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Registry No. 1408-9-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

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PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE I 

SHIPBREAKING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Shipbreaking Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASIDNGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 
SUBi\IITTED BY 

DNION SHIPBUILDING COMPANY AND BOSTON IRON & "METAL 

CO IPANY 

(II) 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICE 

FOR THE SHIPBREAKING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED 

STATES 

To effectuate the policy of Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Shipbreaking Industry. 

1-DEFINITION OF TERMS 

The term" shipbreaker" when used in this Code, includes a person, 

partnership, or corporation engaged in the business of scrapping ships. 

2-GENERAL REGULATIONS 

The ~hipbreakers will comply with the following provisions of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act: 

(a) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively tl1rough representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor or their agents, in the de ignation of such representatives, or in 

elf-organization, or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. . 

(b) That no employee and no one seeking employment hall be 

required as a condition of employment to join any company union or 

to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

c-f his own choosing; and 

( c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, 

a pp roved or prescribed by the President. 

3-REGULATIONS OF HOURS OF WORK 

(a) No employee engaged in office administrative work may work 

in exce s of forty (40) hours per week during any one week. These 

hour do not apply to employees in a managerial or ·executive 

capacity. 

(b) No employee engaged in yard production may work in excess 

of forty ( 40) hours per week during any one week. These hours do 

not apply to employees on emergency maintenance and repair work 

and to very special cases where restricted hours of highly skilled 

labor on continuous process would unavoidably reduce production, 

but in any such pecial cases at least time and one third (11/3 ) shall 

be paid for hours worked in excess of the maximum. 

4-MrNIMUM WAGE RATE 

(a) The minimum pay for office workers shall be $15.00 per week. 

(b) The minimum pay for unskilled labor shall be thirty (30) 

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cents per hour, and the minimum pay for semiskilled labor shall be 

forty ( 40) cents per hour. 

( c) The compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum wages hereby agreed to ( notwithstanding that the hours 

worked in such employment may be hereby reduced) shall not be 

reduced, except in the case of watchmen. 

5-PROHIBITION OF CHILD LABOR 

On and after the effective date of this Code, employers shall not 

employ any minor under ~he age of sixteen (16) years. 

6-UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION 

To accomplish the purpose contemplated by this Act, the members signatory to this Code agree that the following practices are 

hereby declared to be unfair methods of competition. 

(a) To sell any product ( s) or service ( s) below the reasonable 

cost of such product(s) or service(s). 

(b) To give or accept rebates, refunds, allowance, unearned discounts for special services, directly or indirectly, in connection with 

any work performed. . 

7-ADMINISTRATION 

(a) To effectuate further the policies of the Act, a Shi pbreaking 

Industry Committee is hereby designated to cooperate with the Administrator as a Planning and Fair Practice agency for the shipbreaking: industry. This Commit ~ee shall consist of two representatives of the shipbreakers elected by a fair method of selection, to 

be approved by the Administrator, and one member without vote 

appointed by the President of the United States. Such agency may 

from time to time present to the Administrator recommendations 

based on conditions in their industry as they may develop from time 

to time which will tend to effectuate the operation of the provisions 

of this Code and the policy of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act. 

(b) Such agency is also set up to cooperate with the Administrator in making investigations as to the functioning and observances 

of any provisions of this Code, at its own instance or on complaint 

by any person effected, and to report the same to the Administrator. 

( c) This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made 

subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provision of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, 

rule or regulation, issued under Title I of said act, and specifically 

to the right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of 

this Code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval 

thereof. 

( d) Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be 

included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with 

the approval of the President, be modified or eliminated as changes 

in the circumstances or experience may indicate. It is contemplated 

that from time to time supplementary provisions to this Code or 
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additional codes will be submitted for the approval of the President 

to prevent unfair competition in price and other unfair and destructive competitive practices and to effectuate the other purposes 

and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act 

consistent with the provisions thereof. 

(e) This Code shall become effective not later than ten (10) days 

after its approval by the President, and continue in force for a 

period of six ( 6) months from that date. 

E. J. PATTERSON, 

Presi,dent, Union Shipbuilding Oompany. 

M. SHAPIRO, 

President, Boston Iron & Metal Company. 

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