Approved Code No. 23o-Arnendrnent No.2 Registry No. 401-1-ot 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 5, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 230-Amendment No. 2 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 5, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AMENDMENT TO SECTIONS 1 AND 4 OF ARTICLE V 

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article VI of the above named Cod~ 

provides as follows : 

"There shall be a rehearing by the Administrator on all of the 

provisions of Articles IV and V of this Code. Such hearing sha1l 

be held at the same time and place, and on the same notice as the 

hearing for the purpose of determining the adequancy of the minimum wages established in the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Paper and Pulp Industry, directed to be held by the Executive 

Order approving said Code, dated November 17, 1933. In the event 

that any of the provisions of the said Paper and Pulp Code relating to wages and hours of labor shall be amended in accordance with 

recommendations made by the Administrator and approved by the 

President as provided in such Executive Order, then and in that 

event such amended provisions shall apply also to this Industry 

and this Code shall be deemed to have been amended so as to conform 

thereto and the Administrator may direct that this Code be reprinted and republished, as so amended "; and 

WHEREAS, a public hearing has been held and a report and 

recommendation has been made and submitted to the President 

as provided in said Executive Order and said Code for the Paper 

Bag Manufacturing Industry in full compliance with the provisions 

of Title I of the National Industrial Act, approved June 16, 1933; 

and 

WHEREAS, the President has this day approved an Order 

amending the provisions of Article V of the Code of Fair Competition for the Paper and Pulp Industry; and 

WHEREAS, the annexed report on said amendment to the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry 

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containing finding with respect thereto has been mnde and directed 

to the President: 

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

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 68C9 Section 1 of Article VI of said Code 

of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry 

and otherwi e, does hereby incorporate by reference aid annexed 

report and does find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being amended comply in all respect with the pertinent provi ions and will promote the policy and purposes of said 

Title of said Act and does hereby order that said amendment be 

and it is hereby approved and that the previous approval of said 

Code is hereby amended to include an approval of said Code in its 

entirety as amended. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BoARD 

By "\iV. A. HARRIMAN, Ad1ninist1'Cttive Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

JosEPH F. BATTLEY, 

Division AdmJinistrator. 

w ASIDNGTON' D. c., 

February 5, 1935. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White Hou-se. 

SrR: This is a report on an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry. Your Order 

dated November 17, 1933, approving the Code of Fair Competition 

for the Paper and Pulp Industry, provided, in part, that within 

ninety days after the effective date of the Code .for the Paper and 

Pulp Industry a further hearing shall be held for the purpose of 

determining the adequacy of the minimum wages established in 

said Code, after which a report and recommendation should be submitted to you for your further order which should have the effect of 

a condition to yonr approval o.f said Code. 

Because of the relation.ship between the Paper and Pulp Industry 

and the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry, the wage provisions in 

the two Codes were identical. However, in view of the provision 

in your order approving the Code for the Paper and Pulp Industry 

a provision was included in the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry 

Code requiring that a similar hearing be held on that Code and that 

in the event any of the provisions o£ the Paper and Pulp Code re- ~ating to wages and hours of labor should be amended, then and in 

that event, such amended provisions ,should apply also to the Code 

.for the Paper Bag Manufacturing Industry. 

Public hearings were held in Washington, D. C., on February 13, 

1934. Thereafter a report and recommendation was submitted to 

you and you have this day approved an amendment to the provisions 

of the Code of Fair Competition for the Paper and Pulp Industry 

relating to wages. 

The effect of the amendment will be to increase by two cents per 

hour the minimum wage of all laborers, mechanical workers and 

artisans, except female employee.s in the Southern Zone; to delete 

the present provision fixing minima for all other employees at $12.00, 

$14.00, $14.50, and $15.00, depending upon the population of the city 

in which plants may be located, and in lieu thereo.f to provide minima of $14.00, $15.00, and $16.00 for such employees in the Southern, 

Central and Northern Zones, respectively; and to delete a provision 

permitting sub-minimum wages, based upon the ratR -1aid on July 

15, 1929, as low as 90% of the minimum. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report on said amendment 

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

The Board finds that : 

(a) The Amendment to said Code and the Code as amended are 

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal of obstruc-

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tions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which wnd 

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of 

cooperative action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanction 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 otherwi e rehabilitating 

jndustry. 

(b) The Code as amended 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. 

(c) The Code provides that such amendment shall become effective upon approval of an identical amendment to the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Paper and Pulp Industry. 

(d) The Amendment and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Amendment 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 

Amendment. 

For th-ese reasons, therefore, the said Amendment has been 

approved. 

For theN ational Industrial Recovery Board: 

FEBRUARY 5, 1935. 

w. A. HARRIMAN' 

Ad1ninistrative Officer. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Article V, Section 1 is herey deleted in its entirety and in lieu 

thereof the following is inserted : 

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 the territory 

of the United States except the states described in Sub-sections (b) 

and (c) hereof: Male: 40 cents per hour; Female : 35 cents per hour. 

(b) In the Central Zone, which shall consist of the States of 

Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, 

North Carolina and the District of Columbia: Male: 37 cents per 

hour; Female: 32 cents per hour. 

(c) In the Southern Zone, which shall consist of the States of 

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

Arkansas and Texas : Male: 32 cents per hour; Female : 30 cents 

per hour. 

Article V, Section 4 is hereby deleted and in lieu thereof the 

following is inserted : _ 4. The minimum rates of wages for all other employees, except 

commission salesmen, shall be as follows : 

(a) In the Northern Zone as defined in Section 1 hereof, $16.00 

per week. 

(b) In the Central Zone as defined in Section 1 hereof, $15.00 per 

week. 

(c) In the Southern Zone as defined in Section 1 hereof, $14.00 

per week. 

Approved Code No. 230-Amendment No. 2. 

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