The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-28
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Recovery Act Codes
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| the enforcement of any contract
ural obligations which may have
arisen by agreement OF the parties
requiring no sanction of federal
authority"
New Dealers are expected to
confer again today on the NRA
problem. Labor leaders are gath
ering at A. r. Of L. headquarters
here to plot their course. MIRA
employees - $500 of .them--are all
but dizzy with excitement and
worry over their jobs. The man in
the White House confronts another
of the difficult situations which
have marked the days since March
4, 1898.
Summary OF Decision.
The courts opinion, briefly sum-
married, held:
The power to promulgote codes
of fair competition was improper
ly delegated to the President. They
should have been enacted by con-
gress itself If they were to become
law.
Doubt might exist as to the
power of congress to enact the
codes into law inasmuch as con-
gress is restricted to control over
transactions in or substantially af.
fecting interstate commerce.
Some of the code provisions
such as wages and hours to be
maintained for employees, would
still be unconstitutional In a trans
nffArN tr,hn ~ 1ryt%ht,~ 49, g.
Wages and hours In the business
of the Schechter Brothers. Joseph
Alex, Aaron and Martin, Brooklyn,
N. Y, poultry slaughterers are not
subject to the control Of congress
The decision knocked out of le-
gal existence 1853 codes Of fair
competition.
The opinion was read by Chiel
Justice Charles Evans Hughes be-
for q crowded courtroom. y
Hughes Read with vigor
Hughes read with more than &C.
customed vigor. At times he spoke
with the emphasis of emotion as
the round shot of judicial repudi-
alton pounded against the New
Deals No. recovery experiment
While admitting that 'extraor.
binary conditions call for extraor-
binary conditions do not create or
enlarge constitutional powers"
Examining the law TO determine
whether standards were set up tc
guide the President in the forma-
ton of the codes, the court found
there were none.
Turning to section Of the
MIRA, which permits the promul-
cation of codes. the court found
that, in effect, the result was Il
lodge in the industries or groups
the power to enact laws.
The opinion added that, IL the
federal government could contro
wages and hours, then its authority
might conceivably be extended te
rents, advertising, the number oil
employees and the like.
Labor Got Body Blow
New York, May % - (UP) -
Organized labor's probable reac.
ton to the supreme courts MIRA
decision was indicated today as d
desperate pressure in congress fol
salvage of its wrecked hopes.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor
fastened to Washington to confer
with federation attorneys. HI
said labor's course in view of thu
awful blow" would depend or
analysis of pending legislation IL
relation to the decision.
| Labor will be tremendously dis,
appointed and so am l." Greer
said. 1--WE have suffered an awful
blow. None of us dreamed thai
the supreme court would invalidate
MIRA.
when I spoke at Madison
Square Garden the other night OF
labor organizing it's economic gorce
referred to congress.
Until our attorneys have ana
lyzed the bill our future course is
uncertain. But we will decide what
to do as soon as they have ex-
planned the decision to us in Wash
ington tomorrow"
Printers Pleaded With
New York, May 2S - (UP) =
Frank Smith, president of the
United Typothetae of America and
chairman of the National Code Au'
thority of the Commercial Printing
Industry, pleaded with employing
printers today to maintain trade
association work despite the su
preme court ruling against thu
MIRA.