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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·O·MPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSULTING CHEMISTS 

AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 24, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 299-13 

The Code for the Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers Industry 

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

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

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to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Wash ington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR CONSULTING CHEMISTS 

AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS 

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

Competition for consulting chemists and chemical engineers. 

I. DEFINITIONS 

The term "consulting chemists and chemical engineers industry" 

(hereinafter referred to as "the Industry") as used herein is defined to mean the industry of rendering professional services of 

consulting chemists and chemical engineers ; the term " member of the 

Industry " shall be deemed to include every person engaged in such 

business. 

II. HouRs OF LABOR 

(a) No person employed with the Industry (whether such person 

is employed by one or more employers in the Industry) shall be 

permitted to work more than an average of forty (40) hours per week 

during any three (3) months' period, or more than forty-eight (48) 

hours in any one week. . (b) The limitations prescribed in paragraph (a) shall not apply 

to outside salesmen, to any person employed in an administrative, 

executive, or supervisory capacity, to employees engaged in protect~ 

ing against hazards, to repair crews, or trained employees in 

emergency work. 

III. MINIMUM wAGES 

The minimum wage to be paid to any person employed in the 

Industry shall be at the rate of $15 weekly throughout the United 

States, except that part of the United States south of the Ohio and 

Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi River, where the minimum wage shall be at the rate of $12 weekly. In the case of any 

employee whose compensation is based upon a measure other than 

time, the total compensation paid shall be no less than such employee 

would be entitled to receive if his compensation were measured by a 

time rate. 

IV. PROHIBITION AGAINST CHILD LABOR 

Employers in the Industry shall not employ any minor under the 

age of 16 years. 

v. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 

(a) Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

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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. 

(b) 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. 

(c) Each employer shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

VI. ADMINISTRATION 

The Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 

Inc., is hereby designated as the agency for administering and supervising the provisions of this Code, and to receive communications 

from the Administrator for National Recovery relating to the Industry. The Association may, through its Board of Directors, or 

its nominee, require the members of the Industry to submit, from 

time to time, such information and data as it may deem necessary for 

the purpose of furnishing to the President of the United States such 

information and reports as he may request under the provisions of 

the National Recovery Act, or for the purpose of ascertaining the 

extent to which the provisions of this Code are being observed by the 

members of the Industry: Provided that all such information submitted to the Association by any member of the Industry shall not be 

revealed to any other member. 

VII. SUPPLEMENTAL PRUVISIONS-1 

It is contemplated that the Industry may, from time to time, submit supplemental provisions to this Code, and such supplemental 

provisions shall become effective as therein provided after their 

approval by the President of the United States. 

VIII. SUPPLEl\IENTAL PROVISIONS-2 

If any employer in the Industry is also an employer in any other 

Industry, the provisions of this Code shall apply to and affect only 

that part of the business of such employer which is included in the 

consulting chemists and chemical engineers industry. 

IX. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS-3 

The members of the Industry shall be bound by the Code of Ethics 

and Interpretations of the Association as set forth in the pamphlet, 

pp. 8/ 10, incl., hereunto attached and hereby made part of this Code. 

X. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DuRATION 

(a) This Code shall become effective the second Monday after its 

approval by the President of the United States, and shall remain in 
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effect until the expiration or repeal of Title I of the National 

Recovery Act, unless sooner canceled as provided in paragraph (b) . {b) This Code and all the provisions hereof are expressly made 

subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

from time to time, to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, 

rule, or regulation issued under Title I of said Act. 

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