The Atlantic Bookshelf: A Guide to New Books About Business

ON June 16 the National Industrial Recovery Act will automatically expire unless Congress yields to the President’s wishes and extends its life. The codes have been in operation for many months, and business has had ample opportunity to assess their value, to measure their performance against the hopes and promises which attended their drafting. What good have they accomplished? What harm? Have they aided recovery or retarded it? Such questions are of immediate concern to the business men of the nation.