RECOVERY: Two-Year Sentence

In the press gallery of the House of Representatives sat the towering portly owner of the Houston Chronicle. He was availing himself of his prerogatives as a publisher, but he was not present on any journalistic mission. In fact, Chairman Jesse Jones was present for the perfectly good reason that he wanted to see on what terms his Reconstruction Finance Corp. would be given a new lease on life. Neither Mr. Jones nor any one else had any doubt that the one Recovery agency which has been an unquestionable success in its field...

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