NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MANUFACTURERS OF 

BEAUTY AND BARBER SUPPLIES 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 24, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 1606-02 

The Code for the Manufacturers of Beauty and Barber Supplies Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR MANUFACTURERS OF 

BEAUTY AND BARBER SUPPLIES INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title 1 of the National Industrial 

Recovery· Act, during the period of the emergency, by reducing 

unemployment, improving the standards of labor, eliminating practices inimical to the interests of the public, employees and employers, . and otherwise to improve the condition of the manufacturers of 

Beauty Shop and Barbers' Supplies, and their employees, to increase 

the consumption of industrial and agricultural products by increasing purchasing power, and in other respects, the following provisions 

are established as a Code of Fair Competition for the Manufacturers 

of Beauty Shop and Barbers' Supplies. 

I. PURPOSE 

This Code is set up for the purpose of increasing employment, establishing fair and adequate wages, effecting necessary reduction of 

hours, improving standards of labor, and eliminating unfair trade 

practices, to the end of rehabilitating the Beauty and Barber Industry and enabling it to do its part toward establishing that balance of 

industries which is necessary to the restoration and maintenance of 

the highest practical degree of public welfare. 

It is the declared purpose of this Association as adherents to this 

Code to bring, insofar as may be practicable, the rates of wages paid 

within the industry to such levels as are necessary for the creation 

and maintenance of the highest practicable standard of living, to 

restore the income of enterprises within the industry to levels which 

will make possible the payment of such wages and avoid the further 

depletiQn and destruction of capital assets; and from time to time to 

revise the rates of wages in such manner as will currently reflect the 

equitable adjustment to variations in the cost of living. 

II. DEFINITIONS 

As used herein the term "Manufacturers of Beauty Shop and 

Barbers' Supplies " shall include the following branches : manufacture of chairs, furniture and fixtures, permanent-wave machines, 

supplies and accessories, hair dryers and mechanical equipment, 

cosmetics, soaps, face lotions, hair preparations, hair dyes, dye soaps 

and all preparations used upon the hair and scalp, hair goods, hair 

nets, cutlery, and all and any articles used in beauty shops or barber 

shops, and such other related branches as may from time to time 

be included under the provisions of this Code. 

The term ~'employers" shall mean all persons who employ labor 

in the conduct of any branch of the Manufacturing of Beauty Shop 

and Barber Supplies as defined above. 

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The term "employees" shall mean all persons employed in the 

eonduct of any branch of the Manufacturing of Beauty Shop and 

Barbers' Supplies as defined above. 

The term "effective date" shall mean the date upon which this 

Code shall have been approved by the President. 

The term "person" shall mean any individual, partnership, association, or corporation. 

III. p .ARTICIP.ATION 

Participation in this Code and any subsequent revision of or additions to the Code shall be extended to any manufacturer in the 

Beauty and Barber Industry who accepts his share of the cost and . 

responsibility, as well as the benefit, of such participation by becoming a member of this association. 

IV. MINIMUM w .AGE 

On and after the effective date, the minimum wages that shall be 

paid by any employer to any employee shall be as follows: 

Unskilled factory workers, male, 35¢ per hour. 

Unskilled factory workers, female, 30¢ per hour. 

Office clerks, male, $18.00 per week. 

Office clerks, female, $14.00 per week. 

Office boys, $14.00 per week. 

V. HouRs OF LABOR 

On and after the effective date no employer shall employ any 

employee in excess of 40 hours per week, this, however, not to apply 

to hours of labor for repair-shop crews, engineers, electricians, firemen, sales and supervi,sory staff, shipping, or watchmen. 

The employment of employees at peak seasons at not to exceed 48 

hours per week shall not be considered a violation of this Code, providing that such employment shall not exceed six weeks in any one 

calendar year. 

VI. EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS 

On and after the effective date, employers shall not employ any 

minor under the age of sixteen years. 

VII. LABOR CoDE 

(a) Employees of Manufacturers in the Beauty and Barber Industry 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 the 

self-organizations or in other concerted activities for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other 1nutual aid or protection. 

(b) No employee of Manufacturers in the Beauty and Barber 

Industry and no one seeking employment therein, shall be required as 
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a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining a labor organization of his own choosing. 

(c) Manufacturers in the Beauty and Barber Industry agree to 

comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and. 

other working conditions approved or prescribed by the President of 

the United States. 

VIII. REPORTS 

For the purpose of supplying the President and the Administrator 

with the requisite data as to the observance and effectiveness of this 

Code, and as to whether the Manufacturers of Beauty Shop and 

Barber's Sunnlies are taking appropriate steps to enable it intelligently to adjust its hours of labor, wages, and productive capacity 

to changing demands of consumers, industrial trends, and other conditions In accordance with the declared policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act, each employer shall furnish regular reports as 

hereinafter provided. 

The Allied Manufacturers of the Beauty and Barber Industry, 

Inc., 36 West 44th St., New York City, is hereby constituted the 

agency to provide for the collection and receipt of such reports and 

for the forwarding of the substance of such reports to the President, 

the Association to provide for receiving and holding such reports 

themselves in confidence. Such reports shall be in such form, and 

shall be furnished at such intervals, as shall be prescribed by the 

Association, and shall contain such information relevant to the purposes of this Code, as shall be prescribed by the Association from 

time to time, including information with respect to the following 

or related subjects: 

1. Employment, hours, wages, and wage rates. 

2. Financial and cost data. 

IX. INDUSTRY REGULATIONS 

Provision shall be made by the Allied Manufacturers of the 

Beauty and Barber Industry. Inc., for standard methods of costing 

which shall be used by all manufacturers in the industry for the 

purposes of this section of the Code. 

It shall be considered an unfair method of competition for any 

manufacturer in the indt.1strv to sell any article below its reasonable 

cost. 

Each and everyone of the following' is an unfair method of 

competition. 

1. Misbranding of merchandise. 

2. False or misleading advertising. 

3. Selling below manufacturers' established or published prices of 

trademarked or patented articles. 

4. The giving directly or indirectlv of secret rebates, discounts, or 

special privileges or services. 

5. Inducing breach of contracts with a competitor. 

6. The giving of gratuities to employees of jobbers or other manufacturers and all other forms of commercial bribery. 

7. Defamation of a competitor and disparagement of his products. 
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8. It shall be considered unfair competition for any person to 

manufacture supplies for permanent waving or any other article or 

preparation used in beauty shops or barber shops upon premise~ 

which are unsanitary or which do not fully comply with factory 

regulations in force in the state or city in which such manufacturing 

is done. 

9. It shall be considered unfair competition for any person to 

manufacture or to sell supplies or materials for use in the beauty 

shop and the barber shop with fraudulent intent. By misrepresentation to the customer the use of such supplies or materials is highly 

detrimental to the reputation of the legitimate manufacturer and an 

inefficient service is rendered to the public. For these reasons, on 

and after the effective date of this Code all supplies and materials 

manufactured for use by the beauty shop or the barber shop shall 

have plainly stamped or printed upon them the name and address 

of the manufacturer, or the name and address of the dealer for whom 

the article has been manufactured. 

X. GENERAL 

1. No provision in this Code shall be interpreted or applied in such 

a manner as to : 

a. Promote monopolies. 

b. Permit or encourage unfair competition. 

c. Eliminate or oppress small enterprise, or 

d. Discriminate against small enterprise. 

2. Violation by any manufacturer of products used in the Beauty 

and Barber Ind1.1stry of any provisions of this Code, or of any approved rule issued thereunder, is an unfair method of competition. 

XI. CANOELLATION oR MoDIFICATION 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with Sec. 10 (b) of 

Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to time 

to cancel or modify any order, a pprova.l license, rule, or regulation 

issued under Title 1 of said act. 

XII. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS 

Such of the provisions 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 in such 

manner as may be indicated by the needs of the public, by changes 

in circumstances, or by experience; all the provisions of this Code, 

unless so modified or eliminated, shall remain in effect until the expiration date of Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

In order to enable the industry to conduct its operations subject 

to the provisions of this Code, to establish fair-trade practice within 

the industry and with those dealing with the industry, and otherwise 

to effectuate the purposes of Title 1 of the National Industrial Re-
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covery Act, supplementary provisions of this Code or additional 

codes may be submitted from time to time for the approval of the 

President. 

XIII. pARTIAL INVALIDITY 

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

the remaining provisions thereof shall nevertheless continue in full 

force and effect in the same manner as if they had been separately 

presented for approval and approved by the President. 

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