Approved Code No. 226-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 299-50 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LIGHT SEWING INDUSTRY 

EXCEPT GARMENTS 

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AS APPROVED ON MAY I, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 226-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LIGHT SEWING INDUSTRY EXCEPT GARMENTS 

As Approved on May 1, 1934 

ORDER 

MoDIFICATION oF ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE LIGHT SEWING 

INDUSTRY ExcEPT GARMENTS 

An application having been duly made pur uant 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 a modification of a Code of Fair Competition for the Light Sewina Indu -

try Except Garments, and an opportunity to file objections thereon 

having been given and the annexed report on said modification containing findings with respect thereto; having been made and directed 

to the President : 

NO\iV, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I , Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Indu trial RecoYery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the Pre ident, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, aid annexed report and do find that said modification and the Code as 

constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provision and will promote the policy and purpo e of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modification 

be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in 

its entirety a modified. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administrator fm· Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended : 

H. 0. KING, 

Division Adn1inist1·ator. 

WA HINGTON D .. , 

May 1, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

Tl1e PRESIDENT, 

The lVhite Hmtse. 

Sm: This is a report on the Hearing on the amendment to the 

Supplemental Provisions for the Mattress Cover Division of the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Light Sewing Industry Except Garments. The amendment which is attached, was presented by the 

Divisional Committee. 

Notice of opportunity to file objections to this amendment was 

given, and no objections were received. 

The amendment provides that Article I of the Supplemental Provisions for the Mattress Cover Division shall include pillow ticks 

when manufactured for sale for the purpo e of replacing ticks on 

bed pillow , comfortable covers and blanket covers. 

Concerns at present operating under the Mattre s Cover Division 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Light Sewing Industry 

Except Garments make sixty per cent ( 60%) of all the pillow ticks 

manufactured in this country to be used for the purpose of replacing 

ticks on bed pillows, and eighty-five per cent (85%) of all blanket 

covers and comfortable covers manufactured in this country. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in hi final report to me on said amendment 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 amencbnent to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the 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 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate 

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

the pre ent productive capacity of industries, by avoiding 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 provisions of aid Title of said Act, including "vithout 

limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 

and Sub. ection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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(c) The Code empower the Code uthority to present the aforesaid amendment on behalf of th Industry a a whol . 

(d) The amendment and the Code as amend d are not de ·igned 

to and will not permit monopoli or monopolistic practice . 

(e) The amendment and the ode as amended arc not designed 

to and will not eliminate or oppre small enterpri e · and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other tep of the economic proce s have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of 

said amendment. 

For the above reasons this amendment has been approved by me. 

MAY 1, 1934. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON' 

Adm/ilnistrator for Industrial Recovery. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE LIGHT SEvVING INDUSTRY EXCEPT GARMENTS 

Article I of the Supplemental Provisions for the Mattress Cover 

Division, Division 2, of the Code of Fair Competition for the Light 

Sewing Industry Except Garments shall be amended to read as 

follows: The term "l\1attress Cover Division" as used herein includes all members of the Industry producing mattress covers; 

comfortable cover ; blanket covers; and pillow ticks when manufactured for sale for the purpose of replacing ticks on bed pillows. 

Approved Code No. 2'26--Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 299<--50. 

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