30. Government-National Recovery Administration (NRA),, 1930-1958 (1933-1934-bulk)

Summary: Series documents CR's interest in the National Recovery Administration and its effect on consumers, business, labor and politics in the U.S. Also covers CR's contention that the NRA was ineffective because it failed to protect the interests of the consumer and that the NRA's Consumer Advisory Boards lacked authority to act on behalf of the consumer. This lack of authority led CR to call for the establishment of a Department of the Consumer with cabinet status. Includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications, papers, speeches, and codes.

Subjects include prices; industry codes; canned food standards; economic and legal theory behind the NRA; business attitudes; NRA personnel and publicity; General Hugh Johnson; a "new" NRA; the Consumers Advisory Board; NRA consumer conferences; fascist tendencies of the NRA; call for standards or grades in labelling of products; and Senate opponents of NRA.