Registry No. 1647—02 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 PENCIL SLAT 
 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 
 
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 Slat IV anufacturing Industry 
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 industry, and none of the provisions contained therein are 
 
 to be regarded as having received the approval of 
 
 the National Recovery Administration 
 
 as applying to this industry 
 
 UNITED STATES 
 
 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
 
 WASHINGTON : 1933 
 
 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 
 
 Price 5 cents 
 
Submitted by 
 
 PENCIL SLAT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 
 (II) 
 
PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION OF THE PENCIL 
 SLAT MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 
 
 In order to effectuate the purpose of the National Industrial 
 Recovery Act and immediately increase employment at a living wage 
 in the Pencil Slat industry, the Pencil Slat Manufacturers' Associa- 
 tion, a voluntary association of producers of pencil slats in the United 
 States of America, which are truly representative of the Pencil Slat 
 Industry, respectfully submit to the President and to the Admin- 
 istrator for approval and enforcement, in accordance with the 
 provisions of the Act, the following Code of Fair Competition : 
 
 1. Membership. — All producers of pencil slats in the United States 
 are eligible as of right to membership in the Pencil Slat Manufac- 
 turers' Association, and to become parties to the Code of Fair 
 Competition. 
 
 2. Employees. — Employees shall have the right to organize and 
 bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, 
 and shall be free from interference, restraint, or coercion of em- 
 ployers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such repre- 
 sentatives, and no employee and no one seeking employment from 
 such members shall be required as a condition of employment to 
 join any company union, or to refrain from joining, organizing, or 
 assisting a labor organization of his own choosing. 
 
 3. Hours of labor. — Maximum hours for all employees in the 
 Industry shall be eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per 
 week. However, due to the fluctuating demand for the product, if 
 it becomes necessary, hours may be increased, provided that in no 
 event shall the total hours of labor in any 13-week period exceed 
 the average of 40 hours per week. 
 
 4. Exceptions. — Maximum hours provided for in this Article shall 
 not apply to foremen, superintendents, officials compensated on a 
 fixed weekly, monthly, or yearly salary whose compensation is not 
 less than $30.00 per week, or others employed to do specific, or special 
 work for fixed compensation; though such group shall not exceed 
 10% of the total employees. Any employees working for emergency 
 purposes, such as fire fighting, shall receive time and one half for 
 overtime. 
 
 5. Minimum Wages. — (a) The minimum wage for male common 
 labor shall not be less than 32 1 /o( / ' per hour and the minimum wage 
 for female labor shall not be less than 32 ] /->^ per hour except in 
 Tennessee, where it shall be .">();• per hour for male common labor 
 and 30$ per hour for female labor. For other than common labor, 
 minimum rates shall have a fair relation to the common-labor rates 
 according to (he skill and experience for the particular class of work-. 
 
 (b) Changes in the standard of minimum wages will he proposed 
 from time to time, to the President, for the purpose of keeping 
 wages reasonably related to the cost of living and to the ability of th i 
 industry to pay. 
 
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 (c) All employers in the pencil slat industry must comply with 
 the maximum hours and minimum rates of pay and other working 
 conditions approved or prescribed by the President. 
 
 6. Child Labor. — No person under the age of 16 years shall be 
 employed at any time by this Industry. 
 
 7. Unfair Competition. — (a) It shall be considered unfair com- 
 petition to sell any pencil slats below the cost of production. 
 
 (b) It shall be considered unfair competition for any existing 
 plant to add additional equipment for materially increasing produc- 
 tion to its present facilities, or for any plant or factory not at present 
 engaged in the commercial production of pencil, slats to install or 
 convert equipment for or to the manufacture of pencil slats until 
 such time as the present facilities of the existing plants are com- 
 pletely occupied. 
 
 (c) The Pencil Slat Manufacturers' Association may set forth 
 from time to time in a manner prescribed under the bylaws of said 
 association other actions which will be considered as unfair com- 
 petition. 
 
 This Code of Fair Competition shall be in effect ten (10) days 
 after approval by the President. 
 
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