Approved Code No. 88-Supplement No. 1 Registry No. 1133-16 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

SUPPLEMENTARY 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FIRE RESISTIVE SAFE 

INDUSTRY 

(A Division of the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment 

and Filing Supply Industry) 

AS APPROVED ON JULY 30, 1934 

WE DO OUR PARt· 

UNIT-ED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON: 1934 

For sale by the SuperintendeRt of Documents, WashinJlton, D.C. - - - - • .. • • Price 5 cen£11 

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This publication is for sale by the Superintendent of Do-cuments, Government 

Printing Office, Washington~ D.C., and by district offices of the Bureau of 

Foreign and Domestic Commerce. 

DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Atlanta, Ga.: 504 Post Office Building. 

Birmingham, Ala.: 257 Federal Building. 

Boston, Mass.: 1801 Customhouse. 

Buffalo, N.Y.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Charleston, S.C.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Chicago, Ill.: Suite 1706, 201 North Wells Street. 

Cleveland, Ohio: Chamber of Commerce. 

Dallas, Tex.: Ch-amber of Commerce Building. 

Detroit, Mich.: 801 First National .Bank Building.- Houston, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Indianapolis, Incl.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Jacksonville, Fla.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Kansas City, Mo.: 1028 Baltimore Avenue. 

Los Angeles, Calif.: 1163 South Broadway. 

Louisville, Ky.: 408 Federal Building. 

Memphis, Tenn.: 229 Federal Building. 

Minneapolis, Minn.: 213 Federal Building. 

New Orleans, La.: Room 225-A, Customhouse. 

New York, N.Y.: 734 Customhouse. 

Norfolk, Va.: 406 East Plume Street. 

Philadelphia, Pa.: 422 Commercial Trust Building. 

Pittsburgh, Pa.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Portland, Oreg.: 215 New P{)st Office Building. 

St. Louis, Mo.: 506 Ol-ive Street. 

San Francisco, Calif.: 310 Customhouse. 

Seattle, Wash.: 809 Federal Office Building. 
Approved Cod_e No. 88-Supplement No. 1 

SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

FIRE RESISTIVE SAFE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on July 30, 1934 

ORDER 

SUPPLEMENTARY ConE OF FAIR Co:M:PETI'l'ION FOR THE FrnE RESISTI\-E 

SAFE INDUSTRY 

A DIVISION OF THE BUSINESS FURNITURE, STORAGE EQIDP:M:ENT AND 

FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made fursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I o theN ational Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for the Fir-e Resistive Safe Industry to the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, 

Storage Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry, and hearings having been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Supplemental Code, containing findings with respect thereto, having been 

made and directed to the President : 

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, -Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pursuant to authority vested in 1ne by Executive Orders of the President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A dated December 30, 

1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said annexed report and do find that said Supplemental Code complies in 

all respects with the p€rtinent provisions and will promote the policy 

and purposes of said Title of said Act; and do hereby order that 

said Supplemental Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby 

~pproved; provided, however, that the Provisions of Article VII, 

Section 1, insofar as they prescribe a waiting period between the 

filing with the designated agency and the effective date of revi ed 

price lists or revised terms and conditions of sale be and they are 

:Pereby stayed pendjng my further order either within a period of 

60 days from the effective date of this Supplemental Code or after 

the completion of a study of open price associations now being 

conducted by the National Recovery Administration. 

HuGH S. JoHNSoN, 

Administr(J)f;or for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval recommended: 

C. A. An.AMS" 

Division Administrator. 

wASHINGTON, D.C., 

July 30, 1934. 

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REPORT TO TI-IE PRESIDENT 

The PRESIDENT, 

The White HoUJSe. 

Srn: The proposed Supplemental Code of Fair Competition for 

the Fire ~esistive Safe Industry was submitted to the Adminis- trator on November 28, 1933, by the Safe Manufacturers N ationa.l 

Association, representing 85·% of the known Members of the Industry. 

A hearing was conducted in Washington on December 20, 1933. 

The Code was revised during the recess and is submitted in its present form for approval. Every person who requested an appearance 

was properly heard in accordance with statutory and regulatory 

requirements. 

The Code of Fair Competition for the Fire Resistive Safe Industry 

is a supplement to the Code of Fair Competition for the Business 

Furniture, Stora~e Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry, approved on November 4, 1933, and its effect on labor and wages was, 

therefore, included in my report to you submitted with the proposed 

Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage 

Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry under date of November 2, 

1933. 

The following pertinent statistics, however, representing a consoli~ 

dation of reports frmu 25 Members of the Industry, have been submitted to the Administration. Sales declined from $7,000,000 in the 

year 1929 to $600,000 in the year 1933, a drop of roughly 91%. The 

number of employees coincidently declined from an average of 2,000 

in the year 1929 to 750 in June 1933, a drop of roughly 63%. Since 

the latter date marked improvement in sales has been experienced, 

totally absorbing the lag and has resulted in the return of many 

employees to the factories. Improven1ent will further be aided by 

the Fair Trade Practices contained in the Code, which prevent the 

past abuses prevalent in the Industry. 

RESUME OF C09E 

Article I, Puq~oses, states the purpose of the Cede. 

Article II, Definition , accurately defines specific terms applicable 

to the Fire Resistive Safe Industry as used in this Code. 

Article III, Labor Provisions, adopts the Labor Provisions as set 

forth in Articles V, VI, VII, and Exhibit. A of the Code of Fair 

Competition of the Business Furniture, Storaae Equipment, and 

Filino- Supply Industry, as approved on November 4, 1933, making 

specific reference to the inclusion of Section 7 (a) of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act, and further provides ~or a minimum wage rate of 40¢ for male and female factory employees. 

Article IV, Organization, Power , and Duties of Code Committee, 

establishes a Code Authority of five members to be selected by a fair J 

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method of election. It further provi<le that not more than three 

additional members, without vote, may be appointed by the Administrator f0r such terms as he may pecify. This Article al o sets 

forth the powers and duties of aid Code Authoritv. 

Article V, Planning and Cla sification, provides that Members of 

the Industry shall make available samples of all Indu try Products 

to a Planning and Classification Board and further provides that 

new stock items shall be clas ified by said Board before presentation 

to the general public. This Article however, in no way restricts 

the manufacture of any Industry Product. 

Article VI, Discrimination, prevents discrimination between customers of the same class. 

Article VII, Marketing and Trade Practice Rules, ets forth trade 

practices for the Industry, ineluding an Open Price Association. 

Article VIII, Extras and Deductions Not Covered in Price Schedules, provides that Members of the Industry shall include in their 

prices all costs of additions to and deductions from variations of 

Industry Products not covered in their Price Schedules. 

Article IX, Specials, prevents a manufacturer from pricing a 

special item in competition with a stock item at an unfair price for 

the purpose of evading his then currently effective Price Schedule. 

Article X, Monopolies, provides that no provisions of the Code 

shall eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small enterprises. 

Article XI, Price Increases, provides that the incr ease in selling 

prices shall be limited, insofar as possible, to actual increases in 

seller's costs. 

Article XII, Termination, provides that the Code shall expire on 

June 16, 1935, or on the earliest date prior thereto on which the 

President or Congress shall by joint r esolution declare the emergency 

recognized by Title I of the Act to be ended. 

Article XIII, :Modification, makes all the provisions of the Code 

expressly subject to the right of the President to cancel or modify 

any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued nnder Subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act. 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on aiel Supplemental Code having found as herein set forth and on the basis 

of all the proceedings in this matter; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Supplemental Code is well designed to promote the 

policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery A-ct, including 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 Industry for the purpose of cooperative action among 

the trade groups, by inducing and n1aintaining united action of labor 

and management under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by eliminating unfair competitive practices, by promoting 

the fullest possible utilization of the present productive capacity 

of industries, by avoiding undue r estriction 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 otherwise rehabilitating Industry. 
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(b) Said Industry normally empl0ys not more than 50,GOO employees, and is not classified by n1e as a major Indtistry. 

(c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including, witltout limitation, subsection (a) of section 3, subsection (a) of section 7, and 

subsection (b) of section 10 thereof, and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid 

Industry, and that said association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those eno·aged in other steps of the economic process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval o:f said Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, this Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

Huon S. JoHNsoN, 

A (l?ninistTat or. 

JULY 30, 1934. 
SUPPLEMENTARY CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR 

THE FIRE RESISTIVE SAFE INDUSTRY, A DIVISION 

OF THE BUSINESS FURNITURE, STORAGE EQUIPMENT, AND FILING SUPPLY INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PUiiPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, to supplement and to make specifically applicable 

the provisions of the Code of Fair Competition, approved November 

4, 1933, and amended J nne 15, 1934, for the Business Furniture, 

Storage Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry this Supple·mental 

Code is hereby established as a Code of Fair Competition for the 

Fire Resistive Safe Industry and shall be the standards of Fair 

Competition for this Industry and shall be binding upon every 

member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

In addition to the definitions contained in Article II of the Code 

of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry, the terms enumerated in this 

Article shall have the meaning herein defined wherever used in this 

Code or in any supplement appertaining thereto. 

SECTION 1. The term "Fire R.esistive Safe Industry" or "Industry" as used herein means the manufacture and original sale and/ or 

wholesale distribution of industry products by a ~1ember of the 

Industry, either by himself or by his agent, which includes without 

limitation any person or corporation occupying a f!lubsidiary or controlling relationship or one of common, mutual, or joint ownership 

or control to a Member of the Industry. 

(a) The term "Industry Product" as used herein includes withlOUt limitation the products listed under Fire Resistive Safe Division in Article II of the Code of Fair Competition for the Business 

Furniture, Storage Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry. 

SEo. 2. The term " Wholesale Distribution " as used herein means 

and includes the distribution by all those engaged in the sale and 

delivery of Industry products, both for resale to the consumer 

thereof, who maintain at least five (5) salesrooms and two warehouses. 

SEo. 3. The term" Stock Items" as used herein means an industry 

product which is offered for general use. 

SEc. 4. The term " Bureau of Standards Certification " as applied 

to any industry product means that said product is certified to have 

been built in accordance with Federal Specifications AA-S-81. 

SEc. 5. The term" Manufacturers Certification" as applied to any 

product means that said product has been built by a member of 

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the Industry and classified by the Planning and Classification 

Board in accordance with the classifications specified in Section 3 of 

.._t\..rticle VII. 

SEc. G. The term ' ' National Emergency Committee " as used herein 

means the National Emergency Committee, the Code Authority for 

the Bu: iness Furniture, Stor~ge Equipment, and Filing Sup-ply Industry, elected pursuant to paragraph 1 oif AFticle III of the Code 

ocf Fail~ Conapet:lltion for the Business Furniture, Storage Equipment, 

and Filing Supply Industry as ·approved on November 4, 1933, by 

President Roosevelt. 

SEc. 7. The term " Exhibit B " wher e' er mentioned in this Supplemental Code means Exhibit B attached to and made a part of the 

Code of Fair Cempetition for the Business Furniture, .Storage 

Eq_u.ip1nent, and If'iling Supply Industry as approved hy President 

RGosevelt on November 4, 1933 

ARTICLE III-LABOR PROVISIONS 

TI1e provisions governing labor, of the Code o:f Fair Competition 

for the Business Furniture, Stornge Equipment, and Filing Supply 

Industry, as set f orth in Articles V, VI, and VII, and Exhibit A of 

said Code, n approved by the Presi lent on November 4, 1933, are 

made conditiDns of this Code, including Sections (a), (b), and (c) 

of said Article V , by which the provisions of Subsections (1), (2), 

and ( 3-} a-:f Section 7 (a) of Title I of the Act are 1nade conditions 

of the Code, ar& specifically incorporated herein and made a part 

he:reo-:f as the Wage Hour, and Lalror provisions of this Code.; p:rovided, however, that the minimum rate of pay for both male and 

female factory employees, under this Code, shall be at the rate of 

fort~y cents ( 40¢) per hourr 

ARTICLE IV-ORGANIZATION, PoWERs, AND DuTIEs oF CouE. 

Co.M:LVIITTEF 

SEOITON 1. The Code Committee to a.dminister this Code is hereby 

constituted, which shall consist of five ( 5) voting members to he 

selected from lVIembers o£ the Industry. The election of all mem-

. bers of the Code Comn1itte shull be by a fair 001d equitable method 

of election to be approved by the Administrator. 

SEc. 2. In addition to the above membership, there n:tay be not 

more than three additional members., '\vithout vote and without compensation from the Industry, to be appointed by the Administrator 

to erve for such term from date of uppointinent as he may s.pecify. 

SEc. 3. Each trade. or industrial association direetly or indirectly 

participating in the selection or activities of the Code Committee 

shall (1) impos.0 no inequitable restrictions on me·mbership, and (2) 

submit to the Administrator t:Fne copies of its articles of association, 

by-laws, rules, an€1 regulatim1s and any Amendments when made 

thereto, together with such other infe;)J a.tion as- to membership, organization, and activitie as the Administrator mn.y deem necessary 

to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

SEc. 4. In order that the Cod Conunittee shall at all times be truly 

representative of the Industry and in other respects comply with 
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the provisions o£ the Act, the Administrator may prescribe such hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter if he shall find that the 

Code Committee is not truly r epresentative or does not in other r e- spects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an ap- propriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Committee. 

SEc. 5. Nothing contained in this Co 1e shall constitute the members of the Code Committee partners for any purpose. Nor shall any 

member, officer, agent, or employee of the Code Con_mittee be liable 

in any manner to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, 

g~nt, or employee of the Code Committee. Nor shall any member of 

the Code Con1mittee, exercising reasonable dili -::renee in the conduct 

of his duties hereunder, be liable to anyone for any action or omission 

to act under this Code, except for his own willful misf easance or 

nonfeasance. 

SEc. 6. Subject to such rules and regulations a.s may be j c- ued by 

the Administrator, the Code Committee shall lnve the following 

:further powers and duties, the exercise of which shall be reported 

to the Administrator through the National Emergency Committee 

and shall be subject t o the Administrator's right, on review, to di -

approve, after such hearing as he may prescribe, any action taken 

by the Code Committee. If the Administrator shall determine at 

any time that any action of the Code Committee or any agency 

thereof is unfair or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the 

Administrator may require that such action be suspended to afford 

an opportunity f or investigation of the merits of such action and 

further consideration by such Code Committee or agency pending 

final action which shall not be effective unless the Administrator 

approves or unless he shall fail to disapprove after thirty days' 

notice to him of intention to proceed with such action in its original 

or modified form. 

(a) To make investigations as to the functioning and observance 

o:f any of the provi ions of this Code at its own inst ance or upon the 

complaint of any person affected and shall report the result thereof 

to the National Emergency Committee. To receive complaints of 

violations of this Code or disputes arising thereunder, make investigations thereof provide hearings thereon, adjust such complaint., 

and bring to the attention of the National Emergency Committee 

unadjusted complaints of violations or disputes. 

(b) To aid the National Emergency Committee in the execution 

of the provisions of this Code and provide for the compliance of 

the Industry with the provisions of the Act. 

(c) To adopt Bylaws and Rules and Regulations for it procedm·e 

and for the administration and enforcement of tl1e Code. The Code 

Committee shall promptly furnish to the Administr ator through 

the National Emergency Committee true copies of the Byla" , Rules, and Regulations adopted pursuant to this paragr aph. 

(d) To obtain from 1fembers of the I ndu try through a confid ntial agency (for the purposes of this paragr aph the Secretary of the 

Committee may be considered as said a.gency ) such statistical infor- mation and reports as are required for the administr ation of the 

Code and to provide for submission by 11embers of the Industry o:f 

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such statistical information and reports as the Administrator may 

deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act 

which information and reports shall be submitted by Members of 

Industry to such Federal and/ or State agencies as the Administrator 

1nay designate; provided, that nothing in this Code shall relieve any 

11ember of the Industry of any existing obligations to :furnish reports to any Government agency. No individual statistical reports 

shall be disclo ed to any other l\1ember o:f the Industry or any other 

party except to such confidential agent or to such Governmental 

agencies as may ba directed by the Administrator. 

(e) To u~e such trade associations and ether agencies as it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein proYided that ·nothing he1·ein shall relie,·e the Code Committee of it duties or responsibil.i'·irs under this Code and that such 

trade ;:t,ssoc.i.ati0ns and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hru-eof. 

(f) To make recommendations to the National Emergency ComJnittee and the Administrator for the coordination o:f the administration of tL.is Code with such other codes, if any, as may be related 

to the Industry. 

(g) To cooperate with the Administrator in regulating the use 

of any N.R.A. insignia solnly by those l\fembers of the Industry 

who are complying ·with this Code. 

(h) To recommend to the Administrator through the National 

Emergency Comm.ittee :furth r fair trade practice provisions to 

govern l\1embers o:f the Industry in their relations with each other 

or with other industries, and to recoilllnend to the Administrator 

through the National E1nergency Committee measures for industrial planning, including stabilization of employment. 

(i) To formulate within thirty (30) days after the approval of 

the Code a co t formula subjec.t to the approval of the Administrator 

which cost formula shall set forth the items to be included and the 

items to be excluded in arriving at cost as used in this Code. 

(j) To aid the National Emergency Committee in the establishment of a Planning and Classification Board pursuant to Article 

VIII o:f the Code of Fair Competition :for the Business Furniture, 

Storage Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry. 

ARTICLE V-PLAKNING AND CLASSIFICATION 

SECTION 1. In order to effectuate the purpofZe of Article VIII of 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Business Furniture, Storage 

Equipment, and Filing Supply Industry, Members of the Industry 

shall submit a list o:f all items of industry products now being 

offered :for sale as stock merchandise within thirty (30) days after 

the election of the Planning and Classification Board to said Board 

:for proper classification and assignment of such to their respective 

industry base products listed in Schedule A attached hereto a.nd 

hereby made a part of this Code. 

SEc. 2. No stock item not included in the list originally submitted 

by him shall be sold or offered for sale by any member until after 

classification by the Planning and Classification Board as above 

provided, a.nd approval of said classification by the Code Committee, 
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nor until after all requirements for publication contained in Article 

VII hereof have been completely fulfilled. All action under this 

Article shall be taken withm thirty (30) days after submission by 

the Member. In no event hall this Article be con trued as per- mitting the Planning and Cla sification Board to restrict the Manufacture of any industry product. 

ARTICLE VI-DrscRDIIN ATION 

SECTION 1. No member shall make any sale or contract of sale, or 

offer of sale, directly or indirectly by any means whatever, of any 

industry products at a price or on terms and conditions more fa\ or- able io one purchas r of the same class than to another, whether uch 

purchasers hall be private individuals, corporations, or firms, or 

Federal, State, :Municipal, or other public bodies; provided that this 

shall not prevent price differences necessarily resulting from differences in the model, grade, quantity, or point of delivery of the 

products sold. 

SEc. 2. No membBr shall make any purchase of or allowance for 

used industry products in connection with a sale of new industry 

products or as an independent cash transaction, directly or indirectly, 

by any means whatever, at a price or on terms and conditions more 

favorable to one seller than to another. 

ARTICLE VII-MARKETING AND TRADE PRAG"l'ICE RuLES 

SECTION 1. Price Schedules. 

(a) Each Member of the Industry within thirty (30) days after 

the effective date of this Code shall file with the Code Committee as 

many copies as the Code Committee may require of schedules containing price lists at which such member is offering industry products 

for sale as stock merchandise and terms or conditions of sale to the 

classes of customers defined in Schedule A which is attached hereto 

and made a part of this Code. 

(b) The original schedules filed in accordance with the above paragraph (a) shall become effective on the date of filing thereof with 

the Code Committee. 

(c) The Code Committee forthwith on such original filing shall 

notify all known :Members of the Industry o:f the contents thereof. 

(d) Any Member of the Industry desiring to change any price 

or prices and/ or terms or conditions of sale shall notify the Code 

Committee of such intention by filing a revised schedule, which shall 

become effective ten (10) days thereafter. The revised schedule so 

filed with the Code Committee shall be immediately distributed 

among the known Men1bers of the Industry, who thereupon, at any 

time before the effective date of the revised schedules so filed, may 

file, if they so desire, revisions of their schedules to meet such reVlsions in the revised schedule first filed, and which shall become effective upon the date the revised schedule first filed becomes effective. 

In the event that any Member of Industry shall not receive within 

the ten (10) day period sufficient notice of the filing by any other 

Member of Industry, of revisions in such other J.\.'Iember of Industry's 

price or prices and/or terms or conditions of sale as will enable hun 
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to meet such reVIsiOns of such other member on the effective date 

thereof, then if such member shall file with the Code Committee such 

revisions of his price or prices and/or terms or conditions of sale as 

may be required to meet the revisions filed by such other member 

within 48 hours after the receipt of notice thereof, the revisions so 

filed by such member shall become effective on the same date as the 

revisions of such other member; or if they be already effective, shall 

become effective immediately. 

(e) Filed prices shall include terms of payment, length of bookings or contracts, and f.o.b. point or points of origin or delivery, 

and such other provisions as may be necessary to fully inform the 

trade and consuming public of all conditions of sale. 

(f) Original schedules and all revisions thereof shall be made 

available to the public. 

(g) Subject to the approval of the Code Committee, the Planning 

and Classification Board shall prescribe rules and regulations providing for the sale of destandardized or obsolete products which 

shall become effective upon approval by the Administrator, and no 

current line shall be designated or sold as destandardized or obsolete 

unless in fact such line has been discontinued. 

(h) No publication of prices, terms, or conditions of sale applying 

to sales of industry products by one manufacturer to a wholesale 

distributor, or to another manufacturer of kindred products for 

resale by them, shall be required. No such sale, however, shall be 

made at less than the manufacturer's cost as determined pursuant 

to section 6, subsection (i) of Article IV.1 

SEC. 2. Trade Practice Rules. 

The following trade practices in addition to Exhibit B are declared to constitute methods of unfair competition between Members 

of the Industry, and no Member of the Industry shall use or engage 

in any of them, directly or indirectly, through any officer, agent, or 

employee. Engaging in any one of such trade practices or of any 

other practices which hereafter may be declared to oo unfair methods 

of competition by the Code Committee, approved by the Adminis- trator, shall, after such hearing or hearings as he may prescribe, 

be deemed a violation of this Code. 

(a) Selling, offering for sale, or participating in any sale of any 

industry product by a Member of the Industry at any price other 

than that set forth in his then currently effective schedule or upon 

any terms or conditions contrary to those contained in such 

cchedule. 

(b) Failing to file such schedules or changes therein, as required 

by Section 1 of this Article. · 

(c) Failing to submit the list of stock items of industry products 

being offered for sale by a Member of Industry pursuant to 

Article V. 

(d) Selling or offering for sale a stock item not included in the 

original list. submitted by a Member of the Industry before classification by the Planning and Clas ification Board pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of Article V. 

1 See paragraph 2 of order approving this Code. 
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(e) Permitting, directly. or indirectly, the con ummation of any 

sale made with the intent, or having the effect, of violating the 

:pPovisiliHlS of tli Act or the Trade Practices of this Code. 

(f} Pricing to the Con wmer and/ or selling industry p1·odu ~ by 

any Memoor of the Industry at a price below his or it co t as determined pursuant to paragraph (i), Section 6, of Article IV; provided, however, that a. member 1na.y .meet the price of a competitor 

whose price doe not violate the Code ; and provided further that a 

me111ber may make: such sales as nee~ sary to dispo e o-f 1estandard-

~zed or obsolete merchandise m~ products,. puFsuant to such rules and 

regulations as i ued by the Code Comm.itte:e under Section 1 (g) 

of this Article. Full information concerning such sales of destandardized or obs.olet.e products ·hall be macle a1 ailable to the 

Code Committee and to all Members of the Industry. 

{g) Pro.nmlgatiF-_.g, Jtenewing, extending, or a.uton1atically continuing after the effective date of this Code any buying contracts- or 

agreements unle s they be firm binding obligations on all parties 

thereto, specifying tha..t. applicabls. dis.eounts and terms of selling as 

filed shall be based upon definite quantitiPs of industry products 

deliv.exed within ~ specified time not e:xc.eeding one year. P1·ovided, 

howe\er, that Snbsecti~H1S (g} and (h) of this Section 2 shall not 

apply to sales made between Members of the Industry. 

{h) Faciling to file within ten (10) days :rlter the e:ffective date of 

this Code all other existing buying ar-rangements containing terms 

contrary to the prm-ision of this Code. _ 

~i} Falsely marking o.r labelling any indush~y pror:luct. 

(j) Representing to a prospective purchaser that a Fire Resistive 

Safe is " indestructible " or " Never needs replacement " or similar 

statements which are. untrue, m unfair t(} t.he p-ublic, or create a false 

sense of permanent security. 

(k) Defaming his competitors oo· their products by advertising, 

exhibition, or publishing information in any :form of alleged oe 

actual failure of such cmnpatitors' products. 

(l) Selling any industry produet with any responsibility except 

tR:at for oo.e year a Member of the Industry may be responsible for 

defective material and workmanship,. but su-ch responsibility shall 

only apply in the event that the part of the equipment involved has 

not beelil. se.rvieed o:r a-ltered by any others than the ~1ember of the 

Industry- who sold s:uch product. 

(m) Claiming that a Classified. industry product gives more protection than that spec:ilied by said classification. 

(n) Failing to comply with any rule or regulation of the Code 

Committee promulgated under the powers and duties delegated to 

it by this Code. 

SECTION 3. As certain grades o.:f fi1·e :resistance, as clas ified hereafter, have been set up by ~he U.S. Bureau of Standards, the Underwriters Laboratories, and the National Fire Protection Association, 

which cia ~fications ha_ve been adopted by the Indu try as its 

standards, it shall be an unfair method of competition to offer for 

sale or to sell, except as herein provided~ any indu try product unless 

it has a label of permanent nature applied to the. outside face of said 

safe or container or to the inside face of outer door, pron.erly classifying it in one of the following groups: ... 
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CLASS A OR :FOUR-HOUR SAFES 

Safes bearing Underwriters', Bureau of Standards', or Manufacturers' certification for four-hour fire protection with or without 

Underwriter ' T-20 burglary or relocking label. 

CLASS B OR TWO-HOUR SAFES 

Safes bearing Underwriters', Bureau of Standards', or Manufacturers' certification for two-hour fire protection, with or without 

Underwriters T-20 burglary or relocking label. 

CLASS 0 OR ONE-HOUR SAFES 

Safes bearing Underwriters', Bureau of Standa1~ds, or Manufacturers' certification for one-hour protection. 

INSPECTED INSULATED OR 45-MINUTE SAFES 

Safes bearing Underwriters', Bureau of Standards', or Manufacturers' certification for 45-minute protection. 

INSULATED SAFES OR CONTAINERS AFFORDING LESS THAN 45 MINUTES 

CERTIFIED PROTECTION 

Such safes or containers must bear a label " Not intended to protect valuable documents and records." 

CONTAINERS NOT INTENDED FOR FIRE PROTECTION 

These must bear the following label: "This Container Not Intended for Fire Protection." 

INSULATED FILING CABINETS (SAFE FILES OR FIRE FILES), INSULATED 

TRAYS, INSULATED RECORD DESKS, AND LIGHT INSULATED CONTAINERS 

WITH OR WITHOUT HORIZONTAL SLIDE-IN DOORS 

Such products are not regarded as competitive with safes as they 

serve an entirely different purpose. Such products must bear a label 

indicating their degree of fire protection. 

Vault doors have likewise been classified and shall be labelled as 

follows: 

INSULATED VAULT DOORS BEARING UNDERWRITERS' OR MANUFACTURERS' 

CERTIFICATION (NOT INCLUDING BANK AND SECURITY VAULT DOORS) 

Vault doors bearing Underwriters' or ~Ianufacturers' certification 

for six hours. 

Vault doors bearing Underwriters' or Manufacturers' certification 

for four hours. 

Vault doors bearing Underwriters or ~Ia.nufacturers' certification 

for two hours. 

Vault doors bearing Underwriters or :Manufacturers' certification 

for one hour. 
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Vault doors bearing Underwriters or Manufacturers' certification 

for half hour. 

UNINSULATED PLATE TYPE VAULT DOOR (NO'.r INCLUDING BANK AND 

SECUIUTY VAULT DOORS)-( N OT IKCLUDING VA.ULT DOORS SOLD TO THE 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT) 

As uninsula.ted plate type vault doors are not intended for fire 

protection of valuable records, documents or n1erchand.ise, they shall 

be labelled as follows: ' Not insulated fm.' firv protection." 

All other tock items shall be properly classified in accordance 

with their rDsistive qualities by the Plannii g and Classification 

Board of the Industry and be labelled ccor~-ly. 

Nothing contained in the above list of Unfair Trade Practices 

shall in any maru1er affect or interfere w1th the making of quotations or the manufacture under contract of Indu try products, in 

accordance with Federal, State, :Municipal or private specifications, 

provided, however, that such Industr3 products shall not be sold 

or offered for sale .a a substitute for, or in competition with Industry 

products of the standard classifications as above set forth. 

ARTICLE VITI-ExTRAS AND DooucTIONs NOT CovERED IN PRICE 

- S c HEDULES 

Each m mber of the Industry on the basis of cost as determined 

pursuant to paragraph (i), Section 6 of Article IV, shall include 

in his price the minimmn additions to and the maximum deductions 

from the base prices of the various lines of industry products, which 

maximum deductions and minimum additions a m.ember of the Industry shall use to determine the prices of variation from his base 

products, and make information regarding each such sale available 

to the Code Cmnmittee. 

ARTICLE IX-SPECI.d LS 

No item of industry products which is not overe l by the pub. 

lished list prices of the manufacturer thereof shall be sold OT offered 

for sale in competition with a stock item at net prices, discounts, or 

terms more favorable to the purchaser than the m.ost favorable pub· 

lished discounts, terms, or net pric~ applying to the nearest comparable listed stock it~n1. 

ARTICLE X-MONOPOLIES 

No provision of t.hi · Code shall be so applied as to promote n1onop· 

olies or n1onopoli tic practices, or to eliminate, opr re s, or discrimUlate against mall enterprises. 

ARTICLE XI-PRICE INCRE A. ES 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increa e real purchasing power 

will be made more difficult of onsummation if price of goods and 

services increase as rapidly as wages, it ~ re ognized that price increases except such as may be required to meet individual cost should 
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be delayed, but when made such increases should, so far as possible, 

be limited to nctual additional increase in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE XII-TERl\UN ATION 

This Code and all Supplement ary Provisions thereto shall expire 

on June 16, 1935, or on the' earliest date prior thereto on which the 

President shall by p-roclamation, or the Congress shall by Joint 

Resolution, declare that the emergency recognized by Title I of the 

Act has ended. 

ARTICLE XIII-IV.fomFICATION 

SEcnoN L This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly 

made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the 

provisions of subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued nnder said Act ; and specifically, but without limitation, to the right of the President to cancel or modify his approval 

of this Code or any conditions im.posed by him upon his approval 

ther eof. -

SEc. 2. Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required 

to be included herein by the Act may with the approval of the Administr ator be amended as provided in Section 3 hereof in such 

manner as may be indicated by the needs of the public, by changes in 

circumstances, or by experience ; all of the provisions of this Code, 

·unless so modified or eliminated, shall remain in effect until June 

16, 1935. 

SEc. 3. An Amendment may be proposed by any interested party, 

either to the Code Committee or directly by or to the Administrator. 

All proposed Amendments shall be referred to the Code Committee, 

who shall give Members of the Industry an opportunity to be hea.rd 

thereon; and thereafter the Code Committee shall make such recommendations thereon aS is deemed proper; provided, however, that 

when approved by the Administrator, as necessary to effectuate the 

policies of the Act, after such notice and hearing as he may prescribe, 

any proposed Amendment shall thereupon become effective as a 

part of the Code. 

SEc. 4. The Code Committee may make recommendations for 

modifications of this Code to the Administrator which shall become 

effective as a part of this Code upon approval by the Administrator 

after such notice and hearing as he Jnay prescribe: 

Approved Code No. 88--Supplement No. 1. 

Registry No. 1133-16. 
SCHEDULE A 

FIRE RESISTIVE SAFE DIVISION SUPPLEMIDNTAL CODE 

INDUSTRY BA E PRODUCTS 

'l'he Industry ba~e products are hereby listed as follow 

Fire Resistive Safes 

Insulated Vault Doors (not including bank and security vault doors) 

Insulated Filing Cabinets (safe files or fire files) 

Insulated Trays 

Light Insulated Containers witll or without horizontal slide-in doors 

Containers not intended for fire protection 

Uninsulated Plate Type Vault Doors (not including bank and security 

vault doors) 

In ulated Record Desks 

Safe Interiors 

Burglary and robbery rcsi tive chestSJ and lockers (except for bank use)' 

Revision of this list may be made from time to time by the Code Committee or 

by the Administrator at his discretion. 

DEFINITION OF CUSTOMERS 

Exolusi'!Je Dealer.-An exclusive dealer is a retailer (individual, firm, or 

corporation) with whom a member of the Industry has a written agreement 

giving the dealer : 

(1) Sole selling rights of all or part of his line in a defined territory. 

(2) Assistance in actual resale of merchandise. 

(3) Complete complement of literature, advertising aids, etc., necessary for 

promotion of resale of merchan-dise covered, and giving the member of the 

Industry: 

(a) Ample display representation; 

(b) Ample stock representation; 

(c) Exclusive sales repre::;en ta tion ; 

(d) Complete co-operation in maintaining selling policies of the member of 

the Industry. 

Non-Exclusive Dealer.-A non-exclusive dealer is a retailer (individual, firm, 

or corporation) who maintains a place of busine s for the resale of industry 

products. 

R etai.l Buyers.-A retail buyer is a purchaser of definite quantities of Induatry products for his use and consumption and not for resale. 

Jobber.-A jobber is anyone who engages in the sale of industry products 

at retail or to retailers, but who does not maintain more than four salesrooms 

and one warehouse. 

B1·olcers.-A broker is anyone, othet· than above cl€fined, who purchases 

Industry Products for resale at retail. 

DISCOUNTS 

The discounts as provided in Article VII allowed to each of the above-defined 

classe of cu tomers shall be applied to all list prices published under the provisions of snid Article, and shall truly represent variance in cost of distribution 

to the ultimate consumer. 

TERMS 

Terms of sale for all Industry Products shall be as follows: 

(1) Wholesale Sales.- \..11 classes of purchases, 2%-10th prox. net 30th prox. 

(2) R tail Sales.-No discount for ca sh. 

(3 ) D ef en·ed Payments.-Maximurn, 12 months, with down payment of 10% 

with order and 10% on delivery and 6% to be charged on deferred payments. 

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