smen, and labor leaders would cooperate to rise out of the Depression. The government formalized fair trade codes thus giving the federal government power to regulate wages, prices, work hours, and industrial competition. The cooperation never occurred and frequent violations caused the system to break down. The N.R.A. was deemed unconstitutional in 1935.Roosevelt was far more successful in relief efforts. This legislation was aimed at directly helping the needy. One of these relief creations was the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Corps). This was an unemployment relief measure. It provided federal jobs in road construction, reforestation, flood control, and national parks projects. Another program allocated 500 million dollars of direct help to the needy. This money was distributed to one-sixth of the nation. This relief was not much; however it did keep people from starving.Perhaps the most influential and debatable piece of legislation passed during the Roosevelt administration was the Social Security Act of 1935. First, it provided an old age pension program. Second, it set up an unemployment benefit program. And, third, it provided welfare payments to the handicapped, the blind, and to dependent children. This was all to be funded by a tax on employers and workers, the employer payroll tax, and by federal grants to the states.The existence of the Social Security Bill was never questioned. In a New York Times article on July7, 1935, called the “New Deal’s Pacts For Trade Praised- Security Bill Criticized”, argues: How much assistance should there be and who should control the program? Professor Broadus Mitchell from John’s Hopkins University used a touch of visual humor to relay his point. He states, “In trying to stand on the two stools of business relief and social reform, the administration falls between them.” Mitchell continues and becomes overly zealous toward social program...
