Approved Code No. 221 Registry No. 1637-14 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

METAL HAT DIE AND 

WOOD HAT BLOCK INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 23, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 221 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

METAL HAT DIE AND WOOD HAT BLOCK 

INDUSTRY 

As Approved on January 23, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

METAL HAT DIE AND WOOD fiAT BLOCK 

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 Code of 

Fair Competition for the Metal Hat Die and Wood Hat Block 

Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Code, 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 Code complies 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 Code of Fair 

Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

HuoH S. JoHNsoN, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

~1 LCOLM MUIR 

Division Admini.strator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

January 23, 1934. 

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The PRESIDENT, 

The lV h'z"te House. 

Sm: This is a report on the Code of Fair Competi ion for the 

J\1:etal Hat Die and \Vood Hat Block Industry in the United States, 

the hearing being conducted in 'Va. hington, D.C., on December 8, 

1933, in accordance with the proyi ·ion of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act. 

PROYISIO-TS OX HOURS .\ ~D WAGES 

The maximum hours provided by the Code for all employ es except 

traveling sale ·men, and executi....-es receiving $35.00 or more per \Yeek 

is forty (40) hours per week a.11d eight (8) hour per day. No peak 

sea on periods and no other ex eptions than thos mentioned above 

were requested or pro....-ided. 

The minimum 1vao·e rate per hour f r other than office employee 

is forty (40) cents, while office employees "·ill not be paiclle than 

$14.00 to $15.00 per week depending upon population. Eqnitub e 

adjustment of ' aQ·e rate abov~ the minimum are provided and will 

be reported to the Code Authority and the Admini trator. 

CHILD LABOR 

The minimum ago provided in this Code is 16 years but in hazardon occupations this age limit is increas c1 to 18 years. 

ECOXO.l\1IC EFFECT OF THE C DE 

Employment in this industry has not greatly decline 1 during the 

recent years due to the fact that tyles were changed more frequently in order to stimulate the millinery industry to which this 

industry is closely allied. The shortening of hours will adequately 

reabsorb the slight unemployment and the increased minimum wage 

rate accompanied by the equitable adju tments provided for in the 

Code should fully restore the purchasing power of the employees 

of this industry which has declined more than it production and 

which must be re tored to ac ompli. h the purpo e of the Act. 

In arriving at the terms expres ·ed in the Code, the member of the 

industry have given every eYidence of cooperation in complyino- with 

the spirit of the Act. 

FINDINGS 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on 

said Code having found as her ein set forth and on the ba ·is of all 

the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that-

( a) Said Code is well designed to prom te the policie and purposes of Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery Act, including 

removal of ob tructions to the free flow of inter tat and foreign 

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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 the trade groups, by 

inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions 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 temporarily 

required), by irtcreasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and. 

relieving unemployment, by improv]ng standards of labor, and by 

otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) The Code as approved complies ]n ull respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; anrl that the applicant associations are industrial associations truly representative of the aforesaid industry; and that said associations impose no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies or 

monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Code is 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 

Code. 

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

Respectfully, 

JANUARY 23, 1934. 

HuGH S. JoHNsoN, 

.Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ME'fAL HAT DIE AND WOOD HAT BLOCK INDUSTRY 

AnTICLE I-PURPO ES 

To effect the p licie. of Title I of th N ationd Indu -trial Recovery t thi · ( de i e ·bbli heel a a ode of Fair ompetition 

for tlie l\1 L l Hat Die and \Yood 1:--Iat Block Indu tr nnd ~hall be 

the tanclanl of fair comnetition for :-nch indu::.try. and hall be 

bindin<~ upon c ·ery memb; · ther of. v 

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E Tro_r 1. 111 dal Hat Die and Tr ood Hat Block Indwdry. The t rm "indu try '' a nsed herein in lucl s the manufacturing 

of \Yoocl < n l plaster block. and metal dies for the hat, cap and 

latlies', mi!::ise~', an l chilclr n' headwear indu ... -try and ~uch related 

brc nch o ubclivi ions a· may from time to time be in luded under 

the proYif'ions of thi: Code b}· the Pre~ident of the United States, 

aft r f'Uch notice and hearing a he may p ·escrjb"'. 

S:t.: ·. ~. J.ll mber of th e lnd1.t try. 

Th -erm •·l\Iember of the Inclu try ' incltH.l . , but withont limitati u, any indi ·idual. partner hip, association, corporation o · other 

per on engag cl in the inclu. try either , s an employer or on his or 

it own behalf. 

Ec. 3. EmzJloyee. 

Th term "employee·· a· u ·eel herein include any and all p rsons 

no·age l in th . incln _-try. hm;;e,-er compensated, xcept n member of 

th ind 1 try . 

• EC. 4. A t and Lldministi'ator. 

The term.· Act an l '.:: dmini trator " n u eel h rein mean 

re p ctiv ly, Title I of the ""Tational Indu trial Recovery ct and 

t he A lmini · rator for Indn trial R covery. 

E . . 1 oci.ations. 

Th t rm 'As ocia ion ' hall mean the Hat, Block and Die 

~Iakrr . o iation, Inc., and the \Vo d Hat Block l\Ianufacturers' 

... \ . intion Inc. 

...\.nTr LE III-Ho R 

E TION 1. ~fa.ehnum Ilma·s . ... T mpl y hall be permitted to work in xce of forty (40) 

hour. in any one we k r eio·ht ( ) hour in an.r t" nt. ·-four (24) 

hour peri l bco·inning at midnight x ept a pr viclecl in ection 2. 

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SEc. 2. E xecuti1_,•e, SttJpe7'm:SO?'Y 07' Adlrninistudiz·e En~JJloyee . 

The provisions of Section 1 of this Article shall not apply to 

traveling salesmen or to persons employed in a managerial or executive capacity who earn not less than thirty-fi,e (.1 ~3.00) per week 

SEc. 3. Dual EmJJloynwnt. 

No member of the Industry shall knowingly permit any employee 

to work for any time which, when totalled with that already performed with another employer or employers in thi industry, exceeds 

the maximum permitted herein. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGE 

SECTION 1. Minim.~wn 1Vages. 

No employee hall be paid at le ·s than the rate of forty ( 40) ce11ts 

per hour except that : 

(a) Accounting, clerical, office employees, and errand boys hall 

not be paid less than the rate of $15.00 per week in any city o£ 

500,000 population or over, or in the immediate trade area of such 

city, and not less than $14.50 per week in any city between 100,000 

and 500,000 population or in the immediate trade area of uch city, 

and not less than $14.00 per week in any city of less than 100,000 

population or in the inunediate trade area of uch city. The census 

figur~ ~ for the latest Federal census shall be the ba ·i ~ for this 

prOVISIOn. 

Sr:c. 2. Female Em_ployees. Female employees performing subst antially the same \York a male 

employees shall receive the ame rate of pay as male employees. 

SEc. 3. Piecetcork and Minimum Wages. 

This Article establishes a mininnu rate of pay whi h ::;hall apply 

irrespective of whether an employee is actually compen ated on 

a time-rate, piecework, or other basis. 

SEc. 4. Eg_ ~titable Adjust11wnt of Wages. No employee whose normal full time weekly hours for the four 

weeks ending J nne 16, 1933, are r duced shall ha~J his full time 

weekly wages r educed below the amount received by such employee 

prior to June 16, 1933, notwith tanding the reduction in hours of the 

normal week. \ ages of those receiving more than the minimum 

shall be equitably adjusted so as to .pre erve differentials existing on 

June 16, 1933. The adjustment since that date shall be report d to 

the Code Authority and the A lmini 'ira tor within thirty Jays of the 

effedi\e date of thi Code. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR Pnon ro~s 

SEcTio ... T 1. Child Labor PToh,ibited. 

No person under sixteen (16) y ars of age shall be employed in 

the industry. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be 

employed at operations or occupation which are hazardous in nature 

or dangerous to health. The Code Authority shall submit to the 

Adm_inistrator before February 1, 1934, a li t of such operations or 

occupations. In any State an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision as to age if he shall have on file a certificate or permit duly signed by the Authority in su h State empowered 

to issue employment or age certificate or permit . howing that the 

employ~e is of the required age. 
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Szc. 2. Employees' Right to 01·ganize. 

In compliance with ection 7 (a) of the Act, it is provided: 

(a) That employee shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through repre entatives of their own choo ing and hall 

be free from the interference, re traint or coercion of employer of 

labor or their agenL in the de ignation of such representati e or in 

self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required as a condition of employment to join an3 company union or 

to refrain from joining organizing, or si ting a labor organization o£ his own choo ing, and 

(c) That employers hall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rates o£ pay, and other condition o£ employment 

approved or prescribed by the Pre ident of the United States. 

SEc. 3. R eclassify·ing Em,ployees. 

No member of the indu try shall recla sify employees or dutie o£ 

occupation performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the 

purpose of defeating the purpo e or provisions o£ the Act or of 

this Code. 

SEc. 4. Safety and H ealth. 

Every member of the industr:5 shall make rea onable prov1 1011 

for the afety and health of hi employees at the place and during 

the hour £ their employment. 

SEc. 5. tate Larws Prevail Wl?-e1'e More St1·ingcnt Than Code. 

No provi ion in thi Code shall super ede any State or Federal 

Law which imposes on employers more tringent requirements as to 

age o£ employee , wage , hours o£ work, or a to safety health, 

sanitary or general working condition , or in urance, or fire protection than are imposed by thi Code. 

SEc. 6. Posting Code. All member of the indu try shall po t complete cop1e o£ this 

Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees. 

ARTICLE VI-ORGANIZATION PowERs, AND DUTIES OF THE CoDE 

A THORITY--0RGANIZATIOK AND CoN TITUTION 

SECTION 1. Code A uthm"ity. There hall forthwith be constituted a Code Authority con i ting 

of four ( 4) persons to be selected in the following manner : 

(a) One m mber from the Hat-Block & Die Makers' A ociation, 

Inc. to be appointed by the Board of Directors. 

(b) One member from the Wood Hat Block ::Manufacturer ' As ociation, to be appointed by the Board of Director . (c) The Executive Chairman of the Associations, who represents 

both the Hat Block & Die Maker ' As ociation Inc. and the '\Vood 

Hat Block ~Ianufacturer A ociation. 

(d) One member to be cho en by and from the nonmember of 

the Associations. Within ten days after the eff ctive date of this 

Code the Executive Chairman of the Association shall notify such 

nonmember of a time within twenty (20) days thereafter, and place 

for choosing their repre entative on the Code Authority. 

(e) One to three member , without vote to be appointed b. the 

Administrator. I£ more than one such mem_ber i appointed the 
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terms shall be for from six month: to one vear and o arranged that 

they do not expire at the same time. ~ 

SEc. 2. Trade Asso ·ia.tion Regulations. 

Each i~1dustrial ~s~~ciation directly or indirectly participating in 

~he se.lectwn or a:ct~vrhes of the Code. Authority shall (1) i1i1pose no 

rneqmtable re tr1ctwns on memborslnp, and (2) ubmit to the AdI~1inistrator true copies of its art.i le · of as. ·ociation, bylaws regulatiOns, :md any .amendments when made thereto, together with such 

other 1nforn1atlon as to memb rship, organization, and activities as 

the Administrator may deem necessary to effect th purposes of the 

Act. 

SEc. 3. Code Autlw1'ify llf.ust Be R ep·rese,dative. 

In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly representatiYe of the industry and in other respect comply with the provisions of the Act, the Administrator may prescribe such hearings as 

he may deem proper, and thereafter if he shall find that the Code 

Authority is not truly representative or does not in other respects 

comply with the provi ions of the Act, may require an appropriate 

modification in the method of sele tion of the Code Authority. 

SEc. 4. Expenses of Code A1dhm·ity. 

Members of the industry shall be entitlnd to participate in, and 

share the benefits of, the activitie of the Code Authority and to participate in the selection of the members thereof by a ·senting to and 

complying with the requirements of this ode and sustaining their 

reasonable hare of the expen ·es of it administration. Such reasonable share of the expen es of administration shall be determined by 

the Code Authority~ subject to review by the Administrator, on the 

basis of volume of bu iness and/or uch other factors as may be 

deemed equitable. 

SEc. 5. Members of tke Code rb.dlwrity Not Pm"tne?'S. 

Nothing contained in this Code shall con titute the members of 

the Code At1thority partners for any purpo ~e . Nor shall any mem- ber of the Code A 1thority be liable in any manner to anyone for any 

act of any other member, officer, agent, or employee of the Code 

Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority, exercising 

reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder, be liable 

to anyone for any action or omission to act under this Code, except 

for his own wilful misfea ance or nonfeasance. SEc. 6. Powers and Duti s of the Code Au.thority. 

The Code Authority shall have the following further powers and 

duties the exercise of which shall be reported to the Administrator 

and shall be subject to his right, on review, to disapprove any action 

taken by the Code Authority : 

(a) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and 

provide for the compliance of the industry with the provisions of the 

Act. 

(b) To adopt bylaws and rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration and enforcement of the Code subject to 

the approval of the Administrator. 

(c) To obtain from members of the industry such information and 

reports as are required for the administration of the Code and to 

provide for submission by members of such information and reports 

as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited 
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in Section 3 (a) of the Act, which information and reports shall be 

submitted by members to such administrative andjor government 

agencies as the Administrator may designate; provided, that nothing 

in this Code shall relieve any member of the industry of existing 

obligations to furnish reports to any government agency. No individual reports shall be disclosed to any other member of the industry 

or any other party except to such governmental agencies as may be 

directed by the Administrator. 

(d) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein; provided, that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority of its duties or responsibilities under this Code and that such 

trades associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hereof. 

(e) To make recomn1endations to the Adm.inistrator for the coordination of the administration of this Code with such other Codes, 

if any, as may be related to the industry. 

(f) To cooperate with the Administrator in regulating the use 

of any NRA insignia solely by those members of the industry who 

have assented to, and are complying with, this Code. 

(g) To recommend to the Administrator further fair trade practice provisions to govern members of the industry in their relations 

with each other or with other industries, and to recommend to the 

Administrator measures for industrial planning, including stabilization of employment. 

ARTICLE VII-TRADE PRACTICE R u LES 

RULE 1. Tern~s and Discounts. 

The terms of credit extended by all persons engaged in this industry shall be net ten days end of the month, and payment may be 

anticipated at the date of 6% per annum, and all shipments made on 

and after the 25th day of any month may bear dating as of the 1st 

of the following month; but shipments made prior to the 25th of any 

month shall bear the actual date of billing. 

RULE 2. Return of Merchandise. The unjust return of merchandise constitutes one of the evils in 

the industry. No member of the industry shall accept for credit 

from any purchaser or give credit to any purchaser for any merchandise returned if said merchandise was purchased and shipped in 

good faith in accordance with the buyer's order. If merchandise is 

returned by reason of defects then no credit shall be given for such 

return unless such merchandise is returned within three days from 

the date of the receipt of said merchandise by the purchaser if the 

member of the industry and the purchaser are in the same city or 

trade area, or within five days if the purchaser is in another trade 

area than that of the member of the industry. 

RULE 3. S elling on Consignment. 

No merchandise shall be shipped on memorandum, loaned, or on 

consignment for sale and all sales shall be final and made with the 

intent that title shall pass. 
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R ULE 4. G1·atwi.ties. No member of the industry shall give, pern1it to be given, or 

directly offer to give, anything of value for the purpose of influencing or r ewarding the action of any employee, agent, or representative 

of another in relation to the business of the employer of such 

employee, the principal of such agent or the represented party, with- out the knowledge of such employer, principal, or party. Commercial bribery provisions shall not be construed to prohibit free and 

general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising except 

so far as such articles are actually used for commercial bribery as • 

hereinabove defined. 

RuLE 5. Advertising. Allowances of discounts for adYertising or for payment for space 

in newspapers, magazines, guide , or directories on behalf of any 

customer to be used in promoting the sale of merchandise to the 

consumer is prohibited. 

RuLE G. Assignm.ents. No person shall, after the effective date of this Code, take or 

receive, directly or indirectly, from any customer either before or 

after the delivery of merchandise, an assignment of accounts receivable or security in any form whatsoever for payment of the purchase 

price of merchandise without first notifying the Code Authority that 

such assignment or ecurity has been or is about to be received. 

RuLE 7. Eligibility for Credit. 

No person engaged in the industry shall extend credit to any custo- mer who shall be in default for a period of forty-five (45) days 

after maturity on any previous invoice sold to said customer by a 

member of the industry except in such cases as exceptions may be 

o-ranted by the Code Authority. Each member shall report to the 

Ciode Authority a complete statement of any disputes or reasons 

known to him of the failure to pay on behalf of the customer, and 

such statement shall contain a full and complete disclosure of any 

disputes which may exist between the member of the industry and 

the customer. The filing of false or misleading information in this 

respect shall be a violation of the Code. 

RuLE 8. Black List. 

No member of the industry shall join or participate with other 

members of the industry, in any transaction known in law as a 

black list, including any practice or device (such as a white list), 

which accomplishes the purpose of a, black list. RuLE 9. F.O.B. Ship1nents. 

All shipments shall be f.o.b. city of manufacture. 

RuLE 10. Statistics ancl Trade Inforrnation. 

In order to carry out the declared policy of the Act, each person 

shall furnish such periodic reports as may be prescribed by the Code 

Authority, in such form and substance as they may direct. A wilfully false report to any such Code Authority shall be deemed a 

Yiolation of this Code. 

RuLE 11. False Invoicing. No sale shall be made by any member upon any other terms, except 

a expressly set forth in the order, contract of sale, or the in·voice 

pertaining to such sale. 
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ARTICLE ' TIII-nrooiFrcATroN 

SECTION 1. Presid ntAfa!J Uodify Code. 

This Code and all the provi ·ion. thereof are expressly made subject to the right of th Pre. ident in accordance with the provisions 

of sub cction (b) of "' ection 10 of the Act, from time to time, to 

cancel or modify any order, approval license rule. or regulation 

issued under said Act. 

EC. 2. Amendment of ode. 

This Code except as to provision required by the Act, may be 

modified on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances to be 

based upon application to the Administrator, and such notice and 

hearing as he .shall specify, and to become effective on approval of 

the Admini trator. 

ARTICLE IX-MoNoroLms 

No provisions of thi. Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practice or to eliminate, oppress, or 

discriminate against mall enterpri cs. 

ARTICLE X - EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code .shall become ffective on the first 1\tionday after its 

approval by the Administrator. 

Approved Code No. 221. 

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