Show i DARROW AID I RAPS BOARD BOARD- STANDi ST STAND AND ANDi i Currying Favor With i iBy By Lauding Price Fixing Policy Thompson Charges Called Called- Scheme to Get Get Back BackS Back'S Into Good Graces of S i Administration a aI I SEES TREND TO FASCISM t Monopoly Capitalism Encouraged Encouraged Encouraged aged He Declares r Br BJ Associated ed Press Pre WASHINGTON June 13 Say JP-Say- ing tog that the development of ot N R B A Aday Aday Aday day by day reveals more clearly a marked trend toward fascism in the United States W W. O. O Thompson r re resigned resigned re- re signed today as a member of the Darrow Darrow Barrow Dar Dar- row N R A review board In a statement containing his resignation resignation res res- res- res ignation delivered at the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House he asserted that the trend of ot the national recovery administration tion has been and continues to be toward the encouragement and deve devel devel- development of ot monopoly capitalism in inthe In Inthe Inthe the United States I IThe The only solution the former law partner of Clarence Darrow said involves involves in I a change in class relationships Only a government by the workers and farmers can plan production produce goods for use and not for profit eliminate poverty and raise the standard of living of the entire pop population lation Thompson said he alone was responsible responsible responsible re re- re- re for the preparation and conclusions of DC the recent supplemental tal report of the board which recommended recommended rec rec- socialization socialization- of ot industry Joh Johnson s n Assailed It was signed by himself and Darrow Darrow Darrow Dar Dar- row and accompanied a general indictment indictment indictment in in- by the entire board of the operation of N R A codes The publication of our report he added was the occasion for an unjustified unjustified un un- un- un justified attack by General Johnson the labor advisory board and other agents and supporters of monopoly capital They assailed us bitterly for doing the very thing we had been appointed to do namely to hear investigate and report on the complaints of ot small business menThe menThe men The purpose of DC their attack wa was obviously to divert public attention from the clear content of ot our findings find ings which showed the growing encouragement encouragement encouragement en en- of monopolistic combinations combinations combinations combi combi- nations and practices by the national reco cr recovery administration Without my knowledge and without without without with with- out my signature the recovery review review re re- view board has recently June 9 9 1934 issued a statement hailing the newly announced N R A price fLIng fixing policy ic It declares that the N R A thus acknowledges the truth of ot our findIngs findIngs find find- Ings and has provided a means by which the monopolistic practices w we revealed and protested are now to tobe tobe tobe be cured and abolished Say Board Is Fawning That this statement of the review board is merely a maneuver by which Continued oa on Pace Face Two AID Aio SPLITS J WITH DARROW Charges h Board Fawning o onN all on N R A by Lauding Price Fixing Policy Continued from Face Parc One hopes It-hopes to reestablish itself in th the theo o good d graces of or the national recovery administration is patent from a careful carer care care- r fiLl ful ul examination of at the real character character charac ter of the announced price fixing r policy For this policy polley represents no noi change in administrative procedure that will in any my way abolish the monopolistic practices and their consequences con can sequences eq revealed in our report According to General statement the new policy does no nt not affect codes already approved Practically Practically Practically all major industries are now V operating under approved codes Just how then docs does the newl newly announced policy eliminate monopolistic listic practices if f it docs does not apply to approved codes The announcement n ement of or n a new pew price fixing policy is merely merel a device t to n. n an aroused public realization of ot the extent of or monopolistic practices tices I Claims Prices s Increased That it does not represent any change but rather the continuation of or the old policy is evidenced d by the statement that the code authorities the of approved codes will amend price fixing provisions In other words as lS the supplementary report stated monopolistic combinations are are expected to e enforce 1 or against themselves them them- l selves a law to prevent monopoly Of Thompson said N R A codes al al- r ady had res resulted in marked increase increase in in- crease In prices for the broad cons consuming con con- s suming ming masses of population Also he ne added as a result of ot high prices and arid d decreased purchasing ing power the textile Ind industry stry has been forced to resort to a 25 per cent curtailment of production In Iii other w words the amount of or goods that can be bought by workers with declining real earnings has dropped as a result of price advances created by monopolistic practices Monopoly with its elimination of ot smaller maller less profitable plants and concentration in larger more efficient cue effi dent cleat units has been able to enforce greater speed up and stretch out on the workers who arc nrc employed Sees Trend to Fascism A liA A desire for tor the maximum production production tio tion during the shorter hours of the codes has added to this speed up Although hourly rates in certain industries industries industries in in- have been raised under the codes reduction in hours has meant that weekly earnings have in no measure kept pace with the rise in hourly rates Nor have weekly earnIngs earnings earn earn- ings increased anywhere nearly as fast as production n and nd ind prices The actual result of ot the N R A codes has been merel merely a continuation continua continua- tion lion of ot the stagger system under which more workers are attached to the payroll but all all all- allare are receiving wholly ua e. e earnings The minimum Wages established under the codes h have ve tended to become become be be- come the maximum thus dragging down the general average of ot all wages Even these minimum wages have given no relief relic to negroes or orto to 10 many other categories of lower paid workers The N I R II A clearly reflects its class elass character as as an attempt of the capitalists to find a way out of or the crisis' crisis by passing the burdens onto the shoulders of the masses of work workers ers and farmers The N R A reflects the inability of o 0 called enlightened capitalism to operate a planned economy to 10 Improve improve im Im- Im prove the living standards of the masses Its development nt day by day reveals more clearly a marked trend toward fascism in the United States |