The Archive · 1934

NARA, in Chaos

'The organization set up to act as link' between business and the government, the URA, is admittedly {in a chaotic condition. It has reached a point where its work is no longer constructive and creative but administrative. It has no longer to sell an dea to the public but perform certain functions still a little nebulously defined, The work of reorganization is being carried steadily forward. The idea apparently is to split the organ! zation into three divisions roughly] corresponding to the three branches the Federal government. One division will decide policy and will see that the actions of the N.R.A. are in harmony with the efforts of other! governments, it will act that is to say)

a kind of legislative capacity. other division will correspond to the executive branch of the government and a third to the judicial branch. The executive branch will see. that the codes are kept and where there] is any dispute the matier will be brought before the judicial division. This scheme is but tentative and may' bbe recast before Congress is asked! to pass legislation making URA. a permanent agency. The Administra tion fave, however, no intention of turning NIRA. into' a central indi trial planning board on the Soviet model.

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