Registry No. 621—02 
 
 NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 
 
 PROPOSED CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 SHOE POLISH INDUSTRY 
 
 AS SUBMITTED ON AUGUST 30, 1933 
 
 WE DO OUR PART 
 
 UNIV. OF FL Lift. 
 
 The Code for the Shoe Polish 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 
 
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 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. Washington, D.C. 
 
 Price 5 cents 
 
Submitted by 
 
 SHOE POLISH INSTITUTE 
 (II) 
 
PRELIMINARY CODE OF SHOE POLISH INSTITUTE 
 
 Article I — Purpose 
 
 This code is set up for the purpose of increasing employment, 
 establishing fair and adequate wages, effecting necessary reduction 
 of hours, improving standards of labor and eliminating unfair trade 
 practice to the end of rehabilitating the shoe polish industry and 
 enabling it to do its part towards establishing that balance of 
 industries which is necessary to the restoration and maintenance of 
 the highest practical degree of public welfare. 
 
 Article II — Participation 
 
 When approved by the President of the United States, this code 
 shall immediately be binding upon all persons, partnerships and 
 corporations engaged in the manufacture or sale, directly or indi- 
 rectly of shoe polishes, cleaners, dyes, and any chemical products for 
 use on shoes or leather, including manufacturers' agents and 
 manufacturers' distributors who sell to the jobbing or wholesale 
 trade, performing all the functions of the manufacturer except the 
 actual manufacture of the product, but not including manufacturers 
 who sell to shoe factories and tanneries. 
 
 Article III — Labor Provisions 
 
 (A) GENERAL 
 
 (1) Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain col- 
 lectively, 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 organiza- 
 tion of his own choosing. 
 
 (3) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, 
 minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employment, 
 approved or prescribed by the President. 
 
 (4) Child Labor. — Minors under the age of sixteen (16) years 
 shall not be employed in the Shoe Polish Industry. 
 
 (B) MINIMUM WAGES 
 
 (1) Each employer shall pay to female employees a minimum 
 wage at the rate of 30^ per hour, for forty (40) hours per week. 
 
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 (2) Each employer shall pay to male employees a minimum 
 wage at the rate of S7y 2 (J! per hour, for forty (40) hours per week. 
 
 (3) Minimum weekly wage scales shall be adhered to by employers 
 irrespective of whether employees are operating on a weekly, hourly, 
 or piece-work basis. 
 
 (C) MAXIMUM HOURS 
 
 (1) (Excluding watchmen and outside salesmen). — No employer 
 in the Shoe Polish Industry shall employ any employee on a schedule 
 of hours of labor which exceed forty (40) hours per week over a 
 one month period, and a maximum of forty-four (44) hours in any 
 one week. 
 
 (2) However, for a total period of three months during any 
 calendar year, an employer may have a longer schedule of hours 
 for labor, to take care of seasonal requirements, provided he does 
 not require employees to work more than forty-eight (48) hours in 
 any one week, nor more than an average of forty (40) hours per 
 week during the entire year. 
 
 (3) These provisions shall not, however, apply to repair shop 
 crews, engineers, electricians, firemen, cleaners, office staffs, super- 
 visory staffs, shipping personnel, which excepted groups shall have 
 for a maximum schedule of hours of labor forty-four (44) hours 
 average for the year, and no more than forty-eight (48) hours in 
 any one week. 
 
 Article IV — Administration 
 
 The Executive Committee is constituted the agency to enforce the 
 provisions of this code and shall in particular : 
 
 (1) Serve as a grievance committee to which all complaints of 
 violations of the code shall be referred for hearing, with power to 
 represent the Industry in taking such proper action with respect to 
 violations as is considered advisable under the circumstances. 
 
 (2) Provide for the compilation of statistics and other informa- 
 tion required under authority of the President of the United States 
 and the National Recovery Administration. 
 
 (3) Represent the Industry in conferences with the Administra- 
 tion respecting the application of this code, the National Recovery 
 Act and regulations issued thereunder, providing, however, that the 
 Executive Committee shall have no power in such conferences to 
 bind the Industry or any of its subdivisions, and 
 
 (4) Shall have such other powers as may be proper and necessary 
 to administer the affairs of the Industry under the National Recovery 
 Act. 
 
 Article V — Fair Trade Practice Reservation 
 
 For the purpose of providing for fair trade practices, and for 
 powers necessary for administering and governing the provisions of 
 the code, the right is reserved to submit for approval such amend- 
 ments and other provisions as may be deemed necessary. 
 
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