Approved Code No. 335-Amendment No.2 Registry No. 231-08 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COl\iPETITION 

FOR THE 

ART NEEDLEWORK INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 15, 1935 

WE DO OUR PART 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1935 

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For sale by the Superintendent of Docume nts, Washington, D. C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 
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This publication is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government 

Printing Office, Wa hington, D. C., and by district offices of the Bureau of 

Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

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Approved Code No. 335-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ART NEEDLEWORK INDUSTRY 

As .Approved on February 15, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING Al\mNDMENT oF CoDE OF FAIR Co~rPETITIOx F OR THE ART 

NEEDLEWORK IND STRY 

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 approval of amendments 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Art Needlework Industry, and 

a hearing being duly held thereon and the annexed report on said 

amendments, containing finding with respect thereto, haYing beer. 

made and directed to the President: 

NO,V, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, and otherwise, does hereby incorporate 

by reference said annexed report and doe · find that said amendments 

and the Code as constituted after being amended complies in all 

respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy 

and purposes of said Title of said Act, and does hereby order that 

said amendments be and they are hereby approved, and that the 

previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to include an approval of said Code in its entirety a. amended upon the following 

conditions : 

(1) 'Vithin fifteen (15) days from the date hereof a committee 

shall be appointed which shall consist of two representatives of the 

Industry to be chosen by the Code Authority, one representing the 

Stamped Goods Division and one representing the Yarn Division; 

one representative of the Division of Research and Planning of the 

National Recovery Administration, and one repre entative of the 

Labor Ad vi ory Board of the :K ational Recovery Administration, 

and 

(2) It shall be the duty of this committee to prepare \Vithin ninety 

(90) days from the date hereof a schedule of rates of pay for homellfJ 0~ ----l GO S---- j (1) 
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workers employed in the finishing of samples and display models not 

intended for resale, and 

(3) Such committee shall investigate the problem of homework 

in thi · Industry and make recommendations within said period as 

to the possibility of either eliminating or regulating homework in 

this Industry. 

NATIONAL I NDUSTRIAL REcoYERY BoARD, 

By "'V. A. HARRil\L-\N, Adm,in.istTative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

PRENTiss L. CooNLEY, 

Division AdministTafor. 

'V ASHINGTON, D. C., 

Feb?"lta1'Y 15, 1935. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The WhiteHouse. 

Sm: This is a report on amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Art Needlework Industry. Notice of I-Iearing on these 

amendments was published on August 22, 1934; and a hearing wa · 

held on September 7, 1934. The amendments, which are attached, 

were presented by duly qualified and authorized repre entatives of 

the Industry, complying with statutory requirements, and being the 

duly constituted Code Authority under the provi ions of the said 

Code for the Said Industry. 

These amendments provide for additional 64 hours overtime in any 

calendar year, to obtain fron1 the me:mbers of the Industry such information and reports as are required for the administration of the 

Code, and for the use of N. R. A. labels. 

The Deputy Ad.ministrator in his final report to the National Industrial Recovery Board on said amendments to said Code having 

found as herein set forth, and on the basis of all the proceedings in 

this matter; 

The National Industrial Recovery Board finds that: 

(a) The amendments 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 ob tructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which t end 

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 competitve 

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 stand.ards 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 

sub-section (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7, and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code Authority is empowered to present the aforesaid 

amendment on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

(d) The amendments and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

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(e) The amendments 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 

amendments . For the .... e reasons these amendments have been approved. 

For the National Indu trial Recovery Boa.rd: 

F T'RRUARY 15, 1935. 

"'v. A. HARRIMAN, 

.Administrative Officer. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF F AIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE ART NEEDLEWORIC I NDUSTRY 

Article III, Section 1 is amended to read as follows : 

M aximu1n H ours.-N o employee, except outside salesmen and 

employees engaged in a managerial capacity who receive not less 

than Thirty-five ($35) Dollars per week, shall be permitted to work 

in excess of forty (40) hours in any one (1) week or eight (8) 

hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period, except that both office 

and factory employees may be permitted to work not more than 

sixty-four (64) additional hours in any calendar year, but not in 

excess of eight. (8) additional hours 1n any one (1) week, provided that time and one-third is paid for such additional hours. 

All overtime shall be reported to the Code Authority monthly on 

a form to be provided for that purpose by the Code Authority. 

Article VII is amended by the deletion of Section (1) and sub- stituting in its place the following new Subsection ( 1) : 

(1) To obtain from members of the Industry such information 

and reports as are required for the administration of the Code. In 

addition to information required to be submitted to the Code Authority, members of the Industry subject to this Code shall furnish 

such statistical information as the National Industrial Recovery 

Board may deem necessary for the purpose recited in Section 3 (a) 

of the Act to such Federal and State agencies a it may designate; 

provided that nothing in this Code shall relieve any member of the 

I ndustry of any existing obligations to furnish report to any Government agency. 

Article VII is amended by the addition of the follmYing new 

Section 4: 

4. Each member of the Industry shall keep accurate and complete records of its transactions in the Industry whenever such. 

records may be required under any of the provisions of this Code, 

and shall furnish accurate reports based upon such record. concerning any of such activitie · when required by the Code Authority 

or the National Industrial Recovery Board. If the Code Authority 

or the National Industrial Recovery Board shall determine that 

substantial doubt exists as to the accuracy of any . uch report, so 

much of the pertinent books, records and papers of ..,uch member 

as may be required for the verification of such report may be examined by an impartial agency, agreed upon between the Code Authority and such member, or, in the absence of agreement, appointed 

by the National In lnstrial Recovery Board. In no ca. e shall tlP 

facts disclosed by such examination be made available in identifiable 

form to any competitor, whether on the Code Authority or otherwise, 

or be given any other publication, except such as may be required 

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this Code . 

. 1Vith a view to keeping the President infon11ed as to the observance or non-observance of this Code of Fair Competition and any 

supplements thereto and as to whether the art needlework industry 

is taking appropriate steps to effectuate the declared policy of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, members of the Industry shall 

be required to furnish duly certified reports in substance as follows, 

to the Code Authority in such form as may hereafter be required 

by said Code Authority. 

vV ages and H mo's of Labor.-Returns to be filed every four ( 4) 

weeks. 

(1) Average number of.employees. 

(2) Total hours worked. 

(3) Total wages paid. 

( 4) Such facts regarding home work and home "\\orkers as may 

be required by the Code Authority in drawing up and enforcing 

plans for homework rates and the control of homework. 

( 5) Such information as may be required by the Code Authority 

for the purpose of effectively administering the N. R. A. label provision of this Code. 

(6) Such imports as may be required by the Code Authority for 

the purpose of accurately levying Code Authority Assessments. 

The Code is amended by the addition of the following new Article 

XIII: . Subject to all rules and regulations and orders covering the issuance and/ or use of labels heretofo_re and hereinafter prescribed by 

the National Industrial Recovery -Board, all members of the industry shall affix by stamp or -stencil to all products the official 

insignia issued and/ or prescribed by the Code Authority bearing 

thereon the N. R. A. insignia. This provi ion shall become effective 

thirty (30) days from the date of its approval, but not before ~lay 

1st, 1935. 

Approved Code No. 335-Amendment No. 2. 

Registry No. 231-08. 

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