The National recovery administration

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The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was set up in the United States in 1933 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The agency like many others at the time where created in order to combat the great depression, as part of Roosevelt's promise The New Deal.

[edit] Purpose

The NRA's main purpose was to restore faith in American business and to co-operate with the participating businesses in securing a safe future for the American economy. The Businesses were given a poster with the NRA's Logo on it the blue falcon, which was most commonly posted outside of shop windows. The agency also dealt with other New Deal policies such as state pensions, Federal aid and un-employment relief. The agency was created as a result of the National Industry Recovery act.

The Agency was mainly set up to enforce The National industry recovery act which set a 40-hour week for clerical workers, and a 36 hour week for industrial workers Established a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour.

Abolished child Labour gave workers the right to organise trade unions and take part in collective bargaining

[edit] Key Figures

The NRA was created by Frances Perkins who was appointed by Roosevelt as Labour secretary. She would prove to be the main driving force of the New Deal with other "alphabet soup agencies" such as the C.C.C. General Hugh Samual Johnson who became the Leader of the NRA. Despite his alcohol and indiscretion, he was very effective in giving the organisation publicity through use of Propaganda and Parades

[edit] Possible failures

Many big businesses were only interested in obtaining the blue eagle logo as opposed to Supporting the New Deal. Henry Ford in particular refused to sign the code of conduct. It is also often argued that the actual codes drawn up by the trade associations seemed to favour the employers as opposed to the workers.