ApprovedCode No. 430-Amendrnent No. 1 Registry No. 698-2-22 

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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

A 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PACKAGE MEDICINE 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1934 

WE DO OUR PART 

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Approved Code No. 430-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

PACKAGE MEDICINE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on September 11, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

p ACKAGE MEDICINE I DU TRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in :Eull 

compliance with the provi ion o:f Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16 1933 for approval of an amendment 

to a Code of Fair Competition for the Package Medicine Industry, 

and opportunity to be heard having been afforded all interested 

parties, and the annexed report on said amendment containing findings with respect thereto, having been made and directed to the 

President: 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

State I, Hugh S. John on, Admini trator for Indu trial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Order of the President, including ExecutiYe Order o. 6543-A dated December 30, 

1933 and otherwi e · do hereby incorporate, by reference said annexed report and do find that said amendment and the Code a constituted after being amended comply 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 amendment be and it 

is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is 

hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety 

as amended. -

Approval recommended: 

JOSEPH F. BATTLEY, 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

.A.d1ninistrato'r for I ndW3trial R ecovery. 

Acting Div'ision .A.dmin'istrator. 

w ASHINGTON, D.C. 

Septmnber 11, 1934. 

85404-11 1-40-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

Th e 1V hrite Ho1,1;se. 

Sm: An application ha been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the prov.i ion of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act for an amen lment to the Code of Fair Comp tition for the Packao-e l\1eclicinc In lustry, submitted by the Code Authority for the 

Package l\1e li ine Indu try. 

The purpose and effect of the amendment ar to authorize the 

Co le Authority to ubmit a budget and method of a e ment upon 

wh j h fund shall be contributed by m·emb~rs of the Industry. 

Th Deputy A lministrator in hi · final report tom on said amendment to sai 1 Code having found a herein set forth and on the ba ·is 

of all the proceeding · in thi. · n1atter :-

I find that: 

(a ) The am n lrnent to sai l Code and the Code a a1nencled are 

well designed to promote the policies and purpo e of Titl-e I of the 

National In lu -trial Recovery A t including the r emoval f ob tructions to the free flow of inter tate and foreign commerce which tend 

to climini h the amount ther of, an l will pr vide for the ; n ral w 1-

fare by promoting the organization of 1ndu try for th purp of 

cooperatiYe actj on among tra 1e roup , by indu cjno- and maintaining 

united a tion of labor and management urn} r a lequat aov rnm ntal sun tion and upervi ion, by eliminating unfair omp titi e pract,ic s, by promoting the fnlle t po · ib utilization of the pre nt pr -

du tiYe capacity of the in 1u ·trie , by aYoiding un lu re tricti n of 

pr <luction ( ex pt a· may l e t mporarily r 1uir- 1) by in 1 a ing 

the on un1ption of industri al and ao-ricultural pr 1lu t thr UO'h iner a._ing pnr ha ing po;':er by r du ing and relieving un mplo m nt 

by in1provino· , tan lar ls of labor, and by other wi e r habilit tincr 

in lu try. 

(b) The Cocle a. um n 1etl con11 li s in all r p ct wi h th p rtinent provi ·ion · of ~· ai l Title of ail t, in ·lucling " ith ut limitation ubs ction (a ) f ' ti on 3 u .· tion (a) of e ·ti n 7 an l 

ub, ·ti n (b) of ti n 10 thereof. ( Th o l emp w rs th cl' ~ nth rit t pr · nt th af r -

·aicI amen 1m nt on b half of th In 1nstr a a whol . 

(cl ) T h , n ndme1 t an1 tht> 10 1 a a'm nc1 1 ar n t 1 .-ign 

( , arnl will not permit mono1 li s or m n poli,-ti p r a ti · s. 

( •) Th0 \..m _uclmrnt an l t he , l n am ncl l ar not Ll sir:n cl 

to anc1 will not eljrninat or 01 p r ::,;. · , nu 11 nt r1 1·i: c> an l will n t 

op ,rate o di.Trimi11at aga inst th em. 

(f) Thos-· rn ai2:l' cl in o her _. L'p: of th<> <' ·onomi' pnw --.· h a Ye 

n ot bec•n <l priYPd ,f (lie rig ht to b h l'al' 1 prior to a1 pr n 1l )f , a i 

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Al\1:ENDlVIEN'l TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE PACICAGE J\1EDICINE INDUSTRY 

Delete Section 3 of Article VI and renumber the following section of said article accordingly. Delete Paragraph (g) of Section 7 of Article VI and reletter the 

following paragTaphs accordingly. Delete Paragraph ( f) of Section 7 of Article VI and substitute 

therefur the following : 

(f) (1) It being found neces ary in order to npport the administration of this Code and to maintain the standard of fair 

competition e tablished hereunder an l to effectuate the policy of the 

Act, the Code Authority is authorized: 

(a) To incur uch reasonable obligations as are nece sary and 

proper for the foregoing purpo e , and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

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

(b) To submit to the Administrator for hi approval., subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem necessary 

( 1) an itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purposes, and (2) an equitable ba is upon which the fnnd necessary to support such budget hall be contributed by members o:f 

the Industry ; 

( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, 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 proceeding therefor in 

·its own name. 

2. Each member of the Industry shall pay his or its equitable 

contribution to the expense of the maintenance of the Code Authority, determined as hereinabove provided, and subject to rules 

and regulations pertaining thereto issued by the Administrator. 

Only members of the Industry complying with the Code and con- tributing to the expenses of its administration as hereinabove provided, unle duly exempted from making such contributions, shall 

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

Authority or to receive the benefits of any of its voluntary activities or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. 

3. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any obligation ubstantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated in 

its approved buclget, and shall in no event exceed the total amount 

contained in the approved budget, except upon approval of the 

Administrator; and no sub equent budget shall contain any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget e timates 

except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

ApproYed Cocle No. 430--Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 696-2-22. 

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