Approved Code No. 332 Regi try No. 236-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LADIES' HANDBAG INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 14, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 332 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LADIES' HANDBAG INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 14, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROYI~G CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE LADIES' HANDBAG 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made fursuant to and in :full 

compliance with the provi ions of Title I o the National Industrial 

RecoYery Act, approYecl June 16, 1933, :for approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Ladies' Handbag Industry, and hearings 

having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Code..; 

containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and. 

directe l to the Pre. ident: 

KO,v, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the nited 

States, I , Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Indu trial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority Ye ted in me by Executive Orders of the 

Pre ident, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and othenYise; do hereby incorporate by reference aid annexed 

report and do find that said Code complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provi ions and will promote the policy and purpo e of aid 

Title of said Act; an l do hereby order that said Code of Fair Com-

:r,etition be and it i hereby approYed; provided : 

1. That Section 2 of Article IV be stayed until such time as the 

Code Authority shall present to the Administrator a definition of 

the term "semi-skilled employee", which receiYes the approval of 

the Administrator. 

2. That, in addition to other member of the Code Authority, there 

may be appointed by the Administrator or elected by such method 

as he may prescribe, in his discretion, not more than three additional 

members with voting privilege to be chosen from members of the 

indu try who are not, in the opinion of the Administrator, adequately 

repre ented on the Code Authority. 

Approval recommended: 

A. D. ' 'THITESIDE, 

HUGHS. JOHNSON, 

Ad11iinistrator f 01~ lndusfrial Recovery. 

Div·ision Admin:lstrator. 

,v ASH! TGTON, D.C., ... 

111 arch 14, 1934. 

46473°-425-73-34 (27) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The TI hite H ouse. 

Srn: Thi i a report of the Hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Ladies Handbag Indu try conducted in W a hirnrton 

on December , 1933 in accordance with the Pro-vi ions of the 

National Indu trial Recovery A.ct. 

PROVISIONS FOR HO RS A D ,vAGES 

The Code limits the hours of labor for all emplo ees, except out ide 

sale men and persons employed in a managerial or upervi or3 

capacity earning not le than thirty-five dollar ($35.00) per week 

to forty ( 40) hour · I er we k. Shipping clerical and office mployee 

are limited to forty ( 40) hours per week, averaged over a one month 

period. Provi ion is also made for the appointment of a Special 

Committee to determine the extent to which the .forty ( 40) hour 

week tends to eliminate unemployn1ent. This Special Committee 

will r eport to the Administrator on or befor fay 1 t its finding . 

and imultaneously it will make whatever recommendations it may 

feel nece ary keeping in mind the problem_ of the indu tr3, for the 

relief of unemployment. 

The minimum wage provided is thirty-five cents (35¢) per hour, 

or fourteen dollars ($14.00) per week for un killed worker . und 

forty-five cents ( 45¢) per hour or eighteen dollar 18.00) p r 

week for emi- killed worker . The A.drnini trator may: under 

exceptional circum tances and upon uch conditions a he may prescribe, permit the mployment of learn rs at rates below the ba ic 

minimum. Handicapped workers may also be employed a rat 

below the ba ic minimum, but only under trict regulation. 

E NOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

During the } ear 1933 the average number of per on emplo3 eel in 

th La die Han db a o· Indu try wa about twelve thou and (12,000). 

The ayerage number of hour worked per we k durini::: the year wa 

£ort3 -eight ( 4 ) . By reducing the maximum hours to forty ( 40) 

emplo n.1ent will probabl. 1 be in r a ed by from twehe ( 12 o) o 

fifteen (15 o) p re nt, and other thing remainino- equal, the indu -

try will probably absorb, as a direct result of th op rati n of the 

Co le, omewhere between fifteen hundred (1500) and two thou an l 

(2000) additional employees. 

Pra tic ally no inf rmation reo-arding arning are a Yailablc. an 1 

in con equence no e imate can b ma le of th effe t of the minimum 

wa ·es her in pro ided. If for n other r a on how Yer, there will 

L a si o·nificant incr a b ca u ·e of the in rea. of m I 1 m n t ab y 

r f rred to. Total payroll will b~increa ed by at 1 a twelYe (12 -/ ) 

or fifteen ( 15 ) p rcent. 

(2) 
FI :ror~G 

The Deputy Admini trator in hi final report to me on said Code 

haYing fou n l a h rein t forth and on the ba ·i · of all the proceeding in this matter ; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policie and pur- po ·e of Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery Act, including 

r emoval of ob tructions to the free flow of inter tate and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the -amount thereof and will provide 

for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for 

the purpo e of cooperative a tion among the trade gToups, by inducjnff and maintaining united action of labor and management under 

adequate goYernmentaJ anctions and supen ision, by eliminating 

unfair competitive practices, by promotino· the fullest pos ible utiliza ti n of the I resent pro luctive capacity of indu tries, by avoiding 

un lue re triction of production ( except a may be temporarily r equired), by increa ing the con umption of industrial and agricultural 

products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving t andards of labor, and by 

otherwi e rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said Indu try normally employ · not more than 50,000 employee ; and i not lassified by me a a major industry. 

( c) The Co le as approved complies in all respect with the pertinent provi ion of said Title of aid Act, including without !imitating Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of S ction 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant as ociation is an indu trial a ociation truly repre entative of the aforesaid Indu try ; and that the aid a ociation imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admi sion to member hip therein. 

( d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practice . 

( e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate mall enterpri es and will not operate to di criminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other step of the economic proce s have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of ai l Code. 

For these reasons the Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

HuoH S. JoH :rsoN, Administrator. 

MARCH 14, 1934. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE LADIES' 

HANDBAG INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act the following provisions are established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Ladies' Handbag Industry, and shall be 

the standard of fair competition for such industry and shall be 

binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term "industry" as used herein includes the manufacture 

of ladies', misses', and children's handbags, pocketbooks, and 

purses, manufactured of any material of any kind or nature. The 

term "industry" shall not include, however, the manufacture of 

handbags, pocketbooks, purses and mesh bags manufactured in 

whole of metal. 

2. The term "employee" as used herein includes any 1:,erson 

engaged in any phase of the industry, in any capacity, receiving 

compensation for his services, irrespective of the nature or method 

of payment of such compensation. 

3. The term "employer" as u ed herein include anyone for whose 

benefit or on whose business such an employee is engaged. 

4. The term " member of t.he industry " as used herein includes 

anyone engaged in the industry, either as an employer or on his 

own behalf and either as manufacturer, manufacturing jobber or 

contractor. 

5. The terms "President", "Act", and "Admini trator" as used 

herein shall mean respectively the President of the United States, 

Title I of the National Industrial Reco rery Act, and the Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

ARTICLE III-I-IouRs 

1. Except as hereinafter provided, no employee hall be permitted 

to work in excess of forty ( 40) hour::; in any one week, nor in exc s 

of eight (8) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period. 

2. No per on employed in shipping, clerical, or office work, unles 

he is employed in a managerial or executive capacity and earns not 

less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) p r week, shall be permitted t 

work in excess of forty ( 40 ) hours per week averaged over any on 

( 1) month period. 

3. The provi ions of this Articl hall not apply to out ide 

salesmen. 

4. Subj ct to the approYul of the Aclmini trator th CoL1e Authority shall clesiLYnate the hour before whi ·h work ·hall not begin an l 

the hour after which work hall not continue. In tl1 li, rretion of 

(30) 
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th C cl Anth rit . uch 01 enjno- an l lo in hours need not be 

uniform thr ughout the countr~ but may b ,-ari l to meet arymg 

need and condition . 

5. No memb r f the indu try hall engage any employee for any 

tim which wh n totaled with that already performed with other 

member or memb r of the indu tr exceed the maximum permitted 

herein. 

ARTI LE I -WAGE 

1. Except a hereinafter prm·ided, no employee hall be paid at 

les than the rate of thirt}-fi.Ye cent (35¢) per hour. 

2. No emi- killed employee enrragecl in cutting framing paring, 

I ocketbook makino- and/ or op ratino- ( except lining operating 

c menting and/ or pa ting) employed in the manufacture of any of 

the product covered by the provi ion of thi Code made of any 

material · other than imitation leather. hall be paid at le than the 

rate of forty-five ( 45 ) cent per hour. 1 

3. The Admini trator may under exceptional circum tance and 

upon uch condition a he may pre cribe permit a member of the 

indu. try to employ learner · at rat below the minimum wage herein 

establi ·heel. 

4. This Arti ·l e. ·tabli he a minimum ratB of pa which shall 

apply irre I ectiYe of whether an employee i compen ated on a piece 

rate, time rate or other basi . 

5. ubject to r eYiew by the Code Authority and by the Administrator no emplo er hall reduce the weekly compen ation for emplo -

ment now in exce of the minimum wages e tabli heel herein, notwith tanding that the hour w·orked in uch employment may hereby 

be reduced. 

6. The Admini trator ma3 upon r ecommendation by the Code 

Authority and after full stud and inve tigation b the ode Authority, and after uch notice and hearing as he hall pre cribe establi h a a part of thi · Code. uch ba -ic rate for the more killed 

cla es of emplo3 ee a may be nece ary to further effectuate the 

purpo~e~ of the ct. 7. A per on w-ho e working capacity i limited becau e of age or 

ph3 ical or mental handi ·ap may be employed at a w-acre below the 

minimum e tabli bed by thi Code under the following con lition : 

(a) That they hall be paid proportionately no le than the other 

employee in the ame fa ctory receiYe for imilar work, but in no 

ca e hall their compen ation amount to le than eventy percent 

(70 ) of the amount require l by the minimum wage pro"Vi ion of 

thi ode. 

(b) That the employer hall at once prepare an l transmit to the 

Code Authority a li t of uch excepted per on tating name cla s 

of occupation, w-age rate length of ervice and rea on for exception. 

Thi. li t hall be revi eel up-to-date once ea h month and tran mitted 

to the Code Authoritv. 

( c) The proportion of excepte l per on to total employee at any 

time hall not exceed the proportion of such employee on the pay 

roll during the week of July 15, 1933. 

1 See paragraph 2 (1) of order approving this Code. 
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( d) The Co e Authority shall have the right to investigate and 

di allow any :uch claims for exception subject to review by the 

dmini trator upon appeal by an employer or employee. 

( e) The Code Authority shall report to the Admini trator within 

three (3) months and from time to time thereafter as to the effect 

of the operation of this provision, both generally and in cases of 

individual hard hip. 

ARTICLE V-GE ERAL L ABOR PROVISIONS 

1. No per on under sixwen (16) years of age shall be employed 

in the industry. 

2. Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively, through representatives of their own choosing, and hall be 

free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor, or their agent , in the designation of uch repr sentatives or 

in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

3. To 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 as isting a labor organization 

of his own choosing. 

4. Employer hall comply with the maxin1um hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of en1ploy1nent approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

5. No employer shall reclassify e1nployees or duties or occupations 

perf armed for the purpose of defeating the provisions of the Act or 

of this Code. 

6. Every employer shall provide for the safety and health of his 

employee at the place and during the hours of their employ1nent. 

The Code Authorit hall recommend to the ... dministrutor minimum tandards for the safety and health of employees in this 

industry which minimum standards, upon the approval of the 

Admini trator, hall become effective provi ions of this Code. 

7. No pronsion in this Code hall supersecl any law within any 

State which impo~es more stringent requirements on employers as 

to age of employ es, wages, hours of work, or a to safety, health, 

or anitary regulation , or insurance, or fire protection, or general 

working condition , than are imposed by this Code . 

. All em1 loyers hall post con1plete copies of Articl s III, I\ , 

and Y of thi Code in conspicuous places ace ·sible to en1ployees. 9. o proYi ion of this Code shall modify e tabli hed practices 

or privil ges a to vacation periods, leaves of ab en es, or temporary 

abs nee from work heretofore grant d to offi. employees. 10. No member of the industry shall giYe out work to be performe l in any home or dwelling place, except that thi prohibition 

shall not apply to handbeading, handcrochetin°·, or handembroidering an l except that hand sewing at home hall be permitte 1 until 

July 1, 1934, but shall not be permitted ther after. The Code 

Authority shall, in conjunction with such tat ·ovenunent and 

such de1 artm nts of the F ederal Government and nch other ag ncies 

a· the \.. lministrator may designate stu<l3 and inv tiD"ate the 

problem of horn , ')rk in this industry and shall make to the 
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dministrator recomm ndation for the eil' ti-,e and appropriate 

control of ... uch homework a i herein permit el. houlcl he 

Admini trat r fin :l it to the be -t int re t o the inclu try or to the 

be t intere t -· of labor or otherwise nece sary to fur her effec~uate 

the purpo e of the Act he may further re trict or wholly prohibit, 

the practi e of homework in thi Indus r . 

11. Any per on who hall at any time manufacture any article or 

articles ubj ect to the provision of thi Code hall be bound bv all 

the pro,i ion of thi Code a to all employee engaged in whole or 

in part in uch manufactur . In ca e any employ e hall be 

engao-ed partly in uch manufacture and partly in he manufacture f 

good of another character thi ode hall apply to such por ion of 

such emplo ee· time a is applied to the manufacture of articles 

ubject to the pro,i ion of this Code. 

12. o member of the indu try hall give out work on a con r, <'t 

ba i unle · . uch work i given out with a written agre m.ent that 

the contractor and all other parties to such contract hall comp1y 

wi h all the pertinen provi ion of this Code. The Code uthority 

shall draw up a uniform agr ment which shall be u eel wher ver 

and whenever work is given out on a contract ba is ,hen uch 

agreement i approved by the Administrator. 

AilTICLE VI-An ILIT TRATIOX 

1. There hall forthwith be constituted a Code uthority con._i ting 

of : 

(a) Ele en (11) representati-ves of the industry, or uch other 

number a may be approved from time to time by the Admini trator, 

to be elect d as hereinafter provided. 2 

(b) 0110 (1) member, to be appointed by the Admini trator on the 

nomination of the Labor Ach-i ory Board of tne a.tional Recm-ery 

Admini tration. 

( c) Such additional member , without vot,e, not to exceed three as 

the dmini trator may appoint to r epre ent such groups or interests 

or uch governmental agencies and for uch period a he may 

de i nate. 

2. The repre entative of the Indu try hull be selected in the following manner : 

(a) Five ( ~) member hall b ele"ted by the A ociated Handbag 

I nclu trie of .America, Inc. 

(b) Two (2) m mbers hall be elected by the .,..rational ~ociati•m 

f La die H andbag )Ianufacturers; 

(c Two (2) members hall b ~elected by the Indu~trial Council 

of Leather ood :Ianufu.cturers, Inc. ; 

(d) One (1) member hall Le elected by he Iidw0 ~t Handbag 

and Small Leather ,, are ocia ion, Inc. ; 

(e) One (1) member shall be sel cted by the Ladie ' Handba; 

:Manufacturer of the P.acific 0:1 t. 

3. Each tra le o:r indu trial a · ociation directly or indirectly participating in the ~election or acfrvitie of the Code Authority hall 

(1) impo~e no inequitable re triction on membership and (2) ... ub- mit to the Aili iini trator true copies of its articles of a...,sociation, 

2 See paragraph 2 (2) of ord r approving this Code. 
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by-laws, regulations, and any amendment when made thereto, together with such other information as to n1embership, organization, 

and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary to effectuate 

the purpo es of the Act. 

4. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the industry and in other re pects comply with the 

provisions of the Act, the Administrator may provide such hearing:::; 

as he may deem proper, and may require an appropriate modification 

in the method of selection of the Code Authority. 

5. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 1nembers of 

the Code Authority partners for any purpo e. Nor shall any member 

of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for anv 

act of any other member, officer, agent, or employee of the Code 

Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority be liable 

to anyone for any action or omi sion to act under the Code, except 

for his willful mis£ ea ance or non£ easance. 

6. Members of the Industry shall be entitled to partic:ipate in and 

share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority and to participate in the selection of the members thereof by assenting to and 

complying with the requirements of this Code and sustaining their 

reasonable hare of the expenses of its administration. Such reasonable hare of the expenses of admini tration shall be determined by 

the Code Authority ubject to review by the Admini trator on the 

basis of Yolume of bu iness and/ or uch other fa tor· as may be 

deemed equitable. 

7. If the A hninistrator shall determine that any action of a co le 

authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust or contrary 

to the public intere:::;t, the A lministrator may require that uch action 

be u pended, to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits 

of such action and further consideration by such code 1:. uthority or 

agen y pending final action which shall not be effective unless the 

Administrator approves or unless he shall fail to disapprove after 

thirty days' notice to him of intention to proceed with such action in 

its original or modified form. 

8. The Code Authority shall have the following further power and 

dutie -·, the exercise of which shall be reported to the Administrator. 

(a) To insure the execution of the provisions of thi Code and 

to provide, subject to rules and regulations established by the Admini trator, for the compliance of the indu try with the provi ·ions 

of the Act: Provided, however, that this hall not be onstrue l to 

deprive duly authorized governmental agencie of their power to 

enfor e the provisions of this Code or of the Act. 

(b) To adopt a constitution, by-laws and rule an l regulation 

for its procedure and for the administration and enforcement of this 

ode and to submit the ame to the Admini trator for his approYal, together with true copies of any amendment or addition 

,vhen made thereto, minutes of meeting when held, and such other 

information as to its activities a the Administrator may deem 

ncce sary to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

( c) To obtain from members of the indu try uch information an l 

report as are required for the administration of the ode, and in 

addition to information required to be submitted to any Code Au-
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thority all or any of the per ons ubject to thi Code . hall furnish 

such ta i tical information a the Admini trator may deem nece - sary for the purpo es recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act, to such 

Federal and State ao-encie as the Administrator may designate; 

nor shall anything in any code relieve any per on of existing obligation to furni h reports to government agencie . ~~ o individual 

reports shall be di closed to any other member of the industry or 

any other party except to uch governmental agencies as may be 

directed by the President. 

( d) To use such trade a sociations and other agencies a it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities pro-vided for 

herein and to pay such trade associations and agencies the cost 

thereof, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority of its duties or re ponsibilities under this Code and that such 

trade a sociations and agencies shall at all times be ubject to and 

comply with the prm·i. ions hereof. 

( e) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the coordination of the admini tration of thi Code "ith such other code , if 

any, as may be related to the Industry. 

(f) To secure from members of the industry an equitable and 

proportionate payment of the reasonable expenses of maintaining 

the Code Authority and its activities. 

(g) To establish or designate an agency on planning and fair 

practice which shall cooperate with the Code Authority in developing fair trade practices and indu trial planning, including the 

regularization and stabilization of employment for the industry. 

(h) To initiate, consider, and make recommendations for the modification or amendment of this Code which shall become effective as 

a part of this Code when approved by the Administrator after such 

notice and hearing as he may specify. 

(i) To recommend provisions for a uniform cost and/or accounting system for each division of the industry which, upon approval 

by the Ad..111inistrat-0r and after such notice of hearing as shall be 

prescribed, shall become a part of this Code. Any member of the 

indu try shall have the privilege of continuing any cost and/ or 

• accounting system now in u e, or of instituting any co t and/or 

accounting system nitable and adapted to his particular needs, provided that the sellii--i.g price arrived at by the u e of any such sy. tern 

shall not be less than the cost of that particular article which would 

be arrived at by the use of the uniform co t and/ or accounting system reconunended by the Code Authority and approved by the Administrator. Any such system approved by the Administrator shall 

involve only such elements of cost as may be reasonably necessary 

to a sist in the ad.mini tration and enforcement of this Code. 

(j) To undertake, in conjunction ith the Code Authorities of 

related indu tries, an inve tigation of style piracy and to recommend 

to the Administrator, within a reasonable period of time, appropriate means for the re ulation and control of style piracy, which 

r commendations, upon the approval of the Administrator and after 

such notice and hearings as he may prescribe, shall become effective 

provis:on · of this Code. 
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~ RTl LE YII-~ TRA LABEL 

1. 11 merchancli e manufactured ubject to the provi ion of thi 

Code hall bear an N"R... label, or authorize l substitute therefor, 

to ·symbolize to pur cha er of aid rnerchandi e the condition under 

whi h it ha be n manufactured. 

2. Lncler the power Ye tecl in th Adrnini trator by Executive 

Order of October 14 1933, and under o-rant of the nece ary authority 

by him the Code Authority hall haYe the exclu ive right of thi 

in lu try to i ·ue an 1 ell ail label to the member thereof. 

3. Each label hall ear a regi tration number espe iall a igned 

to each membel' of the indu try b the Code Authority and shall 

r emain atta he'1 to all uch m rchandi e when old to the retail 

di tributor. 

4. Any and all member~ f the indu try ma3 apply to the o le 

Authorit3 for a l ermit to l ur ha e and u e uch .rTRA labels which 

permit ·hall be o-ranted to th m. but onl if and o lon · a they 

comply with thi Code. The Cod uthority hall not refu e the 

i uanc of labels to any member of the indu tr on the ground of 

noncompliance unle ail ode uthorit3 is, at the time of th 

refu al prepared to c rtify to the Admini trator n, prima facie ca e 

of noncompliance ,Tith thi Code, or with alid rule and regulations 

of the Code Authori( by the member of the industry. In the eYent 

the ocle Authority o refu e the i uance of said label , a complete 

file howing the alleged noncompliance b such member of the indu -

try hall be certified not later than the day following said refu al to 

the Admini trator for action by the ational Compliance Director, 

or b3 uch goYernmental or admin.i. trative agency a the Admini trator ma direct. 

5. Subject to the apr roYal of the Administrator, the Code Authorit shall e tabli h rule and reo-ulation and appropriate 

machiner3 for the i uance and ale of labels and the in pection 

examination and uperYi ion of the practice of member of the 

indu tru u ino- uch label for the purpo e of a certaining the right 

of uch member of the in lu tr to the continued u e of ·aid label ; 

or protecting pur ha ers in ref ing on aid lab 1 ; an l of in urin; • 

to each indiYidual member of the indu tr that the ymb li m 0£ 

aid label will be maintaine l by irtue of compliance with the provi. ion of thi Code b. ull other member of the indu try u in osaid label. 

6. The charo-e mad for u h label by the Code Authority hall 

at all time be ubject to upen i ion and order of the Acbnini trator and hall be not more than an amount nece ary to cover the 

actual rea onable co t thereof includino- actual printing, di tribution 

admini tration and superri ion of the u e thereof a hereinabove et 

forth. 

7. The application of th proYi ion of thi Arti le hall at all 

time be ubject to rule and regulation i ued by the A lmini ~trator 

in respect thereto. 
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AnTICLE YIII-Tn.rnE Pn TICE R ·eLES 

1. To memb-.r· f the inllu try shall publi h adv rti ing (whether 

prin "1, 1, lio di ·play r of an} other nature) , which i mi leading 

r i rnct:nrute in any material particular, nor shall any member, in 

any ,,my mi repre ent an 7 aoods (including but "-ithout limitation 

it use trad -mark/4 grade, quality, quantity, origin size, sub tance, 

character, n, ture, hni h, mat rial content or preparation) or credit 

term valu policie service , or the nature or form of th bu ine s 

c nducted. 

2. .,.. o member of the industry shall use selling m0 thods or credit 

term which tend to decei-ve or mi lead the customer or pro pective 

customer . 3. Jo member of the industry shall withhold from or in ert in 

any quotation or invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate 

in any ma{ rial particular. 

4. No memb r of the indu try hall brand or mark or pack any 

goods in any manner which is intended to or does deceive or m.i lead 

pur ha ers with re pect to the brand, grad , quality, quantity, origin, 

ize ubstan e character, nature, fini h, 1naterial content or preparation of uch goods. 

5. No member of the industry hall publish advertising which 

refer inaccurately in any mat rial particular to any competitors or 

their goods, prices, -values, credit tern'lS, policies or services. 

6. Jo member of the indu try shall publi h or circularize unjustifi d or un arranted threats of legal proceedings which tend to harass 

or haYe the effect of hara sing competitor or intimidating their 

cu tomers. 

7 . .r o member of the inclu try hall give, or permit to be given any 

secret payment or allowance of rebate, refund, commi ion, credit, 

or unearned di count, whether in the form of money or otherwise, 

or the secret extension to ecret purchasers of special ervices or 

priYile;e not extended to all purchaser on like terms an 1 conditions. 

8. No member of the in lu try shall hip commodities on con ignment or memorandum. 

9. r o member of the industrl shall D"ive, permit to be given, or 

directl} offer to giYe anything o value for the purpose of influencing 

or r ,,arding the action of any employee, agent, or representative of 

another in relation to the bu ines of the employer of uch employee, 

the principal of uch agent, or the repre ented party without the 

knowledge of uch employer, principal or party. Commercial bribery pro,i ions hall not be con trued to prohibit free and general distribution of article commonly used for advertising except so far 

a · uch article ar actuall u ed for conunercial bribery as hereinabo,e defined. 

10. No member of the indu.try hall attempt to induce the breach 

of an existing contract b0 tween a ompetitor and hi· customer or 

source of . npply; nor shall any member of the ind 1stry interf re 

with or b~ truct the performance of such contractual duties or 

~erv1ce ·. 
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11. l\ o member f the inlln ~try E:ihall grant ca h di count in exc.es 

of 3110 E.0.~L · anti ipa ion may b allo,,ell at the rate of ix percent ( 61/c ) per annum. 

12. To member of the indu -try hall pay, lirectly or indirectly, 

any part of the adYerti ing expen e of a purcha er, pro pectiye purcha. er or their agent . 13. ~To member f the indu try hall accept the return of any 

111 rchan lise hippe l to a purcha er, nor allow credit therefor nor 

exchange merchandi e, after the mer handi e ha. been in the po -

se · ·ion of the purcha er for more than even (7) day , where the 

agreement of ale ha been fully performed by uch member. 

14 . ..1.. - o member of th in lu tr3 hall ell any merchandi e ubject 

to the pro,i ion of thi Code at a price below his own individual 

cost a computed by the uniform co t y. tern provi led in Articl 

YI: ection 8 (i) of thi · Code when a ppr ,el by the Admini trator; 

pro,ided, howeYer that a member of th industry may ~ell at a 

price below his own indiYidual cost in or ler to meet the competition 

of another member who i · not him elf ellino· nt a pri e helow hi 

own indi,iclual co t computed on a like ba ~i . Thi rul e sha ll not 

a11 l r to bona fide ea anal clearan e ale nor to the ·ale of imperfect or actually clarnagell or di tre el mer ·handi e · ubj ect to 

the approyal of the dmini 'trator the Cod~ A11thority 11uy e0-tablj h regulation to govern uch ale . 

15 . .... r o member of the indu try hall cli, po of cli tre eel mercLan 1i e except upon I rior notice to the Code Authority. along "·ith 

such information a the Cod Authority and the Ac1mini trator may 

pre cribe. General fall om1 etitiYe item hall n t be old a di - tre el merchandi e prior to December 26. o·eneral prin<Y competih,·e item hall not b old a di tre sed merchan li e prior to 

Ioth 0 r'~ Day and general ~ mnmer competitive it m hall not b 

ol l a distre~:ec1 mercL.an lise prior to Jul 4. Subje t to review 

by the Aclmini trator, the Code Authority may permit the ale of 

merchandi e at period other than tho e herein establi h d. 

Ann LE IX-::UoDIFICATIOX 

1. Thi o le and all the provi ion thereof are expre. ly made 

subject to the right of the Pre ident in accordance with the proviion of ub-section (b) of Section 10 of the National Inclu trial 

Recover Act from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, licen e rul or regulation i ue 1 under Titl I of th ail 

Act and pecifically but without limitation, to the right of the 

Pre i lent to cancel or modify hi appr Yal of thi Co le or any 

condition impo ed by him upon hi approYal thereof. 

2. Thi Code except as to the provi ion r quire 1 b the A t may 

be modified on the ba i of experience or change in circum tance ·, ~uch modification to b ba eel upon applicati n to the Admini trator 

and uch notice and hearing a he hall p ·ify and to becom effe tive on appro al by the Pre ident. 
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AnTicLE X-liioN roLrn, , ETc. 

No proYi. ion of thi ocl hall b o applied a to permit mono1 o- lie or m 1101 oli. ti practice , or to eliminat oppress, or li ·criminate again t small enterpri es. 

ARTICLE XI-PruoE IN REA, ES 

Wherea the policy of the Act to increa e real purchasing power 

will be ma le im1 o sible of consummation if prices of goods and 

ervices incr a ·e a rapidly as wages, it i recognized that I rice in- rea hould be delayed. But when made such increases should, 

o far as po sible, be limi-te l to actual increases in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE XII-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This ode shall become effective on the second Monday after 

approYal by the President. 

Approved Code o. 332. 

Regi ·try ~o. ~36-1-01. 

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