Evening star., 1935-06-08
Section Five Stands.

While repeating the old provisions
empoV ering Nr, Roosevelt to presCr!be
and enforce CoCes-the compulsory
features ruled out by the Supreme
Court-the House resolution passed
Yesterday left intact the section Of the
original recovery act. which said:
Section While this title Is IN
effect or in the case Of license While
section 4-A Is in effect and for SO
DAYS thereafter, any code. agreement.
or license approved. prescribed or
issued and IN effect under this tlt.e
and any action complying with the
provisions thereof taken during such
period, shall be exempt from the pIo-
visions Of the antitrust laws OF the
United States"
Chairman Harrison Of the Senate
Finance Committee planned to caI
the resolution up in the chamber the
first thing next week, but he faced a
probable demand to have It sent to
committee for investigation.
Senator King Democrat. Of Utah.
announced he would make such
move. He said he might offer as an
alternative his bill for voluntary codes
under the Federal Trade Commission.
Borah Silent on Course.
Senator Borah Republican, Of
Idaho. and other y. r. A critics also
were studying the House measure
closely. hut had not decided what
course they would pursue when Har-
rison called II up,
Despite the suspicious OF \. r. A
opponents. Harrison was hopeful OF
getting quick action. He was prepared
70 assure the Senate that the anti
trust avs would not BE- relaxed TO
permit monopoly.
When the Clark n. R. A. extension
resolution. 10 which the stop-gap
measure was attached YESTERDAY. went
through the Senate a fortnight ago.
Harrison assured Senators he would
give the chamber 2 chance to con-
slider any material changes.
That was before the Supreme Court
shocked New Deal forces by deClar-
ing the compulsory codes unConStltu-
tional. but critics Of the recovery law
we're counting on HarrIson's word II
their study showed the form OF the
House measure Objectionable.
Some Republicans expressed con-
Germ lest the skeletonIzed n. R. A
plan provide the machinery for a
propaganda campaign to sell Fed
eral regulation to the country. In
the House Yesterday, Representative
Fish, Republican Of New York, said
the legislation was nothing but a
Democratic bill for Democratic prop
aganda."
This was a reference to the an
nOunCement that the organization
would keep tabs on industrial and
labor conditions before and after the
SCrapping Of the codes.
O'Connor Defends y. r. A.
Representative O'Connor Demo-
Crat of New York, sprang to the de-
fense with the declaration.
The N. r. A is not dead We Will
not let it die. It IS not a political
issue. and the Lord help those who
try to make 1t one
Today. however, Senator King said
he did not see any necessity for con-
tinuing this organization.
I have no objection to voluntary
agreements. but If there is to be any
relaxation Of the antitrust laws. it
should be under the supervision of the
Federal Trade Commission rather than
N. r. A.
King made it PLAIN his move to
send the resolution to committee vas
not designed to delay action but to
provide opportunity for mature con-
sideration.
Meanwhile. the American Fedora
tiCn Of Labor carried to the country
its fight for a new N. R. A. bill 1t Is
drafting In a radio address last night
President William Green said it would
be based upon a licensing plan for
engaged IN the manufaC-
ture and production Of goods and COM
moditles which flow into and are ship
ped in interstate commerce"
Unless "chiselers' are curbed. he
held, there will be strife. strikes and
industrial conflict" He vlSioned a re-
turn of the evils Of child labor. unfair
trade practices, the sWeatshop and
sweatshop conditions, declining wages.
excessive hours and inhuman condi-
tions of employment"