Approved Code No. 68-Amendment No. I Registry No. 1329-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROAD MACHINERY 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS APPROVED ON APRIL 26, 1934 

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Birmingham, Ala .: 257 Federal Buildina . 

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Oharl ton, S.O.: Chamber of Comm rce Building. 

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Approved Code No. GS-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROAD MACHINERY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on April 26, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO CooE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE RoAD 

MACHINERY :MANUFACTURING 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, appro, ed June 16, 1933, for approval of amendments 

to the Code of Fair Competition for the Road Machinery Manufacturing Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the 

annexed report on ail amendments, containing findings with respect thereto, having b en made and directed to the Pre ident: 

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

State , I , Hugh S. Johnson Administrator for Indu trial 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 aid amendments and the Code as 

constituted after being amended comply in all respects with the 

pertinent provi ions and will promote the policy and purposes of 

said Title of ·aid Act, and do hereby order that said amendments be 

and they are hereby approved, and that the previous approval of 

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

its entirety as amended; provided, however, that the trade practice 

provisions of this Code, in ofar as they are applicable to the sale of 

track-type tractor , be and they are hereby stayed pending my 

further order, and provided further that pending such order the 

trade practice provisions of the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Farm Equipment Industry shall apply to the sale of track-type 

tractors. 

Huon S. JonNsoN, 

Aclmini,strator /01· Indu-strial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

A. R. GLANCY, 

Division Ad11iin1·strator. 

WASHINGTON, D.C., 

Avril ,6d6, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRE IDE T 

The PRESIDE :rT, 

The 1r1iite H OU ·f. 

m : Thi · i,· a rep rt on the pro po. ·ed Amendm nt · to th Code of 

Fair Competition for th Road ].fa hinery Manufacturing Indu try, 

as revi ·ed after a Public H ea ring condu te 1 in ,V ashington on 

April 12 1934, in ac ordance with Article XII of aid Code as 

approve 1 on October 31, 1933. 

The Amenchnent to Article II is a clarification of the d finition, 

de ignating the pro luct of the Industry which are includ cl und r 

the Code. 

A ne"~ ection 3 has been added t Articl III to penr it the formation of Subdivi ·ions con istino- of mernb r of th Indu ·try who 

manufacture clo ely related pro lucts. ertain trad pra tice have been added to rticle VII and a 

new Articl XIII has been adde l to prohibit any memb r of th 

Indu~try from engaging in ubterfuae to evad 1 or d feat the 

purpo ·e of the C 1 . 

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try and that said As ociation imposed and impose no inequitable 

restrictions on aclmi ion to member hip therein and ha· applied for 

or consents to the ·e Amendments. 

( d) The Amendments and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not permit monopolies or monopoli tic practices. 

( e) The Amendments and the Code as amended are not designed 

to and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprise 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 approval of said 

Amendments. 

For these reasons, thi Amendment has been approved by me. 

Respectfully, 

APRIL 26, 1934. 

HUGH 8. JOHNSON, 

AdJminutrator /01· Industrial Recovery. 
AMEr Dl\1ENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

ROAD MACHINERY MANUFACTURI NG INDUSTRY 

PURPOSE 

Pur uant to Article IV, ection 2 f the Code of Fair mpetition 

for the Road Machinery Manufacturing Industry, duly approved 

by the President on October 31, 1933, and further to effectuate the 

policie of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery A t, the 

following amendments are established as a part of aid Code of F air 

Competition and shall be binding upon every member of the Road 

Machinery Manufacturing Indu try. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITION 

Articl II Section 1 amended to read a. follow : 

"SECTION 1. The term 'Road Machinery Manufacturing In lu - try' ( or 'Industry'), a used herein, . hall mean the manufa tur 

and/ or ale of blade graders; motor grader , Q'I'ad r blad , ( utting 

edge ·) · elevating grader ; road roller ; biturn.inon · cli. -tributor ; 

tractor 1rawn dump wagon ; track type tra tor quipm nt, x luding agricultural equipment, but including bulldozer trail-buil l r 

an l craper ; hor ·e drawn, heeled scraper , drag s ra1 r · an l fr ,·n 

scraper ; truck craper ; . arifier ; rooter ; nowpl w · · and/ r part 

or attachments for any of the pro lucts nam l h r in· and u h 

other ma hines, and parts or atta hm nt ther for a · th lrnini - trator , hall from tim to tim deterrnin are in Incl cl within th 

s op of thi Code. Trad type tra tor old for all purp01· oth r 

th an aPri nltural ar in lu l l within and ubje t t th fair trad 

pra ti e provi j n of thi C k ma l applicabl th r t ." 

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"(g) The Coordinating Agency may from time to time submit to 

the Administrator for approval interpretation of the provi ions of 

thi Code." 

ARTICLE VII-TRADE PnA TICES 

Article VII amended by adding a new Section to b 0 number ed 10 

and to read as follo11s : 

' SECTION 10. No member of the Industry shall induce, or attempt 

to induce, the breach of an exi ting contract between a competitor 

'.1nd his cu"tomer · nor shall any such member interfere with or 

obstruct the performance of such contractual duties." 

Article VII amended by adding a new Section to be numbered 11 

and to read as follow : 

"SECTION 11. Prime products of the lnclu~try hall be invoiced at 

unit prices for each prime product, extended for total "here 

nece sarv." 

Articfe VII amended by adding a new Section to be numbered 12 

and to read as f ollows : 

"SECTION 12. ,vritten price quotations, in r esponse to public invitations for bids, shall be limited to purchase made within sixty (60) 

days from date of quotations, and contracts COY•ering uch purcha ses 

shall definitely pecify articles, size , quantitie , and delivery dates. 

The provi ion of this Section shall not apply to contracts in force 

on or before the effective date." 

ARTICLE XIII 

Present Article XIII re-numbered so that it becomes Article XIV. 

ARTICLE XIII 

A new Article added to be numbered XIII and to read as follows: 

"ARTICLE XIII 

"No member of the Industry shall in any manner or by any means 

engage in any subterfuge for the purpose of evading or defeating the 

purposes or provi ions of this Code." 

EFFECTIVE DATE 

These amendments shall become effective on the date of approval. 

Approved Code No. 68.-Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 1329--02. 

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