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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR C·O·MPETITION 

FOR THE 

UPHOLSTERY and DECORATIVE 

FABRICS INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 29, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 280-03 

The Code for the Upholstery and Decorative Fabrics Industry 

in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mention.ed 

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 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, W,uihington, D.C. P rice -S cents 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION OF THE DISTRIBUTORS OF 

UPHOLSTERY AND DECORATIVE FABRICS 

PRESENTED BY THE UPHOLSTERY AND DECORATIVE FABRICS 

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 

ARTIOLE I-PURPOSE 

This Code is formulated, adopted, and approved to effectuate the 

purposes of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

1. The term_ "distributor" is defined to mean any person engaged 

in selling upholstery and decorative fabrics at wholes ale to interior 

decorators, upholsterers, and furniture manufacturers. 

2. The word "Association " refers to the " Upholstery and Decorative Fabrics Association of America", a trade association of distributors. 

3. The term "Planning Committee" refers to a Committee composed of persons appointed by the Board of Directors of the Association, and additional members (not ex,ceeding three) appointed 

at the option of the administrator under the Act. 

ARTICLE III-ADMINISTRATION 

This Code shall be administered by the Planning Committee 

which shall have authority to deal with all matters affecting distributors under the National Recovery Act. 

ARTICLE IV-LABOR 

1. 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 em,ployers 

of labor or their agents in the designation of such representatives, 

or in self-organization, or in other concerted actitvities for the purpose of ,collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

2. 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. 

3. Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President. 

4. Maximum hours of labor shall not exceed forty hours per week, 

with the following exceptions: 

(a) Executives and employees in managerial capacity receiving 

more than $35 per week, and outside salesmen. 

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( b) Maximum hours in the months of October and November 

;hall be forty-four, provided that the average for any six months' 

period from January 1st to June 30th, and July 1 t to December 

31st shall not on that account exceed forty hours. 

( c) In case of temporary emergencies to meet shipping requirements, and requirements for special statistical reports, when time 

and a third overtime shall be paid. 

5. Minimum wages per week shall not be less than $15 for forty 

hours of work. 

6. No employee shall be under 16 years of age. 

ARTICLE V. COMPETITIVE PRACTICES 

l. Discrimination.-Each distributor shall maintain and/ or publish a printed price list quoting his established wholesale prices for 

all fabrics. Each distributor shall adhere to said established price 

list as issued and amended from time to time and shall afford equal 

terms and prices to all buyers similarly situated in order thereby to 

avoid unfair discrimination. 

2. Oash terms shall not exceed 2 percent 10 days, due net 30 days, 

provided that extra datings not exceeding 60 days may be allowed 

to department stores and furniture manufacturers, and further provided that E.O.M:. terms may be granted. 

3. 10 percent discount may be allowed decorators and upholsterers 

for full pieces and over, but in no case unless the full piece consist of 

50 yards or more. It is further provided that 10 percent may be 

allowed upholsterers on materials at not less than $1 per yard 

wholesale of h~lf pieces of 25 yards and over, provided such purchases are :for stock purposes. 

4. Oontraot sales to department stores or manufacturers may be 

made at a special price, provided such purchases are for stock; and, 

further, special prices may be quoted on contract sales for wholesalers, hotels, clubs, steamships, theaters, railroads, and other public 

work. 

5. Discount to furniture manufacturers on furniture fabrics only 

shall be 10 percent on cuts, or 10 percent and 10 percent on pieces or 

half pieces. Where special piece prices are quoted to furniture manufacturers an additional 10 percent shall be added for cut lengths. 

6. 0 ourtesy discownts shall be eliminated. 

7. No rebates, or discounts or bonuses, or special advantages of any 

kind, other than herein expressly authorized, shall be permitted. 

8. Lost samples must be paid for by the borrower except that a 

25 percent allowance may be made where, in the judgment of the 

seller, if special circumstances warrant it. 

9. Sarnple orders.-All sample lengths o:f fabrics other than 

swatches and those bound in book form shall be billed at the regular 

price per yard without any allowance or trade discount. 

10. Returns.-When merchandise is returned without fault of the 

jobber, a 10% service. and depreciation charge shall be made but no 

piece of less than 3 yards shall be accepted under such circumstances. 

11. Designs.-No design in the possession of an importer or jobber 

shall be pirated or copied. No reproduction in good faith of a 

museum piece or of other significant pieces and no innocent purchase 
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of merchandise from a manufacturer shall be deemed a violation of 

this section. 

12. Season Lines of memorandum samples shall be discontinued, 

and to that end no samples shall be permitted out on memorandum 

more than thirty days. 

13. Oonsignments.-No yard goods merchandise shall be given out 

on consignment or memorandum. 

ARTICLE VI-AMENDMENTS 

The Planning Committee may from time to time recommend 

amendments or additions to this Code, and such amendments or additions, if and when approved, pursuant to the Act, shall have the ·same force and effect as if originally a part hereof. 

ARTICLE VII 

This Code and all the provisions thereof are expressly made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the provisions 

of Clause 10 (b) 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 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. 

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