Approved Code No. 319-Arnendment No. I Registry No. 1325-05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

NEWSPAPER PRINTING 

PRESS. INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 10, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART· 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON i lW 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Snt: This is a report on the modification to the Code ffl Fair 

Competition for the New ·paper Printing Press Industry, in accord- ance with Article IX of said Code as approved on March 5, 1934. 

These Modifications include an addition of a new Section, numbered as 7, to Article V, and a change in wording of Section 2, 

Article VII. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said modi- fications to said Code having :found as herein set forth and on the 

ba is of all the proceeding ~ in this matter: 

I find that : 

(a) The modifications to aid Code and the Code as modified are 

well de. igned to promote the policie · an l purposes of Title I of 

the National In lu trial Recovery Act including the removal of 

obstructions to the free fl.ow of interstate and foreign commerce which 

tend to climini h the amount thereof, and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organizati n 01 in lustry for thB 

purpo ·e of coopern.tiYe action among trade groups by inducing and 

n1aintaining united action of labor and management under adequate 

governmental sanction an<l ·ur ervision, by eli1ninating unfair com- petitive practices, by promotino-- the fullest po sible utilization of 

the pre ent producti,- ·apacity of indu trie , by avoiding undue 

r e triction of production (ex ·ept as may be temporarily required), 

by incre-asing the consumption of industrial an 1 agricultural products through increa ·ino· purcha. ing power, by re lucin~ and relieving 

unemployment, by improving standard of labor, ancl by otherwise 

rehabilitating industry. ( b) Th Code a · moclifie 1 complies in all respects with the pertinent provi ions of aid Titl of said Act, including without limitation Sub. ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

( c) The modificationH an i th Code as modified are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopolistic practices. ( d) The modification. and the Code as modified are not designed 

to and wi•ll H0t eliminnte or oppres . mall enterprises and will not 

operate to liscrimina..te again t: them. ( e) Those en gage l in otter step of the economic process have not 

been deprived of the l'ight to be heard prior to approval of said 

modifieatiol'ls. 

For these reasons, the e modifications have been approved by me, 

subject to a ten (10) day tay and oppoI:'tunity to be heard by all 

affected persons. 

Respectfully, 

AUGUST 10, 1934, 

(2) 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Aclniinistrator. 
MODIFICATION TO CODE OF FAIR co:rvIPETITION FOR 

THE NEvVSPAPER PRINTING PRESS INDUSTRY 

PURPOSE 

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

Newspaper Printing Press Industry, duly approved by the President on March 5, 19.34 and further to eif ectuate the policies of Title 

I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following modification is established as a part of said Code of Fair Competition and 

shall be binding upon every member of the Newspaper Printing 

Press Industry. 

MODIFICATION 

Modify Article V by adding a new Section to be numbered 7 and 

reading as follows : 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

"S:1.::cTION 7 . . No employer shall dismiss m.· demote any employee 

for making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an alleged 

violation of the provisions of any code of fair competition approved 

under Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act." 

Modify Article VII, Section 2, by deleting after the words "provided, however, that where any member of the Industry desires to 

sell", the v--ords "any presses, units or folders, new or used, already 

on hand, below cost " and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

" below cost machinery of dropped design or any presses, units or 

folders, new or used, which have been on hand more than one-half 

completed for two years or more "; 

Modified Artic!e VII, Section 2, will the~1 read as follows : 

A~TICLE ~vII-TRADE PnACTICES 

"SECTION 2. Selling B elow Oost.-Selling or exchanging ~my product of the Industry at a price, or upon terms and conditions which 

will result in the purchaser paying for the goods received less than 

the allowable cost thereo;f to the seller, determined in accordance 

with the method of costing iescribed in Section 1 of this Article; 

provided, however, that wh~re any member of the Industry desires 

to sell below cost machinery of dropped design or any presses, units 

or folders, new or used, which have been on hand more than onehalf completed for two years or more, he shall notify the Code 

Authority of such fact, together with the reasons therefor, coincident with making such proposal; and provided, further, that when 

a member of the Industry wishes to sell below his own allowable 

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cost to meet the competitjon of a lower cost product or to meet the 

competition from products of equivalent design, character, or specifi cations manufactured outside of the United States, he shall so report to the Code Authority and hall cite the competition which 

causes him to take this action." 

Approved Code No. 319-Amendment No. 1. 

R egistry No. 1325--05. 

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