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Registry No. 244- 04 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SCHIFFLI LACE AND 

EMBROIDERY INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 28, 1933 

The Code for the Schiffii Lace and Embroidery 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 SCHIFFLI LACE 

& EMBROIDERY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

PREAMBLE 

To effe tuate the policy of Title I of the National Indu trial Recovery Act, the following provisions are established as a Code of fair 

competition for the chiffii Lace & Embroidery :Manufacturing 

Industry. 

I. D EFINITIONS 

The term "employer a used herein hall include every person, 

firm, partner hip a sociation, or corporation, their receivers or 

tru tee , engaged in the manufacture or pro luction of la e and/or 

embroidery which is manufactured by machines commonly known 

a chiffii machines. 

The term ' effective date " as used herein is defined to be the 

second l\1onday after the approval of this Code by the President. 

II. LABOR 

1. On and after the effective date, employers shall not employ 

any person under the age of sixteen years. 

2. On and after the effective date, all employers shall comply 

with the requirements of Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act, which provides as follows: 

(1) That employees hall have the right to organize and bargain collectively 

through repre entatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the 

interference, revtraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their arrent ' in 

the designation of uch representatives or in self-organization or in other 

concerted activitie for the purpo e of collective bargaining or other mutual 

nid 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 to 

refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organization of hi own 

choosing; and (3) that employer shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor, minimum rate of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved 

or prescribed by the Pre ident. 

3. On and after the effective date, employers shall not operate 

npon a schedule of hours of labor for their employees in excess of 

forty hours per week and they shall not operate Schiffii machines 

for more than two shifts of forty hours each per week. 

4. On .and after the effective date, no employer shall pay t0 any 

employee, except to learners during a six weeks period of apprentice692-33 (1} 
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ship, less than the following which are hereby established as minimum rates of pay; that is to say: 

Machine watchers on 10 ycl. machines _______________________ 50¢ per hour. 

" " " 15 " " ----------------------- l)O¢ per hour. Shuttlers, 10 yd. machines ____ __ ______ __ _____ _________ ________ 35¢ per hour. 

" 15 " " ------------------------------------ 40¢ per hour. ~fenders_____________________________________________________ 50¢ per hour. Stitchers ____ ____ ___________________________________ _______ $1.00 per hour. 

Pantograph ·watchers ______ ___ _________ ________ ____ ___________ 37¢ per hour. 

Spanners on frame machines _________________________________ 37¢ per hour. 

Spanner· on automat machines _______________________________ 60¢ per hour. 

Helpers on frame machines ___________________________________ 35¢ per hour. 

Piece se~·ers ___ __ ________ __ __ _________ _______________________ 35¢ per hour. 

The provisions for maximum hours are intended to establish a 

1naximum o£ hours of labor per week for every employee covered, so 

that under no circumstances will any employee be employed or be 

permitted to work fon one or more employers in the aggregate in 

excess of the pre cribed number of hours in a schedule week. 

The provisions for a minimum wage in this Code are intended to 

establish a guaranteed minimum rate of pay per hour of employment regardless of whether the employee's compensation is otherwise 

based on a time rate or upon a piecework performance. 

III. DESIGN PIRACY 

Design piracy is prohibited and is declared to be an unfair trade 

practice and an unfair method of competition. 

IV. MoDIFICATION, GRANGEs, AND ADDITIONS 

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 the 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. 

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, be modified or eliminated as 

changes in circumstances or experience may indicate. It is contemplated that from time to time supplementary provisions to this 

code or additional codes will be submitted for approval of the 

President to prevent unfair competition in price and other unfair 

and de tructive competitive practices and to effectuate the other 

purposes and policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act consistent with the provisions hereof. 

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