Approved Code No. 44 Registry No. 904.-1-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BOOT AND SHOE 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 3, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

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Approved Code No. 44 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on October 3, 1933 

BY 

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 

Executive Order 

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the Iational Industri~l 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 for my approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Boot and Shoe ?\Ianufacturing Ind11stry, 

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 findings 

with respect thereto. and the Administrator having found that the 

said Code of Fair Competition complies in all re pects with tho 

pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (2) of sub cction (a) of S ction 3 of the. 

Eia.id Act have been met : 

NO,V, THEREFORE, I , Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the 

United tate , pur uant to the authority ve ted in me by Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1033, and 

otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and 

findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of 

Fair Competition be and i hereby approYed, subject to the followinJ 

condition: 

(1) Becau e it is evident that attempts by tho e ubmitting (:Odt;s 

to interpret Section 7 (a) of the T ational Industrial Recovery Act 

have led to confusion and misunderstanding, such interpretation 

should not be incorporated in Codes of Fair Competition. Therefore, Arti le IV must be eliminated. 

Approval recommended: 

HUGH s. J OI-INSON' 

Adrninisfrator. 

THE "\V HITE HousE, 

October 3, 1933. 

FRANICLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 

291H0-296-78--34 (541) 
The PRESIDENT OcrroBER 3, 1933. 

The lVhite Iiou e. 

~1Y DEAR MR. PRE IDENT: This is a report of the hearing on the 

Code of Fair Competition for the Boot and Shoe Manufacturing In- dustry in the United State. , conducted in ,,7

a ·hington on September 

12, 1033, in accordance with the proYi. ion. of th rationa l Indu trial 

Recovery A ct. 

PRO\'! ION OF THI ODE A To ~rAGE A To Ho Rs 

ARTI 'LE V-l-1 ou1·s and Rates of Pay 

ection 1. :No employee, including office, orker (exc pt a h reinafter proYicled), shall work more than 40 h ur. · in 1 w ek; pr -

vided, however, that during any 8 weeks of a 6 month· period (the 

fir t period to begin on th effectiYe date of thi · Cocl ) mploy s 

may work not more than 4 hour · a week. Time in e:s:c · · of hour 

p 1~ day shall be paid on the basis of time an l one-third. The f r -

going maximum hours of labor and overtime payment, howcYer, hall 

not apply to out ide salesmen, watchmen, firemen, clean rs or t 

employees in a managerial or executive capacity who rec ive more 

than $35 per week. aid maximum hour of labor hall not apply 

to employee doing emergency, maintenan e, and r pair work, or 

work where restricti n of hour of worker on ontinu u proce · 

would unavoidably reduce production or interrur t emplo:ment, but 

in any uch case · at lea t time an l one-third . hall b I aicl for time 

worked in exc s. of 8 hours per clay or 45 hour p r w k . 

S ction f. o male employee hall be pail le .. · than 71/2 c nt. per 

hour or female mployee le. s than 321⁄2 ent per hour in any ci y 

over 250,000 population; nor mal emplo} ee le than 61⁄4 nt p r 

hour or female en ploye 1 . . than 11⁄4 nts r r hour in any ity 

b tween 20 000 an l 250,00 popubtion, inclu. iY ; nor mal emplo~ e 

]e s than 35 c nt per hour r female employ 1 than 30 ent p r 

hour in citie or town f ] . than -'.J ,000 p pulation · -c rt that th 

minimum rates of 35 c nt per hour for male and 80 · n p r hour 

for f male hall appl~T to all itie and town r ~ar lle. f ,·iz . in 

th followino· 'tatc : Virginia \ T t Yjro-inia, rth ar lina uth 

Carolina rgia, Florida. Kentu k. , T nn · <', ~\bbama fi ~ i -

sippi Loui iana rkan. a'>, Ok]ah mn an 1 T xa . h r hall 

no li crimination jn ,,ag .· by r a.·on f . e ·, an l "h r in any en 

, m n cl nb. tantial]y th ::,am w rk, r l dorm . nhstantia1l_, th 

s, 11 duties. a. 111 n th v shall r ceiv thr .·, m rate of wag . roYi le l furth r. appr nti · .· lurin• · a > w k.· riml may b · 1 ail a a 

rat not l . . · than "' per<·r nt o-f th minimum r,11 : . u·h n11r nti· 

rla . . how Y r, . hall nol · n!-,i . t 11' 111 I'<' thc1n ,i l r · nt f nll mpl y . in any . tablishm nt. 

ct ion /3 . t lat r than ,Tn1111an i.-. lfJ; 4, Uw l lannin<Y and J4 air 

I rnctic mmitt . hall ,111 lrrtak · nn inv<-.·tigati n -f th mi11i11111m 

wa . al c ntainC' l h r in ,111(1 . 11l>n1it it. rPp >l't uncl r < mill 11 lntion. h r nn to thC' _\dmin i trat< r 1 ot lntt r than far ·h l. I.; . 

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Section 4. Unskilled employees receiving in excess of the foregoing 

minimum rates of pay shall not be reduced; and equitable adjustments in all pay schedules of employees receiving more than the 

minimum rates shall be made not later than 30 days after approval 

of this Code by any employers in the Industry who have not heretofore made uch adjustments under the President's Reemployment 

Agreement. 

ection 5. Employers and employees may make mutually ~ati - factory "·age agreements covering the employment of the infirm, partially disabled, or physically handicapped, if such employees do not 

con titute more than 5 percent of the total nm11ber of employee .. Section 6. Pieceworker shall be paid at lea t the minimum amount 

per hour prescribed in ection 2 of this article for the time employed. 

Section 7. Employers in the industry shall not employ any minor 

under the ao-e of 16 years; provided, however, that where a Stato 

law proYi les an older minimum age, no per on below t.he age specified by such State law shall be employed by the industry within that 

State. 

ECOXO::\IIC EFFECT OF TIIE ODE 

In approaching thi problem, certain a sumptions as to business 

levels mu t be made. To a sume a shrinkage from the early levels 

of thi year i · to assume failure of our program. 

T1rn hours of the Code, after proYiding for a hort peak of 4,3 

in each half year, hold to an absolute maximum of 40 hours per 

week. Such a condition must of neces ity mean an effective aYerago 

of something under 40-more nearly 37-hour. · per ,veek. 

Assuming a continuation of the leYel of bu ·ines of the early 

months of this year, the number of worker. employed in thi industry 

should reach the highe~t point of approximately 225,000, ,,hich was 

the number employed in September 1929. In view of the drifting 

away of workers from the indu try that has taken place since 1929 

it seems probable that ome mall amount of recruiting must result 

from the hours established. 

The minimum wage proYi ion of this Code will affect directly 

over 60 percent of the " ·age earners in tho South and oYer 30 percent of the wage earners in the North. Increase from the le,·el 

of the first quarter of 1932 ,1ill be required of as much as 50 percent in 

the South and over 30 percent in the North. On account of the 

further decline in wages in the latter half of 1932 it is eYident that 

the increa e from the early 1933 level will be eYen greater. It seems 

safe to estimate that purchasing po,,er will be increa£ed by 30 percent. 

,Vhile the differential in " ·age rate for citie of djfferent sizes 

is not common to codes, the amount of the diff ercntial provided in 

the Code i far les than the differential which, as a fact, has existed. 

It is belieYed that failure to recognize certain cost di~adYantages 

of smaller communities would disrupt materially the competitiYe 

situation in this indu try and might result in an appreciable shift 

in the industry. The fact that a large part of the machinery used 

is lea eel remoYes some of the penalty normally involved in a change 

of location. 

The Boot and Shoe }ifanufa.cturing Indu try is made up of nearly 

1,000 units belonging to o-ver 750 different concerns and spreads over 
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a large part of the United States, both in large and mall communi- ties. The bringing togeth r of this di verse group into the Code 

attached hereto is, in itself, an accomplishment of no mean r,_roportion and a long step toward the purpo e t forth in the National 

Indu"trial Recovery Act. 

ARTICLE I\ -Eniploye1'-EmployC'e R clation.11ips 

Insofar as consi tent with the foregoino- pr0Yisi01 , employers in 

the Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Industry may continue pre nt 

employer and employee relations, and the selection, retention, and 

advancement of employees shall be on the basis of individual merit 

without regard to their affiliation or nonaffiliation with any labor 

or other organization. 

Thi clause should be eliminated, and it is r commen 1 d that the 

Executive order be issued accordingly. 

Fl -DINGS 

The Admini trator find that-

( a) The Code as recommended complies in all r ·pect with the 

pertinent provisions of Title I of the Act, including, without limitation, subsection (a) of Section 7 and sub ection (b) of ection 10 

thereof; and that 

(b) The a1 plicant group imposes no inequitable re triction · n 

admission to member hip therein and is truly re1 re entativ of the 

Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Indu try; and that 

( c) The Code as recommended is not designed to promote monop- olie · or to eliminate or oppre s mall enterprise and will no operate 

to di criminate against them, and will tend to effectuate the poli y 

of Title I of the National Industrial R covery Act. 

It is recommended therefore that thj ode, with ... rticl IV 

eliminated, b immediately a lopted. 

Re pectfully submitted. 

H GH . Jo 

Adniini trator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BOOT AND SHOE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

Section 1.-To cooperate with the President of the United :::,tates 

in effectuating the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act the following provi ions are established as a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Boot and Shoe M:anufacturing Industry, com- prising the manufacture of boots, shoes, sandals, slippers, mocca ins, 

leggings, over-gaiters, and allied footwear chiefly of leather, and also 

footwear of canvas and other textile fabric , together with such other 

products of the Boot and Shoe Indu try as may from time to time 

be included in this Code. 

S ection 92.-This Code i not de igned to promote or permit monopolies, or monopoli tic pra tice , or to eliminate or oppress mall enterprises, or to operate to di criminate against them. 

ARTICLE II-ADMINISTRATION 

The National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers' Association (incorporated under the laws of the State of New York), which shall 

not impose inequitable restrict:i.>ns upon admission to membership 

therein, is hereby constituted the agency for administering, in cooperation with the Administrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the provisions of thi Code for the Boot and hoe 

Manufacturing Industry. The Board of Directors of the National Boot and Shoe :Manufacturers' Association hall be elected by a fair method a pproYecl 

by the .,A.dministrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act and 

shall be truly representative of the industry. 

A Planning and Fair Practice Committee shall be elected from 

said Board of Directors by a fair method approved by the Pre, iclent 

of the United States, who may appoint thereto three member with- out vote. The President of the National Boot and Shoe ~1anufacturers' A ociation shall preside at meetings of the Planning and 

Fair Practice Committee with vote in case of tie, and the Managing 

Director of said A '=sociation shall be a member thereof without Yote. 

ARTICLE III-STATUTORY PROVISIONS 

Employers in the Boot 'and Shoe Manufacturing Industry shall 

comply with the folloY1ing conditions of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act: 

ection 1.-That employee hall lrnYe the right to organize and 

bargain collectively through repre entatives of their own choosing1 and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of 

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employer of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities 

for the purpose of collecti,·e bargaining or oth er mutual aid or protection. 

Section 2.-That no employee and no one seeking emr loyment 

shall be r equired a a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or a si -ting a 

labor organization of his own choosing. 

Section 3.-That employers hall omply ·with the maximum hours 

of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other condition of employment 

approved or prescribed by the President. 

* ARTICLE IV-EMPLOYEr..-E::.\t PLOYEE REL.\TI X DIPS 

In ofar as con istent with the foreo-oing proYi ion , mplo crs in 

the Boot and Shoe ~1anufacturincr Indu try ma ·ontinue pre ·ent 

employer and employee relations and the electi n, retention and 

advancement of employees shall be on the ba is of indiYi lual merit 

without re~ard to their affiliation or nonaffili ation " ·ith any labor or 

other organization. 

ARTICLE ' -HOCR ... AND RA TES OF p A y 

Section 1.-N o employee, including office worker ( xcept a h reinafter provided), shall work more than 40 hours in one w·cek : Provided, however, That during any weeks of a 6 month period (the 

fir t period to beo-in on the effectiYe date of thi o l ) employees 

may work not more than 45 hour. a week. Time in x s · of hour. 

per day shall be I aid on the ba i oi time and n -t.hir l. 1 h f r -

going maximum hour of labor and OYertin1e payment ho,YeYer, 

shall not apply to out ide sale ·men, watchmen, fir men cl aner or 

to employee in a managerial or ex cutiYe capacjty ·who rec iYe more 

than $35 per we k. Said maximum hour of lab r 1 all not apply 

to mploy . loing emergency, rnaintenan e an l r I air work, r 

work wher r . tri ·tion of hours f work r on ntinu u pr "-e 

woul l unaYoi ]ably reduce pro lu ·tion or interrupt mplo 'ment bu 

Jll any su ·l1 cas •s. at lea t time and n -thinl ·hall e pai 1 f r tim 

,,ork cl in cxct's. · of hour p r tlay r ,- hon rs l er , ·eel . 

~ection .- ... To mal employ ,·lrnll b pai l . . tlrnn ;171 ~ nt 

I r honr or f mal emplo3 c ] · than :..1/2 nt p r h m· in nny it 

OY r :25 ,000 I opulation; n r mal C'mpl y e ] : than · GI 1 nt 

I r hour or f mal mploye 1 . s than · l1 (i nt. I r hour in any 

·ity b )twc n 2 .000 • n l ~30. )00 population, i11cl11. i\' ; 11or m, lP 

mpl ye 1 :--. than 5 c nt p r lionr r f mnl c•mploy e 1 . than 

0 c nt. p r h ur in cities or tmrn. of 1 , ,. thnn :20.00 p I nlati n · 

ex ept that th minimum ra <' · of ;iJ (' nt.- per h nr f r m,] . an l 

nt: per h ur for female': :--h all apply t all ·i i . an1l t ,,..n , 

r o-arcll ss o f siz(' in th C' followillg tntC'. : Yirrrinin. " .. t Yirginia, 

rth :nolina, , uth arolinn, l"P rgia, • lori ln. r ntn •ky, nne.·. er. Jabama Ii .. i~~ipJ i, L oui...,i:111':l, .\rk:111-.;:1. . ( klnlrnn\n, an r1 

T xns. Th re .·h all b n cli:crirnination in \\'aP·t · Irr n', •< n of.<'.·. 

an 1 ,hr in an' ras \\' nwn I . uh:-;tn 1tialh· tlw· amf' work. r 

p rf rm . u tant1all.\ th . amc <111 ie n · m 1. ·1 '.\ hnll r <."iY th 

•'l hi• artic!P (],.1.,l·ll l> •l' la·t paragraph of E.lCllli\'' Onl,r appro,·in~ thJ,., Cod. 
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same rate of wage : P1,ovidccl furthe1', Apprentices during a 6 weeks' 

period may b paid at a rate not lrss than 80 percent of the minimum 

rate; ·uch apprentice class, howeYer, shall not con it of more than 

5 percent of all 1111 loyees in any establi hment. 

'\ection 3.-X ot later than .January 15: 1934 ihc Planning and 

Fair Practice C'ommittc ,hall undertake an inve tigation of the 

minimum ,,age scale contained herein and submit its report and 

recommendation. · thereon to the Admini trator not Inter than :March 

1, 1D34. 

'\ection 4.-rn.·killed cmploye0 s receiYing in exce s of the foregoing minimum rate of pay hall not be reduced · and equitable adjustment in all pay schedules of employee receiving more than the 

minimum rate shall be made not later than 30 clays after approYal 

of thi Code by any employers in the Industry who have not heretofore made such adjustments under the President's Reemployment 

Agreement. 

Section 5.-Employers and employees may make mntually ·satisfactory wage agreements co,ering the employment of the infirm, partially disabled, or physically handicapped, if such employee do not 

con titute l)10re than 5 percent of the tob l number of employees. 

Section 6.-Pieceworkers shall be paid at lea t the minimum 

amount per hour pre cribed in Section 2 of thi Article for the time 

employed. 

Section 7.-Employers in the Industry shall not employ any minor 

under the age of 16 years; provided however, that where a State Jaw 

provides an older minimum age, no person below the age specified by 

such State law shall be employed by the Indu try within that State. 

ARTICLE VI-REPORTS AND KEEPING OF Acco NTS 

ection 1.-The Planning and Fair Practice Committee hereinbefore described shall require member of the industry to keep uch 

accounts and submit to the National Boot and Rhoe 1\fanufacturers' 

Association for custody and compilation such reports from time to 

time as may be nece. sary to effectuate the policies of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act and the administration of thjs Code. All 

statistical data filed in accordance with the provisions of thi section shall be held confidential by the ... rational Boot and SLoe 1\Ianufacturers' A sociation, and the data of one employer shall not be reYealed to any other employer. In addition to information required 

to be submitted to the National Boot ancl Shoe ::Manufacturers' Association, there shall be furnished to Go-vernment agencie such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the 

p1n·pose · recited in Section 3 (a) of the ~ ational Indu trial RecoYery 

Act. Failure on the part of any manufacturer in the Indu try 

promptly to supply such informabon as r quired under thi Article 

shall be in violation of this Code. 

~ ection f .-The ...... ati nal Boot arnl Rhoe ~fnnufacturer.' .As ociation is authorized from time to time, a ocC'a ion may arise, to investigate and inform the Pre ·ident of the United State on behalf of 

the Industry re.gardjng importation of competitfre articles into the 

United State , in order that such importations may not defeat the 

purpo es of the National Industrial RecoYery Act. 
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ARTICLE VII-CHATIGES AXD COLLECTIONS OF FUNDS 

Section 1.-For the purpo.-e of admini tering thi Code, the l lanning and Fair Practice Committee is authorized to charge each 

manufacturer in the Intlu try in the United tat s one hundredth 

of 1 percent ( .0001 % ) of the gr · ~al of ·uch manufacturer for 

the calendar year 193:..,, or for his fi cal year nding in 1932, provided that no such amount shall be le s than 50; anc.l <l.uring the 

operation of thi Code to make uch further harg or reductions 

us may be found neccs ·ary. 

Section 93.- Such fnnd collc ·tccl for the aclrnini trati n of this 

Code shall be deposited by the trea urer of the ational Boot and 

' h oe l\1an ufacturers' A o ·iation in a special account and u cl only 

for defraying the expens s of admini tration thereof for the r imbur ment of the National Boot an l Shoe l\1anufacturer · · ·oc iati n 

for such expenses as already incurred and which may h reafter be 

incurred in complying with conditions of this Co le. 

Ar.TICLE VIII-TRADE REGULATIOXS 

Sect ion l .-:\!1:::;Bn _\NDIXG AXD )II 'LEADL-G ADYr.HTI.'IXO. 

(a) l\1isbranding of product., including u e of nam of manufacturers, whole alers, or retailer~, in or on products or carton not made by them or for them is unfair and in Yi lation 

of this Code. 

(b) Acherti ing of uch character as to mi lead with re pect 

t value, qnality, manufa ture or con -tructi n f produ ts i 

unfair and in violation of this Code. 

( c) The imitation .. imulation or u: of tra l -mark· ·l aan 

or other marks of identification having t n l n ' an 1 apacity 

to mi leac.l or c.lc ci ,. purclrn er is unfair and in Yiolation of 

thi Cod . 

( d) Contribution Ly manufactur r of all or I art of the 

co t of cu tomer ' ach rti. ing, where th manufactur rs name 

or tracl -mark doc n t app ar in 1 h acln'rfr.:ino- 1 i in Yi -

lation of thi Code. 

ection fd .-SEr.LL BELOW o T,. _ n o TA o ... TTr...-u.- h pl" ctice of scllino· below co t i detrimental to th In lu try · and a h 

manufactur r h< 11 ·nbmit upon r qu t a tatem n fr0111 a er ifi 

publi a cou ntant re oo·nizecl by the Plannin<Y ancl Fair racti 

ommiU e f r the Inclu. try a qualified, to th ff t that . n h m,mufo tnr r ha. a prop l' ·o:t-a · ounting .-y t m; whi h . tatt,m nt 

how Y 1·. may not b n c:epL cl a final b , the Planning ancl } air 

ra ·ti ·e ommitt i h r a.- to o. t a ' tmtin;.r or a.- to . < lling 

b 1 w ro t. i 1

N·tion 3. L,xnrc-..'r TH.\DE TEl')L :F 1, n 1. r1..~nc r. -f.L ·1:~ • . 

rt ~'tlli11g ,Yhol .al r.. dcpartm nt .tor . . r tailer . . :1Hl oth-

'l'- in th tra le on a n t ba. i. or with ·a. h li ' un1. i p rmi -

.-ihl . hut in no ·a. . hall a lis' tm in ,_.' ·. of ;1 1 r,·ent 1 c 

allowed· . aid cli . count t h allow 1 for l aymrnt f hill· ,Yi(hin 

;3 lay fr 111 c1PliY ry la{ JW ill cl nth or<l r >I' l:1t £ 

hipn1r11t if later i.- la_,::: allditionnl" t of th 1·ky 

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(b) At the expiration of 30 days with 15 days additional west 

of the Rocky Mountains, no ca h discounts shall be allowed. 

( c) Such terms shall not be subverted or evaded directly or 

indirectly through allowances, trade discounts, selljng below 

cost, or rebate of any kind. 

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ection ,i.-Sri: IAL CARToxs.-Special carton or labels costing 

more than those regularly supplied by the manufacturer hall be 

charged for in the amount of uch exce s cost. 

Section 5.- NJUSTIFIABLE RETURNS, EXCESSIVE CLAIJH AND NFAIR 

OAK ELATION:-The method of cooperatively exchanging information regarding such practice through the National Boot and Shoe 

~1anufacturers' A ociation may be recommended to be continued 

subject to the approval of the Administrator. 

Section 6.-STYLE SHows.-Style shows shoe fair, , and exhibitions 

have been found to be numerous and co tly to the indn try. Participation by paying a fee to the sponsor ~ or promoteL of uch 

affairs shall con titute a violation of this Code, except meeting in 

St. Loui in January, 1934 and exhibition under the direction of 

the :rational Boot and Shoe :Manufacturer · As ociation with no 

obligation on the part of any manufacturer to participate. _;_ r othing 

contained in this paragraph shall be construed as preYenting regional meetings or conventions where no fees to the manufacturers 

are charged or contributions received from them. This section ·hall 

not be evaded by provisions for a ociate or su taining member. hips, 

adverti ing in programs, or in any other manner what ·oeYer. 

ARTICLE IX-CHANGES 

This Code or any of its provision i subject to change and 

modification; and may be amplified by the addition of other provision by the administrative agency with the approval of the President of the United States. 

ARTICLE X-~10DIFIOATIONS 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expres. ly made ubject to the right of the Pre ident, in accordance "·ith the proYi. ion 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 issued under Title I of said Act and specifically, 

but without limitation1 to the right of the President to cancel or 

modify his approval of this Code or any condibons imposed by him 

upon his approYal thereof. 

ARTICLE XI-DATE EFFECTIYE 

This Code hall become effectiYe immediately upon the expiration 

of 10 clays after approYal b>- the President of the United States, 

and shall terminate npon termination of Title I of the National 

Industrial RecoYery Act. Such terminatjon, however, shall not 

affect obligation and liability for payment of any charges levied 

under this Code a proYided in Article VII. 

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