Registry No. 910-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PRO,POSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SHOE FINDINGS 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1933 1 

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The Code for the Shoe Findings Manufacturing 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 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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SUBMITTED BY 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHOE FINDINGS 

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PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR SHOE 

FINDINGS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

To effectuate the policy of Title I in the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a code of 

fair competition for the Shoe Findings Manufacturing Industry. 

ARTICLE 2-DEFINITION 

(a) Shoe Findings shall be held to comprise all articles used or sold 

for foot comfort and shoe fitting, and all articles used or sold for 

replacement inside the shoe. 

(b) Employers shall mean all persons who employ labor in the 

manufacture of shoe findings. 

(c) Employees shall mean all persons employed in the actual manufacture of shoe findings. 

(d) The term "effective date" as used herein shall mean ten ( 10) 

calendar days after this Code shall have been approved by the 

President of the United States. 

ARTICLE 3-ADMINISTRATION 

To effectuate further the policies of the Act, the National Association of Shoe Findings Manufacturers is hereby designated as the 

agency to cooperate with the Administrator in administering, supervising, and promoting observance of the provisions of this Code by 

employers as hereinbefore defined. 

(a) Any employer in the industry may participate in this code or 

in any addition thereof and receive the benefits therefrom by accepting the proper share of cost and responsibility of creating and administering it by becoming a member of said association. Failure on the 

part of any member of the association to pay the amount of such 

charge for a period of thirty days after the date payable shall constitute a violation of this code. 

(b) This association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to n1embership therein. 

(c) This code is not designed to promote monopolies or to eliminate 

small enterprises, and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

ARTICLE 4-CONDITIONS 

As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this Code: 

(a) That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

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

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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. 

(b) That no employee 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. 

(c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the Pr sident. 

Without in any way attempting to qualify or rnodify, b interpretation, the foregoing requiren1ents of theN ati nal Indu trial Re overy 

Act, empl yers as hereinbefore defined may exercise their right to 

select, retain, or advance employee on the ba i f individual m rit 

without regard to their member hip or nonm mbership in any 

organization. 

ARTICLE 5-HOURS OF LABOR 

On and after the effective date, the maximum hours of labor for 

any employee as hereinbefore defined, excepting outside ale men, 

hall be forty hours per week; no more than five days in any one w ek; 

no more than eight hours in any one day, with the exception that 

during sea onal peaks of demand, labor may be employed not to 

exceed forty-eight hours a week; no more than ight w ek of any 

six month 'period. 

ARTICLE 6-W AGES 

(a) On and after the effective date, the wage paid male mpl y e 

shall be not less than 37.5¢ per hour or, if on a week-to-w k a i , then at a rate of not less than $15.00 per week. The wage paid to 

any female employee shall be at the rate of not less than 30¢ p r 

hour or, if on a week-to-week basis, then at a rate of not le than 

$12.00 per week. 

(b) The foregoing minimum wage rat ar n t a di crimina i n by 

reason of ex, but becau e of the differ nee of the work in h indu try. 

(c) Employers in the indu try shall n t empl y any min r und r h 

age of ixteen years. 

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ARTICLE 8-RULES AND REGULATIONS 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject 

to' the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of 

Clause 10 (b) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation, issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically to the right of 

the President to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any 

conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

NATIONAL AssociATION OF SHoE 

FINDINGS MANUFACTURERS 

BERTHOLD LIENHARDT, Secretary. c/o~Standard_Insole Co., Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. 

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