More important last week than the passage of the resolution extending the remnants of NRA until April 1, 1936 was Senator Huey Long's filibuster against that measure. The filibuster resulted in Long's losing a fat wad of prestige, and the methods used to break his obstructionism, having once been found, are not likely to be forgotten, whereas NRA, as extended, can have no prestige, must be forgotten soon.
Through three prenatal stages went the resolution for NRA extension:
1) Before the Supreme Court declared codes unenforceable, the Senate passed a milk-&-water resolution providing...
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