Approved Code No. 48-Arnendrr.ent No.4 Registry o. 263- 01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMIN!:3TRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SILK TEXTILE INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 31, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 48-Amendment No. 4 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SILK TEXTILE INDUSTRY 

As Appr ov·ed on J anuary 31, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT oF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE SILK 

TEXTILE 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 Silk Textile Industry, 

and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with 

respect thereto, having been made and directed to the President: 

NOvV, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

State , the National I ndustrial Recovery Board, pur uant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwise, 

does hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed report and does 

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 

does hereby order that said amendm.ent be and it is hereby approved, 

and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to 

include an approval o:f said Code in its entirety as amended. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BoARD, By W. A. HARRIMAN, Ad?ninistrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

PRENTiss L. CooNLEY, 

Division Ad1ninistrator. 

wASHINGTON, D. c., 

J anuary 31, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The 1Vhite House. 

Sm: On Octob r 16 1934 you approved an Executi e Order 

creatin the ilk Textile Work A signments Board and e tabli hing 

rule and regulation for the handling of work a ignment in the 

Indu try until February 1, 1934. It was originally contemplated 

that by that date, the Work A ignments Board would have submitted a permanent plan for the regulation f work a ignments 

which would have been incorporated in the de a an amendment. 

everal factor prevented thi . On Decemb r 27 1934 you approved Executive Order 6930 giving the Work A ignment Board 

until "a rea onable time after January 1 1935 ' to submit its 

re ommendation . The atta hed Amendment extends the so-called " freezing period ", 

during which time work assignments are not to be increa ed, until 

thirty day after the Work A ignments Board has submitted its 

recommendations for a permanent plan. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to the National 

Industrial Recovery Board on said amendment to said Code having 

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

this matter: 

It finds that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Cod a amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purpo e of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of ob tructions to the free flow of interstat and foreign commerce which 

tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpose of cooperative action among trade group , . by inducing and 

maintaining united action of labor and manacrement under adequate 

governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practice , by promoting the fullest po ible utilization of 

the pr ent productive capacity of indu trie b a oidincr undu r - tri tion of production (except as may be temporarily required), 

by incr a ing the con umption of indu trial and agricultural products through increa ing purcha ing power, by reducing and relie ing 

un mployment by im1 roving the tan lard of labor and by other-

'vi r habilitatincr indu try. 

(b) The ode a amended complies in all re pect with the pertinent pr i ion of aid Title of aid Act, includino- without limitati n Sub ction (a) of Section 3 ub ection (a) of Section 7, and 

Sub ection (b) of S ction 10 thereof. 

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(c) The Code empow r th Cole Auth rit r to 1rc ent the afore- said amendment on behalf of the in lu try a a whole. 

(d) The am ndment and the Cod a amende l ar not d igne 

to and will not permit monopolies or m nor li tic practi . (e) The amendment and the Code a am nde ar n t d ign l 

to and will not eliminate or oppre mall enterpri s and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Tho e engaged in other steps of the conomic proce shave not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. 

For these reasons this amendment has been approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

W. A. liARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

JANUARY 31, 1935. 
AMENDMENT TO ODE OF FAIR CO~IPETITION FOR 

THE SILIC TEXTILE INDUSTRY 

Amend Article XIII, e tion (2), b. deleting the words ' February 1, 1935" and substituting therefor the following: 

' one month after the report to the Pre ident a to a permanent 

plan for regulation of work a igrunents in the indu try as provided 

in Section (5) hereof,'. 

Amend Article XIII, ection (3) b. d leting the words" Febru- a~ 1, 1935 " and substituting therefor the following: 

one month after the report to the Pre ident as to a permanent 

plan for regulation of work assigru11ents in the industry as provided 

in Section ( 5) hereof,'. 

Sections (2) and (3) as amended are a follows: 

' (2) In order to provide opportunity to develop a sound method 

and adequate organization for the regulation of work a ignment , no employer prior to one month after the report to the Pre ident as 

to a permanent plan for regulation of work assignments in the industry as provided in Section ( 5) hereof, hall make any change in 

work assignment of any class of employees which shall incr a e the 

effort required over that prevailing on September 21, 1934. 

' During this period the number of looms, frames or other machines required to be tended by any class of employees shall not be 

increased where the character of the raw material, yarn, con truction of cloth). preparatory processes, type of equipment used, or 

character of hnish or put-up, is not chancred. 'Vhere uch hanges 

do occur the number of machine tended by such emplo} ees may be 

incr a ed or decreased in such manner as will not increase the amount 

of effort required of the worker. 

"Where, during the period above referred to, a mill resumes the 

manufacture of any specific product which it has made within six 

months prior to September 21, 1934, and where the conditions of 

manufacture enumerated in the preceding paragraph are not 

changed, then the work load formerly used on such product shall be 

the guide in determining the proper work a signment. 

' vVhere, on September 21, 1934, a new style of yarn or cloth or 

any other new type of product was in cour e of introduction or is 

thereafter during the period above referred to introduced into a 

mill or fini hing I lant, a tentative work load may be e tabli bed 

during the period of determining a proper work load in accordance 

with the foregoing principles. 

' (3) Prior to one month after the report to the Pre i lent as to a 

permanent plan for recrulation of work assignment in the industry 

a I r vided in ction (5) hereof on petition of the Code Authority 

or of any employee or mploy r affected or hi reprcsentati-re, or on 

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its own motion, th ilk Textile '' rk , ignment Board may investigate an work a ·ignm nt whi h ha b n in r a e l ince J uJy 

1, 1933, at any mill an the mill hall h w the r a on for such 

increase. If the Board finds after fair h aring uch as ignment 

requires exces ive effort it may require its rcducti n a cordingly." 

Approved Code No. 4&-Ameudment No. 4. 

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