Approved Code No. 9 Amendme nts ~;os. 3- 4 Regis~ry No. 313-1-06 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENTS TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER 

PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 7, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

VIE DO OUR PART 

1. Executive Order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

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Approved Code No. 9-Amendments Nos. 3-4 

AMENDMENTS TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on December 7, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

An application having been made by the Lumber Code Authority 

pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933·, for 

amendment of the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and 

Timber Products Industries, as heretofore approved by me, and :for 

the modification of my approval of said Code of Fair Competition 

accordingly, and hearings having been held thereon, and the Administrator having rendered his report recommending the granting of 

such application, such lroposed amendments to be designated as 

Amendment No. 3 and mendment No. 4, establishing the " Broo1n 

and Mop Handle Di vision " : 

NOW THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report of the Administrator 

recommending the granting of the aforesaid application, and do order 

that the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries, as approved by me on August 19, 1933, be amended 

in accordance with the foregoing. 

Approval recommended : 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

December 7, 1933. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

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NOVEMBER 22, 1933. 

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 Amendments creating the 

"Broom and ~1op Handle Division." This is a report of the hearing on the application of the Broom and Mop Handle Manufacturing 

Industry to be included under the Code, conducted in Washington 

on October 20, 1933, in accordance with the provisions of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act. 

Final Amendment No. 3 and final Amendment No. 4 submitted are 

included and attached. 

The Amendments submitted herewith do not involve any new 

principles and are designed solely to provide an administrative division under the Code for broom, mop, sweeper, and sweeping brush 

handle manufacturers. By proposing that the jurisdiction of the 

Code be extended to include the Broom and Mop Handle Manufacturing Industry, the National Handle Manufacturers' Association, representing the Industry, has concurred in all its proyisions. 

The close relationship of the Industry to the Lumber and Timber 

Products Industries was established at the hearing. Factories producing so-called long cleaning device handles made of wood are 

located almost of necessity in sawmill towns. It "TT'as stated that at - least GO% of the known production occurred in factories operated 

in conjunction with sawmills. It was pointed out also that labor in 

handle factories and in sawmills is interchangeable. 

WAGES 

The minimum wages proposed are the same as those established 

for the several regions of the United States defined in the Code. 

In each region the proposed minimum represents an increa e over 

former aYerage rates, and substantial increases over former minimum rates. Anticipating the approval of its application to become 

a Division under the Code, the group represented at the hearing 

adopted voluntarily the Code minimums, and adjusted wages of 

the higher-paid classes accordingly on August 22, 1933 when the 

wage provisions of the Code becam..e effective. 

HOURS 

The maximum hours of employment proposed are 40 per week. 

Tolerance for seasonal, as provided for certain operation under the 

Code, does not extend to this 1 rGposed division. This horter ,Yeek, 

already adopted, ha provided some immediate reemployment of 

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labor and it was shown that with only a mo lerate recovery in 

business volumes a satisfact ry further absorption would occur. 

ADMINI TRATION 

The National :Handle Mannfacturers' Asso iation is to be designated as the agency of the Lumber ode uthority to administer 

the provisions of the Code for this propos l Divi ion. Evidence 

that it is prepared to a. ume this re ponsibility has been submitted. 

Pursuant to rticle, III of the Code, the Lumb r Code Authority 

reserves the power and duty to enforce the provisions of the Code 

and to e tablish and maintain the r pre entative character of its 

designated agency. 

EFFE T OF THE AMENDl\:IE TS 

I believe that the menclments provide an e:ffectiY means of 

bringing this Industry under a Basic Code of Fair Competition, the 

mandatory provi ion of which a r prc.-entati c group of the 

Indu try has appli l to itself voluntarily, ancl that the aim of the 

National Industrial R covery Act will be s .rvcd. 

FINDINGS 

The Admini trator finds that: 

(a) Amendm nt o. 3 ancl Amendment No. 4 a r c mmended 

comply in all r pects with the pertinent provi ·ions of Title I of the 

Act, incluclino-, without limitation, sub. ection (a) of Section 7 and 

subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof, and that 

(b) The applicant group impo cs no inequitable restriction on 

admis ion to member hip therein and is truly rer re cntative of the 

Broom and Mop Handle Manufacturing Industry; an l that 

(c) Amendment Jo. 3 and Amendment o. 4 as r commended 

are not clesigne l to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress 

small enterpris . and will not operate to discriminate again t them, 

and will tend to effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

It i recommencle 1, therefore, that Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 4 to the ode of Fair Competition for the Lumber and 

Timber Produ ts In lustrie , as heretofore ar proved by you, be 

adopted. 

Respectfully, 

HUGH s. JOHN ON, 

Adrninistrator. 

AMENDMENTS TO THE CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LUMBER AND TIMBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

Amenclm,ent No. 3.-Insert in Article VII at end of subparagraph 

d, the following section: 

(H) Broom and l\1op Handle Division. 

Minimum rates of wages in this division shall be as follows: 

Gents per hour 

Southern H ardwood Area _________ _________ __________ _________________ 24 

Appalachian Hardwood Area and Delaware _____________________________ 28% 

Northern Hardwood Area: Mills and factories ___ _______________________ 30 

Northeast Hardwood Area: Mills and factories ________________ _________ _ 30 

North Central Harchvooc1 Area and Iowa, Nebraska & Kansas: Mills and 

factories ___________ - ---------------------------------------------- 321⁄2 

Wes tern Pine : 

Except Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, south of 38° North Latitude but including a ll of State of California, factories _____ _______ _ 40 

Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado, south of 38° North Latitude ____ 24 

·west Coast Lumber and Logging Area: Factories _________ ___ _____ ______ 40 

The above-mentioned areas shall coincide with their definitions 

and territorial descriptions as set forth in this Code. 

A1nendm.ent No. 4.-Add at the end of Schedule (a) the following 

new section: . No. 37. Broom and Mop Handle Division. Division (Article IIC) and 

Products (Article IIA). 

The Broom and l\1op Handle l\1anufacturers Division consists of 

Manufacturers of Broom and/or Mop, Sweeper, and Sweeping Brush 

Hand\es. 

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY 

The National I-Ianclle l\1anufacturers' Association is designated as 

the agency of the Lumber Code Authority for the administration of 

the Code in this Division. Said Association through its Board of 

Control is authorized to make rules and regulations necessary to administer the Code in this DivisionJ and shall designate and authorize 

Sl1.ch agencies as may be required tor this purpose. 

ApproYed Code No. !)-Amendments Nos. 3-4. 

Registry No. 313-1-06. 

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