Approved Code No. 84-Appendix No.7 Registry No. 1122-23 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE APPENDIX 

FOR THE 

METAL SAFETY TREAD 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

(A Subdivision of the Fabricated Metal Products 

Manufacturing and Metal Finishing and 

Metal Coating Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON FEBRUARY 15, 1935 

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Approved Code No. 84-Appendix No. 7 

CODE APPENDIX 

FOR THE 

METAL SAFETY TREAD MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

As .Approved on February 15, 1935 

ORDER 

APPROYIXG APPEN.DIX FOR TIIE ~IETAL SAFETY TREAD MANUFACTURDW 

I TD STRY 

A BDIYISI N OF THE FABRICATED l\fETAL PRODUCTS l\fANUFACTURI.r G 

AND l\fETAL FINISHING A:KD METAL COATING INDUSTRY 

An appli ation having been duly made pur uant to and in full 

comr liance with the provisions of Title I of the National Indu trial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and in accordance with the 

provi ion of Section 4 of Article IV of the Code of Fair Competition for the Fabricat ed :Metal Products ~1anufacturing and 

l\Ietal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, approved November 

~. 1903 a amended. for approval of an Appendix establi hing trade 

practice provision for the l\1etal Safety Tread l\tfanufacturing Subclivi 'ion of said lndu try, and Notice of Opportunity to be H ear l 

having been g-iven to all interested parties, and objections received 

thereon ha,·ing been satisfie l and the annexed report on said App nclix to aid Code containing finding with re pect thereto, ha\ ing 

been made and clirccted to the Pre ident. 

K \V, THEREFORE, on b half of the Pre ·icl nt of the United 

State:·, the Natio11al Indn~ trial Recovery Board pursuant to auth rit) v ··ted in it by Executive Ord r of the Pre ident inclu ling 

Exe nb' e Order No. G :)9, dated September 27 1934, and otherwi e; 

(loe · hereb:~ incorporate b~- ref rerice . aid annexe l rep rt and does 

find that f-aicl Appendix to aiel Corl complies in all re pect with 

the pertinent provi, ion · an l will promote the policy and purr .-es 

of said Title of S<li 1 A t: an l c1 e hereby order that aid Appen lix 

of snjcl Co<.l of Fair Competition be and it i hereby approved. 

~ _\TIOXAL IxD TRIAL R EcovERY BoARD, 

Dy \Y. A. I-!Annnr Ax Aclministrati e Offi'c- r. 

Appl·o ·al rccommendc l: 

Jonx \\. -Pr. 

Actin,r; Di ci.·ion Admini fNdor 

\Y .-U:iilL ·oTOX. ., 

P ( l)}·uary 1 "', J[). S. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

Tl~e White House. 

Srn: This is a report on an Appendix to the Code of Fair Competition for the Fabricated Metal Products :Manufacturing and etal 

Finishing and ~1etal Coating Industry, approved on :November 2, 

1933, and n. amended on June 1, 1934. 

GENERAL TATEIVIENT 

The l\fetal Safety Tread Manufacturing Indu try, being truly 

representative of this Subdivision of the Fabricated Metal Products 

l\1anufacturing and ~1etal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, 

has elected to avail itself of the option of operating under the Code 

for the Fabricated l\1etal Products Manufacturing and l\1etal Finishing and Metal Coating Industry, as amended on June 1, 1934, with 

the assistanoe of additional fair trade practice provisions. 

RESUME OF THE APPENDIX 

Paragraph A, Definition, accurately defines the term "Metal 

Safety Tread Manufacturing Subdivision." · 

Paragraph B, Governing Body, sets up a governing body consi -t- ing of members of the Subdivision to be known as the Subdivisional 

Committee for the Metal Safety Tread Manufacturing Subdivi ion. Paragraph C, Effective Date, prescribos the effective date of the 

Appendix. 

Section 1 provides for open price filing. 

FINDINGS 

The Acting Deputy Administrator in his final report to the Board 

on said Appendix to said Code having found a herein set forth and 

on the· ba is of all the pro eedings in this matter: 

It ha · been found that: 

(a) Said Appendix to said Code 1s well de ·igned to promote the 

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Indu trial R covery 

Act, including removal of ob tructions to the free flow of interstate 

and foreign commerce which tend to dimini h the amount ther of 

and will provide for the general welfare by promoting the oro·anization of industry for the purpo e of coop rative acti n among th 

trade group , by inducing and maintaining unite l a tion f labor 

and management under adequate overnmental sanction and . upervi ion, by eliminating unfair ompetitin~ pra tices Ly promoting the 

fulle t po ible utilization of the pr ent pro luctiYe c~ pacity f indu tries, by aYoiding undue re triction of production (except a. may 

(2) 
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be temporarily require l), by increa. jng th consumption of indu - trial and ao-ricultural pr lu ~ through incrcasino· P'll' ha ino· power, 

by r lu ing and r li vino· unem1 loyment, by improvin · . tan lard · of 

Jab r, an 1 by oth n i r habilitatino- in lu ·try. 

(b) aitl ind 1 try normally employs n t mor than GO,OOO employ s · an l is not cla ifi d by me as a major i ncl ns ry. 

( ) Th App n lix t aid Cole a ar proved compli ·· in all rep t \Yith th p"rtinent proYi ion · of , ai 1 Title of :aiel ... t, including withont limitation ub ecti n (a) of e tion 3 'ub cction (a) of 

S ction 7 and ub ection (b) of Section 10 tbereof · and that the 

appli ant a o iation is an a ociation trulv rer r .entative of the 

aforo aid Indu try; and that ·aid a o"iation impo::,e no in qui table 

r tri tion on admi ·ion to member ·hip therein : 

(d) The Ar pendix to aid Code i not designed to and will not 

permit monopolies or monopoli tic practice . 

(e) The Appendix to aid Cole is not de igned to and will not 

eliminate or oppres mall enterprise and will not operate to di -

criminate a ·ain t them. 

(f) Those engaged in other teps of th e ·onomic pro e · haYe not 

been clepriYed of the right to be heard prior to approval of said 

Appendix to said Code. 

For these reason , therefore, thi Appendix of aid Code has been 

approved. 

For the National Industrial RecoYery Board: 

\V. A. H . RRil\IA.N' 

A dminis tJ·ative 0 fficer. 

FEBR ARY 15, 1D35. 
CODE APPENDIX FOR THE METAL SAFETY TREAD 

MANUF ACTURIKG SUBDIVISION 

A Sunmvrsm:N OF TI-IE F _\ DRICATEo ~lET.,\L PRODUCTS ~IAXDFACTDTIING 

AND :METAL FrxrsTIING AN o METAL CoATING I N DUSTRY 

Pursuant to Section 4 of Article IV of the Code of Fair Competi- tion of the Fabricated ~f tal Products l\ianufactnring and :Metal 

Finishing and l\fetal Coating Industry, as amended, (the terms of 

which apply to each member of the J\!etal Safety Tread 1\fanufactur- ing Subdivision) the following proYisions are esta blished as an Appendix to said Code of Fair Competition of the Fabricated Metal 

Products ~1anuf ac tnrin.g and l\fetal Finishing and Metal Coating 

Industry for the ~fetal Safety Tread ~lanufacturing Subdivision of 

that Industry. 

A. Definition.-'I'he t erm " l\fetnl Safety Tread 1\!Ianufactnring 

Subdivision" means and includes the manufa ct ure for sale of Metal 

Safety Tread containing either lead or abrasive to provide anti- lip quality. 

B. Subdivisional Oommittee.-(1) l\1embers of the subdivision 

shall set up a governing body whi ch shall be kno ,Yn as the Subdivisional Committee a11d shall consist of six members of the snbdiYision, four of whom shall b3 members of the ~fetal Safety Tread 

Association elected by membe rs of that association, one of whom shall 

be a non-member of the said association elected by non-members of 

t.he association, and one of whom may be either a member or nonmember of the association who shall be elected at large by all members of the subdivision. 

(2) The members of the Snbdivisional Committ ee shall be elected 

in a manner to be approYed by the Basic Code Al.tthority and the ~ ational Industrial H.ecoYery Board. The Na tional Industrial RecoYery Boa rd may appoint a meml>er of the Subdivisional Committee who shall be given reasonable notice of and may sit at all meetings of the Subclivisional Committee but who shall be without vote 

and shall serve without expense to the Subdivision. 

( 3) The S ub eli visional Committee shall haxe such po,Yers an_d 

luties t o administer any of the provisions of the Basic Code and tlus 

Appendix within this Subdi Yi on as may be delegated t o it by the 

Code Authority. . . C. Effective Date.-This App ~ix shall becm:1e effed1Ye ten (10) 

clays after its approval by the Nntwnal Inclustnul RecoY""'Y Board. 

TllADE PRACTICE 

ECTIO:N 1. Open Pi·icc Filinq.-(a) Each member of the subdivision shall file with a confidential ~mel clisinterC'sted agent of the 

subdivisional committee or, if none, then vrith such an aQ'ent deQ-

(4) 
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iO'nated b the ational Re ovE>ry Bo r 1 identlfie 

li. 't f ail f hi.· pri : 

ih r t rm r 

f rre l to a: I ri 

rat 1 onf nn t 

f aid m mb r. 

n h tandar pr lu t f th ubdi vi, i01 a. ar ·old or fferecl 

for al by ·aid member an 1 for uch non-. tan lard ]H' du -t · of 

. ail m mber a hall b le io·nated by th .. ubclivi ional ·ommitt . ... ail price term hall in the fir t in tance ba fil d within tw nty 

(~0) lay aft r the dat of appro\al of thi pr ''i ion. Price t rm · 

an l r vi ed 1 ri t rm hall bee m effe ·ti' immediat ly upon 

r ii t there f b aid agent. Imm Eat ly upon re eir t there f, 

ail ao·ent hall by telegraph or other equally prompt mean notify aid memb r of the time of uch receipt. Such li t and r vi-

·ion t gether with the effe -tive time ther of hall upon r ceipt 

be imm diately and imultaneou ly di tributed to all member of th 

ub livi ion and to all of their cu tomer who have applie l ther -

for and have offered to defray the co t actually in urred by the 

ubdivi ional committee in the pr paration and di tribution thereof and be available for in ·pe tion by any of their cu -to mer at the 

offic~ of uch agent. Said li t or r vision or any part thereof 

hall not be male available to any per ons until relea ·ed to all 

member of the ubdivi ion and their cu tomer , as afor aid; provided, that price filed in the first instance shall not be released 

until the expiration of the afore aid twenty (20) day period after 

the approval of this Appendix. The Subdivi ional Committee hall 

maintain a permanent file of all price terms filed a herein proYided, and hall not destroy any part of such records except upon 

written on ent of the National Indu trial Recovery Board. Upon 

reque t the Subdivisional Committee hall furnish to the National 

Indu ;trial Recovery Board or any duly designated agent of the 

National Indu trial Re overy Board copie of any u h li t or 

re i ion of pric~ term . (b) 'Vhen any member of the ubdivi ion ha · filed any r n ·wn, 

uch member hall not fil a higher pri e within forty- ight ( 4 ) 

hour. 

(c) No member of the ubdivi ion hall ell or off r to 11 any 

produ t of the ubclivi ion, for which price term have been filed 

pur uant to the for g ing provision , except in ac ordan e with 

u h pri t rm . ( l) No memb r of the ubdivi ion hall nt r into an agr em nt, un ler tanding combination or con pira y to fix or maintain 

pric term , nor cau,·e or. attempt to cau e an m.en~be~ of. the ublivi ion to hange hi pn ·e term b. the u e of 1ntmndat10n oer- ion or an} other influence incon ·i t nt with th maintenance of the 

free' and or n marke -n-hi h it i the purpo e of thi provi ion to 

create. 

Appr Yed od No. 4- PI endix No. 7. 

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