Approved ode No. 105 -Amendment No.1 Registry No. 1404-36 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

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AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COl\lPETITION 

FOR THE 

LEAF SPRING 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

(A Product Group of the Original Equipment and Replacement 

Parts Divisions of the Automotive Parts and 

Equipment Manufacturing Industry) 

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AS APPROVED ON MAY 11, 1935 

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N'ITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1935 
This publication is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Goverument 

Printing Office, Washington, D. C., and by the following N. R. A. offices : 

Atlanta, Ga.: 625 Citizens & Southern National Bank Building. 

Ba ltimore, Md. : 130 Customhou e. 

Birmingham, Ala.: 201 Liberty National Life Building. 

Boston, Mass.: Room 1200, 80 Federal Street. 

Buffalo, N. Y.: 219 White Building. 

Chicago, Ill.: Room 204, 400 North Mi chigan Avenue. 

Cleveland, Ohio: 520 Bulkley Building. 

Dallas, Tex.: 1212 Republic Bank Building. 

Detroit, Mich.: 415 New Federal Building. 

Houston, Tex. : 403 Milam Building. 

Ja k sonville, Fla.: 42..5 United States Courthouse and Post Office 

Building. 

Lo Angeles, Calif.: 751 Figueroa Street, South. 

Louisville, K y.: 408 F ederal Building. 

Minneapolis, Minn. : 900 Roanoke Building. 

Na hYille, Tenn. : 415 Cotton States Building. 

Newark, N. J.: 434 Industrial Office Building, 1060 Broad Street. 

New Orlea ns, La. : 214 Cu tomhou e. 

New York, N. Y.: 45 Broadway. 

Okla h oma City, Okla.: 427 Commerce Exchange Building. 

Philadelphia, Pa.: 933 Commercial Trust Building. 

Pitt burgh, Pa.: 401 Law and Finance Building. 

P ortlan d, Oreg.: 407 Park Building. 

Providence, R. I.: National Exchange Bank Building, 17 Exchange 

Street. 

St. L oui , 1\Io.: Suite 1220, 506 Olive Street. 

San Francisco, Calif. : Hulllbolt Bank Building, 785 Market Street. 

Seattle, Wash.: 1730 Exchange Building. 
Approved Code No. 105C-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR 

COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

LEAF SPRING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 11, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROYING AMENDMENT oF S PPLEMENTARY CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE LEAF SPRING }tfANUFA T RING lND STRY 

A PROD T GROUP OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT AND REPLACEl\IENT PARTS 

DIVI I N OF THE A TOl\IOTIVE PART AND EQUIPl\IENT MAN FACTURIKG INDU TRY 

An application having been duly made pur uant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amendment to the Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Leaf 

pring Manufacturing Industry, and Opportunity to be Heard having been noticed to all interested persons, and the annexed report 

on aid amendment, containing findings with respect thereto, having 

been made and directed to the Pre ident: 

~OW THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

tate the National Indu trial Re avery Board, pur uant to authority ve ted in it by Ex cutive Order of the President including 

Exe utive Order No. 59, dated eptember 27, 1934, and otherwise, 

d her by in orporate, by reference said annexed r port and do s 

find that ail am ndment and the Supplementary Code as con titut c1 af r being amen led comply in all re pects with the pertinent 

r vi ion and will promote the policies and purpo es of aid Title 

of ail A t an l d hereby order that aid amendment of aid 

uppl m ntar ode b and it i h reby appro ed, and that the 

pr viou appr 'al of ai upplem ntary ode is hereby amended 

t in lu l an a PI roval of sai l upr l mentary C d in it entirety as 

amend 1. 

NATI NAL l NDU TRI L RE VERY B ARD 

By W. A. HA.RRI fAN Administrative Officer. 

Ap r al r omm n 1 1: 

BARTON ,v. 1 RAY, 

Di ision Arbnini trator. 

''A rn ~~ .T .,. D. 

May 11. HJ3 . 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Sm: An application has been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, for an Amendment to the Supplementary Code of Fair Competition for the Leaf SJ?ring Th1anufacturing Industry, a Product Group 

of the Original Eqmpment and the Replacement Parts Divisions of 

the Automotive Parts and Equipment Manufacturing Industry, submitted by the Code Authority Committee for the Automotive Parts 

and Equipment Manufacturing Industry, on behalf of the Administrative Committee of the Leaf Spring :Manufacturing Industry. 

The purpose and the effect of the Amendment are to permit Open 

Price Filing in the Industry, in accordance with Office Memorandum 

Number 228. To that end, paragrafhs 8, 16-c, 19 and 20 of Article 

IV are deleted and paragraph 15 o said Article is entirely revised 

by this Amendment. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to the National Industrial Recovery Board on said Amendment to said Supplementary 

Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the 

proceedings in this matter: 

It is found that: 

(a) The Amendment to said Supplementary Code and the Supplementary Code as amended are well designed to promote the policies 

and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 

including the removal of obstructions to the free flow of interstate 

and foreign commerce which tend to diminish the amount thereof, 

and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of indu try for the purpose of cooperative action among 

trade groups, by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and 

management under adequate governmental sanction and supervision, 

by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding undue restrictions of production (except as may 

be temporarily required ), by increasing the consumption of industrial 

and agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by 

reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of 

labor, and by otherwi e rehabilitating industry. 

(b) The Supplementary Code as amended complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including 

without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of 

Section 7 and Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof. 

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(c) The uppl mentary Code empowers the A mm1 

mitt to pr ent th afor ai men lment thr ugh th 

i yon b half of th in u try as a whole. 

(d) The Am ndm nt and the UI pl mentar ode a am nd 

n i ·n to and will not p rmit mono1 olie or monop 1c 

pra tic . (e) The Amendment and the Supplementary ode as amend d 

are no igned to and will not eliminate or oppre mall enterpri es 

an will not op rate to di criminate against them. 

(f) Tho e engaged in other teps of the economic proce have not 

b n deprive of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Amendment. 

For the e rea on therefore, thi Amendment ha be n approved. For the National Industrial Recovery Board: 

MAY 11, 1935. 

vv. A. HARRIMAN, 

Ad11tinistrative Officer. 
AMENDMENTTOSUPPLEMENTARYCODEOFFAIRCOMPETITION FOR THE LEAF SPRING :MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

A PRODUCT GROUP OF THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMEN T .AND THE REPLACEMENT pARTS DIVISIONS OF THE A UTOJ\IOTIVE pARTS .AND E QUIPMENT 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

Delete Paragraphs 8, 15, 16c, 19, and 20, of Article IV. Substitute 

in lieu of the deleted Paragraph 15 a new paragraph to be numbered 

14 and to read as follows: 

"(14) (a) Each member of the industry shall file with a confidential and disinterested agent of the Admini trative Committee 

or, if none, then with such an agent designated by the Administrator, 

identified lists of all of his prices, discounts, rebate , allowances, and 

all other terms or conditions of sale, hereinafter in this article referred to as "price terms," which lists shall completely and accurately 

conform to and represent the individual pricing practices of said 

member. Such lists shall contain the price terms for all products of 

the industry as are sold or offered for sale by said member. Said 

price term.s shall in the first instance be filed within 15 days after 

the date of approval of this provision. Price terms and revised 

price terms shall become effective immediately upon receipt thereof 

by said agent. Immediately upon receipt thereof, said agent shall by 

telegraph or other equally prompt means notify said member of the 

time of such receipt. Such lists and revisions, together with the 

effective time thereof, shall upon receipt be immediately and simultaneou ly distributed to all ~embers of the industry and to all of 

their customers who have applied therefor and have offered to defray 

the cost actualy incurred by the Co<;le Authority in the preparation 

and distribution thereof and be available for inspection by any of 

their customers at the office of such agent. Said lists or revisions 

or any part thereof shall not be made available to any per on until 

released to all members of the Industry and their customers, as 

aforesaid; provided, that prices filed in the first instance shall not be 

relea eel until the expiration of the afore aid 15 day period after 

the approval of this provision. The Admini trative Committee shall 

maintain a permanent file of all price terms filed as herein provided, 

and shall not destroy any part of uch record except upon written 

consent of the Administrator. Upon reque t the Administrative 

Committee shall furnish to the Administrator or any duly designated 

agent of the Administrator c<ipies of any such li t or revi ion of 

price terms. " This section shall specifically apply to Cla s 'A' member as 

well as to the other members of the Industry with this excel tion : 

that Class 'A' members shall forward to the impartial agency of the 

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Administrative ommittee immediately after selling or offering to 

11 any produc of the Indu try, the price t rm at whi h u h 

pro u t were old or offered for sale. 

(b) When any member of the indu try has filed any r vi ion, 

u h member hall not file a higher price within forty-eight ( 4 ) 

hour. 

(c) No memb r of the industry shall ell or offer to · ll any 

pro u t I er ice of the indu try, for which price term haYe been 

fil d pur uant to the provi ion of this article, except in a cordance 

with uch price term . 

(d) No member of the indu try hall enter into any agreement, 

under tanding combination or con piracy to fix or maintain pri e 

terms, nor cau e or attempt to cau e any member of the industry to 

change hi price term by the u e of intimidation, coercion, or any 

other influence incon i tent with the maintenanc-e of the free and 

open market which it i the purpo e of this Article to create." 

Renumber old Section 9 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, and 21, of 

Article IV to read re pectively 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, and 1 . 

Reletter old Sub ection 16 (d) of Article IV to read 15 (c). 

Approved Code :No. 1050-Amendment No. 1. 

Regi try No. 1404--36. 

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