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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·OMPETITION 

F OR THE 

BALATA BELTING 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 23, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 205-01 

The Code for the Balata Belting Manufacturing Industry 

in its present form merely 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 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR BALATA BELTING 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 

SUBMITTED BY BALATA BELTING MANUFACTURERS 

ASSOCIATION 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

This code is designed to make the policy of Title I of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act effective within the Industry by reducing 

hours of labor, increasing employment, establishing fair and adequate wages, and eliminating unfair competitive practices destructive to the interests of the public, the employees, and the employers. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION. 1. The term "the Industry", as used herein, is defined 

to mean the business of manufacturing and selling Balata Belting 

and kindred products. 

SEc. 2. The term " employee", as used herein, is defined to mean 

an employee in the Industry. 

SEc. 3. The term " a member of the Industry '', as used herein, is 

defined to mean an employer in the Industry, whether person, firm, 

association or corporation. 

SEc. 4. The term " the Association ", as used herein, is defined to 

mean the Balata Belting Manufacturers Association. 

ARTICLE III-LABOR 

SECTION 1. Required provisions.-Empioyees 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. 

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. 

Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, mini1num rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved 

or _prescribed by the President. 

SEC. 2. Maxvmum hours.-Members of the Industry shall not 

require or permit any employee to work beyond a maximum of 40 

hours a week, except executives and those in a managerial po iti n 

and their secretarial staffs, engineers, firemen, shipping h Ip and 

watchmen, and except in cases of emergency. Any such em ro-ency, 

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the reasons therefore, and the overtime work, shall be reported 

monthly to the Association. 

SEc. 3. Mini11wm wages.-Members of the Industry shall pay a 

minimum wage. of 321⁄2¢ an hour, except to learners during two 

weeks' apprenticeship. ("Learners" are defined as persons not 

previously employed in the Industry.) 

SEc. 4. Ohild labor.-No person under 16 years of age shall be 

employed in the Industry. 

ARTICLE IV-OPEN PRICE LISTING 

Each member of the Industry may, within 10 days after the 

approval of this code, file with the association a net price list, or a 

price list and discount sheet as the case may be, individually prepared by him showing his current prices, or prices and maximum 

discounts, and the association shall immediately send copies thereof 

to all known members of the Industry. Revised price lists and/or 

maximum discount sheets may be filed from time to time thereafter 

with the Association by any member of the Industry, to become 

effective immediately or upon any subsequent date that he may 

specify. Copies of such revised price lists and/or maximum discount sheets, with notice of the effective date specified thereon, shall 

immediately be sent to all known members of the Industry, who 

thereupon may file, if they so desire, a " special revision" of their 

price list and/or maximum discount sheet which shall become effective as of the date when the revised price list and/or maximum 

discount sheet first filed may go into effect. 

ARTICLE V-U FAIR TRADE PRA TICES 

The use of any of the following practices shall constitute an unfair 

method of competition: 

1. The sale of any product by a member of the Industry at prices 

or on terms or conditions more favorable to the purchaser than 

the price, terms, or conditions e tablished by such m mber in accordance with the provisions of Article IV. 

The allowance to a purchaser of commissions, bonuses, rebates, refunds, credits, unearned discounts, additional products, or subsidies 

of any kind, whether in the form of money, services, advertising, or 

otherwise, shall be considered a violation of this provision. 

2. Making or promising to any purchaser or prospective purchaser 

of any product, or to any officer, employee, agent, or representative 

of any such purchaser, or prospective purchaser, any bribe, gratuity, 

or other payment or remuneration, directly or indirectly. 

Lavish or excessive entertainment of a purchaser, or prospective 

purchaser, or of any officer, employee, or representative of such purchaser, or prospective purchaser. 

3. Making, causing, or permitting any advertisement, description, 

marking, or branding of any product of the Industry with the intent 

to, or with the effect of misleading any purchaser as to the quantity, 

quality, grade, weight, or substance of the goods sold. 

The unfair practices listed above, and ariy included in any amendment to this code hereinafter adopted and at the time in effect, shall 
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be deemed an unfair method of competition in commerce within the 

meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act as amended, and 

the use or employing of any of them shall be deemed to be a violation 

of this code; and any member of the Industry who shall directly or 

indirectly, through any officer, employee, agent, or representative 

knowingly use or employ any such unfair practices, shall be guilty 

of a violation of this code. 

ARTICLE VI-REPORTS 

For the purpose of supplying the President and the Administrator 

with requisite data as to the observance and effectiveness of this 

code, and as to whether the Industry is taking appropriate steps to 

enable it intelligently to adjust its hours of labor, wages, and productive capacity to changing demands of consumers, industrial 

trends, and other conditions in accordance with the declared policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act, each member of the Industry shall furnish to the Association such information as may be 

necessary to enable it to supply any data required. 

ARTICLE VII-ADMINISTRATION 

This code shall be .administered by the Balata Belting Manufacturers Association, which is hereby created the agency: 

(a) to plan for the Industry; 

(b) to . collect such statistical information as the Adminstrator 

may require; 

( c) to make inquiry and investigation into the operation of this 

code, either upon complaint of interested parties, or upon its own 

initiative, and to take suitable action as a result of its investigation, 

and 

( d) from time to time to formulate and submit to the Administrator supplementary provisions to this code. 

ARTICLE VIII-MoNOPOLIEs 

This code is not designed to promote monopolies, and shall not be 

availed of for that purpose. The provisions of this code shall not 

be so interpreted or administered as to eliminate or oppress small 

enterprises or to discriminate against them. 

ARTICLE IX-CANCELLATION OR MODIFICATION 

This code or any of its provisions shall be cancelled or modified 

and any approved rule issued thereunder shall be ineffective to the 

extent necessary to conform to any action by the President under 

Section 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act in cancellation or modification of any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation pertaining thereto. 
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ARTICLE X -EFFECTIVE DATE OF CODE 

This code shall be in effect beginning two weeks a£ter its approval by the President 0£ the United States. 

Dated at Passaic, New Jersey, this 17th day 0£ August 1933. 

BALATA BELTING MANUFACTURERS AssOCIATION, 

By M. A. KEILEY, President. 

By Eo. VOIGHT, Vice President. 

By S. A. PARDEL, Secretary. 

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