Registry No.ll33-10 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR CO·MPETITION 

FOR THE 

LOCKSMITH INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 

WE DO OUR PART 

The Code for the Locksmith 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 

WASlliNGTON: 1933 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE NATIONAL 

LOCKSMITHS' ASSOCIATION 

AS SUBMITTED TO THE ADMINISTRATOR AUGUST 25, 1933 

ARTICLE I-DEFINITION 

The tern1 ' Locksmith hall apply to any person having three 

or more year experience at the trade, and those working at the locksmithing trade with les than three years experience hall be known 

as Junior Locksmith . 

ARTI LE II-LABOR PROVISION 

SECTION 1. No person under the age of 16 years shall be permitted 

to work at the locksmithing bu iness except for purposes of delivery 

or waiting upon trade, in which cases they shall not work longer 

than three hour per day, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. 

Such employees in all cases shall be more than 14 years of age, and 

these hours shall in no case conflict with school hours. Wages for 

such services shall not be lower than 30¢ per hour. 

SEc. 2. Junior Locksmiths shall not receive less than the minimum 

wage prescribed by the code, which in cities of over 500,000 population would be $15.00 per week, and in cities of less than 500,000 

it would be $14.50 per week. No Junior Locksmith shall be 

permitted to operate any locksmithing shop or department without 

the supervision and advice of a competent Locksmith. 

SEc. 3. Locksmiths working on a salary basis shall receive as a 

minimum wage $24.00 per week. Those employed on a percentage 

basis shall receive a guarantee of the minimum wage, or $24.00 

per week, unle s said employee is working part time, in which case 

a minimum hourly guarantee of 75¢ per hour shall be made. 

SEc. 4. No Locksmith or Junior Locksmith shall be employed 

longer than 40 hours per week with the exception of emergency 

cases such as lockouts, etc., in which cases a maximum of 48 hours 

per week is agreed upon, it being understood that time and one third 

is to be paid for all time over 40 hours. 

SEc. 5. Locksmiths called in an emergency to open locks of intricate design or mechani m, such a bank vaults, etc., may, if the 

emergency warrants, work straight through, regardless of the hours 

consumed to complete the job, when such an emergency requires 

that said locking device mu t be opened at the earliest po ible 

moment. Hour taken for uch work shall apply to the remaining 

hour for the week and time and one third shall be paid for every 

hour over the 40-hour week. In the event that the time should run 

longer than 4 hour in uch an emergency, he shall receive time 

and one half for all hour worked over the 4 -hour minimum, and 

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such hour u ed shall be ducted from th 4 -hour m1mmum of 

the en uing we k. 

E . 6. Employees in an tabli hment whi h make keys but who 

do work a clerk hall paid and employe l a per the code 

e tabli .. h l for Juni r Lo k mith and Lo k mith and shall not be 

permitt l to cut ke r unl s they are so em1loye . Thi hall not 

affect cl rk unl s th y a tuall. do key work. 

E . 7. Pursuant to ub ction (a) of ection 7 of the National 

Indu trial Recovery ct an l o long a the Code hall be in effect, 

the Code hall be subje t to the following conditions: 

(1) That mpl yee hall ha e the riCYht to organjze and bargain 

.collecti' ly through repre entativ s of th ir o'vn ch o in~ and hall 

be free from the interferen e, re traint, or coer ion ot employers 

of labor or their agent , in the designation of uch repre entatives 

or in self-organization or in other cone rted activities for the purpo e of ollective bargainino· or other mutual aid or protection: 

(2) That no employee an l no one eeking employment shall be 

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

or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of his own choosing; and 

(3) That employers hall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President. 

ARTICLE III-GENERAL PROVI ION 

SECTION 1. No e tabli hment hall be permitted to open a keycutting department unless at least one Locksmith with three or more 

years' experience is placed in charge, or i working full tim within 

the concern. Thi shall not be construed to mean that when such 

a Lock mith is employe l, that he should spend the entire time as 

a Locksmith. However, it shall mean that during the entire time 

the department is open for busine s he shall be available for purpo es of lock work if the occa ion demands hi er ices. 

SEc. 2. No Locksmith shall, under this code~ make a pa skey for 

any firm or individual without fir t ascertaining that the person 

ordering such is entitled to, or has the authority to have same made, 

and in no case shall any Locksmith make a key by code number 

or otherwise for locks not brought to his establishment, for persons 

unknown to him or to per n n t presenting po itive proof that 

they are the rightful owner of aid lock or authorized to procure 

same by the prop r owner or authorities. 

EC. 3. L ck mith hall in no ca ·e open an. af mon . h t r 

other con ainers f valuable. at any tim without fir t b inCY Ire- ented with prop r creel ntial fr m th wn r th r of and in all 

cases shall make c rtain that the I arti mployinO' hi rvi e ha 

the proper authority to ha v aid device op ned. Thi hall al o 

apply to hou e door , store door building t . 

EC. 4. Lock miths shall obtain a ign l receipt for an. key made 

by code number or any master or pass key made. Said re ipt hall 
show the name and address o£ the party rece1vmg ame and uch 

receipts hall be kept on file £or a period o£ at least one year, as a 

record o£ where such keys were sold or delivered. 

SEo. 5. No Lock mith shall under this code sell blank key to person not known to be engaged in the Locksmithing bu ines a locksmiths or Junior Locksmiths. 

SEc. 6. Keys commonly known as "pa skeys" shall at no time be 

sold to person un ler the age o£ 18 year . The term " passkey" shall apply to ready-cut keys, purchased as a fini heel product 

£rom factories producing them and which are designed to open a 

great many locks using similar keys. This applies to pa keys £or 

door locks, night latche , padlocks, automobile switche , and other 

locks £or which they are offered £or sale. 

SEc. 7. Firms selling passkeys shall obtain the name and address 

o£ party purchasing same and a record kept o£ the type o£ pa skey 

purchased. 

ARTICLE IV-UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES 

The following practices are now prevalent and are deemed by this 

organization as unfair and having a deleterious effect upon the 

working conditions and wages o£ those working at the trade, and 

upon the trade as a whole. 

SECTION 1. The establishment o£ a scale o£ prices which does not 

return sufficient revenue to recompense the shop operator £or the 

time spent in turning out the product, the investment he has made in 

order to be able to turn out said product, and the material, supplies, 

power, etc., used in turning it out. 

SEc. 2. The practice o£ other concerns, engaging in the simpler 

operations or services o£ the locksmiths, such as duplicating, etc., 

thereby depriving the locksmith o£ his just revenue £or such services. 

SEc. 3. The practice o£ other concerns, whose major operations are 

along other lines, o£ duplicating keys, charging for such services 

only a nominal sum, or doing it free o£ charge, as a trade stimulator 

for -their major line o£ endeavor, thus depriving the locksmith o£ 

work and compensation he should be receiving. 

SEc. 4. The practice o£ persons not experienced as locksmiths o£ 

charging less £or locksmithing operations they perform than is 

charged by the locksmiths operating in that community. 

SEc. 5. The practice by either locksmiths or other individuals o£ 

impairing the security o£ any lock in any manner whatsoever, 

whether by removing parts or weakening the lock structure. 

SEc. 6. The practice o£ making keys in office buildings, hotels, realestate offices, school , and other institutions, by any except locksmiths as defined in Article 1. 

SEc. 7. The practice o£ allowing quantity discounts to . customers 

not entitled to such. 

SEc. 8. The practice o£ traveling locksmiths have a me:tll capital 

outlay, o£ cutting prices prevailing in the community in which they 

happen to be, in competition to firms who pay taxes, rent, etc. 
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RTICLE V-EXE TIYE M~1ITTEE 

Thi organization recomm nd th app intment of an Ex utive 

Committ e fairly repr enting th lo k mithincr ra e of cliff r nt 

section of the ountry, the work of thi mmitt beincr toe tabli h 

such rule as it finds nece ary to r m 1y the abo Ira ti and 

to regulate the tra le in any manner f nn 1 n ary b th a l 1 tion 

of uch rul . NATIONAL LocK MITH ' A N. 

ARTHUR M. EAR, ec'y-Treas. 

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