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Registry No. 251-10 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATlON 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPE'f.ITION 

FOR THE 

CLOSET ACCESSORIES, IRONING BOARD 

PADS AND COVERS, AND CHAIR PADS 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 

The Code for the Closet Accessories, Ironing Board 

Pads and Covers, and Chair Pads Manufacturing Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-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 

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CODE FOR MANUFACTURERS OF CLOSET ACCESSORIES, 

IRONING-BOARD PADS AND COVERS, AND CHAIR PADS 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSE 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, during the period of the emergency, by reducing and 

relieving unemployment, improving the standards of labor, eliminating competitive practices destructive of the interests of the public, 

employee, and employers, relieving the disastrous effects of overcapacity, and by increasing the consumption of all products by 

increasing purchasing power, and in other respects the following 

provisions are established as a code of fair competition for the manufacturers of closet accessories, ironing-board pads and covers, and 

chair pads. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITION 

" Closet Accessories " are defined to mean and include covered 

clothes hangers, covered hat stands, shelf edging of all kinds, garment bags of all kinds, shoe bags laundry bags, dress protectors, and 

all articles ordinarily used as closet equipment. 

ARTICLE III-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This code shall go into full force and effect immediately on 

approval by the President. 

ARTICLE IV-MINIMUM w AGES 

A. On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall 

be paid by the manufacturers of closet accessories, ironing-board pads 

and covers, and chair pads to any of their employees shall be at the 

rate of 30¢ per hour. The following classifications shall be exempt 

from this minimum wage: 

1. Learners or apprentices shall have a minimum pay of not less 

than $9.00 per week for a period of employment not to exceed six 

weeks. Any person having been employed in this industry before 

cannot be classified as a learner or apprentice, and at no time shall 

the number of learners or apprentices equal more than 10% of the 

total body of employees. 

ARTICLE V-HOURS OF LABOR 

A. On and after the effective date, manufacturers of closet accessories, ironing-board pads and covers, and chair pads, shall not 

operate on a schedule of hours of labor for their employees in excess 

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of 40 hours per week and they shall not operate productive machinery for more than one shift of 40 hours per week. The following 

classifications shall be exempt from this limitation of working hours, 

but shall not work more than 48 hours per week: 

1. Shipping clerks. · 

2. Secretaries, superintendents, and planning officials. 

N OTE.-The above classifications have a special type of work which 

materially would retard .the proper working of a factory. 

ARTIOLE VI-CmLD LABOR 

On and after the effective date, manufacturers of closet accessories, 

ironing board pads and covers, and chair pads shall not employ any 

minor under the age of 16 years. · 

ARTICLE VII-HOME w ORK 

On and after the effective date, maufacturers of closet accessories, 

ironing board pads and covers, and chair pads shall not employ any 

home workers. 

ARTICLE VIII-NOTICES TO EMPLOYEES 

Placards, or signs, which will be furnished by the National Notion 

Institute, shall be displayed in three promi:q.ent places (including 

the dressing room) on each working floor of every manufacturing 

establishment of members of this Division. The minimum wages, 

maximum working hours and working conditions will be clearly 

printed on these placards for the inf onnation of employees. These 

placards shall be printed in English. 

ARTICLE IX-DIVISION FOR CooPERATION AND RECOMMENDATION 

To further effectuate the policies of the Act, the manufacturers 

of closet accessories, ironing board pads and covers, and chair pads 

whose names are signed to this application, set up as a Division of 

the National Notion Institute to cooperate with the Administrator 

as a planning and fair practice agency for their industry. Such 

agency may from time to time present to the Administrator recommendations based on conditions in their industry as they may develop 

from time to ti111e which will tend to effectuate the operation of the 

provisions of this Code and the policy of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act. Such recommendations when approved by the Administrator shall have the same force and effect as any other prov lsion of this code. 

ARTICLE X-EMPLOYEE's RIGHT OF CoLLECTIVE BARGAINING 

The manufacturers of closet accessories, ironing board pads and 

covers, p,nd chair pads shall comply with the requirements of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act as follows: " ·( 1) that employees 

shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through 

representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the 

interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their 
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agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities; (2) 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; and (3) 

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." 

ARTICLE XI-CANCELLATION AND MODIFICATION 

This code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject 

to the right of the President, in accordance with Section 10 (b) of 

Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, rule or regulation 

issued under Title I of said Act. 

The undersigned Manufacturer hereby instructs the Committee 

or its Chairman to deliver this Code to the Administrator of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act at W ashingtin, D_.C. 

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