of the White House an
nOuncement Yesterday on the future
of NJ R. A. follows:
In order to meet an immediate
problem relating to the executive
branch of the Government as re-
suit of the Supreme Court decision.
two steps have been discussed and
agreed to by members of the admin
istration and leaders of Congress.
ta) Passage by the House OF
Representatives of Ihe Senate joint
resolution extending the life of the
National Recovery Administration
only to April !. 1885. The President
has made this Recommendation to the
Speaker, Chairman Doughton of the
Ways and Means Committee and
Chairman O'Connor of the Rules
Committee this afternoon.
This recommendation is based on
the deSrability of maintaining a
comparatively small staff in Wash
ington and in the more important
centerS Of the country in order to
vast amount of information now in
the possession of ~ R. A. relating tC
the actual results of code adminiStra e
ton and to collect information in re-
gard to the effects on industry, both
employers and employees. of the aban-
donment by the Government of code
enforcement or requirements.
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tons and TO fair trade practices
This information will. it is believed
be of great value to the Congress. the
administration and the country as q
whole
Would Watch Contracting.
,bl The other reason for contin.
ulng a skeleton organization OF
N. r. A. is that such an organization
will be useful in carrying out the pro-
posed requirement that Government
purchases and contracts be placed
only with corporations or contractors
who live up to certain minimum re-
quIrementS
tcl If the House of Representa-.
tives approves the joint resolution
passed by the Senate. that portion Of
the resolution which in effect relate!
to codes will. of course. be imperative
in so far as the old codes are con
cerned
Sees Cut in Personnel
(d) The extension of the Nationa
Recovery AdminiStra ton would mean
without question, very large cut il
the officers and employees now at
tached to N R A. but would NEAR
the retention of a substantial numbe
of them
In this connection" the PreSiden
said. L want to record my deep ap
probation and that of the countr,
for the unSelfiSh work which thou
sands of men and women employed
under or in conjunction with the Ma
tlOnal Recovery Administration. hav
Gone in the past two years
/ extend TO them my SINGER
thanks; and l regret the circum
stances under which the retiremen
of many of them from Government
service becomes obligatory"
IL should not be assumed by an
person that this proposed continue
ton OF the National Recovery ADMIN
istration, in Skeletonized form. relate
IN any way to the enforcement 0
working conditions or fair trade prac
tees formerly existing under the codes
All such requirements were elimi
mated by the Supreme Court decision
Would Keep standards.
2. The other measure, which lik
the first. must be considered as onl
very partial stop gap, relates t
Government contracts. Only a YER
small portion-prObably not nue.
over ! per cent of the industrial pro
auction Of the cOuntry-is used i
Government work. Nevertheless, III