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NRA (Non-Resident Alien) Tax

The tax which must be withheld by the corporation or its disbursing agent (usually 15% or 30%, depending on the hold's citizenship).

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It established the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and the Public Works Administration (PWA).

1933: Exploration and settlement; wars; government; civil rights; statistics

Missing is a full discussion of the more subtle forms of Roosevelt censorship, for instance, his administration's role in distributing the approval symbol of the "blue eagle" to firms, including newspapers, that cooperated with the National Recovery Administration.

FDR and the News Media

A chapter outlining the relationship between the RFC and the National Recovery Administration provides an excellent description of the politics of New Deal policy-making but is hampered by a weak analysis of the economic forces contributing to the contraction and slow recovery.

Saving Capitalism: The Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the New Deal, 1933-1940