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Approved Code No. 41-Arnendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 902-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOMEN'S BELT INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 24, 1934 

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WASHINGTON: 1934 

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Birmingham, Ala.: 257 Federal Building. 

Boston, l\Ia ss.: 1801 Customhouse. 

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Detroit, Mich. : 801 First National -Bank Building. 

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St. Louis, Mo. : 506 Olive Street. 

San Francisco, Calif. : 310 Customhouse. 

Seattle, Wash. : 809 F ederal Office Building. 

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Approved Code No. 41-Arnendrnent No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WOMEN'S BELT INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 24, 1934 

ORDER 

AMENDMENT TO ConE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE WOMEN's BELT 

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 Women's Belt Industry, 

and he.a.rings having been duly held thereon and the annexed rep9rt 

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 No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

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

constituted after being amended con"lply 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 approYal of said Code in its 

entirety as amended. 

H UGH 8. J OHNSON, 

Administrator for I ndustrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended : 

A. D. wHITESIDE, 

Division. Ad1nin.istrator. 

'VASHI.NGTON ' D.C., Ma1'ch 24, 1934. 

48727°-425-140-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White H ouse. 

SIR: The P ublic I-Iearing on an amendment to the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Women's Belt Industry as proposed by the Code 

Authority for thi Industry, was conducted on December 21, 1933, in 

Room 2062 of the Department of Com1nerce Building, 'iV ashington, 

D.G. E very person who requested an appearance was fairly heard 

in public in accordance with the regulations of the N ational Recovery 

Administr ation. There were present several duly authorized representatives of the Code Authority for the Industry and other representative members of the Industry. 

The Code of Fair Competition for the 'Vomen's Belt Industry, 

approved on October 3, 1933, contained only two Trade Practice 

Provision . 

Article VI, Section C, of this Code provides that the Code Authority shall study provisions relating to Trade Practices and make recommendations thereon to the Administrator. Proposed Trade Practice provisions were accordingly submitted to the Code Authority for 

approval and form the entire subject matter of this amendment. 

In final form this amendment has been approved by the Labor 

Advisory Board, Industrial Advisory Board, Consumers' Advisory 

Board, and the Legal Division of the Recovery Administration. The 

Code Authority has. indicated its approval of the amendment on 

behalf of the Industry. 

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 

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose 

of cooperative action among trade groups·, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management tmder 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 t emporarily required), by increasing 

the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through 

increasing purchasing power, by r educing a.nd relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all r espects with the pertinent provisions of Said Title of said Act, including without limita-

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tion Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

(c) The Cod empower the Code Authority to present the aforesaid amendment on behalf of the industry as a whole. 

(d) The amendment an l the Code as amended are not de io-ned 

to and will not permit monopolie or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The amendment and the Code as amended are not de igned to 

and will not eliminate or oppre s small enterpri es 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, these amendments have been approved. 

Re pectfully 

MARCH 24, 1934. 

HuGHS. JoHNSoN, 

Adminstrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE 'VOMEN'S BELT INDUSTRY 

The following provi ion are added to Article VI, Section D of the 

Code of Fair Competition for the Women's Belt Industry: ' · 

3. No member of the Industry shall ship goods on consignment 

except under circumstances to be defined by the Code Authority 

where peculiar circumstances of the Industry require the practice. 

4. No member of the Indu try shall accept for credit or exchange, 

returned merchandise. except for defects in manufacture, delay in 

delivery, errors in shipment, or failure to conform to specifications. 

No returned merchandise shall be accepted for credit or exchange if 

returned after ten (10) days from date of receipt by the customer 

except on account of defects in manufacture or failure to conform 

to specifications not discoverable by reasonable inspection. 

5. No extra discounts shall be allowed wholesale houses on salesmen's samples. 

6. No member of the Industry shall pay conunissions to commission 

resident buyers or group buying organizations. The provisions of 

thi section, however, shall not apply to export trade. 

7. No member of the Industry catering to the garment trade shall 

give sample belts to customers free of charge. 

8. No member of the Industry shall give, permit to be given, m· 

directly offer to give, anything of value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding any employee or agent or representative of another, in relation to the business of the employer of uch employee, 

the principal of such agent or represented party, without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. Commercial bribery 

provision. shall not be construed to prohibit free and general distribution of articles commonly u eel for advertising, except so far as 

such article are actually used for commercial bribery as hereinabove 

defined. 

9. No member of the Industry shall secretly offer or make any 

payment or allowance or rebate, refund, com.mission, credit, unearned discount, or excessive allowance either in the form of money 

or otherwise, for the purpose of influencing a sale, nor shall a member secretly extend to a.ny customer any special privilege or service 

not extended to all customers of the same class. 

10. No member of the Indu try shall, directly or indirectly, pay 

for any of the advertising expenses of customers. 

11. (a) No member of the Industry shall ·sell merchandise at a 

ca h discount in excess of the following: 

(1) For the Garment Industry and/ or Limited Price Variety 

Stores 2/10 E.O.M. 

(2) For the 'Vholesale Trade 3/ 10 E.O.l\.f. or 2/10 60 extra. 

(3) For the Retail Trade 8/ 10 E.O.M:. (b) Any member of the Industry who sells his merchandise to two 

or more trade a hereinabove defined hall comply with the rules 

applicable in this Code to each particular trade. 

(4) 
12. No member of the Indu try shall is ·ue invoices covering sales 

in which the price, terms and discounts, allowance or other facts 

relating to the transaction in any manner are falsely stated. 

13. No member of the Industry shall is ue or publish price lists, 

nor sell or offer for sale belts at prices or on terms which do not 

confonn with the price groupings when and as hereinafter provided 

for. The Code Authority shall investigate and recommend gradua'fed wholesale price groupings designed to stabilize the industry 

which when approved by the Administrator after such notice and 

Public Hearing as he shall prescribe shall become a part of this 

Code. 

14. No member of the Industry shall sell any articles, subject to 

the provisions of this Code, at a price below his individual cost when 

and as determined by and in accordance with the uniform cost accounting system when established by the Code Authority and approved by the Administrator. However, any member may meet the 

price competition of any competitor whose cost under the Code provision is lower, and 1nay sell dropped lines or distress merchandise 

below such cost, provided the facts regarding such sale shall he 

immediately reported to the Code Authority. 

The Code Authority shall cause to be formulated an accounting 

system and methods of cost finding and/ or estimating capable of use 

by all members of the Industry. After such system and methods 

have been formulated, full details concerning them shall be made 

available to all 1nembers. Thereafter all members shall determine 

and/ or estimate costs in accordance with the principles of such 

methods. The application of this provision shall be subject to the 

approval of the Administrator. 

Approved Code No. 41. Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 902-1-01. 

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