Registry No. 1216-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMP 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Incandescent E ectric tam ...--ustry 

in its present form merdy reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 
SUBMITTED BY 

JNCANDESCENT LAMP MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 

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PROPOSED NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY CODE FOR 

THE INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMP MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a National 

Industrial Recovery Gode for the Incandescent Electric Lamp Manufacturing Industry. 

I 

Definitions.-The term " incandescent electric lamp manufacturing 

industry" as u eel herein is defined to mean the manufacture for 

sale of incandescent electric lamps for all uses and of any nature 

and description and all manufacturers of essential and integral parts 

and equipment used in the manufacture of incandescent electric 

lamps (exclusive of the glass industry). The term" person" as used 

herein shall include natural persons, partnerships, associations, and 

corporations. The term "employer" as used herein shall include 

every person promoting, or actively engaged in, the manufacture for 

sale of the products of the incandescent electric lamp manufacturing 

industry as herein defined. The term " effective date " as herein used 

is defined to be the eleventh day after this code shall have been 

approved by the President of the United States. 

II 

As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this Code: 

"(1) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing and shall 

be free .from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives, or 

in self-organization, or in other concerted activities for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) that 

no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as 

a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his 

own choosing; and (3) that employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of 

employment, approved or prescribed by the President." 

III 

(a) On and after the effective date employers shall not employ 

anyone under the age of 16 years. 

(b) On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall 

be paid by any employer to any employee engaged in the processing 

of the products of the incandescent electric lamp manufacturing 

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indu try and in labor operation directly incident thereto shall be 

40 cent an hour, unle s the hourly rate for the ame cla of work 

on Julv 15 1929 wa less than -±0 cent an hour. in which latter case 

not to iJay le than the hourly rate on July 15 1929 and in no event 

le ~ than 30 cent an hour. 

( c) On and after September 1 1933 the minimum wage that hall 

be paid b:, any emplo er to all other e1nplo ee ( except commi ion 

ale people) hall be at the rate of 15 a week in an 1 city of over 

~00.000 population, or in the immediate trade area of uch ci y · 

nor le than 1-±.50 a week in an. ci y of between 250,000 and 

500,000 population or in the irnnie liate trade area of uch city· 

nor le than 14 a week in any city of betw·een 2,500 and 250,000 

population or in the immediate trade area of uch city· and in 

town of le than 2 500 population to increa e all wage b not less 

than 20 I ercent provided that thi hall not requir wage in exce 

of 12 a week. 

cl The mini1nu1n rate of wage provided in this rticle hall 

apply to all employees in all localitie unle s the dmini trator or 

hi r pr entative hall fix a lower rate for particular localitie . 

IV 

Emplo er hall not operate on a schedule of hours: 

( a On and after the effecti e date for emplo ee engaged in the 

pro e ing of products of the incandescent electric lamp manufacturing indu try and in labor operations directly incident thereto in 

exce of 36 hours per week. 

(b) On and after September 1, 1933 for all other employees except 

executive administrative, and supervi ory employee and traveling 

and commi ion sales people in exce of 40 hour per week. 

Provided however that the e limitations shall not appl to those 

branche of the industry in which ea onal or peak demand place 

an unu ual and temporary burden for production or in tallation 

upon uch branches; in such ca e no emplo ee hall be permitted to 

work more than an aggregate of 144 hour per ear in exce of the 

limitation hereinbefore provided and provided further that uch 

limjtation hall not apply in ca es of emergencv. t the end of 

each calendar month every employer hall report to the super isory 

agency, hereinafter provided for in uch detail as ma be req nired 

the number of man-hours worked in hat month for emergency 

rea on and the ratio which aid emergency man-h ur bear to 

th total number of man-hour of labor during aid month. 
ment and balanc he t in a f rm a1 pr Yed b} th up rn ory 

gen y or the In lu trial Recovery .... ct A lmini trator. 

-YVith a iew o keepin; the Pre ident of the nit c1 tate and the 

Admini trator informe l a to the ob ervance and nonob rYan e of 

thi~ Code, and as to wh ther the incande cen electri lamp manufa turino· indu try i takina appr priate tep. to ff ctuat in all 

re p ·t the declared policy of the ... ational Indu trial Recovery Act 

ea h employer hall prepare an l file with ·uch p r on or organization a the Super,i ory Ao-ency may de ignate and at uch time and 

in such manner as may be pre cribed stati tics of plant capacity, 

,olume of production volume of ale in unit and dollar . orders 

received unfilled or lers, stocks on hand, inventory, both ra" and 

finished, number of e1nployees wage rates employee earning , hour 

of wor~, and uch other data or information a the uper,i or~ 

Agenc} may from time to time require. 

VI 

Except as otherwi e provided in the National Indu trial RecoYery 

Act all tatistics data and information filed in accordance with the 

provisions of Article V shall be confidential and the statistic , data, 

and information of one employer shall not be revealed to any other 

employer except that for the purpo e of admini tering or enforcing 

the provisions of this Code. 

VII 

Any employer may participate in thi Code and in any revisions 

or additions thereto and receive the benefit thereof by accepting the 

proper pro rata share of the cost and responsibility of creating and 

admini tering it, either by becoming a member of the Incande cent 

Lamp Manufacturers' Association or by paying to it an amount 

equal to the dues from time to -time provided to be paid by a member 

in like situation of Incande cent Lamp Manufacturers A ociation. 

VIII 

Every employer ·hall u e a uniform accounting y tern to be et 

u1 by the Sur ervi. ory Agency and a co ting } tern which hall 

conform to the principle of and hall be at lea. t a detail and 

complete as the standar l an l uniform method of co ting to be 

formulated or approved by the uper,i or3 Agency, with . uch variaation therefrom as may be reqnired by the individual conditions 

affectino- an ' employer and a may be appro--ved by the Supervi or. 

Ao-ency. 

IX 

o employer hall ell or exchange any produ t of hi manufacture at a price or upon uch term or ondition that will re ulr, 

in the cu torn.er pa ing for the good received le than the co t to 

the eller. determined in accordance with he uniform and tandard 

method of co ting hereinbefore pre cribed provided howe,er, that 

dropped lines, second , or inventories which must be converted into 
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cash to meet emergency needs may be disposed of in such manner 

and on such terms and conditions as the supervisory agency may 

approve and as are necessary to move such product into buyers' 

hands. 

X 

If the supervisory agency determines that in any branch or subdi vi ion of the electric-lamp industry it has been the generally 

recognized practice to sell a specified product on the basis of printed 

net price lists, or price lists with discount sheets, and fixed terms 

of payment which are distributed to the trade, each manufacturer 

of uch product shall within ten (10) days after notice of such determination file with the supervisory agency a net price list or a 

price list and discount sheet as the case 1nay be individually prepared · by hin1 showing his current prices, or prices and discounts, and 

terms of payment, and the supervisory agency shall i1nmediately send 

copies thereof to all known manufacturers of such specified product. 

Revised price li ts, with or without discount sheets, may be filed 

frmn time to time thereafter with the supervisory agency by any 

manufacturer of such product, to become effective upon a date 

pecified by the supervisory agency, and copies thereof, with notice 

of the effective date specified, hall be immediately ent to all known 

manufacturers of such product, who thereupon may file, if they so 

desire, revisions of their price lists and/or discount sheets, which 

shall become effective upon the date when the revised price list 

or discount sheet first filed shall go into effect. 

No employers shall sell directly or indirectly, by any means whatsoever, any product of the indu try covered by the provisions of 

thi article at a price lower or at discounts greater or on more favorable tern1s of payment than those provided in his current net price 

li t or price lists and discount sheets. 

XI 

If formal complaint i made that the provisions of this Code have 

been violated by any employer, the supervisory agency shall investigate the facts and to that end may cause such examination or audit 

to be made as may be deemed necessary. 

XII 

The President may from time to time cancel or modify any order, 

approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act. 

XIII 

Such of the provision of this Code as are not r quired by the 

National Indu trial Recovery Act to be included h rein may, ith 

the approval of the President of the United States, be modified or 

eliminated as changed circumstances or experience may indica~~-

This Code is intended to be a basic code, and study of the trade 

practices of the incandescent electric lamp manufacturers industry 
with the intention of submittino- from time to time addition to 

this Code applicable to all employer in the incandescent electric 

lamp manufacturing industry and supplemen al codes applicable to 

one or more branches or subdivisions or product classifications of the 

incandescent electric lamp manufacturing industry; such upplemental codes, however to conform to and be consistent with the 

provisions of this Code as now constituted or hereafter changed. 

XIV 

If any employer of labor in the incandescent electric lamp manufacturing industry is also an employer of labor in any other industry, the provisions of this Code shall apply to and affect only that 

part of his business which is included in the incandescent electric 

lamp manufacturing industry. 

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This application is made on behalf of the firms and corporations 

listed hereunder, being manufacturers of incandescent electric lamps 

and equipment used in the manufacture thereof, representing ap- proximately eighty (80%) percent in number and twenty (20%) 

percent in production. 

Nu Lite Lamp Company, 87 Canal Street, Salem, Massa- chusetts; F. Kallus Manufacturing Co., 220 Adams 

Street, Hoboken, N.J.; W exel Corporation, 307 

Newark Street, Hoboken, N.J.; Central Vacuum 

Products Co., 125 Sussex Ave., Ne~ark, .J.; Duratest Corporation, 583 Broadway, New York, N.Y.; 

Pennsylvania Illuminating Corp., 315 Poplar Street, 

Scranton, Pa.; Lightmore Appliance Corporation, 

16-18 East 12th Street, New York, N.Y.; General 

Lamp Co., 145 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y.; Eisler Electric Corporation, 772 South 13th Street, 

ewark, N.J.; Alfred Hofmann & Co., 635 15th St., 

West New York, N.J.; Wabash Appliance Corpora- tion, 456 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn N.Y.; l\1erchants Supply Co., 16 Hopkins Ave., Jersey City 

N.J.; Save Sales Co., 615 Front Street, Toledo, Ohio; 

Jewel Incandescent Lamp Co., 900 Passaic Ave. East 

ewark, .J.; Guarantee Lamp Co., 415 Bedford 

Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y.; General Vacuum Products 

Corp., Warren, Pennsylvania; W onderlite Corporation, 345 Valley Road Orange, N.J. · Callite Products Co., 547 39th St., Union City, N.J.; Sirian Wire 

& Contact Co., 260 Sherman Ave., Newark N.J.; Filament Export Corporation, 45 East 17th Street, ew 

York, N.Y. · Peerles Manufacturing Co., Salem, 

Massachusetts. 

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