Approved Code No. 73-Amendment No. I Registry No. 232-1-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

HAIR AND JUTE FELT 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MAY 23, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 73-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

HAIR AND JUTE FELT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 23, 1934 

ORDER 

MODIFICATION OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE HAIR AND JUTE 

FELT 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 a modifiration of a Code of Fair Competition for the Hair and Jute Felt 

Industry, and a Notice of Opportunity to File Objections with the 

Deputy Administrator having been issued and no objections having 

been filed, and the annexed report on said modification, 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 modification and the Code 

as constituted after being modified 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 modification be and 

1t is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code 

is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entir~ty as modified; this Order to become effective ten (10) days 

after the date hereof, unless cause to the contrary shall be shown 

to me before that time and I, by further Order, otherwise determine. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator for Industrial Recover1J. 

Approval recommended: 

H. 0. KING, 

Division Administrator. 

w .ASHINGTON, D.C., 

111 ay B3, 1934. 

61926°-544-133-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: The attached amendment was submitted by the National Control Committee for the I-lair and Jute Felt Industry. 

No public hearing was held, but on April 13, 1934 a Notice 0£ 

Opportunity to File Objections was published, giving until April 24, 

1934 for any criticisms to be sent to the National Recovery Administration. No protest or criticisms were received. 

RESUME OF AMENDMENT 

The Industry found, after operating under the Code for several 

months. that the maximum hours for watchmen and truck drivers 

were to'o rigid and did not permit necessary flexibility. 

As long as this change is being made, the entire Article relating 

to Hours was rewritten in order to clarify the intent of certain 

clauses. The Industry also revised the Article concerning Minors to 

conform with more recently approved codes. In addition, a clause 

has been added to provide for the formation of standards of safety 

and health. 

FINDINGS 

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 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 among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate 

governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfai.r competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization 0£ 

the }?resent productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue 

restriction of production ( except as may be temporarily required), 

by increasing the consumpt10n 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 am•ended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Sub-Section (a) of Section 3hSub-Section (a) of Section 7, 

and Sub-Section (b) of Section 10 t ereof. 

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( 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) 'I11ose engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

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

amendments. 

For these reasons, the amendment has peen approved. 

Respectfully, 

MAY 23, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COl\tIPETITION FOR 

THE HAIR AND JUTE FELT INDUSTRY 

Article IV of the Code of Fair Com petition for the Hair and 

Jute Felt Industry shall be deleted and the following provision 

inserted in its place: 

"ARTICLE IV-HOURS OF LABOR 

" (a) No employee shall work or be permitted to work in excess 

of forty ( 40) hours in any one week, except as follows: " 1. Employees in a managerial or executive capacity receiving 

$35 per week or more. " 2. A ten per cent additional allowance over forty ( 40) hours 

per week may be permitted in the case of repair-shop crews, firemen, 

engineers, electricians, outside crews, cleaners, hair washers, dryers, 

extractors, and balers, provided that time and one-third shall be 

paid for all time worked in excess of forty hours per week. 

" 3. "\Vatchmen shall not work or be permitted to work in excess 

of fifty-six ( 56) hours per week and shall be paid at least the hourly 

rate existing on l\tiarch 1, 1934, while so employed. " 4. No person driving a vehicle or his helper or helpers on the 

vehicle shall be permitted to work in excess of one hundred eight 

(108) hours in any consecutive two (2) week period, nor more 

than one hundred ninety-two (192) hours in any consecutive four 

( 4) week period; and not more than twelve (12) days in any fourteen (14) day period. In cities of fifty thousand population and 

over, or in the immediate trade area thereof, drivers shall be paid 

at the rate of one and one-third (11/3 ) their normal rate for all hours 

worked in excess of forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one week. 

" (b) The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing section shall not 

apply to any employee engaged in emergency maintenance or emergency repair work involving breakdowns or protection of life or 

property, provided that any such special case at least time and onethird shall be paid for all time worked in excess of forty hours per 

week. The National Control Committee shall require ·monthly 

reports of any such emergency time." · Article V of the Code of Fair Competition for the Hair and Jute 

F elt Industry shall be deleted and the following provision inserted 

in its place : 

" ARTICLE V-CHILD LABOR 

"1. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed 

in the Industry. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall 

be employed at operations or occupations which are hazardous in 

nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority shall submit to 

the Administrator before July 1, 1934, a list of such operations or 

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occupations. In any state an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a certificate 

or permit duly signed by the Authority in such State empowered to 

issue employment or age certificates or permits showing that the 

employee is of the required age." 

T~e:e shall be added as Section ( i) 0£ Article VIII the following 

prov1s10n: 

"(i) Every employer shall provide :for the safety and health of 

employees during the hours and at the places of their employment. 

Standards £or safety and health shall be submitted by the National 

Control Committee to the Administrator before August 1, 1934." 

Approved Code No. 73-Amendment No. 1. 

Regi stry No. 232-1-03. 

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