Approved Code No. 19-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 410-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WALL PAPER 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 30, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

.TORY 

1. Executive order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

3. Amendment 

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Approved Code No. 19-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WALL PAPER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 30, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

Applications having been duly made by the Executive Committee 

of the vVall Paper Manufacturing Industry under date of September 

27, and October 7, 1933, pursuant to and in full compliance with the 

provisions of Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and pursuant to Article XIV of the Code of 

Fair Competitjon for the "\Vall Paper Manufacturing Industry approved by me in my E xecutive Order of September 7, 1933, for my 

approval of amendments to said Code proposed in said applications, 

and full hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator 

having rendered his report containing an analysis of said amendments, together with his recommendations and findings with resp0 ct 

thereto, and the Administrator having found, as set forth in said 

report, that the said amendments comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title 1 of said Act and that the requirements of 

Clause 2 of subsection (a) of Section 3 have been met: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title 1 of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, r ecommendations and 

findings of the Administrator and do order that said amendments 

to the Code of Fair Competition for the vVall Paper Manufacturing 

Industry be, and they hereby are, approved and made a part of said 

Code. 

Approval recommended: 

HUGI-I s. JOHNSON, 

A dm,inistrato1-. 

THE vV HITE HousE, 

Deceniber 30, 1933. 

FRANI{LIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

29277 °-206-118-34 (1) 
DECEl\IIlER 21, 1933. 

THE PRE ID ENT' 

The TV hite House. 

Sn:: This is a report on two hearings of the modifications of the 

Code of Fair Competition for the \Vall Paper Manufacturing Industry held in vVashington, D.C., on October 18, 1933, and October 

31, 1933, submitted by the Executive Committee of the -VVall Paper 

Manufacturing Industry in accordance with Article XIV of said 

Code approved in your Executive Order of September 7, 1933. Application was made to this office nnder date of September 27 and 

October 7, 1933, by the ExecutiYe Committee of the "\iV all Paper 

Manufacturing Industry, the Planning and Fair Practice Agency 

for "\iV all Paper :Manufacturing Indu try, for modification of certain 

Articles of their Code. 

In modifying Articles II, III, and IV, general labor provisions 

were added in accordance with policies adopted since approYal of 

this Code. Amendments to other provisions of the Code were made 

to clarify existing provisions and to provide, for more supervision of 

the selling methods and trade practices of the Industry. 

These provisions do not in any way affect the ,Vage and Hour 

provisions of the Code or the nmnber of workers employed. 

The Administrator finds that-

(a) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

including, without limitation, subsection (a) of Section 7, and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

{b) The applicant group impo es no inequitable restrictions on 

admission to membership therein, and is truly representative of this 

industry. 

( c) The provisions of the Code as amended are not designed to 

promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises and 

will not operate to discriminate against them, and will tend to eff ec. 

tuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

( d) It is recommended, therefore, that the modifications to this 

Code be adopted inunediately. 

Respectfully submitted. 

(2) 

HUGH s. JOHN ON, 

Aclm,inist1·ato1·. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WALL PAPER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

There shall be added to Article I the following, which shall be 

known hereafter as Section 1: 

" Wherever in the said Code or the said amendment the words 

'Executive Committee' appear they shall be construed to mean 

'Code Authority.'" 

There shall be added to Article I I the following, which shall be 

known hereafter as Section c : 

"Female employees performing substantially the same work as 

male employees shall receive the same rate of pay as male employees." 

There shall be added to Article I I the following, which ~hall be 

known hereafter as Section d: 

"A person whose earning capacity is limited because of age or 

physical or mental handicap may be employed on light work at a 

wage below the minimum established by this Code if the employer 

obtains from the State authority designated by the United States 

Department of Labor a certificate authorizing his employment at 

such wages and for such hours as shall be stated in the certificate. 

Each employer shall file with the Code Authority a list of all such 

persons employed by him." 

There shall be added to Article I I I the £ollowing, which shall be 

known hereafter as Section c: 

"No employer shall knowingly permit any employee to work for 

any time which, when totaled with that performed with another employer or employers in this Industry, exceeds the maximum permitted herein." 

Article IV shall be eliminated and the following provisions substituted therefor : 

(a) "No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed 

in the Industry. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall 

be employed at operations or occupations which are hazardous or 

dangerous to health. The Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator before January 1, 1934, a list of such operations or 

occupations. In any State an employer shall be deemed to have 

complied with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a 

certificate or permit duly signed by the Authority in such State 

empowered to issue employment or age certificates or permits showing that the employee is of the required age." 

(b) "No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpose 

of defeating the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code." 

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( c) " Every employer shall make reasonable prov1s10n for the 

safety and health of his employees at the place and during the hours 

of their employment. Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the Code Authority to the Administrator for approval 

within six ( 6) months after the effective date of this Code." 

( l) "No provision in this Code shall supersede any State or F ederal Law which imposes on employers more stringent requirements 

as to age of employees, hours of work, wages, or as to safety, health, 

sanitary or general working conditions, or insurance, or fire protection, than are imposed by this Code." 

( e) "All employers shall post complete copies of this Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees." 

A1·ticle VI. SectiM (b) shall be eliminated and the following provision substituted therefor : 

(b) "As an addition to the matter set forth in the said Commercial Standard CS 16-29, a further standard for this industry and 

further r egulation of the kinds and weights of raw stock to be used 

hereby are established, to wit: No wall paper printed on less than 

number ten ( # 10) stock, or below the said Commercial Standard 

requirements in any other respect, shall bear any mark or statement 

that such papers conform to the said Commercial Standard CS 

16-29.~' 

Article V 1 shall be modified by eliminating Section c, and the following provision substituted therefor : 

(c) "No wall paper shall be printed on raw stock in weight less 

than number nine ( #9) stock, which shall be of the following basis 

of weight: four hundred eighty ( 480) sheets, 191⁄2 x 36" equals thirty 

( 30) pounds." 

Article V 11 be modified by eliminating Section e and the following provision be substituted therefor: 

,: The selling of jobs at lower prices than 331/2 % below the inclividual seller's established current minimum price of the same grade 

to the same buyer. No goods manufactured between July 1, 1932, and 

July 1, 1933, shall be sold as jobs before Decem.ber 31, 1933. No 

goods manufactured between July 1, 1933 and July 1, 1934, shall be 

sold as jobs before December 31, 1934. No goods manufactured between July 1, 1934 and July 1, 1935, shall be sold as jobs before 

December 1, 1935. On or before July 15th in each year each manufacturer shall file with the Executive Committee of the ·vv all Paper 

Manufacturing Industry an itemized inventory of its jobs on hand 

on the preceding July 1st, showing paper numbers and quantities. 

Each manufacturer between December 15th and December 30th in 

each y ar shall file with said Executive CommittBe a like itemized 

in-v nt ry 0£ its job · then on hand. No manufacturer shall ell a 

j b. a great r ciuantity of any pap r shown on said in entory filed 

on or b fore July 15th as on hand July 1st than the quantity of 

snch pap r shown on said jnveniory unl · the manufa -tur r hall, 

aft r a ·howing to he E r utive mmittc that u h c.~c was 

manuf adur c1 in goo 1 faith to fill bona fic1 or 1 r , r eiv I rmi i n 

frorn tho Exrrutiv ommiite to s 11 ·u h x .· · ·ubj t to apr eal 

to the• Aclmjni. tr, tor. Daman- l go tl , mi print , pap r printed off 

sha<lP :111d so-ca ll rel . · c ncls shall b ·la .. e 1 and s 11 a j bs and 
under the same conditions as to tjme and price. Thi£ Article shall 

not apply to any goods manufactured before July 1st, 1932." 

Article VI I be modified by eliminating Section 1n and the following provision be sub titutecl therefor: 

"To make any ~ample allowance to any purchaser on any borders 

or any goods less than thirty (30) inches in width, except that 

sample allowances 1nay be -allowed on borders in connection with 

orders received and accepted by manufacturers on or before N ovember 18, 1933. On thirty (30) inch goods the sample allowance shall 

not be greater than an allowance of eight ( 8) yards for the price 

of five (5)." 

Art-icle VI I I be modified by elimination and the following provision be substituted therefor: 

"No manufacturer shall sell any goods on more favorable terms 

to the buyer than the following: 91 days net ( with no dating, date 

of invoice to be date of actual shipment) . Discount for cash payn1ent, 3%, 30 days; 2%, 60 days; 1 %, 90 days. An additional dectuction to be allowed for cash payment within discounting periods for 

shipments made in September, 4% ; in October, 3%; in November, 

2%; in December, 1 ~ . Ca h discounts and deductions to apply for 

cash payments only, and not to be allowed when any other cha.rges 

are overdue." 

Article X be modified by elimination and the following provision 

be substituted therefor: 

"The Code Authority of this Industry shall develop a uniform cost 

system which, when approved by the Administrator, shall be adopted 

by manufacturers in the Industry or to which manufacturers shall 

make their accounting systems confonn in substance within ninety 

(90) days after such approval." 

A1·ticle XI shall be modified by elimination and the following provision substituted therefor: 

(a) "A "\Vall Paper Manufacturing Industry Committee is hereby 

constituted as the Code Authority to administer this Code. The Code 

Authority shall consist of five ( 5) representatives of the Wall Paper 

Manufacturing Industry, elected by a fair method of selection and 

approved by the Administrator. In addition to membership as above 

provided there may be not more than three (3) members without 

vote, to be appointed by the President, to serve for terms of from 

six months to one year, arranged so that the terms do not expire at 

the same time. Said representatives appointed by the President shall 

serve without compensation from the industry." 

(b) "In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the industry and in other respects comply with the 

provisions of the Act, the Administrator ma-y at all times prescribe 

such hearings as he may deen1 proper; and thereafter if he shall find 

that the Code Authority is not truly representative or doe.s not in 

other respects comply with the provisions o.f the Act, may require 

an appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority." 

(c) "Each trade or industrial association, directly or indirectly, 

participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority 

shall: 

1. Impose no inequitable restrictions upon membership, and 
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2. Submit to the Admjni trator true copie,s of its Articles of Association, Bylaws, regulations, and any amendments when made 

thereto, together ,vith such other inforr.aation as to membership, .organization, and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary 

to effectuate the purposes of the Act.:' 

( d) "All action taken by the Code Authority or other agency relative to the administration of this Code, where not specifically made 

:subject to the approval of the Administrator, shall be made subjeit 

to review and disapproval by the Administrator. 

The Code Authority shall have the following further powers and 

duties, the exercise of which shall be reported to the Administrator 

and shall be subject to his right to review and to disapprove any 

action taken by the Code Authority: 

1. To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and to 

provide for the compliance of the industry with the provisions of 

the Act. 

2. To recommend to the Administrator further fair trade practice 

provisions to govern members of the industry in their relations with 

each other and to recommend to the Administrator amendments to 

this Code on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances. 

8. To adopt Bylaws or rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration and enforcement of the Code. 

4. To obtain from members of the industry such information and 

reports as are required for the administration of the Code and to 

provide for submission by members of such information and reports 

as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited 

in Section 3 (a) of the Act, which information and reports shall be 

submitted by members to such administrative and/or government 

agencies as the Administrator may designate. Each employer shall 

file with the Code Authority statistics covering the number of employees, wage rates, employees' earnings, hours of work, and such 

other data and information as may be from time to time required 

by the Administrator. 

5. To secure from members of the industry an equitable and proportionate payment of the reasonable expenses of maintaining the 

Cocle Authority and its activities. 

G. To cooperate ,vith the Administrator in regulating the use of 

any NRA insignia solely by those members of the industry who have 

assented to and are complying with this Code." 

There shall be ad led to the end of Article XI the following paragraph: 

"There shall be establish cl by the Administrator a National Industrial Relation. Board for th Industry consisting of an equal 

number of reprc. entati ,·e.· of mploy rs and em1 loye s to d al with 

all matters jn th Cod Plating to lnb r. Wh r a majority aoT cmcnt cannot b reached, the l3 ard hall : 1 ·t an impartial hairman 

to rend r a cl ·ision. The er ation and fun ti nino· of th Boar 1 

inclncling the s lC'c-tion of r(>pr scntativ . f 1111 1 ye s hall b in 

accorc1an · with i • -tion 7 f th a' ional In ln trial R v ry ct. 

If no rnly r }H'(•sentative labor organizati n ,·i:t.· th rn1 lo c 

m mbers of . ·n h Board shall I l' C'!io'-·<•1 1 hy th Lab r cl is ry I anl 

of the ational H.Pc·ove,·y cllllinistration. Thr c•mpl . 

tativ s shall hr dw. r11 I, h Cod(' uthorit . Th 
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Relations Board may establish such subsidiary agencies constituted 

in like manner as it finds necessary." 

Article XII be eliminated and the following provisions substituted 

therefor: 

"Any manufacturer shall be entitled to participate in and share 

the benefits of the Code Authority and to participate in the selection of the members thereof by assenting to and complying with the 

requiriements of this Code and sustain their reasonable share of the 

expenses of its administration. Any manufacturer who shall have 

participated in, the selection of the members of the Code Authority 

heretofore shall sustain his reasonable share of the expenses of the 

administration of this Code. Such reasonable share of the expenses 

of the administration shall be determined by the Code Authority 

subject to approval by the Administrator, on the basis of volume 

of business and/or such other factors as may be deemed equitable." 

There shall 'be added to the said Code the following Article : 

XVIII 

" No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices or to eliminate, oppress, or 

discriminate against small enterprises." 

The effective date of these n1odifications of the Wall Paper :Manufacturing I!ldustry Code shall be the first Monday after approval 

by the President. 

Approved Code No. 19'-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 410-02. 

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