Approved Code No. 361-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 604-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

Al\'1ENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PERFUME, COSMETIC, AND 

OTHER TOILET PREPARATIONS 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 361-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PERFUME, COSMETIC, AND OTHER TOILET 

PREPARATIONS INDUSTRY 

As App:roved on September 17, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROYING AME -m\IENTS TO C o DE OF FAm COMPETITION Fon THE 

· PERFUl\1:E, Cos METIC AND OTHER TOILET PnEP .A RATIO?\ s I Kou. TR Y 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provi ion of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of amendments 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Perfume, Cosmetic and Other 

Toilet Preparations Industry, and an opportunity to be heard having been given thereon and the annexed report on said amendments, containing finding 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, AdJ11inistrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the Pre ident, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, elated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, ,;:aid annexed report and do find that said amendJnents and the Code as 

constituted after being amended comply in all respects w.jth the 

pertinent ~rovisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said 

Title of Said Act, and do hereby order that said amendments be 

and they are hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code 

in its entirety as amended. 

Approval recommended : 

JOSEPH F. BATTLEY, 

HUGH s. JOHNSON 

Administrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Acting Divisi,on Administrator. 

VVA HINGTON, D.C., 

S epte1nber 17, 1934. 

86456°-1181-69-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: This is a report on the amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Perfume, Cosm-etic and Other Toilet Preparations 

Industry as approved on :March 23, 1934. An opportunity to be 

heard has been duly afforded all interested parties. 

The purposes and effects of the amendments are as follows: 

Amendment No. 1 deletes Article VI, Section 3 which would conflict with Amendment No. 2. 

Amendment No. 2 enables the Code Authority to incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary for the administration of the 

Code. It requires that the Code Authority ubmit for approval of 

the Adm.inistrator an itemized budget and equitable basis of prorating the assessments to be collected from the members of the Industry. Payment of an equitable contribution to the expenses of 

the Code Authority by members of the Industry i made mandatory 

by this amendment. 

Amend1nent No. 3 deletes part of .A.rticle VI, Section (g) which 

would conflict with Amendment No. 2. 

FINDINGS 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on 

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 Co le as amended are 

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

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of inter tate and foreign commerce which tend 

to dimini h the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and upervision, by eliminating unfair ~ompetitive practices, by promoting the fullest pos ible utilization 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 relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of aid Title of said Act, including without limitation 

sub ection (a) of Section 3, , ubsection (a) of Section 7 and subsec- tion (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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( c) The Code empower the · c1 Authority to pre ent th aforesaid amendment on behalf of the Ind u try a a whole. 

( d) These amendments and the o le a amen de 1 ar not designed to and will not permit monopolies or mono1 oli -tic practice . 

( e) Th se amen lment and the o le a.· amended ar not designed 

to and will not eliminat or oppre small enterpri ~e. and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Thoc::e eno·ao· d in other t p of the economic proce have 

not been deprived of th 0 right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendments. For these rea on , the e amendments have been approved. 

Re pectfully, 

SEPTEJ\IBER 17 1934. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
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AMEND1\1ENT TO CODE OFF AIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

PERFUME, COS1\t1ETIC, AND OTHER TOILET PREP ARATIONS INDUSTRY 

Amendment No. 1-Article VI: Strike out Section 3 and renumber 

remaining sections to conform. 

Amendment No .. 2-Article VI, Section 7 (which will become Sect.ion 6) : Strike out subsection (f) and in lieu thereof insert: 

" ( f) ( 1) It being found necessary in order to support the administration of this code a-nd to maintain the standards of fair competition estahlished hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, 

the Code Authority is a11thorized : 

"A To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code; 

"B To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary 

(1) an itemized budget 0f its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

~ndustry; 

" C After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable 

contribution as above set forth by all members of the industry, and 

to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its 

own name. 

"(2) Each member of the industry shall pay his or its equitabJe 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules 

and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only members of the industry complying with the code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, 

rmless duly exempted from making such contribution, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to r eceive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or 

to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery 

Administration. 

"(3) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in 

its approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in the approved budget, except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency 

item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except 

those which the Administrator shall have so approved." 

Amendment No. 3-Article VI, Section 7 ( which will become Section 6), subsection (g) : Amend to read as follows: 

"(g) To cooperate with the Administrator in regnlating the use of 

the N.R.A. Code Insignia solely by those members of the industry 

who are complying with this Code." 

Approved Code No. 361-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 604--03. 

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