Montana labor news., 1933-06-01

declared 10 pc n pOncy OF congress
to remove distractions to the free
flow of interstate commerce which
tend to diminish the amount thereof;
and to promote the organization of
industry for the purpose of co-opera-
tive action among trade groups, to
induce and maintain united action of
labor and management under ade-
quate governmental sanctions and
supervision, to eliminate unfair COM
p~etitive practices, to reduce and re-
lieve unemployment, to improve stan
dards of labor, and otherwise to re-
habilitate industry and to conserve
natural resources.
Administrative Agencies.
Sec. 2 (a). To effectuate the pol
icy of this title, the President is
hereby authorized to establish such
agencies, and to accept and utilize
such voluntary and incompensated
services, to appoint, without regard
to the provisions of the civil service
laws, such officers and employees, and
to utilize such Federal officers and
employees, and with the consent of the
State, such State and local officers
and employees, as he may find neces-
sary, TO prescribe their authorities,
duties, responsibilities, and tenure,
and, without regard to the Classifi-
cation Act of 1923, as amended, to
fix the compensation of any officers
and employees so appointed.
(b) The President may delegate
any of his functions and powers un-
der this title to such officers, agents,
and employees as he may designate or
appoint, and may establish an indus
trial planning and research agency to
aid in carrying out his functions I'M
der this title.
(c) This title shall cease to be in
effect and any agencies established
hereunder shall cease to exist at the
expiration of two years after the date
of enactment of this Act, or sooner
if the President shall by proclamation
declare that the emergency recog-
nized by Sec. l has ended.
Codes of Fair Competition.
Sec. 3 (a). Upon the application
to the President by one or more trade
or industrial associations or groups,
the President may approve a code or
codes Of fair competition for the
trade or industry or subdivision there
of, represented by the applicant or
applicants, if the President finds %
that such associations or groups i'm
pose no negotiable restrictions on
admission to membership therein and
are truly representative of such
trades or industries or subdivisions
thereof, and (2) that such code or
codes are not designed to promote
monopolies or to eliminate or Cypress
small enterprises and will not oper-
ate to discriminate against them, and
will tend to effectuate the policy of
this title. The President may, as a
condition of his approval of any such
code, impose such conditions (includ-
ing requirements for the making of
reports and the keeping of ~accounts)
for the protection of consumers, COM
petitors, employees, and others, and
in furtherance of the public interest,
and may provide such exceptions to
and exemptions from the provisions
of such code, as the President in his
discretion deems necessary to effect
uate the policy herein declared.
tb) After the President shall have
approved any such code, the provisions
of such code shall be the standards
OF fair competition for such trade or
industry or subdivision thereof. Any
violation of such standards in any
transaction in or affecting interstate
commerce shall be deemed an unfair
method of competition in commerce
within the meaning of the Federal
Trade Commission Act, as amended.
A violation of any provision of any
such code shall be a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof an offender