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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE I 

BOBBED AND REGULAR 

HAIRPIN INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 22, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 251-06 

The Code for the Bobbed and Regular Hairpin Industry 

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in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

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the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

W ABBINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D .C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cent. 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE BOBBED AND 

REGULAR HAIRPIN INDUSTRY 

This Code is prepared for the Bobbed and Regular H airpin 

Manufacturers by their committee assembled in meeting fo r that 

purpose in New York City on Thursday, July 27, 1933, with subsequent revisions. The Bobbed and Regular H airpin Industry is one of many divisions of the Notion Industry. Most of the Bobbed and Regular 

Hairpin Manufacturers are members of the National Notion A so- ciation, 1170 Broadway, New York City. 

Therefore, the Bobbed and Regular Hairpin Manufacturers have 

not formed a separate association-instead they have appointed a 

Committee of Three to act for all the manufacturers. 

Members of this Committee are : J. A. O'Brien, DeLong Hook & 

Eye Co.; A. G. Smith, Smith & Sons Corp.; C. 0. Todd, chairman, 

The Wilson Fastener Co. 

The Committee Address is, care of the National Notion Association, 1170 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 

CODE PROVISIONS 

(a) ~Therever the term Hairpin is used in this Code it is understood to refer to metal Hairpins, Bobbed and/ or Regular Styles. 

(b) This Code is adopted pursuant to Title I of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act, and its purpose is to effectuate the policy 

thereof insofar as it is applicable to the Hairpin Industry. 

( c) Any Manufacturer or Packer of Hairpins is eligible to 

membership under this Code. No one not now engaged in the 

manufacture and/ or packing of Hairpins shall be permitted to 

engage in the business of manufacturing and/ or packing Hairpins 

during the continuance of this Code under the National Industrial 

Recovery Act without first obtaining a license therefor from the 

Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

( d) Pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 7 of the National 

Indu trial Recovery Act, and so long as the Code under the said 

Act shall remain in effect, the undersigned manufacturers of Hairpins hereby agree to the following : 

(1) After August 31, 1933, not to employ any person under 16 

years of age, ex~ept that persons between 14 and 16 may be employed (but not in manufacturing or mechanical industries) for not 

to exceed three hours per day and those hours between 7 a.m. and 

7 p.m. in such work as will not interfere with hours of day school. 

(2) Not to work any accounting, clerical, banking office, ervice, 

or sales employees ( except outside salesmen) in any tore, office 

department, establishment, or public utility, or on any automotive 

or horse-drawn passenger, express, delivery, or freight ervice, or 

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in any other place or manner, for more than 40 hours in any one 

week and not to reduce the hours of any store or service operation 

to below 52 hours in any one week, unle s such hours were less than 

52 hours per week before July 1, 1933, and in the latter case not to 

reduce such hours at all. 

(3) Not to employ any factory or mechanical worker or artisan 

more than a maximum week of forty hours and not to employ any 

worker more than eight hours in any one day. 

( 4) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing paragraphs (2) 

and (3) shall not apply to employees in establishments employing 

not more than two persons in towns of less than 2,500 population 

which towns are not part of a larger trade area; nor to registered 

pharmacists or other professional persons employed in their profession; nor to employees in a managerial or executive capacity, 

who now receive more than $35 per week; nor to employees on 

emergency maintenance and repair work; nor to firemen and watchmen. Population for the purposes of this agreement shall be determined by reference to the 1930 Federal census. 

( 5) Not to pay any of the classes of employees mentioned in para~ 

graph (2) less than $15 per week in any city of over 500,000 population, or in the imn1ediate trade area of such city; nor les than $14.50 

per week in any city of between 250,000 and 500,000 population, or 

in the immediate trade area of such city; nor less than $14 per week 

in any city of between 2,500 and 250,000 population, or in the immediate trade area of such city; and in towns of less than 2,500 

population to increase all wage by not les than 20 per cent provided 

that this shall not require wages in excess of $12 per week. 

(6) Not to pay any employee of the cla ses mentioned in paragraph 

(3) less than 40 cents per hour unless the hourly rate for the same 

class of work on July 15, 1929, was less than 40 cents per hour, in 

which latter case not to pay less than the hourly rate on July 15th, 

1929, and in no event less than 30 cents per hour. It is agreed that 

this paragraph establishes a guaranteed minimum rate of pay regardless of whether the employee is compensated on the basis of a time 

rate or on a piecework performance; provided nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to interfere with the present policy in the 

industry of hiring new and inexperienced workers at a rate not less 

than 20¢ per hour but which concession shall in no wise extend beyond 

a maximum of 4 weeks from the date of original hiring; and be it 

further provided that homework in the commonly accepted use o:f 

that term, shall be paid for at not more than 15 % less than the 

:foregoing rate. 

(7) Not to reduce the compensation for employment now in excess 

of the minimum wages hereby agreed to (notwithstanding that the 

hours worked in such employment may be hereby reduced) and to 

increase the pay for such employment by an equitable readjustment 

o:f all pay schedules. 

(8) Not to use any subterfuge to frustrate the spirit and intent 

o:f this agreement which is, among other things, to increase employment by a universal covenant, to remove obstructions to commerce, 
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and to shorten hours and to raise wages for the shorter week to a 

Ii ving basis. 

( 9) To prepare within a reasonable period of time a Supplement 

hereto establi hing fair trade practices and standardization of packing and counts for the Hairpin Industry, including fair and equitable minimum selling prices, to further effectuate the purposes of the 

National Indu trial Recovery Act. 

(10) To support and patronize establishments which also have 

signed this agreement and are listed as members of the N.R.A. 

(National Recovery Administration). 

(11) To comply with the provisions of this Code within one week 

after its approval by the President of the United States. 

(12) Where, before June 16, 1933, the undersigned had contracted 

to purchase goods at a fixed price for delivery during the period of 

this agreement, the undersigned will make an appropriate adjustment of said fixed price to meet any increase in cost caused by the 

seller having signed this President's Reemployment Agreement or 

having become bound by any Code of Fair Competition approved 

by the President. 

(13) The Committee is charged with the enforcement of the provisions of the Code and with the duties of hearing and adjusting any 

complaints. It shall be the duty of the Committee to report to the 

Administrator of The National Industrial Recovery Act, violation 

of the provisions of this Code with full information of their findings. 

(14) This agreement is signed subject to all the terms and conditions required by Sections 7 (a) and 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, but with the understanding that nothing herein 

shall prevent the selection, retention, and advancement of employees 

on the basis of their individual merit, without regard to their affiliation or nonaffiliation with any labor organization. 

The undersigned Manufacturers hereby instruct the Committee or 

its Chairman to deliver this Code to the Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act at Washington, D.C. 

This Code has been formally signed by the following: William L. 

Barth Co., 930 W. 39th St., Los Angeles, Calif. (Packer ) ; DeLong 

Hook & Eye Co., Clearfield & 21st. St., Philadelphia, Pa., H. Goodman & Sons Inc., 17 West 17th St., New York, N. Y. ; Hair Net 

Packers Inc., 8 West 30th St., New York, N.Y.; The Hayes-Donahue 

Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn.; The Hump Hair Pin Mfg. Co., 1918 

Prairie Ave. Chicago, Ill.; The Rieser Co., Inc., 119 West 40th St., 

New York .Y. (Packers)· Scolding Lock Corp. · 1520 W. Ro 0·ers 

Ave. Appleton Wis.· Smith & Sons Corp., 2969 l\1ain St. Buffalo 

N.Y.: Sta-Rite Hair Pin Co., Shelbyville Ill.; Star Pin Company, 

Derby, Conn.; The Sterling Pin Co. Derby, Conn.; Voo-ue Pin Co. 

1924 Franklin St. Oakland, Calif.; The Wilson Fastener Co., 1000 

Lake ide AYe. N.E. Cleveland, Ohio. 

This Code has not been signed by the other lmown firms in the Industry, which are as follows: Wallace Barne Company, Bristol, Conn. 

(Contract Manufacturers); Dunbar Brothers Company, Bristol, 

Conn. ( Contract l\1anufacturer ) ; L. F. Grammes & Sons, Inc. llentown Pa.; Laura Hair ovelty Co., 34 W. 27th St., New York, N.Y. 
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(Packers) ; The Pincho Hair Pin Co., 153 Washington St., N. Boston, Mass. (Packers); Wm. Pryn1 of America, Inc., 3412 ,vashington 

St., Long Island City, N.Y.; Standard Plating Works, 268 1st St. 

San Francisco ( Contract Manufacturers). 

Contract Manufacturers do not pack or market. They sell exclusively to 

.Packers. · Packers buy their product in bulk from Contract Manufacturers, then pack 

and market. 

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