In the year of 1934, The Great Depression was starting to affect the US.With this came a nationwide strike of the textile industry, which would become the most extensive battle the National Recovery Administration, or NRA, had to face. This strike would become known as The National Textile Strike of 1934. By 1929, Southern mill towns in particular, were discontent, because the Depression was already affecting them. This was largely due to "stretch-out", which is essentially were workers are being forced to overwork for underpay. One particular mill in Monroe, North Carolina is a good example of "stretch-out", having "spinners using twelve spindles rather than eight, four doffers doing the work of five, and crews of three carters were used
