Approved Code No. 152-Arnendrnent No.1 Registry No. Il47-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CAN MANUFACTURERS 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 8. 1935 

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Approved Code No. 152-Amendment No.1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CAN MANUFACTURERS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 8, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

CAN MANUFACTURERS 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 the approval of an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Can Manufacturers 

Industry, and an opportunity to be heard thereon having been duly 

noticed 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 27, 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 to 

include an approval of said Code in its entirety a.s amended, provided 

Section 3 of Article III be amended by adding thereto the following: 

"Territories and possessions wage district-All other territories 

and possessions of the United States, to which the provisions hereinafter set forth as to the Hawaiian "'\V age District shall apply." 

And provided further, that the following be added under Section 

4 of Article VI, at the end of the first sentence: 

" In addition to the above information there shall be submitted to 

government agencies such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act." 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL REcovERY BoARD, 

By W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer. 

Approval recommended : 

KILBOURNE JOHNSTON, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

w .ASHINGTON, D. c., 

February 8, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE PRE IDE T 

The PRE IDENT 

Th e White House. 

SIR: This i a report on the am ndment o:f the Code o:f Fair Competition for the an Manufacturer Industry to incorporat the 

principle contained in Executive Order No. 6678 of April 14 1934, 

relating to the expen es of Code Admini tra.tion. This amend1pent 

was proposed in accordance with Article VIII of the Code a 

approved on December 15, 1933, and notice of opportunity to be 

heard wa given fron1 November 13 to December 4, 1934. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Admini trator in his final report to us on said amendment to aid Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedings in this matter : 

We find that: 

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well de igned to promote the policies and purpose of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, including the removal of obstruction to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which tend 

to dimini h the amount thereof, and will provide for the general 

welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpo es 

of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate 

governmental anction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promotino· the fullest po sible utilization of 

the present productive capacity of industries by avoidin<Y undue 

restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required) 

by increa ing the onsumption of indu trial and agricultural product through increa ina purcha ing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment by improving standards of labor and by otherwise rehabilita.tin industry. 

(b) The ode a amended compli in all r pect with th pertinent rovi ion of aid Title of aid Act, in luding without limitation 1

Ub e tion (a) of ec ion 3, ub e tion (a) of ection 7 and 

Sub tion (b) of ction 10 thereof. 

(c) The Code m p w r the Board of Gov rnor of the Code Authority to present the afar ·aid amendment on behalf of the Indu try 

a a whole. 

(d) The Code and th Code as amen 1ecl are not de ign d to and 

will not permit monopolie or monopolistic practice . (e) Th am ndment and the Cod as am nded are not de igned to 

and will n t eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not 

operate to di criminate again 't them. 

(2) 
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(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

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

amendment. 

For these reasons, therefore, this amendment has been approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

FEBRUARY 8, 1935. 

w. A. HARRIMAN' 

Administrative Officer. 
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ction 3 of rticle VI. 

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D 1 t ection 9 of ch dule B and in:-:e rt the following provi: ion 

a ection 3 of \.rti le VI of th ~ : 

E TION 3. (A) It beinc:r found nece ary in order to upp rt th 

admini tration of thi · ode and to maintain the tandard~ of fair 

c01npetition e tabli hed hereunder and to effe tuate the policy of 

the Act, the Code Authority is authorized: 

(1) To incur such reasonable obligation as are nece ary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet uch obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and whi ·h 

hall be held in tru t for the purposes of the Code; 

(2) To submit to the National Industrial Recovery Board for it 

approval, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard as it 

may deem necessary (a) an itemized budget of its e timated 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; 

(3) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the National Industrial Recovery Board, to determine 

and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all :Member 

of the Indu tr ~ and to that end, if nece ... sary, to in titute 1 gal 

proceeding therefor in its own name. · 

(B) Each Member of the Industry shall pay his or it equitabl 

contribution to the expense of the maintenanc-e of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subj e t to rule aml 

reO'ulations pertaining thereto is d by the National Industrial 

R covery Board. Only ~1 mbers of the Indu try complying with 

the Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as 

hereinabo,·e pr vided unle s duly exempted from making ail contribution, shall b entitled to participate in the selection of the 

:Member of the ode Authority or to receive the ben fits of any of 

it voluntary activities, or to make use of any emblem or in ignia of 

the National Recovery Admini tration. 

(C) The ode ~uthority hall neither incur nor pay any oblic:ration ub tantially in exce of the amount thereof a e timated in 

it approved budc:ret and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in th approved budc:ret, except upon approval of the 

ational Indu trial Recovery Board; and no ub qu nt budc:ret hall 

ntain any deficiency item for exp nditure in exce. of prior 

budg t e. timate 'C pt tho e whi h the National In u trial R covery Board hall hav o approved. 

pprov d od No. 132-Amendmeut No. 1. 

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