Approved Code No. 249 Registry No. 404-1-07 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADlVIINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TAG INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 1, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 249 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

TAG INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 1, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE TAG I NDUSTRY 

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 Tag 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 purpo ·es of 

said Title of said Act; and do hereby order that said Code of Fair 

Competition be, and it is hereby, approved; provided, however, that 

the provisions of Article VI, Sections 2 to 9, inclusive, insofar as 

they prescribe a waiting period between the filing with the Code 

Authority (i.e. actual receipt by the Code Authority) and the effective date of revised price lists or revised terms and conditions of sale 

be, and they are hereby, stayed pending my further order; provided 

further, than within ninety days I may direct that there be a further hearing on such of the provisions of said Code as I may 

designate and that any order which I may m.ake after such hearing shall have the effect of a condition on the approval of said 

Code. 

HuGHS. JoHNsoN, 

Adn-dnistrator jo1· I ndust1·ial Recovery. 

Approval Recommended : 

GEo. L. BERRY, 

Division Administ?'ator. 

"\VASHINGTON, D.C., 

February 1, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRE IDEKT, 

The lVhit House. 

SIR: This i a report of the hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Tag Indu try, condu"ted in Wa hington on October 19, 

1933, in accordance with the provisions of Title I of the N a tiona! 

Indu trial Recovery Act. 

HO RS AND WAGES 

This Code provides a standard 40-hour week for factory workers 

with a weekly tolerance of eight hours to be paid for as overtime. 

The usual exceptions are made in regard to nonproductive employees. Office employees are limited to an average of 40 hours per 

week over an eight-week period. 

The minimum wage rate in the North for hourly paid employees 

is 40¢ per hour for males and 33¢ per hour for females. In the South 

the minimum wage rate for hourly paid employees is 35¢ per hour for 

males and 30¢ per hour for females. Office employees will receive a 

minimum wage of $15.00 per week in the North and $14.00 per week 

in the South. 

OPEN-PRICE PLAN 

An open-price plan of elling is provided, and selling below cost, 

except to meet competition, is prohibited. 

OTHER PROVISIONS 

Provi ion is made for furnishing the Administrator with such 

statistical data as he may require. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

The Industry employed in 1929 approximately 2,200 persons, and 

in July 1933 about 1,800 persons. In September 1933, the number of 

unemployed in the Industry had been reduced by approximately one 

half clue to the effect of the President's Reemployment Program. 

The effect of the Code will be to employ from 286 to 330 persons over 

the July 1933 total. 

The total increase in pay rolls as a re ult of the Code will be 

18 to 20 /( . FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Code 

having found a herein set forth and on the ba is of all the proceedings in thi matter; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Cocle is well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Re overy Act, including 

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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 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 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) 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 in all 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; and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid 

industry; and that said association imposes 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 th1s Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

FEBRUARY 1, 1934. 

HuGH S. JoHNSoN, 

Adrninistrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE TAG INDUSTRY 

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 above-named Industry and shall be binding on 

every member thereof. 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITIONS 

The following words are used in this Code with the meaning herein 

set forth: 

"Indu try "-The manufacture of Shipping and System Tags, 

:Merchandise and Marking Tags, Pin tickets. 

"Member "-A natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, or receiver, engaged in such 

Industry. 

"Act "-Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

"Administrator "-The Administrator for Industrial Recovery 

under Title I in the Act. 

ARTICLE II-ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATIO:N 

SECTION 1. The members of the Executive Committee of the Tag 

Manufacturers Institute, 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, shall 

have no vote, and shall serve without compensation from the 

Indu try. 

SEc. 2. The said Institute shall impose no inequitable restrictions 

on membership and shall file with the Administrator certified copies 

of any amendments of its By-Laws, relating to eligibility or admission to membership in said Institute, or relating to the method of 

selection of the members of such Executive Committee which said 

Institute may hereafter adopt. 

SEc. 3. The Administrator may at any time prescribe a different 

method for selecting the Indu try members of the Code Authority, 

and thereafter, such members shall be chosen in the manner so 

prescribed. 

SEc. 4. The Code Authority is charged generally with the duty of 

Administering this Code. If the Administrator shall determine that 

any action of the Code Authority or any agency thereof i unfair or 

unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may require that such action be suspended for a period of not to exceed 

thirty days to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits 

of such action and further consideration by such Code Authority or 

agency pending final action, which shall be taken only upon approval 

by the Administrator. 

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SEc. 5. The expenses of administering this Code shall be borne pro 

rata, in accordance with a formula to be adopted by the Code Authority, by all m.embers of the Industry who accept the benefit of 

the services of the Code Authority or otherwise assent to this Code. 

SEc. 6. The Code Authority shall have power to investigate alleged violations of this Code and acts or courses of con luct by any 

member which are or appear to be contrary to the policy of the Act 

or which tend or may tend to render ineffective this Code and to 

report the same with recommendations to the Administrator. 

SEc. 7. The Code Authority is hereby constituted the agency to 

endeavor to effect, by arbitral proceedings or otherwise, adju tments 

of contracts entered into by members of the Industry, where the costs 

of executing such contracts are increased through the application of 

the provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

ARTICLE III-HouRs OF LABOR 

SECTION 1. Employees in the Industry shall not be required or permitted to work hours in excess of the limits prescribed in the following schedules: 

SCHEDULE OF WORKING HO RS 

(a) TVatchnwn.-Fifty Six (56) hours in any one week, but not 

more than six (6) days in any seven (7) day period. Or fifty-six 

(56) hours in any one week, but not nwre than eight ( 8) hours in 

any one day. 

(b) 0 hattffeurs, truckd?"ivers, and their helpers.-One Hundred 

eighty (180) hours in any period of four ( 4) consecutive weeks, provided, however, that time worked in excess of nine (9) hours in any 

one day or forty-five ( 45) hours in any one week shall be pain for 

at not less than time and one third. 

(c) Engineers, fi;re·men, electricians, filter-plant em.plopees, elec- tric and hyd·roelectnc operators.-One hundred and sixty-eight 

(168) hours in any period of four ( 4) consecutive weeks, provided 

however, that titne worked in excess of nine (9) hours in any one 

day or forty-five (45) hours in any one week shall be paid for at not 

less than time and one third. 

(d) All othet· laborers, 1nechanical wo1·lce?·s, or artisans en2ployed 

in any plant, mill, or factory or on wot·k connected 1.oith the ope1·ation of such plant, 1nill, or factory.- Eight (8) hours in any one day 

and forty (40) hours in any one week, provided, however, that these 

maximum limits may be exceeded for any reason at any time provided that all time worked in excess of the maximums prescribed 

shall be paid for at not less than time and one third, and provided 

further, that no employee shall be required or permitted to work in 

excess of ten (10) hours in any one day or forty-eight ( 48) hours 

in any one week. 

(e) Employees 1•egularly engaged in a managerial or executive 

capacity and their personal seC?·eta·ries, forem.en, and supervisors, 

receiving thi-rty-five ($35.00) dollars or more per week, and outside 

salesnwn.-N o limitation. 
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(f) All other en1ployees.-Forty-eight ( 48) hours in any one week 

and not to exceed three hundred twenty (320) hours in any period of 

eight (8) consecutive weeks. 

(g) Excepting only watchmen, firemen, repairmen, and those emplo} ees named under paragraph (e) of this section, time worked by 

employees on a seventh consecutive day shall be paid for at not less 

than time and one third. 

SEc. 2. No limitation contained in said schedule shall apply to 

employees of any class when engaged in emergency repairs or emergency maintenance work occa ioned by breakdowns or involving 

protection of life or property, provided, however, that all time 

worke 1 in exce s of the limitations prescribed in aid chedule hall 

be paid for at not le s than time and one third. 

SEc. 3. No employer hall knowingly permit any employee to work 

for any time which, when totaled with that already performed with 

another employer or employers in thi Industry, exceeds the· maximum permitted herein. 

SEc. 4. No female employee shall be required or permitted to work 

between the hour of 10: 00 P.M. and 6: 00 A.M. 

ARTICLE IV-W .AGES 

SECTION 1. The minimum rate of wage of any laborer, mechanical 

worker, or artisan employed in any plant, mill, or factory or on 

work connected with the operation of any such plant, mill, or factory 

shall be as follows : 

(a) In the Northern zone, which shall consist of all of the territory of the United States except the States named in subdivision 

(b) hereofMale labor, 40 cents per hour. 

Female labor, 33 cents per hour. 

(b) In the Southern zone, which shall consist of the States of 

Virginia, Tennessee, North Ca.rolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas- 1\tfale labor, 35 cents per hour. 

F emale labor, 30 cents per hour. 

SEc. 2. The minim.um rates of wages for all other employees 

shall be as follow : 

(a) In the Northern zone, as defined in Section 1 hereof, $15.00 

per week. 

(b) In the Southern zone, as defined in said Section, $14.00 per 

week. 

(c) Part-time employees covered by the provisions of this section 

shall be paid at the rate of not less than 37lj2 ¢ per hour in the 

North and 35¢ per hour in the South. 

SEc. 3. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay which 

shall apply irrespective of whether an employee is actually compensated on time-rate, piecework, or other basis. 

SEc. 4. Female employees performing substantially the same work 

as male employees shall receive the same rate of pay as male employees. The Code Authority shall within 90 days after the effective date of this Code file with the Administrator a description of 
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all occupations in the Industry in which both men and women are 

employed. 

SEc. 5. The wage rates of all employee receiYing more than the 

minimum rates herein prescribed shall be reYiewecl and uch a lj nstments, if any, made therein as are equitable in the light of all the 

circumstances, and within sixty (60) da r after th e e:ffectiYe llate 

hereof the Code Authority shall report to the Administrator the 

action taken by all members of the Indu try under thi ~ "ection. SEc. 6. A person whose earning capacity is limited becau:e of age 

or physical or mental handicap may be employed on light \York at 

a wage of not less than 80 % of the minimum pre -cribed by this 

Code, provided the State Authority or other agency designated by 

the United States Department of Labor hall haYe is_ue l a cer- tificate authorizing his employment on uch basis. Each member 

shall file with the Code Authority a list of all such per on employed by him. The provision of this Section requiring a certifica te 

of authority shall not become effective until ..,ixty days after the 

effective date of this Code. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PRon"wxs 

SEcTION 1. No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed in the Industry. No person under eighteen ( 1 ) year · of age 

shall be employed at operations or oc upation which are hazardous in nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority ~hall 

submit to the Administrator within sixty (60) day after the eff'ctive 

date of this Code a list of such operations or occupation.·. In any 

State an employer shall be deemed to have complied with thi provision as to age if he shall have on file a certificate or permit luly 

signed by the authority in such State empowered to i ue employment. 

or age certificates or permits, showing that the employee is of the 

required age. 

SEa. 2. Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choo ing and shall 

be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employer · of 

labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or 

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

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. No employee and no O!le seeking employment shall be required a a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from 

joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of hi · own 

choosing. Employees shall comply with the maximum hour. of 

labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, 

approved or prescribed by the President. 

SEc. 3. No provision in this Code shall super ede any State or 

Federal law which imposes on employers more stringent requirements as to age of en1ployees, wages, hour of work, or as to safety, 

health, sanitary or general working conditions or in urance or fire 

protection, than are imposed by this Code. 

SEc. 4. No employer shall reclassify employee or dutie of oceupations performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpose 

of defeating the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 
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SEc. 5. All employers shall post copies of Articles III, IV, and V 

of this Code in conspicuous places accessible to employees. 

SEc. 6. Every employer shall n1ake reasonable provisions for the 

safety and health of his employees at the place and during the hours 

of their employment. Standards for safety and health shall be 

submitted by the Code Authority to the Administrator within six 

(6) months after the effective date of this Code. 

SEc. 7. No provision in this Code shall supersede provisions as to 

hours, wages, and conditions of employment which are established for 

specific proj ~ts by competent governmental authority acting in 

accordance w1th law, or to terms of employment which are· established by labor agreements now in force, where either the wages are 

higher or the hours of labor are shorter, or both, than are those set 

forth in this Code. 

SEc. 8. The Code Authority shall make a study of conditions in the 

industry to determine the feasibility of the adoption of a shorter 

working week and shall, within three (3) months after the effective 

date of this Code, make a report of its findings to the Administrator. 

The Code Authority shall also submit to the Administrator within 

six ( 6) months after the effective date of this Code, a plan for the 

stabilization and regularization of employment. 

SEc. 9. The manufacture or partial manufacture of any product 

of the Industry in hmnes shall be prohibit~cl after May 1st, 1934. 

ARTICLE VI-AccouNTING-SELLING 

SECTION 1. The Code Authority shall, as soon as practicable, formulate a standard method of accounting and costing for the industry 

nnd submit the same to the Administrator. When it shall have been 

approYecl by the Administrator, every member shall use an accounting and costing system which conforms to the principles of, and is 

at least as detailed and complete as, such standa-rd method. 

SEc. 2. The Code Authority may from tin1e to time determine that 

nn open price plan of selling such product or products of the Industry as it shall specify shall be put into effect on such date as it shall 

fi.x. Notice of such determination shall be announced to all known 

members of the Industry who manufacture such products not less 

than 30 days prior to the date so fixed. 

SEc. 3. At least ten clays prior to such date, every such member 

shall file with the Code Authority a schedule of prices and terms of 

sale for all such products or, in the alternative, shall be deemed to 

have filed a schedule conforming in respect to price and terms of sale 

with the schedule at any time on file which states the lowest price 

and the most favorable terms. 

SEc. 4. All such schedules shall be in such form as the Code Authority shall prescribe and shall contain all information necessary to 

permit any interested person to determine the exact net price per 

unit after all discounts or other deductions have been made, whether 

pertaining to a single order, a commitment for future delivery, or a 

contract. All such original schedules shall become effective on the 

date fixed by the Code Authority as provided in Section 2 hereof. 

SEc. 5. A revised schedule or schedules, or a new schedule or schedules, or a notice of withdrawal of a schedule previously filed, may 
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be filed by a member with the Code Authority at any time, provided, 

however, tha.t any member who withdraws a schedule without sub tituting a new schedule therefor shall be deemed to have filed a schedule conforming in respect to price and terms of sale with the 

schedule at any time thereafter on file which states the lowest price 

and the m.ost favorable terms. Any schedule or notiC€. filed hereunder shall become effective seven (7) days after the date of filing, 

provided, however, that an increased price n1.ay become effective at 

such earlier date as the member filing the same shall fix. 

SEc. 6. The Code Authority shall promptly supply all members of 

the industry who manufacture any particular product with copies of 

all schedules, revised schedules, and notices of withdrawal, which 

pertain to such product. Immediately upon receipt of information 

relative to the withdrawal of a price for any product, any member 

may file notice of withdrawal of his own price for the same product 

effective as of the same date as the notice of withdrawal of uch 

other member. Immediately on receipt of information that a schedule then on file has been revised, or that a new schedule has been 

filed, any member may file a revised schedule conforming a · to price 

and terms to the schedule of such other member, and effective on the 

same date, or he may notify the Code Authority that he adopts as 

his own the schedule of such other member. In the latter event, he 

shall be deemed to have filed a revised schedule conforming to the 

1·evised schedule of such other member. 

SEc. 7. No such schedule of prices and terms of sale filed by any 

member, or in effect at any time, shall be such as to permit the sale 

of any product at less than the cost thereof to such member determined in the manner provided in Section 11 hereof, provided, 

however, that any member may by notice to the Code Authority, 

adopt as his own a lower price filed by another designated member. 

Such adoption shall become automatically void upon the withdrawal 

or revision upward of the price adopted. 

SEc. 8. No member who shall have filed a price, or a.dopted as 

his own a price filed by another member for any product of the 

Industry, shall sell such product for less than such price or upon 

· terms or conditions more favorable than state.d in such price schedule. No member who shall have failed to file a price for any product 

for which the open price plan is in effect, shall sell such product at 

a lower price or on terms more favorable than the lowest price and 

most favorable terms stated in any price schedule for such product 

then on file. 

SEc. 9. The Code Authority shall furnish at cost to any nonmember requesting them, copies of any price schedules which have been 

filed with it. Such price schedules shall be made available to nonmembers at the same time that they are sent to members. 

SEc. 10. No member shall sell any product of the Industry for 

which no open price plan is in effect at less than the cost thereof 

to such member determined as provided in Section 11 hereof, except 

to meet the price of a competitor whose price does not violate such 

Section. 

SEc. 11. Cost, for the purposes of this Article, shall be determined 

pursuant to the method of accounting and costing prescribed as 

provided in Section 1 hereof as soon as such method is adopted 

and approved, and therefore pursuant to the method employed by 
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such member subject to such preliminary rules as the Code Authority shall from time to time prescribe with the approval of the 

Administrator: 

SEc. 12. For the purpose of determining whether Sections 7 and 

10 hereof have been complied with, every member shall upon the 

request of the Code Authority furnish a designated agenc.y of the 

Code Authority in respect to closed transactions only, with complete information in regard to any quotation, order, contract, or sale 

of any product of the Industry, including information as to specification , quantities, price, conditions of storage, transportation, or 

delivery, terms of billing, cash or trade discounts allowed, and other 

pertinent facts relating to such quotation, contract, or sale. 

SEc. 13. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent 

the disposition of distress merchandise required to be sold to liquidate a defunct or insolvent business or of discontinued lines, damaged goods or seconds, in such manner at such price and such terms 

and conditions as the Code Authority and the Administrator may 

approve. 

SEc. 14. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent 

the fulfillment of a bona fide contract existing on the effective date 

of this Code.* 

AnTICLE VII- REPORTS AND STATISTICS 

SECTION 1. Each m·ember shall prepare and file with an impartial 

agent designated by the Code Authority at such times and in such 

manner as it may prescribe, such statistics, data, and information re~ating to plant capacity, volume of production, volume of sales in 

units and dollars, orders received, unfilled orders, stocks on hand, 

]nventory both raw and finished, number of employees, wage raws, 

employee earnings, hours of work, and other matters, as the Code 

Authority or the Administrator may from time to time require. 

Any or all information so furnished by any member shall be subject 

to checking for the purpose of verification by an examination of the 

books, accounts, and records of such member by any disinterested 

accountant or accountants or other qualified person or persons desig- na ed by the Code Authority. 

SEc. 2. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, or in this Code, 

all statistics, data, and information filed or required in accordance 

with the provisions of this Code shall be confidential and the statistics, data, and information of one member shall not be revealed to 

another member. No such data or information shall be published 

except in combination with other similar data and in such a manner 

aJ to avoid the disclosure of confidential information. The Code 

Authority shall arrange in such manner as it may determine for the 

current publication of Industry statistics to members. · 

SEc. 3. The Code Authority shall make such reports to the Administrator as he may from time to time require. 

SEc. 4. In addition to information required to be submitted to the 

Code Authority there shall be furnished to Government Agencies 

.;;.uch statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act. 

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ARTICLE VIII-l\1oNoPOLIE 

SECTION 1. No provision of this Code shall be so a ppliecl a to 

permit monopolies or monopoli tic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, 

or eli criminate against small enterpri ·es. 

ARTICLE IX-RECOM.MEN"DATIONS 

SECTION 1. The Code Authority may, from time to time, present to 

the Admini trator recommendations based on condition in the Industry which will tend to effectuate the operation of this Code and 

the policy of the Act, and in particular along the following line : 

(a) For the e tablishment of additional rules of :fair trade practice for the Industry and for the modification of its trade cu.toms 

and the enforcement thereof. 

(b) For the establishment of plan to equalize production with 

demand so that the intere ts of the Industry and the public may be 

properly served. 

(c) For dealing with any other inequality that may arise to 

endanger the tability of the Industry and of production and 

employment. 

(d) For an increase or decrease in the number of Inclu try members of the Code Authority andj or for a change in the method of 

choosing such members. 

SEc. 2. For the purpose of assisting the Code Anthoritie of the 

Paper Manufacturing andjor Converting Industrie._ in the aclju tment of all labor disputes and labor complaints ari ing within ·uch 

Industries, the Code Authority shall consider the advisability of 

creating a Joint Industrial Relations Board for such Industries and 

shall report its recommendations to the Admini trator. 

SEc. 3. Recommendations made pur uant to Section 1 and 2 

hereof when approved by the Administrator ·hall haYe the ame 

force and effect as other provisions of this Code. 

ARTICLE X-TRADE PRACTICES 

SECTION 1. The following are hereby constituted trade Practices 

for the Industry and failure to comply with the provisions thereof 

shall be a violation of this Code. 

(a) Members of the Industry shall not practice deception in regard 

to that which is sold or its selling price by fal e or misleading description, statement, record, or undisclosed consideration. 

(b) l\1embers shall refrain from dumping extension of stated 

credit, and secret rebates. 

(c) Members shall not wilfully injure by falsely defaming a competitor's goods, credit, or ability to perform hi contract . 

(d) Members shall not wilfully induce or attempt to induce the 

breach of a competitor's contract. 

(e) No member shall give, permit to be given, or directly offer to 

give, anything of value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding 

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, without the knowl-
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edge of such employer, principal, or party. The foregoing 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 herein defined. 

(f) No member of the Industry shall ship goods on consignment 

except under circumstances to be defined by the Code Authority, 

where peculiar circumstances of the Industry require the practice. 

ARTICLE XI-GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SECTION 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. 

SEc. 2. Any work or process incidental to, and carried on by a 

member at his plant as part of the manufacture of any product of 

th-e Industry, shall be regarded as a part of this Industry. 

SEc. 3. Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to 

be included therein by the Act, may with the approval of the Administrator, be modified and eliminated as changes in circumstance or 

experience may indicate. 

SEc. 4. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made 

subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of Section 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, but without limitation, 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. 

SEc. 5. 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. 

Approved Code No. 249. 

Registry No. 404-1-07. 

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