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3 1262 08482 9356 _ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ nendment No. 1 Registry No. 1011-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

READY MIXED CONCRETE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 11, 1934 

- UNITED STATES 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 311-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

READY MIXED CONCRETE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 11, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT TO CoDE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE READY 

lVIrXED CONCRETE INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made by the Code Authority for 

the Ready Mixed Concrete Industry under the provisions of Section 2 

of Article VIII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Ready 

Mixed Concrete Industry for approval of amendment to said Code 

and annexed report on said amendment, 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 Orders 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 amendment and the Code as con- stituted after being amended 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 amendment 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 

amended, such approval and such amendment to take -effect ten (10) 

days from the date hereof, unless good cause to the contrary is shown 

to the Administrator before that time and the Administrator issues 

a subsequent order to that effect. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

BARTON \V. MURRAY, 

Divuion Aibninutrator. 

,v AsHrNaToN, D.c., 

J uly 11, 1934. 

73193°-829-44-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: An application has been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, for an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Ready Mixed Concrete Industry, submitted by the Code Authority 

for the Ready Mixed Concrete Industry. 

The purpose and effect of the amendment are to authorize the 

Code Authority to submit a budget and method of assessment upon 

which funds shall be contributed by member of the Industry. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said 

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

the basis o:f all the proceedings in this matter: 

(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 thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization 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 the industries, by avoiding undue 

restrictions 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 ind us try. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provision of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Amendment and thte Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( d) 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. 

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

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

Amendment. 

for these reasons, therefore, I have approved this Amendment. 

Respectfully, . HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

• .Administrator. 

JULY 11, 1934. 

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MODIFICATION OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE READY MIXED CONCRETE INDUSTRY 

Amend Aticle VI by eliminating Section 7 and sub tituting the 

following in lieu thereof : 

SECTION 7. (a) It being found necessary in order to support the 

administration of this code and to maintain the standards of fair 

competition establi hed hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the 

Act, the Code Authority is authorized: 

1. To incur such rea onable obligations as are neces ary and 

proper for the foregoing purpo es, and to meet such obligations 

out of funds which may be rai ed as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purpo es of the Code; 

2. To submit to the Administrator for hi appro\Tal, subj ect to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem nece ary 

(a) an itemized budget of its e timated expen es for the foregoing 

purposes, and (b) an equitable basis upon which the fun ls nece -

sary to support uch budget hall be contributed by members of 

the industry; 

3. After uch budget and ba is of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable 

contribution as above et forth by all members of the in lustry, and 

to that end, if nece sary, to institute legal proceedings th refor in 

its own name. 

(b) Each member of the inclu try shall pay his or it equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabo,e provided and subj ect to rules 

and regulations pertaining thereto is ued by the Aclmini trator. 

Only members of the industry complying with the Code anLl con- tributing to the expenses of its admini tration as hereinabove provided, shall be entitled to participate in th . e]ection of members 

of the Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its ,oluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or in ignia of the 

National Recovery Administration. 

( c) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in its approved 

budget except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency item for expenditures in 

exce s of prior budget estimates except those ~hich the Administrator shall have so a pp roved. 

Approved ode No. 311-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 1011-05. 

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