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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE O·F FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ASBESTOS INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON APRIL 27, 1934 

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Approved Code No. SO-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ASBESTOS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on April 27, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING Al\fENDMENT TO CooE OF F Am CoMPETITION FOR THE 

ASBESTOS INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of amendments 

to the Code of Fa.ir Competition for the Asbestos Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said 

amendments, containing findings with respect thereto, having been 

made and directed to the Pnsident: 

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

States, I , Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industria l Recovery, 

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

1933, and othcrwj e; do hereby incorporate, by reference ·aid 

annexed r~"port and do find that said amendments and the Co-:1e as 

con tituted after being amended comply in all r pects with the 

pertinent provisions and will promote the policy an l purpo es of 

~aid Title of said Act, and do hereby order that sa.id amendments 

be and they are hereby approved, and that the previous approval 

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

in it entirety as amended, and that said amendments shall be me 

effective as part of the Code at the expiration of fifteen (15) lays 

from the dat hereof unle good cause to the contrary is shown to 

me before that time and I issue a subsequent order to that effect. 

Approval recommended: 

A. R. GLANCY, 

HuGH S. JoHNSON 

Ad1ninistratm· for I ndtt ·tt·i.al R ec()1) '~'Y · 

Division Administrator. 

vVA HINGToN, D.c., 

Ap1-il tE7, 1931,. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn : This is a report on the Proposed Amendments to the Code of 

Fair Competition for the Asbestos Industry, as revised after a P ublic Hearing conducted in \Vashington on March 19, 1934, in accordance with Article X II of said Code as approved on November 1, 

1933. 

The Amendments to Section 1, Article VI, are clarifications of 

Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g), to distinguish members of the Code 

from members of the Industry who are not members of the Code. 

There are five Divisions in the Industry. A new sentence has been 

added to Section 1 (g) of Article VI providing for the creation of 

subdivision · within each Division. 

Section 4 (b) of Article VI of the approved Code provides that 

the member of each Divi ion may prepare simplification and standardization specifications and a merchandising plan for their Division 

incorporating the merchandising policies best calculated to promote 

fair competition in such Division. This has now been amended so 

that the members of a subdivi ion may also propose such plans and 

specification . 

The Industry, by unanimous vote of its Code Authority, h as requested that the Amendment originally ubmitted pertaining to 

Article VI , Section 2 (c), and Article IX Section 2, be withdrawn. 

No change has been made in any of the labor provisions. 

FINDINGS 

The Acting Deputy Administrator in his final report to 1ne on 

said Amendment to said Code having found a herein ·et forth and 

on the basi of all the proceeding in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The Amendments to ·aid Code and the Code a amended are 

well designed to promote the p olicies and purpo es of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign cornmerce 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 nnder adequate governmental san tion and supervision by eliminating unfair compotitive 

practices, by promoting the full st possible utilization of the present 

productive capacity of indu. tries, by avoiding undue restriction of 

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

the consumption of inclu trial and agricultural products through 

increasing purcha ing power, by reducing and relieving unemploy-

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ment, by imr ro ino- tanclards of labor and by otherTI"i c rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Th ode a am nded comr lies in all re pe t with th pertinent provi i n of ail Title of aid Act, in ludin O' with nt limitation Sub ection (a) of ection 3, Sub ection (a) of ction 7 and 

Sub ection (b) of Se tion 10 thereof. 

(c) The Asbesto Institute was and is an indu trial a. ociation 

truly representative of the aforesaid Indu try an l that aiel In titute imposed and impo e no inequitable re tricti n. on a lmis-

"ion to member ·hip therein an 1 ha applied for or con ent t these 

Amendment. 

(d) The Amendment · and the Code as amended are not lesigned 

to and will not permit monopolie or monopolistic pra tice . 

(e) The Amendment and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterpri an TI"ill not 

operate to discriminate a O'ain t them. 

(f) Tho e engaged in other tep of the economic pro e · have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of aid 

Amendments. 

For the e rea on , the e Amendments have been approved by me. 

Re pectfully. 

APRIL 27' 1934. 

HuoH •. JoHx ON, 

Ad1nini8trator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE ASBESTOS INDUSTRY 

PURPOSE 

Pursuant to Article XII of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Asbe tos Industry, duly approved by the President on November 

1, 1933, and further to effectuate the policies of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, the following amendments are 

establi heel a · a part of said Code of Fair Competition and shall 

be binding upon every member of the Asbestos Industry. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

Section 1 (e) amended to read as follows : 

' (e) At lea._t five voting members of the Code Authority shall 

be elected from members of the Code. One voting member shall be 

elected by a two-thirds vote of the members of each Division who are 

member. of the Code. A democratic (majority) method of election 

and term of offi e shall be dete>rmined by the members of each Division. The sixth voting member hall be elected by a maj ority vote 

of the five so elected." 

Section 1 (f) amende l to read a follow : 

" (f) The Code Authority shall adopt its own rules of procedure 

and may appoint such officer or agencies as it may deem neces8ary properly to admini ter the Code, . ubject to review by the 

Admini trator. It shall delegate to a Sub-Code Authority of each 

member Divi ion, con i ting of three mnmbers elected by the members of the Code of each Division, the administration of all Articles 

except III, IV, V, and X of the Code, subj ect to review by the 

Admini trator. All contracts with the Administrator relating to the 

admini tration of Articles I I I, IV, V, and X of the Code shall be 

by the Code Authority." 

Section 1 (g) amended to read as follows : " (g) The members of each Division who are members of the 

Code ._ hall adopt their own rules of procedure with respect to admini tering the Code, not incon istent with the Act or with the Code, 

subject to review by the Admini trator. Each Division may appoint 

agent . not members of the Indu -try, to investigate complaints of 

violations of the Code by members of the Divi ·ion under rules which ~hall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Act or of the 

Code. Each Division may, upon the approval of the Su'b-Code 

Authority of ·uch Division and of three-fourth of the Code membei s of Lhe Divi ·ion create Subdivi ions within its Division." 

Section 4 (b) amended to read as follow : 

"(b) The member of each Division of the Industry or any Subdi·li ion thereof may prepare Simplification and Standardization 

Specifi ation anl a Merchandising Plan for each Division, or Sub-

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division thereof a theca e may be, incorporating the n1.cr handising 

policie be t calculate l to promote fair competition in such Divi ion 

or Subclivi ion. Subject to approval by the A lmini trat r, 'ery 

such l\1er handising Plan or Simplification and Standardization 

Specifi a.tion , when approved by the Sub-Cod Authority of ·uch 

Divi ion and by ither three-fourth ~ of the ode mcmb rs of the 

Divi ion or Sub livision as the cas may be, who are pre ent at a 

meeting expr ly calle l for that purp e or by a three-fourth 'ote 

of the members of the Division or Sub livi ion by written ballot, 

as the ase may b and filed with the Sub-Code Authority, shall be 

binding upon all members of the Indu try who are in ludecl in or 

come within the Div·. ion or Subdivision to ~Vhich su h Merchandising Plan or Specifications apply. Change may be made in any uch 

l\1erchandi ·ing Plan or Specifi ation in the ame manner." 

Approved Code No. 0-Amenclment No. 1. 

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