637-N Registry No. 404-1-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROP·OSED CODE QF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TICKET AND COUPON 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1933 

The Code for the Ticket and Coupon Manufacturing Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposa) 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 STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHING TON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 

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SUBMITTED BY 

AM!iJRICAN AMUSEMENT TICKET MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION 

(II) 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE TICKET AND 

COUPON MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

SECTION I 

In order to eliminate unfair competition in the ticket manufacturing industry, to eliminate unfair trade practices, to increase 

-employment, to establish fair and adequate wages, to enlarge the 

purchasing power of persons related to this industry, to improve 

the standards of labor, to protect the consuming public from excessive prices, and to accomplish and effectuate the policies set forth 

in the National Industrial -Recovery Act, this code of fair competition governing the ticket manufacturing industry is adopted. 

SECTION II 

Any person, partnership, or corporation, now or hereafter engaged 

in the manufacturing of tickets as herein defined, is eligible for 

membership in the American Ticket And Coupon Manufacturers 

Council. 

All persons, partnerships, or corporations, now or hereafter engaged in the manufacturing of tickets as herein defined, .shall be 

subject to the provisions of this code when adopted. 

SECTION III-DEFINITIONS 

The term "ticket and coupon manufacturing industry" shall include all manufacturers of any of the classes of tickets specified 

below: 

A. Manufacturers 0£ amusement tickets. 

B. Manufacturers of clothing tickets. 

C. Manufacturers of coupon books. 

D. Manufacturers of electric railway and bus tickets. 

E. Manufacturers of meal tickets and checks. 

F. Manufacturers of steam railroad tickets. 

The term "group" shall mean any of the divisions of the industry 

hereinbefore described. 

The term" the President" shall mean the President of the United 

States. 

The term " persons " shall mean natural persons, partnerships, 

and corporations. 

The terms "member" and "manufacturer" shall mean any person, partnership, or corporation engaged in the manufacture of 

tickets. · 

The term "Association" shall mean the American Amusement 

Ticket Manufacturers Association. 

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The term " Council" shall mean the consolidated groups hereinbefore referred to, operating under the name "American Ticket And 

Coupon Manufacturers Council." 

The term" Executive Committee" shall mean the Executive Committee of the American Amusement Ticket Manufacturers Association or the Executive Committee of one of the groups above 

described. 

The term " Board of Governors " shall mean the governing board 

of the American Ticket And Coupon Manufacturers Council. 

The term " Chairman " shall mean the presiding officer of the 

Council at the time in office. 

The term " Secretary " shall mean the Secretary of the Council at 

the time in office. 

SECTION IV-ADMINISTRATION 

Each of the groups of the industry as set forth in Section III 

hereof shall be governed, respectively, without interference from the 

other groups of the industry by an Executive Committee consisting 

of no less than three members elected by each such group. 

For the purposes of the administration of this code, and coordination and arbitration between the different groups of the industry, 

there shall be ·et up a council known as the "American Ticket And 

Coupon Manufacturers Council." The Council shall be governed by 

a Board of Governors selected from the several groups. Each group 

shall have not less than one representative on the Board of Governors and additional members not in excess of a total of three based 

on each million dollars or major fraction thereof, of dollar volume 

sold by that group in any one year. Each group shall elect the representatives to which it is entitled on the Board. The Board of Governors so elected to the Council shall choose from their number a 

Chairman and a Vice Chairman; also appoint a Secretary and a 

Treasurer who shall not be members of the industry. The offices of 

Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same person. N() one 

member shall be entitled to more than one representative on the 

Board, and no one person shall be the representative of more than one 

group on the Board. 

Powers: Subject to the approval of the President, the Board of 

Governors shall have power : 

1. To administer the provisions of this code. 

2. To interpret and construe the provisions of this code from time 

to time. 

3. To adopt rules and regulations for the enforcement thereof. 

4. To entertain and hear complaints against any member arising 

out of any alleged violation of this code or of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, and where such complaint cannot be disposed of 

amicably, to cause such complaint to be arbitrated as hereinafter 

provided. 

5. To initiate proceedings before the appropriate Governmental 

agencies to prevent and/ or punish violations of this code. 

6. To obtain from time to time from each per on in th industry 

specified reports in uch form and containing such information as 

the Board of Governors may prescribe, in order that the President 

may be kept informed with r s1 ect to the observance or nonob-
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servance of this code by persons to whom the same is applicable, anc1 

whether the industry is complying with the policy and provisions 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act. To this end the Board 

of Governors, through its accredited agent, who must be a cost 

accountant or a C.P.A., and who must not be a member of the industry, shall have acces to all places of business maintained by any 

person to whom this code is applicable and may examine the costaccounting methods used by such persons and may take such steps as 

they may deem advisable to effect such changes in cost-accounting 

methods and practices as shall place tl1e business of any nch person 

upon a fair competitive basis. 

7. To prepare and recommend a uniform sales contract or order 

blank for the use of persons to whom this code is applicable. 

8. To make such surveys and compile such reports by the Secretary or some accredited agent not a member of the industry, as they 

may deem proper and for the best interests of the industry, including 

r ecommendations for the betterment of the industry with a view to 

stabilization of prices and the prevention of sales below the reasonable cost of production. 

9. To collect such statistics and trade information from persons 

in the industry as they may deem desirable, to be collected and compiled in the same manner as provided for in paragraph 8 hereof, for 

use by the Board of Governors when necessary. 

10. The Board of Governors shall not require any information or 

data from members regarding trade secrets or name of customers 

of any member. 

11. To consider proposals for amendments to thi~ code, and upon 

approval by the groups to submit such proposals to the proper 

Federal Agency. 

12. To cause such Bylaws to be adopted by the Council and/ or 

from time to time amended as will conform to and carry out the 

purposes and intent of this code. 

13. To appoint from time to time such committees as it shall deem 

necessary or proper in order to effectuate the purpose of the code. 

14. The Secretary of the Council shall act as Secretary under the 

code. Under the direction of the Board of Go, ernors, he shall keep 

all books and records under the code and, except as the Board of 

Governors shall otherwise provide, shall collect, file, and collate all 

statistics and other information required by the Board of Governors 

for the proper administration of the code. 

15. The expenses of administering the code shall be borne by the 

members thereof. The Board of Governors may from time to time 

1nake such equitable assessments on account of such expen es against 

the members of the code as it shall deem proper, and su~h assessments shall be payable as snch Board shall specify. 

SECTION v-:MrNIMUM w AGES-HOURS OF LABOR 

The wage scale in the ticket and coupon manufacturing industry 

has been substantially higher than that ·prevairing in many other 

industries. A large percentage of its employees are specially trained 

mechanics. Since the beginning of the present depression and the 

consequent reduction in the total number of hours of work available 

in the industry, its members have made every effort to distribute 
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the hours of work available in their plants so as to give employment 

to the maximum number of employees. It is the intention of the 

industry to continue that policy insofar as practicable, to the end 

that the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act 

may be effectuated, and that work in the industry shall insofar as. 

practicable be distributed so as to provide employment for t.he 

employees normally attached to the industry. 

(a) As required by Section 7 (A) of Title I of the National In--

dustrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this 

code: 

"(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. 

"(3) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President." 

( 4) It is clearly understood that the foregoing paragraphs shall 

not impair in any particular the constitutional rights of the employee 

and employer to bargain individually or collectively as may be 

mutually satisfactory to them; nor shall it impair the joint right of 

employer and eh1ployee to operate an open shop. 

( 5) Nothing in this code is to prevent the selection, retention,. 

and advancement of employees on the basis of their individual merit,. 

without regard to their affiliation or nonaffiliation with any labor 

organization. . A. Working H owrs.-To effectuate the policy of this Code of Fair 

Competition, maximum hours of labor shall be uniform for the whole· country. Standard Working hours shall be 40 hours per week for 

all mechanical employees, including any proprietors, supervisors-, 

and foremen when doing mechanical work. When necessary, overtime and extra shifts shall be permitted, provided that no mechanical 

employee shall work more than the maximum of 40 hours per week 

during the present emergency. It is not the intention of this paragraph to limit the number of days or shifts a plant any operate. 

Users of tickets and coupons are constantly faced with the necessity of obtaining, at short notice, new supplies of tickets and coupons 

required by the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 

State Public Utility Commissions, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. In many cases such tickets and coupons have. prescribed dates 

,printed on them and are valueless if not in the hands of the users 

prior to such dates. In cases of necessity arising from such emergencies or from the character of the work, or from the inability to 

obtain competent labor, permission may be granted by the Board of 

Governors, upon proper showing being made, to e.xcee.d the foregoing limitation, provided such permission shall be granted only 

uoon such conditions imposed by the Board of Governors as will 
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make certain that no employee will work more than 1,040 hours in 

any six months. 

B. Mini1111U11i Wages.-The minimum hourly wages for employees 

in the ticket and coupon manufacturing industry shall be 40¢ per 

hour for men, and 30¢ per hour for women, except learners and 

apprentices. 

0. E1nploynient of Minors.-Employment of minors under 16 

years of age in mechanical production is entirely prohibited. 

SECTION VI-MEMBERSHIP 

1. Any ticket and coupon manufacturer nrny participate in this 

code and in any revision or a.dd.itions thereto and receive the benefits thereof by accepting the proper pro rata share of the cost and 

responsibility of creating and administering it, either by becoming 

a member of the American Ticket And Coupon Manufacturers Council, or by paying to it an amount equal to the dues from time to 

time provided to be paid by a member in like situa.tion of American 

Ticket And Coupon Manufacturers Council. 

2. No person at the time of the filing of this code who is not a 

ticket or coupon manufacturer shall be permitted to engage in the 

manufacture of tickets or coupons unless and until such person 

receives permission to do so fr.om the President. 

SECTION VII-ST'ATISTICS AND TRADE INFORMATION 

In order to carry out the declared policy of the National Industrial Recovery Act, each pe.rson shall furnish such periodic reports 

as may be prescribed by the Board of Governors, in such form and 

substance as it may direct. The Board of Governors shall not require 

any information or data from members regarding trade secrets or 

names of customers of any member of the code. 

SECTION VIII-CosT AccouNTING 

(a) Every ticket and coupon manufacturer shall maintain an 

approved cost finding syste111 and approved accounting methods, 

which conform to the principles of and is at least detailed and complete as the standard and uni£ orm rn.ethod of costing and accounting 

to be formulated or approved by the Board of Governors with such 

variation therefrom as may be required by the individual conditions 

affecting any manufacturer. 

(b) No ticket or coupon manufacturer shall sell or exchange any 

product of his manufacture at a price or upon such terms or conditions that will result in the customer paying for the goods received 

less than the cost to the seller determined in accordance with the 

uniform and standard methods of costing and accounting herein- before prescribed. 

SECTION IX-PRICE SoHEDULEs 

It has been the general practiee to sell manufactured tickets and 

coupons on the basis of net price lists, and fixed terms of payment 

which are distributed to the trade. Each manufacturer of such 

tickets and coupons shall within ten (10) days, after receiving notice 
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from the Secretary, file with the Secretary a net price list individually prepared by him showing his current pricec:, and terms of payments, and the Secretary shall immediately send copies thereof to 

all known ticket and coupon manufacturers of such specified product. 

Revised price lists may be filed from time to time thereafter with the 

Secretary by any manufacturer of such product to become effectiYe 

upon a date specified by the Secretary and copies thereof with notice 

of the effective elate specified shall be immediately sent to all known 

manufac: turers of uch product who thereupon may file, if they o 

desire, revisions of their price li, t which shall become effectiYe upon 

the date when the revised price list first filed shall go into effect. 

SECTION X 

The Board of Governors shall have power on its OY\'11 initiative 

or on the complaint of any member of the code, to investigate any 

minimum price for any product shown in any list filed with the 

Secretary by any member of the code, and for the purpose of the 

investigation thereof to require such member to furnish such information concerning the cost of manufacturing such product as the 

Board of Governors shall deem necessary or proper for such purpose. If the Board of Governors after such investigation shall 

determine that such minimum price is an unfair price for such 

product, having regard to the cost of manufacturing such product, 

and that the maintenance of such unfair minimum price may result 

in unfair com.petition in the industry, the Board of Governors may 

require the member of the code that filed the list in which unfair 

minimum price is shown, to file a new list showing a fair minimum 

price for such product, which fair minimum price shall become 

effective immediately upon the filing of such list. If such member 

of the code shall not within ten days after notice to it of such 

determination by the Board of Governors, file a new list showing 

such fair minimum price for such product, the Board of Governors 

shall have power to fix a fair minimum price for such product, which 

fair minimum price, however, shall not be more than the minimum 

price of any other member of the code, at that time effective for 

such product, and in respect of which the Board of Governors shall 

not theretofore have begun an investigation or a complaint shall 

not have been made by any member of the code. When the decision of such Board fixing such :fair minimum price shall have been 

filed with the Secretary and the Secretary shall have given notice 

thereof to such member, such fair minimum price shall be the minimum price of such member :for such product, until it shall have been 

changed as in the code provided. A notice of all decisions of the 

Board of Governors under this Section, together with the rea on 

therefor, shall be filed with the President. 

SECTION XI-PRODUCTION 

As the industry is now highly organized and overequipped. and 

with the view of properly serving the public needs, it is deemed 

necessary that prior to the installation of additional productive 

machinery by persons engaged in the ticket and coupon manufacturing industry, except for the replacement of similar equipment, hall 
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secure certificates from the National Administrator, upon recommendation of the group concerned, that such installation will be 

consistent with effectuating the policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act ~uring the period of the emergency. 

SECTION XII-. CONTRACTS 

With respect to contracts entered into by the ticket and coupon 

manufacturing industry, not containing a clause protecting the seller 

against increased costs arising out of compliance with the provisions 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and incompleted by the 

effective dates, it is equitable and consistent with the purpose of the 

Act that appropriate adjustments of such contracts shall be effected 

by arrangement between the parties to such contracts, or, failing 

which, by arbitration through the Board of Governors. 

SECTION XIII-MONOPOLIES 

No provision in this code shall be interpreted or applied in such 

a, manner as to promote monopolies, permit or encourage unfair 

competition, eliminate or oppress small enterprises, or discriminate 

against small enterprises. 

SECTION XIV-U NFAIB PRACTICES 

For all purposes of the code the acts described in Schedule A 

annexed hereto shall constitute unfair practices. Such unfair practices shall be deemed to be unfair methods of competition in commerce within the meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act as 

:1mended, and the using or employing of any of them shall be deemed 

to be a violation of the code, and any member of the industry which 

shall directly, or indirectly through any officer, employee, agent, or 

representative, knowingly use or employ any of such unfair practices 

shall be guilty of a violation of the code. 

SECTION XV-ARBITRATION 

Any and all complaints, differences, controversies, or questions 

arising under or out of this code or concerning the interpretation 

or application of any provision thereof, or arising between the different groups of the industry, shall be referred to the Board of Governors for settlement under such rules as it may establish. 

SECTION XVI 

This code and all provisions thereof are expressly made subject to 

the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of 

Clause 10 (A) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time 

to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license~ rule, or 

regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the 

right of the President to cancel or modify his approval of this 

code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 
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SECTION XVII 

Such of the provisions of this code as are not required to be included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, upon 

recommendation of the Board of Governors of the American Ticket 

and Coupon Manufacturers Council and with the approval of the 

President, be modified or eliminated as changes in circumstances or 

experiences may indicate. They shall remain in e:ff ect unless and until so modified or eliminated or until the expiration of the Act. 
SCHEDULE A 

LIST OF UNFAIR PR.AC'I'ICEJS 

For all purposes of the Code the following described acts shall constitute 

unfair practices : 

A. Inducing or attempting to induce the breach of a contract between a 

competitor and his customer during the term of such contract. 

B. The defamation of a competitor by words or acts which untruthfully call 

in question his business integrity, his ability to perform his contracts, his credit 

stanuing, or the grade, quality, accuracy, or service of his goods. 

0. Interference vvith a competitor's business through the enticement of 

employees from his employment. 

D. Any discrimination in the price of commodities of the same class (not 

including discrimination in price on account of the difference in the grade, 

quality, or quantity of the product sold), or discrimination in price in the same 

or different communities not made in good faith to meet competition, where the 

effect of such discrimination may be substantially to lessen competition or tend 

to create a monopoly. 

E. The payment or allowance of secret rebates, bribes, refunds, credits, or 

unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or extending to 

certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers 

under like terms and conditions. 

F. The circularization of threats of suit for infringement of patent or trade 

mark among customers of a competitor, not made in good faith, but for the 

purpo e of harassing and intimidating customers. 

G. The practice of accepting orders for large quantities and shipping in 

small quantities (known as split shipments) and billing such small quantities 

shipped at the large quantity price. 

H. Contracts of sales which permit the buyer to cancel or provide for a 

reduced price in the event of a market decline, and which do not permit the 

seller to cancel or provide for an enhanced price in the event of a market rise. 

I. Printing the names of nonmanufacturers on tickets, except when such 

nonmanufacturer is in fact the exclusive selling agency of a manufacturer or a 

recognized ticket manufacturer. 

J. No manufacturer shall sell goods for resale to any dealer, jobber, or 

distributor who in turn resells such goods at less than said manufacturer's 

published price list. 

Violation of the following provisions shall constitute unfair practices. 

K. 1. Qiwtations.-All quotations are made for immediate acceptance and 

are subject to change without notice. 

2. Terms.-Net, no cash discounts. 

L. The Board of Governors is hereby authorized and empowered to cooperate 

with the President l,\nd to perform such acts as may be proper to put these--

provisions into effect. · (9) 

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