Approved Code No. GO-Supplement No. 2 Registry No. 911-1-14 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL CUSTOM FUR 

MANUFACTURING TRADE 

(A Division of the Retail Trade) 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 60-Supplement No. 2 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL CUST·OM FUR l\iANUFACTURING TRADE 

As Approved on September 25, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF F AIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

RETAIL CUSTOM FUR MANUFACTURING TRADE 

A DIVISION OF THE RETAIL TR.ADE 

SCHEDULE C 

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 lG, 1933, for approval of a Schedule 

'· C " for the Retail Custom Fur 1Ianufacturing Trade to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Retail Trade, and hearings havin,g been 

duly held thereon; an opportunity to be heard having been attorded 

all members of said Trade and any objection. filed having been duly 

considered, and the annexed report on said Schedule "C ", 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, 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 Schedule "C" complies in all 

respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy 

and purpo es of aid Title of said. Act; and do hereby order that 

said Schedule "C" be and it is hereby approved, subject however, 

to the following conditions : 

(1) The use of labels, provided in Article V, is hereby stayed 

except on newly manufactured garments sold directly to the 

customer. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Adm,inistrator for l ndusfrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

RoBERT L. HousTo , Division Administrator. 

,v AsHINGToN, D.c., 

Septe11iber ~5, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

T lw3 White House. 

Sm: This is a report of the Hearing on the Supplemental Code 

of Fair Competition for the Retail Custom Fur Manufacturing 

Trade conducted in the Carlton Room of the Carlton Hotel on Friday, December 15, 1933. This report also covers a Notice of Opportunity to be Heard in objection to this Code prior to Tuesday, July 

31, 1934. The Supplemental Code which is attached was presented 

by a duly qualified and authorized representative of the Trade 

complying with the statutory requirements. 

THE TR.dDE 

The Division of Research and Planning in its report has quoted 

various estim.ates that this Trade has from two to five thousand 

firms. Due to the overlappings between this Trade and other Trades 

and due to the small size of many of the firms contained in it, it has 

been impossible to obtain an accurate estimate of the actual number 

of firms and the number of employees engaged in it. 

The members of this Trade are scattered all over the country in 

large cities and in small, roughly proportional to the population of 

the various towns. However, there are probably more fur firms per 

capita in the northern half of the country than in the southern, due 

to the greater demand for furs in cooler climates. 

This Trade is highly seasonal in nature due to the seasonal demand for fur garments. However, the opportunity to sell repairs 

on fur garments and storage service mitigates the intense seasonal 

variations in employment commonly experienced by the Fur Manufacturing industry. 

1Vhile the employees in the Fur Manufacturing Industry and in 

this Trade find interchangeable opportunities for work in several 

of the large metropolitan centers, most of the employees working 

in this Trade operate in a very p.ifferent manner than those of the 

Fur :Manufacturing Industry with the result that the product per 

man-hour of employment in this Trade is less than in the organized 

centers of the Fur Manufacturing Industry. 

SPECIAL LABOR COMMISSION 

From the day of the public hearing on this Code bitter controversy has been waged between various interests regarding the appropriate labor provisions for this Trade. No compromise bas ever 

been reached among the various groups of interests who attempted 

to draft a set of labor provisions. During the proceedings it became 

obvious that a scientific survey ought to be substituted for the heated 

assertions of the various groups. Therefore, it is provided in Ar-

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ticle III, Section 1 that an impartial agency shall study the actual 

conditions in this Trade and report to the Administrator such facts 

and views as will help him in determining an equitable set of labor 

provisions for this Trade. Until such labor provisions are a]?proved 

by the Administrator, the labor provisions of the Code of Fair Com~ 

petition for the Retail Trade will apply. 

ADl\IINISTRATION 

The close relationship between the problems of this Trade and the 

remainder of the Fur Industries makes it essential that a National 

Code Authority exist to represent the Custom Furriers in the solution of the common difficulties which beset the Fur Industries. 

However, the widely scattered nature of the individual units in this 

Trade makes the probable cost of local administration seem rather 

high. Therefore, the Code provides for national administration 

through a Code Authority for this Trade and local administration 

through the Local Code Authorities provided under the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Retail Trade. 

LABELS 

In accordance with the procedure adopted among the other Fur 

Industries for securing better compliance, this Trade has provided 

for the use of an N.R.A. label. Due to certain objections in the Trade 

which cannot at the present time be adjusted, it has been deemed 

advisable to limit the use of N.R.A. labels to custom garments newly 

made for the consumer pending a determination at some future date. 

EJ:NDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Supplemental code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedings in this matter; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Supplemental Code is well designed to promote the 

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, including 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 among 

trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor 

and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting 

the fullest possible use 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 r elieving unemployment, by improving 

standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said Trade normally employs not more than 50,000 employees 

and it is not classified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The Supplemental Code as approved complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including 
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without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of 

Section 7 and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the 

applicant as ociation is a trade association truly representative of 

the aforesaid Trade; and that said association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

( d) The Supplemental Code is not designed to and will not per- mit monopolies or monopolistic practices. ( e) The Supplemental Code is 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 the approval 

of this Supplemental Code. For these reasons, this Supplemental Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

SEPTEMBER 25, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE RETAIL CUSTOM FUR MANUFACTURING TRADE 

A DIVISION OF THE RETAIL TRADE 

SCHEDULE C 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, this Supplemental Code is established as a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Retail Custom Fur Manufacturing 

Trade pursuant to Article XI, Section 6, of the General Code of 

Fair Competition for the Retail Trade, approved on October 21, 

1933. All provisions of the said General Code which are not in 

conflict with the provisions of this Supplemental Code are hereby 

incorporated by reference in this Supplemental Code and made a 

part hereof. Such provisions of the General Code together with 

the supplementing provisions of this Code, are the standards of 

fair competition for and are binding upon every member of said 

Trade. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

(Supplementing Article II of the General Code) 

SECTION 1. Trade.-The term " Trade " as used herein, shall mean 

( 1) the servicing, cleaning, storing, acceptance for cleaning or storing, repairing, altering and remodeling of fur articles directly for 

the consumer; (2) the manufacturing of fur articles to the order 

andjor special measure of the consumer. 

SECTION 2. Fwr Articles.-The term "fur articles" as used herein, 

shall mean fur coats, fur scarfs, fur trimmings and kindred articles 

of wearing apparel made from furs and skins. 

SECTION 3. Em.,,ployees.-The term "employee" as used herein, 

shall include any and all persons engaged in the Trade, however 

compensated, except a member of the Trade. 

SECTION 4. Employer.-The term "employer" as used herein, 

shall mean anyone by whom such employee is compensated or 

employed. 

8ECTION 5. Member of the Trade.-The term "member of the 

Trade" as used herein, shall mean, but without limitation, any individual, partnership, association, corporation or other form of enterprise engaged in the Trade as abo-ve defined, either as an employer or 

on his own or its own behalf. 

SECTION 6. Act and Administrator.-The terms "Act" and "Administrator" as used herein, shall mean, respectively, Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

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SECTION 7. New York J,fetropolitan Area.-The term "New York 

Metropolitan Area " as u ed herein, shall be defined in accordance 

with the usage of the Bureau of the Census. 

SECTION 8. General O ode.-The term " General Code " as used 

herein, is defined to mean the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Retail Trade. 

ARTICLE III-LABOR PROVISIONS 

( Supplementing Articles IV, V, VI of the General Code) 

SECTION 7. New York Metropolitan Area.-The term" New York 

Section 7 of the Code of Fair Competition for the Fur Manufactur- ing Industry or such other agency as the Administrator may designate, shall study labor conditions in the Trade and report not later 

than thirty (30) days after the effective date of this Supplemental 

Code, to the Administrator a schedule of recommended labor provisions for this Supplemental Code. 

SECTION 2. Until such labor provisions are approved by the Administrator, the labor provisions of the General Code shall apply. 

ARTICLE IV-ADMINISTRATION 

(Supplementing Article X of the General Code) 

SECTION 1. Local Retail Oode Authority.-The Retail Custom Fur 

Manufacturing Trade is hereby designated a Division of the Retail 

Trade and may be repre ented as hereinafter specified on all Local 

Retail Code Authorities. Except as hereinafter expres ly provided, 

the administration of the General Code and of this Supplemental 

Code shall be as provided in Article X of the General Code. 

SECTION 2. National Code Authority.-There is hereby created a 

National Code Authority for the Retail Custom Fur :Manufacturing 

Trade, consisting of twelve (12) members, :four ( 4) of whom shall 

be elected by the Members of the Trade located Vv est of the 88th 

1neridian VV est longitude, four ( 4) of w horn shall be elected by the 

J\fembers of the Trade located East of the 88th meridian vVest longitude, excepting the New York Metropolitan Area, and four (4) of 

whom shall be elected by the :.Members of the Trade located in the 

New York Metropolitan Area. The election of the twelve ( 12) 

members shall be in accordance with a plan to be approved by the 

Administrator. 

SECTION 3. Ad1ninistration "Al ember.-In addition to memberships 

as above provided, there may be not more than three (3) members 

without vote, to be known as Administration Members, to be appointed by the Administrator to serve for such terms as he may 

specify. 

SECTION 4. Represc1° tation on Local R etail Oode .Authority.-(a) 

The National Code Authority for the Retail Custom Fur Manufacturing Trade may, ubject to the approval of the Administrator 

provide for the appointment of not more than two (2) additional 

members, as representatives of the Trade, on any Local Retail Code 

Authority for the purpo e of assisting in the administration of this 

Supplemental Code and of the General Code. 
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(b) Provided, however, that upon application from the National 

Code Authority for the Retail Cu tom Fur ~Ianufncturin<r Trade 

advising the Administrator that separate Local Code Authorities 

for the Trade are nece~sary to secure the effective admini tration of 

this Supplemental Code in metropolitan area , the Administrator 

may authorize the formation of such Local Code Authorities at any 

time after the effective date of this Supplemental Cocle. Such 

separate Local Code Authorities shall assist in the Administration 

of the General Code and of this Supplemental Code in such area· as 

may be placed within their jurisdiction. 

SECTION 5. Expenses.-The expenses necessary for ao·encies estab- lished pursuant to Article X of the Code of Fair ompetition for 

the Retail Trade and pur uant to this Arti,...le in ofar as borne by 

the Trade, shall be equitably assessed in accordance with the plan 

to be devised by the National Code Authority for the Retail Cus- tom Fur :Manufacturing Trade in consultation with the ational 

Retail Code Authority, Inc., and subject to the approval of the 

Administrator. 

SECTION 6. The National Code Authority for the Retail Custo1n 

Fur Manufacturing Trade herein created shall have all powers necessary to assist the Administrator in administering the provisions 

of this Schedule. 

SECTION 7. In order that the Supplementary Code Authority shall 

at all times be truly representative of this Trade and in other respects comply with the provisions of the Act, the Administrator 

may prescribe such hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter 

if he shall find that the Supplementary Code Authority is not truly 

representative or does not in other respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an appropriate modification of the 

Supplementary Code Authority. 

SECTION 8. If the Administrator shall at any time determine that 

any action of a Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair 

or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator 

may require that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity 

for investigation of the merits of such action and further consideration by such Code Authority or agency pending final action which 

shall not be effective unless the Administrator approves or unless 

he fails to disapprove after thirty (30) days' notice to him of 

intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified 

form. 

SECTION 9. The National Code Authority for the Retail Custom 

Fur Manufacturing Trade shall have the power to assent for the 

Trade to all modifications and amendments proposed to this Code. 

ARTICLE V- N.R.A. LABELS 

SECTION 1. All fur articles cleaned, stored, repaired, altered, 

serviced, or accepted for any of the aforesaid purposes, or manufactured or distributed, subject to the provisions of this Code, shall 

bear an N.R.A. label to symbolize to purchasers of said fur articles 

that the same are supervised and provided for under the Code of 

Fair Competition for the Retail Custom Fur ~fanufacturing Trade. 

Under the powers vested in the Administrator by Executive Order 

of October 14, 1933, and under grant of the necessary authority by 
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him, the Code Authority shall have the exclusive right in this Trade 

to issue and furnish said labels to the members thereof. Any and 

all employers may apply to the Code Authority for a permit to use 

such N.R.A. label, which permit to use the label shall be granted to 

them, but only if and so long as they comply with this Supplemental 

Code. The Code Authority, subject to approval by the Adminis- trator, shall establish rules and regulations and appropriate machinery for the issuance of labels and the inspection, examination and 

supervision of the practices of employers using such labels in observing the provisions of this Supplemental Code for the purpose 

of ascertaining the right of said employers to the continued use of 

said labels; of protecting purchasers in relying on said labels; of 

insuring to each individual employer that the symbolism of said 

label will be maintained by virtue of compliance with the practices 

herein contained by all other employers using said label. 

SECTION 2. The charge made for such labels by the Code Authority 

shall at all times be subject to supervision and orders of the Administrator and shall be not more tha.n an amount necessary to cover 

the actual reasonable cost thereof, including actual printing, distribution, and administration and supervision of the use thereof as 

hereinabove set forth. 

ARTICLE VI-TRADE PRACTICE RULES 

( Supplementing Articles VIII and IX of the General Code) 

SECTION 1. No member of the Trade shall withhold from or insert 

in any quotation or invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate in 

any material particular. The trade name o.f any skin when it is not 

descriptive and not qualified by the true name of the skin, shall be 

deemed inaccurate in a material particular. 

SECTION 2. No member of the Trade shall brand or mark or pack 

any goods in any manner which is intended to or does deceive or mislead purchasers with respect to the brand, grade, quality, quantity, 

origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, material content 

or J}reparation of such goods. 

SECTION 3. No member o:£ the Trade shall publish advertising 

which refers inaccurately in any material particular to any competi~r or his merchandise, prices, values, credit tt~rms, policies or 

services. 

SECTION 4. No member o:£ the Trade shall publish or circulate 

unjustified or unwarranted threats of legal proceedings which tend 

to harass or have the effect of harassing competitors or intimidating 

their customers. 

SECTION 5. No member of the Trade shall give, permit to be given, 

or directly offer to give anything of value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any employee, agent, or representative of another in relation to the business of the employer of 

such employee, the principal of such agent, or the represented party 

without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. This 

provision shall not be construed to prohibit free and general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising except so far as 

such articles are actually used for commercial bribery as hereinabove 

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SECTION 6. No member of the Trade shall attempt to induce the 

breach of an existing contract between a competitor and his customer 

or source of supply; nor hall any member of the Trade interfere 

wit~ or obstruct the performance of such contractual duties or 

services. 

SECTION 7. Each and every fur article cleaned by the solid or sawdust method, commonly known as the furri 0 r's method, shall have. 

attached thereto, on a button, loop, or buttonhole, or in some other 

conspicuous place, a tag containing the statement, conspicuously 

printed, which shall indicate that the said fur article has been 

cleaned in such manner. The size of the tag and language to be 

employed for the aforesaid purpose, shall be regulated by the Code 

Authority. 

ARTICLE VII-MODIFICATION 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions 

of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from tin1e to time to 

cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation 

issued under Title I of said Act. 

ARTICLE VIII-EFFECTTVE DATE 

This Supplemental Code shall become effective ten (10) days after 

date of approval. 

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