U.S. National Recovery Administration Printed Documents from the Division Review, 1935-1941
Collection Number: 5391
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
U.S. National Recovery Administration Printed Documents from the Division Review, 1935-1941
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5391
Abstract:
Studies of the effect of NRA codes on various industries.
Creator:
U.S. National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
The National Recovery Administration, also known as the NRA, was the first of several
agencies to be established under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act
(48 Stat. 195), approved on June 15, 1933. Headed by an Administrator for Industrial
Recovery (Gen. Hugh S. Johnson) and subject to the general supervision at first of
a Special Industrial Recovery Board (consisting of the Attorney General, the Secretaries
of Agriculture, the Interior, Commerce and Labor the Director of the Budget, the Chairman
of the Federal Trade Conmission, and the Administrator for Industrial Recovery) and
later of the National Emergency Council, the function of the NRA was to carry out
the main provisions of title I of the Recovery Act. The program of the NRA had four
main objectives: (l) To spread work by reducing the number of hours; (2) to increase
consumer purchasing power by increasing total wage distribution; (3) to stop trade
practices that were similar to those already recognized as legally unfair and to limit
the severity of competition without raising prices so drastically as to neutralize
the increase in total wages; and (4) to eliminate child labor.
As a means of attaining these objectives, the N.R.A. planned for the adoption of
a series of codes of fair competition for the separate regulation of every important
branch of trade and industry. During the period from July to October 1933 an intensive
drive was made for signatures to the President's Reemployment Agreement and for popular
support of its provisions.
An administrative staff was created in April 1934 to act in the name of the Administrator
on all subjects assigned to it. This staff consisted of the Administrative Officer,
the Review Officer (head of the Reviev Division, created in February 1943), a Special
Assistant Administrator, an Assistant Administrator for Policy, the General Counsel
(head of the Legal Division), the Economic Adviser (head of the Research and Planning
division), a Publicity Adviser, and a Director of Enforcement.
On May 27, 1935, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision in the
Schechter case, invalidating all the codes and those portions of the Recovery Act
upon which they were founded. In the light of this decision the NRA began at once
to reduce its staff. A considerable part of its field, and headquarters personnel
was retained to carry out such remnent functions as had escaped the interdict and
such new duties as were assigned to the agency by Congress or the President.
A Senate Joint Resolution, approved June 14, 1935, extended title I of the Recovery
Act until April 1,1935, expressly repealing, however, those parts of the original
act that delegated power to the President to approve or prescribe codes of fair competition
or that provided for the enforcement of such codes.
The National Recovery Administration was, of course, reorganized. The Agency was
placed under an administrator and a few of the divisions continued, but on a diminished
scale. Most of the remaining personnel were absorbed! by two large new divisions,
the Division of Business Cooperation arid the Division of Review. The Division of
Reviev was established to assemble, analyse, and report upon the statistical information
and records of experience of the operations of the various trades and industries formerly
subject to the codes of fair competition and to review the effects of the administration
of Title I of the Recovery Act and the principles and policies put into effect under
its authority.
The NRA was formally terminated on January 1, 1936, when. its Division of Review,
Division of Business Cooperation, and Advisory Council were transferred to the Department
of Commerce for liquidation by the following April 1. The Consumers' Division was
transferred at the same time to the Department of Labor.
On April 1, 1936, the President appointed a Committee of Industrial Analysis, composed
of the Secretary of Commerce as Chairman, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of Labor, and. four additional members from outside the Government to complete the
work begun by the Division of Review end to "prepare for the President an adequate
and final review of the effects of the administration of title I of the national Industrial
Recovery Act." To assist this Committee, a Division of Industrial Economics was created
in the Commerce Department. The Committee and its adjunct Division brought their work
to a close in February 1937.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
U.S. National Recovery Administration Printed Documents from the Division Review #5391.
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
United States. National Recovery Administration.
United States. National Recovery Administration. Division of Review.
Subjects:
Administrative agencies--United States--Rules and practice.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Economic Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry Under Free Competition and Code Regulation
Volume I
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Economic Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry Under Free Competition and Code Regulation
Volume II
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
The Fertilizer Study Volume I
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
The Fishery Industry and the Fishery Codes
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Foreign Trade Study of the Forest Products Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Earnings of Fishermen and of Fishing Craft: Appendix to The Fisher Industry and the
Fishery Codes
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
The Men's Clothing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
National Labor Income By Months 1929-1935
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
The Motion Picture Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Production, Prices, Employment and Payrolls in Industry, Agriculture, and Railway
Transportation
|
1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Textile Industry in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Japan
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Financial and Labor Data on the Women's Neckwear and Scarf Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Some Aspects of the Women's Apparel Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Information Concerning Commodities: A Study in NRA and Related Experience in Control
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Design Piracy -- The Problem and its Treatment Under NRA Codes
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 16 |
The Control of Geographic Relations Under Codes of Fair Competition
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Minimum Price Regulation Under Codes of Fair Competition
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Operation of the Basing Point Provisions in the Lime Industry Code
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Price Control in the Coffee Industry
|
1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Price Filing Under NRA Codes Volume I
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
NRA Report on the Coat and Suit Industry
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
NRA Report on the Cap and Cloth Hat Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
NRA Report on Employment and Unemployment 1929 to 1935
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
NRA Report on the Automobile Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
NRA Report on Wage Trends in Prosperity and Depression
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
NRA Report on Anti-Trust Laws and Unfair Competition
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
NRA Report on The Right of Individual Employees to Enforce Provisions of Collective
Bargaining Agreements
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Federal Regulation Through the Joint Employment of the Power of Taxation and the Spending
Power
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Possibility of Government Contract Provisions as a Means of Establishing Economic
Standards
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Regulation of Industrial Relations in Australia
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
State Recovery Legislation in Aid of Federal Recovery Legislation -- History and Analysis
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
The Treaty-Making Power of the United States
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Two Studies of Certain Constitutional Powers as Possible Bases for Federal Regulation
of Employer-Employee Relationships
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 14 |
The Baking Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 15 |
The Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 16 |
The Bottled Soft Drink Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
The Builder's Supplies Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
The Canning Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 19 |
The Construction Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 20 |
The Cotton Garment Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 21 |
The Dress Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 22 |
The Electrical Contracting and Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 23 |
The Metal Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 24 |
The Fishery Industry
|
1936 |
Box 2 | Folder 25 |
The Furniture Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 26 |
General Contractors Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Graphic Arts Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 28 |
The Hosiery Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 29 |
The Iron and Steel Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 30 |
The Leather Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 31 |
The Lumber and Timber Products Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Mason Contractors Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 33 |
The Men's Clothing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 34 |
The Motion Picture Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 35 |
The Motor Vehicle Retailing Trade Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Needlework Industry in Puerto Rico
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 37 |
The Painting, Paperhanging and Decorating Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Photo Engraving Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 39 |
The Plumbing Contracting Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 40 |
The Retail Lumber Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 41 |
Retail Trade
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 42 |
The Rubber Tire Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 43 |
Ship and Boat Building and Repairing Industries
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 44 |
The Silk Textile Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 45 |
The Structural Clay Products Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 46 |
The Throwing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 47 |
The Trucking Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 48 |
The Waste Materials Trade
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 49 |
Wholesale and Retail Food Industry
|
1935 |
Box 2 | Folder 50 |
The Wool Textile Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 1 |
The Asphalt Shingle and Roofing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
The Business Furniture, Storage Equipment and Filing Supply Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 3 |
The Candy Manufacturing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 4 |
The Carpet and Rug Manufacturing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 5 |
The Cement Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
The Cleaning and Dyeing Trade
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 7 |
The Coffee Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 8 |
The Copper and Brass Mill Products Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 9 |
The Cotton Textile Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 10 |
The Electrical Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Fertilizer Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 12 |
The Glass Container Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Ice Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 14 |
The Knitted Outerwear Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Manufacturing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 16 |
The Plumbing Fixtures Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Rayon and Synthetic Yarn Producing Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 18 |
The Salt Producing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 19 |
The Funeral Supply Industry
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 20 |
History of the Compliance Division
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 21 |
History of the Review Division
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 22 |
History of the Code of Fair Competition for the Shipbuilding and Ship repairing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 23 |
History of the Code of Fair Competition for the Ladies Handbag Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Legal Aspects of Price Control
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 25 |
The So-called Model Code: Its Development and Modification
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 26 |
An Analysis of the PRA Census
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Legal Aspects of Labor Problems-- Minimum Wages
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Report of the Committee on the Economic and Social Implications of the Company Store
and Scrip System
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 29 |
A Case in Code Authority Information Gathering
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Report of the Commission for the Coat and Suit Industry
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Report on the Operation of the National Industrial Recovery Act
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Hours, Wages and Employment Under the Codes
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Prices and Price Provisions in Codes
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Tabulation of Labor Provisions in Codes Approved by August 8, 1934
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 35 |
NRA Report of the President's Committee of Industrial Analysis
|
1937 |
Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Bureau of the Census: By Divisions and States
|
1935 |
Box 3 | Folder 37 |
WWI: Chronology of Important Events
|
1941 |
Box 3 | Folder 38 |
Report on the Study of Natural Areas of Trade in the U.S.
|
1936 |
Box 3 | Folder 39 |
Study of Regularization of Employment and Improvement of Labor Conditions in the Automobile
Industry
|
1935 |
Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Price Filing Under NRA Codes
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Resale Price Maintenance Legislation in the United States
|
1935 |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Restriction of Retail Price Cutting With Emphasis on the Drug Industry
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Trade-Practice Conference Rules of the FTC
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Wage Differentials in the Cap and Cloth Hat Industry
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Data on Average Weekly and Average Hourly Earnings in Selected Manufacturing Industries,
1933-1935
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Employment, Payroll, Hours and Wages in 115 Selected Code Industries, 1933-1935
|
1935 |
Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Wages and Hours in the Fur Manufacturing Industry
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 9 |
NRA Policies, Standards and Code Provisions on Basic Weekly Hours of Work
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Migration of Selected Industries as Influenced by Area Wage Differentials in the Codes
of Fair Competition
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Safety and Health Work Under NRA
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Child Labor Control Under NRA
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Agreement Under Section 4(a) and 7(b) of the NIRA
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 14 |
The Basic Code (Administrative Order No. X-61)
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Code Compliance Activities of the National Recovery Administration
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 16 |
The Code Making Program of the NRA in the Territories
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Policy Statements Concerning Code Provisions and Related Subjects
|
1935 |
Box 4 | Folder 18 |
The Content of NIRA Administrative Legislation
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 19 |
NRA Insignia
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 20 |
The President's Reemployment Agreement
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 21 |
The Prison Labor Problem Under NRA Administration and The Prison Compact
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Problem of Administration
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 23 |
Relationship of NRA to Government Contracts
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 24 |
The Work of the Division Review
|
1936 |
Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Sheltered Workshops Under NRA
|
1936 |