Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-21 | Page 4 | Reshaping of N R a Viewed as Promising

I of N T 1 R jl A I as Promising The reorganization of N R A may maybe maybe be trusted d to start a new crop of reports reo re por ports that Johnson is out As A. usual they will be hailed with delight by those who want to see ee him out Johnson John John- son was reported through in November November No- No vember December January ory ary and nd March Now it is April and the general appears to be M as chipper chipperas as 33 ever Meanwhile the attack upon N R B A Ahas Ahas has swung around to on entirely new sector Last t tall fall Its enemies wanted it abolished because they asserted It was not bringing recovery Now they object because Jt It has succeeded too well Recovery l is so ro obviouS Itcan it itcan can no longer b be denied Now the cry got goes up for a relaxation ot of all the restraints which the new deal would impose to prevent recovery from going on another speculative drunk To be quite frank trank many of these critics w want nt a 1 nice old profits spree When profits begin to flow In again why bother about reform The devIl was sick the devil de a s saint nt would be But what a rounder he became when ho he was able to put on his hard hat and go out with the boys Much is heard about the menace which regimentation nt Uon holds for Industry Industry Indus Indus- try C. C F. F Hughes Hughe writing in the New Ne York TImes calLs this one neatly It is somewhat ridiculous to hear hearan an outcry against regimentation in industry when for tor 20 to 25 years at atle le least t manufacturers in convention after convention have deplored d the legal restraints upon getting together on trade practices None the less leS the objectIons to some oL of the methods of N R B A operation are valid and reasonable Some of them express exactly the kind ot of constructive criticism the president and General Johnson have ha repeatedly repeat repeat- edly asked for It is apparent that the reorganize Lion of N R B A is aimed to meet such criticism Particularly significant is the plan evolved by W. W Averell Harriman Harri- Harri man to expedite the handling of 01 complaints and speed up decisions He looks like a more effective coo cooperator coop coop- than a cracker down which moy be what N R A n needs ed the m meat t I right Cleveland Plain D ler