Registry o. 913-1-01 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LEATHER AND WOOLEN 

KNIT GLOVE INDUSTRY 

U. 

AS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

1. Executive Order 

2. Letter of Transmittal 

S. Code 

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(II) 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 

CooE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE LEATHER AND WooLEN KNIT 

GLOVE 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 Leather and Woolen Knit Glove 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 findin~s with 

respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that tne said 

code of fair competition complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions of title I of the said act and that the requirements of 

clauses ( 1) and ( 2) of subsection (a) of section 3 of the said act 

have been met: 

NOvV, 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, to adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings 

of the Administrator and do order that the said code of fair competi1 

tion be, and it is hereby, approved. 

THE WHITE HousE, 

November 4,1933. 

Approval recommended: 

HUGH s. JOHNSON, 

Adrninistrator. 

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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

(ill) 
NOVEMBER 3, 1933. 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Srn: The Leather and Woolen Knit Glove Industry, as defined by 

its code, includes mannfacturers of all leather gloves, mittens, and 

woolen-knit gloves. The code for this industry has been sponsored 

by its one representative trade association, namely, the National 

Association of Leather Glove Manufactur0 rs, Inc., of Gloversville, 

N.Y. :Members of this association manufacture upwards of ninety 

percent (90%) of the all-leather gloves made in the United States. 

A proposed code of fair competition for the industry was presented 

to the Administrator by the association on August 15, 1933, was 

revi ed and resubmitted, and a hearing on the revised code was held 

on September 6, 1933. The code was further revised in subsequent 

conferences, and is herewith recommended £or executive approval. 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Leather and Woolen Knit 

Glove Industry may be sunmiarized as follows: 

Article I tates the general purposes of the code. 

Article II sets forth certain definitions of wrms used in the code, 

and fixes the effective date. 

ARTICLE III 

1. Specifies the maximum hours of labor for employees in the 

industry; 

2. Provides that individual cutters may not work in excess o:f 

the maximum hours in one or more factories, or by supplementing 

their factory work by cutting skins at home. 

ARTICLE IV 

1. Des·~bnates the minimum hourly wages applicable to the industry, limits the employment of apprentices~ provides that skilled 

labor shall be paid at rates equitably adjusted above the minimum; 

2. Provides for a report to the code authority with reference to 

glove-cutting apprentic~s; . 3. Specifies the maximum per entage of superannuated or partially incapacitated workers to be employed, permitting such workers 

to be paid their earnings at piece rates without regard to minimum 

wages; 

4. Provides that minimum wage applies irrespective of whether 

an employee is engaged on piecework or timework operations; 

5. States that female and male employees, performing substantially the same work, shall be equally compensated; 

6. Empowers the code authority to designate for skilled employees 

scales above the minimum provided in article IV, paragraph I, and 

to make appropriate geographical differentials in this scale; 

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7. Requires the postin~ of wage schcedules in workrooms; 

8. Provides for periodic reports from the co le authority to the 

Administrator in re pect of the operation of the wage provisions. 

ARTICLE V 

1. Prohibits the employment in the inclu. try of persons under 

sixteen ( 16) years of age ; 

2. Quotes the provisions of paragraph I of section 7 (a) of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act; 

3. Quotes the :provisions oflaragraph 2 of section 7 (a) of the 

National Industrial Recovery ct; 

4. Quotes the :provisions of paragraph 3 of section 7 (a) of the 

National Industnal Recovery Act; 

5. Provides that the code shall not supersede state laws imposing 

more stringent requirements; 

6. Prohibits the reclassification of employees or dutie of occupations to defeat the purposes of the act; 

7. Provides that each employer shall post in con picuous places 

in his workroom full copies of the code; 

8. Provides for the reduction of home work by at least 25 % within 

six months after the effective date of the code, and by at least another 

25% within one year after the effective date of the code, and specifies that within that time the code authority shall make r ecommendations designed to eliminate outside work completely; the employment of additional outside operators after the date of approval of 

this code is also prohibited and the names of all outside employees 

are required to be registered with the code authority; 

9. Requires the payment of minimum hourly earnings to employees who are required or permitted to remain in the shop waiting 

for work; 

10. States that manufacturers are to provide work to contractors 

only if they S:()ecify that such contractors shall employ labor under 

the terms specified by the code. 

ARTICLE VI 

Creates a code authority :for the industry, outlines its duties and 

responsibilities, and designates the National Association of Leather 

Glove ~1anu:facturers as the agency to receive reports referred to in 

the code; 

Creates a Fair Trade Practice Agency and provides for the submission to the Administrator of the information necessary for the 

purposes specified in section 3 (a) of the act. 

ARTICLE VII 

Sets forth provisions of the code governing importers. 

ARTICLE VIII 

Enumerates Fair Trade Practices. 
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ARTICLE IX 

1. Quotes section 10 (b) or the National Industrial Recovery Act 

with respect to changes in the code; 

2. Provides that the code may be modified with the approval of 

the President as experience may dictate. 

ARTICLE X 

Prohibits monopolistic practices. 

ARTICLE XI 

Seeks to limit increases in prices of goods to the actual increases 

in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE XII 

Provides for the appropriate adjustment of the increased costs of 

executing contracts as a result of the operation of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act or of the code. 

ARTICLE XIII 

States the effective date of the code. 

NATURE OF THE INDUSTRY 

The Leather and Woolen ICnit Glove Industry is essentially a 

small-scale industry in which wages represent nearly fifty percent 

( 50%) of the total of manufacture. In 1931 its two hundred 

twenty-seven (227) establishments employed an average of seven 

thousand eight hundred eighty-four (7,884) factory wage earners, 

or less than an average of thirty-five (35) per plant. This is exclusive of home workers who constitute a substantial percentage of total 

employees. During the past three (3) decades there has been a 

definitely downward trend in the number of wage earners employed 

by the industry. In 1929 the industry employed an average of nine 

thousand two hundred three (9,203) factory employees as compared 

with fourteen thousand three hundred forty-five (14,345) in 1899. 

It has already been noted that further declines had occurred by 1931, 

and it is estimated that wage earners employed decreased even 

further in 1932. 

Little information is available in respect of the number of home 

workers employed by the industry. On the basis of a study made in 

Fulton County, N.Y., in June 1933, by the Women's Bureau of the 

United States Department of Labor, it is estimated that thirty-eight 

and two tenths percent (38.2% ) of the total number of employees in 

this district are home workers who receive eighteen and nine tenths 

percent (18.9% ) of the total payroll of the industry. Outside of 

the Fulton County vicinity, there is little home work. For the industry as a whole, it is estimated that nearly two thirds (%) of the 

total number of employees are women. 
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The production of leather gloves in the United States is highly 

localized. According to the 1931 C nsus of Manufactures over two 

thirds (%) of the production of the industr~ on the ba is of value 

of product, was manufactured in Fulton c;ounty, N.Y. In this 

County, about one third (1⁄4) of the factory worker of th industry 

are employed, and household produ tion is carried on mo t exten- sively. Glove making is the most important occupation of the workers of this community. 

In the leather glove and mitten industry by far the greater number of operators are paid on a piece-work basis. °'Vage r ate for the 

Fulton County branch of the industry have long b en fixed by mutual 

agreements between the employers and the International GloYe 

vVorkers' Union. Schedules similar to those prevailing in Fulton 

County are in effect throughout most of the industry. Home workers' 

rates have generally been ten percent ( 10% ) below those paid for 

factory work. 

The productive operations of the industry are subject to pronounced 

seasonal variations. Leather gloves are produced largely for a late 

fall and winter demand. This results in the greatest activity in the 

cutting department during the months from August to October. The 

peak of total employment ordinarily comes somewhat later. 

Imports of leather gloves represent a greater number of dozens 

than does domestic production, and many manufacturers are also 

importers. In the distribution of leather gloves manufacturers and 

importers have many common problems. 

THE HOME-WORK PROBLEM 

In the leather-glove industry, hand labor has been di placed by 

machines to but a relatively minor extent. Moreover, the hand labor 

necessary in the conduct of the industry is, in general, highly skilled. 

Practically all of the productive operations of the industry can be 

carried on within the homes of the workers, and one of the major 

problems of the industry relates to the competitive abuses arising 

from home-work operations. 

Because of the wide-spread extent of home work, it was evident 

that the system could not be immediately eliminated without a serious 

disorganization of the industry. Article VI, paragraph 8 of the 

code, provides for a realistic approach to the gradual elimination of 

home-work operations. 

Within six ( 6) months after the effective date of the code twentyfive percent (25%) of the total outside sewing machine work is to 

be discontinued, and by the end of one (1) year after the effective 

date a further reduction of outside work by at least another twen J -

five percent (25%) is required. With full knowledge of the effect 

of these steps, the code authority is then to review the subject and _ make such recommendations as appear practical for the complete 

elimination of outside work. It is believed that this is a sound 

procedure for o-radually eliminating home work from an indu try 

whjch could not at once abandon it without disorganization. Commendation is due the Association for the spirit in which it approached and met this problem. 
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MINIMUM WAGES 

Article IV, paragraph I, of this code provides that minimum earn- ings shall not be less than at the r ate of thirty-two and a half cents • 

(321⁄2¢) per hour, except for beginners, who are guaranteed earnings 

of not less than twenty-two and a half cents (221⁄2¢) per hour and as 

much more as may be earned at regular piece rates. No person may 

be classed as a beginner for a period in excess of the first twelve ( 12) 

weeks' work in the industry. While most of the employees of this 

industry work at piece rates and have earnings in excess of thirtytwo and a half cents (321⁄2 ·¢) per hour, a significant number of workers on an hourly basis earn below this minimum. The study made 

by the Women's Bureau of the United States Department of Labor 

shows that in June 1933 over two fifths (2,,i) of the men on an hourly 

wage basis received less than thirty cents (30¢) per hour, while 

approximately one half (1⁄2) of the women paid on a time-work 

basis received twenty-five cents (25¢) per hour or less. Hence the 

minimum rates provided by this code will re ult in significant increases in earnings. Approximately eight thousand (8,000) workers 

in the industry will undoubtedly receive an increase in their average 

earnings as a result of the wage provisions of the code. 

In lieu of providing minimum wages for occupations above the 

least skilled classifications, article IV, paragraph (6), of the code, 

specifies that minimum scales for piecework operations shall be 

established for the entire industry. Such scales are to be issued by 

the code authority following their approval by the Administrator. 

In the determination of these minimum scales, the code authority is 

to be guided by the Fulton County scales as determined from time 

to time by the collective bargaining arrangements now in effect. The 

code specifically provides that in detei~mining these scales, revisions 

or adjustments of the Fulton County schedules may be made to 

meet differences in regional requirements. 

The inclusion in a code of piece-rate scales or the incorporation 

thereof by reference raises questions both of law and of policy. It 

is inadvisable to incorporate by reference rules or regulations over 

which the Administration may have no control, which may vary from 

time to time, and which may not be known to all members of the 

industry. On the other hand, when in an industry standards are 

highest in a market which is responsible for two thirds (3⁄4) of 

the production, unfair competition would result if other markets were 

left completely uncontrolled in respect of the wages there paid to 

.skilled workers. It is believed tμat article IV1 paragraph (6), 

as phrased in the code, is not open to the objections stated above. 

Adequate control is reserved to the Administrator who will scrutinize any proposed scales, rules, or regulations before they can be 

proclaimed by the code authority and will, if there is objection, ~ive 

a hearing to the objectors. 

HOURS OF LABOR 

Because of the nature o:f the product, a pronounced seasonality 

prevails in the production activity of the indu try. The production 

peak for cutting occurs from August to October when production is 
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considerably in x ess of other months in the y ar. Be ause it was 

anticipated that thi code would become effective at th time of major 

activi y, it is provided that, prior to December 1, 1933, mployees 

may work not to exceed forty-four (44) hour I r week. After the 

current sea onal requir ment are m t the in lu try plan to take 

step to level ut its produ tion heclule. In anticipation of this 

obj tive, the ode provide that after D c mb r 1, 193 , employees 

in thi indu try are to work no more than eight ( ) hour a day, 

and not to xceed forty (40) hour in any one (1) week. Discretion 

i given the ode authority, however, subject to approval by the 

Admini trator, to fix period durino- the time f a ·onal demands 

when a work week of forty-four ( 44) hours may be utiliz d for a 

period not to ex ed four ( 4) month in any one ( 1) year. Thi is 

for mergency demands only. In all ca es the indu try is to 

op rate on a ingle- hift basi . 

The maximum hours specified by article III, paragraph (1), of 

the code, should result in a ignificant increa e in the numbers 

employe l by the industry. In July 1933, the Womens Bur au of 

the United tates Department of Labor in ve ti gated the hour of 

work prevailing in Fulton aunty. This study revealed that over 

seventy-five percent (75 % ) of the women employees worked from 

forty-nine (49) to forty-nine and a half (491⁄2) hours. Over ninety 

percent (90 % ) of the men were on a schedule of fifty-five ( 55) 

hours per week and ten (10) hours per day. The reduction of hours 

in the factories in conjunction with the control provided over homework operations will undoubtedly re ult in a substantial increase of 

employment. 

THE FAIR TRADE PRACTICE AGENCY 

During recent years, the demand for leather gloves has been 

fairly steady as regards members of pairs purchased. This has been 

true despite the fact that to a limited degree fabric gloves of various 

type compete with leather o-loves. N evertheles , for many year the 

domestic manufacture of leather gloves has been subject to a declining trend. Despite a relatively high tariff, imports of women s 

leather gloves now represent a greater number than those produced 

domestically. l\1any of the manufacturers of leather gloves upplement their lines with imported products. Because of the cla s relationship of the two types of product, and becau e of common ales 

problems, representatives of both manufacturers and importers of 

leather gloves desired to be governed by the fair trade practice provisions of this code. It wa evident, however, that th importers 

had no direct concern with the provisions of the code relating directly to manufacturing operation . Because of the identity of the 

merchandising problems faced by both manufacturers and importers, 

article VI, paragraph (3), of the co le, provides that importers of 

gloves shall be bound by article VIII of the code. For the administration of this article a Fair Trad Practice g ncy for this indu try has been con tituted, a follows: 

Three ( 3) members de ignated b the ational Association of 

Glove Manufacturers, 

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Three (3) members designated by the Glove Importers Association of the United States, and 

One (1) member appointed by the Administrator. 

For the administration of other parts of this code, a code authority has been created on which the importers have no representation. 

This administrative body is composed of five (5) members appointed 

by the National Association of Glove Manufacturers, two (2) members appointed by the Administrator on nomination of the Labor 

Advisory Board, and one (1) or more members may be appointed 

by the Administrator. 

OTHER FEATURES OF THE CODE 

Other portions of this code as recommended cover the following 

matters: 

1. The number of beginners in occupations other than glove cutting shall at no time exceed ten percent (10% ) of the number of 

manufacturing employees in a factory, except that every fact-ory may 

have at least one (1) beginner. Because of peculiar conditions existing in the industry respecting the conditions of work of glove cutting 

apprentices, the code provides for the creating of an investigating 

committee of employers and employees. This committee is to recommend a policy for the governing of the wages of apprentices for 

this occupation, and limiting the number who can be so employed. 

Such recommendations are to be made to the code authority. 

2. Because of the fact that the minimum wages provided by this 

code might result in a hardship to superannuated or partially physically incapacitated workers, it has been determined that such workers may be retained although their earnings at prevailing piece rates 

may be less than the minimum earnings provided by the code. The 

number of workers in this classification, however, shall not exceed 

ten percent (10% ) of the employees in any factory. 

3. It appears that in this industry contractors have occasionally 

employed labor without assuming full responsibility for the payment 

of the prevailing wages. Article V, paragraph (10) of the code, 

provides that an employer shall make no contract with a contractor 

unless it provides that the contractor shall employ labor under 

the terms specified in the code. 

4. In order to insure that the terms of this Code may become fully 

applicable throughout the industry, article V, paragraph (7), specifies 

that employers shall post in their workrooms such copies of wage 

schedules and conditions of labor as shall be distributed by the code 

authority. · FINDINGS 

The Administrator finds that: 

(a) The code as recommended complies in all respects with the 

pertinent provisions of title I of the act, including without limitation, subsection (a) of section 7, and sub ection (b) of section 10 

thereof; and that 

(b) The National As ociation of Leather Glove :rvt:anufacturers, 

Inc., imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership 
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ther in and is truly repre entative of th Leather an l \Voolen I(nit 

Glove Indu try; and that 

( c) Th od as recomm nd d is not d si n l to promote monopolies or to eliminat or oppre mall nt rpri e an l will not operate 

to di riminat again t them, and will t n'1 to eff ctuat th policy 

of title I of th National Indu trial R ov ry Act. 

R I ectfully, 

Huon S. JoH soN, 

Administrator. 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE LEATHER AND 

WOOLEN KNIT GLOVE INDUSTRY 

ARTIOL.E I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code 

of Fair Competition for the Leather and Woolen Knit Glove Indu try, and shall be binding upon every member th reof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIO 

The terms "Leather and Woolen Knit Glove Industry " and " Industry" as used herein include the manufacture of all leather gloves 

and mittens and/or woolen knit gloves, and such branches or sub- divisions thereof as may from time to time be include l under the 

provisions of this Code. 

The term "employee" as used herein includes anyone engaged in 

the industry in any capacity receiving compensation for his service, irrespective of the nature or method of payment of such compensation. 

The term "employer" as used herein includes anyone by whom 

any such em~loyee is compensated or eml>loyed. 

The term 'member of the industry" rncludes anyone engaged in 

the industry as above defined, either as an employer or on his own 

behalf. 

The term ,,. Association " means the National Association of Leather 

Glove 1\1:anufacturers, Inc. 

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

herein, shall mean, respectively, the President of the United States1 the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator or 

said Act. 

The term "effective date ' means the second Monday aft r the 

approval of this Code by the President. 

AnTrCLE III-HoUR 

1. No employees excepting repair shop crews, firemen cleaners 

watchmen, drivers, shipping, and supervisory staff, shall be permitted 

to work in excess of forty-four ( 44) hours per week up to December 1, 

1933 or thereafter more than torty ( 40) hours per week, nor more 

than eight hours in any one day. The Code uthority ma , with the 

appro al of the Administrator fix periods during the season of 

peak :production during which t1e work week shall not exceed fortyfour (44) hours, for a total period not to exceed four (4) month in 

an one (1) year. 

2. o glove cutter shall be given employment outside of a factory or in more than one (1) factory with the effect of affording 

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employment for more than the maximum number of hours prescribed, and no skins shall be issued for cutting outside the factory 

or after regular working hours except by express permission of the 

Code Authority. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

1. No employee shall be paid at less than the rate of thirty-two 

and one half cents ( 321⁄2¢) per . hour ( except beginners and a pprentices) and the rates for skilled labor shall be equitably adJusted above this minimum. Beginners on productive operations in 

the industry shall be paid not less than at the rate of twenty-two 

and one-half cents (221⁄2¢) per hour and as much more as the beginner may earn on the regular piecework basis prevailinp in the 

occupation; provided, that no one shall be classed as a beginner 

longer than for the first twelve (12) weeks' work in the industry; and 

provided further. that the total number of beginners in any one 

establishment shall at no time exceed ten percent (10%) of the total 

number of manufacturing employees; but provided also, that each 

factory may have at least one (1) beginner. 

2. The subject of glove-cutting apprentices shall be considered 

by a committee composed of an equal number of employers and employees which shall work out policies and submit recommendations 

to the Code Authority and to the Administrator. 

3. Superannuated or partially incapacitated workers now employed in the industry on piecework may be retained and paid their 

earnings at the piece rates without regard to the minimum wages 

provided herein. The number thus retained shall not, in any event, 

exceed ten percent (10%) of the employees in the factory. 

4. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay, regardless of 

whether an employee is compensated on a time-rate, piecework, or 

other basis. 

5. Female employees performing substantially the same work as 

male employees shall receive the same rates of pay as male employees. 

6. The minimum rates of wages of skilled workers provided for 

in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be proclaimed from time to time 

by the Code Authority, after approval by the Administrator. The 

aforesaid minimum scales of wages shall be based upon the Fulton 

County wage scale, with any revisions, additions, amendments, or 

adjustments approved by the Administrator, to meet regional conditions and to maintain fair competition in the industry. -

7. Employers shall post in their workrooms such copies of wage 

schedules in effect from time to time as may be distributed by the 

Code Authority. 

8. The Code Authority shall report to the Administrator from 

time to time as to the effect of the operation of his provision, both 

generally and in cases of individual hardship, so that the Administrator may determine whether or not the provisions of this section shall 

be changed or exceptions granted hereunder. 
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Ann LEV- E~·ERAL L AB R Pnov1 ·1 N: 

1. No person und r sixt en (16) years f age ·hall b mplo din 

the indu try. 

2. Employ s shall hav th rio·ht to or anize and l · ro-ain llectively through repr entatives of their o1'·n choo jng. and hall be 

free from the interference, re traint, or > rcion of employers of 

labor, or their agents, in th de ianation of uch repre ntative or 

in s If-organization or in other con ·erted a ·tivitie · for h purpo e 

of collecti e bargaining or other mutual aid or pr te tion. 

3. No employee and no one seeking employment hall be r -quired 

a a condition of employment to join any company union r to refrain 

from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor or anization of his 

own choosing. 

4. Employers shall comply with the maximum hour of labor minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of empl yment, approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

5. Within each State this Code shall not supersede any law of such 

State imposing more stringent requirements on employers regulatin~ 

the age of employees, wages, hours of work, or health, fire or general 

workmg conditions than under this Code. 

6. Employers shall not reclassify employees or duties of occupations performed by employees so as to defeat the purpo es of the Act. 

7. Each em1:loyer shall post in conspicuous places in his work 

rooms full copies of this Code. 

8. For the purpose of eliminating home work in the industry as 

rapidly as pos.sible within six ( 6) months after the effective date 

hereof, emplo1-ers shall reduce their outside work by at least twentyfive percent (25%) of sewing-machine operators, taking a,s a basis 

:for reduction the number of outside workers as of the effective date 

hereof. Within one (1) year after the effective date hereof, employers shall effect a further reduction of outside work by at least 

another twenty-five percent (25%), taking as a basis for reduction 

the nun1ber of outside workers as of the effective date hereof. 

Within one (1) year after the effective date hereof the ode 

Authority shall conduct investigations and make recommendations 

to the Administrator designed to eliminate outside work completely, 

which recommendations when ap:proved by the Administrator shall 

have full force and effect as provisions of this Code. 

From the date of approval of this Code, no additional outside 

operators shall be employed and no employer shall increa e outside 

work for the purpose of evading the provisions of this Code. Employers shall register with the Code Authority the names of all 

outside workers. 

9. When an employer cannot supply work to a piece worker, the 

latter shall be permitted to go home for the remainder of the day. 

If a worker is required or permitted to remain in the shop, such 

emplo 1 ee shall be remunerated :for all such time at not less than 

the minimum hourl rate provided in this Code. 

10. Employ r shall not make contracts with contractors for any 

operation in the indu try unles the contract provide that the contractor hall employ labor under the terms pecified in this Code. 
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ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRATION 

1. To further effectuate the policies of the Act, a Code Authority 

is hereby constituted to cooperate with the Administrator in the 

Administration of this Code. 

(1) The Code Authority shall be constituted as follows: 

(a) It shall consist of seven (7) members or such other number 

as may be approved from time to time by the Administrator, to be 

selected as hereinafter set forth. 

(b) Five ( 5) members shall be appointed by the Association, 

fairly representative of the industry; one (1) member may be appointed by the Administrator on the nomination of the Labor Advisory Board; one (1) or more members may be appointed by the 

Administrator. 

( c) 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 o:f its articles of association, bylaws, re~ulations, 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. 

( d) 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; and 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. 

2. The Code Authority shall have the following duties and powers 

to the extent permitted by the Act, subject to the right of the Administrator on review to disapprove or modify any action taken by the 

Code Authority. 

(a) For the purpose of keeping the Administrator informed as 

to the observance of this Code of Fair Competition, and better to 

enable the industry to carry out the policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the Code Authority may require from each employer, 

in such form and at such intervals as it may prescribe, certified reports which shall include the following: 

1. Employment, hours, wages, and wage rates. 

2. Production, orders, billings, and stocks (in process and finished) 

of products manufactured. · 3. Consumption and stocks of raw materials. 

(b) The National Association of Leather Glove Manufacturers, 

Inc., Gloversville, N. Y., is hereby constituted the agency to coll~ct a~d receiv~ the reports referr_ed to above and to gather such 

other 1nf_ormabon as may be required by the Code Authority, for 

the carrying out of the purposes of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, and shall make reports of the same to the Administrator and 

Code Authority. 

( c) The 9?de ~uthori~y shall make reports to the Administrator 

of the cond1t10ns 1n the industry and may from time to time make 

recommendations to him with regard to additions to, or changes in, 

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ocle, in luding any that ma:y c desirable to 

me t condi i n in any p jal bran h of th in lu. tr . 

( d) Th od Authorit may <· n luc inv . tigati n and hearings 

in ofar a may b n .· ar to let rmin wh th r mploy r are 

mpl. ino· with th pro,j ion of thi od . 

( e) For the purpo of enabling th A.. ciation t o . c11re ac urate 

informati n a pro,ided in rti le \ I , ection 2 (a) of this Code, 

and thus aidino- in the carr ing out of the purpo e f t h ational 

Indu trial R covery Act and of thi ode i hall be th luty of the 

A o iation to endeavor to ecure a p edily as pos ible th adoption 

of uch uniform co t and accountino- y tern a ma be re ommende l 

by the Cod ~ uthority and appro eel. by the cimini. trator after 

u h notice and hearing. as he may pre cribe. 

(f) Members of the Industry shall be entitled to participate in and 

share the b nefits of the activitie of the Code ~nthority and to particjpate in the el ction of the members thereof b. as entjno- to and 

complying with the requirements of this Code and u t a1 ning their 

rea onable hare of the expen es of this administration. The reasonable hare of the expen e of administration hall be determine l b. 

the Code Authority, subject to review by the Administrator on the 

ba is of volume of busine s and/ or such other factors as may be 

deemed equitable to be taken into consideration. 

3. A Fair Trade Practice Agency is hereb created which shall 

cooperate with the dmini trator in the admini tration and enforcement of the Fair Trade Practice provisions of this Code. The Fair 

Trade Practice Agency shall be con tituted as follows : 

Three (3) members shall be de ignated by the ational A ociation 

of Glove Manufacturers. 

Three (3) members shall be designated by the Glove Importers' 

A ociation of the United States. 

One (1) or more member may be appointed by the Administrator. 

4. In addition to the information required to be submitted to the 

Code Authority there shall be furni hed to government agencies 

such statistical information as the Administrator may deem neees ary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act. 

ARTICLE VII 

Importers of gloves shall be bound by Article VI Section 3 a.nd 

Article VIII but by no other provisions of this Code. They shall 

also be subject to such modifications of or additions to Article VIII 

of thi Code as may hereafter be mutually agreed upon and approved by the Administrator. 

ARTICLE VIII-ThAnE PRACTICES 

The following practices constitute unfair methods of competition 

for members of the industry and a.re prohibited: 

1. Directly or indirectly to gi e or permit to be given or offer 

to give money or anything of value to agents, employees or representatives of cu tomers or prospective customer or to agents, employees or representatives of competitors' customers or pro pective 

customers without the knowledge of their employers or principals, 
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as an inducement to influence their employers or principals to purchase or contract to purchase from the makers of such gift or offer, 

or to influence with employers or principals to refrain from dealing 

or contracting to deal with competitors. 

2. False invoicing of any kind. 

3. Piracy of exclusive designs, copyrights, trade names, or trade 

marks of a competitor. 

4. Consignment of merchandise, except pursuant to a bona. fide 

written order or contract, or guaranteeing of retail turn-over. 

5. Selling below cost, as determined by such uniform accounting 

practice as may be established by the Code Authority with the 

approval of the Administrator. This provision shall not apply to 

sales in good faith to dispose of distress merchandise or merchandise 

accumulated through error, which shall be branded as designated 

by the Fair Trade Practice Agency established in Article VI, Section 1 ( e). The sale of such merchandise shall be reported to the 

Fair Trade Practice Agency. 

6. The exchange or credit of any returns unless for manufacturing imperfections, and in no event unless the returns are free from 

wear or soil. 

7. The acceptance of the return of merchandise other than an 

entire shipment except for manufacturing imperfections, and in no 

case later than five ( 5) days after the same has been received by 

the consignee. 

8. The making or causing or lmowingly permitting to be made 

or published any false, materially inaccurate, or deceptive statement 

by way of advertisement or otherwise, whether concerning the grade, 

quality, quantity1 substance, character, nature, origin, size, finish, 

or preparation ot any product of the industry, or the credit terms, 

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. 

9. The acceptance of orders of less than the usual wholesale quantity at the usual wholesale price; the grantin? of free repair privileges. The term "usual wholesale quantity' means at least three 

pairs of a style and color. 

10. Marking with the words" table cut" any gloves which are not 

cut and fabricated according to the standards fixed by the Association; or to use the Glover's Guild Mark except on goods cut and 

fabricated in accordance with the Association rules, and no other 

designation of cutting shall be used except as a pp roved by the 

Association. . 11. Maliciously inducing or attempting to induce the breach of 

an existing oral or written contract between a competitor and his 

customer or source of supply, or interfering with or obstructing the 

performance of any such contractual duties or services. 

12. The payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, comm1ss10ns, 

creditsi or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or 

otherwise, or the extension to certain purchasers of special services 

or p_ri_vileges not extended to all purchasers on like terms and 

cond1 t10ns. 

13. The defamation of competitors by :falsely imputing to them 

dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable 
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er <lit standini r by oth r fal r pre· 1 11tation. r by the fal e disparagement ot the grade or quality of th ir goods. 

14. Nothing in thi ode hall limit th if ct of any a ljudication 

by the Court or holding b the F deral Trad ommi i n on c mplaint, finding, and or ler, that any practice or m th d is unfair, 

providina that su h adju li ation or h l lino- i not incon i tent with 

any provision of the Act or of thi Code. 

ARTICLE IX-MooIFrc TION 

1. This ode and all the provisions thereof are expr sly made 

subj ct to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation i ued under Title I of said Act and 

specifically, but without limitation, 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. 

2. This Code, except as to provisions required by the Act, may be 

modified on the basis of experience or changes in circum tance uch 

modification to be based upon application to the Admini trator and 

such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and to become effective 

on approval of the President. 

ARTICLE X-MONOPOLIES, ETC. 

No provisions of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress or discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE XI-PRICE INCREASES 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increase real purcha ing power 

will be made impossible of consummation if prices of goods and ervices increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that price increa es 

should be delayed and that, when made, the same should, so far as 

reasonably possible, be limited to actual increases in the seller's 

costs. 

ARTICLE XII-CONTRACTS 

Where the cost of executing contracts for gloves entered into, 

prior to the effective date of this Code, is increased as a result of the 

operation of the National Industrial Recovery Act or o:f this Code, 

appropriate adjustment of such contracts should be made to reflect 

such increased cost; and further, where the performance of orders 

for gloves accepted prior to the effective date of this Code is delayed or prolonged as a result of the operation of the provi ions 

of this Code appropriate additional time should be allowed for 

the completion of such orders. 

AR'l.'I LE XIII-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This code shall become effective on the second Monday after its 

approval by the Pre ident. 

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