Approved Code No. 124-Amendment No.1 Registry No. 1639-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

C,ODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JUNE 13, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 124-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on June 13, 1934 

ORDER 

MomFicA TION OF ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE l\1oTioN PICTURE 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made by the Code Authority 

:for the l\1otion Picture Industry, pursuant to and in full compliance 

with the provisions of Article IX, Part 2 of the Code of Fair Competition for the Motion Picture Industry, for approval of the amendment to said Code hereinafter set forth, and the annexed report on 

said amendment, containing findings with respect thereto having 

been made and directed to the President: 

The proposed amendment to said Code is as follows: 

A new Subsection (C) to be added to Article VI, Part, 1, Section 7: 

" (C) Local Clearance and Zoning Boards, in addition to the 

powers and duties otherwise provided for in this Code shall, when 

directed so to do by the Code Authority, receive any and all protests :from Motion Picture Exhibitors against any existing clearance 

and zoning as to their respective theatres alleging that such clearance and zoning is unreasonable in length or area. The issue raised 

by such protests shall be decided by the Local Clearance and Zoning Boards after notice and hearing to the parties affected, and 

pursuant to the procedure and subject to such rights of appeal as 

are provided in this Article. The Code Authority may direct that 

the duties of the Local Clearance and Zoning Boards shall be performed and discharged by the hearing and deciding of protests as 

provided in this Subsection, instead of formulating schedules as 

provided in Article VI, Part I, Sections 1 and 3." 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to the Authority vested in me do hereby incorporate by 

reference said annexed report and do 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 Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

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and do hereby order that said amendment be and it hereby is 

approved. This approval and the above amendment shall not become 

effective until twenty (20) days after this date, unless good cause to 

the contrary be shown prior thereto, and a subsequent Order is issued. 

Approval recommended: 

SoL A. RosENBLATr, 

Division Ad1ninistrator. 

wASHINGTON, D.C., 

June 13, 193./r. 

HuGH S. JoHNSON, 

Admlinistrator. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: The Deputy Administrator in his final report t0 me on the 

amendment of the Code of Fair Competition for the Motion Picture 

Industry having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all 

the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The amendment of 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 under 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 temporarily required), by increasing 

the consumption of industrial and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, 

by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating 

industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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

(d) The amendment and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit ·monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

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

and will no-t 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 

amendment. 

Said amendment is accordingly approved. 

Respectfully, 

JUNE 13, 1934. 

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HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administrator. 
AMENDl\1ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 

A new subsection (c) to be added to Article VI, Part I, Section 7: 

(c) Local Clearance and Zoning Boards, in addition to the powers 

and duties otherwise provided for in this Code shall, when directed 

so to do by the Code Authority, receive any and all protests from 

Motion Picture Exhibitors against any existing clearance and zoning 

as to their respective theatres alleging that such clearance and zoning 

is unreasonable in length or area. The issue raised by such protests 

shall be decided by the Local Clearance and Zoning Boards after 

notice and hearing to the parties affected, and pursuant to the procedure and subject to such rights of appeal as are provided in this 

Article. The Code Authority may direct that the duties of the Local 

Clearance and Zoning Boards shall be performed and discharged by 

the hearing and deciding of protests as provided in this Subsection, 

instead of formulating schedules as provided in Article VI, Part 1, 

Sections 1 and 3. 

Approved Code No. 124---Amendruent No. 1. 

Registry No. 1639'--03. 

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