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Approved Code No. 2-Amendment No. 3 Registry No. 1408-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SHIPBUILDING AND 

SHIPREP AIRING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON APRIL 2, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 2-Amendment No. 3 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR T~E 

SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREP AIRING INDUSTRY: 

As Approved on April 2, 1934 

ORDER 

MODIFICATION OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SHIPBUILDING ' 

AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY 

An application having been made on behalf of the Shipbuilding 

and Shiprepairing Industry pursuant to and in full compliance with 

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

1933, and the provisions of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Indu try, duly approved on July, 

26, 1933, and amended on October 10, 1933, for approval of further 

amendments to said Code of F air Competition for the Shipbuilding 

and Shiprepairing Industry; and it appearing that saj l proposed 

amendments are in accordance with the report, finding::; and recommendations of the Deputy Administrator, which report, findings 

and recommendations are incorporated herein by reference and that 

the proposed amendments comply in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions of Title I of said Act, and that the requirements of clauses 

( 1) and ( 2) of sub-section (a) of Section 3 of Title I of said Act 

have been met; 

NOvV, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of t he 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that said proposed amendments are in 

accordance with said report, findings and recommendations of the 

Deputy Administrator :uicl do further find that said proposed amendments and the Code as constituted after being amended comply in 

all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act and will promote the poli cy and purposes 

of said Title of said Act, and that the requirement of clause (1) 

and (2) of sub-section (a) of Section 3 of Title I of said Act have 

been met, and so finding do hereby order that said application be and 

it is hereby approved and that, effective five days from the date 

hereof unless good cause to the contrary is shown to me l efore th.at 

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time, the said Code o:f Fair Competition for the Shipbuilding and 

Shiprepairing Industry be and it is hereby amended as follows: 

Part 3, ParagTaph (a) is modified to read: 

"Shipbu,ilding.-N o employee on an hourly rate hall be permitted 

to work more than thirty-six (36) hours per week. If an employee 

on an hourly rate works in excess of eight (8) hours in any one 

day, the wage paid will be at the rate of not le s than one and onehalf (11⁄2) times the regular hourly rate, but otherwise according 

to the prevailing custom in each port, for c:uch time a may be in 

excess of eight (8) hours." 

Part 3, Paragraph (b) is deleted and a new Par.a.graph (b) is 

added, as follows : 

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1 Shiprepairing.-N o en1ployee on an hourly rate shall be permitted 

to work more than thirty--six (36) hours per week averaged over a 

period of six ( 6) months, nor more than forty ( 40) hours during 

any one week. If any employee on an hourly rate works in excess 

of eight (8) hours in any one day, the wage paid will be at the rate 

of not less than one and one-11alf (11⁄2) time. the r egular hourly 

rate, but otherwise according to the prevailing cu...:tom in each port; 

for such time as may be in excess of eight ( 8) hours.:: 

Part 4, Paragraph (b), is modified to read as follows: 

" The a1nount of differen ces eA7.sting prior to July 1, 1933, between 

the wage rates paid various cla es of employees receiving more than 

the established minimun1 w-age hall not be decreased. In no event 

shall any employer pay an employee a wage rate which will yield a 

less wage for a work week of thirty-six (36) hours than such e1nployee was r eceiving for the same class of work for a forty ( 40) 

hour week prior to July 1, 1933." 

Provided, however, that the hourly wag,e rates now prevailing 

in private yards shall not be reduced because of the increase in 

hours, except rates resulting from the application of Public vVorks 

Administration Bulletin No. 51. 

Approval recommended : 

K. ~1. IMPSON' 

HUGI-I S. JOHNSON, 

Acl-rninistrator f 01· I nd-ustr·ia7 R ecove-ry. 

Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

April 93, 1934. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The W .hite Ii 01,r,se. 

Sm: Th1s i a report on the amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Shipbuilding and ~hiprepairing Industry and on 

the recommendations made thereon by the National Labor Board 

to the National Emergency Council on March 22, 193-:b. 

The amenc1ment follows the recommendations of the National Labor Board which wa trans1nitted by it to the National Emergency 

Council on ~1arch 22, 1934, and approYed by you on '.larch 27, 1934. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said amendment to said Code, having found as herein set forth an l on the basis 

of all the proceeding.:i in this matter : 

I find that: 

(a) The amen lment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well d signed to promote the policies and purpo es of Title I of 

the K ational Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which 

tend to diminish the a1nount thereof, and will provi le for the gener8.l 

welfare by promoting the organization of indu,stry for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade group , by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate govern1nental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive 

practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present 

productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undne restriction of 

production ( except as may be temporarily required), by increasing 

the con umption of indu trial and agricultural I roducts through increa ing purcha, ing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, 

by improving standards of labor, and by otherwi e rehabilitating 

industry. (b) The Code as amended complie in all re ·pects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, inclu,ling without limitation subsection (a) of Section 3, ub ection (a) of Section 7 and 

subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The amen lment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

• and will not rJe rmit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( d) The amendment and the Code a amended are not de igned to 

and will not eliminate or oppress ~mall enterpri ·es and will not 

operate to discriminate again t 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 amendment. 

For these reasons, this amendment has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

APRIL 2, 1934. 

Approved Code No. 2-Amendment No. 3. 

Registry No. 1408-1-01. 

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HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

· Aclm,inistrator. 

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