Anti-New Deal Newsreel

by Liberty and Power

Here is a rare respite for the standard pro-New Deal newsreels that usually can be found on youtube. It is a sympathetic depiction of Fred Perkins, a battery manufacturer from York, Pennsylvania who chose to go to jail rather than obey the mandates of the National Recovery Administration.

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David T. Beito - 9/24/2008

Burt Folsom writes about this in his new book (now in manuscript). I don't know what happens though the NRA was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935 in another case.

James Otteson - 9/24/2008

Is there a sequel to this? What happens to Perkins after the issue is brought before the Supreme Court?