Retdstry No. 1332--0S 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TELEGRA.J\.PH COMMUNICATION 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1933 

The Code for the Telegraph Communication 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 

UNITED STA TES 

GOVERNMENT .PRINTING OFFICE 

W .ASHINGTON : 1933 

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NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY CODE OF THE 

TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY 

Desiring to aid in effectuating the policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the undersigned companies engaged in the telegraph 

communication field adopt the following code pur uant to Title I 

of that Act. 

I 

The effective date of this Code shall be the tenth day after its 

approval by the President of the United States. 

II 

No telegraph company shall employ any person under sixteen 

years of age, except that persons between fourteen and sixteen may 

be employed for not to exceed three hours per day and those hours 

between 7 A.M. and 7 P .M. in such work as will not interfere with 

hours of day school. 

III 

Not to work any employee more than 48 hours per week on an 

average of a thirteen-week period. The maximum hours fixed shall 

not apply to employees in cities or towns or isolated places ,1vhere 

not more than three employees, exclusive of messengers, are engaged, 

nor to employees in managerial, supervisory, or executive capacity 

who receive more than $35 per week, nor to line patrol and repairmen 

in isolated places, nor to employees engaged in emergency maintenance and repair work, or employed in connection with unforeseen 

emergencies which may arise, making longer hours temporarily 

necessary to prevent interference with public service. No service 

operation shall be reduced below 52 hours in any one week unless 

such hours were less than 52 hours per week prior to July 1, 1933, 

.and in the latter case the hours shall not be reduced at all, except 

where business is suspended and the office closed, or where offices are 

temporarily opened and closed to meet seasonal or emergency conditions. 

IV 

(a) Not to pay any employee less than $15 per week in any city 

of over 500,000 population, nor less than $14.50 per week in any city 

of between 250,000 and 500,000 population, nor less than $14 per week 

in any city of between 2,500 and 250,000 population, and in towns 

of less than 2,500 population to increase all wages by not less than 

20%, provided that this shall not require wages in excess of $12 per 

week. 

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(b) The minimum wages fixed in this Section may be at the rate 

of $1 per week less in the southern section of the country than the 

rates specified in this section. The southern section of the country 

is defined as including the following: Virginia, West Virginia, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, 

District of Columbia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. 

V 

The maximum hours fixed in this agreement shall not apply to 

commission salesmen, employees on cable ships, employees outside- of 

the continental United States, or to messengers in cities, towns, or 

jsolated places where there are not more than three employees, exclusive of messengers. · The minimmn wages fixed in this agreement shall not apply to, bona fide learners, commission salesn1en, employees on cable ships, 

1nessengers, part-time employees, or to employees outside of the continental United States. 

VI 

Compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum 

wages herein provided for shall not be reduced in consequence of any 

reduction of hours provided for in this Code. 

VII 

(a) Pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 7 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, this Code is subject to the following conditions: 

(1) That employees 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 self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose 

of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) that 

no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a 

condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own 

choosing; and (3) that empluyers shall comply, with the maximum 

hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of 

employment, approved or prescribed by the President . . (b) Pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 10 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the President may from time to time cancel 

or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued 

under Title I of said Act. 

VIII 

This Code shall continue in effect until December 31, 1933, and 

thereafter until terminated by the President or by the companies, submitting this Code, or until such date as the President by proclamation or the Congress by joint resolution shall declare that the 

emergency recognized by the National Industrial Recovery Act has 

ended. 

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