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COD E O F F A IR COMPE TITIO N
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An appli c ati o n having been duly made p u rs u ant to and in full
compli ance with the provisions of Title I of the National Ind u stri al
R ecovery Act , a pproved %une 1 6 1 933 fo r my approval o f a Cod e
and hear
o f F air Com pet i tion for the Photo Engraving Ind u stry
ings having been held there o n and the Administrator having ren
dered his report containing an analysis of the said Code of F air Com
petiti o n together with his re c o m mendations and findings with respe ct
theret o and the Administrator having found that the sai d Code o f
F air Competition c o mplies in all respe c ts with the pertinent provi
sions o f Ti tle I of said A c t and that the requirements o f cla u ses ( 1 )
a n d ( 2 ) of s u bsection ( a ) o f Section 3 of the said Act have been met :
NO
T H E R E F O R E I Franklin D R o osevelt President o f the
U nited States p u rs u ant t o the authority veste d in me by Title I of
the National Ind u strial R ecovery A ct approved %une 1 6 1933 and
otherwise do hereby adopt and approve the rep o rt re co m mendati o ns
and findings of t he Ad ministrator and do order that the said Code
of Fair C o mpetiti o n be and it is hereby approved s u bj ect to the
f o llowing conditi o ns :
1 That the maximum h ours o f work specified in Arti c le III of
the C o de and %or any other provisi o ns o f the C o de relating to hou rs
o f v o rk
shall not be constr u ed as a minimum work day o r w o rk
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P R O VID E D that if at any time in any locality employees e n
gaged in any trade or craft through their chosen representatives
express by written requ est to their employer o r empl o yers a desire
t o share available work with bona fi de resid e nt competent mechanics
in their p arti c ular trade or craft t he n u mber of hou rs may be
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P R O VID E D , further , that if lo c al agreement proves impossibl e
within fi fteen ( 1 5 ) days after su c h re q u est the question may be
appealed by either p arty to a lo c al B oard set u p by mutual agree
ment of the p arties o r to the Labor B oard established in Articl e
VIII o f the C o de
2 That my approval of the Code as a separ a te Code i limited to
a period O f three ( 3 ) months from the effective dat e thereof an d t he
A dmin istrat o r is hereby authori z ed after s u c h p u blic notice and
hearing as he may prescribe to require the Photo Engraving Ind u s
t ry to operate under the Code O f F air Competiti o n fo r the Graphic
Arts Industri e s
P R O VID E D however that if the Administrator so o rders no
changes in any provisions of the Code o f F air Competition for t he
Photo Engraving Industry other than appropriate modifi c ations of
t h e definitions and o f the Administ rative provisions O f said C o de a re
a ut h ori z ed by this O rder of Approval
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the week o f September 1 8 hearings were held o n
codes that had been presented for various branches o f the Gr a phic
Arts Ind u stries It was the suggestion o f t he Administration th a t
all the Graphic Arts be brought under o n e basic c o de wit h t h e a u
t o n o mo u ad ministration to which they c o uld lay proper cl aim
The phot o engraving branch Of the industry is essenti a lly a service
branch selling its product to commercial printers It was rel u ctant
to enter int o any arrangement w h ereby its cust o mers would h ave a
measure Of c o ntrol over the c o nduct O f its b u siness F o r reasons
whi ch are outlined in the R eport which has been made to me by
D eputy Administrator Lindsay R ogers I h a ve deemed it desirabl e t o
present for your approval a separate code for this branch o f the in
I recommend however that your Exe cu tive O rder m ak e
du tr y
two c onditions o f approval o f the Code whi ch will be more pecifi
cally referred t o later
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In the year 1 93 1 according to the Ce nsus Of M anu facturers ther e
were 61 7 trade photo engraving establishments employing an average
of
wage earners at an aver a ge annual wage o f approximately
The t o tal value o f pr o d u cti o n du ring this year was in excess
Of
The empl o yees Of all bran ches O f the Graphic Arts
Industries are highly skilled and of all these groups the skill requ ired
Of the Phot o Engraving j o urneyman is certainly n o t the least R ec
o gn it io n o f this condition is implied in the f act that the annual wage
ab o ve menti o ned c o mpared with an average fo r c ommer cial prin t ers
in 1 93 1 Of only
It has not been possible t o sep arate unemployment in photo
engrav ing sep arate from unemployment in c ommer c ial printing as
a whole D uring the month Of A u g u st 1 9 3 3 after the general ad o p
tion o f the President s R eemployment Agree ment the seasonally
adj usted index O f empl o yment in the B ook and %ob branch of t he
Graphi c Arts was 67 6 ( based o n 1 00 fo r 1 929 ) whi c h indicat ed a
redu ction in the n u mber O f f u lly empl o yed wage earners of a p p r o xi
mately o n e third
from the 1 929 level There is no re a son for
inferring that ph o to engraving presents an exception to this con
diti o n Figures presented at the public hearing by uni o n r ep r e
en t a t iv e
O f t he International Ph o t o Engravers U nion
which em
braces m o re than 90 percent o f the ph o to engravers workers in this
c ountry
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, con lusively showed that unemploy m
the ind u stry was if anything worse than in the graphic arts as a
whole In the mont h of %une 19 33 ,
photo engraving j ourney
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The Cod e in its present form provides a 4 0 hour week as a maxi
mum fo r prod u c tive employees There are few establishments at
present Operating over this limitation The application of codal
provisions cannot therefore be expe ct e d to red u ce unemployment
to any appreci able extent It is to be hoped theref o re that v o lu n
tary work sharing p rograms will be institute d and continued wh e re
now p revalent to take u p the sl ack and to ameliorate to some extent
the conditi o ns now prevailing among this highly skilled group of
workers
A basic minimum wage rate O f
p er h o ur for j o urneymen
photo engravers working during the day and of
fo r night
work is specified in this Code This represents substanti al agre e
ment b etw ee n the industry and the representative o f organi z ed labo r
T he provisions for nonprod u ctive employees conf o rm essentially t o
those adopted in codes previ o usly approved
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The pr o visions regu lating trade pra ctices appear to be in telli
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T h e Code as recommended may be sum mari z ed as follows :
Article I states the purposes O f the Code
Article II sets forth various definitions
Article III provides a standard work w e ek o f 4 0 h ou rs wit h
certain exceptions
Article IV sets minimum wage scales
Article V prohibits the empl o yment o f persons under 1 6 year
of age in t h is ind u stry embodies the mandatory provisions of Sec
ti o n 7 ( a ) of the National Ind u stri al R e c overy Act , and contain
other provisions r el ating t o general labor conditions
Article VI establishes a standard basis o f cost accounting
Article VII constitutes a Code Auth o rity and gives it c ertain
powers
Article V III e tibla he a j oint Labor Board to consider and p ass
upon any alleged vi olations dispu te s or nonobservance o f t h e Labo r
Provisi o ns o f this Code
Article I X re gulates trade practices
Articl e X provides for t he modification of this Code in ac c ord
a nce with the p rovisions of subsection
( b ) o f Section 1 0 of the
Nationa l Ind u strial R ecovery Act
Article XI specifies that n o provision in th is Code shall be so
a pplied as t o p ermit m o nopolies o r m o nopolistic practices ; and
A rticl e X I I fixes t he effective date of th e Cod e
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I rec o mmend that your Executive O rder specify that the n o rmal
work we ek of forty hours is not to be constr u ed as a minimum ; sug
gest to the Industry the desirability of reduci n g the work week belo w
forty hours when this can be done by agr ee ment between r ep r e en
t a t iv e of the employers and representatives of the employees ; a n d
empower the Labor Board whic h the Code sets u p to act as a n
age n c y in u sing its g o od Office s to effect pr o per adj u stments below
the maxim u m of forty ho u rs per week
The desire of the Graphic A rts Ind u stries to have the basic cod e
cover Photo Engraving has already been refe rred t o The present
cod e does not cover privately owned photo engraving establishments
( that is operated in c o nnection with com mercial ) rinting establish
ment and n o t making photo engravings fo r sale
Such privately
owned establishments are covered under the Graphic Arts Code
Con %i cts o f j u risdiction a r e bound to arise
U n der thes e circumstances I recommend that your Exe cu tiv e
O rder approving this cod e make as a condition Of approval the
stipulation that the sep arateness of the code fo r the industry wil l
hen
be r e considered at the expiration o f a thre e m o nths p eriod
this period elapses the Code will be continu ed as a separate c o de
o r its provisions will be incorporated un c hanged in the Graphic Arts
basic cod e T he industry agrees to this condition Of approval I
am m aking the sam e recommendation in respect Of the separate code
for Electrotyping and Stereotyping and in resp ect o f the Graphi c
Arts Cod e since it m ay turn o u t that certain industries and groups
a r e improperly under this Code
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withou t limitation s u bse c tion ( a ) of Section 7 and subsection ( b ) o f
S e ction 1 0 ther e of ; and
( b ) The American Photo Engravers Association imposes no ih
equitable restrictions u pon the membership therein and is truly rep
r e en t a t iv e of the Photo Engraving Ind u stry ; and
( c ) The Code is not designed to promote monopolies o r to elimi
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n ate o r oppress small enterpris e s and will not Operate to di cr im
n at e against them and will tend to e ffect u ate the poli c ies of Titl e I
o f the National Industrial R e c overy A ct
I recommend th at the Code be approved
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e ffect the policies O f Tit l e I o f the Nati o nal Industrial R e c overy
Act this Cod e i s established as a Code Of F air Competition for the
Photo Engraving Industry , and its provisions shall be the standard
of fair competition for such ind u stry and shall be binding up o n every
member thereof
AR TIC LE I I — D E FINITI O N S
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The term pho t o engrav ing industry as used herein in c l u des al l
plants engaged in the producti o n or p arti al produ ction of photo
en graved plates for sal e o r fo r the use and benefit of others tha n
the person firm o r corporation that pr o duce s such pl ates and al l
persons firms o r corporations that purchase photo en g raved pl ate
fo r p u rposes o f resale
The term member of the industry include but with o ut li mi
t a t ion any indi v idual p artnership association corporation o r othe r
form Of ente rprise engaged in the industry eith
er as an e mpl o yer o r
on his or its own be h alf
The te rm employee a used herein in c ludes any and all per
son e ngaged ih the industry howeve r c o mpensated , except a member
of the indu t ry
The terms Act and Administrator as u sed h erein means r e
pect iv ely Title I of the Nation al Industrial R ecovery A ct and t he
Administrator for Industrial R ecovery
Populati o n for the purp o se s of this Code shall be determined by
reference t o the late st Feder a l Cens u s
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NO employee ,
I I I — H OU RS
member of the industry , engaged in the p r o
duction of photo engravings shall be permitte d t o w o rk in ex c ess of
forty ( 4 0 ) ho urs in any one week or eight ( 8 ) ho u rs in any twenty
four ( 24 ) hour period e xcept as hereinafter provided The t o t a l
numbe r o f hou rs worked in any twenty f o u r
hour period sh a ll
be c o ntin u o u s except fo r lunch pe ri o ds O f n o t less than thirty
minutes and not more than o n e hour
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hen ne c essary overtime shall be permitted bu t n o perso n
s h all work more than a total of 520 h o u rs in any conse cu tive 1 3
weeks ; pr o vided that when du e t o the special character of the work
o r when s u itable help is u navailable
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xcess of t he maximum hours here in provided O vertim e shall con
sist Of all work performed i n excess Of the current daily schedul e of
working h o urs and maximu m weekly hours and shall be p aid for at
not less than tim e and one half O f the employe e s regular rate ; for
work on S u ndays and c u st o marily Observ e d holidays , at not less than
double time
3 NO employer shall knowingly permit any employee to work for
any tim e which w h en totaled with that alre ady p erformed with
another empl o yer o r empl o yers in this industry , exceeds the maximu m
permitted herein
4 The provisions o f this article sh all not apply to outsi de sales
men and persons employed in a m
anagerial o r executive cap acity
who receive more than
per week excepting those engaged in
the pr o duction O f photo engraving ; o r to emergency m aintenanc e
and rep air men j anitors driv e rs and delivery men provided that
suc h employ e es shall not be permitted to work in e xcess o f 44 hours
per week
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worker o f m o re tha n thre e
years experience who regularly
performs j ou r n eymen duties , shall be p ai d at less than the rate o f
per hour for hours worked betw een 8 A M and 6 P M ; nor
shall any such employee be p aid less than
per h our for work
p e rformed regularly b etween the hours Of 6 R M and 8 A M In
no instanc e shall the foregoing be appli e d i n a manner to reduc e the
pre sent hourly rate p ai d to any employ ee It is S pecificall y und er
stood that the f o regoing provision is inte nded to establ i sh only
minimum and not maximum wage r equirem ents
2 T he ratio Of apprentic es shall be not more than o n e apprentic e
to three j ourneymen reg u l arly employed provid e d that this provi
sion shall not apply to apprenti c es employed on D ecemb e r 1 , 1 933
The minim u m wages for apprentices shall be based upon length o f
follows : F irst year , 3 0¢ per hour ; second year , 4 0¢
e xperience a
p er hour ; thi rd year 50¢ per hour ; fourth year 65¢ p er hour ; fifth
ear 8 0¢ per hour All apprentic es employe d by employers in this
yn du try shall be registered with the Code Authority
3 Employees not covere d by Sections 1 and 2 Of t h is articl e s h al l
be p ai d at not less than the following rates :
per week in any
city Of over
population o r in the imm e diate trade ar e a Of
u c h city ;
per week in any city of b etween
and
p o pulation o r in the immedi at e trade are a Of such city ;
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popul ation o r in the
w eek in any city o f betwe e n
per we ek in towns O f less
immedi ate trade ar e a o f such city ;
than
popul ation NO e rrand o r m essenger boy s h al l be paid
l ess than 80 % o f t he minimum wag es sp ecified in this s ection for
the applicable are a
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NO person under sixte en y e ars
C ON D ITION S
s h al l be employ e d in t he
ind u stry No p e rson under e ighteen years o f age sh all be employ e d
at operations or occup ations whic h a r e h a z ardous in n atur e o r dan
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In compliance with Se c ti o n 7 ( a ) o f the Act it is provided :
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collectively thro u gh representatives O f their o w n choosing and shal l
be free fr o m the interferen c e restraint o r c o ercion O f employers O f
lab o r o r their agents in the designation o f s u c h representatives o r in
self —organi z ati o n o r in o ther concerted a c tivities fo r the purpose o f
c o llective bargaining o r o ther m u tu al aid o r prote cti o n ;
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o r to refrain from j oining organi z ing o r assisting a labor organi z a
tion O f his o w n choosing ; and
o yers shall c o mply with the maximum ho u rs O f
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labor minimum rates o f p ay an d other conditions of employment
approved o r pres c ribed by the President
3 N o empl o yer shall re c lassify e mpl o yees o r d u ties Of occup ati o n
performed o r engaged in any other subterfuge fo r the p u rpose of de
fe ating the purp o ses o r pr o visions Of the A c t o r O f this Code
4 No provision in this Code shall s u persede any State o r Federa l
la w which imp o ses on e mpl o yers more stringent requ irements as t o
age O f empl o yees wages h o u rs o f work or as t o safety h e alth s ani
ta ry o r general w o rking co nditions o r insurance or fire prote c tion ,
t h an a r e impo e d by this C o de
5 No thing in this Code shall be construed o r applied t o supersede
o r interfere with existing agreements ar r ived at by bon a fi de col
lect iv e bargaining u nless the same are revised by mut u al consent o f
t he c o ntracting p arties
6 Every empl o yer shall make reasonable p rovision fo r the safety
and health o f his employees at the place and during t he h o u rs o f
their employment
7 Standards fo r safety and health shall be s u bmitted by the Cod e
Authority to the Ad ministrator fo r approval within sixty days after
the effective date of this Code
8 A placard co ntaining all the p r o visi o ns Of this Code r e latin g
t o h o urs wages and employment shall be p osted in a prominen t
place in the w o rkroom O f ea ch establishment o perating u nder thi
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AR TIC LE V I — COST S
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The basis o f estimating and pricing in the phot o engraving
industry shall be the Standard S c ale for Ph o to Engravings , F orm
H and the Standard Scale fo r Col o r Process Plates Form G whic h
scales were in effect A u g u st 1 19 32 and prior thereto ; o r suc h
revisi o ns thereof as m
a y from time to time be approved by t he Cod e
Authority and the Administrat o r
2 The principle of pri c ing shall be one pri c e to al l customer
for like services and like c onditi ons o f prod u c ti o n and costs
3 Every photo engraving establi h ment shall maintain the Stan
dard Cost Finding System and Standard Accoun ting Syst em a p
proved by the Ameri c an Ph o to Engravers Association and by t he
Administrator ; o r systems comparable therewith when approved by
the Code Authority and the Administrat o r
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Selling below the c o st O f prod u ction shall be a violation o f t h is
Code pr o vided that t he p r o du ce r may sell be l o w his own cost t o
m eet competition by a producer who does not vi o late the Code
cost O f prod u cti o n as used in this C o de shall in
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distrib u tion administration
olude all expenses O f manufactu ring
and financing incident to the c onduct O f b u siness , ascertained in
acc o rdance with the Accounting and Cost Finding Systems pro
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t o rs p artn ers an d st o ckholders shall be the wages and salar i es p aid
fo r like services and u n der lik e conditi o ns bu t in no c ase less than
t he standards provided in this Code
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A R TICLE V I I — A D M INI ST R ATI O N
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There sh all f o rthwith be c o nstituted a Code Authority consis t
ing Of five ( 5 ) pers o ns to be sele c ted in the foll o wing manner : four
members shall be sele c ted by the Executive Committee of the A meri
ber shall be selected by
c a n Phot o Engravers Associ ation ; o n e me m
the Executive Com mittee O f the Employing Photo Engrave rs A sso
cia tio n of America
2 In addition to memb ers h ip as above provided there may b e
thr e e ( 3 ) members without vote to be appointed by the A dmin i
trator t o serve witho u t expense to the Ind u stry
3 Ea ch trade associati o n directly o r indirectly p arti c ip ating in
t h e selection o r a ctivities of the Code Auth o rity shall ( 1 ) impose n o
inequitable restri ctions on membership and ( 2 ) s u bmit to the Admin
i t r a to r true copies o f its articles Of associ ation bylaws regulations ,
and any amendments when made thereto toget h er with such other
inform ation as to membership organi z ation and activities a t h e
Ad inistrator m ay deem necessary to effectuate the purp o ses of
t he
ct
4 In order that the Code A u thority shall at all times be tru l y
representative O f the industry and in other respects comply with the
provisions Of the Act the Administrator may prescribe su c h hearings
as he may deem proper ; and thereafter if he shall find that the Code
A uthority is n ot tr u ly representative o r does n ot in other respects
comply wit h the provisions o f the A ct may require an appr o pri ate
modificati n in the method o f selection O f the Code Authority
5 M embers of the industry shall be entitled to p articip ate in an d
s h are the benefits o f the a ctivities O f the C o de Authority and to p ar
t ic ip a t e in the selection O f the members thereof by assenting to and
complying with t h e requirements Of this Code and sustaining their
reasonabl e shar e o f t he expens es Of its administration Such reason
able sh ar e of the expenses of administration shall be det ermined by
t he Code Aut h ority subj ect to revi ew by the Administrator , on the
basis o f volume of business and %or such other factors as may be
d eem ed equitable
6 Nothing contained in t h is Code sh al l constitute the members o f
the Code Auth o rity partners for any purpos e No r sh all any mem
b er o f t h e Cod e A uthority be liabl e in any m ann e r to anyone fo r any
act o f any oth er m emb e r , officer ag e nt o r employ e e of the Code
No r sh all any m ember of the Cod e A ut h ority , e xerci
A uth ority
ing r e asonabl e dilig ence in the conduct O f h is duti e s hereunder , be
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liable to any o ne for any a ction o r o missi o n t o a ct un der this C o de ,
except for his o w n willf u l misfe a san c e o r n o nfeasance
7 The Code A u th o rity shall have the following f u rther owers
and d u ties the exer c ise O f whi ch shall be reporte d t o the A minis
trator and shall be s u bj e ct t o his right o n review t o disappr o ve any
action taken by the Code A u th o rity
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( c ) T o Obtain fr o m members o f the indu stry s u ch inf o rmati o n
and reports as are required for the administration Of the C o de and
t o provide fo r s u b mission by me mbers o f su c h information and r e
p o rts as the Administrat o r ma y deem necessary fo r the p u rposes
re c ited in Se cti o n 3 ( a ) o f the Act whi c h information and rep o rts
shall be s u bmitted by members to s u c h administrative and%or gov
en t agen c ies as the Administrat o r may designate ; pr o vided tha t
er n m
n o thing in this C o de shall relieve any member o f the industry o f
any existing obligati o ns t o f u rnish re ports t o any g o vernment
agency No individ u al rep o rts shall be d i sclosed t o any o ther mem
ber Of the ind u stry o r any other p arty ex c ept to s u c h govern menta l
agen c ies as may be dire c ted by the Administrator
( d ) T O use s u ch trade asso c iations and o ther agen c ies as it deems
proper for the carryi n g o u t Of any of its a c tivities pr o vided fo r
herein pr o vided that nothing herein shall relieve the Code Authority
o f its d u ties o r responsibilities u nder this Code an d that s u ch trade
ass o c iat i o ns and agencies shall at all ti mes be subj e c t to and comply
with the pr o visions hereof
( e ) To make rec o mmendations to the Administrator for the c o
o rdinati o n o f the administrati o n of this Code with s u c h o ther codes
i f any as may be related to the ind u stry
( f) To secure fro m members of the ind u stry an equitable and
proporti o nate p ay ment o f the reasonable expenses o f maintaining
the Code A u thority and its a c tivities
( g ) To recommend t o the A dministrat o r f u rther fair trade pr ac
tice provisions to g o vern membe rs o f the industry in their relations
with e ach other o r with other ind u stries and to re c ommend to t he
Administrator measu res fo r indu strial planning incl u ding t abiliz a
tion of employment
( h) In the absen ce of c ost data and pending the compilation of
such data in all phot o engraving establishments t o pres c ribe regula
t i o ns for determining the co st o f prod u ction in ea c h establishment ,
based upon that establish ment s own actual expense for the pur
pose o f enf o rc ing Se cti o n 4 o f Article V I
( i) To designate w h i c h regi o nal agency or agen c ies shall hav e
j u risdiction o ver complaints involving u nfair c ompetition arisin g
between me mb ers o f the indust ry l o c ated in di fferent districts
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Labor Board t o co n sist o f one member selected by the Americ a n
P hoto Engravers As o c iation o n e member e lected by the Emplo y
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Estimates made upon work done by another phot o engraving
concern fo r the purp o se O f a check estimate shall o nly be furnished
when the estimat o r ha a ccess to all copies and spe c ifi c ation i nvolved
in the original order
2 Photo —engravers who se cure an order on a c o mpetitive bi d b a i s
m ay be requ ired by the C o d e A u thority u pon request o f any u n u c
fu l bidder to file th eir sp e cifi c ations and pri c es with the Cod e
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Authority o that it ma y determine whether any infraction O f this
Code h as been committ ed
or fo r p ay
3 The granting of cash dis c ounts in excess o f
ment later than the 1 5th day o f the month following dat e of invoice ,
shall constitute a violation O f this Code
4 The secret p ayment or allowance o f rebates commissions credits
o r unearned discounts whether in the form of money or otherwise or
extending to certain purchasers spe c i al services or privileges n o t
extended to all pur c h asers under like terms or conditions sh all c o n
t it u te a violation o f this Code
5 No member o f the ind u stry shall give permit to be given o r
directly offer to give anything o f val u e fo r the purp o se of in %uencing
o r rewarding the a c tion o f any employee agent o r representativ e of
another in relati o n t o the business o f the employer o f such employee
the principal of s u ch agent or the represented party without the
knowledge of such employer princip al or party
Comm ercial
bribery provisions sh all not be c onstrued to prohibit free and gen
eral distributi o n of arti c les c om monly used fo r advertising exc ept so
far as such articles a r e act u ally u sed fo r commer ci al bribery as h erein
above defined
6 O ffers secret or otherwise t o f u rnish photo engravings o r other
prod u c t of the photo engraving ind u stry free of charge or below
c o st t o in %uen c e the sale Of o ther produ cts or services shall constitute
a viola t ion of this Code
7 O ffers secret or otherwise to f u rnish o ther products or services
free o f charge or below cost to in %uence the sale of photo engravings
o r other pr o d u cts o f the photo engraving industry shall constitut e a
violation O f this Co de
8 Ind u c ing breach O f c o ntracts or a greements espionage imita
tion o f trade names or enticement of employees fo r the purpose of
inj uri n g a c o mpetitor shall c onstit u te a violation of this Code
9 No member o f the industry shall publish advertising ( wh ether
printed radio display o r o f any other n ature ) , which is misl e ading
o r in a c curate in any m ateri al p articular
nor shall any member
in any w ay misrepr e e nt any goods ( including but without limita
tion , its u e , trad e mark , grade qu ality , quantity , origin , si z e sub
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o r credit terms values , policies services or the nature or f o rm o f t he
business cond u c ted
1 0 No member of the industry shall kn o wingly withhold from o r
insert in any qu o tati o n o r invoi c e any statement that makes it inac
c urate in any material p articular
1 1 No me mber of the industry shall atte mpt to ind u c e the breach
of an existing contract between a competit o r and his e mployee or
c u stomer o r sou rce of s u pply ; n o r shall any such member interfere
with o r o bstruct the perf o rmance of s u c h c ontractual d u ties o r
servi c es pr o vided that n o thing in this secti o n shall be construed a
preventing any employer from o therwise offering o r giving employ
ment to any person in the empl o y of another ; and pr o vided that
nothing in this section shall prevent any employee fr o m offering
his services to a competitor nor preventing an y empl o yer from
employing the employee o f another member o f the Ind u stry wher e
the initiative in s u ch c hange is taken by the employee
illful o r mali c io u s defamation o f c o mpetito rs o r the dis
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A R TIC LE X—
This C o de and all the provisi o ns thereof are expressly mad e
subj ect to the right o f the President in ac c ordan c e with the pro
visions o f s u bsecti o n ( b ) of Se ction 1 0 of the A ct from time t o
time to cancel or modify any order approval license rule or regul a
tion issued u nder said A c t
2 This C o de except as to provisi o ns req u ired by the Act may
be modified on the basis of experience o r changes in cir cumstanc es ,
such modifi c ati o ns to be based upon appli c ation to the Administra
t o r and such n o tice and hearing as he shall sp e cify , and to b ec ome
effective o n approval o f the President
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lies or m o nopolistic practices o r t o eliminate oppress or disc riminate
against small enterprises
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E FF E CTI VE
This Code shall be come e ffective
approval by the President
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