The National Recovery Administration (NRA) Failed Largely Because

question 82

Multiple Choice

The National Recovery Administration (NRA) failed largely because

• A) businesses and labor aggressively and universally resisted any regulation of wages, prices, and hours by the agency.
• B) it required too much self-sacrifice on the part of industry, labor, and the public.
• C) Harold Ickes, the head of the agency, proved to be an incompetent administrator.
• D) it did not provide enough protection for labor to bargain with management.
• E) the agency did not have enough power to control business.

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