Approved Code No. 7 Regisiry No. 220-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR 1'HE 

! 

CORSET AND BRASSIERE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 14, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

1. Executive Order 

2. Administrative Order 

3. Report of Deputy Administrator 

4. Code 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CODE OF F AIR COMPETITION, CORSET .AND BRASSIERE INDUSTRY 

An application having be~n duly made, pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Corset and Brassiere Industry, and hearings 

having been held thereon and the Administrator having rendered his 

report containing a.n analysis of the said Code of Fair Competition 

together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, 

and the Administrator having found that the said Code of Fair 

Competition complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of 

Title I of said Act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) 

of subsection (a) of Section 3 of the said Act have been met: 

NO,V, THEREFORE, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and 

findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of 

Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

Approval recommended. 

HuGHS. JoHNsoN, 

Administrator. 

THE Vv HITE HousE, 

August 14, 1933. 

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(III) 
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION, CORSET AND BRAS IERE INDU TRY 

An application having been duly made by the Code Authority, 

pursuant to the provi ions of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Cor et and Bra siere Industry approved August 14, 1933 for my 

approval of the inclu ion of certain provisions in .the Code the D p- uty Admini trator having rendered his report together with his 

recommendations and findings with respect to the said provi ions, 

and finding that the aid provisions comply in all respects with 

the pertinent provi ion of the Code as well as with Title I of the 

National Indu trial Recovery Act and the requirements of Clauses 

( 1) and ( 2) of ubsection (a) of Section 3 of said Act: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I~ John M. Hancock, Acting Achnini trator of the rational Recovery Administration, pur uant to the au- thority ve. t cl in me by the Executive Order of July 15, 1933, and 

otherwise, lo adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and 

findings of the Deputy Aclmini trator and do order that the said 

provision be and they are hereby approved and hall have full force 

and ffect a pro-ri ion of the said Code. 

Approval recomn1ended. 

JoHN ~I. H ~~ ocK, 

A oting Administrator. 

EARL DEA~ HmYARD, 

Deputy Ad1ninistrator. 

AUGUST 28, 1933. 

(IV) 
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR 

A Code of Fair Competition for the Corset and Brassiere Industry has been heretofore approved by the President. The Code 

contains certain provisions concerning Fair Trade Practice Rules 

which were included in the Code in the form of recommendations 

to be made by the Code Authority for subsequent approval by the 

Administrator. The Code Authority, having appeared before me, 

has presented its recommendations as aforesaid. The recommendations were included ,verbatim in the proposed Code and full 

opportunity was afforded at the public hearing to all allegedly 

interested parties to present objections thereto. 

No objections having been received, and certain modifications having b2en suggested by the Consumers Advisory Board, which modifications have been incorporated in the proposed final rules, 

I recommendThat the recommendations of the aforementioned Code Authority 

for approval of the Fair Trade Practice Rules to govern the Corset 

and Brassiere Industry, be granted by the Administrator. 

EARL DEAN HowARD, 

AuausT 28, 1933. 

Deputy AdministTator. 

(V) 
The Deputy Administrator finds that-

(a) The Code complies in all respects with the pertinent proviion of Title I of the Act, including, without limitation ub ection 

(a) of Section 7, and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that 

(b) The Corset and Bras iere Association of America impo 

no inequitable restrictions on admis ion to membership therein and 

is truly representative of the Corset and Brassiere Indu try; and 

that 

(c) The Code is not deigned to promote monopolie or to elimjnate or oppre s small enterprises and will not operate to di criminate again t them, and will tend to effectuate the policy of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

EARL DEAN HowARD, 

Auou T 2 , 1933. 

Deputy Adrninistl'at01·. 

(VI) 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE CORSET AND 

BRASSIERE INDUSTRY 

1. PURPOSE 

(a) The Corset and Brassiere Association of America, a national 

trade association representative of the industry throughout the 

United States, pursuant to the purpose of the Corset and Brassiere 

Industry to cooperate with the President of the United States in 

effectuating the policy declared in Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, does hereby recommend and submit for approval, pursuant to Section 3 of said Title, the following Code of Fair Competition and plans for its Administration for all corset and brassiere 

manufacturers and distributors in so far as it pertains to this 

industry. 

This Code is set up for the purpose of increasing employment, 

establishing fair and adequate wages, eliminating wasteful practices 

destructive to the interests of the public, employees, and employers. 

This Code shall become effective the second Monday following its 

approval by the President. 

(b) DefinitiO?t.-The term Corset and Brassiere Industry is used 

to cover persons, partnerships, and corporations, which manufacture 

and sell corsets, step-in-corsets, brassieres, bandeau-brassieres; corsets, girdle-corsets, or step-in-corsets attached to brassieres or 

bandeau-brassieres; all similar body-supporting garments. 

(c) Aclministration.-For the purpose of administering this Code, 

the Corset and Brassiere Industry shall be divided into divisions as 

set forth below. Each such division may be independent and selfgoverning with respect to all conditions and problems relating exclusively to the said division. Proposals with respect to matters 

affecting more than one division may be initiated by any division, 

and shall be submitted for consideration to the Code Authority of the 

Corset and Brassiere Industry, hereinafter described, and its determination shall be binding upon said division and all other divisions 

affected thereby. 

(d) "Person" as used herein includes any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation in the industry. 

(e) Division A.-Persons who sell to retailers, jobbers, chain 

stores, catalog houses, and other distributors who resell. 

Division B.-Persons who manufacture stock garments, or purchase them for sale, and distribute them by the direct-to-consumer 

method of selling. 

Division C.-Persons who manufacture only made-to-measure 

{custom-made) garments, or purchase them for sale, which are distributed only by the direct-to-consumer method of selling. 

(1) 
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2. ~fT. ·nr ?lr Acm F EMPLOYEES 

Per on in th indu tr · hall not mploy anyone un ler ixteen 

y c.lr of a ae . 

. TV'" A E · AXD o ..... DITIOX OF El'n LOY.i\IE~T 

(a) Exc pt a hereinafter provided on and aft r the effe tive 

date hereof the minimum wage which shall be paid by per on in 

the Cor et and Bra ~ iere Industry to any of their emplo ree hn.ll 

be at the rate f $1±.00 a week except that cutters hall not be paid le ~ than at the rate of $25.00 for a week of 40 hour . 

(b) No person hall reduce compensation for employment now in 

exce s of the minimmn wages hereby agreed to (notwithstandin~ that 

the hours of work of such employment may be hereby reduced) but 

shall increa.._ e the pay for such employment by an equitable readju tInent of all pay chedule whether for time-work or piece-work. (c) Learners or apprentices shall be paid a minimum of 27lj2 

cents per hour, or at the rate of $11.00 a week for the first six 

week , and thereafter the minimum wage provided under Rule 3 (a) . lf the operation they are learning has a piece-work rate and the 

amount earned at piece-rate is more than $11.00 a week the learner 

or apprentice must be paid on a piece-rate basis. No person in this 

industry may knowingly employ as a learner or apprentice, an 

employee who has previously been employed in any plant in thi 

indu try on a imilar operation as a learner or apprentice. 

(d) To a ure employment to workers who are physically handicapped and to avoid their becoming a burden to the state, such employees are exempted from the provisions of Rule 3 (a), provided 

such employees hall not exceed in number 5 percent of the total 

\\orkers employed by a person. 

(e) Persons in the Corset and Brassiere Industry hall comply 

with the requirements of the National Industrial Recovery Act as 

follows: 

(1) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing and 

shall be free from the interference restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or their agent in the designation of such representative or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the 

purpose of collecti\e bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

(2) that no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or 

to refrain from joining organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

of his own choosing· and (3) that employers shall comply with the 

maximum hours of labor minimum rates of pay, and other condi- ticn of employment appro ed or prescribed by the President." 

4. HoUR oF LABOR AND OPERATION 

(a) The maximum hours of productive operation for any plant 

jn thi. indu try shall be forty hours per week, provided, however, 

that no plant shall operate in excess of five days in any week. 
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(b) The maximum hours of work for any employee, except executives, executives' assistants, designers, office workers, shipping clerks, 

repair crews, watchmen, porters, salesmen, and truckmen, shall be 

forty hours per week. 

(c) Each person shall post in a conspicuous place in each work 

room in his factory Sections 3 and 4 of this Code. 

(d) The provisions for maximui11 hours set out in this article 

establish a maximum number of hours of labor per week for every 

employee cov.ered, so that under no circumstances shall such an 

employee be employed or be permitted to work for one or more 

persons in the industry in the aggregate in excess of the prescribed 

number of hours in a single week. 

5. SANITARY REQUIREMENTS 

(a) Since the products o~ this industry are customarily worn next 

to the body, all persons shall conduct a ·clean, sanitary factory. The 

minimum standard shall be in compliance with the standards set in 

that part of the factory law of the State of New York, which is 

applicable to plants in this industry. 

(b) No person shall employ workers except in his own plant or 

plants. No home work shall be allowed. 

(c) No person shall knowingly purchase materials to be used in 

his product which have not been made in a clean and sanitary 

factory, and it shall be stipulated on each purchase order that : " The 

material covered by this order must be manufactured in a clean and 

sanitary factory." 

(d) No person shall purchase garments for.resale which are manufactured wholly or in part under conditions which do not conform 

with the provisions of this Code. 

(e) All persons shall insert on each invoice covering a shipment 

of their manufactured product, the following statement: " This merchandise was manufactured in compliance with the Code of Fair 

Competition of the Corset and Brassiere Industry." 

6. ThfODIFICATION 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the. President, in accordance with the provision 

of Section 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time 

to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the right 

of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or 

any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

7. MoNOPOLY 

Nothing in this Code shall be interpreted or applied in such a 

manner as to permit or promote monopolies, permit or encourage unfair competition, eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small 

enterprises. 
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DE THORITY 

(a) A d uthority for the or et and Bra iere Indu try hall 

con i ·t of ight to ten m mb r . Two memb r ball be appointed by 

the Admini trator and n t l than ix nor mor than eight shall be 

appointed b th Pre i lent of th or et and ras iere A sociatlon 

of rnerica ubj ct to the approval of the Board of Director . 1 mbers of the Authority may be removed by the Board of Director of 

the A ociation with the approval of the Admini trator. 

(b) The ole Authoritj hall el ct uch officers and hall a sign 

to them u h duti a it may consider advisable. The Code Authority may appoint ubcommittees for the prop r ubdi i ion of its ·everal function and repre entative of u h geoo-raphical sections of 

the country as it may designate. The Code Authority shall pro-vide 

its own rule of procedure. 

(c) The Code Authority shall have full and complete authority 

for the admini tration and enforcement of this Code, subject to an 

appeal to the Administrator. 

(d) Any complaint concerning an alleged violation of the Code 

shall be submitted to the Code Authority in writino- and by reo-istered mail. The complaint hall contain a complete statement of the 

facts and shall refer pecifically to that part of the code which is 

alleged to have been \ iolated. The Code Authority shall obtain uch 

information as, in its opinion, shall be nece sary t e tabli h the 

facts. If it shall appear to the Code Authority that there has been 

u violation of the Code, a statement of the charges shall be ent by 

registered mail to the person who is alleged to have committed the 

violation. The statern.ent of charO'eS shall fix the time and place for 

a hearing and at this hearing the person who is charged ith the 

'iolation shall be o·i ven an opportunity of pre enting his defense. 

If it is the derision of the Code Authority that a violation of the 

Code has been committed, it shall report the violation to the A lministrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act or take "uch other 

action as the Administrator may approve to enforce the pro i ions 

of the Act. 

(e) The cost of the upervision needed to secure proper ob ervance 

of this Code and any additions thereto compilation of stati tical 

data and such other activiti s as may be nece sary hall be apportioned pro rata so far as practicable to all .per on in the indu try 

whether or not they are members of the Corset and Bras iere 

Association of America. 

(f) The Code Authority shall investi ate the importation f ompetiti ve articles into the United State on such term or under uch 

conditions a to render ineffective or seriou ly ndang r th maintenance of this Code and act a the ao- ncy for making c mplaint to the 

President on behalf of the Cor et and Bra iere Indn try. 

( cr) All dispute between a lealer and a per on a to quality or 

as to wheth r or not m r handi e deliver 1 is omparable with original ·ampl houll be r f rre 1 to the od Authorit. for arbitration 

and if . o r ferr d the ode uthorit. will conduct the pro eding 

to ettle th di. ·pnte un] r the rnle of arbitration of the or et and 

Bras iere A sociation of Am rica. 
(h) It shall undertake any uuties which may be required by the 

Administrator to carry out the provisions of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act and recommend to the .1 dministrator any further requirements which may be necessary. Such recommendations, when 

approved by the Administ:rotor shall have all the force of the 

provisions of the Code as originally approved. 

(i) Any complaint, djfference, controversy, or question of fair 

competition arising under or out of this Code, or relating to standards as to maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay or other 

working conditions provided £or therein, or concerning the interpretation or application of any provision thereof, shall be submitted to 

the Code Authority and their decision shall be final, subject to the 

approval of the Administrator. 

9. FAm TRADE PRACTICE RuLEs 

(a) Adve?'tising.-1. No person shall contribute more than fifty 

percent (50%) of the net cost of the space to the retailer for any 

retailer's advertisement covering the person's product. No person 

shall pay any of the cost of advertising on corsets, combinations, 

girdle-corsets, or step-in-corsets which are advertised for retail sale 

at less than two dollars ($2.00), or on brassieres or bandeauxbrassieres which are advertised for retail sale at less than one dollar 

($1.00), nor shall a person pay any part of the cost of advertising 

a retailer's own brand. 

2. No person shall pay any of the cost of an advertisement by a 

retailer which covers a special sale, i.e. merchandise advertised at a 

special price or at less than the price at which the merchandise is 

usually sold by the retailer. 

3. No person shall pay any part of the cost of an advertisement 

by a retailer which advertises the product of more than one person 

in this industry in the same advertisement. 

4. No person shall pay for any advertisement in any publication 

by a retailer which is issued less than twelve times a year. 

(b) D·isplay forms.- N o person shall furnish a display form without his own brand name appearing prominently thereon. Nor shall 

any person furnish a display form advertising a corset, combination, girdle-corset, or step-in-corset retailing for less than two dollars 

($2.00), or a brassiere or bandeau retailing for less than one dollar 

($1.00). 

(c) Demonstrators.- 1. No person shall furnish to any retail store 

demonstrators for a period longer than one week nor oftener than 

twice each year, and persons shall not represent them to be employees of the retail store. 

2. However, the foregoing paragraph is not applicable to a person who manufactures and/ or sells surgical supports through retail 

distributors. 

(d) Delive1'y.- On all orders for five dollars ($5.00) or less there 

shall be a service charge of twenty-five cents (25¢). 

(e) Retttrns.-1. No merchandise may be accepted for return excel?t for defects in manufacture, delay in delivery, or errors in 

shipment. 

Each invoice covering shipments will bear this imprint : 
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"Th by_ thi. · 1nY 1c l ft our fa tory in 

p rf t nditi n. l a xannn imm diately on 'receipt. All 

claim f r dam~ ·c and h rta ·cs mu t be made in '11J1""iting within 

10 clays from elate f r ceil t f m rchancli c. o claims will be 

allow d at time of ~ ttl n nt. 

Thes crood cannot be ?'etunted unl b our ritt n con ent. 

Our ale men cannot authorize the return of any merchandise, nor 

ha"V they authority to mak any allowan e . 

2. \Vorn Garm nts: (a) No credit will be allowed on any garment 

which ha be n worn for t n days or loncrer. (b) A garm nt which 

has be n worn l than three month and which in the opinion of 

the retajler ha be n damaged in w aring due to faulty material or 

workman hip may be returned for r pair without charge, pro ided 

the garment has fir t been laundered. (c) No garment which has 

been altered may be r turned if the damage was due to the 

alteration. 

3. Any di pute between a dealer and a per on ari ing under the 

operation of this provi ion hould be settled by amicable adju tment, 

or, if it is not pos ible to reach an agreem nt the eli put hall be 

referred to the Arbitration Association for final ettlement. 

(f) Dating, discounts, 1·ebates.-l. The maximum term for retailer and catalog hou es shall be eicrht percent (8%) ten (10) days 

e.o.m., or six percent (6%) fifty (50) days from date of invoice, net 

fifty-one (51) days. 

2. The maximum terms for jobbers and chain to res (chain to res 

elling up to one dollar ($1.00) retail) shall be three percent (3 %) 

ten (10) days e.o.m., net eleven (11) days e.o.m. 

3. Shipments made on or after the twenty-fifth (25th) of any 

month on e.o.m. terms may be dated the first of the followincr month. 

4. No trade discounts, rebates, or extra dating may be allowed. 

5. No person or employee thereof may pay to any retailer or hi 

employee any commission or premium money to secure preference for 

the purchase or sale of such person's merchandi e. (g) Exchanges and consignnunts.-N o merchancli may be xchanged at any time, nor may it be consirned nor may any method 

of selling be used which ha the effect of elling on con ignment or 

memorandum. 

(h) Oost finding.-To a ure fair omp tition and to prevent 

the elling of merchandise below o t : 

1. The ode Authority will adopt a standard m thod of cost 

finding. It will be deemed a metho 1 of unfair competiti n to ll 

m rchandi e at le than the co t of pro luction. pe ial on- ce ~ ion in price or rebate of any les ripti n may be mad on m rchancli e old for pe ial sale purpose . 2. Ea h p r on hall keep in lu own ffi c complete spe ifi ations 

and ·o t figure on ev ry number in his lin . 3. Any person may redu e th pri e of any numb r at any time 

prov-id c1 th pri e reduction conform to the intent of the ode 

£ not sellino· b 1 w the ost of proclu tion. It is the m anincr of 

this paragraph that the new price will be u e for billing all cu - tomer for shipment rna le on or aft r the date when the new price 

went into effect and that it ha n t been made to circum ent the rules 

on di counts, dating, rebat s, or consignments. 
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4. If a number cannot be sold at the regular price and must be 

closed out, a person may reduce his price provided he previously 

notifies the Code Authority of his intention to do so, accompanying 

this statement "With the number of dozens which he has for sale. 

No number which has been reduced in price for the purpose of 

close-out may be put back into a line, nor may any additional quantity of the same number be manufactured after it has been reduced 

for close-out. 

(i) Wholesale prices.- To maintain established trade practice, and 

to limit the multiplication of numbers, but without any attempt at 

price fixing, each person being free to determine the value to be given 

at each price, the following shall be the wholesale prices, per dozen, 

for sale to retailers (except chain stores selling up to one dollar 

($1.00) retail), and no intermediate prices may be used: 

$2.00 per Dozen $8.50 per Dozen $27.00 per Dozen 

2.25 10.50 30.00 

3.25 12.00 33.00 

4.00 15.00 36.00 

4.25 16.50 42.00 

4.50 18.00 48.00 

6.00 21.00 54.00 

7.00 22.50 60.00 

8.00 24.00 66.00 and up 

All merchandise shall be shipped in standard containers. No 

per on may use more than one standard container for any number. 

If a customer order;s merchandise to be put up in a special container, 

there shall be charged at least five cents ( 5¢) additioual for each 

container. This charge is to appear as a separate item on the invoice. 

(j) Packing.-1. Corsets and combinations selling for less than 

eight dollars ($8.00) a dozen wholesale shall be packed not less than 

t\\eh-e (12) of one size in a container. 

2. Corsets and combinations selling for eight dollars ($8.00) a 

dozen wholesale and less than twelve dollars ($12.00) shall be packed 

not le s than six (6) of one size in a container. 

3. Corsets and combinations selling for twelve dollars ($12.00) a 

dozen wholesale may be packed not less than three (3) of one size 

in a container. 

4. Corsets and combinations selling for over twelve dollars 

($12.00) a dozen may be packed one in a container. 

5. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for less than four dollars 

($4.00) a dozen wholesale shall be packed not le .~ s than twelve (12) 

of one ize in a container. 

6. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for four dollars ($4.00) a 

dozen wholesale and not more than seven dollars ($7.00) shall be 

packed six ( 6) of one size in a container. 

7. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for eight dollars ($8.00) a 

dozen wholesale and less than twelve dollars ($12.00) shall be packed 

not le s than three (3) of one size in a container. 

8. Bra sieres and bandeaux selling for t\\elve dollars ($12.00) and 

over a dozen wholesale may be packed one in a container. . 

9. Co~ et_s and con~binat~ons _regularly packed in bulk may be 

packed 1n single contamers If pr1eed and billed at not less than fifty 

cents (50¢) per dozen above the bulk packing price. 
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10. Cor, t an 1 ombination. r rrnlarly 1 a ke one in a container 

ma ' b 1 ackecl in bulk in thr (3), ix (G) r twelve (12) of a izein 

a ntain r at a r clu tion from the reo·ular li t price for in~le packIn f n m re than twenty-fi-v c nt (2 r-:~ ) per dozen it packed 

three ( ) in a ontain r, or fift. nt (50¢) per d zen if packed 

ix (6) or twelve (12) in a ontainer. No o·arment packed in bulk 

rna. be packe 1 in oth r quanti tie than thr e (3) of a ize or 

multii 1 thereof. 

11. othing in Provi ion (j) i applicable to any hipments made 

to jobber catalog hou e , or hain tares elling up to one dollar 

( 1.00) retail. 

(k) Pi'racy.-The Code Authority hall et up a bureau for the 

regi tration of original and unique de iO'ns and it hall adopt uch 

regulation a the Admini b·ator may appro e for the purpo e of 

eliminating tyle piracy. 

DTVISIONS B AND C 

Only the persons cla sified as members of Divisions B or C as 

defined herein~ are subject to provisions (1) to ( s), inclusive. 

(1) 1. Persons shall not entice away nor endeavor to entice away 

any sales employee, representative, agent, or exclusive distributor of 

any competitor with the purpose or effect of unduly hampering or 

injuring such competitor, or with the purpose of benefiting by the 

training and experience of such sales employee , r presentatives, 

agents, or exclu ive distributors, and to this end each person shall 

include in every contract of employment, agen.cy, or distribution 

(with the exception of the contracts with salespeople exclusively 

contacting the consumer) a clause forbidding all such activities. 

2. Should any person possess reasonable proof that infraction f 

this provi ion has occurred, he shall notify and submit such proof 

to the per on whose employee, representative, agent, or exclusive distributor has committed said infraction, and a copy of such complaint and supporting evidence shall be filed with the Code Authority. Should thereafter the Code Authority decide upon receipt of a 

complaint and evidence, and after prescribed hearing , that a second 

infraction of this provision has been committed by the same employee, agent, r pre entative, or exclusive di tributor of a per on, 

such per on will, upon receipt of notice from the Code Authority 

and subject to a review by the Admini trator terminate the mplovment and/or contract and/ or all relation hip with the offending 

individual. 

3. Nothing in thi provision shall be deem d to hi ncl r or in any 

way ob truct the rio·ht on the part of any al s em1loyee, acrent 

r pre entative, or exclu ive di tributor to cek and a cept on hi or 

her own initiative, mploym nt, or a o iation with a comp titor. 

(m) Per ons shall r frain at all times and hall order their employees agent , repr ntative and xclu ive eli tributors to agree 

in writincr to refrain from i uing or makinO' knowingl fal c tate- m~nts in r gard to th l p n lability, finan ial stanuincr, pr duct, or 

r pute of any competitor. 

(n) o person shall r present b l ign, pictur or stat ment that 

uch per on oc upie or utilizes a fa tory or busines spa c other 

than is actually occupi d or utilized, or repr sent in adverti ements 
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or otherwise that such person is a manufacturer or owner or oper. 

a tor of a mill or factory when in fact such person does not own, 

operate, or possess such mill or factory. 

( o) In adYertising for dealers or sales people, no person shall 

knowingly make claims of earning power which are exaggerated 

and misleading, nor shall any person in such advertisements, willfully misrepresent the source of profit, income, commissions, earnings, or compensation the dealer or sales people shall receive. When 

a person directly or indirectly holds out as an inducement to dealers 

or sales people or prospecti Ye dealers or salespeople a refund of deposit for samples or sales outfits, either upon return of such outfits 

or upon completion of a predetermined volume of business, said 

refund shall be promptly ma:cle when such conditions are met. 

(p) Persons will provide· to all their exclusive dealers and sales 

people, and will require them to use in every transaction a receipt 

form which shall clearly indicate the name of the product and the 

person, and which shall provide a space for the full name and address of the dealers or sales people, and a clear and concise statement 

of the terms of the sale. 

( q) Persons shall refrain from and shall order their employees, 

agents, representatives, and exclusive distributors to agree in writing to refrain from inducing, or attempting to induce, the breach of 

existing contracts of purchase, or the countermanding of existing 

orders between competitors and the con mner, by any false or decep- tiYe means whatsoever, or interfering ·with the performance or fulfillment of any such contracts, or orders by any such mean . 

(r) Persons shall furnish to ales employees, other employees, 

agents, representatives, or exclusiYe distributors only information and 

instructions that correspond with facts and are not deceptive or misleading in any respect, and shall expres ly inform them at the time 

of their employment or as-=ociation with the person (or in the case 

of present associates shall immediately so inform them) of all the 

provisions of this Cocle 1 or u b equent addition thereto, which regulate the activity and business conduct of such sales employees, other 

employees, agents, representatives, or exclusive distributors, andthat any violation of such provisions will result in immediate dismissal or termination of relationship, and shall further expressly inform them that they have no authority to make statements or promises of any kind inconsistent with the terms, conditions, and provisions of the text books, literature, and adYertising materials published by the per ons. 

(s) All provisions of the g neral Code are applicable to members 

of Divi ions B and C except that the following sections shall not 

apply to them : Section 9 (a) , Section 9 (b) ; Section 9 (c) ; Section 

9 (d); Section 9 (e); Section 9 (f); Section 9 (g) ; Section 9(h) 

2 and 3 only; Section 9 ( i) ; Section 9 (j). 

(t) Label provision.-All garments manufactured or di tributed 

shall bear an NRA label, which hall remain attached to .'uch garments. Such labels shall bear a registration number pecially assigned to each manufacturer in the Industry. The priYilege of 

using such labels shall be granted and uch labels shall be issued to 

any person from time to time engaged in the Industry npon application therefor to the Code Authority, accompanied by a statement of 
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" ·i th th l ronsw1 clc. Th priYil rre of using 

t.UH.l th' i . uanc' th r 'of ma b withdrawn an ' a e r 

nwy c . n p 'nd d in r . p 't t any su.·h p 'r on 'Yho e 1 ration , 

after ar propriat h a ring by the or. ct and Bra~ ·i !"~ Cod Auth rity and r vi w b - th Admini trator hall b found to !Je in 

ub ·tanUnl violation of th i 'ocl . rson . hall be ntitl d to 

bta in an u. u h labels if th comply with the pr vi ions of this 

'ocl . The or .. et an 1 ra ·. ier ole ~uthorit. may e tabli h appropriat' ma hin ry for th i · uan ·c of such lab 1 in accordance with the 

f<)rrgoing pro-vi. ion . 

(n) Pa1·tial in alidity.-If any proYi ion of thi ode is declared 

inYalicl or unenf rc able th remaining provi ion thereof hall 

nev rth l continue in full force and effect in the ame mann r as 

jf th y had been separately presented for approval, and approved 

by the Pr iclent. 0