Approved Code No. 244-Amendment No. 7 Registry No. 1616-2-31 

• NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MAY 7, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 244-Amendment No. 7 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 7, l!J35 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT oF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

CoNSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant 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 Competition for the Construction Industry, 

and an opportunity to be heard having been duly afforded to all 

interested parties 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, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6859, dated September 27th, 1934, and otherwise ; 

does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and does 

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 

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

and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended t.o 

include an approval of said Code in its entirety as amended. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL R EcovERY B oARD 

By W. A. HARRIMAN , d11~ini trative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

R oBT. N. C AMPBELL, 

A cting Division Adn~inist rator. 

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JJI ay 7, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE PRE I ENT 

Th PR' IDENT 

The W llite II ou e. 

IR: Thi i a rep rt on an amendment t omp tition for the on tru tion In lu try a appr v 1 by y u on 

J anuar 31 t 1934. The amendm.ent ha be n duly ubmitt 1 the 

National Code Authority on behalf f the Indu tr r. ll tho 

inter steel have had a1nple opportunity to file obje tion and no 

nch obje tion have been rec ived. 

Th effect of the amendment to Article IV B ection 2 (c) i to 

permit the on truction Code Authority to con id r an xamine 

an. nmendment to the upplenv"ntal Codes. The purpo e of thi 

amen lment is to bring about proper coordination within the Indu -

tr} and between it various clivi ions and ubdivi ion . 

The Deputy Admini trator in hi final report to the National Indn< trial Recovery Board on said amendment to said Code havin<Y 

found a herein set forth and on the basis of the proceedinO' in this 

matter: 

The Board 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 Indu trial Recovery Act including the removal of ob tru - tion to the free ftow of inter tate and foreio·n commerce which tend 

t limini h the amount thereof, and will proYide for the general 

welfare by promoting th organization of indu try for the purpo e 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate 

overnmental anction and supervi ion, by eliminating unfair comp titive practice , by promoting the fulle t po sible u ilizati n of 

the pre ent productive capacity of indu trie by avoiding undue retriction of production (except as may b t mporarily required), 

by increa ing the on umption of indu trial and agri ultural products through increasinCY purchasino· power by reducino- and reli vinounemployment, by improving tandards of lab r, and by otherwi e 

r habilitating indu. try. 

(b) The Code a amend d complies in all r sp t with tb 1 rtinent r ro i ion of aid Title of aid Act includin · without limitation ub · ction (a) of S ction 3 ub ection (a) f ction 7 and 

. ub. ection (b) of ction 10 thereof. 

(c) The C de mpow rs th Cod uthority to pre nt th~ afore-

. aid amendment on behalf of the in u ry as a whole. 

(d) Th Code a am nd d i not de ·igned to and will not p rmit 

n nopoli or monopoli tic practi es. 

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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 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 

amendment. 

For these reasons, therefore, the National Industrial Recovery 

Board has approved this amendment. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

MAY 7, 1935. 

w. A. HARRIMAN, 

Administrative Officer. 
A~1ENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 

Amend Article IV; B, Section 2 (c) by deleting the present section 

and, in lieu thereof, Insert the following: 

(c) It shall study the provisions incorporated in this Code appliable to its own division, and the operation thereof, and may make 

uch recommendations to the National Industrial Recovery Board as 

it deem desirable for amendment thereto, provided that the Construction Code Authority shall be given ample opportunity to consider 

and examine any such recommendations for amendment thereto, 

prior to their approval by the National Industrial Recovery Board to 

the end that there may be proper coordination within the industry 

and between its various divisions and subdivisions. Such recommendation upon approval of the National Industrial Recovery Board 

after such notice and hearing as it may prescribe shall become a part 

of this Code and have full force and effect as provisions hereof. 

Approved ode No. 2'44-Amendment No. 7. ~:,'istry No. 1616-2-31. 

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