Rei^istry No. 1332—06 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION 
 INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1933 
 
 The Code for the Telegraph Communication Industry 
 
 in its present form merely reflects the proposal of Ihe 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 
 
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NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY CODE OF THE 
 TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY 
 
 Desiring to aid in effectuating the policy of the National Industrial 
 Recovery Act, the undersigned companies engaged in the telegraph 
 communication field adopt the following code pursuant to Title I 
 of that Act. 
 
 I 
 
 The effective date of this Code shall be the tenth day after its 
 approval by the President of the United States. 
 
 II 
 
 No telegraph company shall employ any person under sixteen 
 years of age, except that persons between fourteen and sixteen may 
 be employed for not to exceed three hours per day and those hours 
 between 7 A.M. and 7 P.M. in such work as will not interfere with 
 hours of day school. 
 
 Ill 
 
 Not to work any employee more than 48 hours per week on an 
 average of a thirteen- week period. The maximum hours fixed shall 
 not apply to employees in cities or towns or isolated places where 
 not more than three employees, exclusive of messengers, are engaged, 
 nor to employees in managerial, supervisory, or executive capacity 
 who receive more than $35 per week, nor to line patrol and repairmen 
 in isolated places, nor to employees engaged in emergency mainte- 
 nance and repair work, or employed in connection with unforeseen 
 emergencies which may arise, making longer hours temporarily 
 necessarjT^ to prevent interference with public service. No service 
 operation shall be reduced below 52 hours in any one week unless 
 such hours were less than 52 hours per week prior to July 1, 1933, 
 and in the latter case the hours shall not be reduced at all, except 
 where business is suspended and the office closed, or where offices are 
 temporarily opened and closed to meet seasonal or emergency condi- 
 tions. 
 
 IV 
 
 (a) Not to pay any employee less than $15 per week in any city 
 of over 500,000 population, nor less than $14.50 per week in any city 
 of between 250,000 and 500,000 population, nor less than $14 per week 
 in any city of between 2,500 and 250,000 population, and in towns 
 of less than 2,500 population to increase all wages by not less than 
 20%, provided that this shall not require wages in excess of $12 per 
 week. 
 
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 (b) The minimum wages fixed in this Section may be at the rate 
 of $1 per week less in the southern section of the country than the 
 rates specified in this section. The southern section of the country 
 is defined as including the following : Virginia, West Virginia, North 
 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentuclr^, Maryland, 
 District of Columbia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, 
 Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. 
 
 V 
 
 The maximum hours fixed in this agreement shall not apply to 
 commission salesmen, employees on cable ships, employees outside of 
 the continental United States, or to messengers in cities, towns, or 
 isolated places where there are not more than three employees, exclu- 
 sive of messengers. 
 
 The minimum wages fixed in this agreement shall not apply tO' 
 bona fide learners, commission salesmen, employees on cable ships, 
 messengers, part-time employees, or to employees outside of the con- 
 tinental United States. 
 
 VI 
 
 Compensation for employment now in excess of the minimum 
 wages herein provided for shall not be reduced in consequence of any 
 reduction of hours provided for in this Code. 
 
 VII 
 
 (a) Pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 7 of the National Indus- 
 trial Recovery Act, this Code is subject to the following conditions : 
 
 (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 organization 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. ■ 
 
 (b) Pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 10 of the National In- 
 dustrial Recovery Act, the President may from time to time cancel 
 or modify any order, approval, license, rule or regulation issued 
 under Title I of said Act. 
 
 VIII 
 
 This Code shall continue in effect until December 31, 1933, and 
 thereafter until terminated by the President or by the companies 
 submitting this Code, or until such date as the President by proclama- 
 tion or the Congress by joint resolution shall declare that the 
 emergency recognized by the National Industrial Recovery Act has 
 ended.