"NEW DEAL" MODIFIED
PRESSURE ON CONGRESS
LABOUE DISSATISFIED
United Press Association—By Electrics Tel*
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WASHINGTON, June 6.
President Roosevelt met the N.R.A. crisis today by a decision to press a simple resolution through Congress. This will extend the life of the Recovery Act from June 16 to June 1, 1936, and' the clause giving the President power to approve or prescribe codes and enforce them will be eliminated . in order to meet the Supreme Court's constitutional objections.
The resolution was immediately approved by the House Committee, but' today the American Federation of Labour started a counter-attack and issued a statement declaring that its adoption emasculated the National Industrial Recovery Act and was a "surrender to the opponents of national recovery." It stated that the federation would take the fight for a new recovery Act to the people, indicating that it would sponsor a constitutional amendment to allow the Government to carry out its original programme.
The Federation also issued a report declaring that at least 1,000,000 workers had suffered wage cuts or increased working hours since the Schechter decision, which they interpreted as the beginning of the collapse of the existing wage structure.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 134, 8 June 1935, Page 9
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