Montana labor news., 1933-06-01

shall be fined not more than $500 for
each oftense.
(c) The several district courts of
the United States are hereby vested
with jurisdiction to prevent and re-
strain violations of any code of fair
competition approved under this title;
and it shall be deemed the duty Of
the several district attorneys of the
United States, in their respective dis
tricts, under the direction Of the At
torney General, to institute proceed
ings in equity to prevent and restrain
such violations.
I'D Upon his W motion, or if
complaint is made to the President
that abuses inimical to the public in
terest and contrary to the policy
herein declared are prevalent in any
trade or industry or subdivision there
Of, and if no code of fair competition
thereof has heretofore been approx
ed by the President, the President,
after such public notice and hearing
as he shall specify, may prescribe and
approve a code Of fair competition
for such trade or industry or subdi-
vision thereof, which shall have the
same effect as a code of fair compe-
tition approved by the President I'M
der subsection (a) of this section.
Agreements and Licenses.
Sec. A (a). The President is au-
thorized to enter into agreements
with, and to approve voluntary agree
ments between and among, persons
engaged in a trade or industry. labor
organizations, and trade and indus
trial organizations, associations, or
groups, relating to any trade or in
dustry, if in his judgment such agree
ments will aid in e~ffectuating the
policy of this title with respect to
transactions in or affecting inter-
state commerce, and will be consist
ent with the requirements of clause
(2) of subsection (a) of Sec. 3 for a
code of fair competition.
(b) Whenever the President, af-
ter such public notice and hearing as
he shall specify, shall find it essen
tial to license business enterprises in
order to make effective a code of fair
competition or an agreement under
this title or otherwise to effectuate
the policy of this title, and shall pub
licly so announce, no person shall, af-
ter a date fixed in such announce
ment, engage in or carry on any bust
ness, in or affecting interstate COM
merce, specified in such announce
ment, unless he shall have first OBJ
tanned a license issued pursuant to
such regulations as the President
shall prescribe. The President may
suspend or revoke any such license,
after due notice and opportunity for
hearing, for violation of the terms or
conditions thereof. Any order of the
President %suspending or revoking any
such license shall be final if in ac-
cordance with law. Amy person who,
without such license or in violation of
any condition thereof, carries on any
such business for which a license is
so required, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not more than $500,
or imprisoned not more than 6 months,
or both, and each day such violation
continues shall be deemed a separate
offense.
Sec. 5. While this title is in effect
and for 60 days thereafter, any code,
agreement, or license approved, pre-
scribed, or issued and in effect un-
der this title, and any action COM
plying with the provisions thereof
taken during such period, shall be ex-
empt from the provisions of the an
thrust laws of the United States.
Limitations Upon Application of
Title.
Sec. 6 (a). No trade or indus
trial association or group shall be
eligible to receive the benefit of the
provisions of this title until it files
with the President a statement con-
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