Approved Code No. 235-Amendment No.2 Registry No. 299-1- 13 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TEXTILE PROCESSING 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 27, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 235-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TEXTILE PROCESSING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 27, 1934 

ORDER 

ArrnoVIN G AMENDl\IEKT TO CoDE OF FAIR Col\IPETITION FOR THE 

TExTILE PROCESSING INDUSTRY 

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

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to a Code of Fair C9mpetition for the Textile Processing 

Industry, and an opportunity to file objections thereon having been 

given and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findmgs with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the 

President: 

NO"\V, 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 

President, including Executive Order 6543-A, dat€d December 30, 

1933, and otherwise, do hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed report and do find that said amendment and the Code as constituted aft€r being amended comply in all respects with the pertinent pro' isions 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 approv€d, 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 amendment to take effect 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. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator for Indu.strial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

R. L. HousTON, · 

Division Administrator. 

VVASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 117, 1934. 

76473°----829-153----34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

SIR: This is a report on the results of the Notice of an Opportunity to File Objections to the amendment to the Code· of Fair Competition for the Textile Processing Industry, which was issued June 

18, 1934, with the provision that objections against the Proposed 

Amendment could be filed any time prior to July 2, 1934. The 

amendment, which is attached, was presented by the duly qualified 

and authorized representatives of the Industry complying with 

statutory requirements. 

In accordance with customary procedure, all complaints received 

were given careful consideration and all statutory and regulatory 

requirements were complied with. 

PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENT 

This amendment authorizes the Code Authority to incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and proper for the administration of the Code and to submit an itemized budget and an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary to support such budget 

shall be contributed by members of the Industry. It is also provided that only members of the Industry complying with the Code 

nnd contributing to the expenses of its administration, unless duly 

exempted, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members 

of the Code Authority or to make use of any emblem or insignia 

of the National Recovery Administration. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said 

amendment to said Code having found as herein set forth and on the 

basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to diminish the amount thereof, and. will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competi-· ti ve practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the 

present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restrictiou of production (except as may be temporarily required), by 

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increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving 

unemployment, by improving the standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) The Code as amended complie in all re pect with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of Section 7, and 

Sub ection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code empower the Code Authority to pre ent the aforesaid amendment on behalf of the Indu try as a whole. 

(d) The amendment and the Code a .. amended are not lesigned 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopoli tic practices. 

(e) The amendment and the Go de as amended are not de igned 

to and will not eliminate or oppres small enterprises and will not 

operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other teps of the economic proce ·s have 

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

amendment. 

For these reasons this amendment has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JULY 27, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
l\IODIFICATION OF CODE OF FAIR COl\1PETITION FOR 

THE TEXTILE PROCESSI:NG INDUSTRY 

Arti le III, Section 2 is hereby amended to read as follow : 

2. (a) It being found necessary in order to support the adminis- tration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition e tabJishccl hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, 

the Code Authority is authorized: 

( 1) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations 

out of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and 

which hall be held in tru t for the purposes of the Code: 

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

to such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem 

necessary (1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for 

the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which 

the funds necessary to support such budget shall be contributed 

by members of the Industry. (3) After such budget and basis of contribution have been 

approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as abo-ve set forth by all mem.bers of the 

Industry, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

(b) Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules 

and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only members of the Industry complying with the Code and contributing to the expenses of the administration as hereinabove provided, 

unless duly exempted from making such contributions, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to 

make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. Failure to contribute to the expenses of the administration of this Code, as provided herein, shall constitute a violation 

of the Code. 

(c) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation 

in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in its approved budget, 

except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent 

budget shall contain any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of 

prior budget estimates except those which the Administrator shall 

have so approved. 

Approved Code No. 235-Amendment No. 2. 

R egistry No. 299-1-13. 

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