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The '''National Recovery Administration''', or '''NRA''', was a [[New Deal]] agency created in 1933 to promote recovery from the [[Great Depression]].  The NRA was one of several organizations formed by the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]]. The NRA had four objectives: to spread work evenly among people; to raise prices and wages, thereby increasing purchasing power; to stop unfair trade practices and limit cutthroat competition; and to eliminate child labor.

The '''National Recovery Administration''', or '''NRA''', was founded in 1933 to assist in aiding the economic troubles of [[The Great Depression]].  Headed by [[General Hugh Johnson]], The NRA was the first of many organizations to be created under the [[National Industrial Recovery Act]]. The NRA had four objectives: to spread work evenly among people; to distribute wages, thereby increasing purchasing power; To stop unfair trade practices and limit cutthroat competition; and to eliminate child labor.

The NRA quickly brought business leaders to Washington from each industry, and they wrote "fair competition" codes for that industry. After an initial wave of public support, NRA bogged down. On May 27, 1934, in [[Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States]], the Supreme Court handed down a decision that invalidated the NIRA law because it authorized the NRA to make laws, which only Congress can do. The NRA was never revived, and historians generally agree it was a failure.  

The NRA quickly created a series of fair competition codes, by bringing leaders from each industry and determining the codes for that industry. The NRA spent the first months of its life trying to get both support from government and from the people for these codes. After an initial wave of public support, NRA bogged down. And on May 27, 1934, in [[Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States]], the Supreme Court handed down a decision that invalidated these codes, which were the foundation of the NRA itself. These codes were invalidated because they authorized the NRA to make laws, a function reserved for congress. The NRA was forced to reduce its staff so it could carry out the few functions left to it after the Schechter decision efficiently.

 

A senate resolution on June 14, 1935 extended title I of the Recovery Act until April 1 of that year. The NRA was reorganized to permanently fit its new, diminished role.  On January 1, 1936, the National Recovery Administration was formally terminated to be liquidated by April 1, 1936. It is usually considered a failure among historians.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Bernard Bellush, ''The Failure of the NRA'' (1975) a standard account by a leading scholar

* Bernard Bellush, ''The Failure of the NRA'' (1975) a standard account by a leading scholar

[[Category:United States History]]

[[Category:United States History]]