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 Registry No. 1325—02 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 RAISED PRINTING 
 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 31, 1933 
 
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 U.S. DEPO»TO ffY I 
 
 The Code for the Raised Printing Manufacturing Industry 
 
 in its present form merely reflects the proposal of the above-mentioned 
 
 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 
 
 THE ASSOCIATION OF IMANUFACTURERS OF RAISED TRINTINC} 
 MATERIALS AND MACHINERY 
 
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PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE RAISED 
 PRINTING MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 
 
 To effectuate the policy of Title I of the National Recovery Act, 
 the following provisions have been established as a code of fair 
 competition for the Raised Printing Manufacturing Industry : 
 
 Article I — Definitions 
 
 (a) The term "Raised Printing Manufacturing Industry" as 
 used herein shall be construed to include all manufacturers of powder 
 and machinery specifically prepared or designed for use in the 
 production of Raised Printing. 
 
 (b) The term "Association " as used herein means The Association 
 of Manufacturers of Raised Printing Materials and Machinery. A 
 copy of the Constitution and Bylaws of said Association is attached 
 hereto marked "Appendix A." The membership of said Associa- 
 tion is representative of the Raised Printing Manufacturing 
 Industry. 
 
 ((•) The term "employes" as used herein means all persons em- 
 ployed in the establishments covered by this code. 
 
 (d) The term "effective date" as used herein means the tenth 
 day after this code has been approved by the President of the United 
 States. 
 
 Article II — Hours of Labor 
 
 On and after the effective date no person employed within the 
 Raised Printing Manufacturing Industry shall be permitted to work 
 more than an average of forty hours per week during any six months' 
 period following the effective date hereof nor more than forty-eight 
 hours during anj week, but such limitations shall not apply to : 
 
 (a) Any person employed in an executive, administrative, super- 
 visory, and (or) technical capacity, or as an outside salesman. 
 
 (b) Cases of emergency, provided that at the end of each calendar 
 month any such employer in the Raised Printing Machinery In- 
 dustry shall report to the Association, in such detail as may be re- 
 quired by the Executive Committee, the number of man-hours so 
 worked, giving the emergency reasons therefor. 
 
 Article III — Mini.aei m Wages 
 
 On and after the effective date the minimum wages paid by any 
 employer in the Raised Printing Machine Industry to any employe, 
 inchiding accounting, clerical, office, and sales employes, shall be 
 not less than fort}- cents per hour or at the rate of forty cents per 
 hour if paid on other than an hourly basis unless the hourly rate for 
 the same class of work on July loth. 1929, was less than forty cents 
 
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per hour in which latter case the minimum wages paid shall be 
 not less than the hourly rate paid on July 15th, 1929, and in no event 
 less than thirty cents per hour. 
 
 In the case of an emploj^e whose compensation is based upon a 
 measure other than time, the total compensation paid shall be no less 
 than such employe would be entitled to receive if his compensation 
 w^ere measured by a time rate. 
 
 Article IV — Child Labor 
 
 On and after the effective date, no employer in the Kaised Print- 
 ing Manufacturing Industry shall employ any person under the age 
 of sixteen years. 
 
 Article V — Administration 
 
 The Association is hereby appointed an agency for the following 
 purposes : 
 
 (a) To represent the Raised Printing Manufacturing Lndustry 
 in all dealings with the Administrator ^yith respect to such code, the 
 application thereof, and said act and any regulations issued there- 
 under, and amendments of this code or additional codes applicable 
 to the Eaised Printing Manufacturing Industry or subdivisions 
 thereof. 
 
 (b) To formulate rules of fair competition and fair trade prac- 
 tice for the Industry, and to present such rules to the Administrator 
 in the form of a supplementary code or supplementary codes. 
 
 (c) To collect from the members of the association all data and 
 statistics which may be called for under this code, or required by 
 the President, or reasonably pertinent to effectuate Title I of said 
 Act. Any data and (or) statistics of a confidential nature shall be 
 collected by a firm of Certified Accountants or other suitable agent 
 selected by the Raised Printing Manufacturing Industry. 
 
 (d) The duties of the Association above enumerated shall be 
 exercised by action of its Board of Directors and (or) its members 
 as provided in its Constitution and Bylaws. The Association may 
 delegate any of its duties to such agents and committees as it may 
 appoint, whose personnel, duties, and powers may be changed by 
 the Association from time to time. 
 
 Article VI 
 
 Any establishment operating under the provisions of this code 
 which is not a member of the Association shall pay to the Associa- 
 tion a share of the expenses of the Administration of this code on 
 the same basis as if it were a member. 
 
 Article VII — Employe Organization and Bargaining 
 
 (a) Employes shall have the right to organize and bargain col- 
 lectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall be 
 free from 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 col- 
 lective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. 
 
 (b) No employe 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 organization of his 
 own choosing. 
 
 (c) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 
 minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, approved 
 or prescribed by the President. 
 
 Article VIII 
 
 The President of the United States may, from time to time, cancel 
 or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued 
 under Title I of the National Recovery Act. 
 
 Article IX — Amendments or Additional Codes 
 
 Supplementary provisions or amendments to this code or addi- 
 tional codes or fair trade practice rules may from time to time be 
 submitted in behalf of the Raised Printing Manufacturing Industr}' 
 for the approval of the President, 
 
 This instrument may be executed in several counter parts, each of 
 which sliiill be deemed to be an original, which together shall consti- 
 tute one instrument. 
 
 Harbor Chemical Company, 305 Border Street, East Bos- 
 ton, Mass., by Chas. R. Harris, Manager; A. Stokes 
 Company, Hudson, Ohio, by A. Stokes, Prop. ; Auto- 
 matic Printing Devices Co., 1600 Junction Avenue, 
 Racine, Wisconsin, by Paul J. Barnard ; Flexo Manu- 
 facturing Company, 35 Howard Street, New York 
 City, by S. Neilsen, Treas.-Sec'y ; Embossograph 
 Process Co., Inc., 251 William Street, New York 
 City, by S. Lipsius, Pres. & Treas.; C. E. Dilkes 
 Compaii}', 6 Dawson Street, Newark, N.J., by C. Ed- 
 Avard Dilkes ;. Wood, Nathan & Virkus Co., Inc., #112 
 Charlton Street, New York City, by Kirk McFarli:i, 
 Vice Pres. 
 
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