Registry No. 204-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

4\MENDMENT TO 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON APRIL 26, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 211-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on April 26, 1934 · 

ORDER 

AMENDMENTS TO CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE RoBE AND 

ALLIED PRODUCTS 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 certain 

amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Robe and 

Allied Products Industry, and Hearings having been duly held 

thereon and the enclosed report on said amendments containing findings with respect thereto having been made and directed to the 

President: 

NO,V, THEREFORE, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for 

Industrial Recovery, on behalf of the President of the United States, 

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 refer to said annexed report and do 

find the said amendments and the Code as constituted after being 

amended, comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions and 

will tend to promote the policies and purposes of said Title and said 

Act, and do hereby order that said amendments be and they are 

hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code be 

and it is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its 

en6rety as amended. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator for Indust?'ial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

SoL A. RosENBLATT, 

Division Adn-dnistrator. 

'VA SHINGTO~ , D.C., 

April 26, 1934. 

53091°----482-160----34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PREsiDENT, 

The White H O'USe. 

Sm: An application has been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Recovery 

Act for certain amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Robe and Allied Products Industry, and hearings were conducted 

on said amendm~nts in vVashington, D.C., on l\Iarch 23, 1934. 

Ten proposed amendments were submitted by the Code Authority 

but during the course of the Hearing two of these proposed amendments were withdrawn and certain other amendments relative to 

those already proposed were also presented for consideration. The 

proposed amendments in their final form are summarized herewith. 

The first amendment limits the working week of clerical and office 

workers and shipping and stock room employees to five and one-half 

(5¥2) days per week, and permits employment of such workers for 

ten ( 10) hours per day during a limited period. 

The second amendment modifies th~ Code in accordance with the 

Executive Order relating to handicapped employees. 

The third amendment increases the maximum number of persons 

on the Code Authority from twelve (12) to fifteen (15) by providing 

for two (2) members to be elected by the Bath Robes Producers Association of the United States, Inc., and one additional member to be 

elected by the Robe Industry Association of America, Inc. 

The fourth amendment grants to the Code Authority the power to 

incorporate itself. 

The fifth amendment grants to the Code Authority the power to 

assess and collect from members of the Industry an equitable and 

proportionate payment of the reasonable expenses of maintaining 

the Code Authority and its activities. 

The sixth amendment grants to the Code Authority the power to 

make recommendations for the modification or amendment of this 

Code and proYides that such recommendation, upon the approval of 

the Administrator, shall become effective as part of such Code. 

The seventh amendment clarifies and amplifies the present provision relating to the return of merchandise by prohibiting exchanges 

and allowances. 

The eighth amendment relates to prison labor and is in conformity 

with the prison labor pact. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said 

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 

(2) 
National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal o£ obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commer ce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization o£ industry f or the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequat'e 

governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the 

present productive capacity of industries, by aYoiding 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 provis· :)ns 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 amendment 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 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 

amendment. 

For these reasons, these amendments have been approved. 

Respectfully, 

HuGHS. JoHNSoN, 

.A dministr{J)t()q'. 

APRIL 26, 1934. 
A~1END}.t!ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Robe and Allied Products 

Industry is amended by the following: 

Amend Article III, Section 2 to read as follows: 

"No person employed in clerical or office work, or in shipping 

departments, or tock rooms, unless he is employed in a managerial, 

supervisory, or executive capacity and earns not less than thirty-five 

($35.00) dollars per week, shall be permitted to work in excess of 

forty ( 40) hours in any one week nor in excess of eight (8) hours in 

any twenty-four (24) hour period nor in excess of five and one-half 

(5¥2) days in any seven (7) day period except that such employee 

may be permitted to work not in excess of forty-eight ( 48) hours 

in any one week and not in excess of ten ·(10) hours in any twentyfour (24) hour period, and not in excess of five and one-half ( 51J2.) 

days in any seven (7) day period during a maximum of sixteen 

(16) weeks in any calendar year, provided that in any calendar 

year the total number of hours worked by any such employee shall 

not exceed an average of forty ( 40) hours per week. For the 

purpose of this Section the fraction 'one-half (1/2 )' day shall mean 

four ( 4) hours." 

Amend Article IV, Section 5 to read as follows: 

"A person whose earning capacity is limited because of age, 

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 

such person's employment at such wages and for such hours as shall 

be stated in the certificate. Such authority shall be guided by the 

instructions of the United States Department of Labor in issuing 

certificates to such persons. Each employer shall file monthly with 

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

showing the '"ages paid to, and the maximum hours of work for 

such employee." 

Amend Article VI, Section 2 to read as follows: 

"Said Code Authority shall consist of not more than fifteen (15) 

members, to be selected in the manner hereinafter set forth : 

" (a) Eight (8) members shall be elected by Robe Indu try Association of America, Inc., subject to the approval of the 

Administrator. 

" (b) Two (2) members shall be elected by Bath Robes Producers 

Association of the United States, Inc., subject to the approval of 

the Admini trator. 

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"(c) Two (2) members shall be elected by the contractors in 

this Industry subject to the approval of the Administrator. Each 

such member shall be a recognized and bona fide contractor and shall 

be elected by vote of all contractors in the Industry. The Administrator or his authorized representative shall supervise said election. 

" (d) In addition to the foregoing the Administrator may appoint 

not more than three (3) additional members, who shall be without 

vote, to represent the Administrator and/ or such other interest or 

groups as may be determined upon. Should the Administrator appoint a member, or members, to represent the Administrator, such 

member, or members, shall serve without expense to the Industry." 

Amend Article VI, Section 7 (a) to read as follows: 

''To incorporate itself and adopt bylaws, and rules and regulations for its procedure and f or the administration and enforcement 

of this Code, and to submit the same to the Administrator for his 

approval, together with true copies of any amendments or additions 

when made thereto, minutes of meetings when held, and such other 

information as to its activities as the Administrator may require." 

Amend Article VI, Section 7 (i) to read as follows: 

" To assess and collect from members of the Industry an equitable 

and proportionate payment of the reasonable expenses of maintaining the Code Authority and its activities, subject to the approval 

of the Administrator." 

Amend Article VI, Section 7 (k) to read as follows: 

"T~ initiate, conside.r, and make recommendations for the modification or amendment of this Code, which recommendations upon 

the approval of the Administrator shall be binding on all mem_be.rs 

of the Industry as a part of this Code." 

Amend Article VIII, Section 6 to read as follows : 

" :Merchandise covered by the provi ions of this Code sold and 

delivered by m€mbers of the Industry where there has been full 

compliance with an order or eontract shall not be accepted by such 

members for return or exchange nor shall any allowance be granted 

on account of such merchandise. No member of the Industry shall 

sell any merchandise on approval or with the privilege to return." 

Amend Article VIII by adding a new Section 15, as follows : 

'' No merchandise shall be manufactured for any member of the 

Inclu. try in any prison, prison camp, penitentiary, reformatory, or 

other correctional institution, or in any pla ce by means of prison 

labor, except in any -;uch institution hereinbef ore described which 

has subscribed to or may hereafter subscribe to this Code or any 

compact between the several states of the United States, or has entered into or may hereafter ente·r into a binding agreement of any 

other nature which satisfies the Administrator that merchandise 

produced in such institution or by the inmates thereof, will not be 

sold except upon a fair competitive basis with similar merchandise 

not so prodnced. 

" Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede or interfere with the operation of the Act of Congress approved January 19, 

1929, being Public, No. 669 of the 70th Congress and entitled 'An Act 

to divest goods, wares, and n1erchandise manufactured, produced or 
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mined by convict or prisoners of their interstate character in certflin 

ca~es ', which Act i kno"·n a the Hawe. -Cooper Act or the provisions of any ~'tate legi. lation enacted nnuer. or effective upon, 

the effective elate of the ~aid Hn we~-Cooper ... .\ct~ the !'aiel effective 

date being J annary 19, 19:34.· 

Approved 'ode Xo. 2Jl- Am--tH1met t Xo. 1. 

Registry Ko. ~04-1-02. 

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