Approved Code No. 23-Amendment No.3 Registry No. 275-t-oa 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

C·ODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

UNDERWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JUNE 8, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 23-Amendment No.3 

AMEND~1:ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

UNDERWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on June 8, 1934 

ORDER 

:MoDIFICATION OF ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE UNDERWEAR 

AND ALLIED PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING 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 modification of a Code of Fair Competition for the Underwear and Allied 

Products Manufacturing Industry, and hearings having been duly 

held thereon and the annexed report on said modification, containing 

findings with respect thereto; having been made and directed to the 

President: 

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

States, I, I-I ugh 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 purl?oses of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modification 

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 it3 

entirety as m.odified. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON' 

Adndnistrator for lndttStr'ial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

H. 0. KING, 

Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

June 8, 193!y. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report on the Hearing covering the Amendment,s 

to the Code of Fair Competition for the Underwear and Allied 

Products Industry, held in the Chinese Room, :Mayflower Hotel, 

Washington, D.C., Monday, :.May 21, 1934. The Amendments which 

are attached were presented by duly qualified and authorized representatives of the Code Authority for the Underwear and Allied 

Products ~tfanufacturing Industry, complying with statutory requirements and being the agency that is administering the Code. 

In accordance with customary procedure every person who had 

filed a reque.c:;t for appearance was freely heard in public and all 

statutory and regulatory requirements were complied with. 

PROVISIONS OF THE AJ\fENDJ\fENTS 

There are three amendments as follows: 

1. An amendment limiting the hours members of the supervisory 

staff may work when operating productive machinery. 

2. An amendment specifying that merchandise which is below the 

minimum size standards shall be marked" NOT-STANDARD SIZE" 

as a part of the manufacturing process. 

3. An amendment excepting the marking of" NOT-STANDARD 

SIZE " and 'Irreaulars" " Seconds" or "Imperfects" when the 

b ' ' merchandise is destined for export beyond the continental limits of 

the United States. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said amendments 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 amendments to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

~ ational Indu trial Recovery Act including the remoYal of ob tructlons to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce ·w·hich tend 

t o dimini h the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the pu1·pose 

of cooperative action among tr ade aroups by inducina and maintaining united ti n of labor and management under adequate govern- ~! sanctiOn and supervision by eliminating unfair competitive 

ractice~ by promoting the fulle t po ible utilization of the present procluct ~v e capaci ty of indu tries by avoidina undue restriction of 

productiOn (except as may be temporarily required), by increasing 

the con. umption of industrial and agricultural products througn in-

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creasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, 

by improving the standards 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 amendments on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

( d l The amendments and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The amendments 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 

amendments. 

For these reasons these amendments have been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JUNE 82 1934. 

HuGH S. JoHNSoN, 

Administrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE UNDERWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS :MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Part II, Section 3, is amended by adding a new subsection to read 

as follows: 

(f) Employees listed as part of the "supervisory staff" shall 

not operate productive machinery for more hours, in any one week, 

than the Code allows for regular operators on the same class of work. 

Part V, Section 2, is amended so that it will read as follow·s: 

2. All standards already formulated in cooperation with the Bureau of Standards of the United States Department of Commerce 

and approved by the Industry or standards which shall be so formulated and approved shall become the standards for the Industry. 

Every manufacturer shall plainly mn.rk with an indelible stamp or 

firmly-sewn label the sizes or measurements of his product thereon. 

All merchandise manufactured after the effective date, which falls 

below the minimum size standards, shall be plainly and visibly 

marked by an indelible stamp or firmly-sewn label "NOT-STANDARD SIZE", and all manufacturers shall stamp or label such goods 

as herein required, prior to actually putting the merchandise in stock, 

or in other words, as a part of the manufacturing process. However, 

any merchandise manufacturer prior to the date of adoption of a 

standard, for such merchandise, shall not, in any case, be classified 

as" NOT-STANDARD SIZE" merchandise, and the Managing Director shall notify all known interested persons in the Industry of 

each new standard adopted and the effective date thereof. 

The Code is amended by adding a .new part to read as follows: 

PART VIII-MARKING ExPORTS 

The provisions of PAnT V, Section 21 and of PART VI, Section 1 

of the Code, with regard to the marlnng of "NOT-STANDARD 

SIZE " and " Irreaulars " " Seconds " or " Imperfects " aarments 

b ' b shall not apply to merchandise exported for sale and consumption 

beyond the continental limits of the United Stutes of America. 

Manufacturers taking advantage of this exemption shall report 

monthly to the office of the Code Authority the quantity of merchandise exported, the quantity of merchandise on hand and the 

quantity in process of manufacture for export, such quantities to 

be expres eel in the units applicable to their branch of the industry. 

~tocks on hand and held for export .purposes shall be segregated 

from other stocks. The Code Authonty shall ec:tablish regulations 

relating to this provision which shall be sent to all members of the 

Industry. 

Appro\ed Code No. 23-1imendment No. 3. e~istry No. 275-1-03. 

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