National Recovery Administration

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The National Recovery Administration was a U.S. New Deal agency created during the Great Depression to regulate industry, set fair wages and prices, and promote economic recovery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency
defunct United States federal agency
abbreviation NRA
administrator Hugh S. Johnson
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBy National Industrial Recovery Act
criticizedFor bureaucratic complexity
favoring large businesses
ineffectiveness in economic recovery
dissolutionReason National Industrial Recovery Act declared unconstitutional
dissolved 1935
dissolvedBy Supreme Court of the United States
dissolvedByDecision Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
employerRequirement adopt codes of fair competition
hasLogo Blue Eagle
surface form: Blue Eagle emblem
hasSlogan We Do Our Part
hasSymbol Blue Eagle
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalPeriod Great Depression
implementedBy Roosevelt administration
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
inception 1933
keyFigure Donald R. Richberg
Hugh S. Johnson
legacy precedent for later federal economic regulation
symbolic role of Blue Eagle in New Deal propaganda
legalBasis National Industrial Recovery Act
surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
mainGoal increase employment
promote economic recovery during the Great Depression
reduce destructive competition
regulate industry
set fair wages and prices
stimulate industrial production
support workers' rights to organize
namedAfter national recovery
opposedBy some business groups
some labor organizations
oversight United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf New Deal
policyArea economic policy
industrial regulation
labor policy
price controls
wage regulation
presidentDuringCreation President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
regulates industry in the United States
regulatoryMethod industry codes of fair competition
workerProtection collective bargaining rights
maximum hours standards
minimum wage standards

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National Industrial Recovery Act administratedBy National Recovery Administration
Blue Eagle associatedWithProgram National Recovery Administration
National Industrial Recovery Act createdAgency National Recovery Administration
NIRA createdAgency National Recovery Administration
subject surface form: National Industrial Recovery Act
NRA fullName National Recovery Administration
subject surface form: National Recovery Administration
New Deal hasPart National Recovery Administration
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States relatedTo National Recovery Administration
this entity surface form: National Industrial Recovery Administration
Blue Eagle usedBy National Recovery Administration