?.~l(c) Apprentices and learners having no previous experience or
 employment in this industry shall, during the six-weeks' learning
 peiod, receive not less than 80 percent of the minimum rates pqre-
 Maribed above for forty (40) hours of labo~r per week. 'At no time
 hall the number of apprentices or learners exceed eight percent
 st of the total number of employees in any single unit of the
 (d) rijh and after the effective date, no manufacturer shall permit
 stay ok to be done in the homes of workers, all work being done
li's:ide~ the factory.
 (e) It is the policy of the members of this industry to refrain
fr:om reducing the compensation for employment which compensa-
I.:tion was prior to June 16, 1933, in excess of the minimum wage
i:herein set forth, notwithstanding that the hours of work in such
employment may be reduced; and all members of this industry shall
endesavor to increase the pay of all employees in excess of the mini-
;mum wage, as herein set forth, by an equitable adjustment of all pay
schedules proportionate to the increase in compensation as deter-
m'inied by the minimum wage herein provided; Provided, however,
I Ethat where a State law provides a higher minimum wage, no person
employed within that State shall be paid a wage lower than that
required by such State law.
 VT. CHILD LABOR

 No person under the age of sixteen years shall be employed in this
'industry; Provided, however, that where a State law provides a
higher minimum age no person belowv the age specified by such State
law shall be employed within that State.
 ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE CODE

 There are approximately 300 advertising specialty manufacturers
of which 47 do the bulk of the business and employ approximately
one third of the 7,000 employees in the industry.
 A sample analysis of the work week of the 43 companies under
consideration (M~ay 1933) showed an average number of hours
worked per week of 40. All companies being considered from which
reports could be obtained showed the much higher average of 48
hours per week per employee.
 The industry in general now reports that they are working em-
ployees 40 hours per week as a result of the Reemployment Program
and it is estimated that there has been an increase in employment
of approximately 15 percent. It is probable that no immediate in-
crease in employment will be effected but it is estimated that there
will be an increase of about 20 percent in the total payrolls.


 The Administra~tor finds that:
 (a) The Code as recommended complies in all respects with the
p"1;eirtinen t provisions of Title I of the Act, inc~lnluding without limita-
tion, subsection (a) of Section 7, and subsection (b) of Section 10
thereof ; and that