NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOOD FLOUR INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 30, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 313-12 

The Code for .the Wood Flour Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval rof 

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the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WOOD FLOUR 

INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, during the period of emergency, the following provisions 

are established as a National Industrial Recovery Code for the Wood 

Flour Industry. 

ARTICLE I 

As used hereinThe term "Act " means National Industrial Recovery Act. 

The term " President" means the President of the United States 

of America. 

The term "Administrator" means the duly appointed representative of the President to administer the Industrial Recovery Act. 

The term ",v ood Flour Industry" is defined to mean the manufacture and sale of the following forms of wood :fl.ours : 

(a) vV ood flour manufactured directly through pulverizing processes. 

(b) vY ood flour obtained as byproduct. 

The term" Managing Committee" is defined to mean a committee 

consisting of a chairman and two members elected at the meeting 

of the ~T ood Flour Industry. 

The term" Persons" means natural persons, partnerships, associations, and corporations. 

The term'' Employer" shall include every person actively engaged 

in the manufacture for sale of products of the vVoocl Flour Industry 

as defined herein. 

The term " Effective elate " is defined to n1ean the Code shall become effectiYe immediately upon approval of the President of the 

United tates. 

ARTICLE II 

A reqnirecl by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial 

RecoYery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this Code: 

"1. That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectfrely through representatiYes of their own choosing, and hall 

be free from the interference, re traint, 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 collectiYe bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

'· 2. That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required a a condition of employment to join any cmnpany union 

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and 

"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." 

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\.RTI LE III 

n an l aft r the ffectiv date mpl , r in th woo 1 fl ur indu -

try hall n t 1111 lo. 1 an per on und r the ao- of 1 ar . 

RTI LE I 

(a) On an l aft r th orb for , th maxin mn hour 

of labor f r mplo except tho e who rve in x · 1tiY . a lmini -

trativ upervi or 1 , ale an i/ r t hni al capaciti · hall be 40 

hour per eek ubj ct to th fl xibl provi ion that th a Y rag 

hours worked per ek b an incli, idual emplo e hall n t exceed 

the maximum e tabli heel when figured o er a period of L., -week . 

(b) On and after the effective date, or before, the minimwn wage 

that shall be paid by any employer to any of hi employee hall be 

at a rate of not less than 35¢ per hour, unless the wage for the ame 

cla s of labor was less on July 15 1929, and in any event not le 

than 30¢ per hour. 

( c) In the event of emergency requiring more than 40 hour per · week of any employee, the employer hall report to the Ianao-ing 

Committee the number of hours in excess of 40 hours per "\Te k of 

any employee and the details of the emergency. 

ARTICLE V 

The Wood Flour Industry, through the lVIanaging Committee 

hall investigate and inform the Administrator on behalf of the 

Wood Flour Industry as to the iinportation of competitive n1aterial 

into the United tates in sub tantial quantities or increa ing ratio 

to domestic production on such terms or under uch con litions a 

to render ineffective or seriously to endanger the maintenance of 

thi ode and uch ~fanaging Comn1ittee shall make comr laint to 

the Admini trator on behalf of the vVood Flour In ln trv under 

the provi ion of the r ational Indu trial Recovery _ ct, ith re pect 

thereto. 

ARTICLE VI 

In order to comply with the prm i ion of the ct with re ·arcl t 

fair trade practices etc. no emplo er in this Indu try i p rmitted 

to ell or exchange any product of hi 1nanufacture at a pric or 

upon uch terms or conditions which will result in th non b erv- < nc of th I nrp of thi o le of Fair 1npetition. With a ,-i w 

to keepin the Pr ident informed a. t the fun ioning f thi · ~o 1 

of Fair ompetition and wh ther th Indu try i. ad 1 ting and 

maintainino- appropriate action to effectu.at the c1 lar cl pollcy of 

th ct and to pro ide for makino- aYailable to th \d1111ni, trator 

and memb r of th Industry inforrnati n to a i t in ffoctuatin°· 

the polic of th ct ach n1 mb r f the In lu try will furni -h 

reports as may be required by the Admini trator or :Oian.ao-incr ommittc and \ lmini trator and in . u h form and mann r a.· may hereafter b rovicl cl h aid :Ianao·in ommitt e or .A lmini ·trator. 
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ARTICLE VII 

Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required by the 

National Industrial Recovery Act to be included herein may, with 

the approval of the President of the United States, be rn.odified, or 

eliminated as changed circumstances or experience may indicate. 

This code is intended to be a basic Code, and study of the trade 

practices of the Wood Flour Industry will be continued by the 

Administrator with the intention of sub1nitting fr01n time to time 

additions to the Code applicable to :all einployers in the Wood Flour 

Industry. 

ARTICLE VIII 

If any employer of labor in the Wood Flour Industry is also an 

employer of labor in any other Industry, the provisions of this Code 

shall apply to and affect only that part of his business which is 

jncluded in the Wood Flour Industry. 

' ARTICLE IX 

All such regulations for the supervision and enforcement of this 

Code shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any administrative of 

enforcement provisions included within said Act, Governmental 

Regulations concerning the same or any amendments to said Act or 

Governmental Regulations. 

The Managing Committee is hereby authorized to present the 

above Code for the Wood Flour Industry, as approved, to the 

National Recovery Administration. 

Approved at a meeting of the Industry held on August 25, 1933, by 

the following members of the Industry: 

1 GAMBLE MFG. Co., 

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.Approval by telegram. 

T aoo11W,, Wash. 

E. I. DU PoNT DE NEMOURS & Co., INc., 

Wivrmington, Del. 

JORN C. HooRNBECK & SoN, 

N apanooh, N.Y. 

LUMBER Br-PRODUCTS Co., INc., 

BECKER-MOORE & Co., INo., 

Buffalo, N.Y. 

N. Tonawanda, N.Y. 

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