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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SHIRT CUT LININGS 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 260-02 

The Code for the Shirt Cut Linings Industry 

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

industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 

to be regarded as having received the approval of 

the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SHIRT CUT-LININGS 

INDUSTRY 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of theN ational Industrial Recovery Act during the period of the emergency by reducing and relieving 

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

and employers, relieving the disastrous effects of overcapacity and 

otherwise rehabilitating the shirt cut-linings indm;;try, and by increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural products, by 

increasing purchasing power and in other respects, the following 

provisions are established as a Code of fair competitioh for the shirt 

cut-linings industry. 

I. DEFINITIONS 

The term "shirt cut-linings industry" as used herein is defined to 

mean the manufacture of neckbands, collar linings, cuff linings, and 

center and button piece linings for shirts. 

The term "employee" as used herein is defined to mean: 

a. Knife cutters, 

b. Die cutters, 

c. Spreaders, 

d. Roller and roll cutters, 

e. Pickers and stampers, 

which constitutes all of the classifications of persons employed in the 

conduct of such operations. 

The term "employer" as used herein shall include all persons 

engaged in or promoting the manufacture of cut linings for shirts. 

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

mean all machinery used in the shirt cut-linings industry. 

The term "effective date" is defined to mean the first Monday 

following the approval of this Code by the President of the United 

States. 

The term ''persons '' as used herein is defined to mean natural 

persons, partnerships, associations, and corporations. 

II 

On and after the effective date, employers in the shirt cut-linings 

industry shall not employ any person under the age of sixteen years. 

III 

On and after the effective date, the minimum wage that shall be 

paid by employers in the shirt cut-linings industry to the several 

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classifications of employees employed in the conduct and operations 

of the industry shall be not less than as follows: 

Knife cutters ____________________________________________ _ Die cutters __________________________________________ ____ _ Spreaders _______________________________________________ _ 

Rollers and roll cutters ___________________________________ _ Pickers and stampers _____________________________________ _ 

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Per hour 

$1. 37~ 

1. 07% 

. 67% 

. 75 

. 30 

On and after the effective date, employers in the shirt cut-linings 

industry shall not operate upon a schedule of hours of labor for their 

employees, except repair-shop crews, engineers, electricians, firemen, 

shipping and stock clerks, porters, watchmen, and office staff, in case 

of emergency, in excess of a total of two thousand eighty (2,080) hours 

during the year and shall not operate productive machinery in the 

shirt cut-linings industry more than one shift for an average of 40 

hours per week. 

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With a vieiv of keeping the President of the United States informed 

as to the observance or nonobservance of this Code of fair competition 

and as to whether the shirt cut-linings industry is taking the appropriate steps to effectuate the declared policy of theN ational Industrial 

Recovery Act, each person engaged in the industry shall furnish duly 

certified report every four (4) weeks showing actual number of hours 

worked by the various occupational groups of employees, and the 

minimum rates of pay and such other information as may be required 

from time to time in such form as may hereafter be provided by 

Associated Manufacturers of Shirt Cut Linings, Inc. , New York, 

N.Y., which i constituted the agency to collec and receive such 

report . VI 

Employers in the shirt cut-linings industry shall comply with the 

requirements of theN a tiona! Industrial Recovery Act as follows: 

1. "That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain 

collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall 

be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, 

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

2. "That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be 

required, as a condition of employment, to join any company union, 

or refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

of his own choosing; 

3. "That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President." 
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VII 

On and after the effective date no person engaged in the shirt cut- linin~s industry shall sell or offer for sale the products manufactured 

by him at less than cost, nor shall such person manufacture for sale 

at a price destructive of the capital investment and likewise to the 

earning power of labor. For the purpose of determining the cost, 

there shall be a uniform cost-accounting system applicable to the 

entire industry. 

VIII 

On and after the effective date no person engaged in the shirt cutlinings industry shall ship or deliver any merchandise to any customer 

on memorandum or consignment. 

IX . . 

On and after the effective date no person engaged in the shirt cutlinings industry shall sell or offer for sale on terms other than for 

cash, except that discounts may be allowed of three percent (3%) for 

cash within ten days (10) end of month, or two percent (2%) for 

cash within ten days (10), sixty days (60) extra. 

X 

On and after the effective date all products of the shirt cut-linings 

industry shall be sold F.O.B. shipping point. 

XI 

On and after the effective data no person engaged in the shirt cutlinings industry shall allow any rebates, and/or refunds, and/or 

special discounts in any form to any customer, his agent, or his buyer, 

under any condition whatsoever. 

XII 

On and after the effective date no person engaged in the shirt cutlinings industry shall falsely mark the grades and/or weights of his 

products for the purpose of misleading or deceiving purchasers with 

respect to the origin, trade marks, or construction of such products. 

XIII 

On or after the effective date any violations of any of the prohibitions contained anywhere in Sections VII to :X.II, inclusive, in this 

Code, shall constitute unfair competition. 

XIV 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject 

to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions of 

Section 10 B of the National Industrial Recovery Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify a.ny order, approval, license, rule, or regula-
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tion issued under Title I of said Act, and specifically 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. 

XV 

:'1 Such of the provisions of this Code as are not .required to be included therein by the National Industrial Recovery Act may, with 

the approval of the President of the United States, be modified or 

eliminated as changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. 

They shall remain in effect unless and until so modified or eliminated 

or until the expiration of the Act. It is contemplated that from time 

to time supplementary provisions to this Code or additional Codes 

will be submitted for the approval of the President to prevent unfair 

competition and other unfair and destructive competitive practices 

and to effectuate the other purposes and policies of Title I of the 

National Industrial Recovery Act consistent with the provisions 

hereof. 

XVI 

To further effectuate the policies of the Act, the Board of Directors 

of Associated Manufacturers of Shirt Out Linings, Inc., or such 

successor body as may hereafter be constituted by the action of 

Associated Manufacturers of Shirt Out Linings, Inc., is hereby designated together with three persons (who shall ·have no vote) to be 

named by the Administrator as a planning, fair practice, and supervising agency for the industry. 

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