Approved Code No. 282-Amendment No.2 Registry No. 1728-2-11 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RESTAURANT INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 19, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 282-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RESTAURANT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 19, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

' ~STAURANT 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, a_pproved June 16, 1933, for approval o:f an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the Restaurant Industry, 

and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report 

on said amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the President: 

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

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwise; 

does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and does 

find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being 

amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions and 

will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of said Act, and 

does hereby order that said amendm_ent be and it is hereby approved, 

and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to 

jnclude an approval of said Code in its entirety as amended, such 

approval and such amendment to take effect twenty days from the 

date hereof, unless good cause to the contrary is shown to the 

National Industrial Recovery Board before that time and the said 

Board issues a subsequent order to that effect. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL REcoVERY BoARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

ARMIN w. RILEY, 

Divi8ion Admini.f?trator. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

Decernber 19, 1934. 

103973°----1385-115----35 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PREsiDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report on an amendment to the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Restaurant Industry, as revised after a Public 

Hearing held in the Auditorium, Department of Commerce Building, vVashing-ton, D. C., August 20, 1934. 

In accordance with customary procedure every person who had 

£led a request for appearance was freely heard in public, and all 

statutory and regulatory requirements were complied with. 

PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDl\'LEh I 

The Amendment contains the following provisions designed to 

promote fair competition and to effectuate the purposes and policies 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act by increasing 

voluntary code compliance. 

1. A provision which provides for an increase in the number of 

members of the National Restaurant Code Authority making that 

body more fully representative of the Industry. 

2. A provision which provides for the manner of selection of the 

National Restaurant Code Authority. 

3. A provision which puts hotel restaurants under the jurisdiction 

of the National Restaurant Code Authority. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to the National 

Industrial Recovery Board on said amend1nent to said Code having 

found as herein set forth and on the basis of all proceedings in this 

matter: 

The National Industrial Recovery Board finds that: 

(a) The amendment 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 obstr ~"ns to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which 

tend diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the 

general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the 

purpose of co-operative action of labor and management under 

adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating 

unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest utilization 

of the present 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 

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unemployment, by improving standards oi labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provision of said Title of said Act, including without limitation sub-section (a) of Section 3, sub-section (a) of Section 7 

and sub-section (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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

and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(d) The amendment and the Code as amended are 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 

amendment. 

Said amendment was accordingly approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

DECEMBER 19, 1934. 

w. A. IlARRIMAN, 

Administrative Officer. 
AMEND~1ENT TO THE CODE OF FAIR CO:MPETITION 

FOR THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY 

Article VIII, Section 1 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows: 

Section 1 (a). A Code Authority of ten (10) representatives of 

the Industry or such other number as may be approved from time 

to time by the National Industrial Recovery Board and not more 

than three ( 3) representatives of the National Industrial Recovery 

Board, without vote, to be known as the National Restaurant Code 

Authority, shall be established for the purpose of acb11inistering, 

supervising and promoting the performance of the provisions of 

this Code. The Code Authority shall assist the National Industrial Recovery Board in all matters relating to the administration of 

the provi ions of this Code. 

Article VIII, Section 1 (b) is hereby amended to read as follows: 

(b) The Code Authority shall be selected in accordance with the 

following rules : 

1. Ten (10) repre entatives of the Industry shall be chosen; five 

( 5) shall be selected by the National Restaurant Association subject 

to the approval of the National Industrial Recovery Board and 

five (5), or such other number as may be approved from time to 

time by the National Industrial Recovery Board, shall be appointed 

by the National Industrial Recovery Board to represent those members of the Industry who are not members of said Association. 

2. Any vacancies occurring in the membership of the Code Authority shall be filled by the selection of a new member in the 

same manner and from the same class as that of the member whom 

he replaces. 

3. Members of the Code Authority shall serve for such term as 

may be designated or until their successors are selected. 

Article VIII, Section 3, subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and 

(f) are hereby deleted. 

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