The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-14
PUBLIC EYE IS
ONCE MORE ON
NRA TRAINERS
Supreme Court Blast Turns
LimeIight on Writers of
New Deal.
BY THOMAS l.. STOKES
Times Special Writer

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WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE
Supreme Court blast which swept
away NRA and threatened other
New Deal reforms has turned the
light on the little group o. men.
some Of them obscure who drafted
the numerous social and economic
statutes Of the Roosevelt regime.
II Is an odd mixtuTe-yOUng men
who dream dreams and old men
who see visions. astute lawyers. some
hard-bo ed reaiists - all imbued
with a conviction that the social
order needs overhauling II it is 70
meet the needs Of the people IN this
age Of machines
Altogether. they are a shirt-sleeve,
night-owl lot
The crash % one reform structure
which they erected NRA - again
has stirred these men into the fUri-
Gus activity Of the early DAYS Of the
Roosevelt revolution - searching
out legal presidents TO see what can
be done about Do. analyzing other
New Deal measures. such as AAA.
to revise them against the court S
dictums.
Lights Burn Again
Government buildings. which in
casual Republican days lO0med dark
and forbidding at night. their slum-
Der disturbed only by charWOmen.
again as IN early 1888 - blink
brightly these nights. The young
sters and the old men are at their
tasks. seeking 10 put the broken
pieces together.
From their persistent crying in
what seemed so long a wilderness, a
handful of veteran champions Of
reform in Congress who finally have
come into their own are known to
the publiC-SerstOrs Robert F.
Wagner ID. y. ". who helped
formulate MIRA. the social security
bill and the labor disputes bill.
George W. Norris r.. Neb1. who
worked. in and out Of season, for
the great public power project now
known as IVA, and Rep. sam Ray
burn ID. Tex. who helped TO frame
the stock market and securities acts
and the utilities holding company
bill
The people now know well the
names Of Rexford G. Tugwen and
RAYMOND MOley. who contributed
the philosophy of many New Deal
measures and actively assisted in
formulating others. including NRA
and AAA.
Johnson. Richberg and Douglas
Gen. Hugh s. johnson. Donald
r. Richberg. Lewis Douglas, former
director Of the budget. who now is
at odds with some phases OF the
New Deal. but who sat with repre-
sentatives OF business and labor 10
weave the pattern Of NRA- and
Mariner s. Eccles. governor Of the
Federal Reserve Board. who breath
ed the breath of life into the new
banking bill with the wise counsel
Of the veteran Dr. Z. A Golden
weiser. for many years chief Of the
Reserve Boards research division.
But they hear very little Of many
background figures who have draft
ed important legislation. You can
not find their names on bills or
commonly associated with them
Such is a trio Of young men
whose enthusiasm and energy con-
tinuaIv amaze those who know
what they have accomplished
James NJ. lands. Tom COrcoran and
Ben Cohen. They framed the Sc
curities and stock market bills.
Knew High Court from Inside
Mr.. Lands and Mr.. Cohen both
came under the influence Of Felix
Frankfurter Of Harvard Law School.
inspiration for much Of the New
Deal. Both Mr.. Lands and Mr..
Corcoran knew the Supreme Court
from the inside. the former as sec
retarv 10 Justice Louis d. Brandels.
the latter as secretary to the late
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The tall. low talking, quick
thinking Mr.. Cohen and the round
faced. gay-pirited COrcoran have
been familiar figure about the Cap
itol Of late in the fight over the
holding company bill, which they
helped 10 write.
Mr.. Laudi Is busy at MS ooWntoNn
office. a member Of the Securities
and ENchsuge Commission. which
administers the law he aided IN
sponsoring.
Another "YOungster" Makes Mark
Another younEsser who has left
his mark Is Tommy Eliot. 2S-year-
old grandson Of the late president
Of Harvard. who prepared the early
drafts Of tie social security bill
In the background assisting Sec
rotary OF Agriculture Henry Wallace
and Dr.. Tugwsll with the AAA bills
vas the agricl ltural brain trust -
Mordscai Ezekiel. Chester Davis
nos TOD man in AAA. Prof. NJ. l.
Wilson. sponsor Of the earlier do
nestle allotment plan. ard Jerome
Frank. who was ousted in the AAA
purge" Of radicals" and now Is q
LAWYER for the RFC.
Two women have played part IN
writing New Deal legislation -
Frances Perkins. Secretary OF
Labor. who assisted with the social
securities bill and other measures
and Miss josephine Roche. Assist
ant Secretary OF the Treasury IN
charge OF public health matters
who contributed her advice for thl
public health features Of that
measure.