Registry No. 409-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

STATIONERS INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1933 

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WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Stationers 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 . NATIONAL STATIONERS ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATE AND 

CANADA 

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NATIONAL STATIONERs AssociATION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 

740 INVESTMENT BUILDING, 

Washington , D.C. 

To the ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL REcovERY ADMINISTRATION, 

Washington, D.C. 

DEAR SIR: Herein is contained the General Code of the National Stationers 

Association for your consideration and approval. 

Yours very truly, 

CHAS. P. GARVIN, 

Secretary and General IYianager. 

NATIONAL STATIONERS AssociATION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA, 

740 INVESTMENT BuiLDING, 

Washington, D.C., Augttst 2R, 1933. 

The NATIONAL REcovERY ADMINISTRATOR, 

National Recovery Administration, Washington, D. C. 

DEAR SIR: We present herewith the code of Fair Competition for the National 

Stationers Association. Without wishing to duplicate information furnished 

in the application, we point out that the National Stationers Association, organized in 1904, a corporation under the laws of Illinois, is . composed of over 200 

manufacturers, 250 commercial stationers who have both retail and manufacturing 

departments, 83 commercial stationers who are both wholesalers and retailers 

and about 150 commercial stationers who do not have manufacturing departments. In addition there are 20 Local Associations. We hold proxies for 30 

additional Local Associations and for approximately 700 commercial stationers 

who are nonmembers of the Association. These proxies appoint us definitely 

as representative in ali contacts with the N.R.A. 

It has become apparent that many of the groups associated with the National 

Stationers Association are so few in number and not large enough in volume as to 

necessitate that a grouping be made in order that the N.R.A. be not burdened 

with a host of small codes. In our Association there are a number of divisions 

that are of sufficient size and with sufficient percentage of volume distributing 

through other channels that separate codes seem desirable to these groups. Obviously, the competitive situation in the industry would be seriously affected by 

any wide divergences in wages and hours and in competitive practice. Hence, 

in this code we provide for minimum wages, below which no element in the industry should be allowed to operate and maximum hours for all elements in the 

industry in order that again distribution may not be disturbed by undue advantage on the production end of the business. 

A large percentage of our Commercial Stationer members with manufacturing 

departments have printing departments, and these departments, of course, will 

be subject to the code submitted on behalf of the printing industry, as the printers 

code provides that all printing plants, large and small, shall be subject to its code. 

After due conferences with gentlemen in the N.R.A., it seemed desirable that a 

general code be submitted on behalf of the National Stationers Association and 

that subordinate codes be submitted by various divisions who did not have associations of their own, and in addition to these groups, that a general appearance 

be made for miscellaneous manufacturers of stationery and office equipment commodities. Hence, vve submit this general code for the industry. It is not 

designed to force administration by the Association on any particular group, 

but to provide a cooperation with N.R.A. that will insure that everyone in the 

industry shall be covered by a code. It is our belief that N.R.A. will welcome a 

plan that consolidates a number of groups of industries with similar codes under 

one code, covering uniform employment provisions and general conditions of 

fair trade practices, thus eliminating duplicating public hearings and speeding 

up the process of accomplishing the purposes of the N.R.A. and the P.R.A. 

Already, as subordinate to this code, there are being submitted and .will be 

submitted codes covering groups in the industry, and also a subordinate code 

covering miscellaneous manufacturers. Also, subordinate to this code is being 

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submitted a code for the Retail Commercial Stationer and for the Retail Office 

Equipment dealers. Both of these classes do a tremendous business. The plan 

provides for the filing of subordinate codes by any subdivision of the industry 

which desires to do so, and the coordination of codes in order that as few codes 

as possible may be submitted, and yet that these codes shall be comprehensive 

and cover the manufacturers of the business. 

It is provided in the code that there shall be no duplication in the work of 

gathering statistics, but that this Association will only accumulate statistics and 

make reports on behalf of the groups which are not doing so in other directions. 

There is no thought on the part of the Association of overriding other trade associations and overlapping same, but this Association is so thoroughly an industry 

organization that it is considered especially desirable that a code be filed in order 

that all of the purposes of the N.R.A. may be consummated and in order that this 

industry shall have a full coverage. This will also enable subordinate groups 

who are having difficulty in completing codes to come in under this general code 

quickly and in a coordinated way. There is such a widely diversified group of 

manufacturers in this industry that many are extremely doubtful as to what 

code or codes they should appear under. This will give such manufacturers an 

immediate opportunity to appear under a code and to thus do their part in furthering the purposes of the President in National Recovery. 

Nothing in this code will prevent makers of subordinate codes from setting up 

higher minimum wages than that provided in the general code, but the National 

Association will not approve any code in the industry which provides lower wages· than are provided in this general code. We therefore present the code of the: 

National Stationers Association and will await your approval of same. 

Yours very truly, 

CHAS. P. GARRIN, General Manager_ 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE NATIONAL STATIONERS 

ASSOCIATION 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following is hereby established as a code of Fair 

Competition for the National Stationers Association. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

1. The following words are used in this Code with the meanings 

herein set forth: 

"Industry." The Manufacturing, Retailing and Wholesaling: and 

Retailing of articles and commodities knov.rn as Commercial Stationery 

and Office Equipment not otherwise covered by codes or represented 

by trade associations. 

"Persons." Includes natural persons, partnerships, corporations, 

associations, or groups. 

"Code Committee." The Executive Committee of the Natio'lal 

Stationers Association, the five Vice Presidents of the Association, and 

the General Manager of the Association. 

"Member." A person engaged in such industry. 

"Act." Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. tt Administrator." The N ationa.l Recovery Administrator. 

((Administration." The National Recoverv Administration. 

"Effective Date." The second 11onday following the approval of 

this code by the President. 

"National Association." National Stationers Association, mcorporated in 1904 under the laws of the state of Illinois. 

ARTICLE II-ORGANIZATION 

1. The Members of the Code Committee of the National Stationers 

Association, together with such other person or persons as the Administrator may designate are hereby constituted the Code Authority of 

the Industry. The Members of the Code Authority designated by 

the Administrator shall act in an advisory capacity and shall have no 

vote. 

2. The Code Authority is charged generally with the duty of administering this Code under the sanction and with the approval of the 

Administrator. 

3. Codes subordinate to this general code may be submitted by any 

regularly defined section of the industry. In the event that any provision of the subordinate code shall be found to be inconsistent with 

the provisions of the general code, the provisions of the general code 

shall prevail. 

ARTICLE III-HouRs OF LABOR 

A. MANUFACTURING 

1. No employee in the industry shall be required or permitted to 

work more than eight (8) hours in any day or more than forty (40) 

hours in one week; with the following exceptions: 

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a. Employees regularly engaged in an Executive, Supervisory, or 

Technical capacity. 

b. Outside salesmen. 

c. Watchmen, Chauffeurs, Truckmen, Licensed Engineers, and 

Firemen. 

d. Employees engaged. in emergency repair or maintenance work 

and highly skilled workers on continuous processes where the restric- tion of hours would unavoidably reduce production, may be em- ployed forty-eight (48) hours weeldy or more if paid time and one third 

for all hours over forty-eight (48) hours weekly. 

e. In ca$es of seasonal peaks of demand, labor may be employed not 

to exceed forty-eight (48) hours per week in not more than eight (8) 

weeks in any six (6) months' period, but no such employees may work 

more than 1,040 hours in any six (6) months' period. 

Provided further that no employees engaged in productive labor 

shall work on Sunday. 

2. At the end of each calendar month, every member shall report to 

the Code Authority in such detail as it may require, the number of 

man-hours worked in that month under the foregoing exceptions (c), 

(d) and (e), and the ratio which said man-hours bears to the total 

number of man-hours of labor of the same class during said month. 

3. The provisions for maximum hours set out in this Article establish a maximum number of hours of labor per week for every employee 

covered, so that under no circumstances shall such an employee be 

employed or be permitted to work for one or more members of the 

industry in the aggregate in excess of the prescribed number of hours 

in a single week. 

B. RETAILING AND WHOLESALING 

1. No employee in the industry shall be required or permitted to 

work more than eight (8) hours in any day or more than forty-four 

(44) hours in one week; with the following exceptions: 

a. Outside Salesmen. 

b. Employees receiving more than $30.00 a week who are acting 

primarily, although not wholly, in a managerial or executive capacity. 

c. Outside delivery and maintenance employees who may be 

employed forty-eight (48) hours weekly or more if paid time and 

one third for all hours over forty-eight (48) hours weekly. 

d. In cases of seasonal peaks of demand, labor may be employed 

forty-eight (48) hours per week for a maximum of not to exceed six 

(6) weeks in each twelve (12) months. 

2. The hours of any store or service operation are not to be reduced 

below fifty-two (52) hours in any one week unless such hours were 

less than fifty-two (52) hours per week before July 1, 1933, and in 

the latter case, not to reduce such hours at all. 

3. The maJ..'i.mum fixed in Paragraph 1 of this section-Hours of 

Labor, Retailing-shall not apply to employees in establishments 

employing -not more than two persons in towns of less than 2,500 

population which towns· are not part of a larger trade area. 

4. At the end of each calendar month, every member shall report 

to the Code Authority in such detail as it may require, the number 

of man-hours worked in that month under the foregoing exceptions 

(c) and (d), and the ratio which said man-hours bears to the total 

number of man-hours of labor of the same class during said month. 
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5. The provisions for maximum hours set out in this Article establish 

a maximum number of hours of labor per week for every employee 

covered, so that under no circumstances shall such an employee be 

employed or be permitted to work for one or more members of the 

industry in the aggregate in excess of the prescribed number of hours 

in a single week. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

A. MANUFACTURING 

1. The minimum rate of wages for any mechanical worker or artisan 

employed in any plant, mill, or factory or on work connected with or 

incidental to the operation of such plant, mill, or factory, shall be as 

follows: 

(a) Northern Zone, which shall consist of all of the territory of the 

United States except the States named in subdivision (b) : 

Male labor, 35 cents per hour. 

Female labor, 30 cents per hour. 

(b) Southern Zone, which shall consist of the States of Virginia, West 

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, 

Maryland, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, 

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas: 

Male labor, 327~ cents per hour. 

Female labor, 30 cents per hour. 

2. Piece workers shall be paid at rates which will yield a worker of 

average skill for an hour's wo k not less than the minimum rate 

prescribed. 

3. Learners, for a period of six (6) weeks, may be paid not less than 

eighty (80%) percent of the minimum rates prescribed in the foregoing sections, but no person who has worked a period of six (6) 

weeks for any member as a learner may thereafter be classified as a 

learner. 

4. The minimum rates of wages for all other employees, except 

Commission Salesmen, shall be as follows: 

Not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) per week in any city of over 

five hundred thousand (500,000) population, nor less than fourteen 

dollars and fifty cents ($14.50) per week in any city between two 

hundred fifty thousand (250,000) and five hundred thousand (500,000) 

population, nor less than fourteen dollars ($14.00) per week in any 

city between twenty five hundred (2,500) and two hundred fifty 

thousand (250,000) population, nor less than twelve dollars ($12.00) 

per ·week in towns of less than twenty five hundred (2,500) population. Provided, however, that office boys and girls and delivery 

bo s may be paid not less than eighty percent (80%) of such minimum wage, but the number of e.mployees classified as office boys or 

girls and delivery boys shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the 

total number of employees covered by the provision of this section. 

5. The minimum wage hereby prescribed shall not be considered 

as a discrimination by reason of sex and where, in any case, women 

do substantially the same work or perform substantially the same 

duties as men, they shall receive the same rate of wages as men receive for doing such work or performing such duties. 

6. \Vorkers who are physically handicapped are exempt from the 

proYisions of Sections 1 and 4 hereof but the number of such workers 
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in any class shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total workers 

in such class. 

B. RETAILING AND WHOLESALING 

1. The minimum rate of wages for any employee in the Retail 

Section of the trade for a work week specified in Article III shall be 

as follows: 

(a) Within cities of over five hundred thousand (500,000) population (by reference to the 1930 Federal census), or in the immediate 

trade area of such cities, at the rate of fourteen dollars ($14.00) per ~~. . 

(b) Within cities of from one hundred thousand (100,000) to five 

hundred thousand (500,000) population (by reference to the 1930 

Federal census) or in the immediate trade area of such cities, at the 

rate of thirteen dollars and fifty cents ($13.50) per week. 

(c) Within villages, towns, or cities with a population of two thousand five hundred (2,500) to one hundred thousand (100,000) population (by reference to the 1930 Federal census) unless they are 

included in a trade area as defined by clause (a) or (b), at the rate of 

thirteen dollars ($13.00) per week. 

(d) The minimu1n wage that shall be paid by employers in the 

retail trade to any of their employees shall be at the rate of one dollar 

($1.00) per week less in the Southern Zone than the rates specified in 

paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section. 

The Southern Zone is defined as the following states: Virginia, West 

Virginia, North Carolina; South Carolina, Georgia: Florida, Kentucky, 

Maryland, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, 

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. 

(e) In the entire United States, in villages, towns, and cities under 

2,500 population, all wages shall be increased by not less than 20% 

provided that this shall not require wages in excess of eleven dollars 

($11.00) per week. 

Except that on a.nd after the effective date of this code, junior 

employees between the ages of sixteen and eighteen years, inclusive, 

with less than twelve months' experience, shall be paid at the rate of 

two dollars ($2.00) less for a work week as provided in Section III, 

Hours of Labor-Retailing, paragraph 1, and except that apprentice 

employees more than eighteen years of age with less than twelve 

months' experience shall be paid at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) less 

for a work week as provided in Section III, Hours of Labor-Retailing, 

paragraph 1, provided that the minimum shall not be less than at 

the rate of eleven dollars ($11.00) per week. 

Provided, however, that office boys and girls and delivery boys 

may be paid not less than eighty percent (80%) of such minimum 

wage, but the number of employees classified as office boys or girls or 

delivery boys shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the total number 

of employees covered by the provision of this section. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed. 

2. Emplovees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of .employers of labor, 
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or their agent , in the de<::ignation of uch repre er.tP-fves or in selforganizat.oin or in other concerted activ tie~ for the purpo e of collec- tive bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. No employee and 

no one eeking employment hall be required s a condition of em- ployment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assistin!! a labor organization of hi 0~11 chooeing. Employers shall comply with the n1a:.ximum hours of labor, minimum 

rates of pay and other conditions of employment, approved or 

prescribed by the President. 

3. Without in any way attempting to qualify or modify by interpretation the foregoing requirements of the National Recovery Act, 

employers in this industry may exercise their right to select, retain, 

or advance employees on the basis of individual merit, without 

rega.rd to their membership or . nonmembership in a.ny organization. 

ARTICLE VI-AccouNTING, SELLING 

1. The Code Authority shall proceed at once to provide comparable 

and uniform principles of costing which, after approval by a majority 

of the members of the industry, shall be used by all members of the 

industry. 

2. No 1-1anufacturer shall sell any of his products at a price or upon 

such terms or conditions as will result in the customer paying for 

goods received less than the cost to the seller, determined in accordance wjth the comparable and uniform principles of costin g herein 

prescribed. 

3. No Retailer or Wholesaler shall sell any of his merchandise at a 

price or upon such terms or conditions as will result in the customer 

paying for goods received less than the cost to the seller, determined 

in accordance with the comparable and uniform principles of costing 

herein prescribed. 

4. In arri,ing at any basic cost, the current market price of the 

necessary raw materials shall be used. 

5. If the Code Authority determines that for any product of the 

Industry and for any class of customer it has been the generally 

recognized practice to sell such product to such customers on the 

basis of printed price lists and fixed terms of payment which are distributed to the trade, each manufacturer of such product shall within 

ten (10) days after notice of such determination, file with the Code 

Authority a price list individually prepared by him showing his 

current prices and terms of payment, and the Code Authority shall 

immediately and simultaneously send copies thereof to all known 

manufacturers of such specified products. Revised price lists may 

be filed from time to time thereafter with the Code Authority by any 

manufacturer of such product, to become effective upon the date 

specified therein, but such revised price lists shall be filed with the 

Code Authority ten (10) days in advance of the effective date, unless 

the Code Authority shall authorize a shorter period. Copies of 

revised price lists with notice of the effective date specified, shall be 

immediately and simultaneously sent to all known manufacturers of 

such product, who therewith may file, if they so desire, revisions of 

their price lists, which shall become effective upon the date when the 

revised price list first filed shall go into effect. 

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If the Code Authority shall determine that for any product of the 

Industry and for any class of customer not now being sold on the 

basis of price lists with fixed terms of payment, the distributing or 

marketing conditi<;>ns for said product and class of customer are 

similar to or the same a the distributing or marketing conditions for 

a product and class of customer where the u e of price lists is well 

recognized, and that a sy tern of selling on price li ts should be put 

into effect for such products and classes of customer, each manufacturer of such product shall within twenty (20) day after notice 

of such determination file with the Code Authority price lists a the 

Code Authority may direct showing his prices and terms of payment, 

and such price lists and terms of pay1nent may be revi ed in the 

manner hereinbefore provided. 

The initial exercising of the powers delegated in this Article to 

the Code Authority are subject to the approval of the Product Committee whi h represents manufacturers of the product affected. 

No member shall sell directly or indirectly by any means whatsover any product of the industry covered by the provisions of thi 

Article at a lower price or on more favorable term of payment than 

those provided in his current price list or lists. 

ARTICLE VII-REPORTS AND STATISTICS 

1. The Code Authority shall require the member , from time to 

time, who are not already furnishing such information to the Administrator through other Trade Associations, to furnish uch information 

as it or the Administrator shall deem to be necessary for the proper 

administration of the Code. 

2. All reports or statistics referred to in this · Article shall be submitted only to the General Manager of the National Stationers 

Association, who shall hold the information furnished by the individual members strictly in confidence and who shall be permitted to 

employ an independent agency to compile the same under coded 

headings for the use of the Code Authority, and no publication thereof 

to anyone or in any manner shall be made other than in combination 

with similar information furnished by other members, in which ca e 

publication shall be made only in such manner as will avoid the dis- closing separately of such confidential information, except in the 

case of Code vi~lations. 

3. The Code Authority shall make and file with the Administration such reports as the Administrator may from time to time 

reqmre. 

ARTICLE VIII-GENERAL PROVISIONS 

1. If any member is also a member of another industry, the provisions of this code shall apply to and affect only that part of his 

business which is included in this industry. 

2. If any provision of this Code is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless be continued in full 

force and effect. 

3. The Code Authority shall have power to inve tigate alleged 

violation of this Code and acts or courses of conduct by any member 

which are or appear to be contrary to the policy of the Act or which 
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tend or may tend to render ineffective this Code, and to report the 

same with recommendations to the Administrator. 4. The Code Authority may formulate a statement of the Trade 

Customs and Fair Trade Practices of the Industry and submit the 

same to the Administrator for approval, and such Trade Customs 

and Fair Trade Practices when approved shall have the same force 

and effect as if incorporated in this Code. 

5. Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be 

included therein by the Act, may, with the approval of the President 

of the United States, be modified or eliminated as changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. 

6. No amendment to this Code shall be presented to the Administrator for approval without the affirmative vote of two thirds (%) of 

the members of the industry present at a meeting called for the purpose of acting upon such proposed amendment, provided that ten 

(10) days' notice of such meeting shall have been given to all members 

of the industry, in which notice shall be inserted a copy of the proposed 

amendment. 

7. This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after 

the date upon which it shall be approved by the President of the 

United States. 

8. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made 

subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions 

of Clause 10 (b) of the Act, from time to time to cancel or modify 

any order, approval, license, rule or regulation, issued under Title I 

of said Act, and specifically to the right of the President to cancel or 

modify his approval of such Code or any conditions imposed by him 

upon his approval thereof. 

9. Where the laws of any state permit the adoption and enforcement of Codes of Fair Competition by members of the Trade or 

Industry in such states and such Codes shall have been adopted and 

approved by the constituted authority of such states, the Code 

Authority shall, with the approval of the Administrator, approve such 

Codes, insofar as it is not contrary to the provisions of this Code and 

shall, with the approval of the Administrator, designate such as 

supplementary to this Code, insofar as it affects the Trade in the 

state stated. 
NATIONAL STATIONERS ASSOCIATION BYLAWS INCLUDING AMENDMENTS ADOPTED AT NEW YORK, JUNE 1932 

ARTICLE I-OBJECT 

In order to create and foster a permanent feeling of friendship and 

fraternity between the manufacturers and dealers in stationery and 

office equipment throughout the United States; to promote friendliness of spirit between competitors; to prevent trade antagonisms, 

and, through united action, promoted by good fellowship and mutual 

respect, to strive for aims and purposes which may be for our mutual 

advantage, we form ourselves into an Association. 

To achieve the object of the Association, all of its functions shall 

be conducted in accordance with the spirit of the laws governing the 

activities of trade organizations. 

ARTICLE II-NAME 

SECTION 1. The name of this Association shall beN ational Stationers' Association. 

ARTICLE III-ANNUAL MEETING 

SECTION 1. The Annual1neeting of the Association shall be held at a 

time to be selected either at the annual convention or by the Executive 

Committee, at such place as shall have been named by a resolution 

passed by the Executive Committee on or prior to March 1st of each 

year. In the event of an emergency warranting a change of date or 

place, or both, the President shall have the power to make such change 

or changes, subject to the approval of a majority of the Board of 

Governors, expressed in a vote by mail or telegraph. Notice of such 

change or changes shall be sent to each member at least thirty days 

previous to actual date of holding meeting. 

SEc. 2. The annual meeting shall continue in convenient session 

until all the business of the annual meeting shall have been transacted. 

SEc. 3. If the Executive Committee certifies to the Board of Governors that, by reason of unusual circumstances, the annual meeting 

should not be held, the latter body shall vote on the question by mail, 

and if a two-thirds majority decides in favor of not holding the annual 

meeting during the current year, their decision on the subject shall 

be final, and their action to that effect must be taken at least thirty 

days before the date of meeting. In such event, the Board of Governors shall meet in some convenient place, as soon as possible, and at 

least ten days' notice thereof shall be given to each member; at such 

meeting the Board of Governors shall elect officers and directors and 

transact such business as the circumstances shall require. 

SEc. 4. To facilitate the transaction of the business of the Association at its annual meetings, conferences may be held by the Retajl 

Dealers, Wholesale Dealers, Commercial Furniture Dealers, Manufacturers, Field members, and any other Division now exjstent or organized in the future, prior to the joint session which constitutes the 

annual meeting proper. 

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The Manufacturers' conference shall be conducted by the Vice 

President of the Manufacturers Division, as chairn1an; the recommendations adopted at uch conference shall be embodied in the 

report of the said officer, and presented to the annual meeting for 

appropriate action, after reference to and report by the Committee 

on Resolutions. 

In like manner the Commercial Furniture Dealers and Retail Dealers may meet in conference anrl their respective recommendations 

hall take the same course in all respects as above indicated. The 

Vice Presiden t of the Commercial Furniture Division shall be the 

chairman of the conference of the Commercial FuTniture Division. 

The Vice President of the Retail Division shall be the chairman of 

the conference of the Retail Dealers. 

In lil\:e manner the Field m.embers may meet in conference, and 

the Vice President of the .Field Division shall be chairman of the 

meeting. 

ARTICLE IV-MEMBERSHIP 

SECTION 1. This Association shall be composed of its Officers, 

Governors, Club, Association, Sustaining, Associate, Field, Affiliated, 

Individual, and Honorary Members. . SEc. 2. Sustaining Members shall be such as are engaged in the 

manufacture of or dealing in merchandise sold by stationers or office 

outfitters or distributed in industries affiljated with the stationery 

office outfitting industry, who, by reason of their belief and confidence in the beneficjal effects exerted by the Association, are willing 

to sustain its efforts by a substantial annual contrjbution to its 

funds. 

SEc. 3. Club or Association Members shall be organized groups of 

those engaged in the manufacture of or dealing in stationery. 

SEc. 4. Individual Men1bers shall be such as are engaged in the 

manufacture of or dealing in merchandise sold by stationers or 

djstributed in industries affiliated with the stationery business, and 

publishers of trade papers. 

SEc. 5. Nonresident members are divided into classes, namely: 

(a) Those whose principal place of business is located in Canada, 

Mexico, the West Indies, and Central America. 

(b) Those located elsewhere, meaning all countries other than the 

United States of America. 

SEc. 6. Associate Membership shall be open to the business 

colleagtLS of individual members, who shall have the privilege of pro- posing their representativ es for such men1bership; associat e members 

shall not have the privilege of voting, but shall have the right to 

attend all meetings of the Association and the privilege of the fl oor. 

SEc. 7. Honorarv Members shall be such as have rendered distinguished service to the Association or the interests represented in it . SEc. 8. Affiliated Members shall be such a~ are engaged in a line of 

business other than that of a st ationer, where a small stock of stationery is carried as a side line, the annual sales from vvhich do not exceed 

Ten Thousand Dollars. 

SEc. 9. Field Members shall be the sales representatives of manufacturers or distributor of merchandise sold bv stationers or offiee 

outfitters, or distributed in affiliated industries. · 
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SEc. 10. Application for other than honorary men1bership shall 

be made in writing to the General Manager (Charles P. Garvin, 740 

Investment Building, Washington, D.O.), accompanied by the dues 

for the current year, and such applicant may be elected by the 

Executive Committee. 

SEc. 11. Any person may be elected as Honorary Member by the 

national body, upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors, 

in compliance with Section 7 of this Article. 

ARTICLE V-DUES 

SECTION 1. The dues of men1bers joining during the annual meeting 

and sub equently thereto, shall be payable in advance for one year 

frmn date of application and annually thereafter on the same date. 

::-sEc. 2. The payment of $100.00 annual .dues shall entitle a l\ien1ber 

to be known as a Sustaining Member and to be included in the list of 

such members whenever published. 

SEc. 3. The annual dues of Local Clubs or Associations shall be 

$30.00; those of Individual Members, other than Manufacturer , shall be $30.00. 

The annual dues of Affiliated Members shall be $10.00. 

The annual dues of Field Members shall be $5.00. 

SEc. 4. The annual dues of 1\1anufacturers shal1 be $60.00. 

SEc. 5. The dues of Associate Men1bers shall be $15.00 per year. 

SEc. 6. Dues of Nonresident Members sha.ll be as follows: 

Class A. Thirty dollars per year. 

Class B. Fifteen dollars per year. 

SEc. 7. Honorary Members shall be exempt from the payment of 

dues. 

SEc. 8. A men1ber who is delinquent ninety days in the payn1ent 

of annual dues shall be dropped from the roll of membership by the 

Executive Committee. Such member n1ay be reinstated by special 

vote of the Executive Committee upon payment of dues for the year 

during which the foregoing action was taken, and, in its discretion, 

the Executive Oomrnittee may waive such payment as a condition 

for such rein3tatement. 

SEc. 9. Upon written requisition addressed to the General Manager 

by each Regional Governor, the Treasurer is authorized to pa , from the general funds of the Association, such sum of money, not to 

exceed the amount fixed by the budget adopted at each annual 

meeting, to each Regional Governor as, in the judgment of the General 

Manager, n1ay be required to cover the necessary expenses of his 

particular district group in maintaining the work of this Association 

within his district. 

ARTICLE VI-REPRESENTATION 

SECTION 1. Each Individual 1\1ember shall be entitled to one vote 

and cannot be represented by proxy, unless the proxy be a regular 

employee of said member. Each club or association member may 

be represented at the rneeting of this Association by its president or 

chairman, or by a duly accredited delegate, and shall be entitled to 

one vote. 

SEc. 2. No member shall be entitled to more than one vote. 
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SEc. 3. Associate, Affiliated, Honorary, and Field Members shalt 

be entitled to the privilege of the floor, but shall not vote. 

SEc. 4. No 1nember shall be allowed to vote who may be delinquent 

in the payment of annual dues. 

ARTICLE VII-OFFICERs, BoARD oF GovERNORs, AND ExECUTIVE 

CoMMITTEE 

SECTION 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, 

six Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, the officers specified in 

the next article and the members of the Board of Governors. 

The President shall always be one whose business is largely of a 

retail character. The Vice President of the Manufacturers Division 

shall be a Manufacturer. The Vice President of the Wholesalers 

Division shall be a Wholesaler or jobbing stationer. The Vice 

President of the Retail Division shall be one whose business is largely 

of a retail character. The Vice President of the Field Division shall 

be a Field Member of the Association. 

SEc. 2. The officers and governors shall hold their offices for one 

year, and until their successors are elected. 

SEc. 3. The Board of Governors. The officers, past presidents of 

the Association and Governors shall constitute the Board of Governors and this body shall administer the affairs of the As ociation 

and elect a Secretary. 

SEc. 4. The Governors, other than the past presidents, are to 

be elected each year at the annual meeting of the Association, pursuant to nominations made according to the following plan: 

So much of the continent of North An1erica as is represented in 

the membership of this Association shall be divided into convenient 

districts, not le s than eight or more than twenty in number; within 

these districts, the members of the Association are to nominate a 

Governor, one for each district, from among the dealers, manufacturers or field members. Preferably each nominee shall reside within 

the district for which he is nominated, but this is not requisite. 

The boundary lines and the number of the respective districts are 

to be established each year by the Board of Governors, at the first 

meeting thereof following the adjournment of an annual meeting of 

this Association. 

The respective nominees shall be elected Governors at the next 

ensuing annual meeting of this Association. 

If no such nomination is made within any district, by the time 

that an annual meeting of the Association is called to order, an 

election shall be held, nevertheless, pursuant to nomination n1ade at 

such annual meeting. This provision shall govern the election to be 

held at the annual meeting at which this section of the Bylaws shall 

be adopted. 

Each Governor shall be responsible for the conduct of an appro- priate canvass within his district from time to tin1e, in person or by 

mail, for the purpose of ascertaining the preference of his constituent 

voting members with regard to the policies or activities of this Association, and he shall report to the Board of Governors the number of 

expressions of preference within his district in behalf of, or in opposition to, any such Association policy or activity. 
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Each Governor shall be responsible for the appointment (not les 

than sixty days prior to annual meeting of this Association) of a 

Nominating Committee of not less than three, the duty of which committee shall be as follows: To cause to be made a canvass of the 

voting members within the district of their appointment for a nominee 

for Governor to be elected at the annual meeting of this Association, 

and to report in writing the result of such canvass to the Nominating 

Committee of this Association provided for in Article VII, Section 5, 

of these Bylaws. 

To defray the expenses irivol ved in the operation of this plan, the 

annual budget of this Association shall provide for the appropriation 

of funds according to Section 9 of Article V of these Bylaws, which 

shall be available to the several Regional Governors upon their 

respective written requisitions directed to the General Manager. 

Each Governor shall file a written itemized account of his receipts and 

disbursements with the General Manager thirty days before each 

annual meeting. 

SEc. 5. The Executive Committee. An Executive Committee to 

consist of the President, Vice President of the Manufacturers Division 

and two other members of the Board of Governors shall be appointed 

by the President subject to the approval of the Board immediately 

following the adjour11ment of the Annual Convention. The Executive Committee shall exercise all powers of the Board of Governors 

when the latter is not in session and shall fill all vacancies however 

occurring. It shall have the privilege of inviting any or all of the Vice 

Presidents of the Association to attend its meetings for the purpose 

of consultation; and the traveling expenses involved in any such 

meetings on the part of all in attendance shall be paid from the funds 

of the Association. 

SEc. 6. Nomination of Officers. At the annual meeting the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of seven, who shall 

prepare and report a ticket to be placed in nomination for all offices 

to be filled except that of Secretary of the Association. Nothing in 

this Article shall be construed as preventing members from placing in 

nomination others than those names by the Nominating Committee. 

SEc. 7. Election of officers shall be determined by the majority of 

the votes of the members, cast in accordance with the provisions of 

Article VI, except that the Secretary shall be elected by the Board of 

Governors at the first meeting thereof after the adjouTnment of an 

annual meeting of the Association. 

ARTICLE VIII-DuTIEs oF THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS 

SECTION 1. The Chief Executive Officer of the Association shall be 

the President, who shall preside at all meetings of the Association, the 

Board of Governors and the Executive Committee; and it shall be 

his duty to appoint all committees not otherwise provided for; to act 

as member ex-officio of all committees; to approve for payrnent all 

expenditures that may be incurred for the benefit of the Association. 

At the opening of the annual meeting he shall make a report for the 

pa t year. 

SEc. 2. Duties of the Vice Presidents. The Vice President of the 

Manufacturers Division shall preside at all conferences of ... 1anufac-
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turers held as part of tee annual meetings of the Association and report 

the proceedings thereof to the annual meeting. 

The Vice President of the Commercial Furniture Division shall 

preside at aJl conferences of the Commercial Furniture Division held 

as part of the annual meetings of the Association, and report the 

proceedings thereof to the annual meeting. 

The Vice President of the Retail Division shall preside at all conferences of Retail Dealers held as part of the annual meetings of the 

Association, and report all proceedings thereof to the annual meeting. 

The Vice President of the Field Division shall preside at all conferences of Field members which are held as part of the annual meetings of the Association, and report any recommendations which may 

be made at such conferences to the annual meeting of the Association. 

The Vice President of the Canadian Division shall preside at all 

conferences of the Canadian members held as part of the annual 

meetings of the Association, and report all proceedings thereof to 

the annual meeting. 

The Vice President of the Manufacturing Stationers Division shall 

preside at all conferences of the Manufacturing Stationers held as 

part of the annual meetings of the Association, and report all proceedings thereof to the annual meeting. 

SEc. 3. Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary will act as Counsel to the Association and it shall be his duty to keep a record of all 

meetings of the Association and generally to advise in the conduct of 

its affairs. He shall be empowered, under direction of the Executive 

Committee, to employ suitable legal counsel where it is needed. He 

shall make a written report of each annual meeting of the affairs of 

the Association so far as relates to his office. 

SEc. 4. Duties of the Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep an account of the finances of the Association and to make 

a report of same at the annual meeting. He shall countersign all 

disbursement checks issued by the General Manager and shall receive 

from the General Manager a monthly report of Receipts and Disbursements. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin October 

1st and end September 30th. 

SEc. 5. General Manager. In addition to the officers provided for 

in Article VII, the Executive Committee shall employ, for a suitable 

period of time, at an agreed compensation, the exclusive services of 

a General Manager of the Association; such an officer shall be preferably a man of training and practical experience in the stationery 

business, and shall be subject to the authority of the President and 

the Executive Committee; his duties shall embrace the direction of 

all the educational activities maintained by the Association, and he 

shall have charge of all cost-finding research and such other matters 

as may be determined by the President and Executive Committee 

from time to time. He shall keep a record of the membership, receive 

all money due the Association and deposit same in a bank approved 

by the Executive Committee in the name of the Association, and make 

all payments by check, which shall be countersigned by the Treasurer, 

and give such bonds as the Executive Committee may require. 

SEc. 6. The financial accounts of the Treasurer and of the General 

Manager shall be audited annually by a certified public accountant 

at the latest practicable date prior to an annual meeting, and a 
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report of such audit shall be presented as part of the proceedings of 

each annual meeting. 

SEc. 7. Field Secretary. The General Manager, with the approval 

of the Executive Committee, shall have authority to employ, at an 

agreed compensation, a Field Secretary, whose entire time shall be 

given to the Association, and whose duty it shall be to encourage and 

foster the formation and conduct of local associations, and to keep in 

constant touch with them, and promote cooperation among them 

and with this Association. 

SEc. 8. All grievances, complaints, or suggestions shall be addressed 

in writing, to the President or General Manager, and referred to the 

proper committee. 

SEc. 9. Committees. Committees of three members or more shall 

be appointed by the President from the dealers in the Association, at 

as early a date as possible after his election, representing such interests 

as he may classify, with the assistance and advice of the Executive 

Committee. To the committees thus appointed, all subjects involving their respective interests may be submitted, and the chairmen 

shall have power at any annual meeting and at such other times as 

may be determined by the Executive Committee to call together the 

different interests their committees represent, in order to formulate 

recommendations, consider complaints or suggestions, and present 

them in such form as may seem best at any meeting of the Board of 

Governors; and their recommendations shall take the usual course. 

The manufacturers represented in the Association shall be divided 

into groups, according to the industry in which each may be engaged. 

A single manufacturer may be classified in more than one group. 

From each of these groups, the Vice President of the Manufacturers 

Division, with the assistance and advice of the Executive Committee, 

may appoint a committee of three members or more. 

Whenever, in the opinion of the President, the occasion requires, 

a given committee from the dealers may confer with the like committee 

from the manufacturers, and any recommendations adopted at a joint 

session of the two committees shall be submitted in writing to the 

Executive Committee for appropriate action. 

SEc. 10. The President shall have the power to appoint a Budget 

Committee, of which the Treasurer shall be a member, and such 

other committees as, in his judgment, the requirements of the Association may indicate from time to time. 

SEc. 11. The President shall appoint a Credentials Committee 

thirty days prior to the annual meeting, whose duty it shall be to 

receive and pass upon the credentials of all members who shall apply 

for admission to its deliberations. 

SEc. 12. The President shall appoint a Committee on Resolutions 

to whom shall be referred without debate all propo ed resolutions, 

recommendations, and amendments to the By-Laws. Such Committee shall report in writing to the annual meeting, at any tin1e during 

the session, and as often as necessary, its recommendation as to all 

matters so referred. 

SEc. 13. The Pre ident shall appoint, as soon as practicable, after 

the final adjournment of each annual meeting, a Grievance Committee, consisting of three persons, of which the Secretary hall be 

chairman. It shall be the duty of such committee to receive all complaints from members of the Association, investjgate the san1e thor-
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oughly and impartially, and report its recommendations in the 

premises to the Executive Committee with all convenient speed. 

Thi committee shall be empowered to call upon any officer or tanding committee for such information and cooperation as may be 

necessary to enable it to adequately perform its duties. 

ARTICLE IX 

SECTION 1. Separate gronps or divisions of the Association n1ay be 

organized and administered under the guidance of the officers and 

Executive Committee, as departments o£ the Association, whenever 

the welfare of any given branch of the stationery or allied industries 

may be thereby promoted. 

SEc. 2. Such divisions may be conducted under the direct supervision of an executive officer or officer , to be chosen by the members 

thereof, in such manner as they shall determine, and the proceedings 

of such division shall be in harmony with the objects of this Associa- tion, but the conduct thereof shall be determined by the mmnbers 

in the exercise of their discretion. 

SEc. 3. The expenses of maintaining the activities of such groups 

or divisions shall be provided by and accounted for to the members 

o£ such groups or divisions, as they may determine. 

SEc. 4. There shall be a Retail Division oLthe National Association 

whose presiding officer shall be the Vice President of the Retail 

Division of the National Association. This Division shall also have · 

a Governor from each of the regional districts, who shall be a retailer. 

This Board of Governors, together with the Retail Officers of the 

National Association shall constitute the Board of Control of the 

Retail Division. The Retail Division shall devote its energies to the 

consideration and development of strictly retail problems. This 

Division shall have a meeting at least once annually, preferably at 

the National Convention of the National Stationers Association. 

The Governors shall be nominated by the Regional Meetings in each 

district and confirmed at the annual meeting of the Association. 

ARTICLE X-EXPENSES OF OFFICERS 

SECTION 1. The necessary travellng e~penses of the President, 

Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditor shall be paid from the funds of the 

Association, and the Secretary shall be paid such con1pensation for 

his services as the Board of Governors may authorize. 

ARTICLE :xi-PuBLicATioNs 

SECTION 1. The Association shall publish The N ationa.l Stationer, 

at a subscription price to be determined by the Executive Committee, 

and such other instructive matter as may be determined upon from 

time to time. 

ARTICLE XII-CoNVENTION CoMMITTEE AND ENTERTAINMENT AT 

ANNUAL MEETINGS 

SECTION 1. The President shall appoint a committee of three of 

which a member of the Executive Committee shall preferably be chairman, whcse duty it shall be to receiYe suggestions and invitations for 
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the place of the next annual meeting, to consider the same, and to 

report its recommendations for the consideration of the Executive 

Committee on or prior to Mu.rch 1 of each year. 

SEc. 2. It shall also be the duty of said committee to work in 

connection with committees appointed by local associations to arrange 

for the meeting, and also for such entertainment as it shall deem proper 

to receive the assessment for same, as provided for in Section 3 of 

this Article, to make the necessary disbursements from said funds, 

and to turn in to the Treasurer any unexpended balance. 

SEc. 3. The assessment for those attending and participating in 

the entertainment shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each member 

or visitor, and the amount expended by the committee shall not exceed 

the amount raised by the assessment. 

ARTICLE XIII-QuoRuM 

Twenty-one members registered at any annual or other meeting 

shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

ARTICLE XIV-AMENDMENTS 

Any amendment to or alteration of the Bylaws can be made at any 

annual meeting of the Association by a vote of two-thirds of all the 

members present; provided, that such amendment or alteration shall · have been presented to the members of the Association in written 

form not less than thirty days prior to the date of such meeting. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS 

1. Call to Order. 

2. Report of Committee on Credentials. 

3. President's Address. 

4. Reports of other Officers. 

5. Reports of Board of Governors and Executive Committee. 

6. Appointment of Committee on Nominations. 

7. Reports of Committees other than Resolutions. 

8. Report of Resolutions Committee. 

9. Miscellaneous Business. 

10. Election of Officers. 

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