App~oved Code No. 457-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 213-1-05 

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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CAP AND CLOTH HAT 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 15,-1934 

WE DO ·ouR PART 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 457-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CAP AND CLOTH HAT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on November 15, 1934 

ORDER 

APPRm ING AMENDl\IENT OF CODE OE' FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE CAP 

AND CLOTH HAT I DUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

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

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to the code of fair competition for the Cap and Cloth Hat 

Industry, and an opportunity to be heard having been afforded 

thereon and the annexed report on said amendment containing findings with rec::pect thereto having been made and directed to the 

President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, the National Industrial RecoYery Board, 

pursuant to ·authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6859 dated September 27, 1934 

and otherwise; does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed 

report and does find that said amendment 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 does hereby order that said Amendn1ent be, and it is 

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. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Aclz;l};,J,!}.istrative .Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

PRENTISS L. COONLEY, 

Acting Div·ision Ad1ninistrator. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

N ove1Jiber '15, 1934. 

975G4°-1825-57-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White Hous e. 

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

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery A.ct for an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for 

the Cap and Cloth Hat Industry, and an Opportunity to be Heard 

on such proposed amendment was published October 6, 1934. 

This amendment is submitted in the form as· revised in accordance with objections received and provides that no member of the 

indu try may be permitted to allow any c-a h discount in exce s of 

seven (7% ) per cent, ten (10) days, E . 0. M. 

This amendment was proposed by the Code Authority pursuant to 

Article VI, Section 6, sub-section (1) of the Code, and the Code Authority, empowered by said Article VI, Section 6, sub-section (1) of 

the Code to act in behalf o:f the Industry, find this amenclment in its 

present forn1 acceptable. 

The Deputy in his final r eport to us on said amendment to said 

Code having found as herein set :forth and on the basis of all the 

proceedings in this matter: 

The National Indn trial Recovery Board finds that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and said Cod 0 as amended i well 

designed to promote th policies and purposes of Title I of the National Indn. trial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions 

to the free flow of iJ.1ter."tate and foreign commerce which tend to 

diminish the amount thereof. and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry :for the purpo e of 

cooperative action of labor and management undeT adequate g0Yern1nental unction and supervision , by eliminating unfair competitive 

practices, by promoting the fulle. t possible ntilization of the pre. ent 

production capacity of indu tries, by avoiding undue restriction of 

product1on ( except as m.ay be ten1p.orarily required), by increasing 

the c011sumption of mdustrial and agricultural products through in- creasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving tandards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. · 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all re pect with the pertinent provision of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

uh-section (a) of Section 3, ·ub- ection (a) o-f Section 7 and . ubection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to pre ent the aforeaid amendment on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

( d) The amen lment and the Code as amended i not cl signed to 

and will not promote monopolie. or monopoli tic practice . 

( e) The amendment and the Code as amended is not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppres. small enterpri e · and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

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(f) Tho e engaged in other steps of the economic proce shave not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. 

For the e rea son , this amendment ha been approved. 

For th e ~ational Industrial Recovery Board: 

NoYEl\IBER 1-5, 1934. 

,v. A. HARRIMAN' 

ill//ninistrative Officer. 
A1'1END1'1ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE CAP AND CLOTH HAT INDUSTRY 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Cap and Cloth Hat Inlu try, approved June 5, 1934, is herby amended by adding hereto 

a n·ew Article to be known as Article XIII, to read as follows: 

ARTICLE XIII-TERMS OF SALE 

No J\fember of the Industry shall allow any cash discount in excess 

of seven (7% ) percent, ten (10) days E. 0. 1'1. 

Approved Code No. 457-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 213-1-05. 

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