Approved Code No. 244-Arnendrnent No.4 Registry No. 1616-2-31 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 3, 1934 

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Approved Cod-e No. 244-Amendment No. 4 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 3, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING MoDIFICATION OF ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

CoNSTRUCTION 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 a modification to a Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, 

and due notice and opportunity to be heard having been given 

thereon and the annexed report on said modification, containing 

findings with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the 

President: 

NO,V, 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 the 

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 modification and the Code as 

constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modification 

be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

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

in its entirety as modified. 

HuGH S. JoHNsoN, 

.Adrninistrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended: 

GEo. L. BERRY, 

Division .A ([?ninis trator. 

w .ASHINGTON' D.C., 

August 3, 1934. 

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REP RT T THE PRE I ENT 

Th PnE IDE T 

Th e lVhit Hou e. 

m: Thi i a r port n a modificati n of th de f air 

titian f r th on tru tion Indu try which was appr v d b 

Januar 1 19' . Th ff t of hi. am ndm nt, modifyinO' th 1 w r 

the Con ·tru tion od Authori will b to giY th 

ode uthorit poi\er to admini ter the n~ tru ti n 

branch f the In lu try f r which no ivi ional 

have b n tabli hed. 

Th 1 uty A lmini trator in hi final r p rt to me n ·ai modification of aiel Code having found as her in ct forth an l on the 

ba is f all th proceedino- in thi matt r: 

I find that: 

(a) Th mo lification of aid Code and the nd a._ M dified are 

w 11 de igned t promote the policies and purpo~ of Titl I of th 

) National Indu tnal Re avery Act including th removal of ob tru - tions to th free flow of interstate UJnd foreign comm r e which tend 

to dimini h the amount thereof, and will provide for the o-eneral 

welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpo of 

cooperati-ve action of labor and management under adequate go ernmental auction and supervi ion by eliminatin{T unfair competitive 

practic by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the pr ent 

productive capacity of indu trie , by avoiding un iue r tri tion of 

production (except as may be ten1porarily required), by increa ing 

the consumption of industrial and agricultural product thr ugh 

increa il1g purcha ing power, by reducing and relievino· unem.ployment by improving tandards of labor, a.nd by otherwi e rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) The Code as modified complies in all re p t;:, with the p rtinent provision of aid Title of said Act, in lu ing without limitation sub- ection (a) of Section 3, ub-section (a) of ection 7 and 

sub-section (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code empower the ode Authority to pre~ nt th aforesaid modification on behalf of the Industry a a whole. 

(d) Th mo lifi ation and th ode a · modifi l are n t d iQ'D d 

to and will not permit n1onopoli or monopoli ti practice . 

(e) The modification and th ode a modifi c1 ar n t desi 0 n l t 

and will not liminate or oppre mall enterpri e n.nd will n t 

opera t di riminate a£Tain t them. 

(f) Tho e en ao- d in ther -t 1 of th economi pr have 

not b n pri ved f th ri ht to b heard prior to appr val f . aid 

modifica ion. 

For th ·e r a n thi n1 difi tion ha b en approved. 

R spectfully, 

A G T 3 1934. 

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H G • JoHN , 

Adntini trator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

Modify Article IV A, Section 2 by deleting subsection (f) and 

substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

(f) It shall administer this Code in any branch of the industry 

for which no Divisional Code Authority shall have been established; 

and, if in its opinion the policies of the Act require, it may recommend to the Administrator that an additionn,l chapter of this Code 

be established for any such Division of the industry. 

Approved Code No. 244--Amendment No. 4. 

Registry No. 1616- 2-31. 

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