Approved Code No. 275-Supplement No.3 Registry No. 602-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL 

INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Chemical Manufacturing Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 21, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 275-Supplement No. 3 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 21, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING SUPPLEMENTARY CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Recovery 

Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Supplemental Code of 

Fair Competition for the Industrial Alcohol Industry to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Chemical Manufacturing Industry, and 

hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on 

said Supplemental Code, 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 No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said annexed report and do find that said Supplemental Code complies 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 Supplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved; provided, however, that the last paragraph of Article V, 

Section 10 be and it is hereby stayed pending further consideration 

of the advisability of having uniform agency contracts provided for 

in codes of fair competition. 

HuGH S. JoHNsoN, 

Administrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended: 

GEo. L. BERRY, 

Division ild1nini8trator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

Augu'fSt 21, 1931;.. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

Xh.e PRESIDENT, 

The White H o'UJSe. 

SIR: This is a report on the Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Industrial Alcohol Industry, a Division of the Chemical 

Manufacturing Industry, the Public Hearing on which was held in 

Washington, D. C., June 12, 1934, in accordance with the provisions 

pf Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

GENERAL STATEMENT 

The Industrial Alcohol Industry as represented by the Industrial 

:Alcohol Institute, being truly representative of this Division of the 

Chemical Manufacturing Industry, has elected to avail itself of the 

option of submitting a Supplemental Code of Fair Competition as 

provided for in Articles XI and XII of the Basic Code for the 

Chemical Manufacturing Industry approved by you on February 

J.O, 1934. 1... 

REsUME OF THE CoDE 

LABOR AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Article II states 

"All provisions of the Code of Fair Competition for the Chemical 

Manufacturing Industry, as approved by the President on February 

10, 1934, are hereby incorporated by reference as though completely 

set forth herein." 

As the Code of Fair Competition for the Chemical ~1anufacturing 

Industry contains the labor provisions and general provisions which 

apply to the Chemical Industry as defined, these are labor and general provisions which apply to the Industrial Alcohol Industry 

Division thereof. 

OTHER PROVISIONS 

Article III gives the necessary definitions applicable to this 

Division of the Chemical Manufacturing Industry. 

The term " member of the Industry " is defined to mean any person holding a Federal Government permit to operate an industrial 

alcohol plant, any person producing isopropyl alcohol or methyl 

alcohol other than that produced from the destructive distillation 

of wood and any subsidiary or affiliate thereof who sells any product 

of the Industry as defined in Section 2. 

The producers of methyl alcohol by the destructive distillation of 

wood are excluded because they are covered by the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Hardwood Distillation Industry. 

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Article IV establishes a Code Authority of nine members, consisting of eight members to be elected by the Board of Directors of the 

Industrial Alcohol Institute and one representative of the members 

of the Industry who are not members of the Institute. The representative of the non-members of the Industrial Alcohol Institute may 

be elected by such members by a fair method of selection subject to 

the approval of the Administrator or appointed by the Administrator 

if they fail to elect. In addition to the above, the Administrator 

may appoint not more than three Administration Members who are 

to serve on the Code Authority without vote and without expense to 

the Industry. 

Article V provides the trade practice provisions which shall apply 

to the Industrial Alcohol Industry. Some of these provisions aimed 

at correcting the destructive price competition existing in this Industry have received a great deal of consideration in order to harmonize 

them with Administration policy. 

The provisions concerning the open filing of prices are in accord 

with the Administration's policy as announced on June 7, 1934. 

Section 2 of Article V provides as follows : 

"Inasmuch as certain products of the Hardwood Distillation Industry, namely, methyl alcohol for anti-freeze, are used for identical 

anti-freeze purposes, as ethyl, isopropyl and various types of methyl 

alcohol as covered by this Code, the filing of prices on the last named 

products under this Code, and all other provisions of Article V 

hereof, are not to become effective until and unless a provision for the 

filing of prices of the above named products which are covered by 

the Hardwood Distillation Industry Code, and the embodying of the 

other provisions of Article V hereof, are incorporated in that Code. 

When this is accomplished prices filed under each code shall be exchanged under the same conditions as outlined above insofar as they 

apply to both the above named classes of products." 

The reason for this provision is explained therein. Obviously 

the open filing of prices by the Industrial Alcohol Industry on 

products which are directly competitive with almost identical products produced by the Hardwood Distillation Industry would not 

be of any aid to them in reducing or knowing about destructive 

price competition unless the open filing of prices were adopted also 

by the Hardwood Distillation Industry for the products referred 

to. For the same reason the other fair trade practices are not to 

become effective in respect to the products of the Industrial Alcohol 

Industry which are competitive with methyl alcohol sold for antifreeze by the Hardwood Distillation Industry unless the other trade 

practice provisions specified in Article V are also adopted by the 

Hardwood Distillation Industry. 

The Code Authority of the Hardwood Distillation Industry has 

conferred with the Code Committee of the Industrial Alcohol Industry and they were also represented at the public hearing on the 

Code for the Industrial Alcohol Industry. It is understood that 

as soon as the Code· for the Industrial Alcohol Industry is approved 

the Code Authority of the Hard wood Distillation Industry will 

consider the fair trade practice provisions of the Code for the 

Industrial Alcohol Industry with a view to taking whatever action 
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thereon with respect to a modification of their Code which the Code 

Authority votes on. 

The last paragraph of Article V, Section 10, provides that 

"The Code Authority by a two-thirds vote may at any time establish a uniform agency contract subject to the approval of the 

Administrator." 

This provision is stayed pending further consideration by the 

Administrator of the advisability of having uniform agency contracts provided for in codes. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said 

Supplementary Code having found as herein set forth and on the 

basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) Said Supplementary Code is well designed to promote the 

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, including removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate 

and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof 

and will providt~ for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purposes of cooperative action among the 

trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor 

and management under adequate governmental sanctions 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 industry. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) The Supplementary Code as approved 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; and that 

the applicant Institute is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid Industry; and that said Institute imposes no 

inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(d) The Supplementary Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Supplementary Code is not designed to and will not 

elimmate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(£) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

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

Supplementary Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, I have approved this Supplementary 

Code. 

Respectfully, 

AuGusT 21, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE CHEMICAL 1\'IANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To further effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a 

Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Industrial Alcohol Industry, a Division of the Chemical Manufacturing Industry, 

and upon approval by the Administrator shall be, in conjunction 

with the basic Code for the Chemical Manufacturing Industry, the 

standard of fair competition for this division of the Chemical 

Manufacturing Industry. 

ARTICLE II-LABOR AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 

All provisions of the Code of Fair Competition for the Chemical 

Manufacturing Industry are hereby incorporated by reference as 

though completely set forth herein. 

ARTICLE III-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. The term "Industrial Alcohol Industry" or the "Industry" as used herein shall mean all manufacturers of ethyl alcohol 

for industrial purposes and all manufacturers of ethyl alcohol, 

jsopropyl alcohol or methyl alcohol (other than that produced from 

the destructive distillation of wood) for anti-freeze purposes. 

SECTION 2. The term " products of the Industry " as used herein 

shall mean ethyl alcohol, denatured alcohol (including the product 

commercially known as "proprietary solvent") sold for industrial 

purposes, and ethyl alcohol, denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol 

and methyl alcohol (other than that produced from the destructive 

distillation of wood), or any product containing 70 % or more of any 

of these materials, or any product containing a combination of 70% 

or more of any of these materials, sold for anti-freeze purposes by 

any member of the Industry. 

SEcTION 3. The term "person" includes, but without limitation, 

any individual, partnership, association, corporation or other form 

of enterprise. 

SECTION 4. The term " member of the Industry " as used herein 

shall mean any person holding a Federal Government permit to operate an industrial alcohol plant, any person producing isopropyl alcohol or methyl alcohol other than that produced from the destructive 

distillation of wood, and any subsidiary or affiliate thereof who sells 

any of the products of the Industry as defined in Secti'!n 2 above. 

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SECTION 5. The term "subsidiary" as used herein shall mean any 

person over whom a member of the Industry has either, directly or 

indirectly, actual or legal control, whether by stock ownership or in 

any other manner. 

SECTION 6. The term "affiliate" as used herein shall mean any 

person who has either, directly or indirectly, actual or legal control 

of or over a member of the Industry or a subsidiary thereof, whether 

by stock ownership or any other manner. 

SECTION 7. The term " agent " as used herein shall mean any 

person (except officers or employees of members of the Industry), 

firm, corporation or other form of enterprise who acts under the 

supervision or control of a member of the Industry in selling the 

products of such member. 

SEcTION 8. The term "Institute" as used herein shall mean The 

Industrial Alcohol Institute, Inc., a domestic corporation incorporated pursuant to the Membership Corporations Law of the State 

of New York, having an office in the City of New York. 

ARTICLE IV-Aol\HNISTRATION 

SECTION 1. Nine members, eight of whom shall be elected by the 

Board of Directors of the Institute, and one representative of the 

members of the Industry who are not members of the Institute, who 

may be elected by such members by a fair method of selection subject to the approval of the Administrator or appointed by the Administrator if they fail to elect, are hereby constituted as the Code 

Authority for administering and supervising the performance and 

observance of the provisions of this Code. 

SECTION 2. In addition to membership as above provided, the Administrator may appoint not more than three (3) Administration 

Members without vote and without compensation by the Industry 

to serve such terms as he may specify. 

SECTION 3. Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority shall (a) impose no inequitable restrictions on membership 

and (b) submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of 

association, by-laws, regulations, and any amendments when made 

thereto, together with such other information as to membership, 

organization, and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary 

to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

SECTION 4. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be 

truly representative of the Industry and in other respects comply 

with the provisions of the Code and of the Act, the Administrator 

may prescribe such hearings as he may deem proper, and, thereafter, 

if he shall find that the Code Authority is not truly representative 

or does not in other respects comply with the provisions of the Code 

and of the Act, may require an appropriate modification of the 

cmnposition and method of selection of the Code Authority. 

SECTION 5. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 

members of the Code Authority partners for any purpose. Nor 

shall any members of the Code Authority be liable in any manner 

to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, agent, or employee of the Code Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code 
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Authority, exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his 

duties hereunder, be liable to anyone for any action or omission to 

act under this Code, except for his own wilful malfeasance or 

nonfeasance. 

SECTION 6. If the Administrator shall determine that any action 

of the Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust 

or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may require 

that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits of such action and further consideration by 

such Code Authority or agency pending final action which shall not 

be effective unless the Administrator approves or unless he shall 

fail to disapprove after thirty days' notice to him of intention to 

proceed with such action in its original or modified form. 

SECTION 7. The Code Authority shall appoint, within thirty (30) 

days after the approval of this Code, a Trade Practice Committee 

which shall meet with the Trade Practice Committees appointed 

under such other codes as may be related to the Industry for the 

purpose of formulating fair trade practices to govern the relationships between employers under this code and under such other codes 

to the end that such fair trade practices may be proposed to the 

Administrator as amendments to this code and such other codes. 

SECTION 8. All members of the Industry shall compile and submit 

monthly reports in gallons of the production, total sales, and inventory of ethyl and denatured alcohols, and sales of isopropyl 

alcohol and methyl alcohol (other than that produced from the 

destructive distillation of wood) for anti-freeze purposes, in such 

form as the Code Authority may require. Such reports shall be 

submitted by the members to an impartial and confidential statistical 

agency outside the Industry, or to a certified, registered, chartered 

or any other lawful practitiOner of public accountancy having no 

connection with any member or members of the Industry, said 

agency or firm to be designated by the Code Authority. Such ageney 

or firm shall keep in strict confidence the individual figures submitted, and shall submit to the Code Authority only compilations 

thereof, without disclosing any individual figures submitted by specific members of the Industry. The Code Authority, upon receipt 

of this information, shall prepare a consolidated report which shall 

be furnished to each member of the Industry who is complying with 

the provisions of this Code; provided, however, that such members 

who are not engaged in the sale of ethyl alcohol for industrial purposes shall only receive reports relating to sales of ethyl alcohol, 

isopropyl alcohol and methyl alcohol (other than that produced 

from the destructive distillation of wood) for anti-freeze purposes. 

SECTION 9. All members of the Industry shall furnish to the Code 

Authority such information and reports, except data and statistics 

in relation to number of employees, hours of labor and rates of .Pay 

(which are collected by the Chemical Alliance, Inc.) as are reqmred 

for the administration of this Code. In addition to information required to be submitted to the Code Authority, members of the Industry subject to this Code shall furnish such statistical information as 

the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in 

Section 3 (a) of the Act to such Federal and State agencies as he 

may designate; provided that nothing in this Code shall relieve any 
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member of the Industry of any existing obligations to furnish reports 

to any Government agency. No individual report shall be disclosed 

to any other member of the Industry or any other party except to 

such other Governmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator. 

SEcTION 10. A. It being found necessary to support the administration of this Code, in order to effectuate the policy of the Act and 

to maintain the standards of fair competition established hereunder, 

the Code Authority is authorized: 

(1) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code 

and raised as hereinafter provided: 

(2) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

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

(a) An itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and 

(b) An equitable basis upon which the funds necessary to support 

such budget shall be contributed by all members of the Industry 

entitled to the benefits accruing from the maintenance of such standards, and the administration thereof; 

(3) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and collect equitable contributions as above set forth, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

B. Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority 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 making such contribution, unless duly exempted from making such contribution, shall be 

entitled to participate in the selection of the members of the Code 

Authority or to receive the benefits of its voluntary activities or to 

make use of any N. R. A. insignia. 

C. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation 

substantially in excess 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 Administrator; 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. 

ARTICLE V-F AIR TRADE PRACTICE PROVISIONS 

SECTION 1. Each member of the Industry shall file with a confidential and disinterested agent of the Code Authority or, if none, 

then with such agent designated by the Administrator, identified 

li.sts of all of his prices, discounts, rebates, allowances, whether 

guaranteed against decline in price, and all other terms or conditions 

of sale, hereinafter in this article referred to as price terms; which 

lists shall completely and accurately conform to and represent the 

individual pricing practices o.f said member. Such lists shall contain the price terms for all products of the Indu.stry (as defined 
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herein) as are sold or offered for sale by said member. Said price 

terms shall in the first instance be filed within five ( 5) days after 

the effective date of approval of this provision. Price terms and 

revised price terms shall become effective immediately upon receipt 

thereof by said agent. Immediately upon receipt thereof, said agent 

shall by telegraph or other equally prompt means notify said member 

of the time of such receipt. Such lists and revisions, together with the 

effective time thereof, shall upon receipt be immediately and simultaneously distributed to all members of the Industry and to all of 

their customers who have applied therefor and have offered to defray 

the cost actually incurred by the Code Authority in the preparation 

and distribution thereof and be available for in,spection by any of 

their customers at the office of such agent. Said lists or revisions or 

any part thereof shall not be made available to any person until 

released to all members of the Industry and their customers, as aforesaid; provided, that prices filed in the first instance shall not be 

released until the date this Code becomes effective. The Code Authority shall maintain a permanent file of all price tenns filed as 

herein provided, and shall not destroy any part of such records 

except upon written consent of the Administrator. Upon request 

the Code Authority shall furnish to the Administrator or any duly 

designated agent of the Administrator copies of any such lists or 

revisions of price terms. 

SECTION 2. Inasmuch as certain products of the Hardwood Distillation Industry, namely, methyl alcohol for anti-freeze, are used 

for identical anti-freeze purposes, as ethyl, isopropyl and various 

types of methyl alcohol as covered by this Code, the filing of prices 

on the last named products under this Code, and all other provisions 

of Article V hereof, are not to become effective until and unless 

a provision for the filing of prices of the above named products 

which are covered by the Hardwood Distillation Industry Code, and 

the embodying of the other provisions of Article V hereof, are 

iilcorporated in that Code. When this is accomplished prices filed 

under each code shall be exchanged under the same conditions as 

outlined above insofar as they apply to both the above named classes 

of products: 

SECTION 3. vVhen any member of the Industry has filed any revision, such member shall not file a higher price within forty-eight 

(48) hours. 

SECTION 4. No member of the Industry shall sell or offer to sell 

any products of the Industry, for which price terms have been filed 

pursuant to the provisions of this Article, except in accordance with 

such price terms. The provisions of this Article, shall not apply 

to the transfer or sale of the products of the Industry to subsidiaries 

or affiliates or subsidiaries thereof, as defined herein, who use the 

products of the Industry in their own manufacturing operations, nor shall the provisions of this Article apply to sales for export 

from the United States or between members of the Industry. 

SECTION 5. No member of the Industry shall enter into any agreement, understanding, combination or conspiracy to fix or maintain 

price terms, nor cause or attempt to cause any member of the Indu~­

try to change his price terms by the use of intimidation, coercion, 

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or any other influence inconsistent with the maintenance of the free 

and open market which it is the purpose of this Article to create. 

SECTION 6. Wilfully destructive price cutting is an unfair method 

of competition and is forbidden. Any member of the Industry or 

of any other industry or the customers of either may at any time 

complain to the Code Authority that any filed pnce constitutes 

unfair competition as destructive price cutting, imperiling small 

enterprise or tending toward monopoly or the impairment of code 

wages and working conditions. The Code Authority shall within 

five ( 5) days afford an opportunity to the member filing the price 

to answer such complaint and shall within fourteen (14) days make 

a ruling or adjustment thereon. If such ruling is not concurred in 

by either party to the complaint, all papers shall be referred to the 

R esearch and Planning Division of N.R.A. which shall render a 

report and recommendation thereon to the Administrator. 

SECTION 7. It shall be a violation of this Code for any member 

of the Industry to give a commission or any other form of compensation to any person on the sale of any of the products of the Industry by such member to any buyer of such products in which such 

person is financially interested or by whom he is employed. It shall 

also be a violation of this Code for any member of the Industry 

to employ any person financially interested in or employed by any 

buyer of the products of the Industry if such employment is made 

for the purpose of influencing the business of such buyer. 

SECTION 8. No member of the Industry shall secretly offer or make 

any payment or allowance to any buyer of any of the products of 

the Industry, of a rebate, refund, COJ!!ITlission, credit, unearned discount or excess allowance, whether in the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a member of the Industry secretly offer or extend to 

any buyer of any of the products of the Industry, any special service or privilege not extended to all buyers of the same class, for the 

purpose of influencing a sale. · 

SECTION 9. No member of the Industry shall give, permit to be 

given, or offer to give, anything of value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any employee, agent, or representative, of another in relation to the business of the employer of such 

employee, the principal of such agent or the represented party without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit free and general distributiqn 

of articles commonly used for advertising except so far as such 

articles are actually used for commercial bribery as hereinabove 

defined. 

SECTION 10. No member of the Industry shall allow a purchaser 

either directly or through an agent, any conunission or other form 

of compensation which will result in the purchaser paying less for 

his products than the price filed by the said member pursuant to 

Section 1 of this Article. 

A list of the agents of each member of the Industry shall be 

filed with the Code Authority within five (5) days after the effective date of this Code and any changes in the lists of such agents 

or any new agents created, shall be promptly reported to the Code 

Authority whenever made. 

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The Code Authority by a two-thirds vote may at any time establish a uniform agency contract, subject to the approval of the 

Administrator. 1 

SECTION 11. It shall be an unfair trade practice for any member 

of the Industry to employ subterfuge directly or indirectly to avoid 

or attempt to avoid the provisions of this Code or the purposes or 

intent of the National Industrial Recovery Act, which are to increase employment, provide better wages, promote fair competitive 

methods, and to promote the public welfare. 

SECTION 12. No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or 

discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE VI 

Such of the provisiOns of this Code as are not required by the 

National Industrial Recovery Act to be included herein may with 

the approval of the Administrator be modified or eliminated as 

changed circumstances or experience may dictate. 

ARTICLE VII 

This Code shall become effective on the fifth business day after it 

shall have been approved by the Administrator. 

Approved Code No. 275--Supplement No. 3. 

Registry No. 602-02. 

1 See paragraph two of Order approving this Code. 

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