Approved Code No. 384-Amendment No.3 Registry No. 1749-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUNERAL SERVICE INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 9, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 384-Arnendment No. 3 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR CCMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUNERAL SERVICE INDUSTRY 

As Approv·ed on January 9, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE 

FuNERAL SERVICE INDUSTRY 

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 an Amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Funeral Service Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon, and the annexed report on said amendment containing findings with respect 

thereto having been made and directed to the President; 

NOvV, THEREFORE, on hehalf 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. 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwise, 

does hereby incorporate, by reference, said annexed report, and does 

find that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being 

amended comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions 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 W. A. HARRIMAN, Administrative Officer 

Approval recommended : 

HARRY c. CARR, 

Acting Division Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

J anwary 9, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: This is a report on an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for the Funeral Service Industry, as revised after a Public 

Hearing held in the Raleigh Hotel, Washington, D. C., October 6, 

1934. 

In accordance with customary procedure every person who had 

filed a request for appearance was fraely heard in public, and all 

statutory and regulatory requirements were complied with. 

PROVISIONS OF THE Al\'.IJTINDMENT 

The Amendment contains the following provisions designed to 

promote fair competition and to effectuate the purposes and policies 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act by increasing 

voluntary Code compliance. 

1. A provision which prohibits members of the Industry from 

adv~rtising or publicly offering " free " funeral merchandise or 

service. 

2. A provision which establishes a minimum wage rate for employees whether they be employed on a full-time, part-time or per 

case basis. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to the N a.tional 

Industrial Recovery Board on said amendment to said Code having 

found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the proceedings 

in this matter ; 

It 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 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 purposes 

of cooperative action of labor and management under adequate 

goverrnnental sanction and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of 

the present productive capacity of industry, by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by 

increasing the consrunption of industrial and agricultural products 

through increased purchasing power, by reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of labor, and by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act including without limita-

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tion Subsection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. (c) The Code empowers the Code Authority to present the aforeaid amendment on behalf of the Industry as a whole. 

(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 the approval o£ 

said amendment. 

For these reasons it has approved th.is amendment. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

JANUARY 9, 1935. 

W. A. HA.1mrMAN, 

.Adminutratime Office'r. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE FUNERAL SERVI CE INDUSTRY 

(1) Amend Article VII by adding a new Section to be known as 

Section 15, as follows : 

15. No member of the Industry shall use the word or words" free ", 

"gratis", " free of charge", "no added charge", or other words 

of similar meaning, tenor or effect, with any advertisement or in 

connection with any public offering of any item of funeral merchandise or service. 

(2) Amend Article IV, by deleting Section 1 and substituting 

in lieu thereof the following: 

1. No employee shall be paid less than Fifteen dollars ($15.00) per 

week, for a 40-hour week or Forty cents ( 40¢) per hour when 

employed on an hourly basis, except lawful embalmers and those 

conducting funerals who shall be paid not less than Twenty-five 

dollars ($25.00) per week for an 84-hour week. No embalmer 

employed to prepare a body on a per case basis shall be paid less 

than Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for the body of a person of ten or 

more years of age andjor less than Ten dollars ($10.00) for the 

body of a person less than ten years of age. The word " prepare " 

shall include dressing and placing the body in the casket. In all 

cases where an embalmer furnishes the embalming fluid, he shall 

receive in addition to the embalming fee an amount equal to the 

actual cost of such embalming fluid. 

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