Approved Code No. 78-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 226-1-:--04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AlVIENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAIN 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 7, 1934 

UNITED STATES 

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Approved Code No. 78-Amendrnent No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAIN INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 7, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING MomFICATION OF ConE OF FAIR CmvrPETITION FOR THE 

NOTTINGHAM L ACE CURTAIN 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 a modification of a Code of Fair Competition for the Nottingham Lace Cur- tain Industry, and an opportunity to file objections thereon having 

been give11. and the annexed report on said modification, containing 

findings with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the 

President : 

NO'\V, 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, elated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report and do find that said modification and the Code as 

constituted after being modified 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 modification 

be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said 

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

entirety as modified, such approval and such modification to take 

effect ten (10) days from the date hereof, unless good cause to the 

contrary is shown to the Administrator before that time and the 

Administrator issues a subsequent order to that effect. 

H GH 8. JOHNSON, 

.A...dm.inistrator for I ndustrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

ROBERT L. HOUSTON' 

Division Administrator. 

w ASHINGTON D.C., 

Au.gust 7, 1934. 

78999°-1044-38-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White H oitse. 

Sm : I have the honor to submit herewith an amendment to the 

Code of Fair Competition for the N ottiugham Lace Curtain Industry. The aincndment, which is attached, was presented by the 

Code AuthoTity. 

Notice of opportunity to file objections to this amendment was 

given and no objections wern received. 

The amendme11t provides that Article XIII shall be added to the 

Code, rnakiJJg the payment of the expenses of code administration 

mandatory upon all 11l'-'mb 0 r~ of the Industry in accordance with the 

rule · and r egulations 8f the Adminjstr ator. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final r cp0rt to i:ne on said amendi::nent to said Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

o.:li all procee lings in thi. matter : 

I find that: 

(a) The amendment to ...:aid Code and the Code as am.ended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

N ati011al Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstructions to the free flmv of interstate and foreign ·ommerce which tend 

to diminish the mnou11t thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfa1·e hy promoting the organization of inclu try £01· the purpose 

of c-~operatiye nction a111ong trade groups, bv i.:.1cluci11g and ·maintaining united uctio11 of labor ~nd managernen t n:ncler adequate 

governmental ::-mnction and ..:upervision,. by eli1ninc1ti11 g unfoir com.-

pe-titive prricti e;e::,, by pro~11oting the fullest possible ntilization of the 

pn:isent pro.c1ncti ve capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restricti011 of production ( except as m~ty be temp rarily required), by incre-a"'il1g the consumption of inclustrial and agricultural products 

through increasing purchasing power, by- reducing and relieving 

unemnlo.yment, by improving standards of labor,. Q.nd by otherwise 

rehab1lit atin¥ inclu -try. . 

(b) The Code a arn"ndecl complies in all respeds with the pertinent provisio11s of .-aid Title of sa.icl Act, inclurliDg without limitation Snb ·ection (a) or Section ~, Subsection (a) of ~ection 7 and 

Subsoction (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The Cocle empowers the Code Authority to pr sent the afor c- r-mid amendment on behalf of the Industry as u whole. 

( d) The ame1Jclment and the Code as amend@d are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or rnonopoli.stic practices. 

( e) The amendment and the Code as arnended a not designed 

to and will not eliminrrtc or oppress small enterprises and ·will not 

operate to cliscrim]nate against them. 

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(f) Tho e engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived f th right to be heard prior t approval of said 

amendment. 

For the above reasonc• this amendment h as b en a1 proveu by me. 

Re pectfully, 

AuausT 7, 1934. 

Huou S. JonNsoJ.~, 

Aclniinistrator. 
AMENDlY.t":ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAIN INDUSTRY 

The Code shall be amended by adding Article XIII : 

"1. It being found necessary in order to support the administration of this Cocl-e and to maintain the standards of :fair competition 

established hereunder and to effectuate the policy of the Act, the 

Code Authority is authorized: 

" (a) To incur such r easonable obligations as are necessary and 

prop-er for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations 

out of funds which may be rai eel as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust :for the purposes of the Code ; 

(b) To submit to the Administrator :for hi approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be h-eard as he may deem necessary 

(1) an itemized budget of its estimated expense for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the 

Industry; 

" ( c) After such budget and basis o:f contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and obtain eq.uitable contribution as above set forth by all members of the Industry, and to 

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

own name. 

"2. Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable 

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

regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. Only 

members of the Industry complying with the Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, 

unless duly exempted :from making such contributions, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the Code Authority or to r eceive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities 

or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovei·y 

Administration. 

" 3. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in 

its approved budget; and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in the approved budget except upon approval of the 

A<lministrator; ancl no sub equent budget hall contain any deficiency item :for expenditures in excess of prior budget e timates 

except those which the Administr:ator shall h ave so appro-, ed." 

Approved Code No. 78-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 226--1-04. 

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