Approved Code No. 201F-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 409-06 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE STATIONERY 

TRADE 

(A Division of the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade) 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1934 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 201F-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE STATIONERY TRADE 

As Approved on September 10, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE , VHOLESALE STATIONERY TRADE 

A DIVISION OF THE WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING TilADE 

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 amendments 

to a Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesale 

Stationery Trade to the Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade, and an opportunity to be heard 

thereon having been given and the annexed report on said amendments, containing findings with respect thereto, having been made 

and directed to the Pre ident: 

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

State, I , Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order No. G543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said 

nnnexed report and do find that said amendments and the Supplementary 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 do hereby order that 

said amendments be and they are hereby approved, and that the 

the previous approval of said Supplementary Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Supplementary Code in its 

entirety as amended. 

HUGH. s. JOHNSON' 

Acl1niriistrato1· for I ndustrial R ecove1·y. 

Approval recommended: 

ROBERT L. HOUSTON, 

Divuion Aclniinistrator. 

w ASHINGTON' D. c., 

Septeniber 10, 1934. 

85200°-1181-35-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PnE IDENT, 

Th e lVhite Hou-Se. 

IR: This is a report of the Notice of Opportunity to be Heard on 

certajn amendments to the Sui~ plementary Code of Fair Competition for the 1Vholesale Stationery Trade, a Division of the Wholealing or Distributing Trade. Opportunity to file objections thereto 

ex1 ired on Augu t 17, 1934. The amendments which are attached 

were pre ented by the Divi ional Code Authority for the vVhole ale 

Stationery Trade and have the approval of the Board of Directors 

of the ,Yholesale Stationer A· ociation and the Interstate As ociation of Stationery, Toy and Novelty Jobbers, Inc. 

The annexed amendments provide primarily for tandard admini trative proYi ions reco1nmended by the Admini tration. dditional dating have been included pursuant to the power given the 

Cocle Authority in the Code as approved as follows: 

'· Subject to the approval of the Administrator the Divisional 

Code \._uthority shall have power to modify these uniform datings 

or to e. tablish uniform datings on additional items or lines." 

The e amen lments appear l-o be in no way objectionable. 

FI::NDING 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said. 

amendments to . aid Code, having found as herein set forth and on 

the ba i of all the pro eeding in this matter · 

I find that : 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code us amended are 

well designed to pr mote the policies and purpo es of Title I of the 

National Indu trial RecoYery \...ct including the removal of ob-

:truction to the free flow of interstate and foreio·n commerce which 

tend t dimini.-h the amount thereof, and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indu. try for the purpo e of cooperat-iY action of labor and management un ler adequate 

governmental an ·tion and superYision, by eliminating unfair comp titiv pn. ti e., by promoting the fulle t pos ible utilization of t he 

present produ -tive capacity of industrie 1 by avoiding undue re-

·triction of production ( except as may be temporarily required), by 

increa.-ing the on umpbon of industrial and agricultural products 

through in rea ino- purcha ing power, by reducing and relieving 

unempl yment b. · improvino· st, nclar l · of labor and by otherwi e 

rehabilitatino- indu. try. 

(b) The ode n.- amend 1 mplies in all re pects with the p rt1-

nent provi ions of . aid Titl f . aid ~ t, including without limitation, ub e tion (a) of Se tion 3, ub e tion (a) of cction 7 and 

Sub e ·tion (b) of e tion 10 th reof. 

( ) Th \\ hole ·ale tationer · A._ o iation and the Int r tate ociation of Stationery, Toy urnl Nov lty Jobb r , Inc. were and are 

(2) 
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trade associations truly representative of the aforesaid Trade and 

that said Associations imposed and impose no inequitable re trictions on admi sion to membership therein and consent to these 

amendments. 

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

to and will not permit m.onopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The amendments and the Code as nmended are not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to discriminate again t them. 

(f) Those engaged in other tep. of the economic process have 

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

said amendments. 

For the e reasons these amendment have been approved. 

Resp ectf ull y, 

HUGI-IS. JOHNSON, 

A dmin-istrator. 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1934. 
A:M~ENDME T TO SUPPLE~IE TARY CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITIO.r FOR THE WHOLESALE STATIONERY 

TRADE 

.A DIVISION OF THE WHOLE .ALING OR DISTRIBUTL G TRADE 

There hall be added to Section 3, Article III, the following paragraph to be known a Paragraph ( d) : 

( d) ( 1) It being found neces ary in order to support the administration of this Supplementary Code and to maintain the standards 

of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy 

of the Act, the Divisional Code Authority i authorized: 

a. To incur such reasonable obligations as are nece sary and 

propei· 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 this Supplementary 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 of its estimated expen es for 

the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basi upon which 

the funds necessary to support such budget shall be contributed 

by members of the Trade. 

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 111.embers of the 

Trade: and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

(2) Each member of the Trade shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Divi ional 

Code Authority, determined us hereinabove provided, and subject 

to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only member of the Trade complying with the Code and 

contributing to the expen es of its admini tration as hereinabove 

provided, unless duly exempted from making such contributions, 

shall be entitled to participate in the selection of member of the 

Divi ional Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its 

voluntary activiti or to make use of any emblem or insignia of 

the National Recovery Administration. 

(3) The Divi ional Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay 

any obligation ub tantially in excess of the amount thereof as e - timated in its approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total 

amount contained in the approved budget except upon approval of 

the Admini trator; and no ub equent budget hall contain any 

deficiency item for exp nditure in exce of prior budaet e timate 

except tho e which the Admini trator hall have o a1 prov d. 

There hall be ad led to ecti n 3, Articl III, the following paragraph to be known a Paragraph ( e) : 

(4) 
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( e) To recommend to the Administrator any action or measures 

deemed advisable, including further fair trade practice provi ions, 

to govern members of the Trade in their r elations with each other 

or other trades, measures for industrial planning and stabilization 

of employment; and including modifications of this Supplementary 

Code which shall become effective as part hereof upon approval by 

the Administrator after such hearing and notice as he may specify. 

Subsection 3 of Paragraph ( c), Section 1, Article IV is hereby 

deleted. 

Paragraph ( d), ( e) and (f) of Section 1, Article IV, shall be 

changed to read ( e), ( f) and (g) respectively. 

There shall be added to Section 1, Article IV, the following paragraph to be known as Paragraph (d) to read as follows : 

(cl) Nothing contained in Paragraphs (a) and (b) shall apply 

to sales made directly or indirectly to a Federal or State Government 

or any political sub-division thereof. 

Section 3, Article IV is hereby amended to read as follows: 

The following uniform datings on sea ·onal goods shall prevail 

under this Supplementary Code; Febrnary 1st for Valentines; April 

1st for Easter goods; September 1st for school supplies; December 

1st for holiday goods; October 1st for I-Ialloween goods; October 1st 

for desk calendars. Subject to the approval of the Administrator, 

the Divisional Code Authority shall have power to modify these 

uRiform dating or to establi h uniform datings on additional items 

or lines. 

Approved Code No. 2 lF-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 409-06. 

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