Approved Code No. 175-Amendment No. 3 Registry No. 12lb-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MEDIUM AND LOW PRICED 

JEWELRY MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MAY 8, 1935 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

UNITED STATES 

GOV·ERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1935 

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Baltimore, Md. : 130 ustombou e. Birmin,,.bnm, Ala.: 201 Liberty National Life Building. 

Bo ton, l\Ia . : Room 1200, 80 Fed ral Str et. 

Buffalo, . Y.: 219 While Building. 

Cbi ·a •o, Ill. : Room 204, 400 orth l\Iichigan A venue. 

leveland, Ohio. : 520 Bulkley Building. 

Dalla . , Tex. : 1212 R public Bank Building. 

Detroit, l\Iith.: 415 New Federal Building. H ou ton, T0 x. : 40' Milam Building. 

Ja .. ksonville, Fla.: 425 11Ited States Courthouse and Post Office 

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Lo An el , Calif.: 751 Figueroa Street, South. 

Loui ,·me, Ky.: 40 F cleral Building. 

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New Ori an , La. : _14 Customhouse. 

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Approved Code No. 175-Amendment No. 8 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MEDIUM AND LOW PRICED JEWELRY 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 8, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CoDE OF F .AIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

MEDIUM .AND Low PRICED JEWELRY 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 an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Medium and Low 

Priced Jewelry Manufacturing Industry, said amendment being 

designed to, and will make possible an equitable and just basis of 

electing Industry Members of the Code Authority and an Opportunity to be Heard having been duly afforded to all interested parties 

and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with 

respect thereto, having been made and directed to the President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in said Board by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and 

otherwise; does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report 

and does find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after 

being amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions 

and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of said Act, 

and does hereby order that said amendment 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 its entirety as amended. 

NATION AL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

JOI-IN'"· UPP, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

'" A HIN GTO ' D. c., 

May 8, 1935. 

134837°-1844-18-35 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDE T 

Th PRE, J ~:NT, 

Th e 1T hite Jiou~e. 

, rn : L\.n appli tion ha be n duly ma le pur uant to an l in full 

compli,1n ·e wit 1 the pr vision of the ational Indu. tri 1 Ree \' r . . \_ r·t f i T an am nclm nt t th Cod of Fair ompetition for the 

Ieclium ancl Low Priced Jewelry 1anufacturing Indu tr submitted by th ode Authority for the 1:edium and Low Priced 

Jewelry 1\Ianufacturing Industry. 

The 1,urpo e and eff t of the amendment are to e tabli h an 

cquitnbl and ju t method of electing the Code Authority. 

The following facts have been developed: 

1. The pre~ent ction 1 (a) of rticle VII provide : 

(a) The Co le Authority shall consist of the Council of Jewelry 

and Allied Industries and one member of the Precious Jewelry 

Pror.lucin · Industry." 

~- A the men1bership of the Council of Jewelry and Allied In~ 

clu, trie con i t of seven hundred (700) 1nember this provision, 

if left in the Code, would provide for a Code Authority of seven 

hundr cl (700) members. 

3. Thjs, abviously, would set up a Code Authority hat would 

be unworkable and was not the original intent when this section was 

written. 4. This amendment will provide for a specified number of Inlu try members, to serve as a Code Authority, as well a e tabli h 

a 111°th d of ·election. 

The Deputy Aclmini trator in his final r eport to the National 

Indu trial Re overy Board on said amen lment to said Code having 

found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the pro ~dings in 

this matter : 

It is found that: 

(a) The amendment to said Cod~ and th Code as amended are 

well de igne l to promote the policies and purpose of Title I of 

the ational Industrial Reco ery Act including the remo al of 

b truc"i n to the free fl.ow of inter tate and foreio-n mmer e 

which tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for 

the gen ral welfare by I romoting the organization of indu try for 

th e purpose of cooperative action among trade group , by indu ing 

and maintaining united action of labor and mana m nt und r 

adequate o-ov rnmental an tion an l upervi ion by liminating· unfair om1 titive practices, by promoting th fulle t po ible utilization f th pre ·ent productive capacity of the in lu ·tri s by 

a oidinCY undue r triction of production ( xcept a may b temporarily requir d) by incr asino- the on umption of in lu trial and 

agricultural products through incr a ing purchasing p wer, by 

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reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving 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 aid Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of Section 7 and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowel's the Code Authority to pre ... ent the aforesaid amendment on behal£ of the industry as a whole. 

( d) The Amendment and the Code as amenclPrl ... re 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 oppre s mall enterprises and ,,ill not 

operate to discriminate again t them. 

(f) Those engao-ed in other tep of the economic proc have 

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

said Amendment. 

For the e reason~, therefore, this amendment has been approved. For the National I ndustrial Recovery Board : 

MAY 8, 1935. 

w. A. HARRIMAN, 

Administrative Officer. 
A IE1JD 1.E T TO ODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

l\IE IUl\1 A D LO,V PRICED JE,iVELRY l\1ANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

D 1 te Se tion 1 (a) of Article 7 and ubstitute the following : 

"The C de Authority hall consi t of nine members of the industry 

elect cl throu ·h a fair method of selection approved by the National 

Ind 1 trial Recovery Board." 

Approved Code No. 175--Amendment No. 3. 

R giF'ltn· No. 1215-1-01. 

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