Approved Code No. 393-Amendment No. 2 Registry No. 242-1-02 

NATiONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SOF,T FIBRE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 25, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 393-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SOFT FIBRE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on Oct-Ober 25, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

SOFT FIBRE MANUFACTURING 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, fqr approval of amendments to a Code 0£ Fair Competition for the Soft Fibre Manufacturing Industry, and an opportunity to be heard thereon having 

been given and the annexed report on said amendments, containing 

findings with respect thereto, having been 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 does find that said amendments and the Code as con tituted after being amended complies i:q 

all respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote th~ 

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 as amended, such approval 

and such amendments to take effect ten ( 10) days from the date 

hereof, unless good cause to the contrary is shown to the National 

Industrial Recovery Board before that time and the National Industrial Recovery Board i sues a subsequent Order to that effect. 

NATION AL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By G. A. LYNCH, Ad1ninistrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

PRENTISS L. Coo1 LEY, 

Acting Division Adniinistrat01'. 

1VASHINGTON, D. c., 

October f5, 1934. 

93641°-1244-96-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: This is a report on amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Soft Fibre Manufacturing Industry. Notice of Opportunity to be Heard on these amendments was published on September 25, 1934; no objections Vfere received within the given fifteen 

(15) day period ending October 9, 1934. The amendments, which 

are attached, were presented by duly qualified and authorized representatives of the Industry, complying with statutory requirements, 

and bei11g the duly constituted Code Authority under the provisions 

of the said Code for the said Industry. 

These amendments provide ( 1) for alternates for each member 

of the Code Authority, (2) the period for which members of the 

Code Authority shall serve, (3) for the liability of members of the 

Code Authority, and ( 4) for the submission of supplementary provisions to this Code. 

The Deputy Administrator 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 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 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 sub-section (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7, and 

sub-section (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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

amendments O!Lbehal:f of the Industry as a whole. 

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

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

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( e) The amendment and the Code a a mended are not de igned 

to and will not eliminate or oppres mall enterprise and will not 

operate to_ discriminate again t them. 

(f) Tho e engao-ed in other tep of the economic proce have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendments. 

For these reasons these amendments have been approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

OCTOBER 25, 1934. 

G. A. LYNCH 

Adniinutrative Officer. 

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AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION~FOR 

THE SOFT FIBRE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Section 1 (a) of Article VI of the Code is hereby deleted, and the 

following is hereby substituted: 

(a) The Code Authority shall consist of six members and an 

alternate for each of said members, of whom five and their alternates 

shall be elected by the Soft Fibre Manufacturers' Institute and one 

and his alt~rnate shall be elected by the members of the Industry 

who are not members of the Soft Fibre Manufacturers' Institute, but 

who have become entitled to participate in and share the benefits of 

the Code Authority. In each case the method of election shall be 

submitted for the approval of the National Industrial Recovery 

Board. Each alternate shall be elected to act for a designated member of the Code Authority in the absence or disability of said member. 

Section 1 (b) of Article VI of the Code is hereby deleted, and the 

following is thereby substituted: 

(b) Each member of the Code Authority and his alternate shall 

serve for one year and thereafter until their successors are selected 

as above provided. The death or resignation of a member of the 

Code Authority shall automatically create a vacancy in the office of 

his alternate. In case of vacancy created by death or resignation 

the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as original members 

and/ or alternates were selected. 

Section 5 of Article VI of the Code is hereby deleted, and the 

following is thereby substituted: 

5. Nothing in this Code shall constitute the members and/or alternates of the Code Authority partners for any purpose, nor shall any 

member or alternate of the Code Authority be liable in any manner 

to anyone f or any act of any other member, alternate, officer, agent, 

or employee of the Code Authority, nor shall any member or alternate of the Code Authority, exercising reasonable diligence in the 

conduct of his duties hereunder, be liable to anyone for any action 

or omission to act under this Code, except for his own wilful malf easance, misf easance, or non-feasance. 

Amend Article VII by adding at the end of Section 2 thereof the 

following : 

It is contemplated that from time to time supplementary provisions to this Code or additional Codes may be submitted in behalf 

of the I ndu try or various subdivisions thereof for the approval of 

the National I ndustrial Recov·ery Board. 

Approved Code No. 393- Amendment No. 2. 

Registry No. 242~1-02. 

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