Approved Code No. 188-Amendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 281-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

C·ODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

VELVET INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY ·5, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 188--Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TQ CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

VELVET INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 5, 1934 

ORDER 

MoDIFICATION OF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE VELVET 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been 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 the extension of the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Velvet Industry for the duration of the 

Act, and for the consequent amendment of the Code by striking out 

the second sentence of Article X, and hearings having been duly held 

thereon, and the annexed report on said extension 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, elated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said 

annexed report and do find that said extension and amendment and 

the Code as constituted 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 

extension be granted, and 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 exumded and as amended, and do further order that all members of 

this Industry, as defined in article II of the Cod~ be governed by 

this Code alone as to their operations within this .lndustry. 

HuGH S. JOHNSON, 

Ad,rninistrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

RoBERT L. HousTON, 

Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 5, 1931,. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: This is a report on the Hearing on an Amendment to the 

Code of Fair Competition for the Velvet Industry, held in the 

Green Room of the Raleigh Hotel, on June 19, 1934. The Amendment which is attached was presented by the Code Authority. 

In accordance with the customary procedure every person who 

had filed a request for an appearance was freely heard in public, 

and all statutory and regulatory requirements were complied with. 

The purpose of the Hearing was to determine whether or not the 

VelYet Code should be continued beyond July 8, 1934. The letter, 

dated December 21: 1933, transmitting this Code to you for signature states in part: 

"There was smne question as to whether or not the Velvet Industry is entitled to operate under a separate Code. After hearing the 

evidence and the advice of the Industrial Adviser it was decided to 

permit the Industry to operate under this Code for a trial period of 

6 month . At the end of this time the question of a Code for this 

Industry will be reconsidered." 

It is recommended that this Code be continued in effect for the 

duration of the Act for the following reasons: 

1. Vel vet is a fabric and is not characterized by any particular 

fibres so that it would be difficult to place this Industry under one 

of the basic Textile Codes. 

2. Although certain concerns in the Industry also operate under 

other Textile Codes, this has not, according to testimony at the 

Hearing, caused them any serious hardship. 

3. Concerns representing more than 95 per cent of the volume of 

the Industry appeared at the Hearing and requested that this Code 

be continued in effect. · 

4. Because of the seasonable and highly speculative nature of the 

Velvet Industry it does not seem desirable to group it with any of 

the other Textile Industries. 

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 

of all proceedings in this matter: 

I find 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 ~ ational 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 

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cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining 

united action of labor and managem-ent 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 Subsection (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. 

(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 

Amendment. 

For the above reasons this Amendment has been approved by me. 

JULY 5, 1934. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE VELVET INDUSTRY 

Article X of the Velvet Code shall be amended by omitting the 

second sentence so that this Article as amended will read : 

"This Code shall become effective on the second :Monday after 

its approval by the President." 

Approved Code No. 188-Amendment No. 1. 

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