NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ALUMINUM FABRICATING 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 29, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 1203-1-01 

The Code for the Aluminum Fabricating 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 

• WE DO OUR PART 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ALUMINUM 

FABRICATING INDUSTRY 

To effe tuate the policy of Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act, the following provi ions are e tablished as a National 

Indu trial Recovery Code for the Aluminum Fabricating Industry: 

I-DEFINITIO.J: ~ 

The term ·'aluminum fabricating indu try" as use l herein is 

defined to mean the manufacture for sale of semifinished products 

of aluminum and aluminum alloys. 

The term. " per on as used herein shall include natural per...,ons, 

partner hips, a sociations, and corporations. 

The tenn "emplo) er" as u ed herein hall include every per on 

promoting, or actively engaged in, the manufacture for sale of the 

products of the aluminum fabricating industry as herein defined. 

The term 'effective date" as nsed herein is defined to be the day 

when thi Code shall be approYed by the President of the United 

States. 

II-REQUIRED PROVISIONS 

As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial 

RecoYery Act, the following provisions are condition of this Code: 

"1. That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

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

labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representative or 

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

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

"2. That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or 

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

of his own choosing; and 

' 3. That e1nployer shall con1ply with the maximum hour of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President. 

III-SUPERVISORY AGENCY 

There shall be a supervisory agency to administer, supervi e, and 

promote the performance of the provisions of this Code by the members of the aluminum-fabricating industry. 

Such supervisory agency shall be a person appointed by the Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act and subject to 

removal at any time by such Administrator. Such person shall receive such compen ation for his services and such allowance for 

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the maintenance of an office, clerical as ·istance, and other expenses 

as the Admini tr·ator may determine to be reasonable. The amounts 

of such compen ation and expen e shall be paid by the ubscribers 

to this Code ratably. 

IV- CONDITION F EMPLOYMENT 

(a) On and after the effective date, employers shall not employ 

anyone under the age of 16 years. 

(b) On and after the effective elate the minimmn wage that shall 

be paid by any employer to any employee engaged in labor operations 

in the alnminum-fabricating industry hall be 50 cents per hour. 

(c) On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall 

be paid by any employer to all other employees, except commission 

salespeople, shall be at the rate of $15.00 per week. 

(d) On and after the effective elate, employers shall not operate 

on a schedule of hours for employees, except executive, administrative, and supervisory employees, and traveling and commission salespeople, in excess of 35 hours per week, provided, however, that this 

limitation shall not apply in cases of emergency, but at the end of 

every calendar month every employer shall report to the supervisory 

agency in uch detail as he may require the number of man hours 

worked that 1nonth for emergency rea ons and the ratio which said 

emergency man hours bear to the total number of man hours of labor 

during said month. 

V - INFORMATION To BE FURNISHED To THE SuPERVISORY AGE :rcy 

Every employer shall prepare and furni h to the supervisory 

agency : 

(a) Not less than once in each year, an earnings statement and 

bala.J?.Ce sheet in such form and detail as the supervisory agency may 

requue. 

(b) At such times and in such manner and in such detail as may 

be pre cribed by the supervisory agency, stati tics of plant capacity, 

volum.e of production, volume of sales in units and dollars, orders 

received, unfilled orders, stocks on hand, inventory (both raw and 

finished), number of employees, wage rates, employee earnings, hours 

of work, cost of manufacturing processes, and such other data or 

information as the supervi ory agency 1nay from tiine to time 

require. 

All stati tic , data, and information filed in a cor dance with the 

provisions of this Article shall be confidential and the statistics, 

data, a_nd information of one employer shall not be revealed by the 

supervisory agency to any other .employer, except 

(a) a otherwise provided in the National Indu trial Recovery 

Act; 

(b) the supervisory agency may, with the approval of the Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act, make public any . 

such statistics, data, and information relating to an employer in 

the event that he determines that said employer has violated the 

provisions of this Code or any provisions of law, but only such 

statistics, data, and information as bear upon such violations of the 

Code or of law. 
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VI-AccouNTING SYSTEM 

Eve~y employer shall u e an accounting y tern approved by the 

uperv1 ory agenc:5 . 

VII-UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 

No member of the indu try shall, in the ordinary course of bu ine ell any product fabricated by him from aluminum for less 

than the urn of the market value of the aluminum used in the fabricating proce and the co t of such process; any sale made upon an 

emergency or other extraordinary occasion for less than such an 

amount shall be reported within ten days, in writing, to the supervi ory agency, in uch detail as he may require. 

' III-PARTICIPATION IN THE CODE 

Any employer may participate in this Code and in any revisions 

or additions thereto and receive the benefit thereof by subscribing 

thereto and agreeing to pay his pro rata share of the cost of creating 

and a lministering the same. 

IX-AMENDMENTS TO ConE 

Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required by the N ational Industrial Recovery Act to be included herein may, with the 

approval of the President of the United States be modified or 

amended. An amendment shall take effect with such approval upon 

the con ent, in writing, of a majority in number of the subscribers 

to this Code. 

The President of the United States may withhold or withdraw at 

any time his approval to any portion of this Code, and no portion of 

this Code not approved shall be deemed to be a part thereof. 

X-\V ITHDRA w AL 

Any subscriber to this Code 1nay withdraw from further participation therein and from further obligation to maintain the upervi ory agency upon giving six months' notice, in writing, to the 

supervisory agency. 

X I-PoLICY OF CoDE 

This Code shall not be administered by the supervisory agency in 

uch a manner as to di courage fair competition or to the disad- vantage of small firms and corporations. 

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