Approved Code No. 94-Amendment No.2 Registry No. 271-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO . 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MEN'S GARTER 

SUSPENDER AND BELT 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JUNE 5, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 94-Amendment No.2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MEN'S GARTER, SUSPENDER AND BELT 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on June 5, 1934 

ORDER 

AMENDMENTS TO CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE J\1EN's GAnTER, 

SusPENDER AND BELT J\1ANUFACTURING 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 amendments 

for the Code of Fair Competition for the Men's Garter, Suspender 

& Belt Manufacturing Industry, and hearings having been duly held 

thereon and the annexed report on said amendments, containing 

findings with respect thereto; having been made and directed to 

the President: 

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

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

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and do find that said amendments 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 do hereby order that said amendments be 

and they are hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

said Code is hereby amended to include an approval of said Code 

in its entirety as amended. 

HuGH S. JOHNsoN, 

Administrator for· lndust?--ial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

SoL A. RosENBLATT, 

Division Ad?Tdnist?-rvtor. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

June 5, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PHESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

SIR: The Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Men's Garter, Suspender and Belt l\1anufacturing Industry as submitted by the Code Authority was conducted on Tuesday, May 8, 1934, in Room 129 of the Willard Hotel, 

vVashington, D.C. Every person who requested an opportunity to 

be heard was fairly heard in public in accordance with the requirements of the National Recovery Administration as set forth in 

Notice of Hearing: No. 161- B . ., Present at the hearing were duly 

authorized representatives of the Code Authority. 

Article VIII, Section 2 of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

l\1en's Garter, Suspender and Belt Manufacturing Industry, approved by you on November 4, 1933, provides that the code may be 

modified on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances; 

such modification to be based upon application by the Code Authority to the Administrator. In accordance with this provision the 

Code Authority submitted amendments which were heard at the 

Public Hearing. 

In final form these amendments have been approved by the Labor 

Advisory Board, Industrial Advisory Board, Consumers' Advisory 

Board, the Research and Planning Division and the Legal Division 

of the National Recovery Administration. The Code Authority has 

also indicated its assent to and approval of these amendm_ents. 

The substance of these amendm-ents is as follows: 

( 1) The title of this Code is amended to read: " Code of Fair 

Competition for the Garter, Suspender and Belt Manufacturing 

Industry." The word "Men's" formerly appearing in the title of 

this Code has been eliminated because the definition of the Code 

includes articles of apparel for women and children and hence the 

inclusion of the word "Men's" in the title was misleading. 

(2) The Labor Provisions have been amended to permit the continued employment of apprentices at less than the minimum wages 

during a six ( 6) weeks' period. This amendment being necessary 

because the Code, as originally approved, permitted such employment of apprentices only until June 1, 1934. The principal change 

therefore, is that of extending the period in which members of the 

Industry are allowed to employ apprentices at less than regular 

minimum rates of pay. These provisions relating to the employment 

of learners are harmonious with those of other codes for the Apparel 

Trades. 

(3) Article V has been amended to include the substance of your 

Executive Order of April 14, 1934, relating to the financing of Code 

Authorities. 

( 4) Trade Practice Provisions have been amended to permit anticipation at the rate of six ( 6%) percent per annum, and to prohibit 

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the payment of commissions or other compensation to the customers 

or for employees in connection with purchase or sale of the products 

of this Industry. 

( 5) There has been added a provision requiring the products of 

the In~ustr_y t.o ~ea.r a special N .. R.A. label and granting the Code 

Authonty JUrisdiCtiOn over the Issuance of such labels subject to 

approval of the Administrator. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on these 

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

the basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The amendments to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide f or the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, b;Y promoting the fullest possible utilization of the 

present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by 

increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by 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 said Act, including without limitation subsection (a) of Section 3, subsection (a) of Section 7 and 

subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforesaid amendments on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

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

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

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

to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprise.s and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

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

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

said amendments. 

For these reasons, these amendments have been approved. 

Respectfully, 

MAY 17, 1934. 

HuGH S. tTOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
:AMENDJ\-fENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE MEN'S GARTER, SUSPENDER AND BELT MANUFACTD~ING INDUSTRY 

Al\1END:MENT I 

The title of this Code as approved shall be changed to read: 

"Code of Fair Competition for the Garter, Suspender and Belt 

Manufacturing Industry." 

A:MENDl\fENT II 

The following is to be substituted for Article III, Section 4: 

"No apprentice shall be paid less than at the rate of twenty-seven 

and one-half (271!2¢) cents per hour or at the rate of eleven ($11.00) 

dollars per week of forty ( 40) hours for the first six ( 6) weeks of 

employment and thereafter not less than the minimum wages provided in Section 1, of this Article. If the operation at which any 

apprentice is engaged has a piece-work rate and the amount earned 

by any apprentice during any week at such piece-work rate exceeds 

the minimum wages herein provided during the period of apprenticeship, such an apprentice shall be paid on the piece-work basis. The 

period of apprenticeship shall be strictly limited to six (6) weeks, 

and in no case shall the total number of apprentices in the employ 

of any one ( 1) employer be greater than ten percent_ (10%) of the 

total employees. Any time worked by an apprentice shall be deemed 

a part of such apprenticeship period, whether such time is worked 

continuou ly or in more than one ( 1) shop, or at home work, or for 

more than one (1) employer. The Code Authority may require the 

registration of the names of all learners employed by members of the 

Industry, and subject to the approval of the Administrator may 

prescribe such other rules and regulations as may be necessary to 

make effective the J?rovisions relating to employment of learners 

contained herein." 

A:M:END:M:ENT III 

The following shall be added to Article IX, Section 5: "Anticipation may be allowed at a rate not to exceed six percent ( 6%) per 

annum." 

Al\IEND:MENT IV 

The :following shall be added to Article IX to become Section 16 : 

"No member of the Industry shall furnish sales people to such 

member's retail customers or pay part of the compensation of sales 

people employed by such member's retail customers, nor shall any 

member of the Industry pay to any customer or any customer's employee any commission, premium money or compensation of any 

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kind in connection with the purchase or sale of such member's 

merchandise." 

AMENDMENTV 

The fol'lowing shall be added to become Article X of the Code: 

( 1) " In accordance with the provision of this Article, all prodnets made in the industry, as defined in Article I, Section 1, shall 

bear an N.R.A. label or other special designation to symbolize to 

purchasers of said products the conditions und-er which they were 

manufactured. The Code Authority shall have the exclusive right 

in the Garter, Suspender and Belt Manufacturing Industry, or subdivisions thereof, to issue and furnish such labels and/or designation 

to the members thereof, and/or to authorize the reproclr~ction thereof. 

The Code Authority, subject to the approval of the Administrator 

and in accordance with his regulations on the use of such labels 

andj or designation, shall establish rules and regulations for the 

issuance of such labels and/or the authorization to reproduce such 

designations and for the inspection, examination and supervision of 

the practices of members of the industry using such label and/ or 

designation. 

(2) The Cod-e Authority, subject to the approval of the Administrator, shall prescribe the method by which said labels shall be attached to products of the industry and/ or by which said designations may be reproduced upon the product of the industry or the 

container thereof, to the end that such label and/or designation sh.all 

remain identified therewith when such product or products are sold, 

shipped or distributed by any member of the industry. Any and 

all members of the industry may apply to the Code Authority for a 

permit to use such N.R.A. label and/ or reproduce such special designation, which permit shall be granted only when the applications for 

the use thereof shall be accompanied by a certificate of compliance 

with this Code, including an agreement to pay his reasonable share 

of the cost of the administration of the Code, signed by the applicant 

thereof in such manner and form as shall be determined by the rules 

and regulations of the Code Authority approved by the Administrator, which permit to use the label and/ or authorization to reproduce the designation shall continue in force only so long as the 

recipient of such permit shall pay his reasonable share of the administration of the Code and shall comply with the Code and the 

rules and regulations of the Code Authority relating to labels and/or 

designations. 

(3) All goods sold after but manufactured prior to the effective 

date of the rules and regulations of the Code Authority relating to 

the issuance and use of labels shall have securely attached to the 

box, cover, package, container, or wrapping of such product a sticker, 

label, and/or other designation in such form and manner as may be 

determined by the Code Authori!y in its rules and regulations. 

( 4) The charge made by the Code Authority for labels, stickers, 

and/ or for the right to reproduce designations, shall at all. times 

be subject to the supervision and regulations of the Administrator 

and shall be not more than an amount necessary to cover the cost 

of said labels andjor stickers and/ or designation, including printing 

and distribution and the reasonable cost of administration and supervision of the cost thereof as hereinbefore set forth. 
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(5) The rules and regulations set up by the Code Authority pursuant to this Article shall become binding upon all members of the 

industry when approved by the Administrator and violation thereof 

shall be deemed a violation of the Code of Fair Competition of this 

indu try. 

(6) This Article shall become effective fifteen (15) days after 

the approval by the Admin~strator of .the rules. and regulations prescribed by the Code Authonty as provided herein. 

Al\[ENDMENT VI 

The following shall be adued to Article V to become Section 5 

thereof: 

5 (a) It being found necessary in order to support the administration of this code and to maintain the standards of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, 

the Code Authority is authorized: 

(1) To incur such rea enable obligations as are neces ary and 

proper for the foregoing purpo es, 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 the Code. 

(2) 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,se, for the foregoing 

purpo~es, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

trade/ industry; 

(3) After such budget and ba is of contribution have been approved by the Administrator to determine and obtain eqnitable 

contribution as above ,set forth by all members of the trade/in·, try, 

and to that end, i.f necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor 

in its own name. 

(b) Each member of the tradej indu try shall pay his or its 

equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the 

Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject 

to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only member,s of the trade/ industry complying with the 

code and contributing to the expenses of its admini tration as hereinabove provided, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of 

nv.·mbers of the Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of 

it voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia 

of the National Recovery Administration. 

(c) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in it.s approved 

budget except upon approval of the Administrator; and no sub-

~equent budget ~hall contain ~ny deficiency item for expenditnres 

In. ~xcess of pnor budget estimates except those which the Admuustrator ,shall have so approved. 

ApproYed Code No. 94. Amendment No. 2. 

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