Approved Code No. 27-Amendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 203-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TEXTIL-E BAG INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 23, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

1. Executive Order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

3. Amendment 

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Approved Code No. 27-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TEXTILE BAG INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 23, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

An application having been duly made by the Textile Bag Industry Control Committee under date of November 13, 1933, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

pursuant to Article VIII, Section (b) of the Code of Fair Competition for the Textile Bag Industry, approved September 18, 

1933, for my approval of modifications of said Code proposed in 

said application, and full hearings have been held thereon and the 

Administrator, under date of December 14, 1933, having rendered 

his report containing an analysis of said modifications together with 

his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the 

Administrator having found as set forth in said report, that the 

said modifications comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act and that the requirements of clauses 

(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 3 of said Act have been 

met: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and 

findings of the Administrator and do order that said modifications 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Textile Bag Industry be, 

and they hereby are approved and made a part of said Code. 

Approval recommended : 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

Decembe1· 23, 1933. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

28703°-296-49-33 (1) 
DECEMBER 14, 1933. 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report on the Hearing of certain modifications of 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Textile Bag Industry submitted by the Control Committee of the Textile Bag Manufacturers 

Association. 

This I-Iearing was conducted in the Department of Commerce 

Building, Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1933. Every person 

who requested an appearance was heard in accordance with the 

statutory and regulatory requirements. 

The proponents of the modifications are the duly authorized members of the Industry, complying with the statutory requirements, as 

representing eighty (80%) percent of the capacity of the Industry. 

The first modification, copy of which is attached herewith, calls 

for a clarification of the working hours during the peak period of 

the Industry, as set forth in Article III, Sect10n (a) of the Code. 

It intends to make clear that the forty-eight ( 48) hour week provision during a period of eight (8) weeks in any one year does not 

apply to individuals as such but -to groups of employees in any one 

department as such. 

The second modification deals with the Code Authority called the 

Control Committee, for the Textile Bag Industry as established in 

Article VI, Section (a) of the Code. At the tune the original Code 

was approved, there were a number of concerns engaged in the Textile Bag Industry who were not members of the Textile Bag Association, but in the selection of the Control Committee, representation 

was given to the nonmembers of the Textile Bag Association. Since 

the approval of the Textile Bag Manufacturers Code, many manufacturers have joined the Association so that it now constitutes and 

represents in its membership close to one hundred (100%) percent 

of the Industry. 

There were no objectors to these amendments. 

I find that: 

The provisions of the Code, as amended, are not designed to promote monopolies or to oppress small enterprises and will not operate 

to discriminate against them and will tend to effectuate the policy 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

It is recommended, therefore, that the amendments to the Code 

?f Faj_r Competition of the Textile Bag Industry be adopted unmedrntely. 

Respectfully, 

HUGHS. JOHNSON, 

A drn'inwtrator. 

(2) 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

TEXTILE BAG INDUSTRY 

(1) Article III, Sec. (a) (1), which reads as follows: 

(a) ( 1) No employee except emergency maintenance and 

repair crews, engineers, electricians, firemen, supervisory staff, 

shipping crews, watching crews, outside crews, and cleaners 

shall work more than forty hours per week, or more than eight 

hours in any twenty-four-hour period; provided, however, that 

during peak seasons (not to exceed eight weeks in any one 

year) employees may work not more than forty-eight hours per 

week. 

be modified to read as follows: 

(a) (1) No employee except emergency maintenance and 

repair crews, engineers1 electricians, firemen, supervisory staff, 

shipping crews, watching crews, outside crews, and cleaners 

shall work more than forty hours per week, or more than eight 

hours in any twenty-four-hour period; provided, however, that 

during peak seasons (not to exceed eight (8) weeks in any one 

year) the sewing, printing, engraving, and/ or such other departments as may hereafter be designated by the control committee may operate, and employees in such departments may 

work in shifts of not more than forty-eight ( 48) hours per 

week or more than ten (10) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour 

period. 

(2) Article VI, Sec. (a), which reads aE follows~ 

(a) To effectuate further the policies of the National Industrial Recovery Act a Control Committee is hereby designated to 

c.ooperate with the Administrator as a planning and fair prac~ 

tice agency for the textile-bag industry. This committee shall 

consist of the members of the Executive Committee of the Textile Bag Manufacturers Association, one representative to b~ 

elected by companies engaged in the textile-bag industry who 

are not members of the Textile Bag Manufacturers Association, 

and such governmental representatives, without vote, as shall be 

appointed by the President of the United State,s. Such agency 

may from time to time present to the Administrator recommendations based on conditions in the textile-bag industry as they 

may develop from time to time which will tend to effectuate 

the operation .of the provisions of this Code and the policy o:f 

the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

be modified to read as follows : 

(a) To effectuate further the policies of the National Industrial Recovery Act a Control Committee is hereby designated to 

cooperate with the Administrator a,s a planning and fair practice agency for the textile-bag industry. This committee shall 

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con ·ist of the members of the Executive Committee o:f the Textile Bag l\'fanufacturers A sociation, one representative to be 

selected for a term of one year by the members of the Textile 

Bag Manufacturers Association who operate one bag plant only, 

said election to be held at the same time and place as the election of the Executive Committee of the Textile Bag Manufacturer,s As~ociation, and such governmental representatives, without vote, as shall be appointed by the President of the United 

States. For the period ,from the effective elate of this Article 

to the next election of the Executive Committee of the Textile 

Bag :Manufacturers Association the representative of the members of the Association operating one bag plant only shall be 

elected in a special election to be held within thirty days after 

the approval of this Article. Such agency may, from time to 

time, present to the Administrator recommendations ba.sed on 

conditions in the textile-bag industry as they may develop which 

will tend to effectuate the operation of the provisions of this 

Code and the policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

Approved Code No. 27-Amenclment No. 1. 

Registry No. 203-1-01. 

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