Approved Code No. 287-Amendment No. 5 Registry No. 599- 33 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO· 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

GRAPHIC ARTS INDUSTRIES 

AS APPROVED ON JUNE 23, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 387-Amendment No. 5 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

GRAPHIC ARTS INDUSTRIES 

As Approved on June 23, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING MoDIFICATIO s oF CoDE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

GRAPH! ARTS INDUSTRIES 

An application having been duly n1ade pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provi ion of Title I of the National In lustrial 

Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, for approval of modifications 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Graphic Arts Indnstries, and 

hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on 

said n1odifications, containing finding with re pect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the President : 

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

State , I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority , e tel in me by Executiv-e Order of the 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, elated December 

30 1933, and otherwi e; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that aid modifications and the Code as 

constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions an l will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modifications be 

and are hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code 

jg hereby modified to include an approval of aid Code in its entirety 

as modified. 

HUGH 8. JOHNSON, 

Ad11iini.strator for I ndustrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

GEORGE BucKLEY, 

Division Ad11iinistrator. 

WASHI TGTON, D.C., 

Jwne 23, 1934. 

69509°--657-138-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRE IDE T 

The PRE IDENT 

The White House. 

m: Thi i a report on the propo ed modifi ation of the Code of 

Fair ompetition for the Graphic Arts Indu trie a approved by 

you on February 17 1934. A Public Hearinp· wa held on the e 

propo ed modification in the City of Wa hington on pril 3 1934 

and full opportunit:5 was given to all intere ted partie to appear. 

The propo ed modification con i t of wag and hour pro isions, 

provi ion regarding apprentices and complem nt of men, and fair 

trade practic provi ion for the Steel and opper Plate Engraving 

and PrintinO' Indu ·tr3. The fair trade practice provi ion· are in 

the form of an Appen li:x to the Code. 

Th D eput, dmini trator in his final r port to me on aid modification to aid Code having found a hereir1 et forth and on the ba is 

of all th pr ceedino- in thi matter : 

I find that: 

(a) The 1nodifi ation to aid Code and the Code a modified are 

well de igned t pron10te th policie and purpo e of Title I of the 

ational Indu trial Reco,er Act inclndinO' the removal of ob tru -

tion to the free fl.ow of inter tate and foreign ommerce which t nd 

to dimini_h the amount thereof and will provide for the general 

elfare by promoting the organization of indu. try for the purpose 

of cooperative a tion among trade group_ by inducing and maintaining united action :f labor an l manao·ement under adequate 

O'◊-'i ermLentnl an tion and upervi ion, by eliminating unfair comp titive practic ~ by promoting the full t po sible utilization of 

the pr ent pro luc ive capacit., of indu trie , by avoiding undne 

restri ti n of production ( except a may b temporaril. r quired) 

b incr a ing th con umption of indu. trial and aoTicultural product through in rea ino- pur ·ha ing power b. r ch1cin0' and r lieving 

unem1 loyment by improYing standard f labor and b. oth rwi e 

rehabilitatino- indu try. 

(b) Th° Code a mo lifi cl complies in all r ~P t · with the pertinent pro,i. i n._ f ·aid Titl of aid Act, inclu ling with ut limitati n ub ection (a) of e tion 3 Sub ection (a) f e tion 7 and 

ub. ction b) of tion 10 thereof. 

( ) The modifi ation. · antl ihe Code a · modifi cl arc n t cle ign cl 

to a11fl will not p rmit monopolie.- or rnon opoli ti pra ti 

( cl) Th mo 1ifi ati n an l the rle a modifi l ar 11 t lle i n ,(1 

t an 1 "-ill no limina e r oppre. . mall nterpr.i · ,· and will not 

I rat to li riminat again · th m. 

( ) Tho. ngao- l in oth r . t p of th e onomi 1 r ce h 

n t be n c1 prfrecl of th ri ·ht t b h ard 1 rior t < 1 pr val of aid 

m clifi ation.·. 

I b Ii vc th mo lifi 

t th in 1u.-try, , ncl r a on 

an n lmeut. 

Re. p ·tfully, II T ·u 

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.AME D IE T TO CODE OF F IR COMPETITIO FOR 

THE GR PHI RT I D TRIES 

E TION 23 ( ONTI ED) 

IECH \XICAL E:i\IPLOYEES ( OXTIN D ) 

B. ENGAGED IN THE PRO E E OF STEEL AND OPPER PL.iTE E . GRAVI:'.\'G A.ND 

PRINTING. 

The provi ion of this Sub- ecti n 23-B hall govern all e tabIi hm nt eno-ao-ed in an of the proce e or partial proce e of steel 

and copper plate engraving and printing unrler thi ode and shall 

be applicable to all the mechanical employee of uch e tablishm nts 

engao·ed in carryino· on any of the operations of uch pro e e . 

The provi ion of thi Sub- ection 23-B hall not be applicable 

to the employee of an} e tabli hment within the ecuritie and 

Bank ote Engraving and Printing Industry engao-ed in any of the 

proce or partial proce e of that t pe of engraving known as 

bank note teel engra"ing. 

(a) Jfechanical employee· - minim.um, wage .-E tabli hments 

covered b thi ub- ection 23-B hall not pa any mechanical mplo ee le than at the rate of 40 cent per hour, unle on July 15, 

1929 the hourly rate for the same cla . of work wa le than 40 

cents per hour u in which latter ca e they shall be laid not le than 

such hourl rate on July 15, 1929 in the ame e tabli hment ( or in 

the same locality in the ca e of a new e tabli hment) and in no event 

le than at the rate of 30 cent per hour. 

(b) killecl 1nechanical 1nployees- -rnini1num, wag .- p .IBAGR,\PH 1. Each establi hment, with the exception of tho e- l. 1Vhich are operating under wage agreement arrived at by 

collecti "e bargaining · and 

2. ,Vhich are payino· not le than the wao-e rate· which they 

w re pa ing on July 15 1929 

hall make increa e in it average hourly compen ation for all 

cla e of ·killed labor, -n-ithin thirt 30) da s after this Sub-Section 

23-B become effective on the followino- ba i : 

Each plant hall increa e the hourl or piecework rate to a point 

where (including increa es made ince July 1 1933) they are ten 

per cent ( 1 ) higher than the rate in effect on July 1 1933 with 

thi limitabon that th y need not increa e rate aboYe tho e paid on 

July 1 ~ 19 9 in the ame plant or in plant producing imilar work 

in imilar urea a determined by the Code Authority, with the 

approval of the \.dmini~trator coming within the above clau es 

(1) or (2) . PARAGRAPH 2. "\'Vithin thirty (30) da3 s aft-er thi Sub- ection 

23-B becomes effective, any rate increa e under Paragraph 1 mu t 

be further augmented if nece ary to bring the average hourly or 

piecework compen ation paid in each e tabli hment up to ninety 

per cent (90 ) of the rate prevailing on July 1 1933 in the ame 

locality or competitive area for base classes of killed labor employed 

in this indu try. 

(3) 
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· Prevailing hourly or piecework rates shall be the average of the 

rates paid to the employees constituting that fifty per cent ( 50%) 

of each class of skilled employees in that locality or competitive area 

which wa receiving the higher wage rates on July 1, 1933. 

For example, if in a locality, a total of thirty press operators were 

employed, ten of whom were receiving 82 cents per hour and twenty 

of whom were receiving 67 cents per hour, the prevailing rate would 

be the weighted average of 82 cents for ten rn.en and of 67 cents for 

five men (making together fifty per cent ( 50%) of the total number) 

or 77 cents, and ninety per cent (90 % ) thereof would be 69.3 cents. 

NoTE.-For the purpo e of Paragraphs 1 and 2 "average" in ca e 

varying rates a.re paid for the same, classification of labor, means 

averag ascertained by dividing the total of hourly compensation 

by the total number of employees whose wage rates are being 

averaged. 

PARAGRAPH 3. In applying the foregoing paragraphs, differentials 

in wage rates for varying tasks within the same cla s shall be maintained as in effect December 1, 1933, in the individual establishments. 

PARA GRAPH 4. In no instance shall the foregoing be applied in a 

manner to reduce the pre ent rate paid to any employee, or to establi h minimum wage rates in establishments where collective bargaining is not practice l higher than the minimum for the same class of 

employee in establi hments in that locality where wage rates were 

arrived at through collective bargaining. 

PARAGRAPH 5. It shoul l be specifically under. tood that the foregoing provisions are intended to establish only minimum and not 

maximum wage requirements. 

( c) Gen ral wage provision.'5.-In connection with the foregoing 

the following rules shall apply: 

1. An employee performing duties coming within more than one 

classification, ·hall be compensate l on the ba is of the rates applying 

to such several classification for the time employed. 

2. The foregoing requirement as to mechanical wages do not 

apply to apprentices, who are referred to in (e) of this ection. 

(cl) Hour of labor.-1. Standard Working Hours.-Standard 

working hour shall be forty ( 40) hours per week for all mechanical 

employees, including proprietors, upervisors, foremen and/or others 

for the time actually engaged in mechanical work. The work week 

in the ca e of each individual employee shall be divided into not 

more than ix hifts, no one of which will be more than eight ( ) 

hours unle. overtime be paid. ,vhen nece sary overtime shall be 

permitted; provided (1) that mechanical employee shall re eive 

not le than the overtime rate ( one an l ne-half times th hourly or 

piece rate wa~e) for all work in exc s of ight ( 8) hours within any 

twenty-four ~24) hour period, or forty ( 40) hour in any one week. 

Double time shall be paid for Sun lays and h li lay . (2) That 

no mor than five hun lred an l tw nty (520) hour hall b work cl 

by any m hanical 1111 loy e in any thirteen (13) w k 'period. 

It is n t int n l d that any of the f r o-oing provi ions hall limit 

the numb r of clay. per w k or hifts per day an tabli hment may 

op rat . 2. Al aximu11i II our E x eptions.-Th maximum hour fix l by thi 

Sub- ction 23-B hall not apply t mploy on emero- n y maint nan e or em rg n y r pair work, n r to mploy 
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the restriction of hours of highly kill d arti tic or mechanical work~ 

r on continuou · I roce e would unavoidably reduce production; 

but in the ca e of uch work r at lea t timo and one-half hall be 

paid for the hour work cl in exce of ight h ur in any one day, 

or forty ( 40) hour in any one week. 

A tolerance f t n per cent ( 10 % ) without overtime, ov r the 

maximum hour her in I re cribed, hall be allowed in the ca e of 

wash-up rew , hipping er ws, material han ller , el vator op rators 

and other 1nechanical employe-e whose duties have no direct connection with graphic arts proce ses, and a tolerance of twenty per 

cent (20% ) with ut oYertime hall be allowed in the case of out ide 

delivery men porter., ngineer , firemen, janitors and watchmen. The maximum of 'ix shift per week hall not apply to eno·ineer , 

firemen, janitors or ,,atchmen, nor the provi ·ion that double time be 

paid for holidays. 3. It ·houlcl be specifically un ler toocl that the foreo-oing proviion are subject to the provi ion of the Executive Or ler of Feb- ruary 17, 1934, a pp roving thi Code. ( e) Apprentices.- 1. The J ational Code Authority for the teel and Copper Plate 

Engravino- and Printino· Indu try, promptly after it organization, 

shall appoint a committee compo eel of an equal number of representatives of employer and employee , the repre entative of the 

employee to be nominated by the Labor Advi ory Board, to tudy 

carefully the apprentice hip ituation and to make recommendations 

thereon within six months from the c:ffectiYe date of thi Sub-Section 

23-B to uch Code Authority. In malting it tudy the committee 

shall not limit it elf to exiting data and information but hall 

secur~ through the K ational Code Authority from e tabli hments 

within the indu try such a lditional fa cts a it may deem nece - sary. Its recommendation hall include apprentice ·hip ratios and 

methods of applying them equitably for the indu try. It shall also 

e tabli ·h minimum rate of pay for apprentice ubject to approYal 

by the A lministr ator. Upon rec ipt of the rec mmenclations of the 

committee, the ational ode Authority shall adopt rul . and regulation to govern all apprenti es within the indu. try: uch rule · and 

regulations being subject to appr Yal by the Admini trator. 

2. P endino· the approval of the rules and regulation· referred to 

in the above paragraph, no new apprentices hall be indentured at 

l ss than the minimnm wage of ~killed mechanical employee . The maximum term · of apprenticeship hall be: for engravers, 

five year · plate printer and die tamper ·, four y ar ·. The~e apprenti e hip rules shall not pre,·ent the ontinuation of 

the tatu of per ·on already at work under apprentice hip arrangemen · ma le prior to June 1, 1934. 

pon completion of the t erm of apprentic . hip journ ,ymen's 

minimum rate· of pay shall apply. (f) C01nplem,ent of Men.-\.. commi. ion of three di intere ted 

engineer selected by he Am rican ociety of :Mechanical Eno-i- neer may be employed by the ational Cod Authority to make n. 

comprehen ive study and to r ecommend rule covering complement 

of men required on teel and copper plate engraving and printing 

mechanical equipment for a ldition to this ode by amendment as 

elsewhere herein author1zed. 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

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APPE_ mx oF INDUSTRY No. C-2 

STEEL AND COPPER PLATE ENGRAVING AND PRINTING 

MAINTEN A CE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

( c) No establishment shall advertise, offer for sale, or sell type prin ting 

treated with substances that fuse and raise under heat treatment, simulating 

engraving, as engraving of any kind. 

( d) No establi ·hment shall adYertise, offer for sale or sell a s hand engraved, 

any plate or die produ ·ed by an engraving machine. 

Approved Code No. 287-Amendment No. 5. 

Registry Jo. 599-33. 

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