Registry No. 1328-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATIO~ \ \ 

PR·OPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPE'fiTI01N 

FOR THE 

HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR 

CABINET INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31. 1933 

The Code for the Household Refrigerator Cabinet 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 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - • - - - - - Price 5 cents 
SUBMITTED 13Y 

~ATIONAL REFRIGERATOR MANUFA T RER " A '0 'I \TIO_-

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PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR CABINET INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy o£ Title I o£ the National Industrial Recovery Act during the period of the emergency, the following provisions are established as a code o£ fair competition for the household refrigerator cabinet industry. 

The term " household refrigerator cabinet industry ", shall be 

understood to include those who manufacture refrigerator cabinets 

for household, as contrasted with commercial use, regardless o£ 

whether the cooling agent be ice or mechanical refrigeration. 

ARTICLE I 

Due to the highly seasonable nature o£ this industry, the principal 

manufacturing activities take place during six months in each calendar year. 

On and after the effective date of this Code employers in the 

household refrigerator cabinet industry shall operate on a schedule 

o£ hours of labor for their factory employees as follows: 

A. During any six months in any calendar year the maximum o£ 

40 hours per week, and during the other six months in any calendar 

year a maximum of 32 hours per week. 

B. On and after the effective date o£ this Code office employees in 

the industry shall not operate on a schedule of hours o£ labor in 

excess of 44 hours per week throughout the entire calendar year. 

ARTICLE II 

On and after the effective date o£ this Code, the minimum wage 

that shall be paid by employers in the household cabinet industry 

to their employees shall be as follows: 

A. Factory employees and maintenance men, 35 cents per hour. 

ARTICLE III 

On and after the effective date of this code, employers in the household refrigerator cabinet industry shall not employ any minor under 

t.he age of 16 years. 

ARTICLE IV 

The supervising and fact-finding agency £or this industry shall 

be the National Refrigerator Manufacturers Association, o£ Chicago, Illinois. The manufacturers shall furnish to this agency duly 

certified reports every £our weeks showing number o£ employees, 

maximum hours worked by any employee in any week, and actual 

hours worked by the various occupational groups o£ employees, and 

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minimum hourly wages. It hall be the duty of this agency to compile these figures when, a , and if the President of the United States· 

requires such compilation. It shall also be the duty of this agency 

to investigate and develop facts regarding complaints from any 

source and present the resulting data to the Administrator when. circumstances warrant and when so instructed by the Association. 

ARTICLE v 

Each manufacturer in the household refrigerator cabinet industry 

shall determine hi own selling price but hall charge identical 

prices to all buyers of equal quantities of hi product. 

A. There shall be a li t price for all les -than-carload hipments 

except as specified immediately hereafter. 

B. A discount not to ex ·eed 5% from li t price on full carload 

shipment with privileae of current carload price to apply on all 

c:ub equent shipments in any quantity during the remainder of the 

selling season to buyers of the arne individual enterprise who have· purchased and received an initial full carload. 

C. A discount of 5% and an additional discount of 10% from list 

to bona fide jobbers provided such jobber purcha e an initial full 

carload for resale to dealers and, provided further, that the Executive Committee approve such jobber a being entitled to be so 

classified. 

D. A discount of 5% and an additional eli count of 10% from 

li t to all purchasers who will place a contract with definite specifications not ubject to cancellation for not les than 1,000 refrigerators to be shipped during the current selling season. 

E. Ob olete and urplus stocks sometimes designated a " closeouts" or inventories which must be converted into cash may be sold 

at such prices and at such times as are necessary to move the merchandi e into the buyers' handR, provided all such tock mu t first 

be reported to the Executive Committee and be disposed of subject 

to the approval of the said Executive Committee. 

ARTICLE VI 

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( 5) Allow rebates, ad vert.ising allowanc s, or pecial discounts or 

reduction from the price e tablished in Article ' . 

(6) Guarantee prices again t future advance or decline. 

(7) Consign good under any condition. 

( 8) Employ fal e or mi leading adverti ·ing, misbranding, false 

inYoicino·, or other deception . (9) Endeavor to injure a com.petitor by inducing breach of contract, espionage, enticement of employees, imitation of trade nam~s, 

or by other unfair or dishonorable practice. 

(10) Employ commercial bribery such a inducing sales by gifts 

or premiums, by payment of commissions or rewards to employees of 

dealers or distributors, by gratuities to alesmen or by lavish entertainment. 

ARTICLE VII 

Employers in the household refrigerator cabinet industry shall 

comply with the requirements of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act as follows : 

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

collectively through representatives of their own choo ing, and shall 

be free fron1 the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in the designation of uch representatives or in 

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

collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

" ( 2) 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. 

"(3) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President of the United States." 

ARTICLE VIII 

This code and all the provision thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President of the United States, 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 of the United 

States to cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

ARTICLE IX 

Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required to be included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with 

the approval of the President of the United States, be modified or 

eliminated as changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. 

It is contemplated that from time to time supplementary provisions 

to this Code or additional Codes will be submitted for the approval 

of the President of the United States to further effectuate the purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act consistent with the provisions hereof. 
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ARTICLE X 

No provision in this Code shall be interpreted or applied in such 

a manner as to (a) promote monopolies, (b) permit or encourage 

unfair competition, (c) eliminate or oppress small enterpri e, and 

(d) discriminate against small enterprise. 

ARTICLE XI 

This Code shall be jn full effect on the tenth day after it a Plr \·al 

by the President of the Unite l State or by hi agent. 

We, the undersigned, members of the National Refrio·erator Manufacturers Association, who we believe repre ent over ighty percent of 

the total production of the indu try, have adopted the forecroinO' ode 

of Fair Practice and by signing same hereby ignify that we are willing to be governed in our industry by the term an l provisions 

thereof. 

Gurney Refrigerator Co., by E. G. Vail, pre ident · Rhinelander Refrigerator Co., by M. 0. McClellan trea - urer; Harder Refrigerator Corp. by F. H. Ry 1er 

vice president; Eau Claire Cold Storage Corp. by Ed. 

Roll, manager; Ranney Refricrerator Co. by E. "'\V. 

Ranney, president; Tennes ee Furniture Coq oration, 

by Robert T. Frazier, vice president; Th ~Iaine ~1anufacturing Company, by Philip Elli Steven · anitary Refrigerator Co., by B. K. Miller, e retary ·Rich 

Illinois Mfg. Co. A. W. Collins, secretary and trea - urer; Success Mfg. Co. Thos. P. Bolger pre ident · Progre s Refrigerator Co., "'\V. H. Cloud pre id nt; 

Duluth Refrigerator Corp., W. F. Arn lt pre ident; 

Ward Refrigerator & Mfg. Co. Dwi ·ht R. "'\V ard; 

Standard Refrigerator Co., by W. Manth , pre ident. 

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