Approved Code No. 145-Amendment No. 4 Registry No. 312-1-10 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FURNITURE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 21, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 145-Amendment No. 4 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 21, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

FURNITURE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

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, 19-33, for approval of an .amendment 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Furniture Manufacturing 

Industry, and an opportunity to be heard having been duly afforded 

to all interested parties, and the annexed report on said amendment, 

containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and d;irected to the President : 

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

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwise; 

does hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed report and does 

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 

does hereby order that said amendment be and it is hereby approved 

and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to 

jnclude an approval of said Code in its entirety as a1nended. 

NATION AL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BoARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

JOHN w. UPP, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

March 21, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White Hoitse. 

SIR: This is a report on an amendment to the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Furniture Manufacturing Industry de igned 

to permit incorporation of the Code Authority. This amendment 

was proposed in accordance with Article IX of the Code a approved 

on December 7, 1933. Notice of Opportunity to be Heard as 

given from February 7 to February 28, 1935. No objection has 

been filed against this amendment. 

FINDINGS 

The Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report 

to the National Industrial Recovery Board on said amendment to 

said Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all 

the proceedings in this matter: 

The Amendment of Article VI, Section 1, will permit the incor- poration of the Code Authority of the Industry. Findings : It has been found necessary in order to assist the Code 

Authority in functioning in a more flexible and efficient manner, to incorporate a provision in the Code permitting the Code Authority 

to act as a corporate entity. 

GENERAL FINDINGS 

On the basis of all the evidence in this matter and the studies 

and findings of the Advisory Boards, I find that this amendment 

and the Code, as constituted after being amended, will comply with 

the provisions of the Act: 

(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- National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of 

obstructions to the :free fl.ow of interstate and foreign connnerce 

which tend to diminish the amount thereof2 and will pro ide for 

the general welfare by promoting the orgamzation of industry for 

the purpose of cooperative action o:f labor and management un ler 

adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating 

unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding 

undue restri tion of production ( except as may be temporarily 

requir d), by increa ing he con um1 tion of indu trial an i agricultural produ ts through incr asing purcha ing power, by r ducin0 

and relieving unemployment, b improving standards o:f labor, and 

by otherwise r hab1litating industry. (b) The Code a am nd d om plies in all r pect with the per inent provi ion of aid Title of aid ct, including ithout limi-

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tation Subsection (a) o:£ Section 3, Subsection (a) o:£ Section 7 and 

Subsection (b) o:f Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the a:foresaid amendment on behalf o:£ 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. 

( 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. 

(:£) Those engaged in other steps o:f the economic process have 

not been deprived o:f the right to be heard prior to approval o:£ said 

amendment. . 

For these reasons, there:fore, this amendment has be.en approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

w. A. HARRIMAN' 

MARCH 21, 1935. 

Administrative Officer. 
1E D IENT TO ODE OF F IR O IPETITIO 

THE FUR IT RE MA T RI G I D TR 

A.mend Article I, ection 1 by adding the fallowing ub ctions (e) and (f): 

(e) The Code Authority may incorporate under the law of any 

tate of the United tates or of the Di trict of Columbia, uch incorporation to be not for profit and to be known as the Furniture Code 

Authority"; provided that the powers, duties, objects and purpo es 

of the said corporation shall, to the sati faction of the ational 

Industrial Recovery Board, be limited to the power , dutie objects 

and purpo es of the Code Authority as provided in the ode; provided further that the Code Authority shall submit to the ational 

Industrial Recovery Board for approval its propo ed certificate of 

incorporation and proposed By-Law , and no amendment of either 

shall be made without the like prior approval of the ational Industrial Recovery Board. 

(f) If at any time, the National Industrial Recovery Board shall 

determine that the corporate status a sumed by the Code Authority 

is interfering with the proper exercise of its powers and duties under 

this Code, or with the effectuation of the policies or purpo es of the 

Act, it may, after uch notice and hearing as may be deemed necessary, require an appropriate modification of the structure 0£ the 

Corporation, the substitution 0£ a corporation created under the 

Laws 0£ another State for this purpose, the substitution of a noncorpo!:ate Code Authority truly representative of the Indu try or 

such action as may be deemed expedient. 

Approved Code No. 145-Amendment No. 4. 

Registry No. 312-1-10. 

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