Approved Code No. 536 Registry No. 1330-04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CHLORINE CONTROL APPARATUS 

INDUSTRY AND TRADE 

AS APPROVED ON DECEMBER 18, 1934 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASIDNGTON: 1934 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washin2ton, D. C. - - - • • • - - • Price 5 cents 
This publicativn is for sale by the Superintendent of Do uments, Government 

Printing Office, Washin on, D. 0., and by ddistrict office of the Bureau of 

Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Atlanta, Ga.: 504 Post Office Building. 

Birmingham, Ala. : 257 Federal Building. 

Boston, l\las~. : 1801 Cu tombouse. 

Buffalo, . Y. : Chamber of omm rce Building. 

Charl ston, S. C. : Chamber of omm rce Building. 

Chicago, Ill.: Suite 1706, '.201 North Wells Street. 

Cleveland, Ohio: Chamber of Commerce. 

Dallas, Tex. : hamber of Commerce Building. 

Detroit, l\lich.: 801 First National Bank Building. 

Houston, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Indianapolis, Ind. : Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Jacksonville, Fla.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Kansas City, l\Io.: 1028 Baltimore Avenue. 

Los Angeles, Calif. : 1163 South Broadway. 

Louisville, Ky. : 408 Federal Building. 

M mphis, Tenn. : 229 Federal Building. 

Minn apoli , Minn.: 213 Federal Buildina. 

New Orl ans, La.: Room 225- , Customhouse. 

New York, . Y.: 734 Custombou e. 

Norfolk Va.: 406 Ea t Plume Street. 

Philadelphia, Pa. : 422 Commercial Tru t Building. Pittsbmo-b, Pa.: Chamber of Commerc Building. 

Portl 1d, Or g. : 215 New Po t Office Building. 

St. Loui , Mo.: 606 Olive Street. 

San Franci ·co, alif. : 310 u tomhouse. 

Seattle, Wa h.: 09 Federal Office Building. 
Approved Code No. 536 

CODE OF FAIR COlVIPETITION 

FOR THE 

CHLORINE CONTROL APPARATUS INDUSTRY 

AND TRADE 

As Approved on December 18, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING THE BASIC CODE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE CI-ILORINE 

CONTROL APPARATUS INDUSTRY AND TRADE 

.An application having been made pursuant to Administrative 

Order No. X-61, dated July 10, 1934, for the approval of the Basic 

Code, as modified and attached to the annexed report as Exhibit 

"A", as the Code of Fair Competition for the Chlorine Control 

Apparatus Industry and Trade, defined for the purposes of this 

Order as follows : 

The Chlorine Control Apparatus Industry and Trade mean the 

contracting for the manufacture and/or the manufacture and/ or 

assembly for sale or lease and/or the distributing of equipment to control the application of chlorine and chlorine compounds 

for all purposes, including the field of Sanitation and Industry and 

(a) the installation and/ or servicing of such equipment by members 

of the industry and trade and (b) parts thereof and therefor, for 

assembly in, the maintenance of, and/ or the repair of the products 

of this industry and trade. It excludes the n1anufacture and/ or 

sale, as such,· of the said parts when produced by persons or employers not members of this industry and trade when produced 

under the provision of any other Code of Fair Competition; and 

it appearing that said application is in full compliance with the 

provisions of Title ~ of the National Industrial Recovery A.ct, and 

that the annexed report on said Code, containing findings with 

respect thereto, has been made and directed to the President : 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to authority vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, including 

Executive Order No. 6859, and otherwise, does hereby: 

( a.) incorporate by reference said annexed report and said Code, 

as attached thereto marked Exhibit HA", 

(b) find that said Code complies in all respects with the pertinent 

provisions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of 

said A.ct, and 

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( c) order that said Code be an l it hereby is approved as the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Chlorine Control Apparatus Industry 

and Trade, as above defined. 

This order shall become effective ten (10) days from the date 

hereof unless prior to that time good cause to the contrary is shown 

to this Board and it, by further order, otherwise directs. 

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY BOARD, 

By W. A. llin.Rn1AN, Admivnistrative Officer. 

Approval recommended: 

BARTON w. MURRAY, 

Division Administrator .. 

WASHINGTON, D. c., 

December 18, 1934. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

Th e White Hou-Se. 

Sm: This is a report on the Basic Code of Fair Competition for 

the Chlorine Control Apparatus Industry and Trade, which has 

been presented by duly qualified and authorized r epresentatives of 

the Industry and Trade, complying with statutory requirements, 

said to represent ninety-five (95) percent in volume of sales of the 

Industry and Trade which could be included in this Code. 

GENERAL STATEMENT 

The Associated Manufacturers of Chlorine Con~rol Apparatus, 

being truly representative of the Chlorine Control Apparatus Industry and Trade, has elected to avail itself of the option of submitting a Basic Code of Fair Competition, as provided for in 

Administrative Order X-61, dated July 10, 1934. 

This Code, which includes both the Indu try an l the Trade, constitutes a vertical Code. The words, Industry and Trade, as applied 

to this Code, become practically synonymous in that they intertwine 

so closely that they cannot be referred to independently; for example 

the Industry, through the process of di tributing, in talling and 

servicing the apparatus, becomes the Trade. 

This Industry and Trade manufactures for sale or lease and 

installs and services apparatus and equipment to control the application of chlorine and chlorine compounds for all purposes, including the fields of anitation and industry and parts thereof. The 

apparatus must be so constructed that the meticulous dosage of 

chlorine gas and chlorine compounds necessary in the sanitation 

of water, sewage and industrial wastes is properly controlled. The 

intelligent application of chlorine and its compounds is a vital factor 

in securing a safe drinking water in areas afflicted by such public 

catastrophies as are occasioned by fire, flood or hurricane. 

The figures furnished by the Associated Manufacturers of Chlorine Control Apparatus show that a comparatively teady demand 

has existed ,for the products of this Industry and Trade through 

the depression period ; and with the ever increasing standards for 

the protection of life and health, there is definite indication of a 

satisfactory future. . 

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The following table ha been pr pared as the mo t concise method 

-of presenting pertinent factors of this Indu try and Trade : 

Number Number Volume NUIDber Number Volume Year of con- of em- of busi- Year of con- of em- of busi- cerns ployees ness cerns ployees ness 

1928 ________________ 3 350 $1,500,000 1932 ________________ 12 3 7 $1,333,107 1929 ________________ 6 466 1,922,253 1933 _________ _______ 15 379 I 800,000 1930 ________ ________ 8 505 2,036,55'7 1934 _______ _________ 16 2 400 3 40,000 1931 ________________ 10 465 1,947,646 

1 Estimated. 

2 Nov 1, 1934. s E stimated, 10 months. 

Th following is a li t of the member firms comprisinO" the Chlorine Control Apparatu Industry and Trade hawing them mber and 

non-member firms of the Associated J\1anQfacturers of hlorine 

Control Apparatus. 

MEMBERS 

The Par 1 e Engineering Com )any, Long I land City, . Y. 

The Paradon Company, Belleville, N. J. 

The Inclu trial Appliance Corp., Belleville, N. J. 

Wallace & Tiernan Products, Inc., ewark, .. J. "\,""\ allace & Tiernan Co., Inc., ewark, N. J. 

Wallace & Tiernan Sale Corp., Newark, N. J. 

NON -MEJ\IBERS 
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PROVISIONS OF THE CODE 

The provisions of th Code conform to those of the Basic Code 

of Fair Competition, as provided in Admini trative Order X-61, 

dated July 10, 1934. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Admini trator in his final report to the National Industrial Recovery Board on said Code having found as herein set 

forth and on the basis of all the proceedings in this matter; 

It is found that · 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, including 

removal of obstructions to the free fl.ow of interstate and foreign 

commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of cooperative action among trade groups, by 

inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management 

under adequate governmental sanctions and supervi ion, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible 

utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restriction of production ( except as may be temporarily 

required), by increasing the con umption of indu trial and agTicultural products through increasing purchasing power, by reducing 

and relieving unemployment, by improving t.andards of labor, and 

by otherwise rehabilitating industry. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees; and is not classified by this Board as a major industry. 

( c) The Code a approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Sub ection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and 

Sub ection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid Industry and Trade; and that said association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(cl) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolir-tic practices. 

( e) The 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 economic process have 

not been deprived of the right to be heard prior to the effective date 

of said Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, this Code has been approved. 

For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

w. A. HARRIMAN' 

A dmini,strative Officer. 

DECEMBER 18, 1934. 
EXHIBIT "A" 

BASIC CODE OF FAIR COlVIPETITION FOR THE CHLORINE CONTROL APPARATUS INDUSTRY AND TRADE 

ARTICLE I 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the N ationul Indu trial 

Recovery Act, the following provi ions are establi hed a a Ba ic 

Code of Fair Competition which shall govern the Chlorine Control 

Apparatus Indu try and Trade which has applied therefor in ac- cordance with Adn1inistrative Order o. X-61, dated July 10, 1934. 

ARTICLE II 

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to work not more than forty-eight (48) hours p r week. All hours 

in excess of eight (8) per day or forty (40) per w ek ·hall be paid 

for at not le than one and one-half (11⁄2) times the employee's 

regular rate. 

'ECTION 2. Exception . 

The provisions of Se tion 1 hall not apply to: 

(a) Executives and upervisory employees, ecretarial assistants, 

foremen, profes ional and scientific employee 1 who are hereby exempte l from limitations as to hours provided they receive regularly 

thirty-five dollar ( 35.00) or more per week; 

(b) Traveling alesmen, who are hereby exempted from all limitations a to hours; 

( c) "\Vatchmen, who may be permitted to work not in excess of 

fifty-six (56) hours per week, but they shall not be permitted to work 

more than ix (6) day in any seven (7); 

(d) Employees engaged in emergency maintenance and/or emergency repair work involving break-down or the protection of life or 

property provided, however, that employees so engaged shall be paid 

at one and one half (11⁄2) times their normal rate for all hours 

worked in excess of forty ( 40) hours per week. 

SECTION 3. Minimum Wages . 

.r o employee hall be paid in any pay period le s than at the rate 

of forty ( 40) cents per hour, except as hereinafter otherwise 

provided: 

(a) Office boys and girls may be paid not less than at the rate of 

eighty ( 80) per cent of the minimun1 wage, but the total number of 

such office boys and girls employed in any one establishment at such 

reduced rate may not exceed five ( 5) per cent of the total number of 

office employees in such e tablishment except that each establishment 

may have at least one (1) office boy or office girl. 

SECTION 4. Wages in General. 

All ages shall be adjusted so as to maintain a differential at 

least as great in amount as that existing on June 16, 1933, between 

wages for uch employment and the then minima. In no case shall 

there be any reduction in hourly rates; nor in weekly earnings :for 

any reduction in hours of less than thirty (30) per cent. 

ARTICLE IV 

SECTION 1. Child Labor. 

No person under sixteen years of age shall be employed in the 

industr:5 /trade in any capacity. No per on under eighteen years 

of age shall be emplo:5red at operations or occupations which are 

hazardous in nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority 

shall submit to the National Industrial Recovery Board for approval 

before February 1 1935, a li t of such operations or occupations. In 

any State an employer shall be deemed to have complied with this 

provision as to age if he hall have on file a valid certificate or permit duly signed by the authority in such State empowered to i sue 

emplo mentor age certificat s or permits, showing that the employee 

is of the require l age. 

SECTION 2. Apprentices. 

The hours and wages of regularly indentured apprentices in 

skilled trades or occupations of the industry /trade may depart :from 
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the standards here1nabove pres rib cl; provi led that the terms of 

employment anrl the c<,urs of instructi n f uch apprentice hall 

conform to standard uniform throughout the indu try / trade and 

approYed by the National Industrial Re overy Board. 

SECTION 3. I-Iandicar pe 1 Per on . 

A per on wh earning capacity i limited b cau e of ag , physical or mental handicap, r other infirmity, may be mpl yed on 

light work at a ,vao·e below th minimum tabli hed by thi ode, 

if the employer obtain from the State authority de io-nated by the 

United State Department of Labor a certifi ate authorizing such 

person's employment at su ·h wage and for such hours a shall be 

stated in the certificate. Such authority shall be o-uided by the instruction of the United States Department of Labor in is uing cer- tificates to uch persons. Each employer hall file monthly with the 

Code Authority a li t of all such person emr loye l by him hawing 

the wao·es paid to, and the maximum hours of work for, uch employee. 

SECTION 4. Safety and Health. 

Every employer shall make r a nable proYi i n f r the af ty 

an 1 health of his employ s at the place and during the hour f 

t.heir employment. Standards for afety and h alth hall be ubmitted by the Code Authority to the T ational Industrial Reco ery 

Board for ar pro, al within th ree months aft r th ff ctiYe date of 

thi Code. The standards approYed shall ther after be a part of 

this Co le and nf orcea ble as such. 

SECTION 5. Required Labor Clau e . The provisions of Section 7 (a ) of aid Act are h r by incorporated herein by thi reference and shall be complied ith. 

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National Indu trial Recover}~ onrd may pre cribe. The po, ·ers and 

duties pre cribed in A lmini tratiYe Or ler X-G2 ar a · follm, ·: 

1. To in ure the xecution of the ode and to provide for the 

compliance of the in lu trr1 trade with the pro·vi ion of the Act. 

2. To adopt b -laws and rules and regulation for it procedure. 

3. To obtain from memb rs of the indu try / trade uch information 

and report as are required for th admini tration of the Code. In addition to informati n required to be ubmitte l to the Code 

Authority, member of the indu. try / trad ubj ct to aid Ba ic Code 

shall furni h uch tatistical information as the ational Indu trial 

Recovery Board niay leem nece ar. for the purpo e recited in 

Section 3 (a) of the ct to uch Fe leral and State agencie a it 

may de ignate · provided that nothing in the Code hall reli Ye any 

member of the inclu tr / trade of any existing obligation to furni h 

reports to any Governm.ent ao·ency. No incliYidual rep rt hall be 

disclo eel to any other member of the indu r / trade or an} other 

party except to uch other Go,ernment agencie a may be directed 

by the National Indu .. trial Recovery Board. 

4. The General . R. A . Code Authority hall ubmit to the Tational Industrial Recovery Board within ninety (90) days after the 

approval of this Ba ic Code a list of industrie covered by the Basic 

Code in which work on any part of the product i performed in 

the home and/ or work is contracted out. The General N. R. A. Code 

Authority may al o ubmit a li t of pecial problems affecting par- ticular indu tries operating under the Ba ic Code, and recommenda- tions pertaining thereto . . 5. To make recommendations to the National Industrial Recovery 

Board for the coordination of the Admini tration of the Code and 

such other Codes, if any, as may be related to or affect member of 

the industry / trade. 

6. To recommend to the ational I ndu trial Recovery Board any 

action or mea ure deemed advisable, including further fair trade 

practice proruions to govern members of the industry / trade in their 

relations with each other or with other industrie and/ or trades ; 

measures for indu trial planning, and stabilization of employment . 

.ARTICLE VI 

Trade Practices.-A. It shall be an unfair method of competition 

for any member of {his indu try / trade subject hereto. to iolate any 

rule of fair trade practice for such indu try / trade even if not 

herein contained when approYed by the National Indu trial Recovery Board on application concurred in by se enty-five (75) per cent 

of the members of such industry / trade. 

ARTICLE VII 

S.1::cTioN 1.- Thi Code and all the provi ions thereof are expressly 

made subject to the right of the President,- in accordance with the 

provi ion of sub ection (b) of Section 10 of the ct, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order approval, license, rule, or r egulation issued under Title I of said Act. 
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SECTIO:N 2.-Such of the pro-v1s10ns of this Code as are not required to be included herejn by the Act may, with the approval of 

the National Industrial Recovery Board, be mo lified or eliminated 

in such manner as may b0 indi ated by the need of the public, by 

changes in circum tances, or by experience. All the provi ion of 

this Code., unless o modified or eliminated, shall r emain in effect 

until June 16, 1935. 

ARTICLE VIII 

The following provisions are hereby prescribed in addition to the 

foregoin g : 

(a) The minimum rates of pay provided for in Arti le III of this 

Code shall apply irre pective of whether an employ e is a tually compensated on a time r ate, r iecew rk, or other ba ·i . 

(b) Fen1ale employees performing ub tantially the am ork as 

male employees shall receive the same rate of pay as male employe . 

( c) No employer hall permit any employee to work for any time 

which, when totaled with that already performed for another employer or employers, exceeds the maximum permitted h rein. 

( d) No employer hall reclas ify employee r duti of c upations performed or engage in any other ubt rfuge o a to d f at the 

purpose or provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

( e) No employer hall di mi s or demote any empl } ee for making a complaint or giving evidence with respect to an all ged violation of the provisions of any Code of Fair Competition. 

( f) The Code Authority elected in accordance with Arti le V f 

thi Code shall function at the expense of the indu try / trad in a -

cordance with such further rule and reITT1lations a the ation, 1 

Indu trial Recovery Board may pre cribe. 

(g) No provision of this Code shall sup r ede any State or F ederal law which impo es on employer m re trino-ent r quir ment 

as to age of employee , wages, hours of work, afet h 1th an 

sanitar y conditions, in urance, fire rotection or g n ral 

condition , than are impo ed by thi ode. 

(h) Jo provision of this Code shall b so appli d a to permit 

monopolies or monopoli tic pra tice , or to eliminate, oppre s or di -

criminate again t mall enterpri es. 

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