Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-02-17 | Page 2 | Old Code Gets Another Blow

Oil nil CODE GETS ANOTHER BLOW Texas Judge Quashes Case for Violation of Hours Rule I DALLAS Texas Feb 17 UP UP- UP The federal government today had suffered a second severe blow in a a. a week in its efforts to control to-control control the oil industry in Texas under the N R A petroleum code Federal Judge William H H. Atwell late yesterday charges against four our Dallas filling station operators op acc accused sed of violating wage and hour lour ion of nf th nil nit m m Hn 4 code coci Madden Hill Hm attorney for the filling filing fill fill- lag ing ng station operators argued before Judge Atwell that the marketing code provisions s violated the fourth fifth i h hand and ninth amendments to the federal federa constitution in that congress had improperly im- im properly delegated its powers am arid and that hat the def defendants were deprived o of their Inherent rights Federal Judge Randolph Bryant Bryan ruled at Sherman last Monday that tha the he N R A promulgations and oil on code regulations were invalid In their application ap ap- to concerns engaged only In ID intrastate comm comme rec