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NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION ly ;- -.:-: : CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WOOD FLOUR INDUSTRY AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 30, 1933 'rREGISTRY No. 313-12 .. , 'H: . The Code for.the Wood Flour I&dustry Sin its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned industry, and none of the provisions coptfained therein are -. to be regarded as having received,thq approvallof the National Recovery Adiinislratiop I i as applying to this industry, EM, E I i llIt A I1 I la w OUR PART UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1933 a le ly Le s:uInteauent Lof ecamemas, Wmahington. D.C. Prime 5 mw II. i;: i I' CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE WOOD FLOUR INDUSTRY To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Industrial Re- covery Act, during the period of emergency, the following provisions are established as a National Industrial Recovery Code for the Wood Flour Industry. ARTICLE I As used herein- The term "Act" means National Industrial Recovery Act. The term President" means the President of the United States of America. The term "Administrator means the duly appointed representa- tive of the President to administer the Industrial Recovery Act. The term Wood Flour Industry is defined to mean the manu- facture and sale of the following forms of wood flours: (a) Wood flour manufactured directly through pulverizing pro- cesses. (b) Wood flour obtained as byproduct. The term Managing Committee is defined to mean a committee consisting of a chairman and two members elected at the meeting of the Wood Flour Industry. The term "Persons means natural persons, partnerships, associa- tions, and corporations. The term Employer shall include every person actively engaged in the manufacture for sale of products of the Wood Flour Industry as defined herein. The term Effective date" is defined to mean the Code shall be- come effective immediately upon approval of the President of the United States. ARTICLE II As required by Section 7 (a) of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the following provisions are conditions of this Code: "1. That employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection; "2. That no employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing, or assisting a labor organi- zation of his own choosing; and "3. That employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment approved or prescribed by the President." 8686-33 (1) ' ARTICLE III On and after the effective date, employers in the wood flour indus- try shall not employ any person under the age of 18 years. ARTICLE IV (a) On and after the effective date, or before, the maximum hours of labor for employees, except those who serve in executive, adminis- trative, supervisory, sales, and/or technical capacities, shall be 40 hours per week, subject to the flexible provision that the average hours worked per week by an individual employee shall not exceed the maximum established when figured over a period of 12 weeks. (b) On and after the effective date, or before, the minimum wage that shall be paid by any employer to any of his employees shall be at a rate of not less than 350 per hour, unless the wage for the same class of labor was less on July 15, 1929, and in any event not less than 304 per hour. (c) In the event of emergency requiring more than 40 hours per week of any employee, the employer shall report to the Managing Committee the number of hours in excess of 40 hours per week of any employee and the details of the emergency. ARTICLE V The Wood Flour Industry, through the Managing Committee, shall investigate and inform the Administrator on behalf of the Wood Flour Industry as to the importations of competitive materials into the United States in substantial quantities or increasing ratios to domestic production on such terms or under such conditions as to render ineffective or seriously to endanger the maintenance of this Code, and such Managing Committee shall make complaint to the Administrator on behalf of the Wood Flour Industry, under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act, with respect thereto. ARTICLE VI In order to comply with the provisions of the Act with regard to fair trade practices, etc., no employer in this Industry is permitted to sell or exchange any products of his manufacture at a price or upon such terms or conditions which will result in the nonobserv- ance of the purpose of this Code of Fair Competition. With a view to keeping the President informed as to the functioning of this Code of Fair Competition, and whether the Industry is adopting and maintaining appropriate action to effectuate the declared police of the Act, and to provide for making available to the Administrator and members of the Industry information to assist in effectuating the policy of the Act, each member of the Industry will furnish reports as may be required by the Administrator or Managing Com- mittee and Administrator, and in such form and manner as may here- after be provided by said Managing Committee or Administrator. ARTICLE VII Such of the provisions of this Code as are not required by the National Industrial Recovery Act to be included herein may, with the approval of the President of the United States, be modified, or eliminated as changed circumstances or experience may indicate. This code is intended to be a basic Code, and study of the trade practices of the Wood Flour Industry will be continued by the Administrator with the intention of submitting from time to time additions to the Code applicable to all employers in the Wood Flour Industry. ARTICLE VIII If any employer of labor in the Wood Flour Industry is also an employer of labor in any other Industry, the provisions of this Code shall apply to and affect only that part of his business which is included in the Wood Flour Industry. .ARTICLE IX All such regulations for the supervision and enforcement of this Code shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any administrative of enforcement provisions included within said Act, Governmental Regulations concerning the same or any amendments to said Act or Governmental Regulations. The Managing Committee is hereby authorized to present the above Code for the Wood Flour Industry, as approved, to the National Recovery Administration. Approved at a meeting of the Industry held on August 25, 1933, by the following members of the Industry: GAMBLE MFG. Co., Tacoma, Wash. E. I. DU POINT DE NEMOURS & Co., INC., Wilmington, Del. JOHN C. HOORNBECK & SON, Napa.noch, N.Y. LUMBER BI-PRoDUCTs Co., INC., Buffalo, N.Y. BECKER-MOORE & Co., INC., N. Tonawanda, N.Y. 'Approval by telegram. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA I1111111111 IilllIl11111111 l HII I Hi1ll l III 3 1262 08583 0478 |