For example, it was unwise to expect the same agency to regulate the length of working hours, minimum wages, child labor and collective bargaining on the one hand and the complicated questions of unfair trade practices and business controls on the other.
Roosevelt critiques the unrealistic expectations placed on a single agency to manage diverse labor and trade issues.
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