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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TALC AND SOAPSTONE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 6, 1934 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Approved Code No. 350-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

TALC AND SOAPSTONE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on November 6, 1934 

ORDER 

APPTIO'iTKG Al\rnxo::.rnxT F CooE OF F Arn Cm,IPETITIOX FOR THE T ALO 

AND SoAPSTOXE l!'rnesTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in :full 

compliance with the provision.· of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recov ry Act, approved J une 16, 1933, for the approval of an 

amendment to a Code of Fair Competition f or the Talc and Soapstone Inclu try rm 1 NOTI CE OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE 

HEARD, Administrati-ve Order 350- , elated O tober 2, 1934, havinobeen publi ·heel and no obj e tion ha-ving been filed as provided iu 

said published notice, and th annexed r eport on . aid amendment 

cont aining findings with r espect ther eto, having been mac.le and 

directed to the Pre, ident. 

NO"\V, TI-IEREFORE, on behalf of th President of the United 

States, the ational I ndu. -trial Reco-very Board, pursuant to author . 

ity vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, inclu lin g 

E xecutive Order No. 6859, and otherwi e, does hereby incorporate 

by reference sail annexed r eport and does find that said amendment 

and the Code a. constitute 1 after being amended comply in all 

r espects with the pertinent provision. and will promote the polic3 

and purposes of . aid Title of aid Act., and does hereby order that 

said amendment be and it is hereby approYed, and that the previous 

approval of said Code is hereby amended to include an appro-, al of 

said Code in its entirety as amended , : uch approYal and such amendment to take effect ten ( 10) days from the date hereof, unless good 

cause to the contrary i · shown to the National Industrial Recovery 

Board bef or e that time and the said Boa rd i. sues a. sub~equent Order 

t o that effec t. 

J ATION AL IND"CSTRIAL R ECOVERY B OARD, 

By "\V. A . H ARTIIl\fA:x, A dministrative Officer. 

Approval recomrnenclecl: 

,v. P. E LLIS, 

A cting Division A dmlm.'strator. 

,v AS fIIKGTON, D. C., 

No 1•nn be1' a, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDE T 

The PRESIDE:XT 

The White n ·ou e. 

rn: An application ha been duly made pur uant to and in full 

·ompliance with the provi ion of the National Industrial Recovery 

\.ct for an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Talc 

and oap tone Indu try subm.itted by the Code uthority for the 

aid Indu_try. 

The exi ting pr Yi ion of Article VI Sec1.,ion 5 of the Code for 

the ·aid Indu. try i entirely inadequate in view of Executfre Order 

667 and Admini trat.fre Order X-36 and it i therefore evident that 

the amendment to Art.icle VI of aid ode the provi ions of which 

follo" clo el} the tex of the ab Ye mentioned Order will overcome 

th exi ting inadequate pro-vision . 

FIXDING 

The Deputy _,_ dmini trator in hi final report to u on said amendment t .~aid Code ha-Ying found a herein et forth and on the ha.sis 

of all the pr ceeding in this 111atter: 

,r C find that: 

( u) The amendment to aid Code and the Code a amended are 

,Yell desi crnecl to promote the policie and purpose of Title I 0£ the 

-X ational Inclu trial Recovery Act including thB removal of obstrucri nn t o the free flo" of interstate and foreign commerce which tend. 

to dimini...,h the an10tmt thereof. and will provide for the general 

\T lfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade group . by inducing and maint ainino· united action of labor and management under adequate governmental anction and upervi ion, by eliminating unfair competitfre practice , by promoting the fullent p o ible utilization of the 

pre ent proclu ·ti-ve capacity of industrie br a,oiding undue restriction of I rocluction (except a may be t emporarily required) by incr ea ing the con ~umption of indu trial and agricultural product 

throuah incr ea. ing I ur ·ha~ing power by reducing and relieving 

une111ployment. by impro,ing -tandar of labor anc1 by otherw· e 

rehabilitatina indu~try. 

(b The ode a an1ende l c mplie in all re pect "ith the pertinent pr()Yi ·ion f airl Title of . aid Act, including without limitation 

::o ub-~cction (a ) of ection 3, ub-._e ·ti n a) of ection 7 and ub- ~ec-t i n (b) of ection 10 thereof. ( c) Th Olle empo" er , th{\ de Authority t pr sent the a£ r e-

. ::i. j 1 am nclment on beh alf of the indu.,trv a a "hole. (cl) The amendment an<l the ode a:·· amended are not denio-ned 

t o and "ill n ot permit monopoli2::- or monopoli tic practi es. 

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( e) The a1nendment and the Code as amended ar not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprise and will not 

operate to discrimina.te against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic proces have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. 

For these reasons, therefore, we have approved thi. amendmnt. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board : 

W. A. HARRIMAN, Adrnini. frativ e Officer. 

NOVEMBER 6, 1934. 
.A:ME~D!\IE:i.~T TO CODE OF FAIR COnIPETITION FOR 

THE TALC AND SOAPSTONE INDl:STRY 

D lete Subsection (£) 0£ Section 7 of Article VI, anc.1 c.:hange the 

lettering of Sub ection (g) and (h) to read "Subsection. (f) and 

(gf' re.-pectiYely. Delete Section 5 of Article VI anrl substitute 

therefor the following: 

Section 5. 

(a) It being found nece ary in order to support the administraf iun of thi ~ Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition 

P. ·tnbli ·heel hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the 

< 'ocl , Authority i authorized: 

(1) To in ur uch reasonable obligations as are neces ·ary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet ·nch obligation out 

of funds which may be rai eel as hereinafter proYided ancl which 

shall b0 held in trust for the purpo es of the Code· 

(2) To submit to the National Industrial Recoyery Board for its 

~ppron1l, subject to uch notice and opportunity to be heard as it may 

'. leem neces ary (a) an itemize l budget of it.· estimated expenses for 

the f, regoing purpose , and (b) an equitable ba. i. upon which the 

funds necessary to upport nch budo-et sha ll be contribut 0 d by members of the Indu try; 

(3) _..\ .. fter . uch bm.lget and ba ~,i of ·ontribution haY0 been ap1;r0Yed by the National I11L1nstrial RecoYery Board, to determine and 

obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all member of the 

indu try. and to that end, if nece sary, to institnt legal proceedings 

the ref or in it own name. 

(b) Each member of the industry, shall pay his of its equitable 

rontribution to the expense of the maintenance of the Code Authorit-?, determined as hereinaboYe provided, and subject to rule. and 

regulations pertaining thereto i . ued by the National Indus rial RecoYery Board. Only member. of the inchrtry complying with the 

Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as here- inabove provided, unless duly exempted from making such contributions, . hall be entitled to participate in the selection o-f members 

of th Code Authority or to receiYe the b nefits of any of it Yolnntary n.ctiYities or to make u e of any emblem or in,jgnia of the 

~ ational Recovery Admini tration. 

( c) The Code Authority hall neither incnr nor pay any obliO'ati 111 sub tantially in excess of the amount thereof as e. timatecl in 

it. approved budget, and . hall in no event excee l the total amount 

contained in th 0 approved budget, except upon approval of the Nat iornil Indu trial Recovery Boar l; and no . ub equent bu lget shall 

contain any fleficiency item for expenditures in rxcess of prior 

bu~lget e. timate ·· except those which the]\ ational Inclu trial ReroYery 

Board shall lrnYe . o approyed. 

A111wo,·ed ·•o(lP "o. 350--Amen<lment No. 1. 

Regi&try Xo, 1030--10. 

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