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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

SPAT MANUFACTURING 

INDUSTRY 

AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 22, 1933 

REGISTRY No. 216-08 

The Code for the Spat Manufacturing 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 

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the National Recovery Administration 

as applying to this industry 

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UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

WASHINGTON : 1933 

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CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE SP AT 

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPO ES 

SECTION 1. To cooperate with the President of the United State 

in effectuating the Policy of Title I of the ational Industrial Re .. 

covery Act, the following provisions are ubmitted as a code of Fair 

Competition for the Industry. 

SEC. 2. This code is not designed to promote or permit monopolies, or monopolistic practices, eliminate or oppres small enterprises, 

or operate to discriminate against them, and shall tend to e:ffectuttta 

the policy of the ational Industrial Recovery Act. 

ARTICLE II-ADMINISTRATION 

SECTIOK 1. The National Spat Manufacturers Association being 

organized will be a truly repre entative group of the Industry and 

hall be the Cooperative Body for said Industry to assist in estab .. lishing regulations and administering this Code subject to the ap .. 

proval, and with the Cooperation of the President of the United 

States or such Agencies as he may establish. 

SEc. 2. The National Spat Manufacturers Association imposes no 

inequitable re trictions on admission to membership therein. 

ARTICLE III-CoNDITIONs 

SECTION 1. That employees shall have t he right to organize and 

bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, 

and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of 

employer of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such repre .. entative or in self organization or in other concerted activities for 

the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or 

protection. 

SEc. 2. That no em.ployee 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 as isting a labor organizatioI}. 

of his own choosing. 

SEc. 3·. That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of 

labor minimun1 rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, 

approved or prescribed by the President of the United States. 

SEc. 4. The foregoing paragraph of this article shall not impair 

the constitutional ri o·hts of the empl yee and employer to bargain 

individually or collectively a may be mutually sati factory to them, or to operate an open shop. 

SEc. 5. Nothing in this Code shall be con trued to require an employer to negotiate with a representative of employee who is not 

truly representative of the whole body of aid employee . 

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ARTICLE IV-HOURS AND RA TES OF p A y 

SECTION 1. The maximum hours o:f labor, excepting outside salesmen, watchmen, repairmen, engineers, firemen, cleaners, shipping 

office, and supervisory staffs, shall be two thousand and eighty hours 

per year on the basis o:f 40 hours per week: Provided, That during 

seasonal peaks o:f demand, labor may be employed not to exceed 

fi:fty-:four hours per week, in not more than twelve weeks o:f any year. 

In case o:f accident or emergency, or to avoid shortage o:f work or 

interruption of employment to the bulk of employees, labor may be 

employed on special processes for a greater number of hours if less 

than 5 percent of the total number of employees is involved. 

SEC. 2. Minimum wages of labor shall be on an hourly basis at 

the following rates per week o:f forty hours, and time employed shall 

be computed on this basis. 

In municipalities of population at latest Federal Census of 250,000 

and more, unskilled females $12, and unskilled males $14. 

In municipalities of population of more than 10,000 and under 

250,000, unskilled females $11, and unskilled males $13. 

Provided however, that for apprentices of one month or less, the 

minimum rate of pay may be 25% less than the foregoing rates, and 

that employers and employees may make mutually satisfactory wage 

agreements covering the employment of the infirm, partially disabled, or physically handicapped employees, i:f such employees do 

not constitute more than five (5%) percent of the total number of 

employees. 

SEo. 3. The foregoing minimum wage rates are not a discrimination 

by reason of sex; but because of the difference in the work of the 

Industry. When women do the same kind and amount of work they 

shall receive the same rates of wages. 

SEc. 4. ,vherever wage is paid on piece work basis, the amount 

to be paid to employee fot such work on an hourly basis shall be not 

less than at the rate of the minimum weekly rates for forty hours 

provided in Section 2 of this article. 

SEc. 5. Employers in the Industry shall not knowingly employ any 

minor under the age of sixteen years. 

ARTICLE V-REPORTS AND KEEPING OF AccouNTS 

SECTION 1. The cooperative Body for the Industry in authorized to 

require manufacturers to submit such reports as it shall consider 

necessary to effectuate and safeguard this code, and shall 1nake such 

reports, and keep such accounts, as the President of the United 

States in his discretion deems necessary, as provided in the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. Failure on the part of any manufacturer 

in the Industry promptly to supply such information as required 

under this article shall be in violation of this code. 

SEc. 2. The cooperative body is authorized to investigate and inform the Administrator on behalf of the Industry regarding importation of competitive articles into the United States and to act as 

an agency for making reports to the President on behal:f of _the 

Industry, under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery 

Act. 
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·ARTICLE VI-TRADE REGULATIONS 

SECTION 1. Misbranding and Misleading advertising : a. Misbranding of products, including use of names of manufacturers 

wholesalers, or retailers in or on products or cartons not made by 

them or :for them is unfair and in violation of this code. 

b. Advertising of such character as to mislead, with respect to 

value, quality or manufacturer, or construction of products, is unfair and in violation of this Code. 

c. The imitation, simulation, or use of trade marks, slogans, or 

other marks of identification having tendency and capacity to mi - lead or deceive purchaser is unfair and in violation of this code. 

d. Contributions by manufacturers of all or part of the cost of 

customers advertising, where the manufacturer's name or trade mark 

does not appear in such advertising, is in violation of this Code. 

SEc. 2. Selling Below Cost and Cost Accounting: The practice 

of selling below cost is detrimental to the industry; and each manufacturer shall submit upon request a statement from a certified public 

accountant recognized by the Cooperative Body for the Industry 

as qualified to the effect that such manufacturer has a proper costaccounting system, which statement, however, may not be accepted 

as final by the Cooperative Body, either as to Cost Accounting or 

as to Selling Below Cost. 

SEc. 3. Maximum Trade Terms ior Domestic Business: a. Selling 

wholesalers, department stores, retailers, and others in the trade, on 

a net basi or with cash discounts is permissable, but in no case 

shall a discount in excess of two percent ten days E.O.M. be allowed 

for payment of bills within thirty days. Fifteen days additional 

to be allowed West of the Rocky Mountains. 

b. At the expiration of 30 days, no cash discounts shall be allowed. 

c. Such terms shall not be subverted or evaded directly or indirectly through allowances, trade discounts, or rebates of any 

kind. 

ARTICLE VII-CHAKGES AND 1fomFICATIONS 

This Code, or any of its provisions, is subject to change and modification by the Board of Directors of the Cooperative Body and 

may be amplified by the Addition of other provisions, with the 

approval of the President of the United States, and the President 

of the United States may froin time to time cancel or modify any 

order, approval, license, rules or regulations, issued hereunder or 

under the ~ ational Industrial Recovery Act. 

ARTICLE VIII-DATE EFFECTIVE 

This code shall be and become effective immediately upon the 

expiration of ten days after approval by the President of the 

United States\ and shall terminate upon termination of Title I 

of the National Industrial Recovery Act. 
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ARTICLE IX-SEP.rn.1BrLITY Cu use 

If any provisions of this Code, or its application, is held invalid 

or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Code and their 

application shall not be affected thereby. 

NATIONAL SPAT MFG. Assx., 

By NORMAN F. CANTY, 

1403. W. 0 ong?'ess St. 0 hicago, Ill. 

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