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Approved Code No. 84P- Amendment No.1 Registry No. 1122-18 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADI\-HNISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEivlEN'fARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FO R T HE 

SNAP FASTENER 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the F abricated Metal Products 

Manufacturing and Metal Finishing 

and Metal Coating Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 23, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART' 

UNJV. OF FL ll , C 8 DEPT. 

All 1 : 

UNITED S'f ATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : l9Jt 

For sale by the Superintenden t of DJcume nts. Was hinl[ta n, D. C. - - - - • - • - Price 5 cents 
Thi · publica tion i. · for :ale lJy th0 .: uveri11lemleut of Documents, Government 

Printing Office, Vt7ashino-ton, D. C., and h:v fHstri t office.' of the Burcnn of 

Foreign ::mel Domestic Commerce. 

DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Atlanta , Ga.: 504 Post Office Building. 

Birmingham, A.la.: 257 Fect·cral Building. 

Boston, Mass. : 1801 Customhouse. Bnffalo. N. Y.: Chamber of Comm·•r(·(' Buihling. Charleston, • '. C.: Chamber of Commerce Bnil Jing. 

Chicago, Ill.: 'uitc 1706, 201 North Wells Street. 

Cleveland, Ohio: Chamber of Commerce. DaJl a~ . Tex. : Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Detroit, Micl1.: 801 First National Bank Building. 

Houston, Tex. : Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Indianapolis, Ind.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

J acksonYille, Fla. : Chamb"r of Commerce Building. Kan ~a City, Mo.: 1028 Baltimore Avenue. 

Lo;.; Angeles, Calif. : 1163 South B.roadway. 

Louisville. Ky.: 408 F ederal Building. Memphis. Tenn. : 2_9 Federal B:uilcling. 

Minueapolis, Minn. : 213' Federal Building. 

New Orleuns, Ln.: Room 22ti-A, Cn<:'tomhou ·e. 

~cw York. \. Y.: 734 Cu~;t:om se. 

Norf'Olk, Vn.: 406 East Plume Street. 

Philadelphia, Pa.: ::? ~ Commercial Trn t Building. 

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Portland, Oreg. : 215 New Post Office Building. 

St. Louis. Mo.: 506 Olive- Street. 

San Frarlcisco, Calif. : 310 Customhouse. Seattle, Wash.: 800 Feucral Offi ce Building. 
Approved Code No. 84P-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR 

COl'dPETITION 

FOR THE 

SNi\P FASTENER lVIANUFACTURII~G INDUSTRY 

As Approved on Oetober 23, 1934 

OHDER 

APJ>lWVING AMEND:JIE~ .r uF S ppu::u XT. HY C()J;t: o"t' FAm Co:MPETITION FOR THE Sx.u· FAHTEXER ~'l.\:NPY • .\t ''ITnrxo Ixm HTRY 

A DIYI~IO N OF THE }',\J)HI '.\TED J\U T.\L l'HODL:\ 'T,. 3tL\); LJ<,_\C'H .JP.lXU ~:N D 

METAL FINJ, III~C: AXD l\fETr\.J, COATLN<: lKDUdTRY 

An application having been<.luJy nu=tdc pnrsmmt to awl in full compliance with the nroYisions of Title I of the ~ ational Industrial 

Recovery Act, .apl;rovf' d Jmw Hi, 1!)~:-~~ for a.pproYal ot an amend- ment to a Supplt>m-entary Coc.IE:.· of Fair Competiti()n for the Snap 

Fastener ::Manufacturing Iudw-5try. and a Notice. of Opportunity to 

Le H eard having bt>en duly gin'll theret n , aucl the nnnex~d report 

on , aid mnendment, contfdning fintbngs \Tith respect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the P resitlrnt : ·. 

NOvV, THEREFORE: on behalf of the President of the United 

States, the National Industrial Rec<wery Boanl~ pur::mant to authority Ye. tell in it by Exel·ntiH' On1er~ of thr President, including 

ExecntiYe Order No. 6 00, nnc..l oth rwi~e doe::; hereby incorporate by 

reference said annexec.l report ancl <loes fiiHl that said amendment 

and the Supplementary Code ~ constitnted after being amended 

·om ply in all re. ·pects " ·ith the pertinent proYi. ·.ions and will promote the policy and purposes of . aid Title of said Act, and does 

herebv order that said amendment be and it is hereby approved, and 

that the previous approval of . aid Supplementary Code is hereby 

modified to include an approval of said Supplementary Code in its 

entirety as amended, , nch approval and such amendment to take 

effect ten (10) days from the date hereof, unless good cause to the 

contrary is hown to the National Industrial Recovery Board before 

that time and the National Indn trial Recovery Board issues a 

subsequent or(ler to that ('fl'ect. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL REcovERY BoARD, 

By G. A. LYNCH, Aclrninistrative Officer. 

ApproYal recommended : 

KILBOURNE JOHNSTON, 

Acting Diroi -io n Acl?ninistrator. 

'V ASHINGTON, D. C., 

Octobe1' 9Z3 , 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRE IDENT 

The PRESIDEXT, 

Th e Wlzite FI ou.· . 

Sm: An application ha. · be u duly mad.e pur ·uant to anl in full 

complian ·e with the provi ion~ of the National Ind.u trial Recovery 

~ct for an amendment of Article IV of the Supplementary Code of 

Fair Competition for the , nap Fastener l\Ianufacturing Inclu.--try by 

the Supplementary Code Authority for that Industry. 

Th Supr lem ntary Code :f Fair Competition for the ·'nap Fa.·-

tener l\fannfacturing Indn. -try )\a appro\ed on April 6, 1934. 

~rticle I\ , Section 7, subsection f proYicles that the upplementnry Code~ uthority hall"han• po-wer to ·ecurc :from the member of th 

in lustry an equitable an , l proportionate payment of the r R onabl 

cxpen ·e:-: of mn.intainjno: ihe npplen1entnry Code Authority and it 

act..iYities. The aboYc in (•ffcct pr >vide:-: fc1· Yulunbry ('Olltribution · on th 

part of the members of the Industry. Thi ~ method of providing 

ftmds f n· the proper admini.;tration of th Supplementary Code ha~· 

be n found to be nn uti ~: factory. TL.e anwndment ha . therefore, 

been propo:·ecl to creat . a legal obligation, on the part o:f the Indu -

try :Jiemberc: to pay their pro rnta ,·hnre ot the expen. e. of th 

S11pplementnry Code .... \..nthority. 

r•rxm:sn. · 

The Depnty ~\..<.lmini . trator in hi; · final 1·eport to the X utional 

Indnstrial Recovery Board on ._·aiel amendment of icl Rn})})lementary Cod l1"\ing found as herein ~ t forth nncl on the La . is of all 

pro eedings .in this matter: 

It has been fonnc1 that: 

(a) The ameJH.lment of :ail 'npplemeutary Code and the 'uppl -

mentary Cod n. · amended are well de ignecl to promote. the polici-e. · and pnrpo. ·e::; of Title I o£ the K ational Indu. trial Recoyery Act 

including the reJno,al of ob trn ·tion · to the free flow of inter::tat 

and -foreign mnmerce which tend to climinir·h the amount thereof. 

and wiJl provicl for the general w lfare by promoting the orgnnizntion of inc1nstr:r for the pnrpo. ·p of co-operative action of labor and 

n~anagement under adequate goYCI'mnental ·anction and nperri ·ion, 

by eliminating unfair compet.itiYc practices, by promoting the fulle t. po. jble utilization of the I re-·eL.t prDdnctiY capacity of in lu h·ic;_· . by a1oicling nnchw restriction of proclu tion (except a. may b 

temporarily required)~ by increa ing the con mnption of indu tria1 

and agricnltural product. · through incre.a ·ing pureha. ·ing 1 ower 

by reclucino· and relieYing unemployment, by improYing tnndard. · of labor, nncl by otherwi · rrhabilit.ating inclu. try. 

(b) The • 'upplementary Co 1e as amend 1 compli ·~ in a 1l re~p ct::; 

·with th J,rrtinent proYision ~ of :aiel Tith uf . ai 1 A t. inclnling 

(2) 
without limitation . ub- ~ecti on ( n) of Ht>dion 0. lllH;; (•d ion (a) of 

ecti n 7 an l ._ ub- ·ection (b) of Recti on 10 thereof. 

(c) The Supplem ntary Cmle onr ower:· the Snpplenu~ntt.rL ' Co~.-o 

Authority to pre ·ent. the nfore~ajcl amenclnwnt on behalf of the 

indu try a a whole. 

(d) The amendment an l the ~upplementary Code n;:, alllendrcl ar 

not designed to and will no~· permit n1onopolies r monopolistic 

practice . . (e) The am ~IH1ment nncl the upplement:uy :ocl a.· amended are 

not clesigne l to and will not eliminate or oppre . mall <'nterpri ·es 

and will not operate to discriminate u.gain t them. 

(f) Those engao·e 1 in other steps of the econmli process haYe 

not been clepriY d of tho right to b heard prior to approYn l of 

said amendn1ent. 

For these reasons, the :unendment ha been approYed. 

For the National Indn. trial Reco\"ery Board: 

G. A. LYK H, 

Ad ndni.stntfhN Oftlcel'. 

0 ''IOHER 2 .. Hl3±. 
MfEND~1ENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION FOR TI-IE SNAP FASTENER MANU. 

FACTURINGINDUSTRY 

A DIVISION 'OF THE FABRICATED lVCETAL PHODUCTS J\<IANUFACTURING AND 

METAL FINISHING AND l\IETAL COATING INDUSTRY 

Amend Article IV by deleting Section 4 and sub tituting the following in lieu thereof. 

SECTION 4. (a) It being found necessary in order to support the 

administration of this Supplementary Code and to maintain the 

standards of fair competition established hereunder, and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the Supplementary Code Authority is 

authorized: 

( 1) To incur such rea. on able obligations us are necessary and 

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

of funds which may be rai ·eel as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purpos€s of the Supplementary Code. 

(2) To submit to the National Industrial Recovery Board for its 

approval, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard as it 

may deem necessary (a) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and (b) an equitable basis upon 

which the funds necessary to support such budget hall be contributed by the members of the Industry; 

(3) After such bndget and basis of contribution ha. been approved by the National Industrial Recovery Board, to determine 

and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all members 

of the Industry, and to that end, if nece sary, to in.titute 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 ~upplementary Code Authority determined as hereinabove provided, and 

subject to rules and regulations pertaining thereto is ned by the 

National Industrial Recovery Board. Only members of the Industry complying with the Supplementary Code and contributing 

to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, unless duly exempted from making such contributions, shall be entitled to participate in the elections of member. of the Suppl -

mentary Code Authority or to receive the benefits of any of it· 

voluntary activities, or to make tlSe of any emblem or in ignia of 

the National Recovery Administration. 

(c) The Supplementary Code Authorities shall neither incur nor 

pay any obligations ub tantially in excess of the amount thereof a. 

estimated in its approved budget, and shall in no event exceed the 

total amount contained in the approved Budget, except upon approval of the National Indu trial Recovery Board· and no ubsequent budget hall contain any defir·iency item or <'Xpenr1itnre. in 

(4) 
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ex ~ · of prior bm1get estimales except tho ·r which the National 

I ndu trial RecoYery Boar l . hall haYe so approv d. 

Delete Sub-section · (f) and (g) of Article IV, Section 7. 

Renumber sub-section (h) to read :ub-section (f). 

Renumber sub-:ection ( i) to read : nb-. ·ection (g) . 

Approved Co•lc 1\u. L'4P- Amcnt1m 'nt 1\n. 1. 

Regi~try No. 1122-1 . 

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