Approved Code No. HI-Amendment No. 2 Re gistry No. 1741-2-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 10, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 111- Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

AIR. TRANSPORT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 10, 1934 

ORDER 

.APPnonNG ..:-\..)IENDMENTS OF CoDE OF FArn. Col\IPE'l'ITION FOR THE Am 

TRANSPORT INDUSTRY 

An a1Jplication haying bAen duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Titie I of the Nationv. Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an Amendment 

to Article VII of the Code of Fair Competition for the Air Transport Industry and opportunity to be heard having been afforded to 

all interested parties and any objection filed having been duly conidfred and the annexed report on said Amendment containing findings with re -pect thereto having been made und directed to the 

President: 

No,v, THEREFORE, on behalf of the Pre:;ident of the United 

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

Executi, e Order No. 6859, elated September 27, 1934, and otherwise, 

does hereby incorporate by reference sa id annexed report and does 

find that the Code, as constituted after being amended, complies 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 , ·aid Amendment be and it is hereby approved and that the previous 

approval o:f said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of 

Eaid Code in it· entirety as amended. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

L. H . PEEBLES, 

Acting Division Administrator. "T ASHINGTON, D. c., 

Deoem,ber 10, 1934. 

10220~ 0- 1385- 72-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

Th" PRESIDEXT, 

Th e 1V hite House. 

Srn: An application has been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provision · of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act for an Amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Air 

Transport Industry, the purpo ·e and effect of the Amendment being 

the a ldition of Sections 4 (a), 4 (b), 4 ( c), 5, 6 and 7 to Article VII 

of the Code covering Fair Trade Practice provision . Public Hearing on thi · amendment -.;;;a held in Washington, D. C. on September 

25. 1934. 

This amendment i. · ·ubmitte 1 in the form us revised in accordance 

with objection. re"ei--red. The Amendment limits the amount of 

baggage that may be carried free of charge, and among other things 

deals with 1·e--triction of the issuance of free or reduced fare transportation ¥:j.thout unduly limiting the right of any member of the 

Indn try to utilize . uch free or reduced fare transp-0rtation for 

edncationa.l purpo. e...:. FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to us on said amendment to c::aid Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedino-s in this matter: 

'\Ve find that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code as amended is well 

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

National Induc:: trial Recovery A.ct including the removal of obstructions to the free :flm, of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to dimini. h 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 govermnental 

sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, 

by promoting the fullest pos ible utilization of the pre.sent productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as 1uay be temporarily required), by increasing the conumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing 

purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by 

improving ...: tandards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating 

industry. 

(b) The Code a amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of sa.id Title of said Act, including without limitation 

Sub ection (a) of • ection 3 Sub ·ection (a) of Section 7, and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowers the Corle Authority to present the aforesaid amendment on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

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

and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( e) 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. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps 0£ 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 ap·proved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

DECEJ\ffiER 10, 1934. 

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A_dnifnist,rativQ Offe_cer. 
AMENDwlENT TO CODE OF FAIR CO iPETI'l'ION FOR 

THE AIR TRAN, PORT INDUSTRY 

The Code of Fair Cornpe6tion for the Air Transport Industry 

shall be amended by adding to Article VII Sections 4 (Subsections 

a, b, c), 5: 6, and 7 as follows : 

4a. All article.., carried a.· priYate luggage of pa · ·enger ( whether 

carried in the baggage compartment or by the passenger in the 

cabin), shall be con._ idered a · baggage and vreighed and charged for 

a. · ·uch. 

b. Free Baggage Allowance : Thirty-five (35) pounds of baggage 

for each passenger shall be carried free of charge. This provision 

doe:-i not apply to service. within either the territories and last point 

of departure or fir t point of landing in the continental United 

States. 

c. Charge for Exce. s Baggage: Baggage in exc.:e. s of thirty-five 

(35) pounds for each pa:-senger shall be charged for at the tariff 

rate :for such baggage. No more than fifty pom1ds o:f baggage per 

passen o·er shall be carried, except by special arrangement in each 

individual case. Thi,· provi ·ion does not apply to services within 

either the territorie · of Ala.·ka or Hawaii or between such territories 

and la t point o:f departure or fir. t point of landing in the continental 

Unit eel States. · 

5. No member of the in lu try shall knowingly withhold infonnation reque ted concerning air transportation :facilities, or knowingly 

give inaccurate information concerning such :facilities. 

6. No member o:f the indu try ·hall defame a competitor by fal. ·ely 

imputing to him di, honorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable <.;redit tanding, or by falsely di. paraging the 

character of hi, personnel or operation methods or the quality of 

his equipment or . ervice ·. 7. o member of the indu. try . ·hall, after December 10 1934 

directly or indirectly i. sue or gi, e any free or relluced fare tran ·portation to passenger, , except ( 1) to Federal Government employees 

traveling on Go,ernment request for Transportation (Form 1030) ; 

(2) per ons traveling on the carrier's business, it employees, its officers and directors, c.:urgeons: physicians and attorneys, and the immediate :families of employee · (the immediate family o:f an employee to 

include only wife or hu. band, children, parents, . ·i -ters and brother_.); (3) when on official bu ine. ·, to Post Office inspector · and 

officials, Bureau of Air Commerce inspectors and officials, Custom 

Hou. e inspectors, Immigration inspectors, Air Transport Code Authority officials and employees, and National Recovery Administration offici.'tls traveling on Air Transport Code Authority business; 

( 4) witne~. es in connection with any legal matters in which the carrier i~ intere tecl; ( 5) per.-ons injured in accidents and phy ·ician:' 

and nur. es attending su ·h per. on. ·; PROVIDED, however, that this 

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provision shall not be construed to prohibit the interchange of passes 

for the officers, directors and employees of carriers by air and the 

immediate fa1nilies of employees as described above; nor to prohibit 

any carrier from carrying passengers free with the object of providing relief in case~ of general epidemic, pestilence, or other calamitous 

visitation; nor to prohibit the issuance of free transportation for -

educational purposes on regular scheduled flights not to exceed one 

hundred (100) miles or to the next scheduled stop beyond one hundred (100) miles. 

Free passes may also be granted for scheduled flights in excess 

of a round trip from the point of origin to the next regular scheduled 

stop beyond one hundred (100) miles on any route, for educational 

purposes, after fifteen ( 15) days from the 1nailing date of notice 

in writing by the member of the industry in question to the Air, 

Transport Code Authority. Non-scheduled flights for educational 

purposes may be granted within the discretion of any _member of 

the industry. Educational purposes as herein used means any purpose which clearly serves to demonstrate the merits of air transportation to the public and which may reasonably be expected to 

increase air traffic at full tariff rates. Any agreement made in writing for free transportation, prior to December 10, 1934, by any; 

1nember of the industry, shall not be considered a violation of the'. 

provisions of this sttction. The provisions of this Section shall not 

apply to services within either the territories of Alaska or Hawaii 

or between such territories and last point of departure or first point 

of landing in the continental United States. 

Approved Code No. 111-Amendment No. 2. 

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