Approved ode No. 32-Amendment No. 1 Registr y No. 1333-1- 02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

KNITTING, BRAIDING AND 

WIRE COVERING MACHINE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 17, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 32-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

KNITTING, BRAIDING AND WIRE COVERING 

MACHINE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 17, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AME -DME1-T oF AND ADDITION To CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITio FOR TEE K ~rTTING, BRAIDING AND WIRE CovERI JG 

11ACHIXE I DU STRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I, of the National Industrial 

Recovery A t, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of Amendments 

and Additions to a Code of Fair Competition for the Knitting, Braiding and Wire Covering Machine Industry, and hearings having been 

duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Amendments and 

Addition , ontaining findings with respect thereto, having been made 

and directed to the President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

tates, 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 De ember 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed 

report and do find that said Amendments and Additions and the Code 

as onstituted after being amended comply in all r spects with the 

pertinent provi ion and will promot the policy and purposes of said 

Title of said A t, and do hereby order that said Amendments and 

Additions be and th y are hereby approved, and that the pre ious 

approval of said ode is hereby modified to in lude an approval of 

said ode in its entirety as amended, such approval and such Amendment and Additions to take effe t ten (10) days from the date hereof. 

HuGH . JoHNsoN, 

Approval recommended: 

Administrator for Indu trial Recovery. 

W. A. HARRIMAN, 

Division Admini trator. 

WA HINGTON, D .. , Februa1·y 17, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The VJ hite !-louse. 

SIR: This is a report on the Amendments and Additions to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Knitting, Braiding and Wire Covering 

Machine Industry and Trade as revised after a Public Hearing conducted in Washington on December 29, 1933, in accordance with 

Article X of said Code as approved on October 3, 1933. 

The Amendments and Additions pertain to the inclusion of the 

manufacturers of knitting machine needles and the importers and dis- tributors of the products covered by the Code within the original Code. 

PROVISIOJ: AS TO HOURS AND WAGES 

By agreement between the representatives of the Industry and of 

Lu bor certain changes have been made in the provisions as to hours 

as stipulated in the original Code. Employees are now limited to 

eight ho1 1rs per d y and forty hours per week with provision for fortyeight hours per week in any eight weeks in any six month period to 

cope with peak demands. Time and a half is paid to hourly rated 

mnployees for all hours ·worked over eight hours per day and forty 

hours per week. Watchmen are now limited to forty-eight hours per 

'veek. 

No change has been made in the minimum rate of forty cents per 

hour in the original Code but an amendment provides that female 

employees in the Needle ~1anufactur ng Division only shall be paid 

at the rate of not less than thirty-five cents per hour. Such female 

employees, however, shall receive the same rates as male employees 

when employed on similar work. 

Provision is made for the employment on light work at a wage 

below the minimum of persons whose earning capacity is limited 

because of age or physical or mental handicap. E ach employer will file 

with the Code Authority a list of all such· per ons employed by him. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Amendments and Additions to said Code having found u.s herein set forth 

and on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The Amendments and Additions to said Code and the Code as 

amended are well designed to promote the policies and purposes of 

Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery Act including the 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 ooperative action among trade group , by inducing and 

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maintaining united a tion of labor and managem nt under adequat 

go ernmental an tion and upervision, by eliminating unfair ompetitive pra ti e , by promoting the full t po ible utilization of the 

pre ent productive apacity of industries, by a oiding undue restriction of production (ex ept as may be temporarily required), by inrea ing the on umption of industrial and agricultural products 

hrough increasing purchasing power, by reducing and r lieving 

unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwi e 

rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provi ions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 and Subsection 

(b) of ection 10 thereof. 

(c) The Knittino-, Braiding and Wire Covering Machine Industry 

and Trade Asso iation was and is an industrial and trade association 

truly representative of the aforesaid Industry and Trade and that 

said association imposed and imposes no inequitable restrictions on 

admission to n1embership therein and ha.s applied for or consents to 

these Amendments and Additions. 

(d) The Amendments and Additions and the Code as amended are 

not designed to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic 

practices. 

(e) The Amendments and Additions and the Code as amended 

are 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 Amendments and Additions. 

For these reasons, these Amendments and Additions have been 

approved by me. 

Respectfully, 

FEBR ARY 17, 1934. 

HuGH S. JoHNsoN, 

Administ'rator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

KNITTING, BRAIDING AND WIRE COVERING MACHINE 

INDUSTRY 

PuRPOSE 

Pursuant to Article X of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Knitting, Braiding and Wire Covering Machine Industry, duly 

approved by the President on October 3, 1933, and further to effec- tuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

the following amendments and additions are established as a part of 

said Code of Fair Competition and shall be binding upon every mem- ber of the Knitting, Braiding and \Vire Covering Machine Industry 

and Trade: 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 

TrrLE 

Title amended to read as follow : . "Code of Fair Competition for the Knitting, Braiding and Wire 

Covering Machine Industry and Trade . "As submitted by the Association of the Knitting, Braiding and 

Wire Covering 11ac.hine Industry and Trade .'' 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

Article I amended to read as follows: 

"To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Recovery Act, 

during the period of the emergency, by reducing and relieving unemployment, improv1ng the standards of labor, eliminating competitive 

practices destructive of the interests of the public, employees and 

employers and otherwise rehabilitating the Knitting, Braiding and 

Wire Covering Machine Industry and Trade, thf. following pro- visions are established as a Code of Fair Competition for this Industry 

and Trade:" 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 

ARTI CLE II-DEFINITIO s 

First Paragraph amended to read as follows: 

"The term 'Knitting Machine Industry', as used herein, is defined 

to mean and include the business of manufacturing knitting machines, 

needles, parts, equipment, suppli es and accessories used in these 

machine .'' 

Second Paragraph amended to read as follows: 

"The term 'Braiding and Wire Covering 1tlachine Industry', as 

used herein, is defined to Inean and include the business of manufac- turing braiding and wire covering machines, parts, equipment, supplies and accessories used in these n1achines." 

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New Fourth Paragraph ins rted to read as follow : 

'The term Trad means and includes the busin of elling 

knitting, braiding and wire covering machin s, needles, part , equip- ment, supplies, ac ories or service." 

P1·esent F<nt/rth~Pa1'agraph amended to r ad as follo\\' : 

"The tern1 employee', as used herein, includes any per on engaged 

in any pha e of the Industry and Trade, in any capacity, in the 

nature of emplo ~ee irr pective of the method of payment of his 

com pen ation." 

A \1ENDME -T NO. 4 

ARTICLE III-PARTICIPATION 

Article III amended to read as follows: 

"An employer rna} participate in the endeavors of the As ociation 

of the Knitting, Braiding and Wire Covering Machine Industry and 

Trad relative to the administration of, revisions of or additions to 

this Code by accepting his proper pro rata share of the cost and 

re pon ibility of administering the Code, either by becoming a member of the said Asso iation or by paying to the Code Authority, 

referred to in Article IV, his proper pro rata share of the co t of 

administering the Code. There shall be no inequitable re trictions 

upon admission to membership in the Association." 

AMEND-MENT :ro. 5 

ARTICLE IV-AD;.\fiXISTRATIO. 

1rticle I V amended to res,d as follows: 

"To effectuate the policie of th Act, a Committee i hereby 

de ignated to ooperate with the Administrator as a Planning and 

Fair Pra tice Agency for the Indu try and Trade. This Committee 

shall be known as the 'Code Authority' and shall onsist of seven (7) 

member duly elected at a r gular rneeting of the Association, as 

pre crib d in Arti le 8 of the Asso iation' By-Lavi·s. The Adnun- i trator may al o appoint on (1) to hree (3) memb rs of this Agen y • 

to serYe '\vithout tc. uch Agen hall collect neces ur and p rtinent information rela ive to the operation of this Code and hall 

from time to tin1e pr . ent to the dmini trator recommendations 

ba eel on onditions in the Indu try and Trade as they may develop 

which will tend to eff tuate the operation f h provi ion of this 

od and th poli of the tional Industrial Rec v r ct. All 

action tak n b. thi. gene shall h ubj ct to the approYal o£ the 

Aclm.ini ra tor." 

• R [ LE Y- AB R REG -L TI r 

ction (a) m nd d to r ad a foUows: 

' (a) mploy r in hi Indu try and Tr de hall ompl r with the 

followin r quir ment"' of tion 7 (a) of Titl I of the ational 

I nd u trial Reco r A . 

ection (b) amend d t r ad a follow : u (b) n and aft r th ff ti at the minimu1n wag that hall 

be paid by employ r in th In u try and Trade t ac ounting, 

clerical, and offi. e employee hall b at the rate of not le than 
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fifteen (15) dollars per week, and to all other employees (except 

learners during their initial ninety (90) days, apprentices, and office 

boys and girls, not to total more than five (5) percent of the average 

yearly number of employees) shall be at the rate of not Jess than 

forty (40) cents per hour regardless of whether the employee's compensation is otherwise based on a time rate or upon a piecework 

performance; provided, however, that female employees, in the 

needle manufacturing division of the Knitting Machine Industry 

only, shall be paid at the rate of not less than thirty-five (35) cents 

per hour; and that such female employees performing substantially 

the same work as male employees shall receive the same rate of pay 

as male employees; provided further, that where a State law provides 

a higher minimum wage, no person employed within that State shaJI 

be paid a wage below that required by such State law, and, provided 

further, that in no case shall the compensation of any employees expressly excepted in this Section (b) be less than eighty (80) percent of 

the minimum rates of pay herein established." 

Section (c) amended to read as follows: 

"(c) On and after the effective date employers in the Industry and 

Trade shall operate on the following schedule of hours: 

"(1) No employee !::hall be permitted to work in excns of forty 

(40) hours in any one (1) week or eight (8) hours in any twenty-four 

(24) hour period beginning at midnight, except as herein otherwise 

provided. "(2) The provisions of Section (1) above shall not apply to traveling 

sales1nen, traveling service men, and executives, supervisors, and their 

immediate assistants receiving thirty-five (35) dollars weekly or more. 

"(3) The maximum hours fixed in Section (1) above shall not apply 

to any employee on emergency maintenance or emergency repair 

work involving breakdowns or protection of life or property, or on 

emergencies occasioned by the necessity for services of specially 

skilled employees which cannot be cared for by the employment of 

additional men. In any such special case at least one and one-half 

• times the normal rate shall be paid for hours worked in excess of the 

maximum hours per day and per week provided in Section (1) above. 

'' (4) The maximum hours fixed in Section (1) above shall not apply 

for eight (8) vveeks in any twenty-six (26) week period, during which 

overtime shall not exceed eight (8) hours in any one (1) week. In any 

such case at least one and one-half times the normal rate shall be 

paid for hours worked in excess of eight (8) hours in any twenty-four 

(24) hour period, or in excess of forty (40) hours in any seven (7) day 

period. 

"(5) All hours worked in excess of the hours provided in Section 

(1) above shall be reported to the Code Authority in such detail as 

the Code Authority may require. 

"(6) Not less than one and one-half times the normal rate shall 

be paid for all work performed on Sundays and legal holidays, watchmen excepted. 

"(7) Watchmen shall be permitted to work not in excess of fortyeight (48) hours per week. 

"(8) No employer shall permit any employee to work for any time 

which, when totaled with that already performed for another employer 

or employers, exceeds the maximum number of hours permitted herein. 
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"(9) Empl yer wh per O~< ll perf rm n1anual ,,-ork or are 

engaged in mechanical operatwn hull not ex ecd the pre eribed 

maximum nun1ber of how· . ' 

New Section (e) added to read as follows: 

"(e) A person whose earning c:1pa ity is limi ed becau e of age or 

physical or men n1 handicap may be employed on light work at a 

wage below the minimum established by this Code if the employer 

ob,tai:o,s from the State Authority or Agency designated by the United 

States Department of Labor a certificate authorizing his employment 

at uch wages and for such hours a,s shall be stated in the certificate. 

Each employer shall file with the Code Authority a list of all such 

persons employed by him." 

P.lew Section (j) added to read as follows: 

"(f) No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations 

performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpose of 

defeating the purposes or provision of the Act or of this Code." 

AMENDMENT NO. 7 

AnTICLE VI-CHILD LABOR 

Article VI amended to read a follows: 

"On and after the effect.ive date of this Code, employers in this 

Industry and Trade shall not employ any nlinor under ixteen (16) 

years of age· pro,~ded, howe,-er, that where a State law specifies a 

higher minimum age, no person below the age o specified by such law 

shall be emplo. ed within the State, and, proYided further, that no 

minor under eighteen (1 ) years of age shall be employed on hazardous 

metal-working machinery." -

AMENDME~T NO. 8 

AR'I'I LE VII-"C NFAIR 1\1 ETHODS OF OMPETITION 

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ection (e) amended to read as follo s: 

' (e) T a cept old maclline , needle or part a part pa ment for 

n w ma hines, needle or part . " 

ection (j) amended to read a follows: 

"(f) T ell machine , needl or parts other than f.o.b. factory." 

Appro,·e Code No. 32. Amendm nt No. 1. 

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