NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

MICROSCOPIC SLIDE AND GLASS 

SWITCH PLATE INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 20, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 1330-03 

The Code for the Microscopic and Glass Switch Plate Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

U.S. DEPOS\TO"'Y 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE MICROSCOPIC 

SLIDE AND GLASS SWITCH PLATE INDUSTRY 

1. To effectuate the policy of title 1 of the National Industry Recovery Act during the period of the emergency by reducing and 

relieving unemployment, improving the standards of labor; eliminating competitive practice destructive to the interests of the public, 

employees, and employers; relieving the effects of overcapacity, and 

otherwise rehabilitate the microscopic slide and glass switch plate 

industry, the following provisions are established for the Inicroscopic slide and glass switch-plate industry. 

The term microscopic slide, as herein used, is defined to mean the 

manufacture and cutting of glass slides used in laboratories and 

microscopic work. Glass switch plates are defined to mean the 

manufacture and cutting of glass into the form of switch plates. 

The term effective date, as used herein, is defined to be the 11th day 

of September 1933. The term persons shall include natural persons, 

partnerships, associations, and corporations. 

2. On or after the effective date the minimum wage paid by employers in the microscopic slide industry and the glass switch plate 

industry to any of their employees shall be at the minimum rate of 

Forty-nine cents ($0.49) per hour when employed in said industry. 

No employee shall receive a lower minimum wage than Seventeen 

dollars and Fifty cents ($17.50) per week , when employed in said 

industry. The provision ·for the minimum wage established in this .code shall constitute a guarantee minimum rate of pay in connection 

with a time rate and work basis of compensation. No increase in 

the amount of production or work shall be required of employees 

for the purpose of avoiding the benefits to employees prescribed 

by this code in respect to wages and hours of employment. 

3. On and after the effective date the hours of employment for 

.employees in a microscopic slide and glass switch plate industry, 

excepting firemen, shipping clerks, watchmen, and the managers or 

executive owners, shall not exceed forty-five hours per week, nor 

more than nine hours per day. It is intended that the foregoing 

provisions for maximum hours shall establish the maximum hours 

of labor per week of each employee other than those employees excepted herein, so that under no circumstances will employees be 

permitted to work for any one or more employers in the industry 

an aggregate in excess to the prescribed number of hours in any 

single week. Firemen, night watchmen, managers, and other employees excepted in the above shall not work in excess of an average 

of forty-five hours per week during any year beginning with the 

effective date. It is intended that employees' wages shall not be 

reduced by reason of the reduction of the prescribed number of 

hours of employment. 

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4. All microscopic slides and glass switch plates manufactured 

and distributed shall bear the N.R.A. label which shall remain attached to the container when placed on sale by a retail distributor. 

The privilege of using such labels shall be granted and such labels 

shall be issued to any manufacturer, from time to time, engaged in 

the microscopic slide and glass switch-plate indu try, upon applica- tion therefor to code authorities, accompanied by a statement of 

the compliance with the standards of operation prescribed by this 

code. 

5. On and after the effective date employers in this industry shall 

not employ any minors under the age of sixteen years. 

6. afe, healthful and otherwise sanitary working conditions shall 

be provided for all employees, which conditions shall a a minimum 

comply with the highest standards respecting sanitation and the 

standard specified in the law of any State in which the manufacturer is located. "\Vith a view of keeping the Presid nt informed as to the observance or nonobservance of this code of fair competition and a to 

whether the microscopic slide and glass switch-plate industry is 

taking appropriate steps to effectuate the declared policy of the 

National Recovery Act, each person engaged in said in lustry shall 

furnish every four weeks certified reports showing inter alia : 

(a) Pay-roll data showing by ex and occupation the number 

of people employed, number of hours worked, an l the rates of wage 

paid. 

(b) Production data showing the number of micro copic slides 

and glass switch plates manufactur d. 7. This code and all the provisions thereof are expre. ly made ub- ject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provi ions 

of clau e 10-b of the National Recovery Act, from tim to time to 

cancel or modify any order, approval, license rule or r ulati n i -

sued under title 1 of said Act, and pecifying to th ri rrh f the 

President to cancel or modify his ar pro' al of thi code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 8. Such of the provisions of thi code a are not requir t b 

enclo eel therein and theN ational Indu trial Recov r Act, mav with 

the appro al of the Pre ident be modifi c1 or eliminat l a cl1ana 

and circumstances or experi nces may indicate. 

Auau T 23, 1933. 

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