Approved Code No. 33. Amendment No. 1. Registry No. 313-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL LUMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS, 

BUILDING MATERIALS, AND BUILDING 

SPECIALTIES INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON J ANUARY 12, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 33-Amendment No. 1 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL LUMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS, BUILDING 

MATERIALS, AND BUILDING 

SPECIALTIES INDUSTRY 

As Approved on January 12, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING MODIFICATION OF CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL LUMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS, BUILDING 

MATERIALS, AND BUILDING SPECIALTIES 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pur.suant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I, of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of modification 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Lumber, Lumber 

Products, Building Materials, and Building Specialties Industry, and 

hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on 

said modification, containing findings with respect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Order of the President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and do find that said modification and the Code as constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of 

said Act, and do hereby order that said modification be and it is 

hereby, approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is 

hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as 

modified. 

HuGH S. JoHNsoN, 

Admlinistrator for Indwltrial Recovery. 

Approval Recommended: 

MALCOLM 1\1 UIR, 

Division Ad'1ninistrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

January 12, 1934. 

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The PREsiDENT, 

The lV hite H o'LUJB. 

SrR: A Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Lumoor, Lumber 

Products, Building Materials and Building Specialties Indu try 

was approved by you on October 3 and became effective on October 

13, 1933. 

In ac ordance with the provisions of your Executive Order, dated 

July 15, 1933, hearings have been granted by n1e to applicants, who 

all eel that they were directly affected by the provisions of Arti le 

\ III, ection 2, Sub ection A of said Code, and who claimed that 

application thereof was unjust to them and ho applied for modifications thereof. 

In full accordance with the provision outlined in Article IX, 

Section 6 of the aforesaid Code for the Retail Lumber, Lumber 

Product. , Building :Materials and Building Specialties Industry, 

the Code A_uthority, an Agency established in accordance with the 

provisions contained in Article VII, Section 1 of said Cod , made 

application for moclifkations of said Article VIII, Section 2, Subs ction A. 

Article VIII, Section 2, Subsection A of said Code as it app ars in 

the approved Code of October 3 permits the establishment of prices, 

terms and conditions of sale within any trade area by rule or regulation adopted by the appropriate agency within such trade area in 

accordance with the provisions of Article VII Section 1? Paragraph 

2 of aid Code. Article VIII, Section 2, Sub ection A if revi eel 

or amen led as is proposed by the suggested modifications thereof 

will prohibit the establi hment of price ·, terms, and conditions of 

sale within a trade area adopted by rule or regulation of any agency 

within aiel trade area. 

The Deputy Admini trator in hi final report to me on aid modification of aid Code having found as herein set forth and on the 

ba ·i of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The modification of said Code and the Code as modified are 

w ll de ian d to promote the policies and purpo es of Title I of 

The National Indu trial Recovery Act, including the removal of 

ob {ruction to the free flow of interstate and for ign conunerce 

whi h t nd to dimini h the an unt tl er of, and will provide for 

th en ral welfare by promoting the oro·anization of indu try for 

th 1 uq ose of cooperative a tion amona trad oToup , by indu ing 

and maintaining united action of labor and manag m nt un er adnquate go ernmental sanction and supervision, by lin1inating unfair 

· mpetitive practices, by pron oting th fulle t po sible utilization 

of the pre ·ent produ tive capa ity of indu trie , by avoi ing un u 

r triction of production (except as may b t mporarily r quir d), 

by increa. ing the on umption f in u trial an aaricultural pr ducts thr ugh increa ing purcha in0 pow r, by reducing and r lie ing 

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unemployment, by improvincr tandards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating in lu try. 

(b) The ode as modified complies in all re pects w.ith the pertinent provi ions of aid Title of aid Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of S tion 7, and 

Sub ection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforesaid modification on behalf of the industry as a whole. 

(d) The modification and the Code as modified are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The modification and the Code as modified are not designed 

to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

modification. 

For these reasons, therefore, the proposed modifications have been 

approved. 

Respectfully, 

HuGH S. JoHNSON, 

A drministrator. 

JANUARY 12, 1934. 

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AMENDMENT TO THE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL LUMBER, LUMBER PRODUCTS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND BUILDING SPECIALTIES INDUSTRY 

Sub ection A, Section 2, Article VIII shall be amended to read 

as follow : 

2. Condition8 of Sale-Estinwtes and Quotations.-A. vVithin 

ten (10) days after notice from the Code Authority, or its duly 

authorize l Agency, each dealer shall file with the Code Authority, 

or such duly authorized Agency a it may de ignate, and publish 

his price indiYidually prepared by him but in no event at less than 

the price computed pur ·uant to the provi ions of Section 8 of 

thi Article an l any rules and regulations duly issued in relation 

thereto, terms and condition of sale; thereafter, no dealer shall 

quote, ell or offer to ell any product on uch terms and conditions, 

or at such prices as will result in the purchaser paying therefor 

prices different from those noted in su h dealer's price li t, or on 

terms and conditions of ale other than the terms and conditions o:f 

sale previou ly filed by nch dealer -with the Code Authority, in 

accordance with the provisions of this Article and in effect at the 

time of such ale." 

ApproYecl Cocle 1. To. 33-Amenclment ro. 1. 

Regi. try l\o. 313·04. 

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