Approved Code No. 419 Registry No. 1026-02 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·OMPETITION 

FOR THE . 

SOFT LIME ROCK INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON MAY 7, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 419 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SOFT LIME ROCK INDUSTRY 

As Approved on May 7, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CoDE OF FAIR CoMPETITIO~ FOR THE SoFT LIME RocK 

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 Soft Lime Rock Industry, and hearings 

having 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; provided, however, that 

the provisions of Article VIII, (Section 3) insofar as they prescribe 

a waiting period between the filing with the Code Authority and the 

effective date of price lists, as originally filed and/ or revised price 

lists or revised terms and conditions of sale, be and they are hereby 

stayed pending my further Order; and provided further, that the 

Code Authority shall not later than ninety days after the date of 

this Order, submit to the Administrator further evidence that the 

averaging of hours as provided in Section 1 of Article III is necessary 

in this Industry. 

HuGHS. JoHNsoN, 

Administrator for Industrial Reoovery. 

Approval recommended: · 

A. R. GLANCY, 

Division Administrator. 

'VASHINGTON, D.C., 

ill ay 7, 1934. 

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REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PREsiDENT, 

The White H o'W3e. 

Sm: This is a report on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Soft Lime Rock Industry, a hearing on which was conducted in 

Washington on the second of November, 1933, in accordance with 

the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

PROVISIONS OF '.fHE CODE AS TO WAGES AND HOURS 

This Code provides for a maximum work week of forty hours as 

averaged over any three months period, forty-eight hours in any 

one week, eight hours in any one day and six days in any seven-day 

period. For all time worked in excess of eight hours per day or 

forty hours per week, payment is to be made at the rate of not less 

than one and one-half times the normal rate of pay. Exceptions 

to the maximum working limits above are provided for outside salesmen; executives, supervisors, or technical assistants receiving not 

less than $35.00 per week; watchmen, who may work fifty-six hours 

per week; employees engaged in emergency maintenance or repair 

work, who receive overtime for all time in excess of the above prescribed limits; and clerical employees, who are limited to forty hours 

per week, eight hours per day and six days per week. 

This Code provide for minimum hourly rates of pay of 40 cents 

in the North, 30 cents in the intermediate zone, and 25 cents in the 

South, regardless of whether an employee is compensated on a time 

rate, piecework, or other basis. A provision is made for the readjustment of compensation for employment now in excess of the 

minimum wages prescribed. Clerical and office employees are to be 

paid at not less than at the rate of $14.00 per week in the South, and 

$15.00 per week elsewhere. 

No person under sixteen years of age may be employed, and no 

person under eighteen years of age may work at hazardous or unhealthy occupations. Provisions are included for posting of the 

Code, for the health and safety of employees, for handicapped persons, as well as other provisions for the general welfare of 

employees. 

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE CODE 

As reported by the Southeastern Soft Lime Rock Association, the 

1933 shipments of the products of .this Industry have decreased 

about 57 percent below that in 1931. Accordingly, serious competition has existed with the result that ruinous price-cutting has been 

practiced. By reason of the provision in this Code prohibiting unfair trade practices, and the provisions relating to selling below 

cost and price publication, it is believed that the price structure 

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within the Industry will be materially stabilized by reason of the 

approval of this Code. 

The l\iembers of this Industry are located entirely in the Southeastern Gulf and Atlantic States, and are engaged in quarrying and 

crushing a type of lime rock obtained and used commercially only 

in this area. The minimum wage paid prior to October, 1933, at 

which time Codal rates became effective by agreement between JYiembers of the Industry, had been 10 cents per hour, and it had been 

customary to work 10 hours per day and 6 days per week, whenever 

business demanded and weather permitted such operations. The 

Codal minimum rate for the area affected, will represent an increase 

of about 150 percent over the minimum rate prior to the 1933 Codal 

agreement. The average earnings prior to this date were about 18 

cents per hour, while the average since has been about 33 cents per 

hour, as based on best available data. With any reasonable volume 

of business, it is estimated that the average weekly earnings, in spite 

of shorter working time, will far exceed those for any recent previous 

year, including the year 1929. 

FINDINGS 

The Assistant Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on 

said Code having found as herein set fo~th and on the basis of all 

the proceedings in this matter; 

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 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 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 em- ployees; and is not classified by me as a major industry. 

(c) The Code as a.pproved 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 said association imposes no inequitable 

restrictions on admission to membership therein. 

(d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopo~ies 

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

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

Code. 

For these reasons, therefore, I have approved this Code. 

Respectfully, 

M.AY 7, 1934. 

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HUGH s. JOHNSON' 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SOFT LIME 

ROCK INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES 

To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Soft Lime Rock Industry and shall bs 

the standard of fair competition for such Industry and shall bs 

binding on every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. Industr"lj.-The term "Industry" as used herein includes the quarrying and/or crushing and/ or sale of soft lime rock 

as herein defined. 

SECTION 2. The term " soft lime rock " as used herein means a soft 

porous limestone which breaks and crushes readily when freshly 

quarried, and when applied in crushed form as a road base has the 

property of packing into a firm cemented mass resistant to wear 

and water; such rock containing more than 80% of calcium carbonate and having properties comparable to the material termed 

" Ocala Limestone." 

SECTION 3. Member of the Indrustry.-The term "Member of the 

Indu try " as used herein includes anyone included in the Industry, . 

as above defined, either as an employeJ; or on his own behalf. 

SECTION 4. Employee.-The term "employee" as used herein includes anyone engaged in the Industry in any capacity receiving 

compensation for his or her services, irrespective of the nature or 

method of payment of such compensation, except a Member of the ·Indu try. 

SECTION 5. E1nployer.-The term "employer" as used herein include anyone by whom any such employee is compensated or 

employed. 

SECTION 6. President, Act and Adrminist1·ator.-The terms" President", "Act" and "Administrator" as used herein shall mean respectiYel}, the President of the United States, Title I of theN ational 

Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator for Industrial 

Recov ry. 

SECTION 7. Association.-The term "Association" as used herein 

means the Southeastern Soft Lime Rock Association. 

ARTICLE III 

SECTION 1. Except as hereinafter provided, no employee shall be 

permitted to work for more than eight (8) hours in any one day nor 

more than forty ( 40) hours per week as averaged over any three 

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(3) months' period, nor more than forty-eight ( 48) hours in any 

one week; nor more than six ( 6) days in any seven ( 7) day period; 

provided, however, that over-time rates of at least one and one-halt 

( 1lj2 ) times the normal rate shall be paid for all hours worked in 

excess of eight (8) per day or forty ( 40) per week. 1 

SECTION 2. E xceptio,ns.-The maximum hours specified in Section 

1 of this Article shall not apply to the following: 

(a) Outside salesmen; nor to Executives, Supervisors or technical 

assistants who receive regularly not less than $35.00 per week. 

(b) Watchmen, who may be permitted to work not over fifty-six 

(56) hours in any one week. 

(c) Employees engaged in emergency maintenance or emergency 

repair work involving breakdowns or protection of life or property, 

but in any such special case, at least one and one-half (11/2 ) times 

their normal rate shall be paid for all time worked in excess of the 

maximum hours established in Section 1 of this Article. 

(d) Employees engaged in clerica~ or office work, provided the 

total working hours of such employees shall not exceed forty ( 40) 

hours in any one week nor eight (8) hours in any one day nor six 

( 6) days in any one week. 

SECTION 3. Employers who personally perform manual work or 

are engaged in mechanical operations shall be subject to the same 

limitations on working time provided in this Article as to employees. 

SECTION 4. No employer shall knowingly permit any employee to 

work for any time which, when totaled with that already performed 

with any other employer or employers, exceeds the maximum permitted herein. 

ARTICLE IV-WAGES 

SECTioN 1. No employee shall be paid at less than at the hourly ·rates specified in the following schedule. This minimum wage 

shall apply to common labor 'or unskilled labor. _ 

(a) Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina;-

twenty-five (25¢) cents. 

(b) Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, North 

Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia ;-thirty ( 30¢) 

cents. 

(c) All that territory not included in sub-sections (a) and (b) 

of this section ;-forty ( 40¢) cents. 

SECTION 2. This Article establishes a minimum rate of pay regardless of whether an employee is compensated on a time rate, 

piecework, or other basis. 

SECTION 3. Wages shall be paid at least twice a month not otherwise than in lawful money or by negotiable check therefor payable 

on demand. This Article establishes rates of pay which shall be 

exempt from any charge, fines, or deductions by the employer other 

than those voluntarily agreed to by the employee, or required by law. 

SECTION 4. Employers shall not reduce the compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum wages herein established 

(notwithstanding that the hours worked in such employment may b0 

hereby reduced) and shall increase the pay for such employment 

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by an equitable readju tment of all pay schedules. Each ~fember 

of the Industry shall, within sixty. (60) days after th~ ~ffective 

date of this Code, report on such readJustments to the Admm1strator. 

SECTION 5. Employees engaged in clerical or office work shall be 

paid at not less than at the rate of $15.00 per week, except that in the 

states specified in Section 1 (a) of Article IV, such employees shall 

be paid at not les than at the rate of $14.00 per w ek. 

ARTICLE V-GENERAL LABOR PROVISIONS 

SECTION 1. No person under sixteen ( 16) years of ao-e shall be 

employed in the Industry; nor anyone under eighteen (18) years of 

age at operations or occupations hazardous in nature or detrimental 

to health. The Code Authority as hereinafter establi hed shall submit to the Administrator not later than thirty (30) days after the 

effective date, a list of such occupations. In any State an employer 

shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if he shall have 

on file a certificate or permit duly issued by the authority in such 

State empowered to issue employment or age certificates or permits 

showing that the employee is of the required age. 

SECTION 2. (a) Employees shall have the right to organize and 

bargain collectively through repr entatives of their own choosing, 

and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coersion 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. 

(b) No employee and no one seeking employment shall be required 

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

l'efrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

of his own choosing; and 

(c) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor 

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

or prescribed by the President. 

SEcTION 3. (a) 'Vi thin each State this Code shall not supersede 

any laws of such State imposing more stringent requirements on 

employers regulating the age of employees, wages, hours of work, 

or health, or fire protection or general working conditions than 

prescribed in this Code. 

(b) No employer shall reclassify employees or duties of occupations performed or engage in any other subterfuge for the purpose 

of defeating the provisions of the Act or of this Code. 

(c) Each Member of the Industry shall post copies of the provisions of this Code in accordance with the rules and regulations as 

may be from time to time prescribed by the Administrator. 

(d) Each employer shall provide for the health and safety of his 

employees during the hours and at the places of their employment. 

Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the Code 

Authority to the Administrator within six ( 6) months after the 

effective date of this Code. 

SECTION 4. A person who e earning capacity is limited because 

f age, physical or mental handicap, or other infirmity, may be employed on light work at a wage below the minimum established by 

this Code, if the employer obtains from the State Authority, desig-
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nated by the U.S. Department of Labor, a certificate authorizing 

such person's employment at such wages and for such hours as shall 

be stated in the certificate. Such authority shall be guided by the 

instructions of the U.S. Department of Labor in issuing certificates 

to such persons. Each employer shall file n1onthly with the Code 

Authority a list of all such persons employed by him, showing the 

wages paid to, and the maximum hoursrof work for, such employee. 

SECTION 5. No employee shall be required, as a condition of 

employment, to trade at a store owned or specified by an employer. 

SECTION 6. Employees, other than maintenance or supervisory men, 

or those necessary to protect property, shall not be required, as a 

condition of employment, to live in houses rented from or specified 

by their employers. 

ARTICLE VI-Am\HNISTRATION 

SECTION 1. Oode Authority.-A Code Authority is hereby established for the administration of this Code. 

SECTION 2. M embership.-The Code Authority shall consist of the 

Executive Committee of the Association, as this Committee is from 

time to time constituted; and, if deemed necessary by the Administrator, not more than two (2) additional :Members of the Industry, 

not Members of the Association, who shall be elected on a fair basis 

by the Members of the Industry; and, in addition shall include from 

one to three members without vote to be appointed by the Administrator. The Members appointed by the Administrator shall be 

without vote and shall be given notice of and may sit at all meetings 

of the Code Authority. Similar notice of meetings of the Code 

Authority shall also be given to the Administrator. 

SECTION 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) submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles 

of association, by-laws, regulations, and any amendments when made 

thereto, together with such other information as to membership, 

organization, and activities as the Administrator may deem necessary 

to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

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

be truly r epresentative 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 r espects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require 

an appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority, or any sub-Code Authority. 

SECTION 5. The Code Authority shall be the general planning and 

coordinating agency for the Industry. It shall have the powers and 

duties as provided herein, and in addition thereto, it shall 

(a) Upon complaint of interested parties or on its own initiative, 

make such inquiries and investigation into the operation of the 

Code ns may be necessary, subject to such rules and regulations as 

the Administrator may prescribe. 

(b) Subject to such rules and r egulatjons as the Administrator 

may prescribe to elect such officers and make such rules and regula-
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tions as are necessary for the administration of this Code, including 

the appointment of such sub-committees and agencies as are required 

to properly effectuate the purposes of the Code, provided, however, 

that the Code Authority shall not be relieved of its responsibilityi 

and that such sub-committees or agencies shall comply with al 

applicable provisions of this Code. 

(c) To obtain from ~IemiJers of the Industry such information 

and reports as are required for the administration of the Code and 

to provide for submission by l\1embers of uch 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 to such administrative andjor government agencies as the Administrator may designate; provided, however, that nothing in this Code shall relieve any Member of the Industry of any existing obligation to furnish reports to any government agency. No individual reports shall be eli closed to any other 

Member of the Industry or any other party except to such governmental agencies as may be directed by the Administrator. 

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

of any National Recovery Administration insignia solely by those 

Members of the Industry who have a sented to, and are complying 

with this Code. 

(e) To appoint a trade practice committee which may meet with 

the trade practice committees appointed under such other Codes as 

may be related to the Industry for the purpose of formulating fair 

trade practices to govern the relationships between production and 

distribution employers under this Code and under such others to the 

end that such fair trade practices may be proposed to the Administrator as amendments to this Code and such other Codes. 

SECTION 6. If the Administrator shall determine that any action 

of the Code Authority or any agency thereof may be unfair or unjust 

or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator may require 

that such action be uspended to afford an opportunity for investigation of the merits of such action and further consideration by the 

Code Authority or agency pending final action which hall 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. 

SECTION 7. Only those :Members of the Industry who assent to 

and comply with the requirements of this Code and sustain their 

reasonable share of the expenses of its administration shall be entitled to participate in and share the benefits of the activities of the 

Code Authority and to participate in the selection of the members 

th reo£, and to use the National Recovery Administration Code insignia. A reasonable share of the expenses of administration shall 

bo determined by the Code Authority on the basis of volume of 

business and/ or such other factors as may be deemed equitable to be 

taken into consideration. 

ARTICLE VII-TRADE PRACTICES 

UNFAIR TR..illE PRACTICES 

The following practices con titute unfair methods of competition 

for Members of the Indu try and are prohibited. 
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SECTION 1. S ecret R ebates.-To make secret prepayment of transportation charges or permit the payment or allowance of secret 

rebates, refunds, credits, or unearned discounts, whether in the form 

of money or otherwise, or extending to certain purchasers special 

services or privileges not extended to all purchasers of the same 

class under like terms and conditions. 

SECTION 2. Contract Interference.-To interfere wilfully with anyone by any means or device whatsoever, in any existing contract between a seller and a purchaser in or concerning the production, manufacture, tr ansportation, purchase, or sale of any industry product or 

the performance of any contractual duty or service connected therewith, with tho intent andjor effect of thereby destroying or appropriating in whole or in part the property or business of another 

engaged in the industry governed by this Co<ie. SECTION 3. Lwmp-Sum Bidding.-To sell any industry product 

except on a unit-price basis. 

SECTION 4. Contingent Selling.-To enter into any agreement for 

furnishing any industry product contingent upon the sale or purchase of any other product or service or other contingency not appearing in the contract. 

SECTION 5. To quote prices on Industry products, or to sell, or to 

offer same for sale, without having complied with Article VIII of 

this Code. 

SECTION 6. ComtmerciaJl Bribery.-No Member of the Industry 

shall give, permit to be given, or directly offer to give, anything of 

value for the purpose of influencing or rewarding the action of any 

employee, agent, or repre·sentative of another in relation to the business of the employer of such employee, the principal of such agent or 

the represented party, without the knowledge of such employer, principal, or party. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit free 

and general distribution of articles commonly used for advertising, 

except so far as such articles are actually used for commercial bribery 

as hereinabove defined. 

ARTICLE VIII 

SECTION 1. The Code Authority shall -cause to be formulated an 

accounting system and methods of cost finding andjor estimating 

capable of use by all Members of the Industry. After such system 

and methods have been formulated, full details concerning them shall 

be made available to all Members, as shall full details of all changes 

therein as and when made. Before becoming effective the cost system 

and methods of cost finding and estimating and all changes therein 

shall be filed with the Administrator for his approval. After full 

details concerning such system and methods have been made a vailable to all Members of the Industry, and thereafter, all Members 

shall determine and/ or estimate costs in accordance with the principles of such methods. 

SECTION 2. No Member of the Industry shall sell any industry 

product at less than his own cost except to meet the competition of 

another Member of the Industry whose costs under this Code are 

lower. Cost for the purpose of this Section shall include all cost 

as developed by the uniform cost accounting system provided in Section 1, except interest on indebtedness, interest on investment, 

depreciation on unused facilities and account losses. 
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SECTION 3. (a) Within ten (10) days after the effective date of 

this Code, each Member of the Industry shall file witli the Code 

Authority all prices, terms, and conditions of sale for industry products, which shall be f.o.b. plant, and such prices, terms, and conditions of sale shall be effective within five (5) days after the date 

of filing. Revi eel price , terms and conditions of sale may be filed 

to become effective five ( 5) days after the date of filing. The Code 

Authority shall immediately cause copies of all such prices, terms, 

and conditions of sale filed with it, together with any revised prices1 

terms and conditions of sale, to be distributed among :Members ot 

the Industry and such copies shall b~ made available for public 

information. 

(b) No provision contained herein shall be construed as preventing any l\1ember of the Industry from meeting as of their effective 

date, the prices, tenns and conditions of sale filed as hereinabove 

provided by any other l\!Iember of the Industry. 

(c) Except as provided in the foregoing sub-section (b), no Member of the Industry shall sell or offer for sale any industry products 

on more favorable terms to the purchaser than as contained in the 

lists of prices, terms and conditions of sale filed and in effect as hereinabove provided. 1 

ARTICLE I X-U NIFORl\1 SALES AND CREDIT PRACTICES 

The Code Authority may establish uniform sales and credit practices for this Industry and after approval by the Administrator such 

practices shall be binding upon all Members of the Industry and a 

violation of such practices shall constitute a violation of this Code. 

ARTICLE X 

The Code Authority may obtain information from all Mombers 

of the Industry to enable it to ascertain the existing and potential 

productive capacity of the Industry. Any Member of the Industry 

shall inform the Code Authority of his intention to install additional 

plant capacity or to move an existing plant from one producing area 

to another. Such Member shall, upon request, be entitled to obtain 

from the Code Authority the available information mentioned in the 

first sentence of this section. The Code Authority may also make 

such recommendations to the Administrator as it may deem fit for 

the purposes of effectuating the policies of the Act or for administering the provi ion of this Code. 

ARTICLE XI-l\10DIFICA TION AND AMENDMENT 

SECTION 1. Statutory Provisions.-This Code and all the provisions hereof are made subj ect to the right of the President, under 

sub-section (b) of Section 10 of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act, from time to time t o cancel or modify any order, approval, 

license, rule or regulation i sued under Title I of said Act and pecifically, but without limitation, to the right of the Presi lent to 

cancel or modify his approval of this Code or any conditions 

imposed by him upon his approval thereof. 

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SECTION 2. Amendm.ents.-The Code Authority may from time to 

time propose amendments to this Code to the Administrator; and 

this Code, except as to provisions required by the Act, may be modified on the basis of experience or changes in cj rcumstances, such 

modification to be based upon application to the Administrator 

after such notice and hearing as he may specify, and to become 

effective on approval of the Administrator. 

ARTICLE JCII-~10NOPOLIES 

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

ARTICLE JCIII-PRICE INCREASES 

Whereas the policy of the Act to increase real purchasing power 

will be made impossible of consummation if prices of goods and 

servjces increase as rapidly as wages, it is recognized that price 

increases should be delayed and that, when made, the same should, 

so far as reasonably possible, be limited to actual increases in the 

seller's costs. 

ARTICLE JCIV-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the beginning of the tenth 

day after its approval by the President. 

Approved Code No. 419. 

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