Approved Code 'No. 9-Amendment No. 16 Registry No. 313-1-06 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER 

PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 27, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 9-Amendment No. 16 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 27, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and and in 

full compliance with provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber 

Products Industries, and an opportunity to file objections thereto 

having been given, and the annexed report on said amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, having 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 Number 6543-A, dated December 30, 1933, and otherwise, do hereby incorporate by ref erence, 

said annexed report and do find that said amendment and the Code 

as constituted, after being amended, comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions 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 approval of said 

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

entirety, as amended. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Admi n-istrator for I ndustrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended: 

BARTON ,v. MURRAY, 

Division Adrnin-istrator. 

WASHIN GTON, D.C., 

July f 7, J,934. 

76480°-829-146--34 (l) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: Under the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and 

Timber Products Industries, as approved by you on August 19, 1933, 

the Lumber Code Authority has submitted its Amendment No. 70 

which is included and attached. Notice of Opportunity to File Objections to the Amendment was 

published on May 16, 1934, allowing a fifteen (15) day period in 

which interested parties might file their objections. I am informed 

by the Deputy Administrator that no objections were filed with him. 

either during or subsequent to the period above mentioned. 

The Amendment is in accordance with model code provisions for 

mandatory contributions and authorizes the Lumber Code Authority 

to conduct investigations and make reports to the Administrator, to 

incur reasonable obligations for administration of the Code and 

maintenance of the standards of fair competition established by the 

Code and to collect fees on an equitable basis of contribution for 

the support of the Lmnber Code Authority. 

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 

wel:fare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the 

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

increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of s::iid Act, including without limitation subsection (a) of Section 3, subsection (a) of Section 7 and subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforesaid Amendment on behalf of the industry as a whole. 

( d) The Amendment and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

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( e) The Amendment and the Code as amended are not designed to 

and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to di criminate again t them. 

(f) Tho e no-ag din oth r steps of the conomic process have not 

been deprived of the ri 0 ht to be h ard prior to approval of aid 

Amendment. 

For these reasons, ther fore, I have approved this Amendment to 

the od . Re pe tfully, 

H um-r S. JOHNSON. 

Ad1ri.inist,rator. 

JULY 27, 1934. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

Amendment No. 70: Amend Article IV by substituting a ~eriod 

for the comma after the words " as the Authority may require ', and 

by striking therefrom the following: 

"and each person subject to the jurisdiction of this Code and ~ccepting the benefits of the activities of the Authority hereunder 

shall pay to the Authority his proportionate share of the amounts 

necessary to pay the cost of assembly, analysis and publication of 

such reports and data, and of the maintenance of the said Authority 

and its activities. Said proportionate share shall be based upon 

value of sales or footage of production, as the Authority may prescribe for each Division or Subdivision. The Authority may con- duct such investigations as are necessary to discharge its duties hereunder." 

Designate the first paragraph of Article IV as " Section (a)" and 

add to Section (a) the following sentence : 

" To the extent permitted by the National Industrial Recovery Act 

and subject to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the 

Administrator, the Authority may conduct such investigations as 

may be necessary to discharge its duties under the Code." 

Add the following as Sections (b) and ( c) : 

(b) It being found necessary, in order to support the administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of :fair competition established by this Code and to e:ff ectuate 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 n1ay be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust :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-

( 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 shall be contributed by members of the 

Industry, said basis to include the provision that Code fees may 

be assessed upon the value of sales, the footage o:f shipments, 

the footage of production, the :footage o:f lumber and timber 

products consumed, or upon any other equitable manner which 

may be submitted by the Code Authority and approved by the 

Administrator; 

(3) After budget and basis of contribution have been approved by 

the Administrator, to determine and secure equitable contribution 

as above set forth by all such members of the Industry, and to that 

end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own 

name. 

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( c) Each member of the industry shall pay his or its equitable 

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

regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Admini trator. Only 

members of the industry complying with the Code and contributing 

to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, unle~s 

duly exempted from making such contribution, shall be entitled to 

participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or 

of any Division or Subdivision Agency, or to receive the benefits of 

any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or 

in ignia of the Nation~l Recovery Administration. 

( cl) The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation in excess of the amount thereof as e. timated in its approved 

budget, except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any defi"iency item for expenditures in 

excess of prior budget estimates except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

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