Approved Code No. 229-Amendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 629--05 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

VENETIAN BLIND INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON MARCH 23, 1935 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHING TON : 1935 

For sale b1 the Superintendent or Documents, Washington, D. C. - • • • • • • • • Price 5 cenl3 
'l'his pulilication i for sale by the Sup rintendent of Documents. Governn:ent 

Printing Offi e, Washington, D. C., and by the following N. R. A. offic s: 

Atlanta, Ga.: 625 Citizen & Southern ational Bank Building. 

Baltimore, Md. : 130 Customh use. Birmingham, Ala.: 201 Liberty National Life Building. 

Boston, Mass. : Room 1200, 0 Federal Street. 

Buffalo, N. Y.: 219 "White Buildina. 

Chicago, Ill.: Room 204, 400 orth Mi ·higan Avenue. 

Cleveland, Ohio. : 520 Bulkley Building. 

Dallas, Tex.: 1212 Republic Bank Building. 

Detroit, l\Iich.: 415 New Fe leral Buildina. 

Houston, Tex.: 403 Milam Building. 

Jack. onville, Fla.: 42..5 Unite<l States Courthou e and Post Office 

Building. 

Los Angele , Calif.: 751 Figueroa Stre t, outh. Loui ville, Ky. : 40 F ederal Building. 

Minneapolis, Minn. : 900 Roanoke Buildino-. 

Nashville, Tenn.: 415, Cotton States Building. 

Newark, N. J.: 434 Industrial Office Building, 1060 Br ad treet. 

New Orleans, La. : 214 Customhouse. 

New York, N. Y.: 45 Broadway. 

Oklahoma City, Okla.: 427 Commerce Ex hange Building. 

Philad lphia, Pa. : 933 Commercial Tru t Building. 

Pittsburgh, Pa.: 401 Law and Finance Building. 

Portland, Oreg. : 407 Park Building. 

Providence, R. I.: National Exchange Bank Building, 17 Exchangti 

Str et. 

St. Loui , Mo.: Suite 1220, 506 OliY tr t. San Fran i co, alif. : Humb It Bank uilding, 7 5 lark t tr t. 

Seattle, Wash.: 1730 Exchanrr Building. 
Approved Code No. 229-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

VENETIAN BLIND INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 23, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION :FOR THE 

VENETIAN BLIND INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I o:f the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, :for approval o:f an Amendment to a Code of Fair Competition :for the Venetian Blind Industry, and Notice o:f Opportunity to be Heard having been duly published thereon and due consideration having been given with respect 

thereto, and the annexed report o:f the Assistant Deputy Administrator on said Amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, 

having been made and directed to the National Industrial Recovery 

Board: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf o:f the President o:f 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 approve and adopt said report, recommendation and 

findings and does :further find that said Amendment and the Code 

as constituted after being amended comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions and will promote the policies and purposes of 

said title of said Act, and does hereby order that said Amendment 

annexed hereto be and it is hereby approved, and that the previous 

approval o:f said Code is hereby amended to include an approval of 

said Code in its entirety as amended. 

NATION AL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By vV. A. HARRIMAN, Adrninistrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

w. P. ELLIS, 

Division Administrator. 

vv AsHINGToN, D. c., 

JJ! arch f3, 1935. 

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REPORT TO THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY 

BOARD 

NATION AL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

National R ecovery Administration, 

Washing ton, D. 0. 

Gentlemen : I transmit herewith a proposed Amendment to Article 

VI of the Code of Fair Competition for the Venetian Blind Industry. This Amendment is partially described as follows: 

DE CRIPTION OF AMENDMENT 

The new sub ection (f) of Section 10 of Article VII which will replace former subser·tions (f) and (g) requires that each member of the 

Indu try shall pay an equitable contribution to the expenses of the 

maintenance of the Code Authority, and further provides that only 

members complying with the Code and contributing to the expenses 

of its administration, unless duly exempted, shall be entitled to participate in the selection of the Code Authority or to receive the benefit of its voluntary activities. This Amendment will delete Section 

8 of Article VI since that Section is repetitious and inconsistent with 

the new subsection (f) of Section 10 of Article VII. 

APPLICATION, REPRESENTATION AND CONSENT 

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OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD ACCORDED TO PERSONS ENGAGED IN OTHER 

STEPS OF THE ECONOMIC PROCESS 

Administrative Order No. 229-7, giving notice of the proposed 

Amendment, was issued on February 1, 1935. Under this Order, 

opportunity was accorded any person to submit criticisms, objections, 

or suggestions concerning said Amendment which was printed with 

said Notice. This opportunity extended to February 21, 1935. No 

objections to the Amendment were received in response to this Notice 

which was published in full accordance with Executive Order No. 

6527, dated December 21, 1933. 

CONSIDERATION BY THE NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

The proposed Amendment has been considered by the several Advisory Boards and Divisions of the National Recovery Administration in the manner and to the extent required under the Office Manual. 

Until the present time the Code Authority for this Industry has operated ver/ sa.tisfactorily on a basis of voluntary contributions to the 

exI?ense o maintaining the Code Authority. Lately, however, new 

units are entering the business and some of these are not paying the 

voluntary contributions. In order to avoid a situation in which the 

benefits of the Code Authority are enjoyed by those not contributing 

to its support, it is proposed to make m.andatory the payment of contributions to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority 

by members 0£ the Industry. 

This Amendment authorizes the Code Authority to collect equitably 

from all members of the Industry contributions for the purpose of 

defraying the expenses of the Code Authority. It will impose no 

inequitable restrictions. It will not promote monopolies or tend to 

promote monopolistic practices, nor oppress small enterprises. 

The Code as amended complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection 

(a) of Section 7, and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. The 

Code as amended also complies with Executive Order No. 6678, dated 

April 14, 1934. 

This Amendment is designed to provide for the general welfare, 

and effectuate the policies of the Act, by promoting the organizations 

of the Industry for the purpose of cooperative action in this trade 

group. 

RECOMMENDATION 

On the basis of all the facts stated above and the administrative 

findings of law and fact made above, I recommend that this Amendment be approved. 

W. JENNINGS Burrs, 

A.ssistC1Jnt Deputy Administrator. 

The findings and recommendation made above are concurred in by : 

MARCH 20, 1935. 

A. C. DIXON, 

Deputy A.d1ninistrator. 

w. P. ELLIS, 

Division A. dministrator. 
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE VENETIAN BLIND INDUSTRY 

Amend Article VI by deleting Section 8; renumbering Section 9 

as Section 8; relettering subsection (h), as subsection (g); and by 

deleting Section 10, subsections (:f) and (g) and substituting in lieu 

thereof the fallowing : 

(:f) It being found necessary, in order to support the administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair competition 

established hereunder and to effectuate the policy o:f the Act, the 

Code Authority is authorized: · (A) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper :for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code; 

(B j' To submit to the National Industrial Recovery Board for 

approval, subject to such notice and opportunity to be heard as may 

be deemeu necessary, (1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing purposes, and (2) an equitable basis upon 

which the funds necessary to support such budget shall be contributed 

by members of the Industry; 

(C) After such budget and basis of contribution have be n approved by the National Industrial Recovery Board, to determine 

and obtain equitable contribution as above set :forth by all members 

of the Industry, and to that end, if necessary, to institute legal proceedings therefor in its own name. 

Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable contribution to the expenses of the maintenance of the Code Authority, 

determined as hereinbefore provided, and subject to rule and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the ational Industrial Recovery Board. Only members of the Indu try complying with the Code 

and contributing to the expenses of its admini tration as hereinabove 

provided, unless duly exempted from making uch contribution hall 

be entitled to participate in the selection of members of the ode 

Authority or to receive the benefit of its voluntary acti ities or to 

make use o:f any emblem or insignia of the ational Recovery 

Admini tration. 

The ode Authority hall neith r in ur n r pay an bliaa ion 

sub tantially in ex e s :f the amount ther :f a timat d in i 

approv d budg t, and hall in no ev nt exc d the t al am un ontained in th approv 1 budaet ex ept upon approval of h ational 

Indu trial R cov r B ard · an no ub equ nt buda t h 11 ntain 

any 1 fi i ncy item for exp nditur in - :f pri r budcr ~timat x pt tho whi h the ati nal In u trial R B ard 

hall hav o appr Y d. 

R numb r tion 10 and 11 f hi arti l o r a ti n 9 

and 10. 

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