Approved Code No. 521 Registry No. 614-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ADHESIVE AND INK 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 521 

CODE OF FAIR COl\1:PETITION 

FOR THE 

ADHESIVE AND INK INDUSTRY 

As Approved on September 19, 1934 

ORDER 

ArrnonNG ConE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ADHESIVE AND INK 

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 a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Adhesive and Ink Industry, and hearing 

having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Code, 

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 Code complies 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 Code of Fair 

Competition be and it is hereby approved; provided, however, that 

the Code Authority shall report to the Administrator within ninety 

days from the date hereof on the feasibility of improving the provisions of Article III pertaining to hours and increasing the wages 

of employees engaged in light work as contained in Article IV, 

Section 1. 

Approval recommended: 

JOSEPH F. BATTLEY, 

HUGHS. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Acting Division Aclrninistrator. 

,v AsHINGTON, D.C., 

S epte1nber 19, 1934. 

86858°-1181-72-34- (19) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDEKT, 

The lV hite House. 

Srn: A Public Hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Adhesive and Ink Industry, submitted by the Ink and Adhesive 

Manufacturers Association and the Adhesive Manufacturers Associa- tion of America, was conducted in Washington on the 19th of April, 

1934, in accordance with the provisions of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act. These Associations claim to represent ninety-six 

(96%) per cent and eighty-five (85% ) per cent respectively of the 

dollar sales volume of the Industry. 

THE INDUSTRY 

The Industry includes the Adhesive Divi ion engaged primarily in 

the manufacture of bulk adhesives other than animal glue, for industrial use, and the Ink Division engaged in the manufacture of 

~mall packaged adhesives as well as of writing inks. A consider- able part of the Adhesive Division is closely connected with the 

Tapioca Dry Products Industry, another part is related to the Corn 

Starch and Corn Dextrine Industrv. 

The products of the Industry compete with animal glue, casein, 

nitrocellulose cements and other synthetic adhesives in various fields. 

Most of the ink and small packaged adhesives are distributed in 

fixed price packages, as in syndicate stores~ and in this limited price 

field face active competition from imports. There are varying seasonal demands for the different products and in addition there are 

restrictions on shipping some products in freezing weather. 

About fifty known members of the Adhesive Division have an esti- mated capita.I of $6,500,000. Annual sales decreased from about 

$10,000,000 in 1929 to about $7,000,000 in 1933. There are about forty 

concerns in the Ink and Small Packaged Adhesive group with a 

normal volume of business of about $4,200,000 per year. 

PROVISIONS OF CODE AS TO WAGES AND HOURS 

The Code establishes a work week of forty hours and an eight 

hour day, except employees may be permitted to work overtime not 

to exceed sixty-four hours in any one twenty-six weeks period beginning with the effective date of this Code, provided that time and 

one-third shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of forty hours 

in any week or eight hours in any day. 

There are excepted from the above maximum hours persons employed in a supervisory, managerial, executive or technical capacity 

who earn not less than $35.00 per week and outside alesmen. Employees engaged in emergency maintenance, or emergency repair 

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work are also excepted, with the provision that time and one-third 

shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of forty-four in any week. ,iV atchmen have a basic work week of fifty-six hours with one day 

of rest in every seven day period. Firemen and engineers are permitted to work in excess of forty-four hours in any week, but are 

compensated for all hours worked in excess thereof. Chauffeurs 

and delivery men shall not be permitted to work in excess of fortyeight hours in any one week. 

In order to avoid spoilage of perishable raw material or a product in course of process, employees so specifically required may be 

permitted to work not more than ten hours in any twenty-four hour 

period, with the provision that time and one-third shall be paid for 

all hours worked in excess of forty in any one week. 

A minimum wage rate of forty cents per hour is established for all 

employees except those employees engaged in light and non-hazardous work, such as wrapping, packaging and labeling who shall not be 

paid less than thirty-two and one-half cents per hour. Employees 

engaged in clerical or office work have a basic minimum of fourteen 

dollars per week, and office boys, laboratory boys and messengers 

have a basic minimum of twelve dollars per week. Female employees performing substantially the same work as male employees 

shall receive the same rate of pay as male employees. When female 

employees replace male employees they shall be paid the same rate 

of wages as the employees whom they displace. 

ECONOMIO EFFECT OF THE CODE 

Practically all the employees in the Adhesive Division are males. 

On the other hand, a large proportion in the Ink Division are females. Employment in the Adhesive Division was estimated at 

1,100 in 1929 and 950 in 1933; in the Ink Division at about 2,000 in 

1929 and the same in late 1933. Questionnaire returns indicate that 

in both divisions the number of factory wage earners fell off about 

twenty-five per cent. 

Prior to the President's Reemployment Agreement minimum 

hourly rates in the Adhesive Division ranged between 25 and 40 

cents; in July, 1933 nearly 40 per cent of the factory workers received 

less than 4.0 cents per hour and about 13 per cent of all employees 

received less than $15.00 per week. By December, 1933 most factory 

workers were receiving 40 cents per hour or $16.00 for the 40-hour 

week. Minimum rates were generally lower in the Ink Division. 

In July, 1933 about 30 per cent of the factory workers received not 

more than 30 cents per hour or $12.00 per week. Under the President's Reemployment Agreement the minimum 30 cents per hour was 

generally adopted, equivalent to $12.00 for the 40-hour week. 

As the Code provides for equitable adjustments of wages above the 

minimum where such adjustments have not been made, average earnings should be restored to at least their 1929 equivalent in purchasing power. Complete operation of the Industry under the code provisions may be expected to add slightly to employment which is already at practically the 1929 figure. The provisions for payment for 

overtime should give incentive for increasing employment as far as 

is practicable while still allowing sufficient flexibility to take care of 
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the Industry's batch processes. In the Adhesive Division payrolls 

should be increased a further ten per cent above the December, 1933 

figures or the 1929 average. It is estimated that in the I nk Division 

the payrolls should be increased about 15 per cent above the June 

1933 figures. 

FINDINGS 

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

having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter : 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well de igned to promote the policies and pur- poses of Title I of the ational Industrial Recovery Act, including 

removal of obstructions to the free flow of inter-state and foreign 

commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will proYide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of in- du try f or the purpose of cooperative action among trade groups, by 

inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible 

utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoid- ing undue restriction of production ( except as may be temporarily 

r equired), 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) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 em- ployees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the perti- nent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and Sub- section (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant associations 

are industrial associations truly representative of the afore aid In- dustry; and that said associations impose no inequitable restrictions 

on admission to membership therein. ( d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies or 

monopolistic practices. 

( e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterprises 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 Code. 

For these reasons, this Code of Fair Competition for the Adhesive 

and Ink Industry has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

SEPTEMBER 19, 1934. 

H uaH S. JoHNSoN, 

Ad1ninistrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ADHESIVE AND 

INK INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effect the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, this Code is established as a Code of Fair Competition for the 

Adhesive and Ink Industry, and its provisions shall be the standards 

of fair competition for such Industry and shall be binding upon 

every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFIKITIONS 

SECTION 1. The term "Adhesive and Ink Industry" as used herein 

includes the manufacture for sale of the products of the Adhesive 

and Ink Divisions as defined hereinafter. 

SECTION 2. The term "Adhesive Division" as used herein means 

that portion of the Industry engaged in the manufacture for sale 

in bulk of aqueous paste and liquid adhesives, flexible glue, fish 

glue, dry adhesives prepared from sago starch in bulk, dry products 

made from cornstarch or its derivatives but excluding the manufacture of cornstarch and corn dextrine. There shall be excepted herefrom dry animal glue as such product is commonly known to the 

Industry. 

SECTION 3. The term "Ink Division" as used herein means that 

portion of the Industry engaged in the manufacture for sale of 

aqueous solutions and/ or suspensions of dyes, pigments, and/ or other 

coloring agents suitable for writing, marking or equivalent purposes, 

and the production for sale of all small packaged adhesives. There 

shall be excluded, herefrom, marking devices and printing inks. 

SECTION 4. The term" Small Packaged Adhesives" as used herein 

means all adhesives which are usually sold for use on desks, or in 

homes or schools as differentiated from use in manufacturing 

processes. 

SECTION 5. The term " Member of the Industry " includes, but 

without limitation, any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of enterprise engaged in the Industry, either as 

an employer or on his or its own behalf. 

SECTION 6. The term "employee" as used herein includes any and 

all persons engaged in the Industry, however compensated except a 

member of the Industry. 

SECTION 7. The term "employer" as used herein includes anyone 

by whom such employee is compensated or employed. 

SECTION 8. The term "Act", "Administrator" and "President" as 

used herein shall mean respectively Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the Administrator for Industrial Recovery, and the 

President of the United States. 

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ARTICLE III-HOURS 

l\IAXIMfill HOURS 

SECTIO~ 1. No emplo3 ee shall be permitted to work in excess of 

forty ( 40) hours in any one (1) week, or eight (8) hours in any one 

day; except that an employee may be permitted to work overtime 

not to exceed i:s:ty-four (64) hours in any one (1) twenty-six (26) 

weeks period beginning with the effective date of this Code, provided, 

however that at lea t one and one-third times the regular wage rate 

shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of forty ( 40) hours in 

any one week or eight (8) hours in any one day. 

EXCEPTIONS .AS TO HOURS 

SECTIO:N'" 2. The following shall be excepted from the abo-ve maximum hours provisions: 

(a) Persons employed in a supervisory managerial executive or 

technical capacity, who earn not less than thirty-five dollars ($35.00) 

per week, and outside salesmen. 

(b) Any emplo3 ee engaged in emergency maintenance or emergency repair work involving breakdowns or protection of life or 

property, but in any such special case, at least one and one-third 

times the normal hourly wage rate shall be paid for hours worked in 

excess o:f f orty-:f our ( 44) hours per week. 

(c) In order to avoid spoilage o:f perishable raw material or a 

product in course o:f process, employees so specifically required may 

be permitted to work not in excess o:f ten (10) hours in any twentyfour (24) hour period provided that at least one and one-third times 

the normal hourly wage rate shall be paid :for all hours worked in 

excess o:f forty ( 40) in any one week. ( d) Watchmen who shall not be permitted, however, to work in 

excess of fift:y-six ( 56) hours in any one week, and who shall be allowed one (1) day off in every seven (7) days. (e) Firemen and engineers, who shall not be permitted, however, 

to work in excess o:f :forty-four ( 44) hours in any one week unless 

they shall be compensated by payment o:f at least one and one-third 

times the normal hourly wage rate for all time in excess of :forty-four 

( 44) hours. 

(f) Chauffeurs and delivery men, who shall not be permitted, 

however, to work in excess o:f :forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one 

week. 

El\IPWYMENT BY SEVERAL El\IPLOYERS 

SECTIO:N'" 3. o employer shall knowingly permit any employee to 

work for any time which when totaled with that already performed 

with another employer, or employers, exceeds the maximum permitted herein. 

ST .ANDARD WEEK 

SECTION 4. No employee shall be permitted to work more than six 

(6) days in any seven (7) day period. 
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ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

MINIMUM WAGES 

SECTION 1. No employee shall be paid less than at the rate of forty 

cents ( 40¢) per hour except employees engaged in light and non• 

hazardous work, such as wrapping, packaging and labelling, who' 

shall be paid not less than at the rate of 321⁄2 cents per hour per 

week of forty ( 40) hours; except as follows : 

CLERICAL AND OFFICE WORK 

SECTION 2. No person employed in clerical or office work shall be 

paid less than at the rate of $14.00 per week except that office boys, 

laboratory boys, and messengers -shall be paid not less than at the 

rate of $12.00 per week. Such class of employees shall not exceed 

10% of the total number of employees in a plant, but each plant 

may have at least one such employee. 

FEMALE EMPLOYEES 

SECTION 3. Female employees performing substantially the same 

work as male employees shall receive the same rate of pay as male 

employees. Any female employees replacing male employees shall be 

paid at least the same rate of wages as the employees whom they 

displace. 

HANDICAPPED PERSONS 

SECTION 4. A person whose earning capacity is_ limited because of 

age or physical or mental handicap or other infirmity may be employed on light work at a wage below the minimum established by 

this Code if the employer obtains from the State authority designated by the United States Department of Labor a certificate authorizing his employment at such wages and for such hours as shall be 

stated in the certificate. The State Authority shall be guided by 

the instructions of the United States Department of Labor in issuing 

such certifi cates. Each employer shall file monthly with the Code 

Authority a list of all such persons employed by him, showing the 

wages paid to, and the maximum hours of work for such employee. 

PIECEWORK COMPENSATION-MINIMUM WAGES 

SECTION 5. This article establishes a minimum rate of pay which 

shall apply, irrespective of whether an employee is actually com• 

pensated on a time rate, piecework, or other basis. 

WAGES ABOVE THE lVIINIMUM 

SECTION 6. Employers shall not reduce the rates of wages for 

employees whose rates are now in excess of the minimum rate of 

wages (notwithstanding that the number of hours worked in such 

employment may be hereby decreased) and where in any case an 

employer has not increased the rates of wages for such employees 
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prior to the effective date of this Code by an equitable readjustment 

of all wag rates such employer shall r<~adjust all such wage rates. 

This proYi ion shall be interpreted in the same manner that Paragraph 7 of the President's Reemployment Agreement has been in- terpreted by the Administrator in Interpretations No. 1 and 20. 

All aclju tments made shall be reported to the Code Authority 

within 30 days after the effective date of this Code. 

ARTICLE V-GENERA.L LABOR PROYISIONS 

CHILD LABOR 

SECTION 1. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be 

employed in the Industry. No person under eighteen (18) years 

of age shall be employed at operations or occupations which are 

harzardous in nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority 

shall submit to the Administrator for his approval within thirty 

(30) days after the effective date hereof a list of such operations 

or occupations. In any State an employer shall be deemed to have 

complied with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a 

certificate or permit duly signed by the Authority in such State 

empowered to issue employment or age certificates or permits show- ing that the employee is of the required age. 

PROVISIONS FROl\I THE ACT 

SECTION 2. (a) Employees 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 repre- sentatives 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; and 

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

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

RECLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYJIBS 

SECTION 3. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations performed, or engage in any other subterfuge so as to 

defeat the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

STANDARDS FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH 

SECTION 4. Every employer shall provide for the safety and health 

of employees during the hours and at the places of their employment. 

Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the Code 

Authority to the Administrator for his approval within three months 

after the effective date of the Code. 
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STATE LAWS 

SECTION 5. No provision of this Code shall supersede any State or 

Federal Law which imposes on employers more stringent requirements as to age of employees, wages, hours of work, or as to safety, 

health, sanitary or general working conditions, or insurance, or fire 

protection, than are imposed by this Code. 

POSTING 

SECTION 6. All employers shall post and keep posted copies of the 

hour, wage and general labor provisions of this Code in conspicuous 

places accessible to all employees. Every member of the Industry 

shall comply with all rules and regulations relative to the posting of 

provisions of Codes of Fair Competition which may from time to 

time be prescribed by the Administrator. 

DISMISSAL FOR REASON OF COMPLAINT 

SECTION 7. No employee shall be dismissed or demoted by reason 

of making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an alleged 

violation of this Code. · 

ARTICLE VI-ORGANIZATION, PowERs, AND DUTIES OF THE CoDE 

AUTHORITY 

ORGANIZATION AND CONSTITUTION 

SECTION 1. A Code Authority is hereby established and shall be 

known as the Code Authority of the Adhesive and Ink Industry. 

The Industry shall be classified into two divisions, known as (1) 

Adhesive Division, (2) Ink Division. 

SECTION 2. The Code Authority shall consist of twelve (12) members of the Industry to be selected as follows: Six ( 6) members of 

the Code Authority shall be elected by the members of the Adhesive 

Di vision by a fair method of selection; and six ( 6) members of the 

Code Authority shall be elected by the members of the Ink Division 

by a fair method of selection. The method of selection shall be fair 

and subject to the approval of the Administrator. 

SECTION 3. In addition thereto, there may be three (3) members, 

without vote and without compensation from the Industry, to be 

appointed by the Administrator to serve for such terms as he may 

specify. 

SECTION 4. The members of the Code Authority for each Division 

selected as above set forth shall respectively act as a separate and 

distinct Divisional and Fair Practice Agency for their respective 

Divisions, all to the end that each Division shall be independent and 

self-governing in all problems relating exclusively to such Division. 

Recommendations put into effect under this paragTaph and the operation thereof shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator. 

SECTION 5. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be 

truly representative of the Industry and in other respects comply 

with the provisions of the Act, the Administrator may prescribe such 
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hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter if he shall find that 

the Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an 

appropriate modification in the method of selection or composition 

of the Code Authority. 

SECTION 6. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 

members of the Code Authority partners for any purpose. Nor shall 

any member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner, to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, agent or employee of 

the Code Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority, 

exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder 

be liable to anyone for any action or omission to act under this 

Code, except for his own willful malfeasance or nonfeasance. 

SECTION 7. Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority shall (1) impose no inequitable restrictions on membership, and 

(2) submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of association, by-laws, regulations, and any amendments when made 

thereto, together with such other information as to membership, 

organization, and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary to effectuate the pur:po~es of the Act. . . · SECTION 8. If the Adm1n1strator shall at any tune determme that 

any action of a Code Authority or any agency thereof may be 

unfair or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator 

may require that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity 

for investigation of the merits of such action and further consideration by such Code Authority or agency pending final action which 

shall not be effective unless the Administrator approves or unless 

he shall fail to disapprove after thirty (30) days notice to him of 

intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified 

form. 

POWERS AND DUTIES 

SECTION 9. Subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued 

by the Administrator, the Code Authority shall have the following 

powers and duties, in addition to those authorized by other provisions of this Code. 

(a) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and to 

provide for the compliance of the Industry with the provisions of 

the Act. 

(b) To adopt by-laws and rules and regulations for its procedure. 

( c) To obtain from members of the Industry such information 

and reports as are required for the administration of the Code. In 

addition to information required to be submitted to the Code 

Authority, members of the industry subject to this Code shall furnish such statistical information as the Administrator may dee1n 

necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act to 

such Federal and State agencies as he may designate; provided that 

nothing i,n this Code shall relieve any member of the industry of 

any existing obligations to furnish reports to any Government 

agency. No individual report shall be disclosed to any other member of the Industry or any other party except to such other Go, ernmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator. 
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( d) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority of its duties or responsibilities under this Code and that such 

trade associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hereof. 

(e) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the coordination of the administration of this Code and such other codes, 

if any, as may be related to or affe~t members of the industry ... 

( f) 1. It being found necess~ry _in order to support t~e adm1ni~-

tration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the A.ct, 

the Code Authority is authorized: 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper 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 the Code; 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval subject t-0 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary 

(1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

Industry; 

( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable 

contributions as above set forth by all members of the Industry, 

and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor 

in its own name. 

2. Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, 

determined as hereinabove provided ( unless duly exempted from 

making such contribution) and subject to rules and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only members of the 

industry complying with the code and contributing to the expenses 

of its administration as hereinabove provided, shall be entitled to 

participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to 

receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use 

of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. 

3. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation 

substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in its 

approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in the approved budget except upon approval of the Adininistrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency 

jtem for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except those 

which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

(g) To recommend to the Administrator any action or measures 

deemed advisable, .including further fair trade practice provisions 

to govern members of the industry in their relations with each other 

or with other industries; measures for industrial planning, and stabilization of employment; and including modifications of this Code 

which shall become effective as part hereof upon approval by the 

Administrator after such notice and hearing as he may specify. 
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(h) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet 

with the Trade Practice Committees appointed under such other 

codes as may be related to the industry for the purpose of formulating fair trade practices to govern the relationships between employers under this code and under such other codes to the end that 

such fair trade practices may be proposed to the Administrator as 

amendments to this code and such other Codes. 

( i) To provide appropriate facilities for arbitration, between 

:Thfembers of the Industry and subject to the approval of the Admini trator, to prescribe rules of procedure and rules to effect compliance 

with a wards and determinations. 

ARTICLE VII-TRADE PRACTICE RULES 

SECTION 1. The following practices constitute unfair methods of 

competition for members of the Adhesive Division, and are prohibited. 

(a) Knowingly to withhold from or insert in any quotation or 

invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate in any material 

particular. 

(b) To brand or mark or pack any goods in any manner which 

is intended to or does deceive or mislead purchasers with respect 

to the brand, grade, quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, char- acter, nature, fini h, material, content or preparation of such goods. 

(c) To publish advertising (whether printed, radio, display or 

of any other nature), which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular, nor shall any member in any way misrepresent any 

goods (including but without limitation its use, trademark, grade, 

quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, 

material, content or preparation) or credit terms, values, policies, 

services. or the nature or form of the business conducted. 

( cl) To publish or circulate unjustified or unwarranted threats of 

legal proceedings which tend to or have the effect of harassing 

competitors or intimidating their customers. 

( e) To give, permit to be given, or offer to give, anything of value 

for the pnrpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any e111-

ployee, agent, or representative of another in relation to the business 

of the employer, of such employee, the principal of such agent or the 

represented party, without the knowledge of such emplover principal or party. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit free 

and general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising 

except so far as such articles are actually used for commercial 

bribery as hereinabove defined. 

( f) To attempt to induce the breach of an existing contract between a competitor and his customer or source of supply; nor shall 

any such member interfere with or obstruct the perforrn.ance of such 

contractual duties or services. 

(g) To require that the purchase or lease of any goods be prereqnisite to the purchase or lease of any other goods. 

(h) To give, rent, loan, or sell any machinery or equipment to any 

customer for use in mixing dry products of any kind except that 

faucets, barrels, or drums for customer accommodation may be sold at 

not less than the seller's individual cost. 
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(i) To ship goods on consignment, except to recognized exclusive 

selling agents for exclusive territories. 

SECTION 2. The following practices constitute unfair methods of 

competition for members of the Ink Division, and are prohibited. 

(a) To give, permit to be given, or offer to give, anything of value 

for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any employee, agent, or representative of another in relation to the business 

of the employer of such employee, the principal of such ag.ent or the 

represented party, without the knowledge of such employer, principal 

or party. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit free and 

general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising except so far as such articles are actually used for commercial bribery 

as hereinabove defined. 

(b) To publish advertising ( whether printed, radio, display or of 

any other nature), which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular, nor shall any member in any way misrepresent any 

goods, (including but without limitation its use, trademark, grade, 

quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, 

material content or preparation) or credit terms, values, policies, 

services, or the nature or form of the business conducted. 

( c) l(nowingly to withhold from or insert in any quotation or 

invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate in any material 

particular. 

( d) To brand or mark or pack any goods in any manner which 

tend to or does deceive or mislead purchasers with respect to the 

brand, grade, quality, quantity, origin, size, substance, character, 

nature, finish, material content or preparation of such goods. 

( e) To offer or make any payment or allowance of a rebate, refund, commission credit, unearned discount or excess allowance, 

whether in the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a member of 

the industry secretly offer or extend to any customer any special 

service or privilege not extended to all customers of the same class~ 

for the purpose of influencing a sale. 

ARTICLE VIII-EXPORT TRADE 

SECTION 1. No provision of this Code relating to prices or terms 

of selling, shipping, or marketing, shall apply to export trade or 

sales or shipments for export trade. " Export Trade " shall be as 

defined in the Export Trade Act adopted April 10, 1918. 

ARTICLE IX-MODIFICATION 

SECTION 1. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly 

made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the 

provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under Title I of said Act. 

SECTION 2. This Code, except as to provisions required by the 

Act, may be modified on the basis of experience, or changes in circumstances, such modifications to be based upon application to the 

Administrator, and such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and 

to become effective on approval of the Administrator. 
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ARTICLE X - :MoNOPOLrns, ETC. 

No provision of this Code ·hall be so applied as to permit monop- olies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small enterpri es. 

RTICLE XI-EFFECTIYE DATE 

The prons10ns of this Code shall become effective the second 

Monday after its approval by the President. 

ApproYed Code No. 521. 

Registry No. 614- 02. 

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