Approved Code No. 347-Supplement No. 2 Registry No. 1414-08 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL 

SPRING INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Machinery and Allied Products Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON APRIL 23, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 347-Supplement No. 2 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COlVIPETITION 

FOR THE 

RAILWAY AND INDUSTRIAL SPRING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on April 23, 1934 

ORDER 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE RAILW • .A.Y AND 

INDUSTRIAL SPRING INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE MACHINERY AND ALLIED PRODUCTS 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 Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Railway and Industrial 

Spring Subdivision of Machinery and Allied Products Industry, and 

hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on 

said Supplemental 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 Supplemental 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 Supplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby 

approved on condition that the Railway and Industrial Spring Association shall amend its Articles of Association and By-Laws to the 

satisfaction of the Administrator on or before April 27, 1934, as 

12rovided in the Executive Order of approval of the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry as 

approved on March 17, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

A. R. GLANCY, 

Division Administrator. 

w ASHINGTON, D.O., 

April f3, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White H oi(;Se. 

SIR: This is a report on the Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Railway and Indu trial Spring Manufacturing Subdivision of the Machinery and Allied Products Indu try, Public Hearing having been conducted ther on in Washington, D.C. Dec mber 

21, 1933, in accordance with the provision of Title I of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. 

GE ERAL TATEMENT 

The Railway and Industrial Spring Association b in truly representative of this Subdivision of the Machinery and Alli d Products Indu try, has submitted a Supplemental Cod of Fair Competition to the Basic Code for the :Machinery and Allied Products 

Industry, approved by you March 17 1934. The Railwa and Industrial Spring Industry is a capital goods indu try and is ngaged 

in the bu ine,s of manufacturing and elling hot form d helical 

elliptical, and special springs and/or pre sed steel journal box lids 

and/ or pre sed teel pring plates for u e on locomotiv pa enger 

and frei ght car equipment. The industrial pring d partment of 

the indu try is devoted principally to th production of ma hinery 

and valve pring and mall spring of pecial design ma le of wire 

and rolled . ections. 

ECON MIO EFFEOI' 

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The code will increase factory employment about twelve per cent 

and factory payrolls about 3.2 per cent. 

FIN DINGS 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me 

on said Supplemental Code having found as herein set forth and on 

the basis of all the proceedings in this matter : 

I find that: 

(a) Said Supplemental Code is well designed to :promote the · policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

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 supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the 

fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of 

industries, by avoiding undue restriction 0£ 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 Subdivision normally employs not more than 50,000 

employees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

( c) The Supplemental 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 group is an industrial group truly representative 

0£ the aforesaid Subdivision of the Industry i and that said group 

imposes no inequitable r estrictions on adl11lssion to membership 

therein. 

( d) The Supplemental Code is not designed to and will not permit 

monopolies or monopolistic practices. 

( e) The Supplemental Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not oper ate to discriminate against them. 

( £) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Supplemental Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, I have approved this Supplemental 

Code; on condition that the Railway and Industrial Spring Association shall amend its Articles 0£ Association and By-Laws to the 

satisfaction of the Administrator on or before April 27, 1934, as 

provided in the Executive Order of approval of the Code of Fair 

Competition for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry as 

approved March 17, 1934. '' 

Respectfully, 

APRIL 23, 1934. 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Administrator. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE RAILWAY AND INDUSTRI AL SPRING INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE :MACHINERY AND ALLI.ED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Supplemental National Industrial Recovery Code for the Railway and 

Industrial Spring Manufacturing Subdivision of the ~Iachinery and 

Allied Products Industry, and taken together with the National 

Industrial Recovery Code of Machinery and Allied Products I ndustry, to which it is a Supplement, shall be the standard of f air 

competition for this Subdivision, and shall be binding on each 

employer therein. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

"Applicant " means the Rail way and Indu trial Spring Association, the address of which is 30 Church Street, New York ity1 New 

York, a trade organization, all members of which are engaged 1n the 

manufacture for sale of the products of the Railway and Industrial 

Spring Manufacturing Subdivision of the Machinery and Allied 

Products Industry, which organization is truly repre entative of this 

Subdi vi ion. 

"Industry" means the Machinery and Allied Product Industry, 

as defined in its National Industrial Recovery Code a appro ed by 

the President, and as such definition may from time t time be 

amended. 

" Subdivision" means the Railway and Indu trial princr 1\1anufacturing Subdivision of the Machinery and Allied Product Industry as defined and set forth in Article II of the ational Industrial 

Recovery Code of the Machinery and Allied Product Indu ry as 

follows: 

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"' Railwa and Industrial pring Manufacturin 

means and include only the bu ine of :produ in and 

formed heli al, elliptical and p cial prino- and/ r pr <.l 1 

journal box lids and/ or pre d t el spring plat . "Code 'm ans th ational Industrial Ri o ry f th M -

chinery an l Hi ed Pro uc In lu tr , a ap l by th Pr 

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"The Ad" means Title I of th ational Indu trial Recovery Act. 

"The Pre ident" means the Pre i lent of the United States. 

"The Admini trator ' mean· the Admini trator for Industrial 

Recovery. 

"Ba ic Code Authority" mean the Code Authority for the Machinery and Allied Products Industry as constituted by the Code. 

"Code Authority " means the Code Authority con tituted for this 

Subdivision, as provided by the Code and by this Supplemental Code' 

ARTICLE III-AnoPTIO T OF El\IPLOYl\rENT PnovrsION OF CoDE 

The fallowing Articles of the Code, viz : Article III, " Hours "; 

Article IV, '"\Vages "; and Article V, "General Labor Provisions", 

are hereby mad 0 a part of this Supplemental Code, with the samo 

effect as if they were written into thi Supplemental Code. 

ARTICLE IV-ADOPTION OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF CODE 

The following Articles of the Code, viz : Article VI, "Administration", to the extent that it shall be applicable to the administration 

of this Supplemental Code as such or as it may hereafter be administered as an autonomous Code; Article VIII, " Modification and 

Termination"; Article IX, "Withdrawal"; Article X, ' Monopolies"; and Article XI, "Effective Date" are hereby made part 

hereof with the same effect as if they were written into thi Supplemental Code. 

ARTICLE V 1-ADMINISTRA TION 

(a) A Code Authority for this Subdi,i ion i hereby con tituted 

to administer, supervise and facilitate the enforcement of the Code 

and of this Supplemental Code in the manner and to the extent 

provided in the Code and in this Supplemental Code. Such Code 

Authority shall consist of: 

(1) The Board of Directors of Railway and Inclu trial Spring 

Association, consi ting of s Yen me1nbers. 

(2) One additional me111ber to be elected in any fair manner, 

with the appro,al of the Administrator, by employers in this Sub- ' 

division entitled to Yote thereon, as hereinafter proYided, who are 

not members of the Applicant, if so desired by such non-members. 

(3) The Adm.ini trator may, in his discretion, appoint one addi- ' 

tional member ( without vote and without expen e to the Subdivision). 

(b) Code Authority may adopt rules and regulations to govern 

its procedure and employ such personnel as it may deem necessary. 

( c) Any employer in this Subdivision shall be eligible for mem- , 

bership in Railway and Industrial Spring Association. : 

( d) Any employer shall be entitled to vote, subject to the provis10ns of· section (a) of th.i~ Article, at the election of the elective 

member of Code Authority and at other meetings of employers and 

share in the benefits of the activities of Code Authority, and may 

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participate in any endeavors of Code Authority in the preparation 

of any amendments or revision of, or addition or upplements to, 

this Supplemental Code by paying or agreeing to pay as and when 

assessed his or its proper pro rata share of the cost of preparing, 

submitting and administering this Supplemental Code, as determined by Code Authority. The cost of preparing, ubmittjng and 

administering this Supplemental Code shall be borne by employers 

pro rata in the _proportions that the number of net tons of Products 

of the. Subdivis10n shipped by the respective employers during the 

next preceding quarter yearly period bears to the aggregate net tons 

of Products of the Subdivision shipped by all emplo r during 

such quarter yearly period. 

( e) Action by employers at any meetin~ of employer , ex ept at a 

meeting called under section (a) ( 2) of this Article, hall be by vote 

of the employers entitled to vote thereat as provided in Section ( d) of 

this Article cast concurrently in each of the two following methods: 

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) By one vote of each employer. 

2) By vote of employers weighted on the basi of one vote for 

eac 500 tons of the yearly average net tons of produ t of the Subdivision shipped by each employer during the preceding two calendar 

years, as reported to Code Authorityi to be computed at the beginning 

of each calendar year and to app y throughout the then current 

calendar year. Each employer shall be entitled to at 1 a t one such 

weighted vote. 

All questions as to the number of votes which a h employer entitled to vote shall be entitled to cast at any meeting of employers 

shall be determined by Code Authority. At m etino- of employers 

each employer entitled to vote may vote either in per. n r by proxy 

in writing duly executed by such employer and fil l with th Secretary of the meeting. Except as otherwi e provided in hi Supplemental Code any action taken at any meeting of employer shall be by 

the concurring vote of employers entitled to ca t at 1 a t a majority 

of all the votes, computed in each of the two m thod. her inabove 

provided, that might be ca t at the meeting if all th employers 

entitled to vote were present thereat. 

(f) If formal complaint is made to Cod uthority that provisions of this upplemental Code have be n viola ed by an employer, 

the Code Authority may cau e such inve tio-ation r audit to be 

made to the extent permitted by the A t a ma b deem d 

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ARTICLE VII-1fODIFICATIONS 

(a) As provided by Section 10 (b) 0£ the Act, th President may 

from time to time cancel or modi£y any order, approval, license, 

rule or regulation issued under Title I 0£ the Act. 

(b) The provi ion of this Supplemental Code, other than those 

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

0£ the Administrator, be from time to time am nded, revised, added 

to or supple1nented. Any amendments or revisions 0£ or additions 

or supplements to this Supplemental Code proposed by Code Authority and adopted at a meeting of employers by the concurring affirmative vote 0£ employer entitled to cast at least two-thirds 0£ all the 

votes, computed in ea h 0£ the two methods in Section ( e) 0£ Article 

V hereo£ provided, that might be c·a t at a meeting 0£ employers if 

all the employers then entitled to vote were pre ent thereat shall be 

in £ull force and effect upon approval by the .... dministrator. 

ARTICLE VIII-vV rTHDRA w .AL 

As provided by Article IX 0£ the Code, upon thirty (30) days' 

notice to Basic Code .Authority and to the .Admini trator, this Subdivision may at a meeting of employers, by the concurring affirmative 

vote 0£ employers entitled to cast at least two-thirds 0£ all the votes, 

computed in each of the two metho ls in Section ( e) of .Article V 

hereof provided, that might be cast at such meeting if all the employers then entitled to vote were present thereat, withdraw £rom 

the jurisdiction of Ba ic Code .Authority. Thereafter this Supplemental Code, together with the provi ·ions of the Code, except such 

portion of .Article I , II, VI and VII thereof as are not pertinent 

thereto, as determined by Code .Authority and the .Administrator, 

shall become the Code governing this Subdivision and the Code 

.Authority shall, for this Subdivision, become the sole Code Authority and shall perform all the functions thereof with respect to such 

Code. 

ARTICLE IX-MONOPOLIES 

Applicant imposes and shall impose no inequitable restrictions on 

membership therein. The Supplemental Code presented by it is not 

de.signed to promote monopoly and shall not be construed or applied 

so as to oppress or eliminate small enterprises or discriminate against 

them and is de.signed to effectuate the policy of the Act. 

ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Supplemental Code shall become effective and binding on all 

employers engaged in the Subdivision on the eleventh (11th) day 

after its approval by the Administrator. 

Approved Code No. 347-Supplement No. 2. 

Registry No. 1414-08. 

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