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3 1262 08482 9216 tendment No. 2 Registry No. i00!>-J- 02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COl\iPETITION 

FOR THE 

FRESH WATER PEARL BUTTON 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 7, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 310-Amendment No. 2 

Al\1ENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FRESH WATER PEARL BUTTON 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 7, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVIXG AMENDnIENT OF CooE OF FAIR Co:MPETITION FOR THE 

FRE H "ATER PEARL BuTTo ... ~IANUFAOTURING IND TRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the Fresh ,v ater Pearl 

Button :Manufacturing Industry, and Notice of Opportunity to be 

Heard having been duly affor led all member of the Indu try and 

the annexed report on said amendment, containing finding with 

re pect thereto, having been made and directed to the Pre ident: 

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

tates, the National Indu trial Recovery Board, pur uant to authority vested in it by ExecutiYe -Orders of the Pre ident, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, elated September 27, 1934, and otherwise 

does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and does 

find that said amendment and the Code as con tituted after being 

amended comply in all respects with the pertinent proYisions and 

will promote the policy and purpo es of said Title of aid ~ ct, and 

doe hereby order that said amendment be and it is hereby appro-ved, 

and that the previou approval of said Code is hereby amended to 

includ an approval of said Code in its entirety as am ndcd. 

JATIONAL I1rnu TRIAL R ECOYERY BOARD, 

By ,v. A. l-IARRIMA , Adminisfraitive Officer. 

pproval recommended: 

PRE "TI L. OONLEY, 

.A cti11.g Di1,1ision A.cbninist?'alo-r. 

' A, 'HLTGT K D. ., Decem.be1· 7, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White H ou.se. 

Srn: A Notice of Opportunity to be Heard on an amendment to 

the Code of Fair Competition :for the Fresh Water P earl Button 

Manufacturing Industry approved February 26, 1934, as proposed by 

the Code Authority for this Industry, was published August 17, 1934. 

No objections were received. Section 2 ( f) of Article VI, has been amended by substituting in 

lieu thereof the standard provisions pertaining to a Code Authority 

Budget and Basis of Contribution. Section 1 ( d) of Article VI has 

been deleted. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to this Board on said 

amendment to said Code having found as herein set forth and on the 

basis of all proceedings in this matter: 

The National Industrial Recovery Board finds that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof2 and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the orgamzation of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible. utilization of the 

present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by 

increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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

( d) The amendment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The amendment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

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(f) Tho e engaged in other step of the economic process have not 

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

amendment. 

For these reasons this amendment has been approved. 

For the ational Industrial Recovery Board: 

,v. A. HARRIMAN' 

DECEMBER 7, 1934. 

Ad1ninutrative Officer. 
'.A~IEXDI,IENT TO ODE OFF AIR C01f PETITION FOR THE 

FRESH ,V ATER PEARL BUTTON MANUFACTURING 

L_TDUSTRY 

Amend Article VI by deleting therefrom Section 1 (d) and rennmber 1 (e) to read 1 (d) and by substituting in lieu of Section 2 (f) 

the following : 

(f) 1. It being found nece. ary in order to up port the administration of this code and to maintain the standard of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, 

the Code Authority is authorized: 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations a· are necessary arnj 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations 

out of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and 

which shall be held in trust for the purposes of the code· 

(b) To submit to the National Industrial Recovery Board for 

its a pproYal, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard 

as said Board may deem necessary (1) an itemized budget of its 

estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds nece sary to support such 

budget shall be contributed by members of the industry; 

( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been 

approved by the National Indu trial Recovery Board, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all 

members of the industry, and to that encl, if necessary, to insti- tute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

2. Each member of the industry shall pay his or it equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, 

determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules and regulations pertaining thereto, i ued by the National Indu trial Recovery Board. Only members of the industry complying with the 

code and contributing to the expen es of its administration as hereinabove provided, (unless duly exempted from making such contributions), shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members 

of the Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the 

National Recovery Administration. 

3. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation 

sub tantially in exce s of the amount thereof as estimated in its 

approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount contained in the approved budget except npon approval of the National 

Industrial Recovery Board; and no subsequent budget shall contain 

any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except those which the National Industrial Recovery Board 

shall have so approved. 

Approved Code No. 310-Amendruent No. 2. 

Registry No. 1009-1--02. 

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