Registry No. 711-23 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·OMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LIQUEFIED GAS INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 8, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVEL~ 

'WI DO OUR PART 

1. Executive Order 

2. Letter of Transmitt al 

8. Code 

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(II) 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE LIQUEFIED GAS 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 my approval of a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Liquefied Gas 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 having 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 approve the report and recommendations 

and adopt the findings of the Admjnistrator and do order that the 

said code of fair competition be, and it is hereby, approved. 

FRANICLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

THE V\THITE HousE. 

November 8, 1933. 

Approval recommended: 

HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 

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The PRESIDENT, 

NoVE IBER 3, 1933. 

The White House. 

Sm: A proposed Code of Fair Competition for the Liquefied G s 

Industry was submitted to the Administrator on u ust 24, 193 , 

by the National Bottled Gas Association, r presenting 75% of the 

known members of the Industry. The hearing was conducted in 

Washington on October 5, 1933, and the Code was revised during 

the recess of this hearing and is submitted in its present form for 

approval. Every person who reque ted an appearance was properly heard in accordance with s atutory and regulatory requirements. 

Because of the unsettled conditions incident to the rapid ~owth 

of this Industry there are no reliable criteria for determining 'irectly the minimum wage rates. The lar9er companies have estimated that compliance with the Presidents Reemployment Agreement has raised hourly rates approximately 17%. However, the 

main contribution of this Code to the Industry lies in Article IV, 

the Rules for Marketing. These :Marketing regulations, by providing protection for the consumer, will ameliorate their good will, 

thereby enlarging the potential market for this Industry. 

R:EsUME OF ConE 

Article I states the purpose of the Code. 

Article II accurately defines specific references made in the Code. 

Article III sets forth the mandatory labor provisions, minimum 

age requirements, maximum hours, and minimum wage rates. The 

maximum hours are limited to 40 per weak for all employees except 

outside salesmen and the executive staff who receive more than 3~.00 

per week. Because of seasonal variations, employ es are permitted 

to work in any two months' period 346 hours, but in no event m re 

than 48 hours in any one week. 

The minimum wage rate for all employees, excepting tho e orking on a commi sion or drawing ac unt ba is, is 40¢ per hour. 

Article IV states the marketing rules f r the Indnstry. 

Article V tablishes an Emert:>ency . ..rational mmittee as the 

Code uthority for the Industry. This ocly i c mp ed of leY n 

Committ emen 1 cted by the Industr. wi h a diti nal r pr ~ ntati es (not exc eding three) to be appoint by the resident. 

FINDI 8 

The Admini trator finds : 

with the p r in nt phra s f 

limitation, ub c i n A f 

10 ther of · B. The T ati nal 

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sentative of the Liquefied Gas Industry, and the by-laws of this Association, when amended as per written agreement, will provide no 

inequitable restrictions on membership; C. The Code 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 recommended, therefore, that this Code be approved. 

Respectfully, 

HuGH S. JOHNSON, 

Ad1ninistrator. 
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CODE FOR THE LIQUEFIED GAS INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

In order to insure the conservation of the liquefied ~as resources 

of the country, to eliminate unfair trade practices, to Increase employment, to establish fair and adequate wages, to enlarge the pur- · 

chasing power of persons related to this industry, to improve the 

standards of labor, to so restore the liquefied gas industry that it may 

promote the general welfare and common prosperity of the American 

people, to give maximum safety protection to all consumers regardless 

of type, to eliminate unfair competition in the liquefied ~as industry1 and to accomplish and effectuate the policies set forth In Title I o:r 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, this Code of fa.ir trade practices ~overning the liquefied ~as industry is adopted as the standard 

of fair competition for such Industry and shall be binding on every 

member thereof. 

This code covers only the ma1·keting of liquefied gas for any use 

whatsoever in any quantities and in any size or type of container 

whatsoever. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

Lig,_uefied gas for the purpose of this code is (a) an inflammable 

liquefied hydrocarbon material having a vapor pressure exceeding 

twenty-five pounds per square inch gauge at 70 degrees F. and/or 

(b) any inflammable liquefied hydrocarbon material with a lesser 

vapor pressure, but not less than nine (9) pounds absolute vapor pressure at 70 degrees F., when same is used as or in a similar manner to 

"bottled gas" for purposes such as cooking, water heating, and the 

like by the gas feed, liquid feed, or other utilization system, or as 

raw material in "pentane-air " machines and the like. 

A "marketer" is any distributor, jobber, wholesaler, or retailer 

selling, reselling, or delivering _to consumers liquefied gas in either 

ba!'ges, tank cars, tank trucks, or ~ortable containers. 

The term " liquefied gas industry ' includes the marketing of liquefied gas in barges, tank cars, tank trucks, drums, or portable containers where such is used as a fuel in industrial plants, residences, 

restaurants, and the like. 

The term " Bottled Gas " includes that part of liquefied gas served 

directly or indirectly to the retail consumers in portable containers 

or tank trucks. 

The term "standard utilization equipment" is that equifment installed at the bottled gas consumer's residence or place o business 

for utilization of liquefied gas and usually comprises a cabinet, a 

regulator with safety device, manifold valves, a flexible connection 

or connections, a base, a lock, and piping. 

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The terms "President " "Act" and "Administrator" as used 

herein shall mea.n, respectively, ' ' the President of the United Stn.tesJ 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator ot 

Title I of said Act. 

ARTICLE III-LABOR 

Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

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

or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in elforganization, or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining, or other mutual aid or protection. No cmployee2 and no one seeking employment, shall be required as a condition ot 

employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining 

a labor organization of his own choosing. Employers shall comply 

with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other 

conditions of employment approved or pres rib cl by the Pre ident. 

The employees of the liquefied-gas Industry, except executives, 

supervisors, their secretaries, and their im1nediate staff who receive 

a minimum of $35 per week~ and outside salesmen, will work on an 

average of not more than 40 hours per week. Because of tho exigencies and seasonal peaks of the liquefied-gas industry it may be necessary to work the employees more than 40 hours per week on occasior:1 but the work for each individual for any two months' period shall 

not exceed 346 hours nor exceed a total of 48 hours in any one week. 

The minimwn wao·e to be paid by employers in the industry hall be 

forty cents ($0.40) per hour, exceptin~ those employees working on 

a cmnm.ission or drawing account basis in the direct sales activities 

of the industry. 

Within each State, members of the industry shall comply with any 

laws of such State imposing more stringent requirements, regulating 

the age of emJ?loyees, wages, hours of work or health, fire or general 

working conditions, than under this Code. 

The minimum rate of pay provided for herein is guaranteed to all 

workers whether compensation is based on time or piecew rk basis. 

The rate of other labor shall bear a fair relation to the fore& ing 

giving due con i eration to the experi nee an knowledge ot the 

employees affe ted and to the prevailing scale for similar w rk in 

the locality of tho employment, but no at empt shall be mad t introduce any clas ifi ation according to the nature of the work involved which migh tend to set a maximum as w 11 as a minin1um 

WRD'e. 

No employ e shall be permitted to w rk for two or m re empl -

ers for a lonaer period in any week than is pecifi h r in f( r a 

sin{Tle mpl . r. 

n or af' r the ff tive date of thi d n 

em loy any per on un ler the age of i<YhtPen r a 

offi e and ale w rk thi minimum may e i-t en y 

RTI LE IVRulel.- To'' mark ter' enO'a din th nl 

uc shall wilfully inuu att mpt to inuu , r 11 ~ 1~ to 
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break a then existing written contract for the sale of liquefied gas 

products or a then existing lease of the equipment used for the sale 

or utilization of llq ue.fied gas products between that party and 

another. 

No " marketer " engaged in the sale of liquefied gas products shall 

knowingly enter into any agreement to sell or deliver any liquefied 

~as to anyone where sale or delivery will violate or prevent the performance of a then existing written contract between the person to 

whom the sale or delivery is made and another. 

Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict another marketer :from 

explainino- the convenience and general features and operation of 

such marketer's utilization equipment to the customer of another 

marketer. 

No contracts in violation of this Code are protected under this rule. 

Rule 2.-When any equipment1 tank, cylinder, or other device for 

the storage, consumption, handhng, or sale of liquefied gas leased 

prior or after the adoption of this Code bears the name, mark, 

trade mark, or trade name of any" marketer" en~aged in the manufacture or sale of any such commodity, no other ' markete. ", unless 

that "marketer" has been regularly serving such equipment immediately prior to the adoption of this Code, or unless such equipment 

is owned by Federal, State, or municipal governments or subdivisions 

thereof and no liquefied gas contract is in effect, shall deliver into 

or deliver for sale to such equipmentJ tank, cylinder, or other device 

or any tank or container connected therewith, any liquefied gas, 

other than that manufactured, sold, and distributed by the " marketer" whose name mark, trade mark, or trade name is so affixed, 

and no " marketer ,; shall in any way knowingly be a party to the 

substitution of the one brand or type of liquefied gas for another, 

or the removal or transportation of any equipment, tanks, cylinders, 

devices, of the like belonging to another "marketer." 

No "marketer" shall make any changes in, additions to, or substitutions from, any equipment installed on lease by any other "marketer", except where such "marketer" has been regularly supplying 

liquefied gas for use in such equipment immediately frior to the 

adoption of this Code, or upon written permission o the owner 

thereof or the original " marketer " installing same. IY.I:arks, trade 

marks, or trade names of any "marketer" enga~ed in the manufacturing sale of any such commodity shall not be removed by any 

other "marketBr" except on written authorization by such 

"marketer" and/ or owner. 

Rul8 3.-As the bottled gas branch of the liquefied gas industry is 

a growing industry, and as it is still in its dBvelopment period o:f 

creating new markets, marketing of appliances to consumers directly by the "marketBr " is essential, and all " marketBrs " may sell 

aP.phances direct. Incentives such as load building appliances1 utensils, advertising novelties, etc., shall be construed as assisting in 

building the industry and shall be allowed, but only to consumers 

already using liquefied gas as compensation for services rendered, 

and the value of such incentives shall not be disproportionate to 

business gained thereby. . 

However, "marketers" engaged in the sale of liq11efied gas shall 

not give away any liquefied gas nor make any installation or lease 

free of ch~r_ge or at less than posted prices. 
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This rule shall not prevent (a) the giving o:f other reasonable 

prizes at fairs, public demonstrations, and cooking schools; (b) the 

giving of other reasonable incentive, to induce attendance at such 

public demonstrations or to obtain names of prospective consumers. 

Rwle );_.-All" marketers" shall post at each r.oint from which they 

make deliveries, and at places readily accessible to the public, all 

prices for which liquefied gases are sold at retail. All "marketers" 

engaged in the retail sale or leasing of bottled gas equipment shall 

p ost at each ~oint from which they make deliveries and at places 

readily accessible to the public, all retail prices for which bottled 

gas equipment are sold and/or leased. Upon adoption of this Code 

all "marketers" shall submit posted price schedules and any price 

changes made thereafter in written form to the National Bottled 

Gas Associationt or other association desianated by the Emergency 

National Committee, within twenty-four hours after such chang;e. Any person shall have access to this information from the "Association " upon written request. All prices shall remain in effect for at 

least twenty-four (24) hours after they are posted. Posting shall 

include t~e following: (a) The retail prices for all classes, types, 

methods, and quantities of deliveries of liquefied gas, (b) The prices 

and/ or lease or installation charges for all types and specifications 

of liquefied-gas equipment for retail use; (c) a schedule of all discounts offered and the terms thereof a.nd (d) a statement of all terms 

as to freight rates deliveries and points of price basis. All retail 

sale or leased installations shall be made at the posted price or lease 

charges and no " marketer " shall make any deviation from his posted 

price by means of rebates, allowances, concessions, benefits, script 

books, quantity discounts, discounts to buyers of a class or by any 

plan, device, or scheme, whereby any buyer obtains any liquefied 

gas or equipment, or lease, or installation at a net cost lower than 

the posted price. 

RuLe 5.-N o " marketer " engaged directly or indirectly in the 

liquefied gas industry shall sell any liquefied gas below his prime 

cost; nor shall sell at retail any bottled gas equipment or appliances 

for le,ss than his prime cost. Prime cost as used herein is understood 

to mean invoice figure plus transportation charges from source to 

storage. 

Rule 6.-All utilization equipment requiring portable and/ or movable containers shall be approved by and hsted with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., of National Board of Fire U nd rwriters 

and/or affiliates and shall be installed, maintained, and op rated in 

accordance with the rules and recommendations of Underwriters 

Laboratories, National Board of Fire Underwriter~ and/or affiliates 

as a means of promoting the greatest degree of saf ty. 

All cylinders or drums pur hased after the ff ctive ate of hi 

Code shall be built and maintained in accordance with the sr ifi ations and regulations of the Inter tate mm rce ommis i n. ll 

cylinders or drums pur ha~ed and/or in us prior to the eff tive 

date of this Cod and use f r s raae n.nd/ < r trnnsporta i n of 

liquefi d gas, in inter tat an intrn tate rvi b rail tru k, or 

tl rwi hall if buil in n r lan i h s i '11 i ns of o her 

r ,cognized auth riti but n t n ru 1 marke an maintain d 

in ac or lan o wi h I ifi a tions an r o ulatio~ o:f the Interstate 
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Commerce Commission, be either retired from any storage or transportation service or be tested, and maintained in accordance with 

specifications of the Interstate Commerce Commission within five 

years from the eff ctive date of this Code. All cylinders or drums 

not built in accordance with Interstate Commerce Commi,ssion speci- fication or specifications of other recognized authorities shall be 

withdrawn from service within a reasonable length of time after the 

effective date of this Code through the exercise of diligent, con- scientious, and prompt effort on the part of the owners thereof, such 

rea onable time not to exceed one year from the effective date of this 

Code. 

No deliveries of liquefied gas in or by cylinders or otherwise shall 

be made to any installation either temporary or permanent for dop1estic or commercial bottled-gas uses such as cooking, hot-water 

heating, lighting and space heating, which installations are located 

inside buildings, basements, or other dangerous or hazardous locations, excepting only buildings designed and erected specifically and 

exclusively for housing of such installations, after a reasonable time 

following the effective date of this code. A "reasonable time" is 

here defined as that period within which the necessary changes to 

comply with the requirements of this rule can be made by diligent~ 

conscientious, and prompt effort on the part of the "marketer ' 

affected or his agents, but in no event shall such reasonable time 

exceed 1 year from the effective date of this Code. 

Liquefied gas cylinders or drums shall be warehoused and/or 

stored only in a safe location and in a safe manner, in accordance 

with recognized safety practices and under the rules or recommendations of insurance companies or recognized authorities, and shall not 

be warehoused and/ or stored in any location which would be hazardous to the public or if such locations are in violation of State or local 

laws or insurance company rules. 

All deliveries of liquefied gas made to buyers or consumers for 

domestic use shall be limited to the cal?acity of the liquefied-gas 

equipment installed on the premises of said user or buyer. 

All tanks containers, piping, devices, and utilization equipment 

shall be buiit in accordance with the rules or specifications covering 

that class promulgated by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, 

National Fire Protection Association, Associated Factory ~1utual 

L aboratories, and/or affiliates, and shall be installed, maintained, and 

operated in strict accordance with the rules and recommendations of 

the National Board of Fire Underwriters, National Fire Protection Association, Associated Factory Mutual Laboratories, and/or 

affiliates. 

Rule 7.-" Marketers" engaged in the sale of liquefied gas or sale 

or lease of liguefied gas equipment being cognizant of the need for 

safety in equipment and installation, shall not sell, lease or install 

any reclaimed or second-hand equipment, except where such equipn1ent has been reconditioned so as to be equivalent from a safety 

standpoint to new equipment of the same type and specification. 

Such equipment shall not be sold, leased, or installed below the posted 

price of tmused equipment. 

Rwle 8.-The making or causing or knowingly permitting to be 

made or published any false, materially inaccurate or deceptive state-
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ment by way of advertisement or otherwise, whether concerning the 

grade, quahty, quantity, substance, character, nature, origin, size, 

finish , or preparation of any product of the industry, or the credit 

t erms, values, policies, or services of any member of the industry, 

or otherwise, having the tendency or capacity to mislead or deceive 

customers or prospective customers, or the falsely laying claim to a 

policy or a continuing practice of generally underselling competitors, 

1s prohibited. 

Rule 9.-The provisions of this code shall not apply to transactions 

between subsidiary or affiliated companies. Companies shall be considered to be affiliated when one owns the majority of the outstanding 

cn,pital stock of the other and when the majority of the outstanding 

capital stock of each is held by the same individual, corporation, or 

association. The P arent companies owning the majority of stock in 

other companies shall be responsible for the observance by such 

subsidiary or affiliated company of the rules of this code. 

R ule 10.-The unauthorized use by any "marketer " of the trade 

mark, trade slogan, insignia, or emblem of any other "marketer" 

or of any trade association in the liquefied gas industry, or the assertion of claim, by advertisement or otherwise, by any "marketer" 

that he is a member of any such association when in fact not a member thereof, is prohibited. 

R ule 11.-All consuming appliances not manufactured for liquefied 

ga hall be properly adapted or converted for the safe and efficient 

use of liquefied gas, and no "marketer" shall render such conversion 

service, on appliances being connected to a liquefied gas installation 

made by such " marketer ", at prices below cost of labor and material. 

Rule 12.-The marketing provisions of this code shall apply to all 

"marketers" of liquefied gas as hereinbefore defined regardless of 

any of their trade associatwns or other industrial affiliations. 

Rule 13.-A violation of any of the rules of this code shall constitute an unfair trade practice. 

ARTICLE v 

S ECTION 1. Emergency National Oommittee.-There shall be an 

E mergency National Committee of the Liquefi e l Gas Industry to 

consist of eleven (11) committeemen to be representative of the 

Liquefied Gas Industry, who shall be so selected by a majority vote 

in uch a way that every element of the I ndustry shall b fairly and 

equitably represented. The voting shall be n a ba is of total sal s 

income from liquefied gas sales (incom from equi~ ment apr lianc 

or an} thing other than liquefied ga sal being ;p 1fically excluded ) 

the said income being that income for th al ndar y ur mune iat 1y 

prec ding the year in hich the v ting o ur a follo-ws : 

(a) For ' market rs" malnng bona-fi sal th ba i shall b 

one ote for a h $100 of uch inc m . 

(b) For' mark t rs 'not inclul in (a) the b i shall b on 

vote for a h $100 of that th oreti alliqn fi l a al 

said market r w ul have had if a1l mark t r ha a tuull 

han ll d the sal . tran action dire tly in t d of a an int rme iarJ 

for an ther marketer." 
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(c) For "marketers " included in (a) but not included in (b) and 

operating under such a sales arrangement as to combine any truly 

wholesale marketing of liquefied gas with a direct marketing to the 

final retail consumer, the basis shall be the same as rule (a) plus the 

voting power based on those theoretically wholesale sales which 

would have been necessarily made had said "marketer" operated on 

a retail-sales basis only. 1 

The additional voting provisions of (c) in excess of the voting 

provisions of (a) shall not apply to sales for other than " bottled 

gas " purposes. 

The President may appoint (from one to three) nonvoting 

members who will represent the Government on the Emergency N ational Committee. Such Governmental representatives are to be 

appointed for terms of from six months to one year. In ca e more 

than one such representative is appointed, the terms of appointment 

are to be so arranged that they do not expire at the same time. 

SEC. 2. Emm~gency Ewe(]Utive Oommittee.-The Emergency National Committee shall select from its membership an Emergency 

Executive Committee composed of the Chairman of the Emergency 

National Committee, who shall be also the Chairman of the Emergency Executive Committee, and three others, one of whom (without 

vote) shall be a representative of the National Recovery Administration. The Emergency Executive Committee thus constituted shall 

have all the authority and power of the Emergency National ComInittee when the Emergency National Committee is not in session. 

In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the Industry and in other respects comply with 

the provisions of the Act, the Administrator may provide such 

hearings as he may deem proper; a.nd thereafter if he shall find that 

the Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

respects comply with the provisions of the Act may require an appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code Authority. 

SEC. 3. Powers arnd Duties of Oommittees.-Subject to review and 

disapproval or modification by the Administrator : 

(a) The Emergency National Committee shall be the general 

planning and coordinating agency for the Industry. It shall make 

rules and regulations as it may deem necessary and upon complaint 

of interested parties or upon its own initiative may make inquiry 

and investigation into the operation of this code, and shall aid the 

President and his delegates in the administration of this code and 

the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

(b) The Committee shall make and publish, from time to time, 

such forecasts on these subjects as it may deem advisable in order 

that the President of the United States may be informed as to the 

observance or non-observance of this code and in order to provide 

necessary data upon which to base its studies for the purposes of this · c.ode and to have available data, the Emergency National Committee 

1s empowered to call upon the Industry for all statistical and other 

reports pertinent to this Code which it may deem advisable and any 

refusal to supply such reports is a violation of this code. All such 

statistical and other data shall be available to the Administrator and 

his agents. Except as otherwise provided in the National Industrial Recovery Act, all statistics, data, and information filed in ac-
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corC.ance with the provisions of Article V shall be confidential, and 

the ,statistics, data, and information of one employer shall not be 

revealed to any other employer except that for the purpose of facilitating the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this 

Uode the Emergency National Committee or the Emergency Executive Committee by their duly authorized representatives (who shall 

not be in the employ of any employer affected by this Code) shall 

have access to any and all statistics, data, and information that may 

be f11rnished in accordance with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act. In addition to information required to be 

submitted to the Code Authority, there shall be furnished to Government agencies such statistical information as the Administrator 

may deem. necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act. 

(c) The Committee shall utiljze to the fullest extent possible the 

;facilities of any and all existing trade associations, national, regional, or local, in the liquefied gas indu,stry in such manner as may 

seem most useful to the work of the Committee. It may form or 

cause to be formed advisory committees and committees to cooperate 

in tl1e administration of this Code, the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. 

(d) Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code AuthoritY- shall: 

(1) Impose no inequitable restrictions on membership, and (2') submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of association; 

by-laws, regulations, and any amendments when made thereto, together with such other information as to membership, organization, 

and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary to effectuate 

the purposes of the Act. 

SEc. 4. Vacancies.-All vacancies occurring during term of office 

in the Emergency National Committee and the Emergency Executive 

Committee shall be filled by the Emergency National Conunittee. 

Members, except government representatives, of all Conunittees 

shall serve until August 15, 1934, when their term shall expire. Prior 

to August 15, 1934, a new Emergency National Committee shall be 

elected in accordance with provisiOns of Article V, Section 1. 

SEc. 5. Fees and Assessments.-To cover the actual exp n e of administration, assessments shall be made by the Emergency National 

Committee of the Liquefied Gas Industry, hereinbefore proYided for, 

which assessments shall be on a fair and equitable basis, con i I ring 

the nature and extent of operations carried on by those ubject to 

asses ments, and assessments shall be paid pr m ly when due by 

those assessed. 

SEo. 6. A'11'Lend.ments.-The President rna from tine to tim 

eel or modify any order, approvall, licen e rul s or r lati n 

under ~itle I o.f ~he ~ ational Indu trial R . ry t an I 

cally, w1thout hm1tatwn, may an l r mo hf. ' lu ur pr T ( l f thi 

od or any conditi ns impo e by him u n hi a r Yal th r f. 

u h f the provisi ns of th.is u nr n t r uir t b 

in lud d h rein by th National In u trial R v r. m y ith 

th ur r val of th r id n b m clifi d or limina 1 u 1 nn .,.e 

in cir um tan r rj n rna.' in li . I i nt mpln 

that from time to time su pi m nta.ry pr Yi i ns t thi 
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additional conditions will be submitted for the approval of the 

President to prevent unf·1ir competition in prices an l other unfair 

de tructive and competitive practices and to effectuate the other 

purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, provided, however, that no modifications or amendments of 

this Code shall be made by the m_em_bers of the industry without the 

consent being voted, in writing, by members representing at least 

two-thirds of the total number of votes to which all members of the 

Code are entitled collectively, when based upon the voting provisions 

of Article V, Section 1. 

Notice of any proposed modification or amendment to this Code 

shall be given to all members of the Industry and time be allowed 

for consideration of such amendment or modification prior to acting 

upon the same. 

SEc. 7. Price / ncrease.-1Vhereas the policy of the Act to increase 

real purchasing power will be made impossible of consummation if 

prices of goods and services increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that price increases shall be delayed and that, when made, the 

same should, so far as reasonably possible, be limited to actual 

increases in the seller's costs. 

SEc. 8. Effective Date.-The provisions of this code shall become 

effective upon approval thereof by the President, and shall remain in 

force until June 16, 1935, or any date prior thereto that the President 

shall by proclamation or the Congress shall by joint resolution 

declare that the emergency recognized by Section I of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act has ended. 

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