Approved Code No. 7-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 220-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CORSET AND BRASSIERE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 29, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 7-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

C·ORSET AND BRASSIERE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 29, 1934 

ORDER 

AMENDMENT TO CoDE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE CoRSET AND 

BRASSIERE 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 approval of an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the Corset and Brassiere 

Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the 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 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 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. 

Appro,al r ecommended: 

vv. A. HARRIMAN, 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Adrninisfra.tor for Industrial R ecovery. 

Division Administrator. 

,v AsIIINGTON, D.C., 

March 29, 1934. 

50004°-425-181--34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: The Public Hearing on an amendment to the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Corset and Brassiere Industry as proposed by 

the Code Authority for this Industry was conducted on February 23, 

1934 in Room 3204, Department of Commerce Building, Washington, 

D.C. 

Each per on who requested an appearance was fairly heard in 

public in accordance with the usual requirements. Present were 

authorized representati, es of the Code Authority for this Industry 

and the Corset and Brassiere Association of America and repre entative members of the Industry. 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Corset and Brassiere Indu - try approved August 14, 1933, contained a provision providing for 

standard methods of packing-Fair Trade Practice Rules Section 

(j). Thi provision embodied the standard practice of a majority 

of the Indu try and was intended to promote economies in distribution which would benefit the consumer. 

Prote~t again t provision (j) were filed with the Code Authority 

by dealer who do not habitually purchase garments in the quantities 

8pecified a standard. Although provision was made in the Code for 

packing other than as provided in Section (j), several small manufacturers, doing business with smaller dealers, also petitioned for 

modification of the Code as approved. 

The Code Authority having conducted public hearings, and found 

that consideration to smaller units, both dealers and manufacturers, 

required that certain modifications be made, recommended certain 

changes de igned to make this section more flexible. 

In final form, this amendment has been approved by the Labor 

Advisory Board Industrial Advisory Board, Research and Planning 

Division, Consumers Advisory Board, and the Legal Division of the 

National Recovery Administration. 

The Code Authority has indicated its approval of the amendment. 

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 the 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 

National Industrial Recovery Act includin~ the removal of obstructions to the free fl.ow 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 among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate gov-

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ernmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest po sible 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 tandards 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 these reason these trade practice provisions ha-ve been 

approved. 

Respectfully, 

MARCH 29, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
Al\1ENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE CORSET AND BRASSIERE INDUSTRY 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Corset and Brassiere 

Industry is modified by the substitution of the following provisions 

for the provisions of Section (j) of Article IX of said Code: 

1. Corsets and combinations selling for less than eight dollars 

($8.00) per dozen wholesale shall be packed not less than six (6) of 

a style and not more than two (2) sizes of the same style, three (3) 

of each, in a container. 

2. Corsets and combinations selling for eight dollars ($8.00) or 

more per dozen wholesale and less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per 

dozen wholesale shall be packed not less than three (3) of one (1) 

size of a style in a container. 

3. Corsets and combinations selling for fifteen dollars ($15.00) 

and more per dozen wholesale may be packed one (1) in a container. 

4. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for less than four dollars 

($4.00) per dozen wholesale shall be packed not less than twelve (12) 

of a style and not more than two (2) sizes of the same style, six (6) 

of each, in a container. 

5. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for four dollars ($4.00) or 

more per dozen wholesale and not more than seven dollars ($7.00) 

per dozen wholesale shall be packed six (6) of one (1) size of_ a style 

in a container. 

6. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for eight dollars ($8.00) or 

more per dozen wholesale and less than twelve dollars ($12.00) per 

dozen wholesale shall be packed not less than three (3) of one (1) 

size of a style in a container. · 

7. Brassieres and bandeaux selling for twelve dollars ($12.00) and 

more per dozen wholesale may be packed one (1) in a container. _ 8. Corsets and combinations regularly packed in bulk as specified 

in Section (j), paragraphs 1 and 2, may be packed in single containers if priced and billed at not less than fifty cents ( 50¢) per 

dozen above the bulk packing price. vVhen packed in single containers, orders may be taken for any quantity. 

9. Brassieres and bandeaux regularly packed in bulk as specified 

in Section (j), paragraphs 4, 5 and 6, may be packed in lesser quantities in a container if priced and billed at not less than twenty-five 

cents (25¢) per dozen above the bulk packing price. 

10. Corsets and combinations regularly packed one (1) in a container may be packed in bulk, three (3), six (6), or twelve (12) of 

a style in a container, at a reduction from the regular list price for 

single packing of not more than twenty-five cents (25¢) per dozen 

if packed three (3) of one (1) size of a style in a container, of 

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fifty cents ( 50¢) per dozen i£ packed six ( 6) or twelve ( 12) 0£ a 

style in a container. No garment packed in bulk may be packed 

in other quantitie than three (3) of one (1) size of a style or 

multiples thereof. 

11. Nothing in Section (j) is applicable to any shipments made 

to jobbers catalog hou e or chain stores selling up to one dollar 

($1.00) retail. 

Approved Code No. 7-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 220-1-02. 

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