# What was the "NRA?"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 12, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085 "2000-06-12T03:36:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/1 "2000-06-12T03:36:38Z")

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Not the “National Rifle Association.”

I’ve seen the NRA logo on the opening credits in some old (1930s) movies, and I’ve recently seen a movie set in the 1930s that had sheets posted on utility poles with the NRA logo, which is some stylized eagle.

Any ideas???

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**Author:** ![argyle87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@argyle87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/argyle87)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/2 "2000-06-12T03:40:35Z")

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NRA = National Recovery Act, part of the New Deal.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/3 "2000-06-12T03:49:17Z")

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National Recovery Administration, created under the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933 and abolished on Jan. 1, 1936. It was found by the Supreme Court in **Schechter v. United States** to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power.

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**Author:** ![argyle87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90ced4/32.png) [@argyle87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/argyle87)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/4 "2000-06-12T03:53:27Z")

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Thank you for correcting me, Bibliophage, you are absolutely right. I can never remember if both the NRA and NIRA are acts, organisations, or what.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/5 "2000-06-12T05:23:22Z")

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The Schechter decision was often referred to as “The Sick Chicken Case.”

I just felt the need to state that. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Tedster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@Tedster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tedster)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-nra/22085/6 "2000-06-14T11:32:17Z")

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The “Blue Eagle;” part of the National Recovery Administration, it was a largely ineffectual program of price supports, and a pain in the ass for everyone involved.

But, with ~25 per cent unemployment during those years, you can’t really fault the roosevelt administration for trying _something_.