Executive Order 6729—Code of Fair Competition for the Canning Industry

An application having been duly made, pursuant to and in full compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, for my approval of a Code of Fair Competition for the Canning Industry, and hearings having been held thereon and the Administrator having rendered his report containing an analysis of said Code of Fair Competition together with his recommendations and findings with respect thereto, and the Administrator having found that said Code of Fair Competition complies in all respects with the pertinent provisions of Title I of said Act and that the requirements of clauses (1) and (a) of subsection (a) of Section 3 of said Act have been met:

Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and otherwise, do adopt and approve the report, recommendations and findings of the Administrator and do order that the said Code of Fair Competition be and it is hereby approved, subject to the following conditions:

(1) That the Industry shall designate a committee whose membership shall be subject to the approval of the Administrator and who shall cooperate with the Administrator in the formulation of standards of quality for products of the Industry and to make recommendations to the Administrator within ninety (90) days for the inclusion in said Code of provisions with respect to such standards and labelling requirements.

(a) That the Industry shall report not later than December 1, 1934 on the operation of the provisions of Articles III and IV with a view to improving the hour and wage provisions of this Code.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Approval Recommended:
     Hugh S Johnson
          Administrator.

The White House,
May 29, 1934.