Approved Code No. 90-Amendment No.1 Registry No. 307-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUNERAL SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 8, 1934 

W& DO OUR PART· 

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Approved Code No. 90-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUNERAL SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 8,1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMEKDMENT To CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

FuNERAL S PPLY INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full conl- pliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recov-ery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Funeral Supply Industry, and 

the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with 

respect thereto, having been n1ade and directed to the President: 

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

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the Presi- dent, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby 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 pw·poses 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 hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as amended, 

such approval and such amendn1ent 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. 

Approval recommended. 

GEO. L. BERRY, 

HuGH S. tlOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON, D.C., February 8, 1934. 

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PORT TO THE PRESIDE T 

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The ll'"hite Ilou e. 

ir: An appli ti n h be n du y ad pur lmnt to and in full 

compli n with he provi ions of tb 1 ational ndu trial R Y ry 

A t for an arne d1n nt to th ode of Fair n1petiti n for the Fu~cral uppl Indu try, submitted by h od utb rity for ·he 

Funeral upply Industry. 

Tbrouoh mi take inad rtence, and over ight the f llowing pr -

i ion, "or eight ( ) hour in l111Y n day', ''as all wed t r main a 

part of ection 1 (e) of Article 111, af er it h d b n aoTe d by the 

abor \.dvi · ry B ard and the prop ent ( f th de t ha\e h 

provi ion trick n from all of the tions f ti l 111 f aid de, , hich contained tb.e a1n . Th refore, il an1end 1 nt i to corr t 

a mista1 e which was not discovered until aft r th ode had b n 

appro d by your Exe utive Ord r of Nov 1nb r 4th, 1933. 

FINDINGS 

The p11.ty Admini trator· in hi final r iport to me on sai amc d- m nt to aid Co havin founJ. as her in s t forth and on the basis 

of all the pro ec in ·s in this n1atter: 

I find that: 

(a) The aJn :nd111 nt to said Code and the od as amend d are 

w ll d simed to promote the poli ies and purposes of Title 1 of the 

National Industrial Re overy Act including the removal of obstruc- tions to the free flow of interstate and for ign comn1erce which t nd 

to di1ninish the amounii thereof, and will provid for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpo e 

of c op rative action among trade group 1 by inducin and maintaining united a tion of labor and manao·ement under adequat 

governm ntal sanction and supervision by eliminating unfair m- petiti e practice 1 by promoting the fullest po sible utilizatio of 

the present producti e capacity of the industrie , by avoidin undue 

r trictions of production. (except as n1ay be temporarily requir d), 

by incr a ing the consumption of indus rial and agricultural produ t 

throuo-h in reasmg purchasing power, by reducin0 and r li ving un- employinent, by improving standards of labor, and by other · e 

r habili ating industry. 

(b) The Code u amended compii in all r t \Yith th per- tin nt provisi ns of said Title of aid A t, in ludrn()' v; ithout ljmitation 

ubse tion (a) of Se tiou 3, Sub ection (a) of S ctiou 7 and Sub- e ti n (b) of tion 10 thereof. ( ) Th Code empower the Code Auth rity t pre nt the afore- said Am udm nt on b half of he I.ndu try a a whole. (d) The Am odment and the o e a am nd d are not de igoed 

to and will not permit monopolie or monopoli tic practi 

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(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 then1. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the econon1ic process have not 

been deprived of the right, to be heard prior to approval of said 

Alnendmen t. 

For the-e reaoons, therefore, 1 have approved this Amendment. 

Re pectfully, HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Ad win istrator. 

FEBRUARY 8, 1934. 
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