Approved Code No. 201-Supplement No. 11 Registry No. 912-11 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUR WHOLESALING 

AND DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

(A Division of the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade) 

AS APPROVED ON JUNE 9, 1934 

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Approved Code o. 201-Supplement No. 11 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FUR WHOLESALING AND DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

As Approved on June 9, 1934 

ORDER 

SuPPLEME :rTARY CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE FUR WHOLESALI G AND DISTRIB TI o TRADE 

A DIVI IO OF THE WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

A.n application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery A.ct, approved June 16, 1933, £or approval of a Supplemental Code of Fair Competition £or the Fur \iVholesaling and Distributin~ Trade to the Code of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or uistributing Trade, and hearings having been duly held 

thereon and the annexed report on said 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, 

pur uant to authority , ested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executi e 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 re pects with the pertinent provisions and will promote 

the policy and purpo es of aid Title of said A.ct; and do hereby 

ord r that aid upplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is 

h r by approv d, subject, however, to the foll wing condition : 

(1) that the provisions of Section 1 and e tion 2 of Article VII 

be and are h reby stayed, pending further tudy an l in stigation 

of the probable effects of uch provi ions on the e tabli hed practice and marketing need of the Trade, and until the approval by 

me of rec mm ndation of he Divi ional o e Authority ba ed upon 

uch investio·ation, and ubject to my further order. 

HUGH s. JOHN O , 

Administrator for lndu trial Recovery. 

ppro al r commend d : 

H. 0. Kr -a, 

Di ision .Admini,strator. 

WA HIXGT D.C. 

June 9, 1934. 

6G334°-6j7-76-34 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: This is a report of the hearing on the Supplemental Code 

of Fair Competition of the Fur ,vholesaling and Distributing Trade 

conducted in Room 109 of the Raleigh Hotel on April 21, 1934. 

The Supplemental Code which is attached was presented by a duly 

qualified and authorized representative of the Trade, complying 

with the statutory requirements, said to represent 82 per cent in 

number and about 80 per cent in volume of sales of the Trade which 

could be included in this Supplemental Code. 

THE TRADE 

According to statistics furnished by members of the Fur Wholesaling and Distributing Trade, there are approximately 85 establishments with aggregate annual sales of $10,000,000. The Trade 

employs about 4,000 persons. 

HOURS AND WAGES 

The hour and wage provisions of this Supplemental Code establish a maximum 40 hour work week and a minimum $16 weekly wage. 

OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CODE 

The provisions containing supplemental definitions are considered 

inclusive and accurate. 

The supplement to the Administrative provisions of the General 

Code establishes a Divisional Code Authority which is fairly and 

adequately representative of all the different elements in the Trade. 

The Trade Practices :proposed are not considered in any way objectionable. The provis10n regarding labels is designed to eliminate 

any conflict between the manufacturer and the wholesaler. 

FINDINGS 

The 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-1 

including removal of ob tructions 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 trade for the purpose of cooperative action among trade groups, 

(2) 
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b inducino- an l maintainino- united a tion of lab r and manao-en1ent 

un l r ad quate °'-crnm ntal an tion and ·up rvi ion by liminatino- unfair comr "ti ive pra tice b pr mating the fulle t po ible 

u f th pr " nt pro lu tive capa ity of indu tri , by a iding 

un lue r tricti n of produ ti n ( ex pt as may be temporarily 

r quir d) b in r a in the n umr ion of in lustrial and agricultural pr due through in r a ing pur ha ino- power, by reducing 

and r \lievino- un mplo ·m nt b impr ving standards of labor, and 

by o h rwi e r hubilitating in lu try. 

(b) aid Trade normally employs not more than 50,000 employees 

and it i not cla sified by me as a major industry. 

( ) The upplemental Code as ar prov d complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provi ions of ail Title of said Act, including 

without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Sub ection (a) of 

Section 7 and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the 

applicant as ociation is a trade as ociation truly representative of 

he afore aid Trade; and that said a sociation imposes no inequitable 

re trictions on admission 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 operate to discriminate 

against them. 

( f) Those engaged in other steps of the economit; process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to the approval of this 

Supplemental Code. 

For hese reasons, the Supplemental Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JUNE 9 1934. 

Ruan S. JoHNSON, 

Ad?ninistrator. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE FUR WHOLESALING AND DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

A DIVISION OF THE WHOLESALING OR DISTRIBUTING TRADE 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, this Supplemental Code is established as a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Fur Wholesaling and Distributing Trade, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 ( c) of the Code of Fair Competition 

for the wholesaling or Distributing Trade, approved by the President of the United States on January 12, 1934. All provisions of 

the said General Code which are not in conflict with the provisions 

of this Supplemental Code are hereby specifically incorporated by 

reference in this Supplemental Code and made part hereof. Such 

provisions of the General Code together with the provisions of this 

Supplemental Code are the standards of fair competition for, and are 

binding upon every member of, the said Fur Wholesaling and Distributing Trade. 

.A .. RTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term "fur wholesaler" or "fur distributor" as used herein 

is defined to mean any individual, partnership, association, corpora- tion or other form of enterprise, or a definitely organized division 

thereof definitely organized to render and rendering a general distribution service of manufactured fur garments, which buys and 

maintains at his or its place of business a stock of manufactured fur 

garments and which through salesmen, advertising, and/ or other 

sales promotion devices, sells to retailers and/ or to institutional, commercial, and/ or industrial users. 

2. The term "the Trade" is defined to mean the business in which 

fur wholesalers or fur distributors engage. 3. The term "manufactured fur garments" as used herein shall 

mean manufactured fur coats, fur scarfs, fur trimmings, fur rugs, 

fur pocket-books, fur muffs and kindred manufactured fur articles. 

4. The term "Divisional Code Authority", as used herein, shall 

mean the Divisional Code Authority for the Fur Wholesaling and 

Distributing Trade, a division of the vVholesaling or Distributing 

Trade. 

5. The term" General Code", as used herein, shall mean the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Wholesaling or Distributing Trade. 

6. The term "Association", as used herein, shall mean the Fur 

Wholesalers Association of America, Inc. 

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ARTI LE III- I-I n 

III tion 1 (a) and 1 (b) of the 

mpl · hall be p nniU d t ,, rk m re than 

f rt (40) hour in an n w k n r m re than ight ( ) hours 

in any tw nt -f ur hour p ri d, n r mor than ix (G) da s in any 

n-da p riod x pt that mplo e ma b p rmitt l to ,,ork 

f rt - io-ht hour per w k during a maximum of tw h e (12) in any 

al ndar y ar proYided that for any and all u h ,York in x e of 

for (40) hours per w ek u h mplo ee hall be paid at not le s than 

n and one-third time the h urly rate payable for the ba ic forty 

( -:10) hour w ek . . The pro,i ion of thi rticle shall not apply to p r on regular! r cei, ino- a alary of $35 or more per week, employed in an 

x utiv , managerial, or admini trative capacity. 

RTICLE IV-"'\V AGES 

1. ( uper eding Article IV, Section 1 (a), (b), ( c), and ( e) of the 

G neral ode.) o employee shall be paid less than 16 per week, 

or le than 40¢ per hour, for a forty ( 40) hour work " ·eek. 

2. Junior employees b tween the ages of 16 and 18 years, inclusi, e, may be paid at the rate of two dollars ( 2.00) le s per week 

than the minimum wage rate per week otherwise applicable to them 

for the first 12 months of their employment; and learners over 18 

ear of ao-e may, for a period of three months from the date of their 

mplo ment, be paid at the rate of two dollars ($2.00) less per 

week than the minimum wage per week otherwise applicable to 

them. The number of employees clas ified as junior or learners 

combined hall not exceed more than 10% of all employees. 

3. ( uperseding Article IV ection 2 of the General ode.) o 

<'mployee who e normal full-time weekly hour as of July 1, 1933 

ar redu ed by le than 20% hall have his full-time weekly earning a of July 1 1933 reduced. No employee who e normal fulltime we kly hour a f July 1, 1933 are reduced 20% or more shall 

have his full-time we kly earning a of July 1, 1933, reduced by 

mor than 10%. "'\Vao-e above the minimum shall be increased by an 

quitable adju. tment of all pay schedules in ord r to maintain differ ntial exi ting prior to the adoption of this uppl mental Code. 

"'\"'\ ithin sixty (60) days after the effective date of hi upplemental 

ode a report of all wage adjustments shall be made to the Admini trator. 

TI LE V-G EML LABOR PROYI IO s 

hall pro i le for th af ty and h alth of his 
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4. No employee who has been regularly employed for eight weeks 

with any one establishment may be discharged without a dismissal 

pay of two week, in advance. No employee shall be dismissed by 

reason of making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an 

alleged violation of this Supplemental Code. 

ARTICLE VI-An:M:INISTRATION 

1. (a) To provide an effective procedure for the administration 

of this Supplemental Code and to cooperate with the Administration 

in the administration of this Supplemental Code, a Divisional Code 

Authority is hereby established. The Divisional Code Authority shall consist of nine members or 

ten members, if the Administrator deems advisable, to be chosen 

in the following manner : 

Five shall be elected by the members of the Trade located in the 

State of New York, who are members of the Association. 

One shall be elected by the members of the Trade located in the 

States of Illinois and Minnesota, who are members of the Association. 

One shall be elected by the members of the Trade located in the 

State of Michigan, who are members of the Association. 

One shall be elected by the members of the Trade located in the 

States of California, Oregon, and Washington, who are members 

of the Association. 

One shall be elected by the members of the Trade located in the 

States other than herein provided for, who are members of the 

Association. 

The Administrator may, if he deem it advisable, appoint the 

tenth member of the Divisional Code Authority from the Fur vVholesalers who are not members of the Association. 

(b) The Divisional Code Authority shall from its membership 

elect one member to represent the Trade on the General Code 

Authority. 

( c) The Board of Directors of the Association shall appoint a 

nominating Committee consisting of five members representative of 

the Trade. This nominating Committee shall within three ( 3) 

days after the approval of this SupJ?lemental Code, prepare separ ate ballots for the different territorial divisions specified in Subsection (a) of this Section, each ballot to contain the names of the 

appropriate number of nominees for a place on the Divisional Code 

Authority, i.e., five from the State of New York, one from the 

States of Illinois and Minnesota, and one from the State of Michigan, one from the States of California, Oregon and Washington, 

and one from the States other than herein provided for. The said 

ballots shall contain in addition to the names of the nominees, 

blank lines for the inclusion of the same number of additional names 

which may be filled in by any member of the Trade voting for the 

Divisional Code Authority. Such ballots shall be mailed to each 

member of the Association and such other members of the Trade who 

have agreed to be bound by the terms of this Supplemental Code. 

Such ballots in order to be counted must be postmarked not more than 

ten days after being mailed by the nominating Committee, and must 

be accompanied by a certificate of assent and compliance to this Sup-
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le. Th hall b publi ly 

t tabulat d b th n minatino- ommi t and 

r iving a I lurahty vote hall be d lar d m mb rs 

f the Divi i nal d uth rity . . Ea h memb r f th Tra l hall within thirty (30) day after 

th ff ctive date of thi ur pl mental de regi ter with th Di ii nal od uthori . . 11 m moor of the Trade who ma no-age 

in th Trade thereafter hall likewise r o-i ter with the Di i ional 

l uthorit . Reo-i trati n of the members of the Trade shall 

in lude full name and mailino- addre s of uch member. Th time 

limit for r gi tration b any member may be xtended by the 

Divi ional ode Authority. 

3. ubje ·t to such rule and regulations a may be issued by the 

Admini trator, the Divi ional Code Authority hall have the followin power and duties in addition to those authorized in the General 

ode and in addition to tho e authorized by other provi ions of this 

upplemental Code. 

(a) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet 

with the Trade Practice Committees appointed under such othe.r 

Code except Supplemental Codes to the General Code as may be 

related to the Trade for the purpose of formulating Fair Trade 

Practices to govern the relation hips between production and di tribution employers under this Code and under such others to the end 

that uch Fair Trade Practices may Le propo ed to the Admini trator as an amendment to this Code and such other ode . (b) To appoint a Regional Committee in each uch reo-ions as the 

Divi ional od~ Authority may establish, to assist the Divisional 

ode Authority in administering the Supplemental Code· provided, 

however that nothing herein shall relieve the Di vi ional ode 

Authority of its responsibilities as such. 

( c) To organize, elect officers, hire employees, and perform uch 

oth r act as may be neces ary for the proper admini tration f the 

upplem~ntal ode. 

( d) To tabli h an agency on planning. 

( ) To adopt by-laws rules, and regulation for it proc dure. ( f) ft r uch public hearing as the Admini trator ma d io-nate, 

and ubject to the approval of the Admini trator th Divi ional 

od uthorit may stabli h other and further rul than ar c ntaine l in thi uppl mental ode at the pr ent tim coverino- u h 

oth r ubj c a conditions in this Trade may require togeth r with 

r i:-,ulation concerning principles such a lo limi ation elling 

1 w c t and price reportin . 

( ) T fr m time to time ug 

m n thi upplemental o 

and/ or am ndm n and th 

a m difi an ljor am nd d. 

4. othino- contained in thi 

t modification of and/ or am ndand to a nt to uch m difica i n 

uppl m ntal in it final f rm 

th m mb r f th Di i i nal le uthorit partn r for an 

po n r hall any m mb r or m mb r f h Di i. i nal od 

th ri y b liable in any mann r t any n f r an a t of an. 

m mb r fficer ag nt r mpl e f th Di i i nal Code uthority. or hall an m m r f th Divi i nal l uth ri 

exerci" ing r a onabl clilig nee in the conduct of his dutie hereund r, 
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be liable to anyone for any act or omission to act, under this Supplemental Code, except for his own willful misfeasance or non-feasance. 

5. If the Administrator shall determine that any action of the 

Divisional Code Authority, or any agency thereof, may be unfair or 

unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may 

require that such action be suspended to afford an opportunity for 

investigation of the merits of such action and for further consideration by such Divisional Code Authority or agency, pending final 

action, which shall not be effective unless the Administrator approves 

or unless he shall fail to disapprove after thirty days' notice to him 

of intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified 

form. 

6. It being found necessary, in order to support the administration 

of this Supplemental Code and to maintain the standards of fair 

competition established by this Supplemental Code and to effectuate 

the policy of the Act, the Divisional Code Authority is authorized, 

subject to the approval of the Administrator: 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes and to meet such obligations out 

·of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Supplemental Code. 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his 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 basis upon which the funds necessary 

to support such budget shall be contributed by members of the Trade. 

( c) After such budget and basis of contribution have been approved by the Administrator, to determine and secure equitable contribution as above set forth by all such members of the Trade, and to 

that end, if necessary to institute legal proceedings therefor in its 

own name. 

( d) After the approval of the Administrator of the itemized 

budget of estimated expenses and an equitable basis of contribution, 

non-payment by any member of the Trade of an assessment levied by 

the Divisional Code Authority as an equitable share of the cost of 

administration shall constitute a violation of this Supplemental 

Code. 

7. Only members of the Trade complying with the Supplemental 

Code and the General Code and contributing to the expenses of its 

administration as provided in Section 6 he.reof shall be entitled to 

participate in the selection of the Divisional Code Authority or to 

receive the benefit of its voluntary activities or to make use of any 

emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration. 

8. (a) There shall be established an Industrial Relations Committee for the Fur Wholesaling and Distributing Trade, to be constituted of seven (7) persons to be selected as follows: 

(1) An impartial chairman to be appointed by the Administrator 

in the event the rest of the Committe.e fail to select one by agreement. 

(2) Three (3) representatives of employers to be appointed by the 

Divisional Code Authority for the Fur vVholesaling and Distributing 

Trade. 

(3) Three (3) representatives of employees to be appointed by a 

truly representative labor organization, if such exists, or representa-
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tives nominat d b the Labor dvisory Board of the ational 

R c er dmini ra ion and appoint d by th dmini trat r. 

(b) The Indu trial R lati n ommitt e shall have the follo?iing 

pow rs and duti : 

(1) To adopt th B -law and Regulations for the procedure of 

such ommit . (2) To mediate and conciliate in re p ct to any di putes arising 

betw n emplo r and employee . (3) To hear and a si t in adju ting any complaints arising from 

an of the labor provisions of thi Supplemental Code. 

( 4) To offer their services as arbitrators, or their assistance in 

securing arbitrators in any disputes or complaints arising between 

emplo rs and emplo ees, provided such di pute is voluntarily submitted to their arbitration by both such parties. 

( 5) To assi t in promoting cooperation between em players and 

employees in this Trade. 

ARTIC1-E VII-TRADE PRACTICES l 

To a ure fair competition and practices in the Trade the following trade practice provisions are made a part of this Supplemental 

Code and are binding on all fur wholesalers and distributor : 

1. o member of the Trade shall grant any greater ca h di count 

than 2%, ten days, e.nd of month; it being understood that all merchandi e sold on a longer dating than 10 days e.o.m. shall be old net, 

no di count. The maximum rate of anticipation shall be 6% per 

1 See paragraph 2 of orcl r approving this ode. 
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where the merchandise has been in the possession of the purchaser 

for more than five business days, except when the merchandise has 

latent defects or except pursuant to permission first obtained from 

the Divisional Code Authority. 

ARTICLE VIII-LABELS 

No member of this Trade shall purchase any manufactured fur 

garments unless the same shall bear a N. R. A. label placed thereon 

by the manufacturer of said garment. 

A fur wholesaler shall have the option of either permitting the said 

label to remain upon the garment or of removing the said label, and 

placing thereupon his own N. R. A. label. 

If the fur wholesaler decides to substitute his own label, he shall 

transmit the original manufacturer's N. R. A. label to the Code Authority governing the manufacturer of the garment from which the 

label was removed. 

Any member of the Trade may apply to the Divisional Code Authority for N. R. A. labels, which labels sh~ll be granted to him in 

serial numbers so long as he is complying with the provisions of this 

Supplemental Code. 

Subject to the approval of the Administrator, the Divisional Code 

Authority shall establish rules and regulations and appropriate machinery for the issuance, supervision and withdrawal of N. R. A. 

labels, and the charges to be made for such N. R. A. labels. 

ARTICLE IX-MODIFICATION 

This Supplemental Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President in accordance with 

the provisions of the Sub-section (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from 

time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule 

or regulation issued under Title I of said Act. 

ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DA TE 

This Supplemental Code shall become effective on the tenth day 

after: its approval by the Administrator. 

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