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Registry No. 267-03 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SILK TENNIS STRING 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 29, 1933 

The Code for the Silk Tennis String Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the ab'ove-mentioned 

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1933 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price Scents 

(;ODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SILK TENNIS STRING 

INDUSTRY j 

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SILK TENNIS STRING MANU. 

FACTURERS 

100 Boylston Street. Boston 

SECTION I. To affectuate the policy of Title 1 of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act, during the period of the emergency, by 

reducing a~d relieving unemployment, improving the standards of 

labor, eliminating competitive practices destructive of the interest of 

the public, employee and employers, relieving the disastrous effects 

of over-capacity, and otherwise rehabilitating the Silk Tennis String 

Industry and by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products by increasing purchasing power, and in other 

respects the following provisions are established as a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Silk Tennis String Industry. 

SEc. II. Definitions.-The term "Silk Racket String" as used herein 

is defined to mean all strings for such racket games as tennis, squash, 

badminton, etc., with a body or core made from silk yarns or any 

material other than animal intestines. 

The term "Silk Tennis String Industry" is defined to mean the 

manufacture and/or production of Silk Racket Strings. 

The term "employees" as used shall include all persons employed 

in the manufacture of silk racket strings. 

The term "productive machinery" as used herein is defined to mean 

-polishing, breaking, winding, and other necessary machinery generally 

-used in the manufacture of silk racket strings. 

SEc. III. Labor provisions.-Since silk racket strings are manu-

-factured chiefly from silk yarns, a textile product, the Silk Tennis ·String Industry will be bound by the minimum wage and weekly 

hours of employment requirements of the general Code of the Cotton 

Textile Industry as approved by the President on July 8th, 1933. To 

effectively apply to the Silk Tennis String Industry, the letter and 

:spirit of Section 7 of theN ational Industry Recovery Act, it is a stipulation of this Code that-

(a) Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 

.free from all interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, 

or their agents, in the designation of such representatives, or in self- ·organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; 

That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required 

as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain 

-from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own ·choosing. 

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That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved 

or prescribed by the President of the United States. 

(b) On and after the effective date employers in the Silk Tennis 

String Industry shall not employ any minor under the age of sixteen 

(16) years for any manufacturing operation. 

(c) On and after the effective date of this Code, the minimum wage 

that shall be paid by employers in the Silk Tennis String Industry to 

any of their employees shall be at the rate of $13.00 per week. This 

minimum wage for employees in the Northern section of the Cotton 

Textile Industry will be paid by ALL manufacturers of silk racket 

strings. 

(d) On and after the effective date, employers in the Silk Tennis. 

String Industry shall not operate on a schedule of hours of labor for 

their employees in excess of forty (40) hours per week. 

SEc. IV. Trade practices. -(a) No manufacturer shall sell, or 

offer for sale, any product at a prjce below cost of Production and 

Distribution plus 10%. Also for the purpose of this Code, when 

marked disparity exists between the claimed costs of several manufacturers, what js statistically known as the "mode", the cost applying to the major portion of production within the Industry shall 

prevail. 

(b) In order to better distribute employment and to prevent overproduction capacity, nothing in this Code shall prevent one member 

of this Association from selling to another member of the organization 

at prices mutually agreed upon, providing such sales are made at. 

prices not less than factory costs and further providing that the 

purchasing member complies with the provisions of this Code when 

reselling said merchandise. 

(c) Mill ends, dropped lines, or surplus stocks which must be converted into cash may be sold at such prices as are necessary, provided 

such merchandise shall be sold at a price not less than the cost of raw 

material plus direct labor. The total of all such sales, with the lowest 

unit price indicated, shall be reported to the Secretary within the 

first ten days of the month following. 

(d) It will be considered as Unfair Competition to refuse to sell one 

class of product or item to a customer unless the purchaser will also 

purchase other products or items made or sold by the same manufacturer; or to sell such other products at reduced prices or on special 

terms or under special conditions given to induce the buyer to purchase such other different classes of articles. Each manufacturer shall 

sell each different line of merchandise independently~ and shall not 

cut the price on one with the provision that. other lines be purchased, 

nor shall a purchaser be required to purchase one class of merchandise 

as a consideration for being allowed to purchase another. 

(e) The use of false or misleading statements or illustrations in 

advertisements, catalogs, etc., shall be considered unfair competition. 

(f) Where the cost of executing contracts entered in the Silk Tennis 

String Industry prior to the presentation to Congress of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act are increased by the application of this Act to 

the industry, it is equitable and promotive of the purpose of the Act 

that appropriate adjustments of such contracts to reflect such increased costs be arrived at by arbitral proceedings or otherwise, and 

the National Association of Silk Tennis String Manufacturers, the 
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applicant for this Code, is constituted an Agency to assist in effecting 

such adjustments. 

SEc. V. Self-Government Agency.-With the view of keeping the 

President informed as to the observance or nonobservance of the Code 

of Fair Competition, and as to whether the Silk Tennis String Industry is taking appropriate steps to effectuate the declared policy of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, an Association known as the 

National Association of Silk String Manufacturers has been formed to 

cooperate with the Administrator as a planning and fair practice 

agency for the Silk Tennis String Industry. 

The National Association of Silk String Manufacturers, 100 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., is constituted the Agency to collect and 

receive such reports as: 

Wages and Hours of Labor.-Returns to be made on the first of 

every month to the Secretary of the Association by every Manufacturer engaged in the Silk Tennis String Industry, showing actual hours 

worked by the various occupational groups of employees and minimum 

weekly rates of wages. 

SEc. VI. Mandatory Provisions, Section 10 (b).-The President may 

from time to time cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, 

or regulation issued under this title, and each agreement, code of fair 

competition, or license approved, prescribed, or issued under this title 

shall contain an express provision to that effect. SEc. VII. Provision for Modijication.-The National Association of 

Silk Tennis String Manufacturers may from time to time present to 

the Administrator recommendations based on conditions in the industry as they may develop from time to time which will tend to 

effectuate the operation of the provisions of this Code, and the policy 

of the National Recovery Act, and in particular along the lines: 

(a) Recommendations as to the requirements by the Administrator 

of such further reports from persons engaged in the Silk Tennis String 

Industry of statistical information and keeping of uniform accounts 

as may be required to secure the proper observance of the Code, and 

promote the proper balancing of production and consumption and the 

stabilization of the industry and employment. 

(b) Recommendations for changes in, or exceptions from, the provisions of this Code as to the working hours of machinery which will 

tend to preserve a balance of productive activity with consumption 

requirements so that the interests of the industry and the public may 

be properly served. Seasonal demand for silk racket strings and the. 

resultant increase in productive activity may make such action 

necessary. 

(c) Recommendations for the making of requirements by the Administrator as to practices by persons engaged in the Silk Tennis 

String Industry as to methods and conditions of trading, the naming 

and report of prices which may be appropriate to avoid discrimination, 

to promote the stabilization of the industry, to prevent and eliminate 

unfair and destructive competitive prices and practices. 

(d) Recommendations for dealing with any inequalities that may 

otherwise arise to endanger the stability of the industry and of production and employment. 

Such recommendations, when approved by the Administrator, shall 

have the same force and effect as any other provisions of this Code. 
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Such Agency is also set up to cooperate with the Administrator in 

making investigations as to the functioning and observance of any of 

the provisions of this Code, at its own instance or on complaint of ~ny person affected, and to report same to the Administratoor. 

SEc. VIII. Effective date.-The terms "effective date" as used 

berein is defined to be the second Monday after the approval of this 

Code by the President. 

SEc. IX. Signature: 

NATIONAL AssociATION oF SILK TENNIS STRING MFRS. ConE CoMMITTEE 

By WALTER J. HAMBURGER, Chairman, 

THOMAS J. KEAVY, Secretary. 

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