Approved Code No. 27 4 Registry No. 1108-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SAW AND STEEL PRODUCTS 

MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 10, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 274 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SAW AND STEEL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

As Approved on February 10, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CoDE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SA w AND STEEL 

PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING 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 a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Saw and Steel Products Manufacturing Industry, 

and hearings have 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 purposes 

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 Sections 1 and 3, Article VI, insofar as they prescribe 

the filing of prices, lists, terms, and conditions of sale with the Code 

Authority be and they are hereby stayed pending my further Order 

either within a period of sixty days from the effective date of this 

Code or after the completion of a study of open price associations now 

being conducted by the National Recovery Administration. 

Approval recommended: 

w. A. HARRIMAN, 

HuGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Dii'ision Administrator. 

w ASHINGTON, D.C., 

February 10, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

SIR: This is the report of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Saw and Steel Products Manufacturing Industry, as revised after 

a Public Hearing held in Washington on the 7th dny of December in 

accordance 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 and/or repair work or on emergencies occasioned by the necessity 

for services of specially skilled employees who cannot be replaced. 

Overtime in excess of 8 hours in any 24-hour period or in excess of 

40 hours in any 7-day period shall be paid for at one and one half 

times the normal rate. 

Minimum wages of 40 cents per hour for males and 35 cents per 

hour for females on light work are established, but female employees 

performing substantially the same work as male employees shall 

receive the same rate of pay as male employees; and where they displace men they shall receive the same rate of earnings as men. 

Clerical employees shall not be paid less than $15.00 per week. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

In April 1932, this Industry, which comprises approximately 75 

firms, employed 1,933 persons. Since the adoption of the 40-hour 

week as provided in this Code, employment has increased to 2,717 

persons in September 1933, or an increase of 53 percent. 

The average weekly wage in April 1933, was $15.02, but operation 

under the provisions of this Code raised this a,erage to $19.91, a gain 

of 32 percent. Labor costs comprise approximately 45 percent of the 

dollar value of sales. 

The invested capital of the Industry is about $20,000,000, and the 

average annual value of its products over the past 5 years is $13,000,- 000. Any improvement in the lumber business, which is the market 

for fully 80 percent of its products, will cause immediate improvement 

in this Industry. 

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 

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of obstruction to the fr e flow of int r tate and foreio-n omm r , which tend to dimini h the amount thereof and will provide for the 

gen~ral w lfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the 

purpose of cooperative a tion amono- the trad groups, by inducing and 

maintaining unit d action of labor and management under adequate 

ov rnm ntal sun tion and sup rvision, by eliminating unfair ompetitive prac ic s, by promoting the fullest po sible utilization of the 

pr nt produ ti e apa ity of indu tri , by avoiding undue re tri - tion of production ( xcept a may b temporarily r quired), by inr a ing the con umption of indu trial and agri ultural produ t 

through in r a in<Y purclrn in<Y pow r, by reducing and reli ving un rnploymcnt, by improving tandards of labor and by oth i·wi e rehabilitating indu try. 

(b) aid Industry normally emplo s not more than 50,000 mploye s; and is not cla ified by me us a major industry. (c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the p rtinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation 

ubsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and ubse tion 

(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 admis- sion 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, this Code has been approved by me. 

Respectfully, 

FEBRUARY 10, 1934. 

HUGHS. JOHN SON, 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SAW AND STEEL 

PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions a.re established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Saw and Steel Products Manufacturing 

Industry, and shall be the standard of fair competition for such 

Industry and shall be binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. The term "Saw and Steel Products Manufacturing 

Industry" or "Industry" as used herein is defined to mean the manufacture for sale of saws of all kinds and descriptions, and accessories 

thereto incident to the care, upkeep, and maintenance of wood-cutting 

saws, which accessories are not recognized as the constituents of major 

basic industries. This Industry likewise includes under its jurisdiction 

the manufacture of miscellaneous allied steel products, such as hedge 

she~rs, trowels, and such products which, generally speaking, are made 

of saw or tool steel and require the processes of hardening, tempering, 

andior grinding and polishing. The manufacturing of hack saw blades, 

metal-cutting band saw blades, milling cutters, screw slotting cutters, 

and metal-cutting circular saws less than eight inches in diameter is 

exempt from this code. 

SEc. 2. The term "Apprentice" as used herein is any employee 

bound by a legal contract to learn a trade. 

SEc. 3. The term "Employee" as used herein includes anyone 

engaged in the Industry in any capacity receiving compensation for 

his services, irrespective of the nature or method of payment of such 

compensation. 

SEc. 4. The term "Employer" as used herein includes anyone by 

whom any such employee is compensated or employed. SEc. 5. The term "Member of the Industry" as used herein includes anyone engaged in the Industry as above defined, either as an 

employer or on his own behalf. 

SEc. 6. The terms "President", "Act", and "Administrator" as 

used herein shall mean, respectively, the President of the United 

States, the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator 

of said Act. 

ARTICLE III-WORKING Ho URS 

SECTION 1. Maximum Hours.-No employee shn11 be permitted to 

work in excess of forty (40) hours in any one (1) week or eight ( ) 

hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period beginning at midnight, 

except as herein otherwise provided. 

SEc. 2. Exceptions as to Hours. 

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(a) Ex cuttv and Sal men.-The pro of e tion 1 above 

shall not apply to ith r x utiv and up rvi ors and their imm - diate a i tants rec iving thirty-fiv ($35.00) d llar we kly or more, 

or to tra eling al m n. 

(b) Emero· n y Overtime.- Th maximum h ur fix cl in th foregoing se tion hall not apply to any employee on cmergcn y maintenan o or m rgen y r pair work invol ing br akdowns or prote Lion 

of life or prop rty, or on emcro· ncies oc a ioned by the ne ity for 

ervice of spe ially skill d employee whi h em rg ncic nnot be 

car d for by the employment of additional m n. But in any uch 

p cial ca e at lea t one and one half times the normal rate hall be 

paid f r hours worl ed in ex ·oss of the maximum pro idecl in e tion 

I above. 

(c) Ordinary Overtime for Seasonal Periods.- Th maximum 

hours fixed in Section I above shall not apply for eight (8) w ek in 

any twenty-si. (26) weeks period, during which overtime shall not 

xceed eight (8) hours in any one (1) week. In any such case at lea t 

one and one half times the normal rate shall be paid for hours work d 

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. 

(d) Reporting Overtime.-All work in excess of the hours provided 

in Section 1 above shall be reported to the Code Authority in such 

detail as may be required. 

SEc. 3. Sundfiy and Holiday Work.--Not less than one and one 

half times the regular rate shall be paid for all work performed on 

Sundays, on New Year's Day, on Washington's Birthday, on Memorial 

Day, on the Fourth of July, on Labor Day, on Thanksgiving Day, or on 

Christmas Day-watchmen excepted. 

SEc. 4. W atchmen.-W atchmen shall be permitted to work not in 

excess of forty-eight (48) hours per week. 

SEc. 5. Employment by Several Employers. 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 permitted herein. 

SEc. 6. Maxin1um Hours for Working Employers.- Ernployers who 

personally perform manual work or are engaged in me('hanical operations shnJl not exceed the prescribed maximum number of hours. 

ARTICLE IV.--W AGES 

SECTION 1. Minimum Wages. (a) No male employee, except as 

hereinafter provided, shall be paid at less than the rate of forty (40) 

en ts an hour and no female employee shall be paid less than at the 

rate of thirty-five (35) cents an hour. 

(b) Clerical employees shall be paid at a rate not less than fifteen 

($15.00) dollars per week; provided, however, that office boys and 

girls and messengers shall be paid at a rate not less than eighty ( 0) 

percent of the minimum salary herein provided, and provided further, 

that the number of such office boys and girls, and messengers so 

paid shall constitute not more than five (5) percent of the total number 

of employees of any one employer, but in any case, such employer 

shall be entitled to employ two (2) such employees. 

SEc. 2. Piece Rates.-This Article establishes a minimum compensation, irrespective of whether an employee is actually paid on a time 

rate, on a piece rate, or other basis. 
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SEc. 3. Females.-Female employees performing substantially the 

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

male employees; and where they displace men they shall receive the 

same rate of earnings as the men they displace. The Code Authority 

shall, within ninety (90) days after the effective date of this Code, 

file with the Administrator a description of all occupations in the 

Industry in which both men and women are employed. 

SEc. 4. Apprentices.-Regularly indentured apprentices shall be 

paid a starting rate not less than eighty (80) percent of the minimum 

set forth in Section 1 above. The number of apprentices shall not 

at any time exceed the ratio of one (1) apprentice to ten (10) skilled 

workmen engaged in production. Copies of all such apprenticeship 

contracts shall be filed by the employer with the Code Authority. 

SEc. 5. Disabled Employees.-An individual whose earning capacity is limited because of age or physical or mental handicap 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 his employment at such wages and for such hours as 

shall be stated in the certificate. Each employer shall file with the 

Code Authority a list of all such persons employed by him. 

SEc. 6. Adjusting Wage Scale.-Within thirty (30) days after the 

effective date of this Code the wages paid all workers whose pay is 

above the minimum shall be equitably adjusted, if this has not already 

been done since May 1, 1933. In making such a readjustment there 

shall be no decrease in wage rates at this time. Within sixty (60) 

days of effective date the Code Authority shall report to the Administrator the readjustments made. 

ARTICLE V-ADDITIONAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

SECTION I. Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

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

self-organization or in other concerted activities for the p1upose of 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; provided (a) 

that 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; and (b) that employers shall comply with the maximum 

how·s of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President. 

SEC. 2. No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in the 

Industry, nor any one under 18 years of age shall be employed at 

operations or occupations hazardous in nature or detrimental to 

health. The Code Authority shall submit to the Administrator before 

ninety (90) days a list of such 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. 

SEc. 3. Within each State this Code shall not supersede any laws 

of such State imposing more stringent requirements on employers, 
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r gulating the a of employees, wages, hours of work, health, fire, or 

g n ral orking ondition , than und r this ode. 

EC. 4. !Jmpl yer shall n t r la sify employees or duti of 

o upation p rform d by mploye or engage in any other ubt rfuge 

so a to def at th purpo of the tor of thi ode. 

c. 5. Ea h 1npl yer shall post in conspi uous pla s a c ible 

to mplo full opie of this Code. 

SEc. 6. Every employ r shall 1nake reasonable provisi ns for the 

saf t and h alth of his employees at the place and during the hours 

of th ir mployment. 

ARTICLE VI-PRICES 

SECTION 1. (a) Within ten (10) days after the effecti e date of 

this ode each member of the Industry shall file with the Code 

Authority at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Saw Manufacturers Association of the United States, his prices, discount sheets 

and all other conditions of sale. 

(b) Pric s filed with the Code Authority shall cover: 

Woodcutting Saws-Mill: Band Saws, wide and narrow; Circular 

Saws, in luding groovers, dadoes, concave, cylinder, barrel; Straight 

Saws, including cros cuts, drag, mulay, gang. 

lif oodcutting Saws-Hardware: Hand Saws, including pruning, 

keyhole, compass; Buck Saws; Web Saws, Turning, and Felloe; 

Coping, Jig, Jewelers' Saws. 

Circular Metal-Gutting Saws; Saws j or cutting miscellaneous materials: Ice Saws, straight and circular; Butchers' Saws, hand and 

band; Cane Knives, Trowels, Hedge Shears, such other classifications 

as the Code Authority may direct. 

(c) In no case shall a member sell at a price other than his filed 

price for the various classes of trade. 

(d) A manufacturer may change his price as filed with the Code 

Authority at any time. A price change shall become effective on the 

tenth day after it is mailed to the office of the Secretary-Treasurer of 

the Saw Manufacturers Association of the United States. When a 

member revises a price, any other member may file a revised price to 

meet the first one. The second price shall become effective on the 

same day as the first. 

(e) PriceJ, filed with the Code Authority shall be open to the inspection of the trade factors as each may be concerned. At the req_uest of a member the Code Authority shall mail him such informat10n about filed prices as he requests. 

SEC. 2. (a) No member of the Industry shall sell any product at a 

price below his own individual cost. Any member may, however, 

meet the price competition of any other member whose co ts under 

this Code provision are lower. 

(b) Costs shall be determined in accordance with the principles 

enumerated in an adequate cost system formulated by the Code 

Authority with the approval of the Administrator. The Code 

Authority shall, with the approval of the Administrator, specify 

those items of cost which shall be allowable. It is understood that a 

member of the Indu try may use any cost system approved by the 

Code Authority and the Administrator. 

SEc. 3. In the event that the ode Authority finds that any filed 

price would cause in tability in the market, the Code Authority may 
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require the member of the Industry filing such price to establish that 

such price does not involve a net return to such member less than his 

cost determined pursuant to Section 2 above of this Article. Until 

such filed price under scrutiny is held violative of Section 2 above, it 

may remain in effect.* 

ARTICLE VII-UNFAIR PRACTICES 

For the purpose of this Code the following shall constitute unfair 

trade practices: 

SECTION I. Unethical and False Statements.-N o member of the 

Industry shall, either through the medium of his catalog, advertisement, or any other printed matter, or by his representatives, make 

any false statements or inferences reflecting upon the methods of 

business of his competitors, or make any false and misleading statements regarding the products or prices of competitors, nor shall he 

defame or disparage competitors directly or indirectly by words or 

acts which untruthfully impugn their business integrity, their ability 

to keep their contracts, their credit standing, or the quality of their 

product. 

SEc. 2. Commercial Bribery.-No Member of the Industry shall 

give, permit to be given, or directly offer to give any thing 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 knowledge of such employer, principal 

or party. Commercial bribery 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 comn1ercial bribery as above defined. 

SEc. 3. Rebates.-Withholding from or inserting in any invoice 

matter which makes it a false record, wholly or in part of the transaction represented on the face thereof, and the payment or allowance 

of secret rebates, secret refunds, secret credits, unearned discounts, 

whether in the forn1 of money or otherwise,. shall constitute unfair 

practices. 

SEc. 4. Trade-in Allowances.-No member of the Industry shall 

take in trade or make allowance on any old or second-hand solid 

or inserted tooth circular saws except upon such terms ana conditions 

as may be determined by the Code Authority, nor shall any member 

of the Industry permit his agent to make an over-allowance on any 

such product in violation of this Section. 

SEc. 5. Guarantee. 

(a) No member of the Industry shall replace or make allowances 

on any products because of complaints against their quality, except 

after full examination of such products by the manufacturer producing 

them, and then only when the manufacturer finds that the complaint 

is based on fair and reasonable grounds. Claims entered for faulty 

workmanship or material which are not reported until after the 

product has been largely consumed should not be allowed, but if any 

allowance is made, it shall be on the basis of the amount used. 

(b) No manufacturer shall replace or make allowance on any band 

saw 6" wide or wider if the saw complained of has been worn down 

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more than 1⁄2", unl ss the saw hows actual defects in steel, such as 

split . 

E . 6. Free ervi .-No m mber of the Indu try shall render 

to uny pur haser of any produ t in or in connection with the sale of 

u h pr du t any unu ual er ic or packing unl ss fair compen ation 

for u h er i e or packing shall be paid by uch pur ha r. 

E . 7. Establi hed Outlet .- No member of the Industry shall 

grant a llino- 01nmi ion, or a d aler's or wholesaler's discount to 

any concern or individual other than an establi hed salesman, dealer or 

whol aler as defined herewith. An stablished salesman is anyone 

paid by salary or commission for selling, while a dealer or a wholesaler 

1 anyone who buys and resells and who is remunerated by a profit 

above his purchase price for reselling to users or resellers of this 

product. Such salesmen, dealers, or wholesalers shall not be controll d or paid for their purchasing efforts by the users of the products 

purchased. 

SEc. 8. Piracy.-To imitate the trade mark, trade name, package, 

wrapp r, or label of a competitor's product to such a degree as to 

deceive or have a tendency to deceive customers shall constitute an 

unfair practice. Likewise shall be unfair practices the marking, 

branding, labeling of products, and making statements regarding 

products, the purpose or effect of which may be misleading or tend to 

deceive purchasers as to the quantity, quality, grade or substance of 

the goods purchased. 

SEc. 9. Returned Goods.-No credit shall be given for return of 

obsolete stocks or discontinued sizes, but nothing herein contained 

sha11 prevent the return of sizes currently shown on current price lists 

of a manufacturer, provided that the credit therefor shall not be more 

than current prices of such manufacturer, less return freight and all 

other expenses incidental to such return, including repacking, if 

any. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to contracts in 

force on or before the effective date. 

SEc. 10. Refunding on Stocks.-Upon a change in prices by a 

member of the Industry no adjustments, allowances, credits, or 

refunds shall be given for merchandise on the customer's premi es. 

SEc. 11. Terms of Payment.-It hall be an unfair practice to 

grant terms of payment more favorable than the following: 

The terms of payment shall be thirty (30) days net. A di count of 

(2) percent for cash may be allowed. In no case shall the cash discount be allowed when ettlement is not made by the 10th proximo, 

except that in the case of metal-cutting circular saws the di count 

may be allowed if settlement is made by the 20th proximo. The 

Code Authority may establish regulations coverino- the po t-dating 

of in oices to apply exclusively in those product of th Industry 

which they specify. 

SEc. 12. Carrying Charges.-It shall be an unfair practice to 

!iandle carrying charges upon a basis more favorabl than the followrng: 

All item shall be sold f.o .b. fa tori.es or brnn h hous , but carrying 

charges may be. equalized to competitors' factoric or bru.nches. The 

Code Authority ma tablish r gulation co ering tran portation 

allowances to apply to hedge shear I trow I cro ut aw , cir ular 

cordwood aws, home , orkshop circular aw in diamet r up to and 

in luding ten inches, bu k a, s, aw tool , hand aw , and mi cel- laneous short-saw items. 
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SEc. 13. Standard Specifications.-It shall be an unfair practice 

not to comply with any program for the simplification or standardizatjon of specifications as worked out by the Standardization Committee 

of the Saw Manufacturers Association of the United States and approved by the Code Authority. 

ARTICLE VIII-ADMINISTRATION 

SECTION 1. The Code Authority shall consist of not less than seven 

(7) and not more than eleven (11) members. The seven (7) members of 

the Executive Committee of the Saw Manufacturers Association of the 

United States shall be members of the Code Authority. If any members of the Industry who pay their proportionate share of the expense 

of the administration of the Code, but who are nonmembers of the 

Association, desire representation they may elect by some fair method, 

subject to the approval of the Administrator, one (1) member. The 

Administrator may appoint not more than three (3) members without 

vote. 

SEc. 2. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative 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, may require an appropriate 

modification in the method of selection of the Code Authority. 

SEc. 3. Each member of the Industry shall furnish to the Code 

Authority such information and statistics regarding hours of operation, wages paid, and prices, as may be required by it with a view to · keeping the President of the United States and the Administrator 

informed as to whether the Code Authority is taking appropriate 

steps to effectuate in all respects the declared policy of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. 

SEc. 4. Except as otherwise provided in the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, all statistical data filed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article, shall be confidential, and the data 

of one member of the Industry shall not be revealed to any other 

member of the Industry, except for the purpose of administering or 

enforcing the provisions of this Code. The Code Authority, by their 

duly authorized representatives, shall have access to any and all 

statistical data that may be furnished in accordance with the provisions of this Code. 

SEc. 5. Any complaints regarding an alleged infraction of this Code 

shall first be forwarded to the Code Authority for investigation and 

action. 

SEc. 6. The members of the Industry shall be entitled to participate 

in and share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority. 

The expense of administering this Code shall be borne by such members participating in and sharing the benefits of the activities of the 

Code Authority. Shares of these expenses shall be assessed in equitable and just proportionate amounts upon said members and shall be 

determined by the Code Authority, subject to review by the Administrator on the basis of volume of business and/or such other factors as 

may be just and equitable. 
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SEc. 7. In addition to the information required to be submitted 

to the od Authorit th r hall be furni hed to ov rnm nt en i 

such tatisti al inf rmati n a the Admini trator may demn ne e s ry 

f r the purp s r ited in ection 3 (a) of th A t. 

E . . If th Administrator hall d termin that any a ti n f a 

ode uth rity or an aaency thereof i unfair or unju t or ontrary 

to th public inter t, the Admini trator rnay r quire that u h a ti n 

b u p nd d for a period of not to ex eed thirty (30) da to aff rd 

an opportunit for inv tigation of the merit of su h a ti n and furth r con id ration by uch Code Authority or agen y p nding final 

action, which hall be taken only upon appro,al by the Admini trator. 

ARTICLE IX-GE ERAL PROVISIO s 

E TION 1. Pur uant to subsection (a) of Section 10 of the ational Industrial Recovery Act, the President of the nited tates 

may from time to time cancel or modify any order, approval, licen e, 

rul or rco-ulation issued under Title I of said Act. 

SEc. 2. Export Provisions.-The fair-practice provisions of this 

Code, namely, Articles VI and VII, concern sales of product of the 

Industry for use within Continental United States alone. 

SEc. 3. The Saw Manufactures Association of the nited States 

shall impose no inequitable restrictions on membership and shall 

submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of as o iation, 

bylaws, regulations, and any a.mendment when made ther to, 

together with such other information as to membership, organization 

and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary to effectuate 

the purposes of the Act. 

SEc. 4. o provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices or to eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against s1nall enterprises. 

SEc. 5. Effective Date. This Code shall become effective on the 

10th day after its approval by the President. 

Approved Code No. 274. 

Registry No. 1108-1-02. 

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