In his brief time as acting governor, he took the opportunity to abolish the New Jersey State Recovery Administration, the state-level counterpart of the National Recovery Administration, which had been establishing minimum prices and other "fair competition" codes.
Under sin korta tid som tillförordnad guvernör tog han tillfället i akt att avskaffa den delstatliga myndigheten New Jersey State Recovery Administration, delstatens motsvarighet till den federala National Recovery Administration, som hade beslutat om minimipriser och andra regler om "rättvis konkurrens".