officially approvedd under 0rder:332-16 dated September 5, 1934.

 In ,i[ay 1934 evidence of trouble in the IMidiest Association's
ranks came to the:-3ode Authority's attention, various resignations
took place and a ner" election of officers and deleg-tes to the Code
Authority was held. In June 1934 ir, iM. H. Blumenfeld, i :rro Leather
Goods Company, 42 South .iPrket'Street, Chicago,, Illinois, was seated
(See minutess Code Authority eetin!s Yos. 8, 9, 10, 12, held respectively
iiay 24, 31, June 6 and 21, 1934).

 As minutes of meetings are studied one notes the presence of
industry alternates. Such w-ere provided in the 3y-La-'s of the
Associations and considered necessary because most members of the Board
had f-ctories located in places other than Ye-, York City and in
addition many "-ere acting as their or,'n salesmen, Pnd thus often on
the road. The practice w-s followed until late in 1934 hen the legal
division pointed out its illegality. (See Generrrl iiles-Correspondence
Leigh L. Ore, Assistant Deputy, September 26, October 17, December 12,
1934).

 June 23, 1934, notice of hearing 'rPs wa5ished for the purpose amonG:
others, of determiiirin whetherer the Code Authority ,as truly representative.
hearings -ere held, lasted one da', adjourned and re-opened July 9th
and 10th. Immediately prior to the June hearing a committee of '-'arring
manufacturers had come to an agreement to consolidate associations, (See
P.xhibit Y, Section dated July 2, 1934i and shortly thereafter it -as
ratified at an industry meeting.

 At the before mentioned hearings a ner .rouo of 68 small Ne" York
manufacturers cpme to light, rtr'r set-ted uy Archibald .Palmer, 2 Laayette
Street, Ner York, Attorneypt Lav'. They filed, July 6th, 1934 certificate
of incorporation under the naxae Ner- York cabricoid and Leather Handbag
manufacturers Association Inc. 7-ith

 -iax S. einman 40 est 20th St., N.Y.C.
 iviax H. Kesno-itz 202 Crnel St., N.Y.C.
 Julius 'allenzweig 2 est 29th St., N.Y.C.
 .illipm A. T-irschbornr 5100 15th Ave., Broroklyn, N.Y.
 Ed'--rd R. Lo.yr 38 .est 32nd St., N.Y.C.
 liorris .;unthal -9 .est 31st St., '..Y.C.
 Herman R.osenz'-eig 258 St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
 Phillip Lichtenstein 1605 Nelson Ave., Bronx, N.Y.
 Hermpn Feller 1349 57th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

as directors. (SLe General Files and Transcript, Publ'ic Hearing of June
7, and July 9 and 10, 1-9 4). This group, also seeking representation,
'"-Ps composed mainly of small m-nufpcturcrs, in fact the charge -'"as made
that they w'ere.-contractors posint- as manufacturers and set uo by the
Union solely for the purpose of creating trouble and sentiment pith
the Administration, that Industry did not altogether see eye to eye vith

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