ocr: Following Regulations Becomes a Patriotic Duty The: mation's faith in the president and his New Deal agencies was never more manifest than the day in 1935 when Mrs. Christopher . Collins Jr. of Upper Darby, Perasylvania, christened her rewborm daughter "Nira," for the National Industrial Recovery Act. Ofall the New Deal programs, NIRA (governed by the National Recovery Administration, OF NRA) was by far the most ambitious. Not since WorkiWarlhad SO mach governmenrt control over industry been proposed.