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3 1262 08483 0107 Re.gistry No. 251-08 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

PROP·OSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

CASEIN PLASTICS AND 

RELATED PRODUCTS INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUSTi 29, 1933 

u WE DO OUR PART 

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The Code for the Casein Plastics and Related Products 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 

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. - - - - - - - - Price 5 cents 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION UNDER N.I.R.A. APPROVED 

AND ADOPTED BY CASEIN PLASTICS MANUFACTURER 

AND FABRICATORS ASSOCIATION ON AUGUST 3, 1933 

CASEIN PLASTICS MANUFACTURERS AND FABRICATORS 

ASSOCIATION, NEW YORK, N.Y. 

To effectuate the policy of Title I of the N.I.R.A. the following 

provisions are established as a Code of Fair Competition for the 

casein plastics and related products industry. 

I-DEFINITIONS 

(a) The term "casein plastics and related products industry", 

hereinafter referred to as "the Industry", as used herein is defined 

to mean the manufacture of casein plastics and related products 

such as buttons, button blanks, slides, buckles, novelties, and 

trimmings. 

(b) The term " member of the industry " shall be deemed to 

1nclude every person engaged in such business. 

( c) The term " effective date " as used herein is defined to be the 

tenth day following approval of this Code by the President of the 

United States. 

( d) The term " President " as used herein is defined to mean the 

President of the United States. 

( e.) The term "Association" as used herein is defined to me.an the 

Casein Plastics Manufacturers and Fabricators Association. 

II-ADMINISTRATION 

The Association is hereby designated as the agency for administering and supervising the provisions of this Code and to receive 

communications from the Administrator for National Recovery relating to the Industry. The Association may, through its Executive 

Committee or Secretary, require the members of the Industry to 

submit the Secretary, from time to time, such information and 

data as it may deem necessary for the purpose of furnishing the 

President such information and reports as he may request under the 

provisions of the N.I.R.A. or for the purpose of ascertaining the 

extent to which the provisions of this Code are being observed b 

the members of the Industry : Provided that all uch information 

submitted to the Association by any member of the Industry shall 

not be revealed to any other member and further : Provided, that 

any member of the Industry who shall knowingly or wilfully furnish incorrect information and data shall pay the Association the 

costs of correcting such information and data. 

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III-HoURs OF LABOR, RATES OF PAY, AND OTHER CoNmTioNs OF 

EMPLOYMENT 

(a) That 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 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. (Section 

7a (1) of the Act.) 

(b) 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 his own choosing. ( Section 7 a ( 2) of the Act.) 

( c) That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

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

approved or prescribed by the President. (Section 7a (3) "of the 

Act.) 

( d) That nothing contained herein is to prevent the selection, retention, and advancement of employes on the basis of their individual merit, without regard to their affiliation or nonaffiliation with 

any labor organization. 

(e) Members of the Industry shall not employ any minor under 

the age of sixteen years. 

(f) On and after the effective date no member of the Industry 

shall operate on a schedule of hours of labor for his employes, with 

the exceptions of executives, engineers, repair crews, office and supervisory staff, stock clerks, shipping clerks, and watchmen in excess of 

forty hours in any one week. 

(g) On and after the effective date the minimum wage that shall 

be paid by any member of the Industry shall be at the rate of thirty 

cents per hour. In the case of any employe whose compensation is 

based upon a measure other than time, the total compensation paid 

shall be no less than such employe would be entitled to receive if 

his or her compensation were measured by a time rate. 

(h) That no work of any kind in connection with the production, 

modeling, moulding, manufacturing, inspection, carding, packing, 

preparation for sale, or sale, shall take place at any residence or 

dwelling place of any member of the Industry or employe, and all 

such production, modeling, moulding, manufacturing, inspection, 

carding, packing, preparation for sale, or sale, shall only be had at 

the factory or industrial establishments of members of the Industry. 

IV-GENERAL 

(a) That no casein plastics and related products subject to this 

Code shall be sold for less than fair cost, and the Executive Committee of the Association shall have power to determine by appropriate statistical methods and the requirements of accounting for 

Federal income-tax purposes such cost and advise members o:f tht 

Industry as to their findings from time to time as may be propet 

and necessary. 

(b) That sales terms shall be uniformly 1 % 10 days E.O.M. net, 

thereafter. 
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( c) The following specified practices are hereby held to be un- ·businesslike, unethical, discriminatory among customers, and violations of the letter and the spirit of this Code: 

1. Variations from the open and publicly announced prices and 

terms, including (but without limiting the generality of this clause) 

the following: Special allowance by way of secret rebates, discounts, 

brokerage, storage, or advertising; variations from the openly announced grade of package differentials; delayed billing~; full or 

partial discounts in cases of delayed payment; and any other allowances by any name or of any nature. 

2. Acceptance of orders at old prices :following the announcement 

of price changes. 

3. Unannounced concessions in price based on quality of material 

not actually substandard. 

4. Making combination sales whereby an order is obtained, or sale 

made for a commodity on conditions, or upon promise, or understanding, that any other commodity will be sold or delivered to the 

buyer, directly or indirectly, at a price, or at prices under the prevailing market for either or any of the commodities involved. 

5. Payments of brokerage, when any part thereof enures to the 

benefit of the purchaser. 

6. Payment :for storage in customers' warehouses on goods purchased by such customers. 

7. Consignment stocks made to other than accredited agents. 

( d) This Code. and all the provisions thereof are subject to cancellation or modification, as the President may determine from time 

to time as prescribed in Section 10 (b) of the Act. 

( e) If any provision of this Code is declared invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall nevertheless continue in 

full force and effect the same as if they had been separately presented 

for approval and approved by the President. 

(f) This Code, subject to IV (d) , may be amended as may be 

necessary from time to time, and thereafter the amendments shall be 

submitted the President as may be provided in said Act or regulations thereunder. 

(g) In the event that any member of the Industry shall knowingly 

or wilfully engage in any practice or practices which are a violation •of this Code, the same shall be reported in the. necessary detail to 

the Administrator of N.I.R.A. 

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