Approved Code No. 330 Registry No. 1632-27 

NATIONAL RECOVERY AD'MINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SCRAP IRON 

NONFERROUS SCRAP METALS 

AND WASTE MATERIALS TRADE 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 12, 1934 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

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Approved Code No. 330 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SCRAP IRON, NONFERROUS SCRAP METALS AND 

WASTE MATERIALS TRADE 

As Approved on March 12, 1934 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE ScRAP IRON, N ONFERRous SoRAPi 

METALS AND w ASTE MATERIALS TRADE 

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in fuli 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Scrap Iron, Nonferrous Scrap Metals 

and Waste Materials Trade, and hearings having been held thereon 

and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an 

analysis of the said Code of Fair Competition together with his 

recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said Code of Fair Competition complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said 

Act and that the requirements of Clauses (1) and (2) of subsection 

(a) of Section 3 of the said Act have been met : 

NO,v, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by 

Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 

1933, and otherwise, do approve the report and recommendations 

and adopt the findings of the Adn1inistrator and do order that the 

said Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved, subject to the following conditions: 

The Code Authority for the "Waste Paper Trade" and/or the 

Ad!ninistration Member on said Code Authority shall report to the 

Administrator not later than sixty (60) days after the effective 

date hereof, whether or not a supplementary code is necessary or desirable for the ·' ,vaste Paper Trade" and recommend all necessary 

provisions for such supplementary code. Such recon1mendations 

when approved by the Administrator after such notice and hearing 

as he may deem proper shall have the same force and effect as other 

provisions of this Code. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

Approval recomn1ended: 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator. 

TH:c \V HITE HousE, 

March 12, 1934. 

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REPORT TO Tl-IE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report on the Hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Scrap Iron, Nonferrous Scrap ~1etals and ,v a te 

Materials Trade, held in accordance with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act in the Auditorium of the Department of Commerce, on N o,ember 22, 1933. The Code which is 

attached was presented by duly qualified and authorized repre entatives of the Trade, complying with statutory requirements, said to 

represent over 60 percent by volume of the Trade. 

In accordance with the customary procedure every person who had 

filed a r equest for an appearance was freely heard in public, and all 

statutory and regulatory requirements were complied with. 

In this Trade, which is one of collection, the wholesaler buys 

from the retailer and sells to the industrial consumer. The organization of the Trade is complicated by the fact that the usual distinctions between wholesaler and retailer are blurred. Concerns 

which are retailers of certain commoditjes included in the Trade 

are often wholesalers of other commodities. 

Those concerns which are exclusively wholesalers in general evidenced a preference :for separate Codes by commodity divisions, preferring to set up Code Authorities free from retailer influence. The 

absence of a clear line of demarcation between a wholesaler and a 

retailer, and even between the operations of wholesaling as distinguished from retailing, would have caused considerable confusion under such a plan. Further, it would have been difficult to 

bring the many junk dealers under the Recovery Program in that 

manner. Had separate Codes for wholesalers been set np, it would 

have been almost impossible to organize r etailers and to include 

them in any Code. Had separate Codes for each commodity been 

extended to include the retailer ( referred to in the Code as " mixed 

dealer") , the latter would have found himself under an impossible 

multiplicity of Codes. 

The Code submitted herewith represents a compromise behveen this 

conflict of interests, in which: 

( 1) Every one dealing in waste materials is brought under one 

Code in which any mixed dealer may find all the provisions under 

which he must operate. 

(2) Code Authorities are set up by commodities, with more effective representation for the small retailer than he could have attained 

if completely separated. (3) A waste trade committee is established to coordinate labor 

provisions for all commodities. 

The Code as now submitted has been agreed to between all inter- ests, on the understanding that recommendations regarding representation on Code Authorities should be submitted for approval at 

the same time as the Code. 

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THE TRADE 

The Trade comprise about 12 000 concerns. In 1929 the Trade 

provided employment :for approximately 180,000 workers. According to the A sociations submitting this Code aggre~ate annual sales 

have fallen from $900,000,000 in 1929 to about $158,u00,000 in 1933. 

PROVISIONS OF THE CODE 

The Code provides :for a minimum wage in the North of 32~/2¢ for 

men and 271⁄2¢ for women, and in the South 271⁄2¢ for men and 221⁄2¢ 

for women. The weekly rate of pay for employment in excess of 

the minimmn wages provided in the Code shall not be reduced 

although the hours o:f work have been reduced and the pay :for such 

employment is to be increased by an equitable readjustment of all 

pay schedules. 

According to testimony at the Public Hearing, minimum wages 

have been increased approximately 50% in the North and up to 100% 

in the South. An analysis of the questionnaire sent out by the Division of Research and Planning shows that on June 15, 1933, 80% of 

the employees in this Trade were receiving less than 35¢ per hour 

and 50% were receiving less than 25¢ per hour. 

Hours of work are limited to 40 hours in any one week with the 

following exceptions: Male workers on outdoor work only and office 

employees are permitted to work 48 hours in any one week provided 

they do not average more than 40 hours per week over any 12-weekperiod; crane and locomotive crews, oxygen plant operators and 

truck drivers and their helpers are permitted to work 48 hours per 

week; maintenance employees are permitted to work 44 hours per 

week; executives and employees in a supervisory capacity receiving 

$35.00 per week, outside salesmen and buyers, and watchmen are not 

limited as to hours; employees engaged in emergency repair work 

are excepted but are to be paid time and one-third :for all overtime 

work. The urvey made by the Division of Research and Planning 

indicates that employment will be increased approximately 24% . 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Admini trator in his final report to me on said Code 

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

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies and purpo es of Title I o:f the National Indu trial Recovery Act, including 

removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and :foreign 

commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will provide :for the general wel:fare by promoting the organization o:f industry :for the purpose o:f cooperative action among the trade groups, 

by indnc:ing and maintaining united action o:f labor and management 

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

utilization o:f the present productive capacity o:f industries, by avoiding undue re triction o:f production ( except as may be temporarily 
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required), by increasing the consumption 0£ indu trial 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 approved complies in all re pects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation sub ·ection (a ) of Section 3, subsection (a) of Section 7, and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant a sociations 

are industrial associations truly representative of the aforesaid 

Trade; and that said associations impose no inequitable restrictions 

on admission to membership therein. 

( c) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practices. 

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

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

( e) 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. 

I recommend that the Code be approved. 

Respectfully submitted. 

MARCH 8, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
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CODE OF FAIR CO1\1PETITION FOR THE SCRAP IRON, 

NONFERROUS SCRAP METALS AND WASTE MATERIALS TRADE 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Scrap Iron, Nonferrous Scrap :Metals 

and ,Vaste Materials Trade, and shall be the standard of fair competition for such Trade and hall be binding upon every member 

thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

The term " Sera p Iron, Non ferrous Sera p :Metals and Waste 

1\1aterials Trade" or "Trade" as used herern, and as subdivided 

into the following specific commodity trades, includes the buying 

and/ or handling for resale purpo es on comm is ion or otherwi e 

of scrap iron and steel, nonferrous scrap metals, cotton and woolen 

rags, scrap rubber, waste paper, and other commodities commercially 

classified as waste materials. It shall also include the buying and/ or 

handling for resale purpose on commission or otherwise of textile waste insofar as the member of that Di-vision of the Trade, as 

hereinafter defined, shall signify their intention in writing to the 

1',T aste Trade Committee to be go-verned by this Code. 

(a) The term "Scrap Iron and Steel Trade" as used herein 

includes specifically the buying and/ or handling for resale purpose on commission or otherwi e of scrap iron and steel. The 

term "Scrap Iron and Steel Trade" also includes the dismantling 

of cars, ships, and locomotives ,-vho e principal salvage value is 

scrap iron and steel 

(b) The term "Nonferrous Scrap :Metal Trade" as used herein 

includes the buying and/ or handling for resale purposes on commis ion or otherwise of nonferrou scrap n1etals. 

( c) The term ",Yool Stock Trade" as used herein includes the 

buying and/ or handling for re ale purpo es on commission or otherwise of woolen rags and clips, new and old. 

( cl) The term "Scrap Rubber Trade ' as u ·eel herein includes 

the buying and/ or handling for re ale purposes on commission or 

otherwise of scrap rubber. 

( e) The term " ,Y aste Pa per Trade " as u eel herein includes 

the buying and/ or handling for resale purpo es on commission or 

otherw·i e of ,Yaste paper. 

( f) The term "Cotton Rag Trade" as used herein includes the 

buying and/ or handling for resale purpo es on commission or other1Yise of cotton and/ or linen rags. 

(g) The term " Textile Waste Trade " as used herein includes, but 

only as provided below, the buying and/or handling for resale purpo e on commission or otherwise of textile waste. 

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Members o:f this Division o:f the Trade, who handle other commodities included under this Code, may operate under the provisions 

o:f this Code by signifying their intention in writing to the Waste 

Trade Committee. 

The term ' employee " as used herein includes anyone engaged in 

the Trade in any capacity receiving compensation for his services, 

irre pective of th~ nature or method o:f payment of such compensation. 

The term "employer" as used herein includes anyone by whom 

any such employee is compensated or employed. 

The term "member of the Trade" as used herein includes anyone 

engaged in the Trade as above defined, either as an emplo er or on 

hi own behalf. 

The term " South " as used herein includes the States o:f Virginia, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, labama, Tennessee, l\1issi sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texa and the 

District of Columbia; the :following States shall be included in the 

" South" except with respect to commodities included in the Scrap 

Iron and Steel Trade: K entucky and Maryland. 

The term " orth " as used herein includes all of the territory o:f 

the United States except that portion included under the t erm 

"South." 

The term "President," "Act," and "Administrator" as used herein 

shall mean, respectively, the President of the United States, Title I 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator for 

Industrial Recovery. 

The term "mixed dealer" as used herein includes any employer 

whose business is substantially confined to the purchase o:f the commodities herein mentioned from peddlers and the sale thereof to 

wholesale dealers. 

ARTICLE III-HoURs 

1. No employee shall work or be permitted to work in exces of 

forty ( 40) hours in any one week, except that: 

(a) Male workers on outdoor work only shall be permitted to 

work not to exceed forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one week, provided, 

that they shall average not over forty (40) hours per week in any 

twelve ( 12) week period. 

(b) Crane and locomotive crews, oxygen plant operators, truck 

drivers and their helpers shall be permitted to work not to exceed 

forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one week. 

( c) Employees engaged in repair and maintenance work shall be 

permitted to work not to exceed forty-four (44) hours in any one 

week. 

( d) Office employees receiving less than thirty-five ( 35.00) dollars per week shall be permitted to work not to exceed forty-eight 

( 48) hours in any one week, provided that they shall average not 

over forty ( 40) hours per week in any twelve (12) week period. 

( e) The maximum hours fixe~ in this ~ection above sh~ll not 

apply to employees in an executive, supervisory or managerial ~apacity receiving thirty-five ($35.00) dollars or more per week, outside 

salesmen, outside buyers, and watchmen. 
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2. The maximum hours fixed in the foregoing Section shall not 

apply to any employee on emergency maintenance or emergency 

r epair work involving breakdowns or protection of life or property, 

but in any such special case at least one and one-third times his normal rate shall be paid for hours worked in excess of the maximum 

hours herein provided. 

3. Whenever any "member of the Trade" employs the services 

of members of his family, all such persons must be regarded as 

employee and shall be subject to all provisions contained in this 

Code affecting employees of " members of the Trade." 

4. No employee shall work or be permitted to work for a total 

number of hours in excess of the number of hours prescribed for 

each week, whether employed by one or more employers. 

5. No employee hall work, or be permitted to work more than 

six days in any seven day period. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

1. The minimum wage that shall be paid by employers to any 

of their employees in the Trade shall be at the following rate: 

Male labor, per hour------------------------------------------------------------ Female labor, per hour ________ _ -------------------------------------------------

North 

$0.321⁄2 

.271⁄2 

South 

$0. 271⁄2 

.221⁄2 

(a) These differentials shall be based on substantially different 

employment, and 

(b) Female employees performing substantially the same work 

as male employees shall receive the same rates of pay as male 

employees. 

2. Thi Article establi hes a minimum rate of pay, regardless of 

whether an employee is compen ated on a time-rate, piecework, or 

other basis. 

3. The weekly rate of pay for employment now in excess of the 

minimum wages hereby provided shall not be reduced (notwithstanding that the hours worked in such employment may be hereby 

red.need) and the pay for such employment shall be increased by an 

equitable readjustment of all pay schedules. 

4. Six months after the effective date the minimum wage rates 

and maximum hours shall be recon idered. The several Code Authorities shall cooperate during the six months period following 

the effective date of this Code to study and make recommenaations 

with reference to adjustments in minimum wages and maximum 

hours, and with respect to health and safety. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in the Trade, 

nor anyone under 18 years of age at operations or occupations hazardous in nature or detrimental to health. The Code Authority 

for each commodity shall submit to the Administrator before June 

1, 1934, a li t of such occupations. In any State an employer shall 
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be deemed to haYe complied -with this provision if he shall have on 

file a certificate or permit duly issued by the authority in such State 

ernpo-,Tered to issue employment or age certificates or permits, showing that the employee is of the required age. 

2. Employee shall have the right to organize and bargain collecti,·ely through representati, es 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 representatives 

or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the 

purpo e of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

3. :Xo employee and no one seeking employment shall be required 

a a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining, organizing, or a i ting a labor organization of his 

mn1 choosing. 

4. Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

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

or pre cribed by the President. 

5. 1' ithin each State "members of the Trade" shall comply with 

any laws of such State imposing more stringent requirements on 

employers regulating the age of employees, wages, hours of work, or 

health, fire or general working conditions than under the Code. 

6. Employer shall not recla sify employees or duties of occupation performed by employees or use any other ubterfuge so as to 

defeat the purpo es of the Act. 

7. Each employ.er shall po t in con picuous places acce ible to 

employees full copies of this Code. 

8. If any " member of the Trade " shall contract with another for 

the performance of work or service included within the Trade, such 

"member of the Trade" shall be liable for any violation of the Cocle 

on the part of the party performing such work or service. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

1. There shall forthwith be constituted the following Code Authorities: 

(a) The Gode Authority for the Sm·ap Iron and Steel Trade hall 

include 15 individuals, to be selected as follows: 10 individuals 

shall be selected by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Scrap 

Iron and Steel, from among the members of the scrap iron and steel 

trade; 5 individuals shall be selected to repre ent mixed dealers 

and/ or other interests in a manner to be prescribed or approved by 

the Administrator. 

(b) The Gode Authority for the Nonferro11;S Scrap Metal Trade 

shall include 15 individuals, to be selected as follows: 10 individuals 

shall be selected by the Executive Committee of the Secondary Metal 

Institute, a division of the National Association of vVaste l\1aterial 

Dealers, Inc., from among the members of the nonferrous scrap metal 

trade; 5 individuals shall be selected to represent mixed dealers 

and/ or other interests in a manner to be prescribed or approved by 

the Administrator. 

(c) The Gode Autlwrity fo1· the Wool Stock Trade shall include 

15 individual , to be selected as follows: 10 individuals shall be 

selected by the Board of Directors of the ,v ool Stock Council, from 
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among the members of the Wool Stock Trade, nt least one of whom 

shall be a grader of wool stock not a member of the Council; 5 

individuals shall be selected to repre ent mixed dealers and/or other 

interests in a manner to be prescribed or approved by the 

Administrator. 

( d) The Code Authority for the Scrap Rubber Trade shall include 

7 individuals from the Scrap Rubber Trade to be elected by member of the Scrap Rubber Trade, directly or by associations, 

who agree in writing to ustain their rea onable share of the 

expen..,e of admini tering this Code; in a manner to be prescrib@d 

or approved by the Administrator. In the election of the individual to the Code Authority for the Sera p Rubber Trade members 

of the crap rubber trade shall cooperate with the Scrap Rubber 

Instit11te, a di vision of the National As ociation of \Vaste Material 

Dealer , Inc. 

(e) The Code Authority for the Waste Paper Tracle shall include 

fifteen (15) individuals from the ,Vaste Paper Trade to be selected 

by members of the Waste Paper Trade, directly or by a sociations, who hall agree to the ati faction of the Administrator to sustain 

their reasonable share of the expense of administering this Code; 

such ~election to be in accord with a method to be prescribed or 

approved by the Administrator. 1 

(f) The Code Authority for the Cotton Rag T-rade hall include 

fifteen (15) individuals from the Cotton Rag Trade to be selected 

by members of the Cotton Rag Trade, directly or by associations, 

who shall agree to the atisfaction of the Adnuni trator to sustain 

their reasonable share of the expense of admini tering this Code; 

such selection to be in accord with a method to be prescribed or 

approved by the Adn1ini trator: Provided, however that at least 

10 individual shall consi. t of packers of cotton rags for their own 

account not acting as purchasing agents for mills u ing cotton rags 

which ha, e any financial investment in their bu iness. 

(g) Code Authorities may be establi hed for other con1modities, 

when the Admini trator after due notice and hearing shall find 

that such Code Authority should properly be establi heel, in a 

manner to be prescribed or approved by the Admini trator, with 

the advice and cooperation of the "\Vaste Trade Committee. 

(h) The Admini. trator, in his discretion, may appoint not more 

than three additional members, without vote on each of the Code 

Authorities de cribed in Section 1 of this Article and of the Waste 

Trade Committee, to represent such group or interests or such 

go,ernrnental agencies a he may de ignate. 

2. Each trade a ociation directly or indirectly participating 1n 

the Plection of act.frities of the Code Authority shall: 

(a) Impo ·e no inequitable restrictions on membership; and 

(b) Submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of 

association, bylaws, regulation , and any amendments when made 

thereto, together w.ith such other information as to membership, 

organization, and activitie as the Administrator may deem necessary 

to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

3. In order that the Code Authorities or any other chosen trade 

representatives hall at all times be truly repre entative of the Trade 

1 See paragraph 3 of order approving this Code. 
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and in other respects comply with the proY1s.10ns of the Act, the 

Administrator may provide such hearings as he may deem proper; 

and thereafter if he shall find that the Code Authorities or other 

trade representatives are not truly representative or do not in other 

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

appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authorities or other chosen trade representatives. 

4. "Members of the Trade" shall be entitled to participate in 

and share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authorities and 

t~ participate in the selection of the members thereof by assenting to 

and complying with the requirements of this Code and agreeing in 

writing to sustain their reasonable share of the expenses of its 

administration. The reasonable share of the expenses of the administration shall be determined by the Code Authorities, subject to 

review by the Administrator, on the basis of volume of business 

and/or such other fa ctors as may be deemed equitable to be taken 

into consideration. 

5. Nothing contained herein shall prevent direct access to the 

Administrator on the part of any organized group in the Trade. 

6. The Code Authorities shall have the following duties and 

powers to the extent permitted by the Act. 

(a) To make rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this Code, within their respective Trades. 

(b) To make investigations as to the functioning and observance 

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

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

( c) To require, from time to time, from each person in their 

respective Trades, reports in such form and containing such information as the Administrator may prescribe, in order that he may 

be kept informed with respect to the ob ervance of this Code. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, any reports filed in accordance with these provisions shall be confidential, and the data of one 

employer shall not be revealed to any other employer. 

( cl) To present to the Administrator, from time to time, recommendations based on conditions in their respective Trades, as they 

may develop, which will tend to effectuate the operation of the 

provisions of this Code. Such recommendations, when approved 

by the Administrator, after such notice and hearing as he shall 

specify, shall have the same force and effect with res_pect to the 

particular Trade as the other provisions of this basic Code. Such 

recommendations may include recommendations for setting up 

standards of health and safety for employees in the Trade. ( e) To submit supplementary F air Trade Practices for their 

respective Trades which, when approved by the President, shall 

ha ~e the same force and effect as this basic Code. 

7. With a view to coordinating the wages, hours, and other labor 

provisions of this Code in relation to each of the Trades, a Waste 

Trade Committee is hereby established;.. to consist of one representative to be appointed by each of the code -Authorities herein provided :for, or authorized hereafter. The powers of the vVaste Trade 

Committee shall, with respect to commodities which have a separate Code Authority, be restricted to those necessary to effectively 

obtain coordination of the wages, hours, and other labor provisions 
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of this basic Code subject to approval of the Administrator, all 

other powers and dutie of administration being reserved for the 

respective Code Authorities. 

8. If the Administrator shall determine that any action of a Code 

Authority or any agency thereof, or any locally chosen representatives of the Trade is unfair or unjust or contrary to th public 

interest, the Administrator may require that such action be sus. 

pended for a period of not to exceed thirty days to afford an op• 

portunity for inYestigation of the merits of such action and further 

consid ration by such Code Authority or agency or any locally 

chosen representatives of the Trade, pending final a tion, which 

shall be taken only upon approval by the Administrator. 

9. In addition to the in±or111ation required to be ·ubmitted to the 

Code Authorities, there shall be furnished to government agencies 

such . tutistical information a · the Administrator may deem necessary for the purpo es recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act. 

ARTICLE VII-TR.ADE PRACTICES 

The following practices constitute unfair methods of competition 

for " members of the Trade," and are prohibited : 

1. False Marking or Branding.-The false marking or branding 

of any product of the Trade which has the tenden cy to mislead or 

deceive customers or prospective customers, whether as to the grade, 

quality, quantity, substance, character, nature, origin, ·ize, finish, or 

preparation, or otherwise. 

2. Oonunerci,al Bribery.-No "member of the Trade" shall give, 

permit to be given, or directly 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 agent 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 ·uch articles are actually used for commercial bribery as 

hereinabove defined. 3. I nte1·f erence with Oontractit,al Relations.-Maliciou ly inducing 

or atternp6ng to induce the breach of an existing oral or ,vritten contract between a competitor and his custom.er or source of supply, or 

interfering with or obstructing the performance of any such contractual duties or services. 4. Secret Rebates.-The secret paym.ent or allowance of rebates, 

r efunds, commissions, credits, or unearned discounts, whether in the 

form of money or otherwise, or the secret extension to certain purchasers of special services or privileges not extended to all purchas rs 

on like term and conditions. 

AnTICLE VIII-~1oDIFICATION 

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

subject to the right of the Pre ident, in accordance with the proYi ions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, 
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approval, license, rule or regulation is ued under Title I of said 

Act and specifically, but without limitation , 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. 

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. 

ARTICLE IX-MONOPOLIES, ETC. 

No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress or discriminate 

against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE X 

The provisions of this Code shall not apply to charitable institutions during the six months study period provided in Article IV, 

Section 4 nor thereafter if they be specifically exempted by the 

Administrator. 

ARTICLE XI-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second l\1onday after its 

approval by the President. 

Approved Code No. 330. 

Registry No. 1632-27. 

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