Approved Code No. 17-Amendment No. 2 Registry No. 1403-1-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

AUTOMOBILE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 8, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 17-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on January 8, 1934 

ORDER AMENDING CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

An application havino- been duly made in behalf of the Automobile Manufacturing Industry, pur uant to and in full compliance 

with the provisions of Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery 

Act, approved June 16, 1933, and the proYisions of the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Automobile :Manufacturing Indu try duly 

approved on August 26, 1933, and amended on December 18 1933, 

for approval of a further amendment to aid Code of Fair Competition for the Automobile :Manufacturing Indu try; and an analysis, 

report, recommendation, and findings on aid proposed amendment 

by the Administrator directed to the President having been made, 

which are incorporated herein by reference; and it being found that 

said proposed amendment. complies in all re pects with the pertinent 

provisions and will promote the policy and purpo e of Title I of said 

Act and specifically that the requirements of Clan es (1) and (2) 

of subsection (a) of Section 3 of said Act have been met; and 

It being likewise found that said proposed amendment complies 

with the terms of an understanding reached pending approval of 

the original Code of Fair Competition for said IndtLtry, between 

the duly authorized representatives of. aid Industry and the Administrator, to the effect that in the event that the expiration date 0£ 

said original Code as approved should be deferred to one year from 

the effective date thereof the provision of said original Code in 

regard to hours of employment would be subjected to reconsideration· 

NO"\V, ' THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority Ye. ted in the 

President by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwi e; anll pur uant to authority 

vested in the undersigned Administrator by Executive Order, including Order dated December 30, 1933, and othenYise, it is ordered that 

the said application be and it hereby is appro-ved, and that, effective 

immediately, the said Cede of Fair Competition for the Automobile 

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Manufacturing Industry, as amended on December 18 1933, be and 

it hereby is further amended in the name of the President in the 

following particulars : 

1. In article III, the fifth paragraph, which ha · heretofore read 

as follows: 

"For this purpose it is made a provision of this Code that 

employers shall so operate their plants that the average em- ployment of all factory employees ( with exceptions stated below) shall not exceed thirty-five hours per week for the period 

from the effecti, e date to the expiration date, and the hours 

of each individual employee shall so far as practicable conform 

with this average and shall in no case exceed the same by more 

than three percent.", 

shall be modified to read as fallows : 

"For this purpose it is made a provision of this Code that 

employers shall so operate their plants that the average employment of each factory employee ( with exceptions stated 

below) shall not exceed forty hours per week for the period from 

the effective date to the expiration date." 

2. In Article III the sixth paragraph which has heretofore read 

as follows: 

"In order to give to employees such average of thirty-five 

hours per week, it will be necessary at times to operate for 

substantially longer hours, but no employee shall be employed 

for more than six days or 48 hours in any one week, and all 

such peaks shall be absorbed in such average." 

shall be modified to read as follows : 

"In order to give to employees such average of forty hours 

per week, it will be necessary at times to operate for substantially longer hours, but no employee shall be employed for more 

than six days or 48 hours in any one week, and all such peaks 

shall be absorbed in such average." 

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF Al\IERICA, 

By HuGH S. JOHNSON, 

Acbninist1·ator fo1· Industrial Recove1·y. 

Approval recommended : 

I{. M. SIMPSON, 

Division Ad1ninistra.tor. 

WASIDNGTON, D.C. 

Janumy 8, 1934. 
The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has made 

application in behalf of the Automobile Manufacturing Industry 

that the Code of Fair Competition for aid Industry be amended in 

the following particulars: 

1. In Article III, the fifth paragraph, which ha heretofore read 

a follows: 

" For this purpo ·e it is made a provision of this Code that 

emploj ers shall o operate their plants that the average employment of all factory employee.· ( with exceptions stat~d below) 

shall not exceed thirty-five hour per week for the period fron1 

the e:ffectiYe date to the expiration date, and the hour of each 

individual employee shall so far as practicable conform with 

this average and hall in no ca e exceed the same by more than 

three percent.", 

be modified to read as follow : 

"For this purpose it is made a prons10n of this Code that 

employers hall so operate their plants that the average employment of each factory employee (with exception tated below) 

shall not exceed forty hour per week for the period from the 

effective date to the expiration date." 

2. In Article III, the sixth paragraph which has heretofore read 

as :folJows: 

" In order to give t.o employees such average of thirty-five 

hour. per week, it will be necessary at time to operate for substantially longer hours but no employee shall be employed for 

more than six day. or 48 hours in any one week, and all uch 

peaks .shall be ab orbed in such aYerage.', 

be modified to read as follows: 

' In order to give to employee such average of forty hours 

per week, it will be nece sary at times to operate for sub -tantially 

longer hours, but no employee shall be employed for more than 

six days or 48 hours in any one week, and all such peaks shall 

be absorbed in such aYerage." 

The reports received from the manufacturers operating under this 

Code indicate that for tho e manufacturers who are members of the 

National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the resulting reemployment in the month of September of this year has brought the 

total of employees aboYe the number of employee. attached to the 

Industry for the same month in any year since 1929. 

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The following table shows the number of factory employees of 

these members from the year 1929 to 1933 inclusive: 

September-Year 1929 _______________________________________________ 194,974 

1930 _______________________________________________ 111,n96 

1931 _______________________________________________ 113,183 

1939 _______________________________________________ 73,411 

1933 _______________________________________________ 150,756 

This table indicates that there were 77,345 more workers employed in September of this year than in September of 1932, or an 

increase of approximately 105%, and an increase of 38,760 workers 

over the same month in 1930, or an increase of approximately 34%. 

While the employment level of 1929 has not been reached, it is my 

opinion that satisfactory absorption of labor should not be measured 

by employment in that year as there was a substantial percentage 

of floating workers brought to this Industry from their normal pursuits, many, if not most of whom, it is my understanding, have since 

returned to their former homes. 

In addition the decrease in production must be considered as indicated by the fact that the production in September 1929 was 

257,517 vehicles as compared with 144,367 in September of this year, 

a decrease of 43% , while employment in September of this year is 

only 22% below that of September 1929. 

The contemplated increase in automobile purchases in the Spring 

of 1934 would, under the present average of thirty-five hours per 

week, probably result in again attracting a considerable number of 

men to Detroit and other automobile manufacturing centers, who 

would be without jobs after the Spring period of large production 

had passed. 

The aboYe figures cover only factory employees of manufacturers 

who are members of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, since complete figures are not available for the entire Industry prior to the Code. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce represents approximately 78% of the production capacity and 

approximately 95% of the manufacturing units in the Industry. 

For these reasons the amendment has been approved. 

Respect£ ull y, 

vv AsHrNaToN, n.c., 

J amtary 8, 1934. 

ApproYed Code No. 17-Amendmfnt No. 2' 

Registry No. 1403-1-04. 

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HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

A dm,inistrator. 

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

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