Approved Code No. 16-Arnendrnent No.2 Registry No. 241-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

HOSIERY INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 5, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 16-Amendrnent No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

HOSIERY INDUSTRY 

As Approved on Februar y 5, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING MoDIFICATION OF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

HosiERY INDUSTRY 

MODIFICATION NUMBER 2-MODIFICATION OF SECTION 6 OF ARTICLE IV 

CONCERNING HOURS OF WORK ON SATURDAY 

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 a modification 

of a Code of Fair Competition for the Hosiery Industry, and the 

annexed report on said modification, 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 Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed 

report, and do find that such modification and the Code as constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said title of 

said Act, and do hereby order that said modification be and it is 

hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as 

modified, such modification to take effect seven days from the date 

hereof, unless good cause to the contrary is shown to the Administrator before that time, and the Administrator issues a subsequent 

order to that effect. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

AdminU1trator for Industrial Reco1Jery. 

Approval Recommended: 

A. D. wHITESIDE, 

Di1JU1ion Administrator. 

wASHINGTON' D.C., 

February 5, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

T he PRE IDEXT, 

Th e 1rhite H ouse. 

Sm : The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on the 

modifi cation of aid Code having found as herein set forth and on 

the basi of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a ) The modification of said Code and the Code as modified are 

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

N a6 onal Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstruction · to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfa re by promoting the organization of industry for the purpo e of cooper ative action among trade groups, by including and 

ma intaining united action of labor and 1nanagement under adequate 

governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive pr actices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of 

the pr esent productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue reri ct ion of production (except as may be temporarily required), by 

increasing the con umption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

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

Sub cction (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The modification and the Code as modified are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(d) T he modification and the Code as modified are not designed 

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

operate to discriminate against them. 

(e) T hose engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

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

modifi cation. 

Said modification is accordingly approved. 

Respectfully, 

F EBRUARY 5, 1934. 

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HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Adn~ nist ator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE HOSIERY INDUSTRY 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Hosiery Industry is hereby 

modified by the substitution of the following paragraph for Section 6 of Article IV of the said Code: 

"The productive operations of a plant shall not exceed two shifts 

of forty ( 40) hours each per week. The work week for productive 

operations, except dyeing, shall not exceed five ( 5) days of eight 

(8) hours each. These days shall be Monday to Friday, inclusive, 

except in those states where the state laws operate to prevent the 

operation of two forty ( 40) hours shifts within the mentioned five 

(5) days. In such states, employers may operate one shift on Saturday, not to exceed six ( 6) hours ending at noon, provided that 

such employers utilize the maximum hours possible under state laws 

and under this Code in the preceding five (5) days, and provided, 

further, that in no event shall total machine hours exceed eighty 

(80) hours in any one week in any plant." 

Approved Code No. 16--Amendment No.2. 

Registry No. 241-02. 

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