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Approved Code No. 60-Amendment No. 4 Registry No. 1625-2-02 

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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE O·F FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL TRADE 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART 

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Atlanta, Ga.: 504 Post Office Building. 

Birmingham, Ala. : 257 Federal Building. 

Boston, l\lass. : 1801 Customhouse. 

Buffalo, N.Y. : Chamber of Commerce .Building. 

Charleston, S.C.: Chamber of Comme rce Building. 

Chicago, Ill.: Suite 1706, 201 North Wells Street. 

Cleveland , Ohio: Chamber of Commei-"ce. Dallas, Tex.: Clrnmber of Commerce Building. 

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Seattle. Wash.: 80!) Fed ral Office Building. 
Approved Code No. 60-Amendment No. 4 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF F AIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL TRADE 

As Approved on September 10, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING A M EN DM EN T TO CoDE OF F AIR Co::.\I PETITION F OR T H E RETAIL 

TRADE . 

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 the Code of Fair Competition f or the Retail Trade, and hea rings 

having been duly held thereon and the annexed r eport on said amendment containing findings with respect ther eto, having been made and 

directed to the President: 

. NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the Pre ·ident o:f the United 

States, I , Hugh S. J ohnson, Administrator for Indu. trial 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 her eby incorporate by reference said annexed 

report and do find that said amendment and the Code as constituted 

after being amended 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 be and it is 

hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is 

h ereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety 

as amended, such approval and such amendment to take effect ten 

(10) 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. 

H UGH s. J OHNSON' 

A dministrator for I ndir,strial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

ROBERT L. H OUSTON 

Division A dm,in.isfrato1·. 

,v ASHIN GTON, D.C., 

S eptem be1· 10, 1934. 

851UU 0- 1181-34-34 (1) 
REPORT TO TlIE PRESIDENT 

The PnESIDENT, 

The vVhite House. 

Srn: The H earing on the amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Trade wa h lcl on August 27, 1934 in Roo1n 

2062, D epartment of ommerce Building, "\Va hington, D.C. The 

amen lment whi h i attached, was pr,e ented by duly qualified and 

authorized repre ·entatives of the Trade, comr lying with statutory 

requirements uch repre entatives being members of the National 

Retail Code Authority, Inc. 

In accor la11 c·2 with en tomary procedure, Yeryone pre ·ent who 

hacl filed a request for an app ar ance ·was freely hear l in public, 

and all tatutory and r egulatory r eqniremen s ·were c0m1 lied y1·ith. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on aid amendment to said Code haYing found a herein set forth and en the ba is 

of all the proceeding i.1 this matter; 

I find tha t: 

·(a) Th·2 amen lment to said Cocl , and the Code a amended ar , 

well 12 ignecl to promot the policies and purpo ·e of Title I of 

the National I ndustrial RecoYerv \.ct incluclino· the r emo ·al of 

obstruction to th free flow of interstate and foreign commerctl 

which tend to diminish the amount thereof, and -will proYide for the 

general welfare by promoting the ortanization of inclu...: try for the 

purpo e of co-operative action of -labor· ancl management und r adequate governmenta sanction and s~1pervi ion, by eliminating unfair 

competitive practice , by promoting the full t p ·, ible ut-ilization 

of the pre ent p1·oductiv capacity of industrie , by aYoiding un lue 

restriction of production ( except i~ · may be temporarily required), 

by increasing th con umption of- incl11~trial and ngricultural products through increasing purchasing povi·er, by r educing and relieving un mployment, by improYing standards of labor, and by otherwi e rehabilitating inclu try. 

(b) The Code as a.mended complie in all re pect · with the pertinent pr ,i ~ions of sail Title of aid Act, in luclin~· fithont limitati n sub- ·ection (a) of Section 3, ub-section (a) of S ction 7 an l 

ub-"ection (b) of ection 10 thereof. 

(c) The amen lment and the Code as amended nre not L1"~·ignec1 

to an l will not permit monopoli-:, or monopoli ·tic practice'-

( cl) The amen lm nt and the Co 1e ns amend c1 <,re not le ·ign <l 

to and will not eliminate or ppres smalJ ent rpri ·e · and \Yill not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

( e) Those engaged in other steps of the conomi pro ess have not 

been deprive'l of the right to b heard prior o th approYal f aid 

amendment. 

For the e reasons I have approved aid amen lm nt to th° Code of 

Fair ompetition for the Retajl Trade. 

Respectfully, 

SEPTEMBER 10, 1934. 

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1-IucH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE RETAIL TRADE 

Article X, Section 2 ( f) hall be amended to r ead as f ollows: 

(f) E xp n .-1. It being foun l nece sary in ord r to support. 

the admini tration of thi Code and t o maintain the tandard 0£ 

fair ompetition e tabli heel thereunder, and to effectuate the policy 

of the Act, th National Retail Code Authority an l the several local 

r tail ode authorities e tabljshe l thereun ler are authorized : 

(A) To in ur uch rea onable obligations as are n cessary and 

proper for the foreuoing purpose , and to meet ·uch obligations 

out of :fund whi h may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

c::hall be held in tru t f r the purpose of the Code; 

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

to su h notice an l opportunity to be hea rd as he may deem 

nece ary: 

( 1) Itemized budgets of their estimu ted expenses for the foregoin o· purpo e ·, and 

(2) An equitable basi upon which the f unds necessary to support 

uch budgets hall be contributed by member. of the Trade. 

2. After ... uch budgets and basis of contribution have been 

approYe l by the Aclmini~trator, to determine and obtain equitable 

contribution as above set forth by all members o:f the Tra l . 

3. Each member of the Trade shall pay hi · or it 0 quitable contribu ion to the expense of the rnnintenance of the National Retail 

Code Authority ancl the several local retail code authoritie determined ns hereinabovc provided, and subje t to rules an 1 regulations 

prrtainino· ther-to i-·suecl by the Administrator. Only member · 0£ 

the Trade complying with the Code and contributing to the expen es 

of its ad.mini tration as hcreinabove provi led, unle · · duly xernpted 

from making such ontribntion ·, hall be entitled to participate in 

the election of members of the ational Retajl Code Authority or 

the eyeral local r etail ·ode authorities or to receive the benefits o:f 

any of their voluntary activities, or to make u e o:f any emblem or 

in ·ignia of the National Recovery Aclministratlon. 

4. The National Retail Code Authority and these ' ral local retail 

code nuth ritie · . ·hall neither incur nor pay any obli;"ation snbt:intiall:v in exce.-. of the amount thereof as e timate l in their approyerl budget , an 1 ·hall in no event ex eed the total amount containe 1 in the fa icl ,,pproved budgetc• except upon approval of the 

Aclmini. trntor · an l no ubsequent budget ·hall contain any defici ncy item for expenditures in exce. ·s of prior budget estimates 

exc pt -tho~ whi h the ... \..c.1ministrator .-hall o approYe. 

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