Approved Code No. 290 Registry No. 407-09 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PHOTOGRAPHIC MOUNT 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 297 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PHOTOGRAPHIC MOUNT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 17, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROYn:-G ConE OF FAIR Col\IPETITION FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHIC MouKT 

I TDD TRY 

An application haYing been duly made pursuant to and in full 

c mpliance with the proYi ion of Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Photographic iiount Indu try, and hearing. haYing been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said 

Code containing findings ·with re ·pect thereto, having been made 

an l directed to the Pre ident: • 

XO,V, THEREFORE, on behalf of the Pre ident of the United 

tate , I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Indu trial Recovery, 

pur uant to authority ve tecl in me by Executive Orders of the 

President including Executive Order o. 6543-A, dated Decembei30. 1933, and otherwi e; do hereby incorporate by reference aid 

annexed report and do find that said Code complies in all re pects 

with the pertinent proYi ion and will promote the policy and purpose of said Title of sail Act; and do hereby order that aid Code 

of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved; provided, howeYer, that the proYi ion of Article VI, Section 2 to 9 inclu iYe, 

in ... ofar as they pre cribe a waiting period between the filing with 

the ode Authority (i.e. actual receipt by the Code Authority) and 

the effective date of revi eel price Ii ts or revi eel terms and condi- tion~ of ale be and they are hereby stayed pending my further 

order· proYided further, that within ninety lays I may direct that 

there be a further hearing on such of the proYision of said Code 

a I may de ignate, and that any order which I may make after 

such hearing hall have the effect of a condition on the approval of 

said Code. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Adminisf1'ator for Industri,al R ecovery. 

ApproYal recommende l: 

GEO. L. BERRY' 

Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTOK, D.C., 

Febr·uary 17 1934. 

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REP ORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White H oit,Se. 

Srn: This is a report of the hearing on the Code of F air Competition for the Photographic Mount Industry, conducted in \Vashington on October 24, 1933, in accordance with the provi ions of 

Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

HOURS .AND WAGE 

Thi Code provides a 40 hour week for fa tory "'IT'orker with a 

weekly tolerance of eight hour to be paid for a overtime. The 

u ual exceptions are made in regard to nonproductiYe employees. 

Office mployee are limited to an a,erage of 40 hour per week over 

an eight week period. The minimum. "'IT'age rate for hourly paid employ es i 40 per 

hour for male and 35¢ per hour for female . Office employee will 

receive a minimum wage of $15.00 per week. 

OPEN PRICE PLAN 

An open price plan of selling is provided, and selling below cost, 

except to meet competition, is prohibited. 

OTHER PROYI IOK 

Pro i ion i made for furni hing the Admini ·trator with such 

tati tical data as he may require. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

The Indu try employed in 1929 approximately 1,000 persons. and 

in 1933, 655 person . From March 1933 to eptemb r 1933 the ilrnnber of workers increased 10%. This reflect in part the effect of the 

Pre ident's R employment Program and in part a ri e in production. To decrease the chedule of working hour ufficiently to 

attain the 1929 total of employees, would increa e the co t of production to uch an extent as to endanger the exi ·tence of the Indu -

try by driving its products from the niarket. It would, in addition, 

have a di rupting effect upon labor in the localitie where the plants 

of this Industry are located. 

The total increa e in payrolls as a result of the Code will be 11 

or 12%. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy dmini trator in hi final report to rn. on said Code 

havino· found a herein et forth, and on the ba is of all the 

proceedings in this matter; 

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I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well de jgned to promote the poli ies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Re overy Act, including 

removal of ob truction to the free flow of interstate and foreign 

commerce "TT"hich tend to dimini h the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpo e of cooperative action among the trade groups, 

by inducing and maintaining nnited action of labor and management under adequate goyernmental anctions and upervision, by 

eliminating unfair competiti-ve practices by promotina the fullest 

po sible utilization of the pre ent productive capacity of indu tries, 

by a, oiding undue re triction of production ( except a · may be 

temporarily required), by increa ing the con umption of indu trial 

and agricultural products through increa ing purchasing power, by 

reducing and relieving unemployment, by improYing -tandards of 

labor, and by other"TT"i e rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more tlum 50,000 employee · and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The Code a approved complies in all re pects with the pertinent provisions of aid Title of aid Act, including without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ecbon (a) of Section 7 and 

Sub ection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant a. ocia tion is an indu trial association truly representative of the aforesaid industry; artd that said a sociation imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

( cl) The Code is not de igned to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopoli tic practices. 

( e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or opp re s 

small enterprises and will not operate to di crimjnate against them. 

(f) Those engage l in other teps of the economic proce s have 

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

Code. 

For these reasons this Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

FEBRUARY 17, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Ad1ninistrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITIO FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHIC 1\1:OUNT INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the :rational Indu trial 

Recovery Act, the following is hereby established a a Code of Fair 

Competition for the above named Industry and hall be binding 

on every memb r thereof. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIO ... T 

The following words are used in this Code with the mearnng 

herein t forth : 

'· Industry '-The manufacture of, or proce sing of, mounts for 

photograph made from paper, cardboard, or other materials, or 

combinations of them. · Iember "-A natural person, partner hip, corporation, a ociation, tru t, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, or other form of 

enterpri e, engaged in such Industry. 

'Act "-Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

" \.dmini trator "-The Admini rator for Indu trial Recovery 

under Title I in the Act. 

ARTICLE II-ORGA ... TIZATI0N A m ADML "I TRATIO ... 

L The men ber of the Executive Committee of the ational 

Photographic Iount 1\Ianufacturei· As ociation together with 

·uch other per on or persons, not to e.·ceed three in number, as the 

Admini trator may designate, are hereby constituted the Code Authority of the Inclu"" try. The member of the Code Authority de, ignate l bv the Admini trator shall have no vote and shall serve 

without 'compen ation from the Inclu try. 

2. The ai l A ·ociation hall impo e no inequitable re triction on 

m mbership and .·hall file with the Admini trator certified copies of 

any amendment of its By-Law , relating to eligibility or admi ion 

to member hip in said As ociation, or relating to the method of 

selection of the member of such Executive Committee which aid 

A ociation may hereafter adopt. 

3. The Admini trator may at any time prescribe a different method 

for electing the Indu try member of the Code Authority, and thereafter, . nch member hall be cho en in the manner o pr cribed. 

4. The Code _,._ uthority is charged aenerally with the duty of admini tering thi Code. If the Admini trator hall determine that 

any action of the Code Authority or any agency thereof, may be 

unfair or unju tor contrary to the public intere t, the Administrator 

may require that uch action be su pende l to afford an opportunity 

for inYe tigation of the merits of uch action and further consideration by the Code Authority or agency pendino· final action which 

shall not be effective unless the dmini trator approves or unless 

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he shall :fail to disapprove after thirty (30) day5 notice to him of 

intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified form. 

5. The expenses of administering thi Code hall be borne pro 

rata, in accordance with a formula to be adopted by the Code Authority, _by all members of such Indu try who accept the benefit of 

the service of the Code Authority or otherwi e assent to thi Code. 

6. The Code Authority shall have · power to inve tigate alleged 

violations of this Code and act or cour es of conduct by any 

member w~1ich are or appear to be contrary to the policy of the 

Act or which tend or may tend to render ineffective this Code and 

to report the same with recommendations to the Administrator. 

7. The Code Authority is hereby con tituted the agency to endeavor to effect, by arbitral proceeding or other"ise, a ljustments 

of contracts entered into by members of the Industry, where the 

costs of executing such contract are incr eased through the application of the provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

8. The Code Authority shall establi h a Credit Bureau for the 

purpose of exchanging credit information among the member of 

the Industry. All members of the Industry shall, within thirty 

(30) days after the effective date of this Code and from time to 

time thereafter at such interval. a the Code Authority shall prescribe, furnish to the Code Authority a de cription of each credit 

account which has been delinquent for a period of not less than sixty 

days, and shall continue to furni h to the Code Authority uch 

information related to such account or accounts as the Code Authority may prescribe. 

9. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the member of 

the Code Authority partners for any purpo e. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for 

any act of any other member, officer, agent or employee of the Code 

Authority._ Nor shall any member of the Code Authority, exercising 

reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder, be liable 

to anyone for any action or omi sion to act under this Code, except 

for his own willful mis-feasance or non-feasance. 

ARTICLE III-Houns OF LABOR 

1. Employees in the Industry shall not be required or permitted 

to work hours in excess of the limits prescribed in the following 

schedules: 

SCHEDULE OF WORKING HOURS 

(a) ,v atchmen: Fifty- ix ( 56) hours in any one week, but not 

more than six ( 6) days in any seven ( 7) day period; or fifty-six ( 56) 

hour in any one week, but not more than eight (8) hours in any 

one day. 

(b) Chauffeurs, truckdriver , and their helpers: One hundred 

eighty ( 180) hours in any period of four ( 4) con ecuti ve week , 

provided, however, that time worked in exces of nine (9) hours in 

any one day or forty-five ( 45) hours in any one week shall be paid 

for as not less than time and one-third. 

( c) Engineers, firemen, electricians: One hundred and sixty-eight 

(168) hours in any period of four ( 4) consecutive weeks, provided, 

however, that time worked in excess of nine (9) hours in any one 
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day or :forty-five ( 45) hours in any one week shall be paid for as 

not less than time and one-third. 

( d) All other laborers, mechanical workers or artisans employed 

in any plant, mill, or :factory or on work connected with the operation 

o:f such plant, mill, or :factory: Eight (8) hours in any one day and 

:forty ( 40) hours in any one week, provided, however, that these 

111aximum limits may be exceeded :for any reason at any time provided that all time worked in excess o:f the maximum prescribed 

shall be paid :for as not less than time and one-third, and provided 

further, that no employee shall be required or permitted to work in 

excess o:f ten (10) hours in any one day or :forty-eight ( 48) hours in 

any one week. 

( e) Employee regularly engaged in a managerial or executive 

capacity and their personal secretaries, :foremen and supervisors, 

receiving thirty-five dollars ($35.00) or more per week, and outside 

sale men: o limitation. 

(:f) All other employees: Forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one week 

but not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) hours in any period of 

eight (8) consecutive weeks. 

2. No limitation contained in said schedule shall apply to employees of any clas when engaged in emergency repairs or emergency maintenance work occasioned by breakdowns or involving 

protection of life or properly, provided, however, that all time 

worked in excess of the limitation pre cribed in said schedule hall 

be paid :for as not less than time and one-third. 

3. No employer shall knowingly permit any employee to work :for 

any time which, when totaled with that already performed with another employer or employers in this Industry, exceeds the maximun1 

permitted herein. 

ARTICLE IV-""\V AGES 

1. The minimum rate of wage of any laborer, mechanical worker 

or artisan employed in any plant, mill or factory or on work connected with the operation of any such plant, mill or :factory shall be 

a follows : 

l\1ale labor, 40 cents per hour. 

Female labor, 35 cents per hour. 

2. The minimum rates of wages for all other employees hall be 

as follows: 

(a) $15.00 per week. 

(b) Part-time employees covered by the provisions of this Section 

shall be paid at the rate of not less than 371⁄2¢ per hour. 

3. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay which shall 

apply irrespective of whether an employee is actually compensated 

on time-rate, piece-work, or other basis. 

4. Female employees performing substantially the same work a 

male employees, shaU receive the same rate of pay as male employees. 

The Code Authority shall within ninety (90) days after the effective elate of this Code file with the Adminjstrator a description of 

all occupations in the Industry in which both men and women are 

employed. 

5. The wage rates of all employees receiving n1ore than the minimum rates herein prescribed shall be reviewed and such adjustments, 
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if any, made therein as are equitable in the liO'ht of all the circumstances, and wit~n sixty (60) days after the beffective date hereof, 

the Code Authority shall report to the Administrator the action 

taken b'y all members of the Industry under this Section. 

6. Office boys and girls under 18 years of age, to the extent of no 

more than 5% of the total number of employees described in Section 2 hereof, may be ·employed at a wage of not less than 80% 

of the minimum prescribed by said Section, provided that at least 

one such office boy or girl may be employed by each member. 

7. A person whose earning capacity is limited because of age orphysical or mental handicap may be employed on light work at a 

wag~ of not less than 80% o_f the n1inimum prescribed by this Code, 

prov1ded the State Author1tl or other ag,ency designated by the 

United States Department o Labor shall have issued a certificate 

authorizing his employment on such basis. Each member shall file 

with the Code Authority a list of all such persons employed by him. 

The provision of this Section requiring a certificate of authority shall 

not beconie effective until sixty days after the effective date of this 

Code. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. No person ttnder 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 in 

nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority shall submit to 

the Administrator within sixty (60) days after the effective date of 

this Code a list of such operations or occupations. In any State an 

emplbyer 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. 

2. Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or 

in self-organization or in other concerted activities £or the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. No employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a con- dition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from 

joining, organizing, or assisting a l1abor organization of his own 

choosing. Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditjons of emplo,yment, 

approved or prescribed by the President. 

3. No provision in this Code shall supersede any State or F~deral law which imposes on employers more stringent requirements as 

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

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

4. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations 

performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the _purpose of de~ 

feating the purposes or provisions of the Act or of tlus Code. 

5. All employers shall post copies of AFticle III, IV, and V of this 

Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees. 
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6. Every employer shall make reasonable provisions :for the safety 

and health of his employee 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 within ix (6) 

month. after the effective date of thi Code. 

7. The Code Authority shall make a study of conditions in the 

Industry to determine the feasibility of the adoption of a shorter 

working week and shall, within three (3) month after the effective 

elate of this Code, make a report of its findings to the Admini trator. 

The Code Authority shall also submit to the Admini trator within 

ix (6) month after the effecti,;-e date of this Code a plan for the 

stabilization and regularization of employment . . The manufacture or partial manufacture of an) product of the 

Inclu try in home hall be prohibited. 

ARTICLE VI-Accou ~TING--SELLING 

1. The Code Authority shall, as soon a practicable~ formulate a 

standard method of accounting and costing for the Industry and submit the same to the Administrator. When it shall have been ap-

. proved by the Administrator, every ~nember shall use an accounting 

and costing y tern which conforms to the principle of, and i at 

lea t a · detailed and complete a , such standard method. 

2. The Code Authority may from time to time determine that an 

open price plan of selling such product or products of the Industry 

as it hall pecify shall be put into effect on such date as it shall fix. 

Notice of such determination shall be announced to all known member of the Industry who manufacture such product not less than 

thirty (30) day prior to the date so fixed. _ 

3. At lea t ten days prior to such date, every such member shall 

file with the Code Authority a schedule of prices and terms of sale 

for all such products or in the alternative, shall be deemed to have 

filed a chedule conforming in re pect to price and terms of sale 

11ith the chedule at any time on file which states the lowest price 

and the mo t favorable terms. 

4. All such schedules shall be in such form as the Code Authority 

hall prescribe and shall contain all information neces ary to permit 

any interested person to determine the exact net price per unit after 

all discounts or other deductions have been n1ade. All such original 

schedules hall become effective on the date fixed by the Code 

Authority a provided in Section 2 thereof. 

5. A revi eel schedule or schedules, or a new schedule or schedule , or a notice of withdrawal of a schedule previously filed, may be filed 

by a member with the Code Authority at any time, provided howeyer, 

that any member who withdraw a schedule without substituting a 

new schedule therefore hall be deemed to have filed a schedule conforming in re pect to price and terms of sale with the schedule at 

any time thereafter on file which states the lowest price and the most 

favorable term . Any schedule or notice filed hereunder shall be- come effectiw} even (7) clay after the date of filing, provided, however, that an increased price may become effective at such earlier 

date a the member filing the same hall fix. 

6. The Code Authority upon writ.ten request shall promptly sup- ply all members of the Industry who manufacture any particula.r 
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product with copies of all schedules, revised chedules, and notices of 

withdrawal, which pertain to such product. Irn.n1ediately u1Jon 

r eeipt of information relative to the withdrawal of a price for any 

l rodu t, any member may file notice of withdrawal of his own price 

for the ame product effective as of the same date as the not.ice of 

withdrawal of such other member. Immediately on receipt of jnformation that a schedule then on file has been revi ed, or that a new 

chedule has been filed, any member may file a revised chedule conforming as to pri e and terms to the schedule of such oth r member, 

and effective on the same date, or he may notify the Code Authority 

that he adopts as his own the schedule. of such other member. In 

the latter event, he shall be deemed to have filed a revised schedule 

conforming to the revised schedule of such other member. 

7. No su h schedule of prices and terms of ale filed by any member, or in effect at any time, shall be such a to permit th ale of any 

produ t to a photographer or consun1er at le than th co t thereof 

to uch member determined in the manner provided in ection 11 

hereof, provided, however, that any member n1ay by notice to the 

Code Authority, adopt as his own a lower price file 1 by another 

de ignated member. Such adoption shall become automatically void 

upon the withdrawal or revision upward of the price adopted. 

8. No member who shall have filed a price, or adopted as his own 

a price filed by another member for any product of the In lustry, hall 

sell such product for less than such price or upon term or condi ions 

more :favorable than stated in such price schedule. No member who 

shall have failed to file a price for any product for which the op n 

price plan is in effect, shal'l sell such product at a lower price or on 

terms more favorable than the lowest price and mo t favorable terms 

stated in any price sclrndule for such product then on file. ~- The Code Authority shall furnish at cost to any non-member of 

the Indu try requesting them, copies of any price schedules which 

have been filed with it. Such price schedules hall b made available to non-members of the Industry at the ame time that they are 

ent to member .

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10. o member shall sell any product of he Indu try for which 

no open price plan is in effect to a photographer or con mner at le s 

than the cost thereof to such member, determine :l a provided in Section 11 hereof, except to meet the price of a competitor who e price 

doe not violate uch Section. 

11. Co t, for the purpo es of this Article, s11all be determined 

pur ·uant to the method of accounting and costing pre cribecl as 

proYided in Section 1 hereof as soon as such method is adopted, and 

approved, and theretofore pur uant to the method employed by such 

member ubject to such preliminary rules as the Code Authority hall 

from time to time prescribe with the approval of the Administrator. 

12. For the purpo e of deterinining whether Section 7 and 10 

hereof have been complied with, every 1n€mber shall upon the 

request of the ode Authority furnish a designated ao-ency of the 

Code Authority in re pect to closed trans8:ction only, with com- plete information in reo-ard to any quotat10n~ or ler, ontract, or 

sale of any product of the Indu try1 including information as. to 

specifications, quantities, price c.ondit10ns of torag , tran ·portat10n 

.1 See paragraph 2 of ordet· approving this Code. 
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or delivery, terms of billing, cash or trade discounts allowed and 

other pertinent facts relating to such quotation, contract or sale. 13. r othing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the 

disposition of di tress merchandise required to be sold to liquidate 

a defunct or in olvent bu ines or of discontinued line , damaged 

goods or seconds, in uch manner, at such price and on such terms 

and conditions as the Code Authority and the Administrator 1nay 

approve. 

14. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the 

fulfillment of a bona fide contract exi ting on the effective date of 

thi Code. 

ARTICLE VII-REPORTS A D STATISTICS 

1. Each member shall prepare and file with an impartial agent 

de ignated by the Code Authority at such time and in such manner 

as it may prescribe, such stati tic , data and information relating to 

plant capacity, volume of production, volume of sale in units and 

dollars, order received, unfilled orders, stocks on hand, inventory 

both raw and finished, number of employees, wage rates, employee 

earnings, hour of work and other matters, as the Code Authority or 

the Admini trator may from time to time require. Any or all inforniation so furnished by any member shall be subject to checking for 

the purpose of verification by an examination of the books, accounts 

and records of such member by any disinterested accountant or 

accountant or other qualified per on or person designated by the 

Code Authority. 

2. Except as otherwi c provided in the Act, or in this Code, all 

statistics, data and information filed or required in accordance with 

the provisions of this Code shall be confidential and the tatistics, 

data and information of one member shall not be revealed to another 

member. No such data or information shall be published except in 

combination with other similar data and in such a manner as to 

avoid the disclo ure of confidential information. The Code Authority shall arrange in such manner a it may determine for the current 

publication of Industry statistics to members. 

3. The Code Authority hall n1ake such reports to the Admini. trator as he may from time to time require. 

4. In addition to information required to be submitted to the Code 

Authority there shall be furnished to Government Agencies such 

stati tical information as the Administrator may deem neces ary for 

the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act. Nothing contained 

in this Code shall relieve any member of any existing obligations 

to furni h reports to any Government Agency. 

ARTIOLE VIII-~10KOPOLIES 

1. No prov1 10n of this Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress or 

di criminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE IX-RECOMMENDATIONS 

1. The Code Authority, may from time to time, present to the 

Ad;n.ini trator recommendations based on conditions in the Industry 
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which will tend to effectuate the operation of this Code and the 

policy of the Act, and in particular along the following lines : 

(a) For the establishment of additional rules of Fair Trade Practices for the Industry and for the modification of its Trade Customs, and the enforcement thereof. 

(b) For the tablishment of plans to equalize production with 

demand, o that the interests of the Industry and the public may 

be properly served. 

( c) For dealing with any other inequality that may arise to en- danger the stability of the Industry and of production and employment. 

( d) For an increase or decrease in the number of Industry mem- bers of the Code Authority and/or for a change in the method of 

choosing such members. 

2. For the purpose of assisting the Code Authoritie of the Paper 

Manufacturing and/or Converting Industries in the adju -tment of 

all labor di putes and labor complaints arising within uch Industries, the Code Authority shall consider the advisability of creating 

a Joint Indu trial Relations Board for such Indu tries and hall 

report it recommendations to the Admini trator. 

3. Recommendations made pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 hereof 

when approved by the Administrator shall have the ame force and 

effect as other provisions of this Code. 

ARTICLE X-TRADE PRACTICES 

1. The following are hereby constituted Trade Practices for the 

Industry and failure to comply with the provisions thereof shall 

be a violation of this Code. 

(a) l\1embers of the Indu try shall not practice deception in 

regard to that which i old or its selling price by £al e or misleading description, statement, record, or undisclosed con. ideration. 

(b) lVIembers hall r efrain from dumping, deferred cleliv ry, extension of stated credit and secret rebate . ( c) Members shall not wilfully injure by falsely defaming a 

competitor's goods, credit, or ability to perform his contracts. ( d) Member shall not wilfully induce or attempt to induce the 

breach of a competitor' · contract. 

( e) No member shall give, permit to be given, or directly offer 

to give, anythinD" of value for the purpo e of influencing or rewarding the action of any employ e, agent or representative of another 

in relation to the busine s of the employer of such employee, the 

principal of such agent or the represented party, without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. The foregoinO" provisions shall not be con trued to prohibit free and general ~istribution of articles commonly used for adverti ing except so far as 

such articles are actually used for commercial bribery as herein 

defined. 

(f) No member of the Indu try hall ship goods on con ignment, 

except under circum tances to be defined by the Code Authority, 

where peculiar circumstance of the Industry require the practice. 

(g) :No member hall deliberately r~produce ?r. copy without t~e 

written con ent of the Code Authority an or1g1nal photograpluc 

mount of fancy lesign of any other member. 
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ARTICLE XI-GENERAL PROVISIONS 

1. If any member is also a member of another industry, the provisions of this Code hall apply to and affect only that part of his 

bu ine which i included in this Industry. 

2. Any work or proce incidental to and carried on by a member 

of hi plant a. a part of the manufacture of any product of the Indu try, hall be regarded a a part of this Inclu try. 

3. Such of the proYi ion of thi Code as are not required to be 

included therein by the Act, may, with the approval of the Admin- istrator, be modified and eliminated a change in circumstances or 

experience may indicate. 

4. Thi Co le and all the provi ions thereof are expres ly made. 

ubject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 (b) of the Act, from time to time to cancel or 

modify any order, approval, licen e rule or regulation, i sued under 

Title I of ail Act, an l pecifically, but without limitation, to the 

right of the Pre ·ident to cancel or modif:5 hi approval of this Code 

or any condition impo eel by him upon "hi approval thereof. 

5. Thjs Code sh_all ? ecome effecfrve on the econcl :Monday after 

the date upon wluch 1t . hall be approved by the Pre ident of the 

United State . 

ApproYed Code No. 290. 

Registry Ko. 407-09. 

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