Approved Code No. 156-Amendment No.3 Registry No. 899~04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RUBBER MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 18, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 156-Amendment No. 3 

AMENDl\'IENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RUBBER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 18, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

RUBBER MANUF.d.CT RIKG INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pur uant to and in full 

compliance with the provi ions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an ainendment to a Code of Fair Competition for tho Rubber l\ianufacturing 

Industry, and Notice of Opportunity to be Heard having been duly 

publi hed thereon and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with re pect thereto, having been made and directed 

to the President : 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, the National Indu trial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the Pre ident, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwise; 

doe hereby incorporate, by reference, aid annexed report and does 

find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being 

amended comply in all re pects with the pertinent provisions and 

will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of said Act, and 

does hereby order that said amendment be and it is hereby approved, 

and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to 

include an approval of ail Code in its entirety as amended. 

N A noN AL INDUSTRIAL REcOVERY BoARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Adndnristrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

JosEPH F. BATTLEY, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON' D. c., 

Decembe'r 18, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The 1Vhite House. 

Srn: This i a report on an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Rubber ~1anufacturino· Industry ; approved on 

December 15, 1933 and as amended on April 30, 1934 and September 

1, 1934 respectively. 

GENERAL STATEME:NT 

Administrative Order No. 156-37, dated September 25., 1934, approved a Uniform Accounting Manual for the Rubber Manufacturing 

Indu try an l in part provided that: 

"The operation of provisions of Chapter II, Article III-A, Sec- tion 1; Chapter IV, Article III-A, Section 2; Chapter VII, Article 

IV -A, Section 2; Chapter X, Article V-A, Section 1, of the Code of 

Fair Competition for the Rubber ~fanufacturing Industry be and 

tho same are hereby stayed indefinitely pending the submission by 

the Code Authority within thirty (30) da.ys of amendments deleting 

said provisions from said Code and making applicable in lieu thereof 

the proYi ions of Chapter I , Article VII-A· provided that the application of said provisions of Chapter I , Article VII-A, is con trued 

not to prohibit any memb r of the Indu.Jtry from selling below his 

own individual co t in good faith in order to meet the competition 

of any other member." 

Pursuant to the aboYe-mentioned provisi n the Code Authori.ty on 

October 25, 193± duly ubmitte l an amendment to carry out the 

requirements of said Order. The effect of this amendment is to 

delete from the several Chapters mentioned, the "Representative 

Cost" provisions and make operative for the Industry in lieu thoreof 

the provi ions of Chapter I, Article VII-A and Administrative 

Order 156-37, which are sub tantially that no member of the Industry shall initiate a ale below his own individual cost as determined by the Approved Accounting Manual except to meet in good 

faith the competition of any other member. 

FINDINGS 

The As istant Deputy Administrator in his final report on said 

amendment of aid Code having found as herein et forth and on 

the basis of all proceeding in this matter: 

The Board find that: 

(a) The amendment of said Code and the Code as amended are 

well de ignecl to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, including the removal of 

obstruction to the free flow of inter tate and foreign commerce 

which tend to dimini h the amount thereof, and will provide for 

(2) 
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the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for 

the purpo e of cooperative action of labor and management under 

adequate governmental sanction and supervision by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding 

undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily 

required) by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing 

and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and 

by otherwise rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation subsection (a) of Section 3, subsection (a) of Section 7 and 

subsection (b) of Section 10, thereof. 

(c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforesaid amendment on behalf of these Divisions (referring to industry 

division already mentioned) of the Industry upon the recommendation of the re pective Divisional Authorities after the approval of 

the majority of the Divisional Code member in number and volume. 

(d) The amendment and the Code as 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 of the econmnic process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

amendment. For this reason this amendment has been approved. 

For theN ational Industrial Recovery Board: 

DECEJl.fBER 18, 1934 

w. A. HARRIMAN' 

Ad1ninistrative Officer. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OFF AIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

RUBBER lVIANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

CHAPTER I, ARTICLE VII-A 

Amend Section 2 by changing period at end of first sentence to a 

comma, and inserting : 

"provided, howev-er, the provisions of this section shall be construed not to prohibit any member of the Industry from selling below 

his own individual cost in good faith in order to meet the competition 

of any other member." 

CHAPTER II, ARTICLE III-A 

Amend by deleting Section 1 and, substituting in lieu thereof the 

following: 

"SECTION 1. The provisions of Chapter I, Article VII-A shall be 

applicable to all members of this Division, provided, however that 

said provisions shall not be considered to prohibit any member of 

this Division from selling below his own individual cost in good faith 

in order to meet the competition of any other member regarding the 

existence of which competition he has definite proof." 

CHAPTER IV' ARTICLE III -A 

Amend by deleting Section 2 and substituting in lieu thereof, the 

following: 

"SECTION 2. The provisions of Chapter I, Article VII-A shall be 

applicable to all members of the Divi ion." 

CHAPTER VII, ARTICLE IV-A 

Amend by deleting Section 2 and substituting in lieu thereof the 

following: 

"SECTION 2. The provi ions of Chapter I, Article VII-A, shall be 

applicable to all members of the Divi ion." 

CHAPTER X, ARTICLE V-A 

Amend by deleting Section 1 and substituting in lieu thereof the 

following: 

"SECTION 1. The provisions of Chapter I, Article VII-A shall be 

applicable to all members of the Division." 

Approved Code No. 156--Amendment No. 3. 

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