Approved Code No. 124-Amendment No. 3 Registry No. 1

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION

AMENDMENT TO

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION

FOR THE

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

AS APPROVED ON OCTOBER 8, 1934

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Approved Code No. 124-Amendment No. 3

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITIO

FOR THE

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

As Approved on October 8, 1934

ORDER

APPROVING AMENDMENT OF CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FO

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MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

An application having been duly made pursuant to and i

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compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National In

Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an 

ment to a Code of A air Competition for the Motion Picture In

and the annexed report on said amendment containing findin

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respect thereto, having been made and directed to the Presid

NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the U

States, the National Industrial Recovery Board, pursuant to 

ity vested in it by Executive Orders of the President, in

Executive Order 6859, dated September 27, 1934, and otherwid

hereby incorporate by reference, said annexed report and d

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that said amendment and the Code as constituted after being a

comply in all respects with the pertinent provisions and w

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mote the policy and purposes of said Title of said Act, a

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hereby order that said amendment be and it is hereby approv

that the previous approval of said Code is hereby amended to i

an approval of said Code in its entirety as amended.

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOvERY B

By G. A. LYNCH, Administrative Off

Approval recommended:

WILLIAM P. FARNSWORTH,

Acting Division Administrator.

WAShINGTON, October D. C., 90115-1244-24-34 8, 1934. (1)
REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

The PRESIDENT,

The White House.

SIR: This is a report on the procedure followed by the N

Recovery Administration in approving an amendment to t

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of Fair Competition for the Motion Picture Industry as 

on November 27, 1933, which indefinitely extends the peri

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which assents to this Code may be filed.

The Code as originally approved provided that this asm

be filed within 45 days after the approval of the Code 4

days after engaging in the motion picture industry.

Whereas, it has heretofore been necessary to extend the t

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the filing of these complaints and whereas numerous e

and/or distributors still wish to file an assent, this amei

deemed necessary. This amendment was submitted by thM

Picture Code Authority on behalf of the Motion Picture I

on September 14, 1934.

The Deputy Administrator in his final report to the Boaot

amendment to said Code, having found as herein set for

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the basis of all the proceedings in this matter:

The Board finds that:

(a) The amendment to said Code and the Code as am

well designed to promote the policies and purposes of Titl

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National Industrial Recovery Act including the removal o

tions to the free flow of interstate and foreign commerce wt

to diminish the amount thereof, and will provide for th

welfare by promoting the organization of industry for th

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of cooperative action among trade groups, by inducing m

taining united action of labor and management under adeq

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ernmental sanction and supervisions, by eliminating unfai

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tive practices, by promoting the fullest possible utilizati

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present productive capacity of industries, by avoiding und

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tion of production (except as may be temporarily requb

increasing the consumption of industrial and agricultural p

through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and rel

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employment, by improving standards of labor, and by 

rehabilitating Industry.

(b) The Code as amended complies in all respects with tp

nent subsection section said amendment to (c)d) and provisions The The amendment will (b) Code (a) of not of Section of permit on empowers said Section behalf of the Title 10 monopolies and thereof. 3, the of the subsection said Code Code (2) Industry or Act, Authority monopolistic as including without (a) of Section amended as a whole. to present practiceare no7 ltd
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(e) The amendment and the Code as amended are not de

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and will not eliminate or oppress small enterprises and wn

operate to discriminate against them.

(f) Those engaged in other steps of the economic process h

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been deprived of the right to be heard prior to approval 

amendment.

For these reasons, this amendment has been approved.

Respectfully, NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECovERY B

By G. A. LYNCH, Administrative Of

OCTOBER 8, 1934.
AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITIO

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THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY

Amend Article VI, Part 2, Section 8 by deleting the f

words:

" * * * within forty-five (45) days after it is signe

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President of the United States, and/or forty-five (45) d

engaging in the motion picture industry, * * 

Approved Code No. 124-Amendment No. 3.

Registry No. 1639-03.

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