- vi - Asphalt Shingle and Roofing Industry Business Furniture Candy Manufacturing Industry Carpet and Rug Industry Cement Industry Cleaning and Dyeing Trade Coffee Industry Copper and Brass Mill Products Industry Cotton Textile Industry Electrical Manufacturing Industry Fertilizer Industry Funeral Supply Industry Glass Container Industry Ice Manufacturing Industry Knitted Outerwear Industry Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer, Mfg. Industry Plumbing Fixtures Industry Rayon and Synthetic Yarn Producing Industry Salt Producing Industry THE COVERAGE The original, and approved, plan of the Division of Review contemplated resources suf- ficient (a) to prepare some 1200 histories of codes and NRA units or agencies, (b) to con- solidate and index the NRA files containing some 40,000,000 pieces, (c) to engage in ex- tensive field work, (d) to secure much aid from established statistical agencies of govern- ment, (e) to assemble a considerable number of experts in various fields, (f) to conduct approximately 25% more studies than are listed above, and (g) to prepare a comprehensive summary report. Because of reductions made in personnel and in use of outside experts, limitation of access to field work and research agencies, and lack of jurisdiction over files, the pro- jected plan was necessarily curtailed. The most serious curtailments were the omission of the comprehensive summary report; the dropping of certain studies and the reduction in the coverage of other studies; and the abandonment of the consolidation and indexing of the files. Fortunately, there is reason to hope that the files may yet be cared for under other auspices. Notwithstanding these limitations, if the files are ultimately consolidated and in- dexed the exploration of the NRA materials will have been sufficient to make them accessible and highly useful. They constitute the largest and richest single body of information concerning the problems and operations of industry ever assembled in any nation. L. C. Marshall, Director, Division of Review. 9768-6.