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637-F Registry No. 501-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CITY DIRECTORY INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the City Directory Industry 

in its -present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval~of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. • • • • • • • • Price 5 cents 
SUBMITTED BY 

ARSOCIA'l'ION OF NOH'l'H AMERICAN DIRilJC'J'Olt~ PH.ULISHnJRS 

(II) 

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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION FOR THE CITY DIRECTORY INDUSTRY 

SECTION 1. To eff tuate the policy of Title 1 of the National Indu trial Recovery Act during the period of the emergency, the following provi ions are establi heel as a code of fair competition for 

the City Directory Industry. 

EC. 2. In the form in which it i finally approYed by the Pre irlent of the 1Jnited States this code of fair competition will become 

mandatory n1 on the City Directory Industry throughout the United 

State ·. SEc. 3. The A ociation of North American Directorv Publishers 

i a voluntary association, organized in eighteen hundrecl and ninetyeight for the purpo e of improving City Directory Service by the 

interchange of ideas. The membership in the Association represent 

over seventy-five percent of the city Directories published throughout 

the United States. The A sociation is governed throuah its officers 

by a Board of Tru tees, consisting of eleven member~ and an Executive Committee, consisting of three members. l\1embership in thi 

Association is open to all City Directory Publishers within the 

United State and Canada. No inequitable re trictions are placed 

\lpon member hip in this Association. 

EC. 4. The City Directory Industry includes such persons as are 

engaged in i suing one or more city directories, the information for 

each edition of which is secured through personal contact by a canva made at each residence and place of business, and who compile 

said information in convenient form for reference and print or cause 

to be printed said information in book form for eli tribution. 

SEc. 5. A used herein the term " City Directory ' shall mean a 

book containing a complete alphabetical list of the name of the 

residents and business concerns of a city, which information is 

secured at it ource by personal solicitation, al o a classified list of 

the busines · concerns and such other information as may be included 

therein according to custom and practice. 

The term "Employers" shall mean all persons who employ labor 

in the conduct of any branch of the City Directory Industry. 

The term Employees" shall mean all per ons employed in the 

conduct of any branch of the City Directory Industry. 

The term Per on" shall mean any individual, partner hip, association, or corporation. 

The term ' Enumerator" shall mean such employee as are engaged in ecuring the names and addres es of residents and business 

concerns through personal contact by a canvass made at each residence and place of business. 

Enumerator , by reason of the character of their work, labor without direct upervision as to the number of hours devoted to their 

duty. The result of their effort can be measured only in a general 

way and without reaard to the time employed. 

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SEc. 6. LABOR PROVI ION .-( 1) As required by ection 7 (a) of 'Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are condition of thi ode: 

"That emplo ee shall hav the right to organize and bargain collectively through repre entatiYe of their own choo inO' and hall 

be free from the interferen e, re traint, or coercion of employ r of 

labor, or their agents in the le ignati n of such r pres ntatives or 

in self-organization or in oth r con erted activitie f r the purpo e 

of coil cti e bargaining or other mutual aid or protection· 

That no emplo ee and no one s king employm nt hall b r -

quired a a condition of employm nt to j in any company union or to 

refrain from joining, organizin;, or a si ting a labor organization of 

hi own hoo ing : and 

That employer hall comply wi h the maximum hour f labor 

minimum r te of pay, an l other condition of employm nt approved or prescribed by the President." 

(2) It i clearly un ler tood that tl e foregoing paragraph.~ do 

not impair in any particular the con titutional right. of th mployee and employer to baro·ain in livi lually or collectively a. may 

be mutually ... ati. factory to them, nor does it in1pair the joint right 

of the employer an 1 mployee to operate an open shop. 

The election: r tention. and a lYancem nt of employee~ . hall be 

on the basi of in 1ividual merit without regard to their affiliation 

or nor:1ffiliation with any labor or other organization. 

EC. 7. THE J\I XIMUJ\I K U)IBER OF Ho Rs.- The maximum work 

week hall be as follow · : 

On an l after the effectiYe date of this code employer.~ in th ity 

Directory Industry shall adopt a maximum work week for prouuction and office workers which shall not be in exce of an averaO'e 

of forty hour ~ a ·week for any twelve months' period, and the maximum hour of -work for an} one week shall be forty-eight hours. 

From thi rule shall be excepted executives, supervi ors, enum .ratur 

outside sale men ancl collectors. 

SEc. . ~IrNil\IUM 'VAGEs.-The minimum hourly wage to be paid 

employees shall be at the rate of 30¢ per hour, except for learner~ 

and apprentices. . Learn rs and Apprentices.-It is further provide l that learners 

and apprentices shall be paid not less than eighty perc nt of the 

herein pre cribed minimum wao·e, but the period of learner and 

apprentice in any in tance hall not be more than thirty w rlcing 

days. 

SEc. 9. }Ir... -nr )I AGE F E IPLOYEE .-No per · n under ixteen 

year of age shall bP employed in this in lu try. 

EC. 10. UNFAIR OMPETITION.-The ity Dir ctory Indu tr.v is of 

necessity noncompetitive a in the O'enerally accept l en~ , in that 

no city or community will upport two rival clir ct ·i . The production of bYO directories 1nu t result in a divi ion of th po~ "' ibl 

revenue whi h i limited, without a re ulting deer a. in th co. t of 

securing, compilino- and printing the nee ary lata. 

In e t, bli hing a code of unfair comp ition for th it. Dire ·tory 

In lu try the right of any per on to i ue a city lir tory f r an. 

particular ity or c mmunity mu t nee . arily be tabli lwd by th 

fa t that previous ditions have been i u d by that p r on. 

Unfair Oompetition.-It hall be unfair comp tit10n for ' ny person to do any of the following: 
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1. To undertake to issue a City Directory for any city or community in which any other person operating under this code ha~ 

establi heel a prior right without first securing the right by agreement. 

2. For any person to endeavor to secure information by means of 

a canva s or otherwise under the fraudulent representation that such 

information is to be used in the issuance of a City Directory. 

3. To endea \Or to secure business in any city or community by 

representing either by act or inference that the business is being 

secured for the regular City Directory when such is not the case. 

SEc. 11. APPOI~TMENT OF AGENCY TO Anl\>rnnsTER ConE.-Under 

Section 2A of Title 1 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the 

As ociation of North American Directory Publi hers is hereby appointed the "Agency" to administer the purposes of the act insofar 

a they apply to the City Directory Industry in accordance with the 

follo~ring provisions : 

1. PTeparation of Code Data for Statistics.-Collect from the 

members of the City Directory Industry all data and statistic required by this code or by the President, compile same, and submit 

to the National Recovery Administration, and to furnish copies of 

such data to its members as may be desired. 

2. Collect Pro Rata the Cost of Administration W ork.-Each subscriber to this code hall periodically be a sessed an amount sufficient 

to cover the cost of the administration of this code; such assessment 

to be prorated on the basis which the total annual sales of such 

subscriber bears to the total annual sales of all subscribers. 

3. 01·ganization of Code Committee.-The Executive Committee 

of the Association of North American Directory Publishers is hereby 

constituted and empowered to act as the code committee of the City 

Directory Indu try for such purposes and with such powers as are 

nece ary to direct and regulate the work of the "Agency " and to 

effectuate this code and the policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act. 

4. Ex-Officio M ernber.-The President of the Association of North 

American Directory Publishers shall act as an ex-officio member of 

the co-:le committee. The Secretary of the Association of North 

American Directory Publishers shall perform the duties of the 

secretary of the code committee. 

5. Meetings of the Code Co1711fnfittee shall be held upon call of its 

chairman or the President of the Association of North American 

Directory Publishers, and such meetings may be called in such manner as are determined advisable by the Chairman or President. 

SEc. 12. DuTIES AND PoWERS OF ConE CoMMITTEE are as follows : 

1. To carry out the '·Agency's 'Executive Duties and Functions as 

set forth in this Code. 

2. To Hold Meetings upon call of its chairman or the President of 

the A sociation of North American Directory Publi hers. 

3. To Give Special Consideration to Conditions and factors which 

are found to be having a generally injurious effect on the employing 

ubscribers, their employees, or their customers; and to do whatever 

is necessary to correct the situation. 

4. To Work Owt the Regulations for Making Complaints against 

those believed guilty of violating this Code or approved supplementary codes. 

5. To Take Prompt Action on Complaints Received.-!£ a complaint is properly made out and signed by one or more complainants, 
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it must contain a provi ion wher by th complainant furni h a uuarantee ati factory to the col committee to pa the o t f th in\-. 

tirration if the ac u ed i f lUll not rruilty. The o ommitt e 

hall then pa . U])Oll the eYi 1 11 furni h at a termin \\h th l' it i 

of ufficient eiuht to ju tif further a ti n. 

6. To Prepm' th H [J'ldatio11 Goz Prning th e om plaint In v . - tigation.-Th · r gulati01 hall pr vi<l that an r inY ·tigati n 

into th book · ancl ther re ord. f th a u · .d hall mad y a 

public a ountant approY l b the ode ommitte wh . hall g 

into the book an l r ·or 1 f th ac u U. only to the ext nt n c .·- ary to prove or li:-;proYe th accu ation. . ;-fhe a ountant hall 

report hi findino· ., to th ode ommitt e or to it authoriz 

repre ntativ . 

If th ac u e l refu 'e to all w th authorized accountant to examin hi book or record , thi hall be prima facie 'idence of the 

guilt of the ac u d. 

If the accused i found not guilty ' no further a ·tion ._ hall be 

taken on the complaint. 

If the accu ed is found " Guilty on one or more I oint in the 

complaint thi ma be r ported by the Code ommitt to the 

proper authoriti s. 

7. To Act Upon the Findin,qs of the l nvestigations.-\Yhen the 

accu ed has been foun 1 guilty but has willingly aid cl the ode 

Committee in its investigation and otherwise convinc . the Code 

Committee that the offense was n1ore through ignoran or inadvertence than willful intent: the Code Committee ha th power t 

drop the matter if the offense is not repeated. 

If the offense is repeated or was willfully done in the fir t 1Ia , 

the Code Committee may then present the matter and the e'iclence 

to the proper Governmental Authoritie . 8. To II ave the Data and Statistics required by the National Re- co ery Administrator gathered, compiled and the requir c1 report. 

ubmitted. 

9. Appointment of Agents.-The Code Committee i authorized to 

appoint an agent to make such investigation a may be nece. ary, 

who shall furnish to the Code Committee such informati n a_ ma v 

be required. The Committee as a whole shall pa upon th eYIdence submitted by its agent. 

10. To Employ th e Necessary H elp to prop rly a lmini ter th provi ions of thi ode an l to Execute th rule and r rrulation.· a 

promulgated by the National Rec · very Admini tration. 

E . 13. AMEND :IE.!. TT AND PPLEl\IE.l. T RY CooE .- e ti n 6, Divi ion 1 of thi. o l cann t b alt r d r liminatecl . in it in lusion in thi Co 1 i require 1 by the N.I.R.A. m n 1m n - of any 

other part f thi code hall l> mad in th followino· manner: Th 

Code Comn ittee may prepar amendmen an 1 pre nt am b.· mail 

ball t to th la t 1 nown a 1lres.' of each re;i t r l m1I ying conrn in the City Dir ctory In lu try torr ther with it r mm n 1ation. If a majorit. of the mail ballot ca t u tain th ncomm ndation of th Cole Committe , then u h amendm nt . hall b 

pr . ente to the ational R cov ry .A lmini tration an 1 if a11ron•<l 

become effective t n days aft r u ·h Exe uti ap1 r n 1. • npplementary od whi h are dj in t and arat fr m thi · bn.-i co 1 , 

shall be handl in the am 

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