Nearly every lawyer, broker, banker and businessman in the land last week was almost wholly preoccupied with the overthrow of NRA. Full implications of the Supreme Court's decision were by no means clear, and while U. S. Business was more relieved than downright joyful, it was also jittery. Overnight, the stock-market greeted the return of business freedom with an opening rally, then dropped sharply, declined for the rest of the week. Uncertainty over the future of NRA and other New Deal legislation precipitated a general break in commodities. Wheat sank 5ยข per bu....
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