161A-1 Registry No. 702-8-21 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROP·OSED CODE OF FAIR COMPE1;ITION 

FOR THE 

BLUE GEM COAL INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

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U.S. OEP08'1TORY . 

The Code for the Blue Gem Coal 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 cen ts 
SUBMITTED BY 

NEIRSDALE COAL COMP ANY, BURK HOLLOW COAL COMP ANY, CUMBERLAND BEND COAL COMPANY, MOUNTAIN ASH BLUE GEM COAL 

COMPANY, BOWLIN BLUE GEM COAL COMPANY, S. A. WENDER, 

C. C. VERMILLION, AND ESTER CROWLEY. 

(II) 
TO HONORABLE HUGH JOHNSON, NATIONAL RECOVERY 

ACT ADMINISTRATOR, WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Whereas the undersigned represents the great majority of coal 

operators in Campbell County~ Tennessee, and Whitley County, Kentucky, doing a peculiar kind of coal minino- commonly known as 

the " Blue Gem Coal Industry ", which is o designated because the 

coal mined by such oper ators is a small coal known as " Blue Gem 

Coal " which averages about twenty-two (22) inches in thickness ; 

and 

Whereas said Blue Gem Oper at ors do not operate any large commercial companies but small oper ations working coal strictly by 

hand and without cutting or other machines, mostly by the handand-pick method; and, whereas, the employees of said operators 

are mostly natives of the community wherein they are working, own their homes, f arm part time, and do other odd Jobs; and 

Whereas said oper ators each employs from 15 to 30 men ; and 

Whereas said operators have been paying their employees 50¢ 

to 60¢ per ton for digging and loading run-a-mine coal, and have 

been paying day laborers from $1.25 to $1.50 per day; and 

Whereas to close said mines and sto.p said operations would force 

said employees out of any kind of commercial work as other commercial work is not available, and as they own their homes and f arm 

and do similar work part time they could not leave their homes and 

property for other fields; and 

Whereas said operators have and now do express a desire to 

cooperate in every way possible with the National Recovery Act 

movement and program; now, 

Therefore, considering the foregoing premises and reasons, the 

undersigned operators of said blue-gem coal do hereby agree between 

themselves and propose to pay their employees the sum of $0.80 per 

ton for digging and loading run-a-mine Blue Gem Coal and $1.20 

per ton for mining screened coal over a 11⁄2-inch screen, and pay 

$2.00 per day for day labor; and further agree between ourselves 

and propose to work said employees not more than eight hours per 

day and not more than forty hours per week. 

We have further agreed to and do hereby submit this as our 

National Recovery Act Code to the proper department of the United 

States Government, honestly believe that any higher wage scale 

than the above will force us completely out of business, and we 

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urgentl3 a k National Recovery Act Administrator to ratify and 

confirm the foregoing agreement and permit the adoption of same 

a our official ational Recovery Act Code. 

YVitne . our hand , this 7th day of August 1933. 

S. A. ,i\TENDER Jellico, Tennessee . N Evr DALE Co AL COMPANY, N ev·isdale Kentucky, 

By JoHN GorNs, Authorized Agent. BURK HoLLow Co.AL COMP.ANY, Jellico, T ennessee, 

By . F . BRo GHTON, A1-dhoriz-ed Agent. 

C MBERLAND BEND CoAL COMPANY, Gatliff, Kentucky. By R. B. HILL, Authorized Agent. C . C . VERMILLION, Jellico, Tennessee. l\fouNTAIN A H BLUE GEM Co.AL COMPANY, 

Mt. Ash, Kentucky , By BEN CROLEY, Authorized Agent. 

ESTER CROWLEY Nevisdale, Kentuoky. 

BowLIN BLUE GEM Co.AL COMPANY, Jellico, Te11111,essee, By PETER BowLIN, Authorized Agent. 

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