Registry No. 623-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SOAP AND GLYCERINE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 2, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

UNIV. Of' Fl LJI. 

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2. Letter of Transmittal 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE SoAP AND GLYCERINE MANUFACTURING I NDUSTRY 

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 my approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Soap and Glycerine Manufacturing Industry, 

and hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator having 

rendered his report containing an analysis of the said code of fair 

competition together with his recommendations and findings with 

respect thereto, and the Administrator havring found that the said 

code of fair competition complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions of title I of said act and that the requirements of clauses 

(1) and (2) of subsection (a) of section 3 of the said Act have been 

met: 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and 

findings of the Administrator and do order that the said code of fair 

competition be and is hereby approved. 

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

The WHITE HousE, 

November 2, 1933. 

Approval recommended: 

HuGH S. JoHNSON, 

Administrator. 

THE PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

OcTOBER 13, 1933. 

SrR: This is a report of the hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Soap and Glycerine Manufacturing Industry conducted 

in Washington on the 5th of October 1933, in accordance with the 

provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE AS TO HOURS AND WAGES 

ARTICLE III- HouRs 

A. No employee shall work or be permitted to work in excess of an 

average of 40 hours per week in any six months' period, except as 

follows: 

1. Technical or professional employees such as chemists, la,vycrs, 

doctors, nurses, etc., engaged in their technical or professional 

capacity but not including skilled operating personnel; employees in 

a managerial, supervisory, or executive capacity who receive $35 or 

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more per week; supervisors or highly skilled workers in continuous 

processes where restriction of hours would unavoidably reduce 

production, and who receive $35 or more per week; employees on 

emergency maintenance and repnir work; watchmen; and outside 

salesmen. 

2. Immediate assistants to employees in a managerial, supervisory 

or executive capacity, which a istants re ei e less than $35 per week, 

and supervisors or highly skilled workers in continuous processes 

where restrictions of hours woukl. unavoidably reduee production and 

who receive le s than $35 per week, who hall not work or be p rmitted 

to work in exce s of 48 hours per we k. 

3. Accounting, clerical, office, tore, shipping, service, or inside 

SR-les employees, who shall not work or be permitted to work in 

excess of an averao·e of 40 hours per we kin any six month 'period or 

in excess· of 48 hours in any cal ndar week. 

4. Employees on auton1otive or horse-drawn pa enger, expre s, 

delivery, or freights rvice, who shall not work or be permitted to work 

in excess of an average of 44 hours per week in any ix months' 

period or in excess of 48 hours in any calendar week. 

5. Engineers, firemen, water tender , and oilers, who shall not work 

or be permitted to work in excess of 4 hours a week. B. If any employee on an hourly rate of pay works in exc ss of 

hours in any 24-hour pe iod, or i oxc ss of 40 hours in any calendar 

week, the wage paid for exce s hours shall not be le than one and 

one-third the regular hourly rate. 

C. If any employee works for rnore than one employ r, no such 

employer or employers shall knowi gly p rmit such empl yee t work 

for a total num.ber of hours in exces. of the number of hour pre- scribed, and all employers in th industry hall exerci e due dilio·cn e 

to carry out the purpos of thi section . 

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the number of such employees shall not exceed 5 percent of the total 

number of office employees in any establishment. 

B. Each employee on piece work shall be paid at a rate which will 

guarantee not less per hour than the hourly rate to which he is 

entitled under this Article. 

C. Based upon changes in minimum pay necessitated by the 

foregoing paragraphs of this Article, each e1nployer shall in each 

establishment make fair and equitable readjustment of all pay 

schedules. 

D. There shall be no evasion of this Code by any member of the 

industry by reclassification of general types of occupations existing 

on June 15, 1933. 

ARTICLE V-CHILD LABOR 

No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in this industry. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE 

This Code covers a producing industry in which seasonal peaks 

largely have been eliminated so that average figures present an 

unusually accurate picture of conditions. Employment fell steadily 

from a high of 20,000 in 1919 to 13,500 in 1932 in the face of steady or 

even increasing volume of output. Obviously such a condition 

reflects a period of mechanization. Basic processes now appear to 

be largely machine operations but there still remains a considerable 

quantity of light hand labor in wrapping and packaging, which labor 

will be replaced but slowly by machinery if labor rates for such work 

are not too high. This situation warrants the differential for these 

operations contained in the Code, but I wish to call your attention 

to the fact that the minimum rates for such work established in the 

Code are not unusuall-y low. 

With the stability of employment existing in tbis Industry, together 

with early adoption of the President's Reemployment Agreement 

by its members, total employment in July 1933 was practically that 

of 1929, although the average hours of work per week of 86% of the 

employees was nearly forty-eight. The reduction of hours as provided 

in the Code to an average of 40 per week with a penalty overtime 

rate for hours over eight per day or 40 per week should increase total 

employment to a figure better than that of 1929, which will mean a 

reversal of the shrinking trend of the previous thirteen years. 

I wish to point out that only about 1% of this industry is in the 

South. As the consequence, the total effect of the southern differential contained in the Code is negligible, although its importance to 

the existing factories in the South is tremendous. Certainly the 

differential is not sufficient to make profitable a southern movement 

of units of the Industry. 

FINDINGS 

The Administrator finds that-

(a) The Code as recommended complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of Title I of the Act, including, without limitation, subsection (a) of Section 7 and subsection (b) of Section 10 

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(b) The applicant O'roup imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein and is truly representative of the Soap 

and Glycerine Manufacturing Industry; and that-

(c) The Cqde as recommended is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate or oppress small enterprises and will not operate 

to discriminate against them, and will tend to effectuate the policy 

of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

It is recomn1ended, therefore, that this Code be immediately 

adopted. 

Respectfully, 

HuGH S. JoH soN, 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SOAP AND 

GLYCERINE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are submitted as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Soap and Glycerine Manufacturing Industry, 

and upon approvn,l by the President of the United States, shall be 

the standn,rd of fair competition for this industry. 

ARTICLE II-DEFI ITIONS 

1. The term ''Soap and Glycerine Manufa turing Industry" as 

used herein includes the manufac.turing in Continental United States 

of household, industrial, and toilet soaps and soap products, and 

glycerine which is a by-product of the sn,ponification industries together with such branches or subdivisions thereof as may from time 

to time, upon approval of the President of the United States or his 

n,uthoriz d repr sentn,tive, be included under the provisions of this 

Code. This definition shall not, however, bar this Code and/or supplemental codes or agreements submitted by the Code Authority or 

other Agencie~ set up under this Code, from applying, when approved 

by the President or his authorized representative, to detergent, 

cleanser, or reln,ted industries; nor shall this definition bn,r the application of this Code and/or such supplemental code or agreements 

from applying when n,pproved by the President or hi authorized 

representn,tive, in such territories outside of Continental United States 

as mn,y be specifically cov red in such approval. 

2. The term' employee" as used herein includes any person engaged 

in any phase of the industry in any capacity jn the nature of employee 

irre pective of the method of pa.yment of his compensation. The 

term "employer" includes anyone by whom such an employee is so 

enaaaed. 

3. The term "member of the industry" a used hel'ein includes any 

employer who shn,ll be subject to this Code. The term "men1ber of 

the Code ' includes n,ny member of the industry who shall expressly 

signify assent to this Code. 

4. The term "Associn,tion " n,s used herein means the Association 

of Americun Soap n,nd Glycerine Producers, Inc., a membership corporn,tion, not for profit, organized and existina under the laws of the 

State of Delaware. The term "Board of Directors" means the Board 

of Directors of said Association. 

5. The term "southern states" as used herein includes Virginia, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgitt, 

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. 

6. The term "Act" as used herein means Title I of the National 

Industrin,l Recovery Act. The term "President" men.ns the President of the United States. 

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7. The term "effective daten as used herein means the first Monday 

ten days or more after this Code shall have been approved by the 

President. The term "six months' period" m.eans the 26 weeks' 

period beginning with the effective date, and each 26 weeks' period 

thereafter until the e 'piration of thi Code or of the Act. 

8. Population for the purposes of this Code shall be determined by 

reference to the 1930 Federal Census. 

ARTICLE III-HouRs 

A. No employee shall work or be permitted to work in excess of 

an average of 40 hour per week in any six month ' p riod, except 

as follows: 

1. Technical or professional employees such as chemists, lawyers, 

doctors, nur::;es, etc., engaged in their technical or professional capacity but not including skilled operating per onnel; employees in a 

managerial, supervisory, or executive capacity who receive $35 or 

more per week; supervisors or highly skilled workers in continuous 

processes where restriction of hours would unavoidably reduce production, and who receive $35 or more per week; employees on emergency maintenance and repair work; watchmen; and outside salesmen. 

2. Imn1ediate assistants to employees in a 1nanagerial, supervi ory, 

or executive capacity, which assistants receive le s than $35 per week, 

and supervisors or highly skilled workers in continuous proce ses 

where restrictions of hours would unavoidably r duce production 

and who receive less than $35 per week, who shall not work or be 

permitted to work in excess of 48 hours per week. 

3. Accounting, clerical, office, store, shipping, ervi e, or in ide 

sales employees, who hall not work or be permitted to work in excess 

of an average of 40 hours per week in any six month ' period or in 

excess of 48 hours in any calendar week. 

4. Employees on automotive or hor e-drawn pa enger, expr , delivery, or freight service, who hall not work or be permitt d to 

work in exce s of an average of 44 hour per we k in an L\: month ' 

period or in excess of 4 hours in any alendar week. 

5. Engineers, firemen, water tender , and oil r , who h 11 n t 

work or be permitted to work in xce s of 4 hour a w k. 

B. If any mploy e on an hourly rat f pay work in x e f 

hours in any 24-hour period, or in x f 40 hour in an al nd r 

week, the wage paid for ex es h ur hall n t b l than on nd 

one third the regular hourl rate. 

C. If an emplo work f r mor than n en1pl 

employ r or mplo r hall know· o-l p nni u h mpl t 

' ork for a total numb r f hour in x of th umb r f h ur 

pre cribed, and all cmplo r. in h indu tr hall .·er i du dilig n t arr ut the purpo f thi 

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-2. Employees engaged in the light tasks of wrapping, packaging and 

filling shall be paid not less than 32~~ cents an hour, or in southern 

states less than 30 cents an hour. Such employees during the first 6 

months of their employment sball be paid not less than 90 percent 

of the rate herein established, but in no case shall the number of 

these employees exceed 25 percent of the total number engaged m 

the light tasks of wrapping, packaging, and filling. 

3. Employees of the classes mentioned in subsections 3 and 4 of 

paragraph A of Article III shall be paid not less than-

$15 per week in any city of over 500,000 population, or in the 

immediate trade area of such city. 

$14 per week in any other part of the United States. 

4. Messengers, junior clerks, or others doing a junior grade of 

office or clerical work shall be paid not less than $12 per week, but 

the number of such employees shall not exceed 5 percent of the total 

number of office employees in any establishment. 

B. Each employee on piece work shall be paid at a rate which will 

will guarantee not less per hour th n the hourly rate to which he is 

entitled under this Article. C. Based upon changes in minimum pay necessitated by the foregoing paragraphs of this Article, each employer shall in each establishment make fair and equitable readjustment of all pay schedules. 

D. There shall be no evasion of this Code by any member of the 

industry by reclassification of general types of occupations eJ\.-isting 

on June 15, 1933. 

ARTICLE V -CHILD LABOR 

No person under 16 years of age shall be employed in this industry. 

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

A. To further effectuate the policies of the Act, the Board of 

Directors of the Association is set up as a Code Au'-hority for the 

Soap and Glycerine Manufacturing Industry to cooperate with the 

President or his authorized representative in the administration of 

this Code. The President or his authorized representative may 

designate not to exceed three additional members~ l'rithout vote, on 

such Code Authority. · The Method of electing the Board of Directors 

of the Association shall be fair and equitable and subject to the 

approval of the President or his authorized representative. B. Any member of the industry is eligible for membership in the 

Code and in the Association, and there shall be no inequitable restrictions on such mernbership. l\1embers of the Code shall be 

entitled to share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority 

and shall bear theiT proportionate shares of the expenses of mainte- nance of the Code Authoritv and its activities. 

C. Branches or subdivisions of the industry, including product 

divisions and/or geographical sections of the Association, may, when 

approved by the President or his authorized representr~tive, establish 

their own Planning and Fair Practice Agencies which shall each be 

self-governing in respect to conditions or problems relating exclu- sively to said branches or subdivisions, providing that no action of 

any such Agency shall be inconsistent with the purposes and provisions of this Code or the Act; and provided further that no supple-
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ized representative, then sales below cost as determined by such 

approved procedures shall be an unfair method of competition. 

ARTI CLE VII-CoLLECTIVE BARGAINING 

1. Employers shall comply with the following requirements of 

Section 7 (a) of the Act: 

"Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collec- tively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor, or their agents_, in the designation of such representatives or 

in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of 

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; (2) no em- ployee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from 

joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own 

choosing, and (3) employers shall comply with the maximum hours 

of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment 

approved or prescribed by the President." 

ARTICLE VIII-GE ERAL 

1. In accordance with Section 10 (b) of the Act, this Code and all 

the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the 

President from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, 

license, rule, or regulation issued under Title I of said Act and spe- cifically, but without limitation, to the right of the President to can- cel or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions imposed 

by him upon his approval. 

2. Within each state, members of the industry shall comply with 

any laws of such state imposing more stringent requirements regu- lating the age of employees, wages, hours of work, or health, fire, or 

general working conditions, than under this Code. 

3. If any employer subject to this Code is also an employer in any 

other industry, the provisions of this Code shall apply to and affect 

only that portion of his business which is subject to this Code. 

4. This Code shall cease to be effective upon the e,xpiration of the 

Act or upon deeision of the President, prior to such expiration, to 

cancel his approval of this Code. 

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