Approved Code No. 414 Registry No. 1333-1-08 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BOBBIN AND SPOOL 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MAY 3, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 414 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BOBBIN AND SPOOL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 3, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE BoBBIN AND SPooL 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made fursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I o the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Bobbin and Spool Industry, and hearings 

having been duly held thereon and the annexed repart on said Code-1 

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 purposes of said Title of said Act i and do hereby order that said Code 

of Fair Competition be and it 1s hereby approved, on condition that 

in the first sentence of Section 5, Article III, the words and figures 

"forty-eight (48) hours per week", be eliminated and the words and 

figures, "forty-five ( 45) hours per week", be inserted; and, provided, also that the provisions of Article VII, Section 2, insofar as 

they prescribe a waiting period between the filing of price lists and 

the effective date of revised price lists or revised terms and conditions 

of sale be and they are hereby stayed for a period of sixty ( 60) days 

from the effective date of th1s Code, or until my further Order. 

Approval recommended: 

A. R. GLANCY, 

HuoH S. JoHNSON, 

Ad'lrl!i.tnistrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON' D.C., 

May 3, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a. report on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Bobbin and Spool Industry of the United States, as revised after a 

Public Hearing held in Washington D.C., on the 18th day of December, 1933, 1n a.ccordance with the provisions of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. 

PROVISIONS AS TO HOURS AND WAGES 

Employment is limited to 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week 

with the exception of those employees engaged in emergency maintenance, or emergency repair work, but to provide for seasonable demands a tolerance is permitted for 6 weeks in any 26 weeks' period. 

:Maintenance crews, engineers, firemen, truckmen, shipping clerks 

and delivery employees are allowed a tolerance of 8 hours per week. 

vVatchmen are not permitted to work in excess of 56 hours per week. 

Time and on~-hal£ is paid for any work in excess of 8 hours per 

day or 40 hours per week, except watchmen. 

Minimum wages are established at not less than 35 cents and 

clerical and office employees at not less than $14.00 per week. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

· The Industry is an old established Industry and is dependent on 

the production of the Textile Industry. · 

Since 1929 when the Industry employed approximately 2200 employees, employment has declined almost fifty percent in 1932. Due 

to the President's Reemployment Agreement, an increase in employment of approximately 17 percent has been obtained. 

It is estimated that under the Code, and with the improvement 

expected in the Textile Industry, the Industry will increase employment to the 1929 level. 

Wage rates as established by the Code should increase the earnings 

of the employees of the Industry proportionate to the 1929 level. 

FINDINGS 

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

having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter; 

I find that: 

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

removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate and foreign 

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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 fuhest 

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 employes 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 o:f 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 l?ractices. 

(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, this Code has been approved by me. 

Respect:full y, 

MAY 3, 1934. 

HuoH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE BOBBIN AND 

SPOOL INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are submitted as a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Bobbin and Spool Industry, and shall 

be the standards of Fair Competition for this Industry, and shall 

be binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

The term " The Industry ", as used herein, means and includes 

all corporations and their subsidiaries, firms or individuals, engaged 

in the manufacture and sale of Bobbins and/or Spools with applied 

heads, and/or repair parts therefor, and/or repairing thereof for 

the textile manufacturing industry. 

The term" Employee", as usoo herein, means any person engaged 

in the Industry in any capacity in the nature of an employee receiving compensation for his services, irrespective of the nature or 

method of payment of his compensation. 

The term "Employer", as used herein, means anyone by whom 

any such employee is compensated or employed. 

The term "Member of Industry", as used herein, means any 

employer engaged in the Industry as above defined, either as an 

employer, or on his own behalf. 

The term "Association", as used herein, means the Bobbin 

J\1anufacturers Association. · 

The terms " President " "Act " and "Administrator " as used 

herein, shall mean respectively, ' ' the President of the United ' States 

of America, Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and 

the Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

ARTICLE III-HoURs 

SECTION 1. No employee shall be permitted to work in excess of 

forty ( 40) hours in any one week or eight (8) hours in any twentyfour (24) hour period, nor more than six (6) days per week, 

except as herein otherwise provided. 

SECTION 2. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

to employees engaged in an executive, managerial or supervisory 

capacity, who receive more than thirty-five ($35.00) dollars per 

week, and outside salesmen. 

SECTION 3. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

to any employee on emergency maintenance or emergency repair 

work involving breakdowns or protection of life or property, but 

in any such special case at least one and one-half (1¥2 ) times the 

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regular rate shall be paid for hours worked in exeess or eight (8) 

hours per day and forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 4. Watchmen may be employed not more than fifty-six 

(56) hours in an:y one ( 1) week. 

SECTION 5. ~1a1ntenance crews, engineers, firemen, truckmen, shipping clerks and delivery employees may be permitted to work not 

m excess of forty-eight (48) hours in any one (1) week, provided 

that not less than one and one-half (llh) times the normal rate of 

pay shall be paid for hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours per 

day and forty ( 40) hours per week. 1 

SECTION 6. The maximum hours fixed in Section 1 shall not apply 

for six (6) weeks in any twenty-six (26) weeks' period, during which 

time overtime shall not exceed eight (8) hours in any one week; 

provided, however, that in any such special case at least one and onehalf ( 11f2) times the regular rate shall be paid for hours worked in 

excess of eight ( 8) hours per day and forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 7. No accounting, clerical or office employee shall be employed in excess of forty ( 1:0) hours in any one ( 1) week or nine ( 9) 

hours in any one (1) day. Eight (8) hours shall constitute a normal 

working day. 

SECTION 8. No employer shall knowingly permit any employee to 

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

for another employer or employers, exceeds the maximum permitted 

herein. 

SECTION 9. Employers performing manual work or who are engaged in mechanical operations shall not exceed the prescribed 

maximum number of hours. 

ARTICLE rv-vv AaEs 

SECTION 1. No employee shall be paid less than thirty-five cents 

(35¢) per hour, except: 

Clerical and office employees shall be paid at the rate of not less 

than fourteen dollars ($14.00) per week. 

SECTION 2. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay regardless of whether an employee is compensated on a time-rate, piecework or other basis. 

SECTION 3. Female employees performing substantially the same 

quantity or class of work, or performing the same duties, as male 

employees shall receive the same rates of pay as male employees. 

SECTION 4. There shall be an equitable adjustment of all wages 

above the minimum and to that end within sixty ( 60) days from 

the approval of this Code, all such adjustments so made shall be 

reported to the Code Authority and to the Administrator. In no 

case shall wage rates be reduced. 

SECTION 5. An employer shall make payment of all wages due in 

lawful currency or by a negotiable check payable on demand. 

SECTION 6. No employer, whether acting through agents or otherwise, shall accept rebates or give anything of value or extend favors 

to any person for the purpose of influencing rates of pay or the 

working conditions of his employees. 

1 See paragraph 2. of order approving this Code. 
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SECTION 7. A person whose earning capacity is limited because of 

age, physical or mental handicap, or other infirmity, may be employed on light work at a wage below the minimum established by 

this Code, if the employer obtains from the State authority, designated by the United States Department of Labor, a certificate authorizing such person's employment at such wages and for such hours 

as shall be -stated in the certificate. Such authority shall be guided 

by the instructions of the United States Department of Labor in 

issuing certificates to such persons. Each employer shall file monthly 

with the Code Authority a list of all such persons employed by him, 

showing the wages paid to, and the maximum hours for such 

employee. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

SECTION 1. (a) No person under sixteen (16) years of age shall 

be employed in this Industry and no one under eighteen (18) years 

of age shall be employed in operations or occupations hazardous in 

nature or detrimental to health. 

(b) The Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator before 

June 1, 1934, a list of such operations or occupations. In any State 

an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this provision 

if he shall have on file a certificate or permit, duly issued by the 

Authority in such State empowered to issue employment or age certificates or permits, showing that the employee is of the required age. 

SECTION 2. In compliance with Section 7 (a) o:f the Act, it is 

provided: 

(a) Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collecti-vely through representatives of their own choosing and shall 

be free from the interference, restraint or coercion of employers o:f 

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

self -organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose o:f 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) No employee and no one seeking employment shall be required 

as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of 

his own choosing. 

(c) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours o:f labor, 

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

or prescribed by the President. 

SECTION 3. No provision in this Code shall supersede any State or 

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

health, sanitary or general working conditions, or insurance, or fire 

protection, than are imposed by this Code. 

SECTION 4. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties o:f occupations performed by employees or engage in any other subterfuge 

for the purpose of defeating the purpose or provisions of the Act or 

of this Code. 

SECTION 5. Each employer shall keep conspicuously posted at all 

times in each shop, establishment or separate unit, or enterprise, complete copies of Articles III, IV, and V of this Code to the extent necessary to make them freely accessible to all employees, and comply 
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with any other posting regulation from time to time issued by the 

Administrator. 

SECTION 6. Each employer shall provide for the safety and nealth 

of his employees at the place and during the hours of their emp~oyment. The 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. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

SECTION 1. To further effectuate the policies of the Act, a Code 

Authority is hereby constituted to co-operate with the Administrator 

in the administration of this Code. 

SECTION 2. The Code Authority shall consist of seven (7) individuals, elected by the members of the Industry who shall be truly 

representative of the Industry, or such other number as may be 

approved by the Administrator, who shall serve for one (1) year or 

until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. In addition thereto, the Administrator, in his discretion, may designate 

not more than three (3) persons to serve .on the Code Authority, 

without vote, to represent the Administration. 

SECTION 3. Upon the approval of this Code, the Association shall 

call a meeting of all of the known members of the Industry giving 

reasonable notice thereof, but not less than five ( 5) days, and stating 

therein the time, place, and purpose of the same. At such n1.eeting 

the seven (7) members of the Code Authority shall be elected hy the 

members of the Industry; provided that, if there be one, or if there 

be more than one, who may not be a member, or members, of the 

Association and such member, or members, should so request, then, 

if one Non-Association member so requests, the members of the Industry shall elect one Non-Association member to the Code Authority or, if two or more Non-Association members so request, the 

members of the Industry shall elect two Non-Association members 

to the Code Authority. Members of the Code Authority shall be 

eligible for re-election to succeed themselves. Any vacancy occurring in the Code Authority shall be filled by the remaining members 

thereof for the unexpired portion of the particular term. 

SECTION 4. Meetings of the members of the Industry, after the 

initial meeting mentioned in the above Section 3, may be called by 

the Chairman of the Code Authority, and upon the written request 

of not less than five ( 5) members of the Industry, the Chairman 

hall call such a meeting, after giving uch reasonable notice thereof. 

ECTION 5. Each member of the Industry in per on or by a duly 

authorized repre,sentative shall be entitled to one (1) vote in any 

Industry meeting. The presence of a majority in numbers of all the 

members of the Industry shall be nece sary for the holding of an 

Industry meeting, but less than a majority may adjourn a meeting 

from time to time. Provided, that a majority vote in numbers of 

the members and, also, in the number of employees as determined by 

the number of employees averaged for the last preceding five (5) 

calendar years, of those member,s who are in attendance at any such 

meeting, shall be necessary for the determination of any question. 

The Chairman of any Industry meeting shall be elected by a 

majority in number of those in attendance at any such meeting. 
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SECTION 6. The Secretary of the Association shall call a meeting 

of the Code Authority, as soon as possible after their election, when 

the members thereo.f ,shall elect a Chairman thereof. Subsequent 

meetings of the Code Authority may be called by the Chairman 

thereof, and he shall be required to do so upon the written request 

of at least two (2) members of the Code Authority. Reasonable 

advance notice of all meetings of the Code Authority shall be given. 

SECTION 7. A majority of the members of the Code Authority 

shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any 

business and a majority vote of the Code Authority ,shall be necessary for the determination of any question. 

SEcTION 8. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times 

be truly r epresentative of the Industry and in other respects comply 

with the provisions of the Act, the Administrator may provide such 

hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter, if he ,shall find 

that the Code Authority is not truly representative_; or does not in 

other respects comply with the provisions of the Act, he may require an appropriate modification in the method of selection of the 

members of the Code Authority. 

SECTION 9. Members of the Industry shall be entitled to xarticipate jn and share the benefits of the activities of the Code uthority. The expenses of admini,stering the Code shall be borne by the 

members of the Industry. Such reasonable share of the expenses 

of administration shall be determined by the Code Authority, subject to review by the Administrator, on the basis of volume and/or 

such other factors as may be deemed equitable. 

SECTION 10. The Association shall: (a) impose no inequitable restrictions on membership therein, and (b) submit to the Administrator true copies of its Constitution and By-Laws, and any amendments thereto, together with such other information as to membership, organization and activities as the Administrator may deem 

necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

SECTION 11. The Code Authority shall also have the following 

powers and duties to the extent permitted by the Act: 

(a) To adopt By-Laws, rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration of the Code. 

(b) To make such reports as the Administrator may require, and 

require the members of the Industry to furnish reports on wages, 

hours of labor, conditions of em~loyment, number of employees 

volume of production, sales and shipments billed of the products ol 

the Industry, and other matters pertinent to the purposes of this Code 

or of the Act. Such reports shall be so furnished at such time or 

times, and in such form and manner, as may be specified by the Code 

Authority and certified under oath if requested by the Code 

Authority. 

In addition to information required to be submitted by the Code 

Authority there shall be furnished to government agencies such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for 

the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act, but nothing herein 

contained shall relieve 2.nyone of any existing obligation to furnish 

reports to government agencies. 

(c) To investigate, subj ect to such rules and regulations as the 

Administrator may prescribe, alleged violations of the provisions of 
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this Code and require any member of the Industry to furnish reports 

pertinent to any complaint against such member and to c.ause an impartial agent or agency to investigate such books, papers, and documents to the extent necessary to verify such report. 

(d) To recommend to the Administrator :further trade practice 

provisions to govern members of the Industry in their relations with 

each other or with other industries, and to recommend to the Administrator measures for industrial planning, including stabilization of employment. 

(e) To study the effect of the pFovisions of this Code upon the 

Industry and consider proposals for amendments or modifications 

and make recommendations thereon :from time to time to the Administrator, which amendments or modifications shall become effective as part of the Code upon approval by the Administrator, after 

such notice and hearing as he may specify. 

(f) To appoint a trade practice committee which shall meet with 

the trade practice committees appointed under such other codes as 

may be related to the Industry for the :purpose of formulating fair 

trade practices to govern the relationships between production and 

distribution employers under this Code and under such others to 

the end that such fair trade practices may be proposed to the 

Administrator as amendments to this Code and such other Codes. 

(a) To appoint a competent person or agency, n0t affiliated with 

the business of any member of the Industry, and any and all information requested by the Code Authority, except as may be otherwise 

provided by the Code, shall be filed with such competent person or 

agency, and the same shall be deemed confidential. The reports of 

individual members shall not be divulged to any member of the 

Industry except in compiled summaries, but shall be available to 

the Administrator upon request. 

(h) To delegate any of its powers and duties to such agent or 

ag·ency as it may deem proper, provided the Code Authority shall 

not thereby be relieved of its responsibilities under this Code, and 

such agent or agency shall be subject to the provisions thereof. 

To appoint committees to carry out its duties if deemed necessary, 

such as the following: Administration, Compliance Finance, Trade 

Relations, Subdivisional and such other committees as may be 

required. 

SECTION 12. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 

members of the Code Authority partners for any purpose. 

Nor shall any member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, agent or employee of the Code Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code 

Authority, exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his 

duties hereunder be liable to anyone for any action or omission to 

act under this Code, except for his own willful misfeasance or 

non-feasance. 

SECTION 13. If the Administrator shall at any time determine that 

any action of the Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator 

may require that such action be suspended 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 
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shall not be effective unless the Administrator a~proves, or unless 

he shall fail to disapprove after thirty (30) days notice to him of 

intention to proceed with such action in Its original or modified 

form. 

ARTICLE VII-MARKETING 

SECTION 1. Within five ( 5) days after the effective date of this 

Code each member of the Industry shall file with the Code Authority, or such agency as the Code Authority may designate, copies of 

h1s price lists, schedules and discount sheets covering all such products of the Industry as each member may manufacture and sell, 

including therein all prices, terms, discounts, allowances, commissions and conditions relating to, or in anywise affecting, any sale 

of such goods. 

SEcTION 2. Any member of the Industry may so file revisions of 

his price lists, schedules and discount sheets covering such products 

to become effective five (5) days after the date of the receipt of the 

same by such agency, unless a shorter period be designated by the 

Code Authority. Thereafter, any other member of the Industry 

may so file revisions of his price lists, schedules or discount sheets 

to meet, and become effective concurrently with, any previously 

revised and filed price lists, schedules and discount sheets, otherwise 

said five ( 5) day period, or other designated period, shall govern as 

to the effective date thereof. 2 

SECTION 3. No member of the Industry shall, directly or indirectly, 

through an agent, for whose acts the member of the Industry assumes responsibility, or by any means whatsoever, sell any product 

of the Industry at a price different from or on different terms of 

payment than those provided in such member's filed and current 

price lists, schedules and discount sheets. The Code Authority shall 

have the power to determine if any discount, commission, bonus or 

compensation paid or allowed by any such member of the Industry 

to or for his said agent has been used, directly or indirectly, as a 

means of effecting a departure from the filed and current J?riCes by 

such members of the Industry involved, and if so determined, the 

Code Authority may require such member to modify or discontinue 

the payment of any such discount, commission or other compensation. 

SECTION 4. Copies of all such price lists, schedules and/or discount 

sheets and all revisions thereof shall be distributed promptly by 

such person or agency with whom they are filed, to all members of 

the Industry who have so filed such price lists, schedules and/or 

discount sheets covering similar products, provided that all price 

lists shall be available, at cost, to any interested parties. 

ARTICLE VIII-UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 

The following acts shall constitute Unfair Trade practices and 

none shall be used by any member of the Industry: 

1. Interference with Existing Oontracts.-Knowingly to interfere 

with an existing contract for the sale and purchase of products of 

this Industry, or induce, attempt to induce or assist a party to break 

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such a contract, after the contract therefor has been placed with 

another selling member of this Industry, or offer lower prices or 

better terms to induce or attempt to induce a revision of any such 

existing contract. 

2. Oommvercial Bribery.-No member of the Industry 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. This provision 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 hereinabove defined. 

3. Defamation of Oompetitors.-Make, cause or permit to be made, 

or published, any false statement or false representation of, or concerning the business, policies, methods, or products of a competitor. 

4. Piracy of Trade M arks.-Imitate trade marks, trade names, 

slogans or other marks of identification, in which another has acquired goodwill, for the purpose and with the effect of misleading 

purchasers. 

5. False Advertising.-Make, cause or permit to be made, or published any false, untrue or deceptive statement by way of advertising 

or otherwise, concerning any grade, quality, substance, character, 

origin or preparation of any product of this Industry. 

6. Misbranding.-Falsely mark or brand packages or products o:f 

this Industry, for the purpose, or with the effect, of misleading or 

deceiving purchasers or others with respect to quality, quantity, 

character, grade or substance thereof. 

7. False InvoWing.-Withhold from, or insert in, invoice facts 

which would make the invoice a false record wholly or in part of the 

transaction in question, or make any arrangement which would contemplate payment or settlement contrary to the face of the invoice, 

except as might be indicated on the invoice. 

8. Post-dating or Pre-dating Contracts or Invoices.-To post-date 

or pre-date contracts or invoices covering products of this Industry, 

except in the case of advance shipments on orders or contracts for 

future deliveries. 

9. Secret R eb(J)tes.-N o member of the Industry shall secretly directly offer, refund, commission, credit, unearned discount or excess 

allowance, whether in the form of money or otherwise, nor shall a 

member of the Industry secretly offer to extend to any customer 

any special service or privilege not extended to all customers of the 

same class, for the purpose of influencing a sale. 

10. Guaranty against Price Decline.-Guaranty against price decline except as the same may be limited to the decline of the particular member of the Industry, and such guaranty shall apply only 

to goods which are not delivered. 

11. Oon.signments.-Ma.ke or enter into any agreement or contract, the effect of which will amount to the sale andjor delivery, 

on consignment, of any products of this Industry, except under 

circumstances to be defined by the Code Authority, where peculiar 

circumstances might require the practices. 

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ARTICLE IX-MODIFICATIONS 

SECTION 1. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly 

made subj ect to the right o£ the President, in accordance with the 

provisions o£ subsection (b) o£ Section 10 o£ the Act, £rom time to 

time, to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under said Act. 

SECTION 2. This Code, except as to provisions required by the Act, 

may be modified on the basis o£ experience or changes in circumstances, such modifications to be based upon application to the 

Administrator and such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and 

to become effective on approval. 

ARTICLE x-:MoNOPOLIES 

No prov1s10n o£ this Code, or an1endments thereto, shall be 

applied so as to promote monopolies, or monopolistic practices, or 

to eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against sm.all enterprises. 

ARTICLE XI-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective ten (10) days after its approval. 

Approved Code No. 414. 

Registry No. 1333-1-o6. 

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