Approved Code No. 244-Amendment No. 8 Registry No. 1616-2-31 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MAY 9, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 244-Amendment No. 8 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

C·ONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 9, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CoDE 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 amendments 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry, and 

an opportunity to be heard having been duly afforded to all interested parties and the annexed report on said amendments containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and directed to 

the President: 

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

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27th, 1934, and otherwise; does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report 

and does find that said amendments and the Code as constituted after 

being amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions 

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

and does hereby order that said amendments be and they are hereby 

approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby 

amended to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as 

amended. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL REcOVERY BoARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

RonT. N. CAMPBELL, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON, D. c., 

May 9,1935. 

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Th efT ·t o the amen 1m nt t ti n ~ f rti le III i t 

permit th appointmont of an impartial hairman f the Reo·ional 

Planning an 1 \. lju tment Board u h an impartial hairman now 

beino· pr hibit 1. The effe t of th amendm nt t e tion 1 f 

Arti le III i to 1· move the pre ent re -tri tion that all lo al rei nal board hall b limite l to two m mber r pr entin · mploy r · an 1 tw repre ·entino· employee~ and t permit u h qual 

number of repre entati e of both employer · and mplO) a 

ma3 be de m 1 aclvi able. The effect of the econd amen ment 

to ection 1 of Arti le III i to permit joint mutual ollecti e barO'aining a<Yreement. behY en two or more divi ion. or ubdi1 i ion·. 

Th \.cting Deputy \.dmini rator, in hi final r port to th 

1' ational Indu trial Re oYery Board on ai 1 amendment · t . aid 

ode. havin · foun l a.· h r in et forth an l on the ba i f the 

procee ling. in thi matter : 

It fin 1.- that: 

(a) Th amen 1m nt · to aid Code an l the ode a am n 1 d 

ar well 1 i ne l to promote the poli ie an l pur o c of Title I 

f h J ational In lu trial Re overy A t in ludino· the remova l 

of ob trn tion. to the fr flow f inter tat an l for ign mmer e 

whi ·h t nd to dimini h the am unt thereof and will provi le for 

th gen ral w lfur by prom ting th oro·aniza ion of in u try f r 

th purp e of oopera iv a tion of labor and managem nt und r 

a l qua t <YOV rnmcntal . ·an tion and ·upervi ion by eliminating 

nnfair · mpetitive pra ti . , b. pr motin<Y the full t po ibl utiliza ti n of th 1 r : n I rodu tiYe capa i y f indu tric by avoi ling nncl 11 r : tri t)on f pro lu tion ( X Cl t a ma, b t 1111 rarily 

r quir 1 , l y inC'r a 'in o· th ·on umption f in lu ·trial and aoTiult ur al proclurt .. t hr ouo-h in 1' a. ino· rurcha in()' p w r by r du -

i ll f)' and 1' li Yino· lll1 mrl ym nt, by imprO iD<Y tan lnr l f lab r, 

a nfl b oth rwi: r habilitating inclu tr . 

(b ) Th ~ <1 as am nclc 1 ompli in all with the 

p r in nt p roYi:i n f : ail Title f : ail A t in lulina without 

limitation Snb. ·ti n (a) of , ti n u : i n (a) f c ti n 

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(d) The Code as amended is not designed to and will not permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The amendments 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 economic process have 

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

amendment. 

For these reasons, therefore, the National Industrial Recovery · 

Board has approved these amendments to the Code of Fair Competition for the Construction Industry. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

w. A. HARRIMAN, 

Administrative Officer. 

MAY 9, 1935. 
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Nothing herein ontain d hall b ·on trued to pr ' nt truly 

r pr ntativ a o iation or grou1 of mplo3 er and mpl y 

r p tiv ly oncern d in two or more livi ion or ub ivi ·ion · of 

th in u try by mutual con ent fr01n entering int a joint mutual 

agr ment. 

Am nd Article III by deleting the e ond enten e of the third 

paragraph of Section 1, Article III, reading as follows: 

' Each uch Board shall con ist of two repre entative each of 

employ r an l employee of the division or ubdivi ion affected, 

selected by the Administrator from nominations made by uch 

employers and employees re pectively in uch manner as the Administrator may approve or prescribe, and an impartial chairman named 

by the Admini:...trator from nominations made by the employer and 

employee representatives selected to the Board." 

and ub tituting therefor the following: 

" Each uch Board shall consist of an equal number of representative each of employers and employees of the divi ion or subclivi ion affected, elected by the National Industrial Recovery Board 

from nominations made by such employers and emplo} ees respectively in uch manner as the National Industrial Recovery Board 

may approve or prescribe, and an impartial chairman named by the 

National Industrial Recovery Board from nominations made by the 

employer and employee representatives selected to the Board.' 

Amend Article III by deleting the first sentence of the fourth 

paragraph of Section 5 of Article III reading as follows: 

" The National Construction Planning and Adjustment Board 

shall have the authority, and upon its own motion shall e tablish 

in properly defined areas, Regional Construction Planning and 

Adjustm nt Boards, and said Boards shall be compo ed of. an 

equal numb r of members from employer groups and employee 

groups, and it is further provided that there shall be no 

di intere ted or impartial chairman of said Regional Board it 

being provided that uch Boards shall select from their members 

a hairman and a se retary. ' 

and ·ub tituting therefor the following: 

The National onstruction Planning and Adju tment Board 

shall have the authority, and upon its own motion shall 

tabli ·h in properly defined areas, Regional onstruction Planning 

and A ju tment Board and aid Boards shall be compo ed of an 

e ual numb r f member each from employer and employee groups 

and an im artial hairman. ' 

Appr Yed o<l No. 244-Am ndment No. 8. 

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