Approved Code No. 280-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 701-11 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL SOLID FUEL 

INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 13, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 280-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

RETAIL SOLID FUEL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 13, 1934 

ORDER 

MODIFICATION OF ConE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE RETAIL SoLro 

FUEL 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 approval of a modification 

of a Code of Fair Competition :for the Retail Solid Fuel Industry, 

and hearings have bEien duly held thereon and the annexed report 

on said modification, 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, 

pursuant to authority vested in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate, by reference, said 

annexed report and do find that said modification and the Code as 

constituted after being modified comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said 

Title of said Act, and do hereby order that said modification be and 

it is hereby approved, and that the previous approval of said Code 

is hereby modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety 

as modified. · 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

.Administrator for Industrial R ecovery. 

Approval recommended: • 

C. E. ADAMS, 

Division .Administrator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

July 13, 1934. 

73626°-829-59-84 (1) 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRF.SIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: Pur uant to Executive Order No. 6678, dated April 14, 1934, 

a modification of the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Solid 

Fuel Indu try has been submitted by the Retail Solid Fuel Industry, 

through its National Code Authority, and a Public Hearing in connection therewith was held on June 18, 1934. 

The Deputy Admini trator in his final report to me on the modification of the Code of Fair Competition for the R tail olid Fuel 

In l ustry having found a herein set forth and on the ba ·i of all 

the procee lings in this matter: 

I find that: 

(a) The mo lification of aid Code and the Code a mo lified are 

well designed to promote the policies and purpo s of Title I of the 

National Indu trial Recoyery Act including the removal of ob truction to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce which 

tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the 

g neral welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the 

purpose of cooperative action among trade group , by includino- and 

maintainin<Y unite 1 action of labor and management under adequate 

governmental practic s, by promoting th fullest po ible utilization of the pre ent pro luctive capacity of indu tne , by avoiding 

undue restriction of production ( except as may be temporarily required), by increa ing the consumption of indu trial and agricultural pro lucts through increasing purchasino- power by r ducing 

an l relieving unemployment, by improving tandar l of labor and 

by otherwi e rehabilitatin<Y indu try. 

(b) The Code as modifi d complie in all re pe t with th p rtinent pr vision of aid Title of aid Act, including without limitati n ub cti n (a) of e tion 3, ub ection (a) 0£ e ti n 7 and 

sub ction (a) of Section 10 th r of. 

( ) Th o le empow r the od . uthorit_ t pre ent the af reail mo lifi ation on behalf f the indu tr a a wh le. 

( d) The modifi ation and the od a m lifi d ar n t l i O'Il 

to an l will not permit monopoli r rn nop li ti I ractic . 

( ) Th m lifi ation and the d a m lifi ar n d . igned 

t and , ill n t liminat r 01 pr mall nt rpri ill n 

p rat t 1i riminat ao-ain t th m. 

(f) Th ngao· 1 in th r t p f th n 

n l priv l f th ri ·ht to b h ar ·nil 

difi ati n. 

ail mo lifi ation i a rdingly appr v d. 

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AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE RETAIL SOLID FUEL INDUSTRY 

Article III is amended ·by adding the following Sections: 

SECTION 23. It being found necessary, in order to support the 

administration of this Code and to maintain the standards of fair 

competition established by this Code and to effectuate the policy 

of the Act, the National Code Authority and the several Divisional 

Code Authorities are authorized: 

(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 tru t for the purposes of the Code; 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval, subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem ne e sary, 

(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 

industry; 

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

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

their own several names. 

SECTION 24. Only members of the industry complying with the 

Code and contributing to the expenses of its administration as provided in Section 23 hereof shall be entitled to participate in the selection of the members of their re pective Divisional Code Authorities or to receive the benefit of their voluntary activities and the ac- tivities of the National Qode Authority or to make use of any emblem or insignia of the National Recovery Administration, designed 

especially for the use of members of the Retail Solid Fuel Industry. 

SECTION 25. Continued nonpayment, by any member of the industry, of a essments or contributions required by the administration of this Code, for thirty days after the receipt of notice that 

such assessments or contributions are due, is a violation of this Code. 

The operations of the provisions of thi Section 25 shall be subject 

to such rules and regulations pertaining thereto as may be issued 

by the Administrator. 

SECTION 26. The Code Authority shall neither incur nor pay any 

obligation substantially in excess of the amount thereof as estimated 

in its approved budget, and shall in no event, exceed the total 

amount contained in the approved budget, except upon approval o:f 

the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates 

except those which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

Approved Code No. 280--Amen<lment No. 1. 

Registry No. 701-11. 

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