Last May the nine Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court sat in judgment on a sick chicken sold by Schechter Bros, of Brooklyn. Their verdict was death for NRA. Last week the same Court sat in judgment on one of the late chicken's eggs, the Guffey Coal Act.
Despite the unanimous decision of the Court in the Schechter case, the coal bill sponsored by Pennsylvania's Senator Joseph Guffey was ramrodded through Congress for three good reasons: 1) President Roosevelt publicly advised Congressmen to pass it, "however reasonable'' might be their doubts as...
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