Approved Code No. 517 Registry No. 1122-1--6

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION

FOR THE

RING TRAVELER

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1934

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Approved Code No. 517

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION

FOR THE

RING TRAVELER MANUFACTURING INDUST

As Approved on September 7, 1934

ORDER

APPROVING THE BASIC CODE AS TIE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FO

RING TRAVELER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

An application having been made pursuant to Administ

Order No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934, for the approval of the 

Code, as modified and attached to the annexed report as E

"A", as the Code of Fair Competition for the Ring Traveler M

facturing Industry, defined for the purposes of this Order as fo

" Industry " means and includes the manufacture and sale of 

spinning and twisting Travelers used for spinning and tw

yarns; and it appearing to me that said application is in full 

pliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industria

covery Act, and that the annexed report on said Code, conta

findings with respect thereto, has been made and directed t

President:

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

State, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Rec

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders o

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated Dec

30, 1933, and otherwise, do hereby:

(a) incorporate by reference said annexed report and said 

as attached thereto marked Exhibit "A", (b) find that said Code complies in all respects with the per

provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Ti

said Act, and

(c) order that said Code be and it hereby is approved as the 

of Fair Competition for the Ring Traveler Manufacturing I

try, as above defined.

This Order shall become effective ten (10) days from the 

hereof unless prior to that time good cause to the contrary is s

to me and I, by my further order, otherwise direct.

AdunInistrator HUGH S. JOHNsON, Approval WASHINGTON, 844300--1181-23-34 BARTON recommended: Se W. Division ptember D.C., MURRAY, 7, Administrator. 1934. (135) for Industrial Recov
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

The PRESIDENT,

The White House.

SIR: This is a report on the Basic Code of Fair Comp

the Ring Traveler Manufacturers Association, which was p

by duly qualified and authorized representatives of the 

complying with statutory requirements, said to represen

tially in excess of 75 per cent in volume of sales of th

which could be included in this Code.

GENERAL STATEMENT

The Ring Traveler Manufacturers Association, being t

sentative of the Ring Traveler Manufacturing Industry, h

to avail itself of the option of submitting a Basic Co

Competition, as provi ded in Administrative Order X

July 10 1934.

This Industry manufactures and sells ring spinning an

travelers used for spinning and twisting yarns.

THE INDUSTRY

According to statistics furnished by members of the Rin

Manufacturers Association, there are approximately si

engaged in the Industry, with aggregate annual sales of $1

The Industry employs about 147 persons.

PROVISIONS OF THE CODE

The hour and wage provisions of this Code establishes a 

54 hour work week and a minimum wage of 35 per h

to the peculiar natuto of the Industry where the traveler

p

essed by heat treating, it is felt necessary to have the long h

Wages of at least one and one-half times the usual hourl

r

be pttid for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours per 

hours in any one day. The remaining provisions of th

those of the Basic Code of Fair Competition, as provided 

istrative Order X-61, dated July 10, 1934.

having poses in I The (a) this fnd of Deputy Said found matter: that: Title Code is as I Administrator of herein the National well set designed forth FINDINGS in (136) his Industrial and tofinal on promote the rport Recovery basis the to of all policieme Acon pp
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removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and fore

merce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will p

for the general welfare by promoting the organization of ind

the purpose of cooperative action among trade groups, by 

and maintaining united action of labor and management un

quate governmental sanctions and supervision, by eliminiiating

u

competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible u

of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoidin

restriction of production (except as may be temporarily requ

increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural p

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieu

employment, by improving standards of labor, and by other

habilitating industry.

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50

ployees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. (c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with t

p

nent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without l

Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, 

section (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant as

is an industrial association truly representative of the 

Industry; and that said association imposes no inequitable r

tions on admission to membership therein.

(d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit m

or monopolistic practices.

(e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate o

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate again

t

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process h

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

For these reasons, this Code has been approved.

Respectfully,

HUGH S. JOHNSO

Adminis

SEPTEMBER 7, 1934.
EXHIBIT "A". CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION F

RING TRAVELER MANUFACTURING INDUS

ARTICLE I

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established 

b

Code of Fair Competition for the Ring Traveler Man

Industry which shall govern the said industry in accord

Administrative Order No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934.

" Industry " means and includes the manufacture and sa

spinning and twisting Travelers used for spinning an

yarns.

ARTICLE II

SECTION 1. Hour.-Forty hours shall be considered as 

working week, but when, owing to the peculiar requir

manufacture within the industry, the necessity arises, empl

be permitted to work not in excess of fifty-four (54) ho

one (1) week. All hours in excess of eight (8) hours p

forty (40) hours per week shall be paid for at not less tha

one-half (11/2) times the employee's regular rate.

SECTION 2. Except in..-The provisions of Section 1 

apply to employees engaged in emergency maintenance or 

repair work involving breakdown or the protection of lifp

erty, nor to persons employed in a managerial or executiv

who earn regularly thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per week or 

to any other class of employees which the Administrator 

upon application of true representatives of the trade o

should be subjected to an exemption or modification in 

with N.R.A. policy; provided, however, that employees e

such emergency maintenance and emergency repair worb

paid at one and one-half (11/2) times their normal rate fo

h

worked in excess of forty (40) hours per week.

SECTION 3. Mihdmmm. 1 ages.-No employee shall be paid 

at the rate of thirty-five cents (35#) per hour.

SECTIoN 4. W ages in GeneraL.-All wages shall be adju

to maintain a differential at least as great in amount as th

on June 16, 1933, between wages for such employment and t

minima. In no case shall there be any reduction in hou

r

per tions nr shall eighteen SECTION in cent. be which weekly employed years 1. are hazardous C/did earnings of in age Labor.-No the for shall industry any in ARTICLE be nature reduction (138) employed person in any IIIorunder capacity. dangerous in at hours operations sixteen of No to less yeaprheatou
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Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator for app

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fore October 1, 1934, a list of such operations or occupat

any State an employer shall be deemed to have complied 

provision as to age if he shall have on file a valid certificate 

p

duly signed by the authority in such State empowered to 

ployment or age certificates or permits, showing that the 

is of the required age.

SECTION 2. Appretices.-The hours and wages of regular

tured apprentices in skilled trades or occupations of the 

may depart from the standards hereinabove prescribed; p

that the terms of employment and the course of instruction 

apprentices shall conform to standards uniform throug

trade or industry and approved by the Administrator.

SECTION 3. Han dicapped Persons.-A person whose ea

pacity is limited because of age, physical or mental han

other infirmity, may be employed on light work at a wa

b

the minimum established by this Code, if the employer obt

the State authority designated by the United States Depar

Labor, a certificate authorizing such person's employmen

wages and for such hours as shall be stated in the certificat

authority shall be guided by the instructions of the United S

partment of Labor in issuing certificates to such persons. E

ployer shall file monthly with the Code Authority a list o

persons employed by him, showing the wages paid to, and t

mum hours of work for such employee.

SECTION 4. Safety and Health.-Every employer shall m

r

sonable provision for the safety and health of his employe

place and during the hours of their employment. Stand

safety and health shall be submitted by the Code Authori

t

Administrator for approval within six (6) months after t

tive date of this Code. The standards approved shall t

be a part of this Code and enforceable as such.

SECTION 5. RequIred La)or Clauses.-The provisions o

7 (a) of said Act are hereby incorporated herein by this r

and shall be complied with.

ARTICLE IV-ADMINITRATIoN

This Code shall be administered by the General N.R.A. 

thority which shall be selected pursuant to, have the pow

fied in and function in accordance with Administrativ

X-62, dated July 10, 1934; provided, however, that, on 

by the Administrator, any industry so desiring may elect 

Code Authority to have powers and to function in the manp

ber tained scribed and fair(a) of regulations trade It when any forshall practice the trade approved General be as or an the forARTICLE industry unfair such by Administrator N.R.A. the trade V-TRADe method of Administrator, subject Code or industry Authority may prescribe. hereto PRACTICES competition or, even to ad violate in if the underot for caseny heasrr
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practice provisions for trades or industries under the jurisdiction

of the Secretary of Agriculture when approved by such Secretary,

on application concurred in by seventy-five (75) per cent of the

members of such trade or industry.

(b) Prices, rebates, discounts, commissions and conditions of sale

shall be filed as prescribed in Administrative Order No. X-62, dated

July 10, 1934, and it shall be an unfair method of competition to

violate or fail to comply with the terms of that Order.

ARTICLE VI

Section 10 (b) of said Act is hereby incorporated herein by reference and this Code is expressly made subject thereto.

Approved Code No. 517.

Registry No. 1122-1-06.