Approved Code No. 194-Arnendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 210--01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BLOUSE AND SKIRT 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 2, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 194-Arnendrnent No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BLOUSE AND SKIRT MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRIES 

As Approved on August 2, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVlNG AMENDMENT TO ConE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

BLOUSE AND SKIRT MANUFACTURING I NDUSTRIES 

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 Blouse and Skirt Manufacturing Industries and notice of opportunity to be heard having 

been published thereon and the annexed report on said amendment, 

· containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and 

directed to the President : 

NO,V, TIIEREFORE, 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 amendment and the Code as 

constituted after being am.ended 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 amendment b~ 

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 amended. 

HuGHS. JoHNSoN, 

'Ad1ninistrato1~ for Industrial Recove1'Y· 

Approval recommended: 

WILLIAM P. FARNSWORTH, 

Acting Division .Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

.August~, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The TV kite House. 

Sm : This is a report on the procedure followed by the National 

Recovery Admini tration in approving an amendment to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Blouse and Skirt Manufacturing Industries, as approved on December 30, 1933, which empowers the Code 

Authority to assess members of the Industries in order to obtain 

funds for purposes of Cocle admini. t ra.tion. This amendment carri s out the terms of your Order of April 14, 1934. · 

Thi amendment was submitted by the Code Authority for the 

Blouse and Skirt l\'Ianufacturing Industries on behalf of the Blouse 

and Skirt :Manufacturing Industries. A notice of opportunity to 

be heard to the amendment, as proposed by the Code Authority, 

was subsequently i sued, and an adequate opportunity was given 

all interested parties to voice their objection to the approval of this 

am.enrunent. No objections, however were filed with the Deputy 

Administrator. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on this 

amendment to said Code, having found as hereir set forth and on the 

basi of all the proc edings il1 this matter: 

I find that : 

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

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

N ntional Industrial Recovery Act, including the removal of obstruction to the froe flow of interstate and foreiO'n cmmnerce '' hich tend 

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

welfare by promoting the organization of ino11stry for the purpose 

of coopera.tive action amr ng trade groups, by il1ducin~ and maintaining unitecl action of labor and n1anagement uncter adequate 

governmental sanction and upervi ion, by elin1inating unfair COlnpetitiYe practices, by promoting the fulle. t po sible utilization of the 

pre cnt prodnctive ·apa ·ity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except ao may be temporarily required) by increasing the consumption of agricultural and industrial products 

through increasing purcha ing power, by reducing and relieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of labor and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Th Code a · amencle(1 complies in all re pect with the pertinent provi ions of saicl Title of said Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Sec:tion 3, Sub ·ecti n (a) of Section 7, and 

Sub e tion (b) of Section 10 thereof. ,. (c) The. Co(le empowers the C de 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. 

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(e) The amendment 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 the approval of said 

amendment. 

For these reasons this Amendment ha. been approved. 

Respectfully, 

AuouST 2, 1934. 

Huorr S. JoHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE BLOUSE AND SKIRT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES 

The following shall be added to Article V of the Code of Fair Competition for the Blouse and Skirt Manufacturing Industries and 

shall be designated as Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8. 

SECTION 5. It being found necessary in order to support the administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair 

eompe.tition established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the 

Act. the Code Authority is authorized: 

~ lt) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purpose, 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 submit 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. 

SEcTION 6. 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 then~to issued by the Aclministrator. 

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 the benefits of any of its voluntary activities. 

SECTION 7. Failure on the part of any member of the Industry to 

contribute his or its equitable contribution to the expenses of maintaining the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, 

shall be a violation o:f this Code, subject, however, to rules and regulations issued by the Administrator which pertain thereto. 

SECTION 8. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any 

obligations 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 items for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates 

except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

Approved Corle No. 194-Amendment No. 11 

Registry No. 210-01. 

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