Approved Code No. 210-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 1644-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PIPE ORGAN INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 210-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PIPE ORGAN INDUSTRY 

As Approved on September 1, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT TO CoDE OF F .AIR Col\fPFJ.riTION FOR '!'HE 

PIPE ORGAN INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pur uant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title 1 of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to a Code of Fair Competition for the Pipe Organ Industry, 

and opportunity to be heard having been afforded all interested 

parties, and any objections filed having been duly considered, and 

the annexed report on said amendment, containmg findings with 

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

NO"T, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

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

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the President, 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 provi ions and will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said amendment be 

and it is hereby approved, and that the previous apl?roval of said 

Code is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its 

entirety as amended. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administratm· f01' / ndw;trial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

JosEPH F. BATTLEY, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

w .ASHINGTON, D.C., 

September 1, 193.4,. 

83871°----1181-7----34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRERIDENT, 

The vV hit e House. 

Srn : An application has been duly n1ader pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions o:f the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, for an Amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Pipe Organ Industry. ·ubmitte-:1 by t he Code Authority for the Pipe 

Organ Industry. 

The purpose and effect of the Amendment are to authorize the 

Cole Authority to submit a bu lget and method of assessment upon 

which fun ls shall be contributed by members of the Industry. 

The Amendment also incorporates in the Code certain standard 

labor and administr( tive provisions, which will prove more effective 

to the Code Authority in the administration of this Code for the 

Industry. 

The Deputy Administrator in hi final r eport to me on said 

Amendment to said Code having founcl as herein set forth and on 

tl e basis of all the procee·lings in thi matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The Amendment t said Code and the Code as an'lended are 

well desig ned to promot thB policie and purposes of Title I 

of the N 11tional Industrial Recovery Act including the removal 

of ob tructions to the free flow of int rstate and :foreign commerce 

which tend to dimini h the amount thereof and will provide :for the 

general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the 

ptu·pose of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and 

maintainine. united action of labor and management under adequate govermnental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair 

competitiYe practices, by I romoting the fullest possible utilization 

of the present productive capacity of the industries, by avoiding 

nndue re. h'iction of production (except as may be temporarily 

required) by incre~, ing the con umption of industrial an 1 agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reduc- ing and relieving unemploy1nent, by improving standards of labor, 

uncl by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complie in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Subsec ion (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. (c) The Amendment and the Code as amended are not designed 

t o and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practicoo. (d) 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. 

(e) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Amendment. F or these r easons, therefore, I have approved this Amendment. 

Respectfully, 

S EPTEMBER 1, 1934. 

(2) 

H UGH s. JOHNSON' 

Adndnistrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF .FAIR CO~fPETITION FOR 

THE PIPE ORGAN INDU TRY 

Amend Section 4 of Article V by adding the f llowincr: 

"Standards for safety and health hall be ubmitted by the ode 

Authority to the Admini tr·ator within three (3) month after the 

effective date of the amen lment." 

Delete Section 8 of Article V and ubstitute th refor the following: 

"8. All mployers shall post and keep po ted copies of thi Code 

in conspicuous places acce sible to all employee . EYery In mber 

of the indu try hall omply with all rules an l reo·ulations relative 

to th posting of provisions of Coles of Fair Competition which 

may from time to time be pre cribecl by the Administrator." 

Add a a new Section to Article V : 

"9. No employee shall be dismissed or I emoted by reason of mak- ing a complaint or giving evidence with re ·pect to an alleged 

violation to thi Code.' 

Delete Section 7 (g) of Article VI and sub titute therefor the 

following: 

"(g) 1. It being found nece ary in order to up port the adminis- tration of this code and to maintain the tandards of fair comDetition 

establi hed herem1cler and to effectuate the policy of the A t, the 

Code Authority is authorized: 

" (a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligation · out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided nnd which 

hall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code; 

' (b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem nece ary, 

( 1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the fund neces ary 

to support uch budget hall be contributed by m mbers of the 

industry; 

' (c) After su h budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution a above set forth by all men1ber of the industry, and to 

that end, if nece sary to institute legal proceedings th6lrefor in its 

name. 

"2. Each membor of the indu try shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to th expen es of the maintenance of the Code Authority d termined a hereinaboYe provi led, and . ubject to rules and 

regulations pertaining ther to issued by the Administrator. Only 

memb rs of the industry complying with the c de and contributing 

to the expen es of its administration a h reinabove provided, unless 

duly exempt <l :from makino· such contrjbutions shall be ent.l~led to 

participate in th election of member of the C d Authority or to 

receive the n fi of any of it· voluntary activities or to make u e 

of any embl m or in icrnia f th National Recovery Admini tration. 

3. Th ode Authority . hall neither incur n r pay any blio-ation ub tantially in x e · of th amount thcl' of a e timat l in 

it· apr rov d buclg )t, an l . hall jn n vent ex ed the total amount 

contain cl in the apr roved b.udo· t, ex pt upon appr val of the Ad-

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ministrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency 

item for expenJitures in excess of prior budget estimates except 

those which the Administrator shall have so approved." 

Article VI, Soction 7-Strike out subsection (i) and in lieu thereof 

insert the following : 

( i) To recommend to the Administrator any action or measures 

deemed advisable, including further fair trade practice provisions 

to govern members of the industry in their r elations with each other 

or with other industries ; measure for industrial planning, and stabilization of employment; and including modifications of this Code 

which shall _ become effective as part hereof upon approval by the 

Administrator after such notice and hearing as he may specify. 

Article VI, Section 7- Add a new subsection as follows : 

(j) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet with 

the Trade Practice Committees appointed under such other codes as 

may be r elated to the industry for the purpose of formulating fair 

trade practices to govern the relationships between employers under 

this code and under such other codes to the end that such fair trade 

practices may be propo ed to the Administrator as amendments to 

this code and such other codes. Article VI- Amend Section 5 to r ead as follows : 

" 5. Any member of the I ndustry shall be eligible for membership in the National A ociation of Organ Builders or any other 

trade as ociation or organized group participating in the activities 

of the Code Authority upon compliance with the provisions of the 

bylaws r elating to membership, provided that any/ erson applying 

for membership shall pay such dues as are impose upon and paid 

by all other members. Such members of the Industry as do not 

choose to become members of the National Association of Organ 

Builders or any other trade association or organized group may 

participate in the activities of the Code Authority and the selection 

of members thereof by complying with the requirements of this 

Code." 

Article VI, Section 7-Amend subsection (h) to r ead as follows: 

"(h) To cooperate with the Administrator in regulating the use of 

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

are complying with this Code." 

Approved Code No. 21G-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 1644-02. 

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