Approved Code No. 171 Registry No. 1139-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR TH,E 

ROLLING STEEL DOOR 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 21, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

WE DO OUR PART 

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Approved Code No. 171 

CODE OF F Affi COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROLLING STEEL DOOR INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 21, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

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 167 1933, for my approval of a Code 

of Fair Competit10n for- the Rolling Steel Door Industry, and hearings having been held thereon, and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of the said code of fair 

competition, together with his recommendations and findings with 

respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that the said 

code of fair competitioiI1 complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions of title I of said act, and that the requirements of clauses 

(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of Section 3 of said act have been 

met: 

NOW THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt the findings and approve the report and recommendations of the Administrator and do order that the said code of 

fair competition be, and it is hereby, approved. 

Approval recommended: 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

December fl, 1933. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

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DE 'E~IBER 7 193'2. 

The PRESIDENT 

The TVhite HoU1Se. 

Srn: This is a report on the Code of Fair ompetition for the 

Rolling Steel Door Industry in the United St.ate as revi ed after 

the hearing conducted in Washing-ton on October 14 1933, in accordance with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery -t. 

WORKING HOURS 

This Code provides that no employee shall work more than 36 

hours a week 8 hours a day, and 5 days a week. There are four 

exceptions. A certain flexibility is needed in the hours of this 

industry. To m~et seasonal or peak demands and for a period of 

8 weeks in any 6 months, employees are permitted to work 40 hours 

per week. The second exception covers office employees who are 

permitted to work no more than 40 hours and 51⁄2 days a week. The 

third exception is of traveling salesmen and persons employed in a 

managerial or executive capacity upon whom no hour limitation is 

placed. The fourth except10n is of employees engaged in emergency 

maintenance or emergency repair work. 

WAGES 

There i no differential either by geographical section or by sex. 

The minimum wage, is 40 cents per hour for all employ e except 

office employees, whose minimum wage is fixed at $15.00 per week. 

Additional provisions are incorporated to carry out the terms of 

the Act and these include the stipulation that the minimum wage 

is a minimum rate of pay irrespecti e of wheth r an empl ye is 

actually comp n ated on a time rate, piecework, or other ba is· the 

prohibition of any evasion of the wag chedule through di mi. als 

and reemployment; an equitable readju tment of all wage above 

the minimum; and the requirement that emplo ment of handicapped 

persons shall be limited to such persons and conditions of employment as are prescribed by the State authority desiQ'11ated L the 

United States Department of Labor to act in uch cases. 

GE .. ERAL LABOR PROVI 10:N 

This C de J roYides that no per. on under 16 } ear of age hall b 

mploy din the industry, nor an one un l r 18 t I era ti n ~ or o ·cupations hazardous in nature or danrreron to h alth. 

nbparagraph (a) of ection 7 of Title I of h .lr~ti011al In lu -

trial Recoycry ct i mbodied. Th C tl f 1rther pr ic.le that 

mployer ~hall not rcclas ify em1 loyc 01· the dutie f occur ~ti n ·o as to cl feat th purpo. e of the ct and requir ever 7 mplo r 

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to make reasonable provision for the safety and health of his employees, to post complete copies of this Code in accessible places, and 

to make payment of all wages at regular pay periods and in lawful 

currency or by negotiable check payable on demand. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

The Rolling Steel Door Industry is in some ways closely allied to 

the Constru::tion Industry, but insofar as production and sales are 

concerned it has a very specialized market and its revival depends on 

the revival of construction of particular kinds of buildings, such as 

warehouses, garages, and factories. Employment in this industry has 

fallen by one half since 1929. Sales have fallen from $6,000,000 in 

1929 to $1,500,000 in 1932, a decrease of approximately 63%. In 

1933 sales have amounted so far to $1,200,000. The ratio of production to capacity, which was approximately 45% in 1929, has been 

20% in 1933. 

Although the immediate gains in employment and wages in this 

industry will not be extensive, the Code provides opportunity for 

great expansion in both the number o:f employees and their wages. 

When the anticipated expansion comes in this industry with the 

expected rehabilitation of the Construction Industry, the Code will 

prove a means by which the number o:f employees and their wages 

may be as much as doubled. Price cutting, which has greatly demoralized conditions in the industry, is prohibited by the provisions of 

the Code. 

FINDINGS 

The Administrator finds that: (a) The Code as recommended complies in all respects with the mandatory provisions o:f Title I of th3 

Act, including, without limitation, subsection (a) of Section 7 and 

subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that 

(b) The applicant group imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein and is truly representative of the 

Rolling Steel Door Industry; and that 

( c) The Code as recommended is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate 

to discriminate against them-1 and will tend to effectuate the policy 

of Title I o:f the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

It is recommended, there:f ore, that this Code be approved. 

Respectfully, 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administratorr. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROLLING STEEL DOOR INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPO E 

To effect the policie of Title I of the ational Industrial Recovery ct, this Code is submitted as a Code of Fair ompetition 

for the Rolling Steel Door Indu try, and upon ap~roval by the 

President, its provi ions shall be the standard of fair competition 

for such industry and shall be binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIOXS 

SEoTION 1. The term "Rolling Steel Door Industry" or "Industry " as used herein is defined to mean the bu iness of manufacturing for sale rolling steel doors, rolling teel shutters, including devices, appliances, and/or equipment used in connection therewith, 

and the installation thereof by the manufacturer. 

SEc. 2. The term " Products " as u ed herein is defined to mean 

rolling steel doors, rolling steel shutters, and devices, appliances, 

and equipment u eel in connection therewith. 

EC. 3. The term" member of the industry 'includes but without 

limitation an[ individual, partner ·hip, a sociation, corporation, or 

other form o enterprise engaged in the industry, either as an employer or on his or its own behalf. 

SEc. 4. The term '' employee " as used herein includes any and 

all persons engaged in the industry howe,er compensated except a 

member of the industry. 

SEC. 5. The term ' Institute" as used herein i defined to m an 

" The Rolling Door Institute." 

SEC. 6. The terms ' Act ' and ' Administrator ' as used herein 

shall 1nean respectively Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, and the Administrator for Industrial Reco ery. 

ARTICLE III-HOUR 

ECTIO 1. M axirrvwm Hours.- o employee hall be permitterl, to 

work in exce s of thirty-six (36) hours in any we k ( e en (7) day 

period), or eight (8) hours in an day (twenty-four (24) hour 

period), or more than five ( 5) days in any Y n (7) day period, 

ex ·ept that in ca. e of p ak demand emplo · may work forty (40) 

hour per we k for io-ht ( ) weeks in an ix (G) months period. 

t I a. t time and on half hall be pai l for hour ork <l in ex e 

of ei O'ht ( ) hours in any one <lay or forty ( 40) h urs in any one 

w ek. 

EC. 2. II ours for C'le1'iral and Office Employees.- o person 

employed in cleri al or office work ·hall be permitt cl to work in 

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excess of :forty (40) hours in any week (seven (7) day period), or 

nine (9) hours in any day (twenty-four (24) hour period), or five 

and one half ( 51⁄2) days in any seven (7) day period. 

SEc. 3. Exceptions as to H ours.-The provisions of this Article 

shall not apply to traveling salesmen, or to persons employed in a 

managerial or executive capacity ,,ho earn not less than thirty-five 

dollars ($35.00) per week, or to employees engaged in emergency 

maintenance or emergency repair work; provided, however, that 

the provisions respecting a normal w·ork day and a normal work 

week, as provided in -Section 1 of this Article, shall apply to all 

employees in emergency maintenance or emergency repair work. 

SEc. 4. Employment by Several Em,ployers.-N o employer shal.l 

knowingly permit any employee to work for any time which when 

totaled with that already performed with another employer or 

employers in this_ industry exceeds the maximum permitted herein. 

ARTICLE iv-vv AoEs 

SECTION 1. Minimum Wage.-No employee shall be paid in any 

pay period less than at the rate of forty cents ($0.40) per hour, exCe:[?t as herein otherwise provided. 

SEc. 2. Mini?num Wage for Clerical and Office E1nployees.-N o 

clerical or office employee shall be paid in any pay period less than 

at the rate of $15.00 per week. 

SEc. 3. Piecework Oompensation-Mini11ium W ages.-This Article establishes a minimum rate o:f pay which shall apply, irrespective o:f whether an employee is actually compensated on a time 

rate, piecework, or other basis. 

SEc. 4. Evasion Through Ree1nploy11ient.-No employee now employed at a rate in excess o:f the minimum shall be discharged and 

reemployed at a lower rate :for the purpose o:f evading the provisions 

of this Code. 

SEo. 5. Wages Above Mini?num.-Employers shaill not reduce the· 

rates o:f wages for employees whose rates are now in excess of the 

minimum rate of wages herein provided (notwithstanding that the 

number of hours worked in such employment may be hereby decreased) and where in any case an employer has not increased the 

rates o:f wages for such employees prior to the effective date of this 

Code by an equitable readjustment of all wage rates such employer 

shall readjust all such wage rates. This provision shall be interpreted in the same manner that Paragraph 7 of the President's Reemployment Agreement has been interpreted by the Administrator in 

Interpretations No. 1 and 20. 

SEC. 6. Handicapped Persons.-A person whose earning capacity 

is limited because of age or physical or mental h~ndicap may be employed on light work at a wage below the minimum established by this 

Code if the employer obtains from the State Authority designated by 

the United States Department of Labor a certificate authorizing his 

employment at such wages and for such hours as shall be stated in 

the certificate. Each employer shall file with the Code Authority a 

list of all such persons employed by him. 
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ARTI 'LE Y- E.1 EHAL Lan n P VI ION 

EOTIO ... 1. Child Labor Provision.- T p r on und r i ·t n (16) 

y ars of age shall be m1 loyed in the in ln ry. o I r. on under 

io-hteen (1 ) ear of ao- hall b employ"cl t p ration or c upations hich ar hnzar lou in nature or lano- r us to health. The 

ode Authority shall 1bmit to the Adrnini trator before F bruary 

1 1934, a list of su h op rations or o upation . In any tat an 

employer shall be d em cl to have complied with thi pro i ion a 

t u~e if he shall have n file a certificate or permit duly i . n d by 

the .Authority in su h tate empowered to is ue employm nt or ao-e 

certificates or permit howing that the employee i of the required 

ao-e. 

b EC. 2. Provisions From the Act.-In compliance with ection 7 

(a) o:f the Act it is provided : . (a) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively, through representatives of their own choosing and hall 

be free from the interference, restraint, or oercion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or 

in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpo e of 

collective bargainin~ or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) That no emp10yee and no one eeking employment hall be 

required as a condition of employment to join any company union 

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assi ting a labor orcrani- zation of his own choosing; and 

( c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other condition of employment 

approved or prescribed by the President. 

SEC. 3. Reclassification of Employees.-No employer shall re- cla ify employees or duties of occupations performed for the pur- pose of defeating the provision of the Act or of this Code. 

EO. 4. Starndards for Safety and H ealth.-EYery employ r hall 

·make rea onable provision for the afety an l health of his employees at the place and during the hour 0£ their employm nt. 

tandards for saf ty and health shall be ubmitted by the Code 

Authority to the Administrator within six ( 6) month after the 

effective date of this ode. 

EC. 5. State Law .- o provi ions in thi. Code shall up r ede 

any State or Federal law which impo e on emplo 1ers more , tring nt requirements as to age of employees wage hours of work or 

a. to safety health sanitary or general working condition , or 

in urance or fire protection, than are imp sed by this ode. 

'Ee. 6. Posting.-All employers hall po t omplete copies of this 

Code in con pi uo 1 pla e acces ible to employee . EO. 7. Paynient of W ages.-All empl yers . hall make payment of 

all wages clue in lawful currency or by negotiable ch ck th r for, 

payable on demand. ,v age hall be paid at the end of ach weekly 

period. The e wag hall be exempt :from any pa ment for penions, insurance, or sick benefits o her han tho e oluntaril 1 paid 

by emplo ee . Employ rs or their ag n shall not ac pt, clir tly 
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or indirectly, rebates on such wages or give anything of value nor 

extend any favors to any person for the purpose of influencing rates 

of wages or working conditions of their employees. 

The provisions of this section regarding payment of wages at the 

end of each weekly period shall not apply to persons employed in a 

managerial or executive capacity who earn not less than thirty-fiye 

dollars ($35.00) per week, nor to persons employed in clerical or 

office work. The wages for persons employed in clerical or office 

work shall be paid at the end of pay periods not to exceed bimonthly 

periods. 

SEc. 8. Industrial Relations Board.-There may be established by 

the Administrator, a National Industrial Relations Board for the 

Industry consisting of an equal number of representatives of employers and employees to which shall be referred for determination 

matters arising under the Code relating to labor. Where a majority 

agreement of the Board cannot be reached, the Board shall select 

an impartial chairman to render a decision. The creation and 

functioning of these Boards including the selection of representatives 

of employees shall be in accordance with Section 7 of the Act. If 

no truly representative labor organization exists, the employee members of such Board shall be chosen by the Labor Advisory Board of 

the N.R.A. The employer representatives shall be chosen by the 

Code Authority. The Industrial Relations Board may establish such 

subsidiary agencies constituted in like manner as it finds necessary. 

ARTICLE VI-ORGANIZATION, PoWERs, AND DUTIBs OF THE Comi 

AUTHORITY 

SECTION 1. Organization and O onstitution.-A Code Authority is 

hereby constituted to cooperate with the Administrator in the administration of this Code. 

SEc. 2. The Code Authority shall consist of three (3) members to 

be selected as fallows : 

Members of the industry shall elect the industry members of the 

Code Authority by a majority vote of the members of the industry. 

Such members shall be elected :from directors1 officers or executives 

of members of the industry which are members of the Institute. 

SEc. 3. The Institute is hereby designated as the agency to conduct 

an election of the members of the Code Authority within fifteen (15) 

days after the effective date of this Code, and the succeeding annual 

elections of members of the Code Authority. :Members of the Code 

Au~horit:y shall be elected to serve for a term of one ( 1) year or 

until their successors are elected at the next annual meeting of the 

members of the industry. In the event of any vacancy in the membership of the Code Authority, a special meeting of the members of 

the indu try for an election to fill the incomplete terms of such 

member shall be called. Notice of the time and place of each election shall be sent by registered mail to all members of the industry 

at least ten (10) clays in ad-vance of such election, and voting at nch 

election may be by person, by proxy, or by letter ballot. Each 

member of the indu try shall have one (1) vote. 

SEc. 4. In addition to membership as above provided, there may 

be not more than three (3) members, without vote, to be appointed 
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by th dmini trator, to serve for term of from six ( 6) months to 

n (1) r ar o arrano-ed that the terms do not expire at the same 

tim. 

'E . . The r pr ntativ who ma be appointed by the Admini ra tor t o- ther with th \. lmini trator hall be <Yi v n notice of 

an l may it at all me ting of th ode uthority. 

E . 6. Each tra le or indu trial a oc· ation directly or indirectly 

participating in the s 1 ction r activitie of the Coe.le Authority 

hall (1) impose no inequitable r tri tions on member hip and (2) 

submit to the dmini trator true copie of its articles of a soca- tion bylaw reaulation and any amenJments when made thereto, 

together with such other information as to member hip organiza,-

tion, and activities a the Administrator may deem nece ary to 

effectuate the purpose of the Act. 

SEc. 7. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the industry and in other re pects comply with the 

provision of the Act, the Administrator may prescribe such hearrngs as he may deem proper; and thereafter if he shall find that 

the Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an 

appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority or any sub-Code Authority. 

SEC. 8. Members of the industry shall be entitled to participate in 

and share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority and to 

participate in the selection of the members thereof by as enting tv 

and complying with the requirements of this Code and sustaini11g 

their reasonable share of the expenses of its administration. Such 

reasonable share of the expenses of administration shall be determined by the Code Authority subject to review by the Administrator, on the basis of volume of business and/ or such other factors as 

may be deemed equitable. 

SEc. 9. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the rnembers of the Code Authority :partners for any purpose. or hall any 

member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for 

any act of any other member, officer, agent).. or employee of the CodP. 

Authority. Nor shall any member of the vode Authority exercising 

reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder be liable 

to an;Yone for any action or omission to act under the Code, exc pt 

for lus own wilful misfeasance or nonfeasance. 

SEc. 10. Powers and Duties.-The Code Authority shall have the 

following further powers and duties, the exercise of whi ·h hall be 

reported to the Administrator and shall be subject to his right, n 

review, to disapprove any action taken by the Code Authority. 

(a) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and 

provide for the compliance of the industry with the provisions of 

the Act. 

(b) To adopt b:ylaws and rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the admirustration and enforcement of the Code. 

( c) To obtain from members of the industry such information 

and reports as are required for the administration of the Code and 

to provide for sublllSsion by members of such information and 

reports as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes 

1ecited in Section 8 (a.) of the Act, which information and reports 
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shall be submitted by members to such administrative and/ or government agencies as the Administrator may designate; provided that 

nothing in this Code shall relieve any member of the industry of any 

existing obligations to furnish reports to any gover nment agency. No individual reports shall be disclosed to any other member of 

the industry or any other party except to such governmental agencies 

as may be directed by the Administrator. 

( d) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deen1s 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority 

of its duties or responsibilities under this Code and that such trade 

associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and comply 

with the provisions hereof. 

( e) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the coordination of the administration of this Code with such other codes, 

if any, as may be related to the industry. 

(f) To secure from members of the industry an equitable and 

proportionate payment of the reasonable expenses of maintaining 

the Code Authority and its activities. 

(g) To cooperate with the Administrator in regulating the use of 

any N.R.A. insignia solely by those members of the industry who 

have assented to, and are complying with, this Code. 

(h) To recommend to the Administrator further fair trade practice provisions to govern members of the Industry in their relations 

with each other or with other industries and to recommend to the 

Administrator measures for industrial planning, including stabilization o:f employment. 

(i) To establish minimum standards of quality o:f material, workmanship, operation, and installation of the products o:f the industry. 

ARTICLE VII-PUBLICITY OF PRICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF S ALE 

SECTION 1. Each member o:f the Industry shall, within ten (10) 

days after the effective date of the Code, file and maintain with the 

Code Authority schedules of prices for all its products and schedules o:f prices :for the installation thereof, which schedules shall 

include, but without limitation, discounts, specifications, terms, and 

conditions of sale. 

SEC. 2. In the event of any change by any member of the Industry 

in any pricei discount, specification, term or condition of sale, he shall 

file :full and complete copies o:f every such change with the Code 

Authority, not less than ten (10) days in advance o:f the effective 

date of any such change. Copies thereof, with notice of the effective 

date of such change, shall be immediately published and distributed 

by the Code Authority to the interested members o:f the Industry who 

may file , if they so desire, revisions of their prices, discounts, specifications, terms or conditions of sale, which, i:f filed not less than five 

( 5) days prior to such effective date, shall be effective on the same 

such effective date. 

SEc. 3. Such specifications, price lists, discounts, and terms and 

conditions of sale together with any changes thereto shall be open 

to inspection at all reasonable times by any interested party. 

SEc. 4. No member of the Industry shall sell, pay a rebate, or allow 

a deduction at any time to any person except in accordance with his 
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price liscount , p ifi ation term and conditions of sale filed 

1n the mamPr 1..1 · rib l h r in ab c. Ea h member of th Indu try 

hall haY th rio-ht individuall to fil new pric di ount t rm 

and on lition · of al , fr m tim to tim as h rein pro· i<led. 

ARTICLE III-TR.ADE PR CTICE R LES 

General, Definition.-F r all 1 urpo e of the o le the a t l . ribed 

in thi Article hall con titut unfair practice . Any rn 1mb r of 

th in<lu try ,,ho hall lir ·tly or in lirectly through any ffic r, 

employee agent~ or rer r entativ knowino-ly u e, mploy, or p nnit 

to be employed an of such nnfair pra tices hall be uilty of 

a violation of th Code. 

Rule 1.-No member of the industry shall u e or publish adYerti ing (wheth r printed, radio, display, or of an th r nature) 

which i mi -leading or inaccurate 1n any material particular nor 

shall any member in any way misrepresent any goods (including, 

but without limitation its use, trade mark, grade, quality, quantity, 

origin, size, sub tance, character, nature, finish, material, content, or 

preparation) or credit terms, values, policies, service , or the nature 

or form of the business conducted. 

Rule f .-Members shall not invoice products or service at other 

than the true selling price or withhold from or insert in the invoice 

statements which make the invoice an incomplete or a false record, 

wholly or in part, of the transaction represented on the fac thereof. 

Rule 3.-N o member shall make false or disparaging statements 

with respect to a competitor's business, methods, practices, or 

products. Rul,e 4.-N o member of the industry shall sell below his allowable 

cost. 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article VI, the Code Authority shall 

formulate or cause to be formulated standard methods or s stems 

of cost accounting for use in this -industry, which method or systems shall be adaptable to the cost accounting procedure of, and to 

the bu ines of this industry. Such methods or systems shall pecify 

the factors that hall determine the cost for each memb r of the 

industry pur uant to the provisions of this section. Upon apprm~al 

of such method or systems by the dministrator the ode Authority 

shall furnish to each member of the industry complete letails of 

such methods or systems. Thereafter, in determining co t , each 

member of the industry shall use a cost accounting ·ystem whi h 

shall be at least a complete and detailed as the cost accounting 

method or system r ·ommended by the Code Authority and approveu 

by the Administrator. 

Rule 6.- o member of the indu try shall publish or cir ulate 

unjustified or uuwarrant d threat of 1 gal proceedings whi h tend 

to or have the effect of harassing competitors or intimidating th ir 

cu tomers. Failure to prosecut in due cour e hall be vidence 

that any such threat is unwarranted or unjustifi d. 

Rule 6.- o member of the indu try hall offer or make any s er t 

or discriminatory pa ment or allowance or a r ebate, r fund, commission, credit, unearned discount or excess allowance, whe her in 

the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a member of the industry 
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offer or extend to any customer any secret discriminatory service or 

privilege for the purpose of influencing a sale. 

Rule 7.-N o member of the industry shall give, permit to be given, 

or directly offer to give anything of value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any employee, agent, or representative of another iu relation to the business of the employer of 

such employee, the principal of such agent, or the represented party, 

without the knowledge of such employer, principal, or party. Commercial bribery provisions shall not be construed to prohibit free 

and general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising 

except so far as such articles are actually used for commercial 

bribery as hereinabove defined. 

Rule 8.-No member of the industry shall attempt to induce the 

breach of an existing contract between a competitor and his employee, or customer or source of supply; nor shall any such member 

interfe~e with or obstruct the performance of such contractual duties 

or services. 

Rule 9.-No member of the industry shall, directly or indirectly, 

substitute his own or different parts in the repair or alteration of 

a competitor's product or parts thereof without the express authority 

of the owner. 

Rule 10.-N o member of the industry shall, directly or indirectly, 

remove or destroy any trade mark or other identification of any 

product or part of a product of the industry supplied by a competitor with the intent or effect of deceiving purchaser or a prospective 

purchaser. 

Rule 11.-N o member of the industry shall combine quotations or 

contracts for any product of this industry with any quotation or 

contract for any other material, labor, or service, for the purpose 

and with the intent of concealing the true selling price of the 

product of this industry. 

Rule 1~.-No member shall offer for sale any product of the industry by any false means or device which tends to mislead or deceive 

purchasers, competitors and/or others as to the quantity, quality, 

measurements, substances, or size of such products, labor, or service. 

If any member of the industry fails immediately to correct such misrepresentation upon being· notified thereof, such failure shall be 

deemed a confession of wilful intent to deceive and mislead such 

purchasers, competitors and/ or others. 

Rule 13.-N o member of the industry shall omit from its quotation, 

proposal, or bid, any material, labor, or service required and/or 

called for by the plans, specifications, or other estimating or pur 1 

chasing data in order to avoid full responsibility for the complete 

compliance with all provisions or for the purpose and with the intent 

of sub equently informing the purchaser that such omitted material, 

labor, or ervice was included, in order to underbid a competitor. 

Rule 14.-Verbal quotations shall be confinned in writing. A 

duplicate or true copy of all quotations given and contracts received 

Ly a member, shall be filed with the Code Authority within three 

clays from the date of issuing a quotation and/ or after receiving 0, 

c:ontract. 

Rule 15.-The terms of payment of products sold F. 0. B. member's 

factory or delivered to destination shall not be more favorable than 
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to provid f r t Ca h thirty (30) days from date of shipment." 

Th term of a 1ment f products sold erected shall not be more 

fa,·orable than to pro,id for eighty-five (85) percent of the proportionate Yalu f the work done shall be due monthly. The final 

pa m nt hall b lue and payable thirty (30) days after completion 

of the c n tract.'' 

Rule 16.~ To member of the industr7 shall guarantee for a period 

long r than one ( 1) year from date o installation to furnish or replace, free of charo-e, material found to be def ctive. 

Rule 17.-Ea h member of the Code shall file with the Code Authorit a li t of his al representatives, which list shall be available 

to the other members. Such list shall at all times be keJ?t to date 

by notifying the Secretary of any changes, within ten ( 10) days 

after being made. 

Rule 18.-N o member of the industry shall post-date or pre-date 

any contract invoice, quotation, or receipt, withhold from or insert 

in any contract invoice, quotation, or receipt any statement which 

makes such contract, invoice, quotation, or receipt a false statement 

either in whole or in part or accept or offer to accept any such contract with the effect of injuring the business of a competitor or 

violating the provisions of this Code. 

ARTICLE IX-APPEALS 

SECTION 1. Any interested party shall have the right of complaint to the Code Authority and of a prompt hearing and decision 

under uch rules of procedure and proper charges to cover cost 

of investigation and hearing as it may prescribe, in respect to any 

decision, rule, regulation, order, or finding made by the Code 

Authority. 

SEC. 2. Any interested party shall have the right of appeal to 

the Administrator, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, in respect to any decision1 rule, regulation, order, or finding 

made by the Code Authority. 

ARTICLE x-:MoDIFICATIONS 

SECTION 1. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly 

made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the 

provisions of sub ection (b) of Section 10 o,f the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, fron1 time to time to cancel or modify any order 

approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under 'l'itle I of said 

Act and specifically, but without limitation, to the right of th~ 

President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any 

conditions imposed by him upon his appro al thereof. 

SEc. 2. This Code, except as to provisions required by the Act, 

may be modified on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances, such modification to be based upon application to the Administrator and such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and 

to become effective on approval of the President. 
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ARTICLE XI- MONOPOLIES 

No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to, eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE XII 

The maximum hours, the minimum wages and conditions of employment of all persons engaged in the installation of rolling steel 

doors shall conform to the maximum hours, the minimum wages, and 

conditions of employment provided in the appropriate code or codes 

in the construction industry as approved by the President. 

ARTICLE XIII- REGISTRATION OF MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRY 

Each member of the industry shall within thirty (30) days of 

the effective date of this Code register with the Code Authority. 

All members of the industry who may engage in the industry thereafter shall likewise register with the Code Authority. Registration 

of a member of the industry shall include the full name and mailing 

address of the member. The time limit for the registration by any 

member of the industry may be extended whenever, in the opinion 

of the Administrator, the time limit as provided herein might cause 

an injustice to any member of the industry. 

ARTICLE XIV-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after its 

approval by the President. 

Approved Code No. 171. 

Registry No. 1139--01. 

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