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article v, all in such form and manner
as said agency shall reasonably prescribe.
(b) To represent the automobile in
dustry In conferring with the admins
traitor with respect to the application
of this code and of said act and any
regulations issued hereunder, and to
hear complaints and If possible adjust
the same, and to coordinate the ad-
ministration Of this code with such
codes, If any, as may affect any sub
division of the automobile industry or
any related industry. with a view to
providing Joint and harmonious action
upon all matters Of common interest,
and to receive any proposals for sup
Elementary provisions or amendments
Of this code or additional codes ap-
plicable to the automobile industry or
various subdivisions thereof. with re-
spect to wages, hours. trade practices
or any other matters affecting the auto
mobile industry or any subdivision
thereof. provided, however, that as re-
CARDS all matters mentioned in this
paragraph (b) said agency shall have
no power to express any approval or
Recommendation to the administrator
or in any way bind the automobile in
dustry or any subdivision thereof. or
do any more than consider the FORE
going matters, and confer with the
members of the automobile industry
affected thereby, with view to develop
ing the sentiment Of the automobile
industry, and the arguments for or
against such proposals, and arrange for
hearings before the administrator on
any proposal which a substantial pro-
portion Of the automobile industry de-
sires to present.
Collective Bargaining.
(c) The duties Of said agency above
enumerated shall be exercised by the
chamber by action of its board of d.
rectors and /or members as provided in
its certificate Of incorporation and by
laws and the laws under which 1t Is in
corporated. Said agency may delegate
any Of its duties to such agents and
committees as 1t may appoint whose
personnel, duties and powers may be
changed by said agency from time to
time.
8. As required by section z (a) Of
title Of the national industrial recov-
cry act the following provisions effec-
tive until the expiration date are con-
ditions Of this code:
(a) That employees shall have the
right to organize and bargain collec-
own choosing, and shall be free from
the interference, restraint, or coercion
Of employers Of labor, or their agents,
in the designation of such representa-
tives or in self-organization or in other
concerted activities for the purpose of
collective bargaining or other mutual
aid Or protection; (O that no employe
and no one seeking employment shall
be required as q condition Of employ
ment to join any company union or to
refrain from joining, organizing, or as
ststtng q labor organization Of his own
choosing; and 90 that employers shall
labor, minimum rates of pay, and other
conditions of employment approved or
prescribed by the President.
In accordance with the foregoing pro-
visions, the employers in the automo-
bile industry propose to continue the
open shop policy heretofore followed
and under which unusually satisfactory
and harmonious relations with employees
have been maintained.
Advancement on Merit Basis.
The selection. retention and advance
ment Of employees will be on the basis
their afiliation or non n-af6liation With
any labor or other organization.
Z. As required by section 10 CD Of
title of the national industrial recov-
cry act the following provision is con-
tanned in this code: The President may
from time to time cancel or modify any
order, approval, license, rule or regula-
ton issued under this title.
8. BY presenting this code the cham
Der and others asserting hereto are not
consenting to any notifications thereof
and each reserves the right to object
individually or jointly to any modified
code.
8. It IS contemplated that supple
provisions or amendments of
this code or additional codes applicable
to the automobile industry or various
subdivisions thereof may from time to
time be submitted in behalf Of the auto
mobile industry or various subdivisions
thereof for the approval Of the Presi-
dent.
Assent Of National Automobile Cham
Der Of Commerce members and others:
The undersigned hereby assent to the
draft application to the President here
to appended dated July =. 1888, and
the draft code therein mentioned. pro.
vided, however. that this instrument
and such assent shall become valid, eff
fective and binding only If and when
an instrument of assent thereto has
been signed In the form and style here
In shown by members of National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce repre-
senting 95 per cent of the aggregate
sales Of all members Of said chamber
for IL months ended June 80, 1888, as
certified by said chamber.
Thu Instrument may be executed in
several counterparts, each Of which
shall be deemed to be an original,
which together shall constitute one in
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