Reminiscences of Nathan Witt : oral history, 1969.

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Reminiscences of Nathan Witt : oral history, 1969.

Childhood and education, Harvard Law School; New York, N.Y. legal experience, 1932; New Deal Washington, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-34; National Labor Relations Board, 1934-40: Assistant General Counsel in charge of Review Division to 1937, later Secretary; formation of National Labor Relations Board, political climate, problems of social legislation, analysis of Wagner and Landrum-Griffin Acts; Smith Committee investigation; impressions of board members, other New Deal figures.

JTranscript: 200 leaves.

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

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Government official, labor lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Witt : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309727487 ...

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