Approved Code No. 314 Registry No. 701-32 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE COAL INDUSTRY 

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Approved Code No. 314 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

WHOLESALE COAL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 1, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROYING ConE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE "\V HOLESALE CoAL 

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 "\iVholesale Coal Industry, and hearings 

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

containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and 

directed to the President : 

NO"\V, 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. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Ad1ninistrator for· Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

K. M. SrMP ON, 

Division Adm,iriistrator. 

,v AsHrNoToN, D.c., 

M a'rch 1, 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 

Wholesale Coal Industry as revised after a public hearing conducted in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1933, in accordance 

with the provisions of the National Indu trial Recovery Act. 

WAGE AND HOUR PROVISIONS 

Nor1nal Hours.-Forty (40) hours per week. 

Minimum W ages.-Forty ( 40) cents per hour for part time employees, and $15 per week for employees working the normal hour . . Overti'fne P enalty.-Provision is made for payment at the rate of 

time and one-half for any hours worked in excess of forty ( 40) 

hours per week. 

Age Limit.-The employment of any person under ixt en ( 16) 

years of age is prohibited. 

Estinwted Etf ect.-Durina 1929 approximately 24,000 wage earners were employed in the Wholesale Coal Indu try as compared with 

approximately 12,000 in 1932. It i estimated that the hour provisions of thi Code will add 1,950 employee to this Indu try's 

payroll, · ther by increasing employment approximately 16% ov r 

the 1932 employment total. It is estimated that the wage provisions will increase the total payroll approximately 15% o- er 1932. 

MARKETING PROVISIO 

o provision is made for any price reQ'Ulati n exc pt that 

member of the Industry shall o conduct hi bu in a to av id 

discrimination against any cla or gToup of cu t mer , and it j 

further provided that no member of the Indu try hall 11 an ul 

at a price le s than the then curr nt market pri of hat o-rad an 

quality of coal established under the pro i ion of an d of Fair 

Competiti n f r producer,s of coal in th mark t h re he d liver i ~ 

to b made or in the near t mark t to th pla e h r h d li r 

1 to be mad . 

RE I RKS 

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FINDIXGS 

The Deputy Administrator in hie:: final report to me on aid Code 

having found as herein set forth and on the basi of all the proceedings in this matter, 

I find that: 

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

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 cooperative action among the trade groups, by 

inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions and upervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest pos.sible 

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 employ 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 of the aforesaid 

Industry; and that said association impo e no inequitable restrictions 

on admission 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 "ill 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 the Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

MARCH 1, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Adminutrato-r. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WHOLESALE 

COAL INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the ~policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, this Code is established as a Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesale Coal Industry, and shall be the standard of 

fair competition for such Industry and binding upon every member 

thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. "Coal" shall mean any anthracite, semi-anthracite 

bituminous, semi-bituminous or lignite coal, fuel wood or wood-fuel 

products, briquettes, boulets, coke, gas-house coke, petroleum coke, 

petroleum carbon or any manufactured or patented fuel not sold by 

liquid or metered measure. 

SECTION 2. " Wholesaling " shall mean the selling or selling and 

delivering of coal in railroad cars or cargo ves els, subject, howeYer to the provisions of Article III, Section 8, of this Code. 

SECTION 3. " Retailing " shall mean the elling or elling and deli Yering o,f coal in other than railroad cars or cargo vessels subject, 

ho"ever, to the provisions of Article III, Section 8, of this Code. 

SECTION 4. "Wholesale Coal Industry" or "Industry" shall mean 

the wholesaling of purcha ed coal. 

SECTION 5. "President ", "Act", an l "Administrator" hall mean 

reNpectively the President of the United States, the ational Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator under Title I of aid Act. 

SECTION 6. "Employee' hall mean anyone engaged in the wholesale Coal In lustry in any capacity recei ing compensation for his 

services, irre pective of the nature or method of uch comp n ation, 

except a 1nember of the Indu try. 

ECTIO 7. "Employer" shall mean anyone by whom su h employ e is compensated or employed. E TIO 8. "Member of the Indu try" hall in lude all tho ~ 

engao·ed in the Indu try, a an ernpl y r or n hi~ or its own b half. 

RTICLE III- DML: I TRATI N 

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benefits of the activities of the Code Authority and to participate in 

the selection of the members thereof by assenting to the Code, by 

executing a letter substantially as shown in Schedule A annexed 

hereto and complying with the requirements of this Code and sustaining their reasonable share of the expenses of its administration. 

SECTION 3. No two of the members of the Code Authority shall 

be associated with the same member of the Industry. Vacancies in 

the Code Authority shall be filled by the Code Authority with the 

approval of the Administrator. 

SECTION 4. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 

members of the Code Authority partners for any purpo e. 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 em.ployee 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-feas.ance. 

SECTION 5. The Code Authority shall have the following powers 

and duties, subject to such rules and reg7llations as may be issued 

by the Administrator. 

(a) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and 

provide for the compliance of the Industry with the provisions of 

the Act. 

(b) To adopt by-laws and rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration and enforcem.ent of the Code, subject 

to the approval of the Administrator. 

( c) To obtain from members of the Industry such information and 

reports as are required for the administration of the Code and to 

provide for submission by members of such information and reports 

as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited 

in Section 3 (a) of the Act, which information and reports shall 

be submitted by members to such Federal and State agencies as the 

Administrator may designate; provided that nothing in this Code 

shall relieve any member of the Industry of any existing obligations 

to furnish reports to any government agency. No individual reports 

shall be disclosed to any other member of the Indu try. 

( d) To appoint agents or agencies, delegating to such agents or 

agencies necessary powers and to use such existing trade associations 

and other agencies as it deems proper for the carrying out of any 

of its activities provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code 

Authority of its duties or re ponsibilities under this Code and that 

such trade associations and agencies ,shall at all times be subject 

to and comply with the provi ions hereof. 

( e) To make recommendations to the Admini tra tor for the 

coordination of the administration of this Code with such other 

codes, if any, as may be related to the Industry. 

(f) To secure from members of the Indu try accepting the benefits of the Code, an equitable and proportionate payment of the 

reasonable expenses of maintaining the Code Authority and its 

activities. 

(g) To recommend to the Administrator further fair trade practice provisions to govern members of the Industry in their relations 

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

SECTION 6. 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 prescribe 

such hearrngs as he may deem appropriate, 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 appropriate modifications in the method of the 

selection of the Code Authority. 

SECTION 7. The Code Authority shall appoint a committee to meet 

with a committee of the Code Authority of any related industry and 

when so meeting to act as a Coordination Board in the determination of disputes over the jurisdiction of the respective Code Authorities. Each corrunittee shall be equal in number to the respective 

committee of the related industry appointed to the same oordination Board. In addition to the members appointed by the Code 

Authorities, each Coordination Board shall have one member appointed by the Administrator with authority to vote in the cas6 

of a tie. 

SECTION 8. Any business included in the definition of ""\Vholesaling" in Article II, Section 2, of this Code, which has been by 

cu tom served by the Retail Solid Fuel Industry in any trade area, 

shall be included within the definition of "retailing" and any business included in the definition of" retailing" in Article II, Section 3, 

of this Code, which has been by custom served by the , holesale 

Coal Industry in any trade area, shall be included within the definition of "wholesaling." Any dispute arising out of these provi ions 

and involving any related industry or industries for which a Code 

of Fair Competition shall exist, shall be forthwith reviewed and 

determined by the procedure established in the last preceding Section, provided tl~at no such determination shall prevent any wholesaler doing retail business, or the converse. 

ECTION 9. In case there should be a disputB between thi 

Authority and the Code Authority of any related indu tr 

det rmination of which is not provided for by ection 7 an 

this Article, this Code Authority may have the power to pr nt it 

for adjustment to the proper Code Authority of uch r lated inclu try 

and if the two Code uthorities are unable to com to an a r ment 

this Code Authority may present it to the Admini trat r f r hi 

d cision. 

ECTION 10. The ode Authority may iYi e the coun ry in 

r egions and "TI'h n rcqu ted to do so by a majorit f th m rob r 

a nting to the od in a r gion, hall on itut in th r <Yi n 

R ional de uth rity t consi t of fiv n1 mb r . The 

b r shall be 1 t b a plurali f th m. n1b r 

Indu try in that r o-ion a nting to h <l nnd r ul 

rib d by the d u hority and ubj th pr vi i r 

tion 3 of thi rti 1 . The dmini ' ra r m· ) a 1 l in 

1 n-voting m mb r n a ·h R ional nth rity. I mb r 

th od uthority may be m mb r f u ·l R < i nal 

uthoriti s. 
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SECTION 11. When and where Regional Code .A.uthoritie~ are con16tituted, Sections 4 to 8 inclusive of this Article shall apply to them 

in their regions subject to review, disapproval or modification by the 

Code Authority. • 

SECTION 12. The Code Authority shall keep the Regional Cod~ 

Authorities fully informed of its proceedings and recommendations, 

and each Regional Code Authority shall keep the Code Authority 

fully informed o:f its proceedings and recommendations. 

SECTION 13. All acts or findings of the Code Authority or any 

Regional Code Authority or Trade Association shall be reported to 

the Administrator and shall be subject to his disapproval after such 

notice and hearing as he may prescribe. If the Administrator shall 

determine at any time that any action of a 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 o:f the merits o:f such 

action and further consideration by such Code Authority or agency 

pending final action which shall not be effective unless the Administrator approves or unless he shall fail to disapprove after thirty 

days' notice to him of intention to proceed with such action in its 

original or modified form. 

SECTION 14. Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority shall (1) impose no inequitable restrictions on membership and 

(2) submit to the Administrator true copies of its Articles of Association, By-Laws, Regulations and any amendments when made 

thereto, together with such other information as to membership, organization and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary 

to e:ff ectuate the purposes of the Act. 

ARTICLE IV-LABOR 

SECTION 1. No employee ( except executives and supervisory employees receiving not less than $35 per week, and salesmen) shall 

be permitted to work more than 40 hours per week unless time and 

one-half is paid for each hour worked in excess of 40 hours per week. 

SECTION 2. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties or 

occup·ations performed, or engage in any other subterfuge, so as to 

defeat the purposes or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

SECTION 3. No employee shall be paid less than $15 per week. 

No part time em loyee shall be paid less than 40 cents per hour. 

SECTION 4. No employee who e normal full time weekly hours as of 

July 1, 1933, are reduced by 20% or less shall have his or her full 

time weekly earnings as of July 1, 1933, reduced. No employee 

whose full time weekly hours as of July 1, 1933, are reduced more 

than 20% shall have his or her full time weekly earnings reduced 

by more than 10% ; provided, however, that this section shall not 

apply to any employee whose normal full time weekly earnings were 

more than $35.00 per week prior to July 1, 1933, and whose normal 

full time weekly earnings were not reduced to less than $35.00 per 

week between July 1, 1933, and the effective date of this Code, 

inclusive. 
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SECTION 5. No employee shall be dismi sed by reason of making a 

complaint or giving evidence with respect to a violation of this Code .. 

SECTION 6. o employer shall knowingly permit any employee to 

work fo1-- any time which, when totaled with that already performed 

for another employer or employer ex eeds the maximum permitted 

herein. 

SECTION 7. Employee shall have the right to organize and Largain collectively through repre entafrves of their own choo ing, anc.l 

shall be free from the interference re. traint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the de ignation of ,such repr entatiYe , or in elf organization or in other oncerted activities for the 

purpo e of colle tive bargaining or other mutual aid or prot ction. 

No employee and no one seeking employment shall be requir cl as a 

condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

from joining organizing, or a i ting a labor organization of hi 

own choo ing. Employers shall comply with the maximmn hours 

o.f labor, minimum rate of pay and other condition of employment approved or prescribed by the Pre ident. 

ECTION 8. No per on under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed in the Industry, and no person under 18 years of age hall 

be employed in the use of power-driven loading or unloading equipment or power or horse-drawn vehicles. In any tate an employer 

shall be deemed to have complied with this provision as to ag if he 

shall have on file a certificate or permit duly signed by the Authority 

in uch State empowered to issue age certificates or permit , howing 

that the employee is of the required age. 

~ECTION 9. Each employer shall post and keep po ted in ten point 

type or larger, the full Labor Provisions of this Code and the name 

and adclres of the nearest place where ode violations may b 

reported. 

"ECTION 10. Every employer hall make rea onabl provi ion for 

the afety and health of his employees at the place an l durin the 

hour of their employment. 

ECTION 11. Jo provision in thi Code hall super ede an 

Federal law which impo s on employer mor rin()" nt r quir -

n1ent a to age of emplo ee , wao- . h ur of work, r a t af t ,. 

h alth anitary or general working conditi n , r in uran , .r fir · 

prot ·tion, than are impo ed by thi o . 

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. SECTION 3. In order to fairly compete with sales made direct by 

producers of coal, 

(a) As to all producers who are not bound to the contrary by a 

Code of Fair Competition on the effective date of this Code, members 

of the Industry shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation on the 

business handled by them, in the form of commissions, or differentials· between their purchase price and the then current market price under 

the provisions of any Codes of Fair Competition for producers of 

coal approved by the President or the Administrator, the amount of 

such compensation shall be measured by the nature of the distribution 

as well as by the conditions in each consuming district1 and such 

amount is to be established by agreement between the parties. 

(b) .As to all other producers, in case a fair compensation for 

members of the Industry, in the opinion of the Code Authority, is 

unobtainable by virtue of any provision of a Code of Fair Competition for any related ind11stry, upon determination thereof by the 

Code Authority for this industry, the interpretation and application 

of such Code provisions may be settled as provided for in Section 9 

of Article III of this Code. 

SECTION 4. The members 0£ the Industry, in buying and selling 

coal, shall specify the grade and size ordered, and shall require, as a 

condition of sale and purchase that this information be shown on 

the invoice, manifest and billing. 

SECTION 5. Freight on all-rail shipments shall not be prepaid by a 

member of the Industry except to prepay points published in railway 

tariffs. But, when bids are asked for at a delivered price, whether 

by public advertisement or otherwise and when the terms and conditions are not secret but known to all desiring to bid, then the successful bidder may pay all transportation charges making up the 

delivered price. 

SECTION 6. The Code Authority or any Regional Code Authority 

shall prescribe fair terms of sale. 

SECTION 7. Nothing in this Article shall prevent any member of 

the Industry from creating special prices for overseas exports. 

ARTICLE VI-UNFAIR PRACTICES 

Each and every one of the following practices shall be an unfair 

competitive practice and a violation of this Code : 

SECTION 1. The prepayment of freight charges with intent or with 

the effect of granting discriminatory credit allowances. 

SECTION 2. The giving in any form of adjustments, allowances, unearned discounts, credits, or refunds to purchasers or sellers of coal, 

for the purpose or with the effect of altering retroactively a price 

previously agreed upon in such a manner as to create price discrimination. 

SECTION 3. The payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, credits, 

or unearned discounts, whether in the :form of money, or otherwise, 

or the extending of services or privileges not paid, allowed or extended to all purchasers under like conditions. 

SECTION 4. The predating or postdating of any invoice or contract 

for the purchase or sale of coal except to conform to a bona fide 

agreement for purchase or sale entered into on the predate. 
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SECTION 5. The intentional misrepresentation of analyses or sizes, 

or the intentional making, cau ing or permitting to be made, or pubIi hing of any fal e, untrue, mi leading or deceptive statement by 

way of adverti ement, inYoice , or otherwise, concerning the size, 

quantity haracter, nature preparation or origin of any coal bought 

·or sold. 

SECTION G. No member of the Industry shall give, permit to be 

given, or directly offer to giv€, anything of value for the purpose of 

influen ing or re\\'arding the action of any employee, aO'ent or repre· 

·entative of another in relation to the bu iness of the employer 0£ 

uch employee, the principal of such agent or the represented party, 

without the knowledge of such employer, principal or party. This 

provi ion hall not be con trued to prohibit free and general distribu• 

tion of articles commonly used for advertising except so far as such 

article are actually u ed for commercial bribery as hereinabove 

define j_ 

ECTIO:N 7. The making of, or cau ing or permittinO' to be made, 

any false or deceptive statements, either written or oral of or concerning the bu ine s policy of a competitor, his produce selling price, 

or financial, busine s or personal standing. 

SECTION 8. The publishing of advertising ( whether printed radio, 

display or of any other nature) which fails to give correct name and 

addre and which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular (including the imitation of trade mark , trade name , slogan , 

or other marks of identification) or the misrepre en ting of credit 

term , values, policies, service , or the nature or form of the bu ine s 

conducted. 

SECTION 9. Inducing or attempting to induce by any means or 

device what oever, a breach of contract between a competitor and his 

cu tomer. 

SECTION 10. The sale or offering for sale of coal of a certain kind 

or size at a price appropriate for such coal with the secret understanding that coal of other quality, size or preparation list d at or 

generally commandino- a different price, will be delivered· or delivery 

of coal of a quality different from that agre d to be d livered upon 

a ale. 

E TION 11. Th withholding from a cu tom r of a water all wan e granted by the producer in a cordan e with the pro i ion f 

the railroad tariff or the making of a water allowan e to a u tom r 

other than that o-ranted by a producer in a cordan with th railroad tariff. 

ECTI .. 12. Th plittino- or dfridino- of di ount 

or all wan , or th ir u in an mann r 

re tion for th purpo of making di ount 

pric th r than th pro id 1 in thi 

· n um r or to an r tail r r t th r . o hincr in h 

Ji, all w th divi linO' of a ompenkati n b w 

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on a tonnage basis or such other bases as the Code Authority may 

determine subject to the disapproval of the Administrator. All 

reasonable costs as approved by the Code Authority, incurred in 

initiating, submitting and securing the approval of this Code may 

also be assessed against members of the Industry receiving the 

benefits thereof. 

SECTION 2. The . costs of administering this Code by the Regional 

Code Authority shall be borne by members of the Industry within 

the region accepting the benefits of this Code, each paying his proportionate share as assessed by the Regional Code Authority, computed on a tonnage basis, with the approval of the Code Authority. 

ARTICLE VIII-MODIFICATIONS 

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

made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the 

provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or 

regulation issued under Title I of said Act and specifically, but 

without limitation, to the right of the President to cancel or modify 

his approval of this Code, or any conditions imposed by him upon 

his approval thereof. 

SECTION 2. Such of the provisions of this Code as are not 

required to be included therein by the Act may, with the approval 

of the Administrator, be amended as provided in Section 3 hereof 

in such manner as may be indicated by the needs of the public, by 

changes in circumstance, or by experience ; all the provisions of this 

Code unless so modified or eliminated, shall remain in effect until 

June 16, 1935. 

SECTION 3. An amendment may be proposed by any interested 

party either to the Code AEthority or directly by or to the Administrator. All proposed amendments shall be referred to the Code 

Authority, who shall give members of the Industry an opportunity 

to be heard thereon, and thereafter the Code Authority may make 

such recommendation thereon as is deemed proper, provided, however, that when approved by the Administrator as necessary to 

effectuate the policies of the Act, after such notice and hearing as 

he may prescribe, any pro_posed amendment shall thereupon become 

effective as a part of this Code. 

ARTICLE IX-MONOPOLIES 

No prov1s10n of this Code shall be so applied as to permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or 

discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DATE 

·This Code shall become effective 10 days after its approval by 

the Administrator. 

Appro;v-ed Code No. 314. 

Registry No. 701- 32. 
SCHEDULE A 

On approval of the Cod the Secretary of the American Wholesale Coal 

.As. ociation shall send to every known Whole. aler in the United State a 

form sub. tantially as follo,-v , announcing a rea onable date by or before 

which the ballots mu t be returned. He shall tabulate the ballot received and 

announce the names of the even partie receiYing the highe t number of 

votes, who will become mernb rs of the Code Authority, upon approval by the 

.Admini..:tra tor. 

LETTER OF ASSENT AND BALLOT 

(Date) _____________________________ _ 

SECRETARY, AMERICA~ "\VBOLE'SALE COAL .A::;so IATION, 

943 Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Sm: We hereby as ent to the Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesale 

Coal Industry as approYed by the .Admini trator. 

Our total tonnage from January 1, 1933, to December 31, 1933, wa _________ _ 

tons. 

Please record our vote for members of the Code .Authority a follow : 

Sincerely yours, 

(420) 

0 

(Nnme ot ompany) 

(Name of Officer) 

(Title) 
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