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Although Mr. Darrow must have pleased worried Monday morning newspaper editors yesterday, his effect on Mr. Johnson's digestion was evidently not quite so satisfactory. His attack on the NRA can satisfy neither its most prominent critics nor its most prominent supporters. In short it has more or less the effect of a Parkhurst sermon in uniting Republican boss Platt and Tammany boss Croker...
...Darrow let his well-known championship of the underdog and his socialistic tendencies ruin his chance to make a hole in one. He saw it was his opportunity to show that monopoly and big business were reigning supreme. It was too much for the old criminal lawyer and the result was an outburst of vituperation which would make even Mr. Hoover wince. While there is some cause for his claims, the prejudice used in presenting them makes them practically useless...
...benefit from Mr. Darrow's findings lies in the fact that they have brought the problems of the NRA before the country in a provocative fashion. Unfortunately, he has done it in such a way as to discount his revelations immediately. Although Mr. Darrow has obviously gone beyond his province, it is difficult to realize why Mr. Roosevelt appointed him. In short, he has gone a long way to destroy helpful criticism in its effectiveness...
...think it has done anything for the little fellows: I don't think there is much that can be done. You ask what will be the final outcome." Here Mr. Darrow was silent for a while. Then "Is there ever a final outcome to anything...
Thus Clarence Darrow, famous lawyer, and Chairman of the National Recovery Review Board said to the CRIMSON reporter in a recent interview in Washington...