An;roved ode No. 518 Registry No. 1333-14 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMIN STRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

F OR THE 

SHUTTLE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 518 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SHUTTLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on September 7, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING THE BASIC CODE AS THE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION °FOR 

THE SHUTTLE l\1ANUF ACTURING l:NDUSTTIY 

An application havin£Y been made pursuant to Administrative 

Order No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934, for the approval of the Basic 

Code as modified and attached to the annexed report as Exhibit "A", 

as the Code of Fair Competition for the Shuttle Manufacturing 

Industry, defined for the purposes of this Order as follows: 

The Shuttle l\1anufacturing Tndustry means and includes all corporations and their subsidiaries, firms or individuals, engaged in 

the manufacture and sale of Shuttles and/or repair parts therefor, 

and/ or repairing thereof :for the textile manufacturing industry; 

and it appearing to me that said application is in full compliance 

with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, and that the annexed report on said Code, containing findings 

with respect thereto, has been made and directed to the President: 

NOW 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 No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise, do hereby: 

(a) incorporate by reference said annexed report and said Code, 

as attached thereto marked Exhibit "A", 

(b) find that said Code complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title 

of said Act, and 

( c) order that said Code be and it hereby is approved as the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Shuttle Manufacturing Industry, as 

above defined. 

This Order shall become effecti, e ten (10) da s from the date 

hereof unless prior to tLat time good cause to the contrary is shown to 

me and I, by my further order, otherwise direct. 

HUGHS. JOHN ox, 

.Administrator for Irn4,ustrial, R eco'Very. 

Approval recommended: 

BARTON w. l\f uruu.Y, 

Division Ad1ninistrator. 

"\V ASHINGTON, D.C., 

Septembe1· 7, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: This is a report on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Shuttle Manufacturing Industry, which wa_s presented by duly qualified and authorized representatives of the Industry, complying with 

statutory r equirements, said to represent 75 per cent in volume of 

sales of the Industry which could be included in this Code. 

GENERAL STA~IENT 

The American Shuttle Manufacturers' Association, being truly 

representative of the Shuttle Manufacturing Industry, has elected 

to avail itself of the option of submitting a Basic Code of Fair Competition, as provided in Administrative Order X-61, dated July 10, 

1934. 

This Industry fabricates and assembles and sells shuttles, and/ or 

repair parts therefor and/ or repairing thereof for the Textile ~Ianufacturing Industry. 

THE INDUSTRY 

According to statistics furnished by members of the Shuttle 

Manufacturing Industry, there are approximately twenty-five concerns engaged in the Industry, with aggregate annual sales of 

$750,000.00. The Industry employs about 325 persons. 

PROVISIONS OF THE CODE 

The hour and wage provisions of this Code establish a maximum 

4.0 hour work week and a minimum wage of thirty-five cents per hour. 

This is similar to the minimum wage in the Bobbin and Spool Industry which is closely related to it. The other hour and wage provisions are similar to those in that Code. The remaining provisions 

of the Code are thos~ of the Basic Code of Fa.ir Competition, as provided in Administrative Order X-61, dated July 10, 1934. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Code 

having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all proceedings 

in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including 

r emoval of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign 

com·merce which tend to diminish the amount thereof and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of in-

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du try for the purp e of co p rative action am n<Y trade roup , by 

indu ing and maintaining unit cl a tion of lab r and manag m nt 

under ad quate gov nun ntal anctions and upervi ion, by foninatino- unfair ompetitive pra ti · , by pr m.oting tho full t pos ible 

utilizati n of th pre nt Ir ductiv a1 acity of in lu tri , by av icljng undue r tri tion f producti n ( exc-er t a may be temporarily 

requir d), by increasing the onsumption f in<lu trial ancl ao-riultural product throuo-h incr a ina purchasing power, by r <lu ing 

and r li ving un 11111 yment, by improving tandards of lab r, anJ 

by oth rwi e rehabilitatino- indu try. 

(b) aid Indu try normally employ not more than 50,000 mploy e ; an l is not cla sified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The ode a approved compli s in all re pects with the pertin nt provi ions of said Title of said A t, includin9 without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) or e -tion 7, and 

Sub ction (b) of S ction 10 th reof; and that the applicant a so- ciation is an industrial as ociation truly representative of the aforesaid Industry; and that said a sociation imposes no inequitable restrictions on admi ion to membership therein. 

( d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterp1·ises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Code. 

For these reasons, this Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

SEPTEl\-IBER 7, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Adm,iri istrator. 
EXHIBIT "A." CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

SHUTTLE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a basic 

Code of Fair Competition for the Shuttle Manufacturing Industry 

which shall govern this industry in accordance with Administrative Order No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934. 

The Shuttle Manufacturing Industry means and includes all 

corporations and their subsidiaries, firms or individuals, engaged 

in the manufacture and sale of Shuttles and/ or repair parts therefor, and/ or repairing thereof for the textile manufacturing industry . 

.ARTICLE II 

SECTION 1. No employee shall be permitted to work in excess of 

forty ( 40) hours in any one week or eight (8) hours in any twentyfour ( 24) hour period nor more than six ( 6) days per week, except 

as herein otherwise provided. 

SECTION 2. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

t o employees engaged in an executive, managerial or supervisory 

capacity, who receive more than thirty-five ($35.00) dollars per 

week, and outside salesmen. 

SECTION 3. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

to any employee on emergency maintenance or emergency repair 

work involving breakdowns or protection of life or property, but 

in any such special case at least one and one-half (11⁄2) times the 

r egular ra te shall be paid :for hours worked in excess of eight (8) 

hours per clay and forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 4. "\Vatchmen may be employed not more than fifty-six 

( 56) hours in any one ( 1) week. 

SEcTio~ 5. :Maintenance crews, engineers, firemen, truckmen, shipping clerks and delivery employees may be permitted to work not 

111 excess of forty-five ( 45 ) hours in any one · ( 1) week, provided 

that not less than one and one-half (11⁄2) times the normal r ate of 

pay shall be paid for hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours per 

day and forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 6. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

f or six (6) weeks in any twenty-six (26) weeks' period, during which 

time o-vertime shall not exceed eight ( 8) hours in any one week j 

provided, however, that in any such special case at least one and 

one-half ( 11⁄2 ) times the regular rate shall be paid £or hours worked 

in excess of eight (8) hours per day and forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 7. No accounting, clerical or office employee shall be em-. 

ployed in excess of forty ( 40 ) hours in any one ( 1) week or nine ( 9) 

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hours in any one (1) day. Eight (8) hours shall constitute a normal 

working day. 

SE TION 8. No employer shall knowingly permit any employee to 

work for any time, which, when totaled with that alr acly performed 

for another employer or employers, exceeds the maximum permitted 

herein. 

ECTION 9. Employers performing manual work or who are engaged in mechani al operation shall not exceed the prescribed maximum numb r of hours. 

ECTION 10. No employee shall be paid le s than thirty-five cents 

(35¢) per hour, except: 

Cl rical an l office employe s shall be paid ·at the rate of not less 

than fourteen dollars ($14.00) per week. 

SECTION 11. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay regardless of whether an employee is compensated on a time-rate, piecework or other basis. 

SECTION 12. Female employees performing sub tantially tl1e same 

quantity or class of work, or performing the same duties, as male 

employees shall receive the same rates of pay as male employees. 

SECTION 13. All wages shall be adjusted so as to maintain a diff rential at least as great in , amount as that existing on June 1G, 

1933, between wages for such employment and the then minima. In 

no case shall there be any reduction in hourly rates; nor in weekly 

earnings for any reduction in hours of less than thirty per cent. 

SECTION 14. An employer shall make payment of all wages due in 

lawful currency or by a negotiable check pP.yable on demand. 

SECTION 15. No employer, whether acting through agents or otherwise, shall accept rebates or give anything of value or extend favors 

to any person for the purpose of influencing rates of pay or the 

working conditions of his employees. 

ARTICLE III 

SECTION 1. 0 hild Labor.-N o person under sixteen years of age 

shall be employed in the industry in any capacity. No person under 

eighteen years of age shall be employed at operations or occupations 

which are hazardous in nature or dangerous to health. The Code 

Authority shall submit to the Administrator for approval before 

October 1, 1934, a list of such operations or oc~upations. In any 

State an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a valid certificate or permit 

duly signed by the authority in such State empowered to is ue employment or age certificates or pernlits, showing that the employee 

is of the required age. 

SEcTro 2. Apprentices.-The hours and wages of regularly indentured apprentices in skilled trades or occupations of the indu try 

may deport from the standards hereinabove r: re cribed · provided that 

the terms of employment and the course of instnlction of uch apprentices shall conform to standards uniform throughout the trade 

or industry and approved by the Administrator. 

SEarroN 3. Handicapped Persons.-A person whose earning apacity is limited becau e of age, phy ical or mental han ~icap, or other 

infirmity, may be employed on light work at a wage below the mini-
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mum established by this Code, if the employer obtains from the State 

authority designated by the United States Department of Labor, a 

certificate authorizing such person's employment at such wages and 

for such hours as shall be stated in the certificate. Such authority 

shall be guided by the instructions of the United States Department 

of Labor in issuing certificates to such persons. Each employer shall 

file monthly with the Code Authority a list of all such persons employed by him, showing the wages paid to, and the maximum hours 

of work for such employee. 

SECTION 4. Safety and H ealth.-Every employer shall make reasonable provision for the safety and health of his employees at the 

place and during the hours of their employinent. Standards for 

safety and health shall be submitted by the Code Authority to the 

Administrator £or approval within six months after the effective date 

of this Code. The standards approved shall thereafter be a part of 

this Code and enforceable as such. 

SECTION 5. R equired Labor Olauses.-The provisions of Section 

7 (a) of said Act are hereby incorporated herein by this reference 

and shall be complied with. 

ARTICLE IV- ADMINISTRATION 

This Code shall be administered by the General NRA Code Authority which shall be selected pursuant to, have the powers specified in 

and function in accordance with Administrative Order X -62, dated 

July 10, 1934; provided, however, that, on approval by the Administrator, any industry so desiring may elect its own Code Authority 

to have powers and to function in the manner prescribed for the 

General N. R. A. Code Authority and under such rules and regula- tions as the Administrator may prescribe. 

ARTICLE V-TRADE PRAOTICES 

(a) It shall be an unfair method of competition for any member of any trade or industry subject hereto to violate any rule of 

fair trade practice for such trade or industry even if not herein 

contained when approved by the Administrator, or, in the case of 

trade practice provisions for trades or industries under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture when approved by such 

Secretary, on application concurred in by seventy-five (75) per 

cent of the members of such trade or industry. 

(b) Prices, rebates, discounts, commissions and conditions of sale 

shall be filed as prescribed in Administrative Order No. X-62, dated 

July 10, 1934, and it shall be an unfair method of competition to 

violate or fail to comply with the terms of that Order. 

ARTICLE VI 

Section 10 (b) of said Act is hereby incorporated herein by 

reference and this Code is expressly made subject thereto. 

Approved Code No. 518. 

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