Approved Code No. 270-Amendment No.1 Registry No. 325-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOOD HEEL INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 1, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 270-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOOD HEEL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 1, 1934 

ORDER 

APrROYING AiviEND~IENT TO ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE W oon 

HEEL 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 an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the \\ ood H eel Industry, 

and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report 

on said amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the President: 

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

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

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the Pre ident, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed report and do find that aid a1nendment and the Code as 

constituted after being amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of aid 

Title f said Act, and do hereby order that aid amendment be and it 

is her by approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is 

hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety 

a amended. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administrator for lnd'l.i-Strial Recovery. 

- - Approval recommended : 

BARToN vv. :MURR~Y, 

Division Adnvinistrator. 

w A HL OTON D.C., 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

.The PREsiDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report on an amendment to Article VI, Section 7 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Wood Heel Industry approved on February 9, 1934, and on which a notice of opportunity 

to be heard was published on July 7 in accordance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. This 

amendm.ent has been submitted in accordance with Article X, Section 2 of the Code. 

The purpose and effect of this amendment are to authorize the Code 

Authority to submit a budget and method of assessment upon which 

funds shall be contributed by members of the Industry. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to m-e on said amendment to said Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedings in this matter : 

I find that: 

(a) The A1nendment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of 

obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce 

which tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the 

general welfare by :promoting the organization of industry for the 

purpose of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair 

competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization o£ 

the present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue 

r estrictions of production (except as may be temporarily required) , 

by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and r elieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b ) T he Code as am·ended 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 the Industry as a whole. 

(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 amen ded are not designed 

to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

oper ate to discriminate against them. 

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(f) Those engaged in other steps of th economic process have not 

b en deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of aid 

Am ndment. 

For the e r as ns, therefore, I have approve l this Amen lment. 

Re pectfully, 

H GH s. JOHNSON' 

A d1ninist'rat or. 

Aua ST 1, 1934. 
MODIFICATION TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE WOOD HEEL INDUSTRY 

J\1odify Article VI, Enforcement, by deleting Section 7 and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

"SECTION 7.-Ewpenses of Code Authority.-

" (1) It being found necessary in order to support the administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition 

established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the 

Code Authority is authorized: 

"a. To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code. 

" b. To sub1nit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary: 

(1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

industry: 

"c. After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all members of the industry, and to 

that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its 

own name. 

" (2) Each member of the industry shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules 

and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only members of the industry complying with the Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, unless duly exempted from making such contribution, shall be 

entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to receive benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to 

make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery 

Administration. 

" (3) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation substantially in exce s of the amount thereof as estimated in 

its approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in the approved budget, except upon approval of the Adnlinistrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency 

item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except 

those which the Administrator shall have so approved." 

Approved Code No. 270---Amendment No. 1. 

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