Approved Code No. 211 Registry No. 204-1-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED 

PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON JANUARY 16, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 211 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

As Approved on January 16, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

.An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Robe and Allied Products Industry, and 

hearings ha.ving been duly held thereon and the annexed report on 

said 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 me 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 Code complies in all respects with 

the pertinent provisions and will promote the policy and purposes 

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

Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved. 

HUGH S. JOHNSON, 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

Approval Recommended: 

A. D. wHITESIDE, 

Division Administrator. 

WAsHINGTON, D.C., January 16, 1934. 

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The PRESIDENT, 

The White House. 

Rrn: This is a report of the I-Iearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the Robe and Allied Products Industry, conduct~d .in 

Washington on August 17, 1933, in accordance with the provu;ions 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

PROVISIONS FOR HOURS AND WAGES 

This Code limits the hours of labor for all employees, excer>t 

watchmen, outside salesmen, maintenance men, repair shop crews, 

fmd persons employed in a supervisory capacity earning not less than 

thirty-five dollars per week, to forty hours per week. Provision is 

made that in the case of office employees and shipping crews the 

employees shall not be held rigidly to forty hours per week; d11ring 

sixteen weeks of the yea!' they may be employed for forty-eight 

hours, provided that during an entire calendar year the average 

number of hours worked by such employees shall not be more than 

forty hours per week. The industry is limited strictly to one c;;hi:ft .. 

The minimum wage provided is thirteen dollars per week for all 

employees except apprentices who shall earn at least seventy-five pPrcent of the minimum wage and persons physically handicapped. 

The employment of both types of workers is subject to strict 

regulation. 

ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THF CODE 

So far as may be determined by the meager statistics available for 

this industry, there is at present, if we discount the current slump, 

little or no unemployment. Probably because of the vogue during 

recent years for lounging garments the number of workers increased 

from 6,918 in 1929 to 10,670 in 1931, and it is probable that the 

number of workers now employed is greater than the number employed in 1931. According to the estimate of the Planning and 

Research Division the forty-hour week will require a twenty percent 

increase in employment to maintain production. 

Practically no information regarding earnings is available, and in 

consequence no estimate may be made of the effect of the thirteendollar minimum on present earnings. This minimum wage will 

afford some measure of protection for the lower grades of employees 

and, in certain portions of the industry, bring about perhaps a material increase in pay rolls. The most significant pay-roll increase, 

however, will be attributable to the reduction in hours rather than 

to any increase in wages which this Code may necessitate. 

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FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Code 

having found as herein set forth and on the basis of all the }_Jroceedings in this mater; 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, 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 maintaining united action of labor and manasement 

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 restriction 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. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) The Code as approved 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; and that the applicant association is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid Industry; and that the 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 small 

enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

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

Code. 

For these reason the Code has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

JANUARY 16, 1934. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

.A.dministrat01'. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ROBE AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are esta b~ished as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Robe and Allied Products Industry, and 

shall be the standard of fair competition for such industry and shall 

be binding upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term "industry" as used herein includes the manufacture 

of bath, lounging, and beach robes, dressing gowns, lounge suits and 

house coats and such other articles as may from time to time be 

included under the provisions of this Code by the President after 

such notice and hearing as he may prescribe. 

2. The term "employee" as used herein includes anyone engaged 

in the industry in any capacity receiving compensation for his services, irrespective of the nature or method of payment of such compensation. 

3. The term "employer " as used herein includes anyone by 

whom such employee is compensated or employed. 

4. The term "member of the industry" includes anyone engaged 

in the industry, either as manufacturer, submanufacturer, or contractor. 

5. The terms "President", "Act", and "Administrator" as used 

herein shall mean, respectively, the President of the United States, 

the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator of Title 

I of said Act. 

ARTICLE III-HouRs 

1. Except as hereinafter provided no employee shall be permitted 

to work in excess of forty ( 40) hours in any one week nor more 

than eight (8) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period. 

2. No person employed in cl~rical or office work, or in shipping 

departments, or stock rooms, unless he is employed in a managerial, 

superivisory, or executive capacity and earps not less than thirty-five 

dollars ($35.00) per week, shall be permitted to ·work in excess 

of forty ( 40) hours per week, nor more than eight (8) hours in 

any twenty-four C24) hour period, except that such employees may 

be permitted to work forty-eight (48) hours per week during a 

maximum of sixteen weeks in any calendar year, provided that in 

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any calendar year the total number of hours worked by any such 

employee shall not exceed an average o£ forty (40) hours per week. 

3. No watchman shall be permitted to work in excess of fifty -six 

(56) hours in any one week. 

4. The provisions of this article shall not apply to outside sales· 

men or to maintenance men or repair shop crews. 

5. No member of the industry shall operate any machine employed 

in the industry on a schedule o£ more than one shift of forty ( 40) 

hours in any one week, except that for a limited time or times due 

to an emergency arising through accident or similar cause, the Code 

Authority may, upon the express approval of the Administrator, 

and upon such conditions as he may prescribe, authorize the opera· 

tion of machines on a schedule of more than one shift o£ forty ( 40) 

hours per week. 

6. No employee, except such employees as are enumerated in Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this Article, shall be permitted to work more 

than five ( 5) days in any seven (7) day period. 

7. No member of the industry shall knowingly engage any em· 

ployee for any time which when totaled with that already per· 

formed with another member or members of the industry exceeds 

the maximum permitted herein. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

1. Except as hereinafter provided, no employee shall be paid at 

less than at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per week o£ forty 

(40) hours or 32Yz cents per hour. 

2. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay which shall ap· 

ply, irrespective of whether an employee is actually compensated on 

a time-rate, piecework, or other basis. 

3. Subject to review by the Cocle Authority and by the Admjnistra· 

tor, the weekly compensation for employees now in excess o£ minimum wages herein provided shall not be reduced, notwithstanding 

that the hours of work in any such employment may be hereby re· 

duced to forty ( 40) hours per week and piece rates shall be so ad. 

justed that the earnings at said piece rates shall at least be equivalent 

to those obtaining under the longer hours heretofore prevailing. 

4. Persons learning an occupation shall be paid not less than 

seventy-five (75%) percent of the minimum wage which prevails in 

such occupation, provided that the number of such learners shall not 

exceed five ( 5%) percent of the manufacturing employees of any one 

employer and that learners shall not be employed as such for a period 

in excess of six (6) weeks, irrespective of whether they are employed 

by one or more employers. I£ the operation at which any learner is 

engaged has a piecework rate and the amount earned at such rate 

by such learner is more than seventy-five (75%) percent of the mini· 

mum wage which prevails in such occupation, such learner shall be 

paid on a piece-rate basis. 

5. A person whose earning capacity is limited because of age 

or physical or mental handicap may be employed on light work at 

a wage below the minimum established by this Code if the employer 
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obtains from the Code Authority a certificate authorizing his employment at such wages and for such hours as shall be stated in 

the certificate. The Code Authority shall be guided by the instructions of the United States Department of Labor in issuing certificates to such persons, and shall file with the Administrator a record 

of all such certificates issued and such other information as the 

Administrator may require. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

1. No person under sixteen ( 16) years of age shall be employed 

in the industry. 

2. 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 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. 

3. 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. 

4. Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved 

or prescribed by the President. 

5. No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations 

performed for the purpose of defeating the provisions of the Act 

or of this Code. 

6. All members of the industry shall provide for the safety and 

health of their employees. Standards of safety and health shall be 

submitted by the Code Authority to the Administrator within six 

( 6) months after the effective date of this Code. 

7. No provision in this Code shall supersede any law within any 

State which imposes more stringent requirements on employers as 

to age of employees, wages, hours of work, or as to safety, health, 

or sanitary regulations, or insurance, or fire protection, or general 

working conditions, than are imposed by this Code. 

8. All members of the industry shall post complete copies o:f 

Article III, IV, and V of this Code in conspicuous places accessible 

to employees. 

9. Home work is strictly prohibited. 

10. No provision in this Article shall modify established practices 

or privileges as to vacation periods, leaves of absence, or temporary 

absences from work heretofore g~anted to office employees. 

11. Any member of the industry- who at any time shall manufacture any merchandise subject to the provisions of this Code shall be 

bound by all the provisions of this Code as to all employees engaged 

in whole or part of such manufacture. In case any employee shall 

be engaged partly in such manufacture and partly in manufuacture 

of goods of .another character, this Code shall apply to each portion 

of such employee's time as is applied to the manufacture of articles 

subject to the provisions of this Code. 
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12. All manufacturers or jobbers who cause their merchandise to 

be made by contractors shall adhere to the payment of rates for such 

production in an amount sufficient to enable the contractor to pay his 

employees the wages provided in this Code and in addition a reasonable payment to the contractor to cover overhead. 

ARTICLE VI-An~HNISTRA TION 

1. A. Code Authority is hereby con tituted to cooperate with the 

Administrator in the administration of this Code. 

2. Said Code Authority shall consist of not more than twelve (12 ) 

members, to be selected in the manner hereinafter set forth : 

(a) Seven (7) members shall be appointed by the Robe Industry 

Association of America, Inc., subject to the approval of the Board 

of Directors of said Association and to the approval of the Administrator. 

(b) Two (2) member shall be elected by the contractors of this 

industry, subject to the approval of the Administrator. Each such 

member shall be a recognized and bona fide contractor and shall be 

elected by a majority vote of all contractors in the industry. The 

Administrator shall supervise said election. 

(c) In addition to the foregoing, the Administrator may appoint 

not more than three (3) additional members to represent the Administrator or such other interests or groups as may be determined upon. 

Should the Administrator appoint a member, or members, to represent the Administrator, such member, or members, shall serve without expense to the industry. 

3. Each trade or industrial association directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority shall 

(1) impose no inequitable restrictions on membership, and (2) sub- mit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of association, bylaws, regulations and any amendments when made thereto, together 

with such other information as to membership, organization, and 

activities as the A.dministr.a.tor may deem necessary to effectuate the 

purposes of the Act. 

4. In order that the Code Authority shall at all times be truly 

representative of the industry and in other respects comply with 

the provisions of the Act, the Administrator may provide such 

hearings as he may deem proper; and thereafter if he shall find that 

the Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

respects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an 

appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority. 

5. Only members of the industry assenting to thi Code shall be 

entitled to share the benefits of the activities of the Code Authority 

as hereinafter set forth. 

6. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the members 

of the Code Authority partners for any purpo e. Nor hall any 

member of the Code Authority be liable in any manner to anyone 

for any act of any other member, officer, agent, or employee of the 

Code Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority 

be liable to anyone for any action or omission to act under the Code, 

except for his willful misfeasance or nonfeasance. 
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7. The Code Authority shall have the following powers and duties 

to the extent permitted by the Act, and subject to the right of the 

Administrator on review to elisa pprove any action taken by the Code 

Authority. 

(a) To adopt a constitution, bylaws, and rules and regulations for 

its procedure and for the administration and enforcement of this 

Code, and to submit the same to the Administrator for his approval, 

together with true copies of any amendments or additions when made 

thereto, minutes of meetings when held, and such other information as to its activities as the Administrator may require. 

(b) To insure the execution of the provisions of this Code and to 

provide for the compliance of the industry with the provisions of 

the act. 

(c) To create such individual agencies as may be deemed necessary or desirable to assist in the administration of this Code. 

(d) To obtain through a confidential agency from the members 

of the industry reports, statistics, and other information for the use 

of the Code Authority and the Administrator in the administration 

and enforcement of this Code, and for the information of the President, and to give assistance to members of the industry in improving 

methods, or otherwise. Members of the industry shall furnish to 

the Code Authority such duly certified reports as may be required 

as aforesaid. 

(e) To set up, with the approval of the Administrator, a uniform 

cost accounting system for each division or subdivision of the industry. Any member of the industry shall have the privilege of continuing any cost system now in use or of instituting a new cost system 

suitable and adapted to his particular needs, provided that the selling 

price arrived at by the use of any such system shall not be less than 

the cost of that particular article which would be arrived at by the 

use of the uniform cost system recommended by the Code Authority, 

and approved by the Administrator. 

(£) To receive complaints of violations of this Code, make investigations thereof, provide hearings thereon and adjust such complaints, 

and bring to the attention of the proper authorities for prosecution, 

recommendations and information relative to unadjusted violations. 

(g) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems 

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

herein and to pay such trade associations and agencies the cost 

thereof, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority of its duties or responsibilities under this Code and that such 

trade associations and agencies shall at all times be subject to and 

comply with the provisions hereof. 

(h) To coordinate the administration of this Code with such other 

Codes, if any, as may be related to the industry, or any subdivision 

thereof, and to delegate to any other administrative authority, with 

the approval of the Administrator, such powers as will promote joint 

and harmonious action upon matters of common interest. 

(i) To secure an equitable and proportionate payment of the expenses of maintaining the Code Authority and its activities from 

those members of the Industry accepting the benefit~ of the activities 

of the Code Authority or otherwise assenting to this Code . 

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(j) To establish or designate an agency on planning and fair 

practice which shall cooperate with the Code Authority in developing fair trade practices and industrial planning, including the regularization and stabilization of employment for the industry. 

(k) To initiate, consider, and make recommendations for the modification or amendment of this Code. 

(l) To assist in the adjustment of disputes between members of 

the industry. 

(m) To study the subject of manufacturer-contractor relations and 

to make from time to time to the Administrator such recommendation 

thereon as will contribute to the stability of manufacturer-contractor 

relations. 

8. To assist in the administration and enforcement of this Code, 

the Administrator may direct that the Code Authority establish a 

JOINT INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS BOARD consisting of an 

equal nmnber of representatives of employers and employees and an 

impartial chairman elected by the members of the Board, to investigate all matters in the Code relating to hours, wages and general 

labor provisions and to report their findings and recommendations 

to the Code Authority. The designated employee representatives 

shall be truly representative of the employees in this industry and 

shall be selected by such employees. 

9. In addition to the information required to be submitted to the 

Code Authority as set forth in this Article, there shall be furnished 

to government agencies such statistical information as the Administrator may deem necessary for the purposes recited in Section 3 

(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

10. An appeal from any action by the Code Authority affecting 

the rights of any employer or employee in the industry may be 

taken to the Administrator. 

ARTICLE VII-N.R.A. L ABEL 

1. All merchandise manufactured subject to the prov1s10ns of 

this Code shall bear an N .R.A. label to symbolize to purchasers of said 

merchandise the conditions under which it has been manufactured. 

2. Under the power vested in the Admini tra tor by Executive 

Order of October 14, 1933, and under grant of the necessary authority 

by him, the Code Authority shall have the exclusive right in this 

industry to issue and sell said labels to the members thereof. 

3. Each label shall bear a registration number especially assigned 

to each member of the industry by the Code Authority, and shall 

remain attached to all such merchandise when sold to the retail distributor. 

4. Any and all members of the industry may apply to the Code 

Authority for a permit to purchase and use such N.R.A. label, which 

permit shall be granted to them, but only if and so long as they 

comply with this Code. 

5. Subject to the approval of the Administrator, the Code Authority shall establish rules and regulations and appropriate 

machinery for the issuance and sale of labels and the inspection, 

examination, and supervision of the practices of members of the 

industry using such labels for the purposes of ascertaining the right 
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of such members of the industry to the continued use of said labels; 

of protecting purchasers in relying on said labels; and of insuring 

to each individual member of the industry that the symbolism of said 

label will be maintained by virtue of compliance with the provisions 

of this Code by all other members of the industry using said label. 

6. The charge made for such labels by the Code Authority shall 

at all times be subject to supervision and orders of the Administrator. 

ARTICLE VIII-TRADE PRACTICES 

1. The maximum terms of discounts on sales made by members of 

the industry after January 29, 1934, shall be six percent ( 6%) ten 

(10) days, E.O.M. on 1nerchandise made for men and boys, and eight 

percent (8%) ten days E.O.M. on merchandise made for women, 

girls, and infants, anticipation to be permitted at the rate of six 

percent (6%) per annum. For this purpose, any shipment made 

on or after the twenty-fifth (25th) day of the month may be considered made a,s of the first day of the following month. There 

~hall be no post dating except that as to any merchandise sold for 

Fall consumption and shipped by a member during the months of 

July or August, dating as of the following September first, but no 

later, may be granted. 

2. Members of the industry shall sell all merchandise f.o.b. regular 

point of shipment, except that merchandise may be sold delivery free 

within a radius of fifty (50) miles of any city, town, or village from 

which shipment is regularly made. 

In any instance where a member of the industry ships from a, 

warehouse located in a city, town, or village other than his regular 

point of shipment, such merchandise shall be sold upon either one of 

the following alternative bases: 

(a) At a discount lower than otherwise ordinarily charged by 

an amount sufficient to repay to the member the transportation 

charges on such merchandise between said regular point of shipment and said warehouse. If a lowering of discount shall be insufficient to wholly repay said transportation charges to the member, any balance thereof remaining unpaid shall be charged to the 

customer. 

(b) At the regular discount but at a price higher than ordinarily 

charged by an amount sufficient to repay to the member said transportation charges between said points. 

3. No gratuities to purchasers or prospective purchasers, or their 

agents, of any nature whatsoever, shall be offered or paid by any 

member of the industry directly or indirectly; nor shall any purchasing, selling, or brokerage commission or compensation or gratuity, of any nature whatsoever_, be offered or paid by any member 

of the industry, directly or indirectly, to any person, except a person 

regularly employed on the sales staff of such member. 

4. No member of the industry shall, directly or indirectly, enter 

into any agreement, express or implied, to pay any rebate to anyone. 

Commencing as of February 1st, 1934, no member shall, directly or 

indirectly, pay any rebate to anyone, irrespective of the date of any 

agreement to pay such rebate. · 
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5. No member of the industry shall ship merchandise on consignment or memorandum. 

6. Merchandise covered by the provisions of thi Code sold and 

delivered by members of the indu try in ub tantial compliance with 

an order or contract shall not be accepted by such member for 

return. No member of the industry hall ell any merchandise on 

1!J2proval or with the privilege to return. 

7. No member of the industry shall knowingly withhold from or 

insert in any quotation or invoice any statement that makes it 

inaccurate in any material particular. 

8. No member of the indu try shall pay directly or indirectly any 

part of the advertising expenses of any purcha er, pro pective purchaser, or their agents; nor shall any member of the indu try directly or indirectly furnish either partly or wholly grati to any 

purchaser, prospective purchaser, or their agents any literature or 

printed matter for redistribution or any premiums (whether or not 

in the form of merchandise) , excepting window cards, monogram , 

jobbers' selling kits, newspaper cuts and mats. 

9. No member of the industry shall publish advertising (whether 

printed, radio, display, or of any other nature) which is misleading 

or inaccurate in any material particular, nor shall any member in 

any way misrepresent any merchandise (including but without limitation its use, trade mark, grade, quality quantity, origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, material, content, or preparation) or 

credit terms, "Values, policies, services, or the nature or form of the 

business conducted. 

10. No member of the industry shall brand or mark or pack any 

merchandise in any manner which is intended to or does deceive 

or mislead purchaser with respect to the brand, grade, quality, 

quantity, origin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, material 

content, or preparation of such merchandise. 

11. No member of the industry shall publish advertising which 

refers inaccurately in any material particular to any competitors or 

their merchandise price values credit terms, policies, or ervices. 12. No member of the industry shall publi h or circulate unjustified or unwarranted threats of legal proceedings which tend 

to or have the effect of harassing competitors or intimidating their 

customers. 

13. No member of the industry shall give pei'tmit to be given, or 

directly offer to give an:5 thing of value for the purpose of influencing 

or rewarding the action of any employee agent, or representative 

of another in relation to the business of the employer of such employee, the principal of such agent or the represented party, without 

the lmowledge of such employer, principal, or party. 

14. No member of the industry shall sell any merchandise subject 

to the provisions of this Code at a price below his own individual cost 

as computed by the uniform cost sy tern provided in Article VI, 

Section 7 (e) of this Code; provided, however, that a member of 

the industry may sell at a price below his own individual cost in 

order to meet the competition of another member who is not himself 

selling at a price below his own individual cost. This rule shall not 

apply to bona fide seasonal clearance sale or to the ale of imperfect 
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or actually damaged or distressed merchandise; subject to the approval of the Adn1inistrator, the Code Authority may establish 

regulations to govern such sales. 

ARTICLE IX-:MoDIFICATION 

1. 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 National Industrial 

Recovery Act, from time to time to cancel or modify any order, 

approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under Title I of 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 

imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

2. This Code, except as to provisions required by the Act, may be 

modified on the basis of experience or changes in circumstances, such 

modification to be based upon application to the Administrator, and 

such notice and hearing as he shall specify, and to become effective 

on approval by the Administrator. 

ARTICLE X-MONOPOLIES, ETC. 

No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE XI-PRICE INCREASES 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increase real purchasing power 

will be made impossible of consummation if prices of goods and services increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that for the present 

price increases should be delayed, but when made such increases 

should, so far as possible, be limited to actual additional increases 

in the seller's costs. 

ARTICLE XII-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after 

approval. 

Approved Code No. 211. 

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