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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ANIMAL GLUE INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON AUGUST 23, 1934 

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Birmingham, Ala. : 257 Federal Building. 

Boston, Mass. : 1801 Customhouse. 

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Charleston, S.C.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Chicago, Ill. : Suite 1706, 201 North Wells Street. 

Cleveland, Ohio : Chamber of Commerce. 

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Houston, Tex.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Indianapolis, Ind.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Jacksonville, Fla.: Chamber of Commerce Building. 

Kansas City, Mo.: 1028 Baltimore Avenue. 

Los Angeles, Calif.: 1163 South Broadway. 

Louisville, Ky.: 408 Federal Building. 

MempLis, Tenn. : 229 Federal Building. 

Minneapolis, Minn. : 213 Federal Building. 

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Approved Code No. 504 Registry No. 601-01 

ERRATA SHEET 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

ANIMAL GLUE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 23, 1934 

Article IV, Section 2 (b) in the code as ·printed reads as follows: 

" Employees of the classes mentioned in Subsection (e) and (f) 

of Section 1 of Article III who shall be paid not less than at the rate 

of." 

This should be changed to read : 

"Employees of the classes mentioned in Subsections (e) and (f) 

of Section 2 of Article III who shall be paid not less than at the 

rate of." 

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U. 5 . GOVERHMENT PRIHTIH!O OFFI CE • 1984 

Approved C()de No. 504 

CODE OF FAIR COl\tiPETITION 

FOR THE 

ANIMAL GLUE INDUSTRY 

As Approved on August 23, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVING CoDE oF FAIR CoMPETITION FOR THE ANIMAL GLUE 

INDUSTRY 

An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full 

compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial 

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of a Code of 

Fair Competition for the Animal Glue Industry, and hearing having 

been duly held thereon and the annexed report on said Code, containing findings with re pect thereto, having been made and directed 

to the President: 

NOW, TI-IEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United 

States, I, Hugh S. John on, Administrator for Industrial Recovery, 

pur uant to authority ve ted in me by Executive Orders of the 

President, including Executive Order No. 6543-A, dated December 

30, 1933, and otherwise; do hereby incorporate by reference said 

annexed report and do find that said Code complies in all respects 

with the pertinent provi ions and will promote the policy and purposes of said Title of said Act; and do hereby order that said Code 

of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved; provided, however, that the provisions of Article III, Sections 1, 2 (e), (f) and 

(g) shall remain in force and effect for a p eriod of sixty days beginning with the effective date of this Code and at the termination 

of said period shall be superseded respectively by the following 

provisions, unless on or before the termination of such sixty day 

period, the Code Authority shall amend, or modify the present 

Sections 1, 2 (e), (f) and (g), or justify the continuation of the 

same, whereupon said provisions in their pre ent form or as amended 

or modified shall become effective upon my approval : 

1. No employee shall be permitted to work in excess of forty (40) 

hours per week or eight (8) hours in any one day, except that employees may be permitted to work forty-eight ( 48) hours in any 

calendar week, provided that not less than one and one-third times 

the normal wage rate shall be paid to employees for all hours worked 

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in excess of forty ( 40) in any one calendar week or eight ( 8) in 

any one day. 

2 (e). Accounting, clerical, office, store, shipping service or inside 

sale employee , who shall not, however, be permitted to work in 

exce s of forty ( 40) hours per week, except that in any one week's 

period in any one month not in excess of forty-eight ( 48) hours in 

any calendar week nor in excess of eight (8) hours in any one day to 

permit billings to be made and inventories to be taken. 

2 (f). Employees on automotive or horse-drawn passenger, express, delivery, or freight service, who shall not, however, be permitted to work in excess of forty-five ( 45) hours per week, nor in 

exces of nine (9) hours in any one day, except upon receiving compen ation of time and one-third for all hours worked in excess of 

tho e prescribed. 

2 (g). Engineers and firemen who shall not, however, be permitted to work in excess of forty-flve ( 45) hours in any one calendar 

week nor in exces of nine (9) hours in any one day, unless compensated by payment of time and one-third for all hours worked in 

excess of those prescribed. 

Approval recommended. 

GEo. L. BERRY, 

HuGHS. J oHNSON, 

Administrator for I ndUi8trial R ecovery. 

Division A dminist?~ator. 

WASHINGTON, D.O., 

August ~3, 1931,. 
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT 

The PRE IDE NT, 

The White House. 

Srn: A Public Hearing on the Code of Fair Competition for the 

Animal Glue Industry, submitted by the National Association of 

Glue Manufacturers, Inc., was conducted in Washington on the 4th 

of April, 1934, in accordance with the provisions of the National 

Industrial Recovery Act. This Association claims to represent 

ninety-nine (99%) per cent of the Industry by volume of business. 

THE INDUSTRY 

The Animal Glue Industry includes the manufacture of glues 

made from materials of animal origin other than casein. The Industry is divided into the Hide Glue and Bone Glue Divisions, each 

using a different manufacturing process and competing in marketing problems in few instances. There are about twenty-five concerns 

in the Industry. Some of the concerns are independent, some are 

connected with the meat packing or the leather industries. It is 

estimated that approximately three thousand persons, including sales 

and office employees, were engaged in the Animal Glue Industry during its busy season of 1929. Annual sales were estimated as about 

$20,000,000 in 1928. Sales decrea ed sharply between 1928 and 1932, 

but began to improve during early 1933 and increased in the second 

half of 1933 to nearly 80% of the 1929 dollar volume. 

PROVISIONS OF THE CODE AS TO WAGES AND HOURS 

The Code specifies, with certain exceptions, that no employee 

shall be permitted to work in excess of an average of forty hours 

per week in any six months' period, nor in excess of forty-eight hours 

in any one calendar week. Provision is made for payment of time 

and one-third for all hours worked in excess of eight in any one day 

or in excess of forty in any one calendar week. 

There are excepted from the basic work week employees who receive thirty-five dollars or more per week and who are employed in a 

technical or profes ional capacity but not including skilled operating 

personnel; employees in a managerial, supervisory or executive 

capacity; supervisors or highly skilled workers in continuous processes where restriction of hours would unavoidably reduce production; outside salesmen. Employees engaged in emergency mainte- nance and emergency repair work shall receive payment of time and 

one-third for all hours worked in excess of forty in any one week or 

eight ho,Irs in any day. 'Vatchmen have a maximum work week of 

fifty-six hours, however, they are not permitted to work more than 

six days in any seven day period. 

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Accounting, clerical, office, store, shipping service or inside sales 

employees are not permitted to work in excess of an average of forty 

hours per week in any three months' period nor in excess of eight 

hours per day nor forty-eight hours in any one calendar week. Employees on automotive or horse drawn passenger service shall not be 

permitted to work in excess of an average of forty-six hours per 

week in any three months' period, nor in excess of nine hours in any 

one day nor forty-eight hours in any calendar week. 

The Code provides for a minimum wage of forty ( 40¢) cents per 

hour; except employees engaged in light or nonhazardous work, such 

as wrapping, packaging and labeling who shall not be paid less than 

at the r ate of thirty-five (35¢) cents per hour; employees on accounting, clerical, office, store, shipping service or inside employees and 

employees on automotive or horse-drawn passenger express, delivery 

or freight service who shall not be paid less than fifteen ($15.00) 

dollars per week in any city of over 500,000 population or in the 

jmmediate trade area thereof or fourteen ($14.00) dollars per week 

in any other part of the United States; messengers, junior clerks 

and others doing a junior grade of office or clerical work, who shall 

not exceed five ( 5% ) per cent of total number of employees, who 

shall receive not less than twelve ($12.00) dollars per week. 

The Code provides that a minimum rate of pay shall apply irrespective of whether an employee is actually compensated on a time 

rate, piece work or other basis. 

The Code further provides that no person under sixteen (16) years 

of age shall be employed in the Industry, and that no person under 

eighteen (18) years of age shall be employed in a h azardous occupation. 

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE CODE 

It has been reported that in 1929 the Industry employed 3000 persons, and had annual sales of about $20,000,000 in 1928. In 1933 the 

Industry reported but 1500 employees, however, in April 1934 it is 

estimated that 3000 persons were employed and in the last half of 

1933 the sales volume was 80% of that in 1929. 

The minimum wage of forty cents per hour is about equal to that 

of 1929 and considerably above that paid in the Industry before the 

adoption of the President's Reemployment Agreement. 

The Code provisions will reduce the average hours per week by 

twenty-eight per cent from the 1929 peak. 

Since most of the firms are now operating under the Code provisions only a relatively small further increase in employment can be 

expected, but it is estimated that an increase in payrolls will amount 

to about ten per cent above the figure for April 1934. 

FINDINGS 

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to me on said Code 

having found a herein set forth and on the basis of all of the 

proceedings in this matter : 

I find that: 

(a) Said Code is well de ign to promote the policies and p_urposes of Title I of the National Industrial R covery Act, includ1ng 
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removal o:f ob tructions to the free flow of inter-state and f reign 

commerce which tend to dimini h the amount thereof an will provide for the general welfare by promoting the organization of industry for the purpose of cooperative action amon the trade groups, 

by inducing and maintaining united action of labor and management under adequate governmental sanctions and supervision, by 

eliminating unfair competitive practice , by promoting the fullest 

possible utilization of the present productive capacity of industri s, 

by avoiding undue restriction of production (except as may be temporarily required), by increasing the consumption of indu trial and 

agricultural products through increasing purchasing power, by 

reducing and relieving unemployment, by improving standards of 

labor, and by otherwise rehabilitating Industry. 

(b) Said Industry normally employs not more than 50,000 employees; and is not classified by me as a majo.r industry. 

(c) The Code as approved complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of said Title of said Act, including without limitation Subsection (a) of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7, and 

Subsection (b) of Section 10 thereof; and that the applicant as ociation is an industrial association truly representative of the aforesaid 

Industry; and that said association imposes no inequitable restrictions on admission to member hip therein. 

(d) The Code is not designed to and will not permit monopolies 

or monopolistic practices. 

(e) The Code is not designed to and will not eliminate or oppress 

small enterprises and will not operate to discriminate against them. 

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process have not 

been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval of aid Code. 

For these reasons, this Code of Fair Competition for the Animal 

Glue Ind·ustry has been approved. 

Respectfully, 

AuGusT 23, 1934. 

HuGHS. JoHNSON, 

Administrator. 
CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE ANIMAL GLUE 

INDUSTRY 

ARTICLE I-PURPOSES. 

To effect the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act the following provisions are established as a Code of Fair 

Competition for the Animal Glue Industry, and shall be the stand- ard of fair competition for such Industry and shall be binding 

upon every member thereof. 

ARTICLE II-DEFINITIONS 

SECTION 1. The term "Animal Glue Industry" as u eel herein 

means and includes the manufacture and sale by the manufacturer 

of glue made from materials of animal origin. There shall be 

excepted herefrom casein. 

SECTION 2. The term " Member of the Industry " includes any 

individual, partnership association, corponttion, or other form of 

enterprise engaged in tl1e Industry, either as an employer or on his 

or its own behalf, either directly or indirectly or through a subsidiary or subsidiaries. 

SECTION 3. The term "Hide Glue Division" as used herein, means 

that division of the Industry engaged in the manufacture of glue 

made from tissues and skins of animal origin, not including, however, glue made from bones. _ SECTION 4. The term "Bone Glue Division" us used herein, means 

that Division of the Industry engaged in the manufacture of glue 

made from bones. 

SEcTION 5. The term "Member of the Hide Glue. Division" includes any member of the Industry engaged in the Hide Glue Division as hereinabove defined. 

SECTION 6. The term "Member of the Bone Glue Division " in· 

eludes any member of the Industry engaged in the Bone Glue Division as hereinabove defined. 

SECTION 7. The term "employer" as used herein includes anyone 

by whom such employee is compensated or employed. 

SECTION 8. The term "employee" as used herein in ludes any 

and all persons engaged in the Industry, however compensated, 

except a member of the Industry. 

ECTION 9. The term "President", "Act', and "Administrator" 

as used herein shall mean respectively the President of the United 

States, Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the 

Administrator for Industrial Recovery. 

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ARTICLE III 1-H URS 

MAXIMU:i\1 HOUR 

SECTION 1. No employ e hall be p rmitted to work in excess of 

an average of forty ( 40) hour per ''eek in any six (G) month ' 

period, nor in :s:c v f forty- irrht ( 4 ) hour in any one calendar 

-week, except as h r inaftcr provided. Not le than one and onethird (1¥3) tim · th normal wage rate shall be pail to employees_ 

fur hour worked in exce of forty ( 40) hour in any one calendar 

·,nek or in e:s:ce · of eight ( ) hour , in any one day. 

EXCEPTIO~- A TO H UR;:, 

ECTIOX 2. The foreo·oino· r)rO\'i ion re(rardino· maxunum hours b 0 0 0 

. hall not apply to th following: 

(a) Employee who receive thirty-five ( '35.00) dollar or more 

per week and who are mploy d in a technical or profe ional 

capacity (not incluuing killed operating per onnel) employees in 

a managerial uperYi ·ory or exe utive capacit} or highly killed 

-worker in continuou proce e~ where restrictwn of hours would 

una-voidably reduce pro luction. 

(b) Outside ale m n. 

(c) hmployee engaged in emergency maintenance and/or emergency repair -work, mvolYing breakdown or protection of life or 

property, who ·hall, howev r, be paid not les than one and onethird (11/3 ) time the normal wa<~e rate for hour worked in exces of forty ( 40) hour· in any one ''eek or in exce s of eight ( 8) 

hour in an} one day. 

(d) \\ atchmen, -who hall not ho-wever, be permitted to work in 

exce of fifty- ix (56) hour in any even (7) day period, nor more 

than i:s: ( 6) da -· in any uch period. 

(e) Accounting clerical ottice, ·tore, shipping service or inside 

sales employee , who shall not ho,,ever, be permitted to -work in 

exce of an a Yerage of forty 40) hours per we k in any three 

(3) months period nor in exce ~ of forty-eight (4 ) hour in any 

calendar week, n r in exce of eight ( ) hours in an one day. 

(f) Employee on automotive or hor e-drawn pas enger express, 

deliver}, or freight ·er ice who hall not, howe er, be permitted to 

work in exce · of an a Yerage of forty- ix ( 46) hour per week in any 

three ( 3) month p riod nor in excess of forty-eight ( 4 ) hour in 

any calendar week, nor in exce s of nine 9) hours in any one day. 

(g) Engineer , and firemen, who shall not, however, be permitted 

to work in exce of forty-eight ( 4 ) hour in any one calendar 

week, nor in exce of eight ( ) hour in any one day. 

E:\IPLOY:;\IEXT BY E\ERAL El\IPLOYER 

SECTIOK 3. No mpl yer l all knowingly permit any emplo ee to 

work for any time which when totaled with that alread performed 

with another employer or employers exceeds the maximum permitted herein. 

1 'ee paragraph 2 of order approvin" this Code. 

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STANDARD WEEK 

SECTION 4. No employee shall be permitted to work more than 

six ( 6) days in any eYen (7) da period. 

ARTICLE IV-\V AGES 

1\fiNTM:U::U W A.GES 

SECTI :N 1. Except as hereinafter provided, no employee shall be 

paid le · than at the r ate of forty ( 40 ) cents per hour. 

EXCEPTIO~ g A.S TO ::.YIINDI I WAGES 

SECTIO~ 2. Th foregoing proYi ion regarding mmunum wage 

rate hall not apply to the following: 

(a) Employees engaged in light and nonhazardous work, such 

as wrapping, packaging and labelling, who shall be p aid not less 

than at the rate of thirty-five (35¢) cents per hour. 

(b) Employees of the classes mentioned in Subsections (e) and 

(f) of Section 1 of Article III, who hall be paid not less than at 

the rate of 

$15.00 per week in any city of over 500 000 population or in 

the immediate trade area of nch city, and 

$14.00 per week in an" other place. 

(c) ~fes enger · junior clerk , or other doinO' a junior grade of 

office or clerical work, who shall be paid not le s than at the rate 

of twelve ($12.00) dollar per \leek but the number of uch emplo ee hall not exceed fiye ( 5 c ) per cent of the total number of 

office employe s in any e tablishment. 

PIECEWORK COl\IPE);" A.TIQ);"- :iUINDI :\I WAGES 

SECTION 3. This Article e tabli he a minimum rate of pay which 

shall appl, irr pee ive f \\hether an employee i actually comp nated on a time rate piecework or other ba i . 

WAGES .ABOYE MINHl l\1 

SECTION 4. There shall be an equitable adju tment of all wa<Ye 

a.bo\e the minimum, and to that end, within thirty (30) day from 

the approval of this Code, the Code Authority hall ubmit for th 

approval of the Admini trator a propo al for adju tment in wa es 

above th minimum. Upon approval by the Admini trator af er 

uch h arin<Y a h may pr crib , uch pr po al hall be orne binding . 

a a par f thi ode provided, how ver, that in no Y nt hall 

hourly rate of pay be reduced. 

FE::.\IALE E:\IrLOYEES 

SE TIO:N . empl r p rformin . ·ub tantiall th am 

work a mal shall receive the ame rate of I ay as mal 

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HANDICAPPED PERSONS 

SE TION 6. A per on who e earning capacity is limited because of 

age or physical or mental handicap may be employ d on li ·ht work 

at a vmge below the minimum e tabli hed by thi ode if the employer obtains from th State Authority de io-nated by the United 

tate Department of Labor a certificate authorizino- hi employment 

at uch wage and for . uch hours as hall be tated in the certificate. 

Each employer hall file monthly with the Code Authority a list of 

all uch per on employed by him, howing the wages paid to, and 

the maximum hours of work for such employee. 

ARTICLE V-GENER.AL LABOR AND OTHER PROVI IONS 

CHILD LABOR 

SECTION 1. No per on under sixteen (16) years of ao-e shall be 

employed in the Indu try. No person under eighteen (18) years of 

age shall be employed at operations or occupations which are hazardou in nature or dangerous to health. The Code Authority hall 

ubmit to the Admini tt·ator within thirty (30) da s from the approYal of this Code a li t of such operation or occupations. In any 

State an employer uhall be deemed to have complied with this provision a. to age if he shall have on file a certificate pr permit duly 

signed by the Authority in uch State empowered to i sue employment or age certificate or permi bowing that the employee i of 

the required age. 

PROVISIONS FRO:.YI THE ACT 

SECTIO:N 2. (a) Employee. hall have the right to organize and 

bargain collecti\ely through r epre entati\e of their own choo ina-, 

and hall e free from the interference re traint or coercion of emplo:ver of labor or their arrents, in the designation of uch repreentati e or in elf-organization or in other concerted acti\ities for 

the purpo e of collecti\e bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 

(b) No employee and no one eeking employment hall be required a a condition of emplo ment to join any company union or 

to refrain from joining organizing, or assisting a labor organization 

of hi o-wn choo ing and 

(c) Employer shall con1ply with the maximum hours of labor, 

minimum rate of pa and other conditions of employment appro\ed 

or pre cribed by the Pre ident. 

E A ION THROUGH UTITERF GE 

SECTION 3. No employ r hall r ecla sify employees or duties o:f 

occupation performed or engage in any other ubterfuge for ... he 

purpoue of defeating the purposes or proYi ion of the Act or of 

this Code. 

ST.L DARDS FOR Sd..FETY A_,_ -D HE.'..LTH 

SECTIO:N 4. Every emplo er shall proV"ide for the safety and health 

of employees during the hours and at the places of their employ-
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ment. Standards for safety and health shall be submitted by the 

Code Authority to the Administrator within six ( 6) months after 

the effective date of the Code. 

STATE LAWS 

SECTION 5. No provision in this Code shall supersede any State 

or Federal law which impose on employers more stringent requirements as to age of employees, wages, hours of work, or as to safety, 

health, sanitary or general working conditions, or insurance, or fire 

protection, than are imposed by this Code. 

POSTING 

. SECTION 6. All employers shall post and keep posted copies of 

this Code in conspicuous places accessible to all employees. Every 

member of the Industry shall comply with all rules and regulations 

relative to the posting of provisions of Codes of Fair Competition 

which may from time to time be prescribed by the Administrator. 

DIS..MISSAL FOR COMPLAINT 

SECTION 7. No employee shall be dismissed by reason of making a 

complaint or giving evidence with respect to a violation of this 

Code. 

ARTICLE VI-ORGANIZATION, PowERS AND DuTIES OF THE 

ConE AUTHORITY 

ORGAKIZATION AND CONSTITUTION 

SECTION 1. To further effectuate the policies of the Act, a Code 

Authority is hereby established and known as the Code Authority 

of the Animal Glue Industry. In addition the Industry shall be 

classified into two Divisions, known as (1) Hide Glue Division, 

(2) Bone Glue Division, and each such Division shall have its own 

Divisional Code Authority, composed of the members of the Code 

Authority representing their r espective Divisions, as hereinafter 

provided. 

SECTION 2. The Code Authority shall consist of seven (7) members to be selected as follows : Three ( 3) members shall be elected 

from the Hide Glue Division, by the vote of members thereof representing three-fowrths in number of the member of the Hide Glue 

Divi ion and repre enting th1·ee-jo.u1'ths of the dollar sale vohune 

for the precedino- calendar year of the m mb rs of th Hide Glue 

Divi ion entitled to yote. Three (3) members hall be selected from 

the member of the Bone Glue Divi ion by the vote of m mbers 

r epre entina thr ee-fmt-t fh s in number of the memb r of the Bone 

Glue Divi ion, and m mber repre ntino- three1ourths of the dollar ·ale ·volume for th pr eding al ndar year o the m mbers of the 

Bone Glue Di' i i n entitled to vot . Th eventh m mb r of the 

Code Authority hall be ·with ut 'ote and hall b a p r on of their 

own choosing and shall be chos n by the vote of m mbers of the 
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Industry representing three-fowrths in number of the members of 

the Industry, and member representing three-fourths in dollar ales 

volume for the preceding calendar year of the members of the 

Indu try entitled to vote. 

SECTION 3. In addition to membership of the Code Authority a,s 

above provided, there may be three ( 3) members, without vote and 

without compensation from the Industry, to be appointed b the 

Admini trator and to serve such terms as he may specify. 

SEcTrox 4. Each trade or industrial a sociation directly or indirectly participating in the selection or activities of the Code Authority hall: (a) Impose no inequitable restrictions on membership, 

an l (b) submit to the Administrator true copies of its articles of 

a ociation, by-laws regulations, and any amendments when made 

thereto, together with uch other information as to member hip, 

organization and activities as the Administrator may deem nece -

sary to effectuate the purposes of the Act. 

SECTIO.. 5. In order that the Code Authority shall at all time be 

truly repre entative of the Indu try and in other respects comply 

with the provisions of the Act the Admini trator may provide uch 

hearings as he may deem proper, and thereafter if he shall find hat 

the Code Authority is not truly representative or does not in other 

re pects comply with the provisions of the Act, may require an appropriate modification in the method of selection of the Code 

Authority. 

SECTION 6. Lf the Administrator shall at any time determine that 

any action of the Code Authority or any agency thereof may be un-

.fair or unjust or contrary to the public interest, the Administrator 

may require that such action be su pended to afford an opportunity 

for inve tigation of the merits of such action and further consideration by the Code Authority or agency pending final action which 

shall not be effective unle.ss the Administrator approves or unless he 

shall fail to di approve after thirty (30) days' notice to him of 

intention to proceed with such action in its original or modified form. 

SECTION 7. Nothing contained in this Code shall constitute the 

members of the Code Authority partners for any purpose. Nor shall 

any member of the Code Authority be liable in any man11er to anyone for any act of any other member, officer, agent or employee of 

the Code Authority. Nor shall any member of the Code Authority 

exercising reasonable diligence in the conduct of his duties hereunder 

be liable to anyone for any action or omission to act under this Code, 

except for his own wilful malfeasance or nonfeasance. 

POWERS AND DUTIES 

SECTION 8. Subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued 

by the Admini trator, the Code Authority shall have the following 

powers and duties, in addition to tho e authorized by other provi- ~Ions of this ode. (a) To insure the execution of the provi,sions of this Code and pro- vide for the compliance of the Industry with the provisions of the 

Act. 

(b) To adopt by-laws and rules and regulations for its procedure 

and for the administration and enforcement of the Code. 
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(c) To obtain from members of the Industry such information 

and reports as are required for the administration of the Code. I n 

addition to information required to be submitted to the Code Authority, members of the Industry subject to this Code shall furnish 

such statistical information as the Admini trator may deem nece sary 

for the purposes recited in Section 3 (a) of the Act to such Federal and State agencies as he may designate; provided that nothing 

in thi Code shall relieve any member of the Industry of any existing 

obligations to furnish reports to any Government agency. No inchvidual report shall be disclosed to any other member of the Industry 

or any other part; except to such other Governmental agencies as 

may be directed by the Administrator. 

(d) To use such trade associations and other agencies as it deems 

proper for the carrying out of any of its activities provided for 

herein, provided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority 

of its duties or re ponsibilities under this Code and that such trade 

as ociations and agencies hall at all times be subject to and comply 

with the provisions hereof. 

(e) To make recommendations to the Administrator for the coordination of the administration of this Code with such other codes, 

if any, as may be related to the Industry. 

(f) 1. It being found necessary to support the Administration of 

this Code, in order to effectuate the policy of the Act and to maintain the standards of fair competition established hereunder, the 

Code Authority is authorized: 

(a) To incur such reasonable obligations as are necessary and 

proper for the foregoing purposes, and to meet such obligations out 

of funds which may be raised as hereinafter provided and which 

shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Code; 

(b) To submit to the Administrator for his approval subject to 

such notice and opportunity to be heard as he may deem nece ary. 

1. An itemized budget of its estimated expenses for the foregoing 

purpo es, and 

2. An equitable basis upon which the funds nece ary to support 

such budget shall be contributed by members of the Indu try; 

(c) After such budget and ba is of contribution have b en a pproved by the Admini tra or, to determine and obtain equitable contribution as above set forth by all members of the Industry, and to 

that end, if nece ary, to in titute legal proceedings therefore in its 

own name. 

2. Each member of the Industry hall pay hi or it equitable contribution to the e:s:pen e of the maintenan e of the o le Anthorjt. , 

determin d as hereinabove provided, and ubj ct to rul and reo·ulation pertaining thereto is ued by tl e Admini trator. Only m mbers of the Indu try compl ring with the Code an l contributing to 

the ex pen f its admini tration as h reinabo\ provid d ( unle s 

duly xempt c1 from makin<T such contribution) hall b ntitl d to 

participat in h election of memb r f the C l Antl ority or to 

r ceive th ben fit of any of it voluntar a tiviti or to mak u e 

of any mbl m r in i nia of the N ati nal Re o r dmini. trati n. 

3. The ole \..uthority hall neither in ur nor I ay any obligation 

ub tantially in xce f the amount th r f a timated in it approved budget; an hall in no e ent exceed the total amount 
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contained in the approved budget except upon approval of the Administrator; and no subsequent budget shall contain any deficiency 

item for expenditures in excess of prior budget estimates except 

those which the Administrator shall have so approved. 

(g) To r ommend to the Administrator any action or measures 

deemed advisable, including further fair trade practice provisions 

to govern members of the Industry in their relations with each other 

or with other Industries; measures for industrial planning, and 

stabilization of employment; and including modifications of this 

Code which shall become effective as part hereof upon approval by 

the Administrator after such notice and hearing as he may specify. (h) To appoint a Trade Practice Committee which shall meet with 

the Trade Practice Committees appointed under such other codes as 

may be related to the Industry for the purpose of formulating fair 

trade practices to govern the relationships between employers under 

this Code and under such other Codes to the end that such fair trade 

practices may be proposed to the Administr ator as amendments to 

this Code and such other Codes. 

SECTION 9. The members of each Division of the Indu try, namely, 

(a) Hide and (b) Bone, shall constitute a separate and distinct 

Divisional Planning and Fair Practice Agency for the respective 

Division; and each such Agency shall adopt rules and regulations 

for the procedure and conduct of its members and representatives, 

subject to the approval of the Administrator. 

The Hide Glue Division, and the Bone Glue Division, shall be 

independent and self-governing in all problems relating exclusively 

to their respective Division. To this end each Agency shall: 

(a) Consider all cases of alleged violations of the trade practice 

provisions of this Code by a member or members of the particular 

Division and make such recommendations thereon to the Code Authority as it may deem advisable; and thereupon the Code Authority 

shall be required to take such action as may be necessary in the 

interest of the Division affected. 

(b) To recommend to the Administrator after such notice and 

hearing as he may prescribe such other or further provisions concerning unfair methods of competition with respect to its own Division of the Industry; upon the approval thereof by the Administrator, the same shall become part of this Code and binding upon 

all members of the Division concerned. 

(c) With the approval of the Administrator thereto, after such 

notice and hearing as he may prescribe, to make such amendments, 

modifications and/ or additions to this Code as shall apply to its own 

particular Division of the Industry and as shall not lessen or im-

-pair the rights, powers or duties conferred by this Code upon the 

Code Authority andjor other Divisions of the Industry. 

(d) To propose to the Code Authority amendments andj or modifications of this Code, but no such amendments and/or modifications 

shall be presented by such Code Authority for consideration by or 

approval of the proper authority without first having been approved 

by three-fourths of the members of each of the respective Divisions 

of the Industry, and without having been concurred in by members 
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of such respective Division representing three-fourths of the dollar 

sales volume of such respective Divisions for: the preceding calendar 

year. 

ARTicLE VII-UNFAIR METHODS oF CoMPETITION 

· SECTION 1. The following practices constitu~ unfair methods of 

competition and shall constitute a violation of this Code: 

(a) To procure, by fraud, Inisrepresentation or other unfair 

means, any information concerning the business of such member 

which is properly regarded by it as a trade secret or confidential 

within its organization other than information relating to a violation 

of any provision of the Code. 

(b) To give, permit to be given, or offer to give, anything of 

value for the purpose of influencing or rewardin~ the action of any 

employee, agent, or representative of another 1n relation to the 

business of the employer of such employee, the principal of such 

agent or the represented party, without the knowledge of such 

employer, principal or party. This provision shall not be construed 

to prohibit free and general distribution of articles commonly used 

for advertising except so far as such articles are actually used for 

commercial bribery as hereinabove defined. 

(c) To promise or arrange reciprocity of any kind for the purpose of influencing a sale. 

(d) To imitate, or simulate any design, style, mark or brand used 

by any other member of the Industry in a manner which is intended 

to or does deceive or mislead purchasers or prospective purchasers. 

(e) To disseminate, publish, or circulate any false or misleading 

information relative to a.ny product or price for any product of 

any member of the Industry, or the credit standing of ability of 

any member thereof, or the performance of any work or manufacture or production of any product, or the conditions of employment 

among the employees of any member thereof. 

(f) Wilfully to induce or attempt to induce the breach of existing contracts between competitors and their customers by any false 

or deceptive means, or interfere with or obstruct the performance of 

any such contractual duties or services by any such means, with the 

purpo e and effect of hampering, injuring or embarrassing competitors in their business. 

(g) To make or give to any purchaser of any product any guar· 

tee or protection in any form against decline in the market price 

of such product. 

(h) To give free samples in excess of five (5) pounds of any one 

grade. 

(i) To deliver the products thereof on consignment except to an 

affiliated company of such member. An affiliated company shall 

mean a company in which a member of the Industry has a voting 

control throuo-h the record or equitable title of the voting stock 

thereof, or has control of such company in any other manner. 

(j) To make fal e tatements or reports, written or oral, required 

pursuant to any of the provisions of this Code or required by the 

Administrator. 
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(k) Knowingly to withhold from or insert _in any quotation or 

invoice any statement that makes it inaccurate in any material 

particular. 

TRADE TERMS 

SEcTION 2. (a) All invoices covering dom-estic sales by members of 

the Industry shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days from 

the date of invoice, provided, however, that there shall be twenty 

(20) days free time for shipments from the Atlantic ports to Pacific 

ports or vice versa made by a member directly to a bona fide purchaser, and five (5) days free time for shipments made from Ea. tern 

territory to the Missi sippi Valley Section or vice ver. a. 

(b) The discount which may be allowed for cash shall not exceed 

two (2 %) per cent for payment within ten (10) day from date of 

invoice, or for payment in cash or invoices dated from the first to 

the fifteenth of any month, inclusive, and paid on or before the 

25th of each month, or for invoices dated from the sixteenth to 

the end of any month, inclusive, and which are paid on or before the 

tenth of the succeeding month. 

ARTICLE VIII-MoDIFICATION 

SECTION 1. This Code and all the provisions thereof are expres ly 

made subject to the right of the President, in accordance with the 

provisions of Subsection (b) of Section 10 of the Act, from time to 

time to cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued under said Act. 

SECTION 2. Any member of the Industry may propose an amendment to this Code to the Code Authority or to the Administrator. 

Each amendment proposed to the Code Authority shall be submitted 

to a meeting of the Co~ Authority, and if the Code Authority shall 

approve thereof the amendment so proposed shall be submitted to 

the members of the Division or Divisions of the Industry affected 

thereby and eligible to vote. If at such meeting, the members of the 

Industry representing three-fourths of the members of such Division or Divisions and concurred in by members of such respective 

Division or Divisions representing th?·ee-fourths of the dollar sales 

volume of such respective Division or Divisions for the preceding 

calendar year, shall vote in favor of the adoption of such amendments, such amendments shall be submitted by the Code Authority 

to the Administrator for approval. 

ARTICLE IX-MONOPOLIES 

No provision of this Code shall be so applied as to permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, or to eliminate, oppress, or discriminate against small enterprises. 

ARTICLE X-EFFECTIVE DATE 

This Code shall become effective on the second Monday after its 

approval by the President. 

Approved Code No. 504. 

Registry No. 601-{)1. 

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