Registry No. 410-1-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WALL PAPER 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

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1. Executive Order of President Roosevelt 

2. Report of ,Administrator 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE WALL PAPER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in c.full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

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

of Fair Competition for the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry, 

and hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator ha ving rendered his report containing an analysis of the said Code of 

Fair Competition together with his recommendations and findings 

with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the 

said Code of Fair Competition complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of sub-section (a) of Section 3 of the 

said Act have been met: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. RoosEVELT, President of 

the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 18, 1933, 

and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations 

and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code 

of Fair Competition be and is hereby approved, subject to the following condition: 

(1) To effectuate further the policies of the Act, a Wall Paper 

Manufacturing Industry Committee be created to cooperate with 

the Administrator as a Planning and Fair Practice Agency for the 

Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry, which Committee shall consist of five representatives of the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry elected by a fair method of selection, to be approved by the 

Administrator, and three members without vote appointed by the 

Administrator. 

Approval Recommended: 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Adniinistrator. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 

President. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

Septeniber 7, 1933. 

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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION, 

The PRESIDENT, 

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The White House. 

MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: This is a report of the hearing on the 

Code of Fair Competition for the vVall Paper Manufacturing Industry in the United States, conducted in vVashington on August 7th 

and 8th, 1933, in accordance with the provisions of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. 

The following exhibits are included and attached: 

(1) Final Code submitted. 

(2) Notice of Hearing. 

(3) Statement of Procedure. 

(4) Statistical Analysis by Research a.nd Planning Division (appended). 

( 5) Transcript of the records (appended). 

( 6) List of Witnesses. 

PROVISIONS OF TIDS CODE AS TO WAGES AND HOURS 

SEc. II. On and after the effective date the minimum wage that 

shall be paid by any employer in the Wall Paper Manufacturing 

Industry sha-:ll be at the rate of thirty-five cents ($.35) per hour, or 

fourteen dollars ($14.00) per week for 40 hours of labor for males, 

and at the rate of thirty-two and one half cents ($.321⁄2) per hour 

or thirteen dollars ($13.00) per week for 40 hours of labor for 

females. 

SEc. III. The limit of hours of labor for all employees excepting 

outside salesmen, emergency repair crews, superintendents and their 

supervisory staff, shall be 40 hours in each week, but :further provided that all such employees paid on and hourly basis shall be paid 

at the rate of time and a half :for all hours per week over 40. 

EcoNoMrc EFFECT OF THE CooE 

The Wall Paper ~1anufacturing Industry is one of the relatively 

small manufacturing industries in the United States. In 1929 there 

were 56 manufacturing plants which employed approximately 4,700 

workers; in 1931 there were 50 manufacturers employing approximately 3,734 workers; in 1933 there are only 36 manufacturers with 

a corresponding decrease in workers, which, because of lack of statistics it is impossible to estimate. 

The decline in the number of workers required to produce the 

necessary supply of wall paper has been consistent since 1923. From 

1931 until the present the decrease in employment became more 

marked. 

By reducing the customary 50-hour week which has prevailed in 

this industry to the 40-hour week required by the Code, the increase 

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in employment will be approximately 15 percent of 1929 figures, 

or approximately 700 workers. 

Unless the consumption of wall paper greatly increases within 

the near future, this particular industry does not off er a very 

promising field for the reemployment of workers on any large scale. 

FINDINGS • • a J • . 1, 1 . 

The Administrator finds that: - t. 

(a) The Code as recommended complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of Title I of the Act, inclu,ding, without ·limitation, subsection (a) of Section 7, and subsection. -( b) of Section 10 

thereof; and that . . , ,, (b) The applicant group imposes no inequitable restrictions on 

admission to membership therein and is truly representative of the 

Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry; and that 

( c) The Code as recommended is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate 

to discriminate against them, and will tend to effectuate the policy 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Ac.t. 

It is recommended, therefore, that this Code be immediately 

adopted. 

Respectfully submitted. 

HuoH s. JOHNSON, Adminutrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WALL PAPER 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act insofar as it is applicable to the vVall Paper Manufacturing Industry, the following provisions are established as a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry. 

I-DEFINITIONS 

A. The term "Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry" is defined 

to mean the process of printing, imprinting, or embossing upon raw 

paper stock a pattern and/or design in colors or otherwise, thus producing an article suitable for decoration or the embellishment of 

walls and/or ceilings in homes, hotels, apartments, or other buildings. 

B. The term "manufacturer" shall include, but without limita~ 

tion, any person, partnership, association, trust, or corporation, and 

all who employ labor in the conduct of any branch of the Wall Pape_r 

Manufacturing Industry as defined above. 

C. The term " employees " as used in this Code, shall include all 

persons employed in the conduct of the operations of manufacturing 

wall paper. 

D. The term "printing machines", as used herein, is defined to 

mean wall paper printing machines; or ink embossing machines 

producing finished wall paper that has not been printed. 

E. The term " line or lines ", as used herein, is defined to mean all 

the wall papers produced by any manufacturer during a current 

year. 

F. The term" current year" is defined to mean the twelve months' 

period succeeding June 30th of each year. 

G. The term "jobs" as used herein is defined to mean all unsold 

wall papers which have been in a line of a manufacturer in any current year and which shall not be included in the line or lines of such 

manufacturer in the succeeding current year. 

H. The term "effective date", as used herein, is defined as the 

second Monday after the approval by the President of the United 

States of this Code or any part thereof or addition thereto. 

II-MrNIMuM vv AGEs 

(a) On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall 

be paid by any employer in the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry 

shall be thirty-five cents ($0.35) per hour or fourteen dollars ($14.00) 

per "Yeek for forty ( 40) hours of labor for males, , and at the rate 

of thirty-two and one half cents ($0.321⁄2) per hour, or thirteen dollars ($13.00) per week for forty (40) hours of labor for females. 

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(b) The existing amounts by which wage rates in the higher-paid 

classes exceed wages in the lower-paid classes shall be maintained. 

III-MAXIMUM HOURS 

(a) The limit of hours of lal;>or for all emp~oyees, excepting ou!,-

side salesmen, emergency repair crews, superintendents, and their 

foremen, shall be forty ( 40) hours in each week; but further provided that all such excepted employees paid on an hourly basis 

shall be paid at the rate of time and a half for all hours per week 

over forty ( 40) . (b) Each manufacturer in this industry shall be limited to two 

eight-hour shifts; however, no employee shall be required to work 

more than one eight-hour shift in any one day. 

IV 

On and after the effective date employers shall not employ or 

have in their employ any person under the age of 16 years. 

V 

As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act it is provided: 

"(1) That 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 for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

"(2) That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required as a condition of employment to join any company union 

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; 

"(3) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment 

approved or prescribed by the President." 

VI-STANDARDS 

othin()' contained in this Section shall apply to r aff t in any 

way contracts between members of the "\¥"all Paper J\fanufacturing 

Industry and others in existence prior to the ffe tive date of this 

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(a) This ocle h r by provides that all munufa turcr of wall 

paper . hall comply with ommercial tan lard •~ lG-..,9 Bur au 

of • tanclanl , as adopt d n May 25, l!L9, at a onf r nc f manufartur rs, listrib11tor. , u r. of wall I ap r an 1 oth r int r t d 

a11d approv d ancl promulo-at d Augu t 1 1. ...,, , by th D I arlm nt 

of 'omni re . 

(b) s an aclclition to th matter . t forth in th . aid mm rrial , 'tancl: rd • JG- J. a fnrth r stanclanl for thi · Inclusfr nrnl furth r r gulabon of th kincl.- an 1 w i 1rbts of ra, ·t l 'to be u l 
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hereby are established, to wit: No wall paper printed on less than 

ten ( 10) ounce stock, or below the said Commercial Standard requirements in any other respect, shall bear any mark or statement 

that such papers conform to the said Commercial Standard CS 

16-29. 

( c) No wall paper shall be printed on raw stock in weight less 

than nine (9) ounces, except that to be marked" less than nine (9) 

ounce stock " on the selvage. 

( d) Ungrounded goods shall be plainly marked by the manufacturer on the selvage of the Wall Paper and all manufacturers shall 

mark their samples with the word ' ungrounded." 

VII 

The following shall constitute unfair methods of competition: 

(a) Tfie copying of de igns and/ or patterns. 

(b) The ~elling of o-oods at less than cost, except jobs. 

(c) Failure to maintain an adequate differential in the selling 

prices to the wholesaler and retailer. 

( d) The making of sample books by any manufacturer for any 

customer and failing to include in the cost of said sample books 

the cost of the wall paper used therein, charged at the same rate 

by said manufacturer to said customer as the goods said customer 

has purchased for stock, and in addition any other expenses incurred in the making of said sample books. This shall not apply 

to one book known as Book of Selections furnished to a customer 

by a manufacturer with his order. No more than one sample book 

or Book of Selections shall be given to a customer by a manufacturer. 

( e) The selling of goods as jobs by any manufacturer before the 

31st day of December in any year, and at lower prices than 331/ 3 

percent below the individual seller's established current minimum 

price of the same grade to the same buyer. 

(f) The false marking or branding of products of the Industry. 

(g) The making of or causing or permitting to be made or published any false, untrue, or deceptive statement by way of advertisement or otherwise, concerning the grade, quality, quantity, ubstance, character, nature, origin, size, or preparation of any product 

of the Industry. . (h) The defamation of competitors by falsely imputing to them 

dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable 

credit standing, or by other false representations, or in disparagement of the grade or quality of their goods. 

(i) The imitation of the trade-marks, trade names, slogans, or 

other marks of identification of competitors. 

(j) The securing of information from competitors concerning 

their business by false or misleading statements or repre entations 

or by false impersonations of one in authority. 

(k) The payment or allowance of unearned rebates, refunds, 

credit , or di counts, whether in the form of money or otherwise. 

(1) Deviation from the established standards of the Industry by 

any deceptive or false means or devices whatsoever. 

(m) To make any ample allowance to any purcha er on any 

borders or any goods less than 30 inches in width. On 30-inch goods 
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the sample allowance shall not be greater than an allowance of eight 

yards for the price of five. 

VIII 

No manufacturer shall sell any goods on more favorable terms 

than the following: 91 days net (with no dating). Discount for 

cash payment, 3%, 30 days; 2%, 60 days; 1 %, 90 days. An additional deduction to be allowed for cash payment within discounting 

periods for shipments made in September, 4% ; in October, 3% ; in 

November, 2% ; in December, 1 %, Cash discounts and deductions 

to apply for cash payments only, and not to be allowed when other 

charges are overdue. 

IX 

All manufacturers shall sell their products on the basis f.o.b. own 

mills or mills, with no greater freight allowance than railroad freight 

equalization, carload rates or L.C.L. rates, as the case may be, to 

nearest competing operating mill to the customer being sold. No 

freight shall be prepaid by any manufacturer. 

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The establishment of a uniform Cost System for this Industry 

is recommended and shall be established as soon as possible under 

the direction of the Executive Committee of the Wall Paper Man~ 

ufacturing Industry. 

XI 

With a view to keeping the President of the United States and 

the Administrator informed as to the observance of nonobservance 

of this Code, and as to whether the vVall Paper 1fanu£acturing Industry is taking appropriate steps to effectuate in all respects the 

declared .policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Executive Committee of the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry, is hereby 

constituted and shall be composed of five members, chosen by a 

fair method of selection and approved by the Administrator. Each 

employer shall file with the Executive Committee stati tics covering 

the number of employees, wage rates, employee earnings, hours of 

work, and such other data or information as may be from time to 

time r quired by the Administrator. 

Except as otherwi e provided in the National Indu trial Recovery 

Act, all tatistics, data, and information fil d in a ordance with 

th pr vi ·ions of Arti le X I shall be confidential, and the tatistics, 

data, and oth r information of on mr 1 yer hall not be r veal d 

to any oth r mpl y r ex ept f r th J urpos of a ]mini terin<Y or 

enfor ·ing the provi. i n f this de. The Ex utiv mmittee of 

th , all Pap r Manufa ·tnring In lu -try ·ha.11 hav a s to any 

ancl all -tati ti · · lata and inf rmation that may be furnished in 

accordance with the provisions• of this ode. 
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XII 

Any employer may participate in the endeavors of the Executive 

Committee of the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry relative to 

the revisions or additions to this Code by accepting the proper pro 

rata share of the costs and responsibility of creating and administer• 

jng it. 

XIII 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provision 

of Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time 

to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or 

regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the 

right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code 

or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

XIV 

Such of the prov1s1ons of this Code as are not required to be 

included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with 

the approval of the President, be modified or eliminated as changes 

jn circumstances or experience may indicate. They shall remain in 

effect unless and until so modified or eliminated or until the expiration of the Act. It is contemplated that from time to time supple• 

mentary provisions to this Code or additional codes will be submitted 

for the approval of th~ President, to prevent unfair competition in 

price and other unfair and destructive practices and to effectuate 

the other purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act consistent with provisions thereof. · 

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If any provision of this Code is declared invalid or unenforceable, 

the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in full force 

and effect the same as if they had been separately presented for 

approval and approved by the President. 

XVI 

This Code shall be in operation on and after the effective date as 

to the whole Wall Paper Industry except as an exemption from or a 

stay of application of its provisions may be granted by the Administrator to a person applying for the same or except as provided in 

an Executive Order. 

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This Code of Fair Competition shall become effective on the 

second Monday after the approval of same by the President of the 

United States. 

The undersigned do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true 

copy of the Code of Fair Competition for the vVall Paper Manu .. 
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facturing Industry submitted to the Administrator under the Na~ 

tional Industrial Recovery Act, as amended by authority of the 

Executive Committee of the Wall Paper Manufacturing Industry. 

A.UGUST 18, 19·33. 

E. M. LENNON' 

Chairman, Executive Committee. 

ALBERT R. p ALMER, 

Member Executive O ommittee. 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION, 

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WALL PAPER l\IANUFACTURINO INDUSTRY 

Notice of Hearing : No. 16 

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The iabove industry, as represented by the American Wall Paper Manufac• 

turers Advisory Committee, claiming to represent 95 percent of the industry, 

has ubmitted a proposed Basic Code of Fair Competition, copie of which are 

available at the office of the National Recovery Administration, Room 4510, 

Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing on this Code will be conducted 

by the Administrator, beginning at 10 A.M., Monday, August 7, 1933, in the 

Caucus Room, New House Office Building, Washington, D.C., and continuing 

until completed. An opportunity to be heard ( either in person or by duly appointed representatives either by appearance or by ending a written or telegraphic statement) will be given to per ons or groups who can show a 

substantial interest as workers, employers, consumers, or otherwise, in the 

effect of any provision of the proposed Code. 

Those wishing to be heard must comply with the following simple 

requirements: 

(1) A written or telegraphic request for an opportunity to be heard must be 

filed before noon on Saturday, Aug. 5, 1933, with the Administrator, Room 4425, 

Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 

(2) Such a request shall contain a statement setting forth witbout argument, a proposal: (1) for the elimination of a specific provision of the Code; 

or (2) a modification of a specific provision, in language proposed by the witness ; or ( 3) a provision to be added to the Code, in language proposed by 

the witness. The request shall also contain a statement of the name of any 

person seeking to testify in the hearing and a designation of the persons or 

groups whom he represents. 

( 3) All persons a1 pea ring at the Public Hearing are regarded as witnesses 

and shall present orally only facts and not argument. Written briefs or 

arguments may be filed but oral presentations will be confined to factual 

statements only and no legal arguments will be heard. 

( 4) Persons not appearing may file before tbe close of the Hearing written 

statement containing propo als for eliminations, modifications, or additions 

to the code supported by pertinent information. These written statements 

should be condensed a much as possible. 

Public Hearings are solely for tbe purpose of obtaining in the most direct 

umer the facts useful to the Administrator, and no arguments will be 

: l ,)r considered at this time. Representation of interested varties by 

ys or peciali ts is permissible, but is not to be regarded as necessary, · tbe industry, the workers, and the consuming public will all be repre--

' n:ecl by special adYisers employed by the Government. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, Administrator. 

R. B. PADDOCK, 

D epi1,ty adniinistrator. 

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

District of Columbia, City o.f Washington, ss: 

EUGENE M. LENNON and ALBERT R. PALMER, being duly sworn, each for 

himself deposes and says : 

I am a member of the American Wall Paper Manufacturers Advisory Committee, which Committee was elected to represent the wall-paper manufacturing 

industry at a meeting of manufacturers of wall paper called and held in 

Buffalo, New York, on May 16, 1933. 

That to the best of my knowledge and belief all the manufacturers of wall 

paper in the United States received notice of said meeting and that more than 

ninety percent in number and in volume of business was represented at said 

meeting. That the annexed copy of minutes is a full, true, and correct copy of 

the minutes of meetings of the said wall-paper manufacturers held on May 16, 

1933, and on July 1 and July 2, 1933, as recorded by Fred G. Snedden, secretary 

of said meetings. That the annexed copy of minutes is a full, true, and correct 

copy of the minutes of said Advisory Committee held on May 16, May 25, June 

17, and June 18, July 1 and July 2, 1933, as recorded by Fred G. Snedden, secretary of said Committee. That said Advisory Committee has been duly authorized by over ninety percent in number of the wall-paper manufacturers of the 

United States, doing approximately ninety-five percent of the manufacturing of 

wall paper in the United States to present the annexed Code of Fair Competition 

to the President of the United States for approval under the terms of the National Industrial Recovery Act and that we have been authorized by said 

Committee to represent it in making said presentation of said Code of Fair 

Competition to the Industrial Recovery Administration. 

EUGENE M. LENNON. 

ALBERT R. PALMER. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of July 1933. 

E. M. NOLAND, 

r SEAL l Notary PubUc in am,d for the District of Colu,m,bia. 

My commis'sion expires 7/28/33. 

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