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conferences nc.. it was not until almost the close of the Code that a
spti factory c.efinitibn tns prepared and submitted for a.pr-val. This reach:

 "TTe term "industry as used herein includes-the
 mai'uf'.ctu.re of ladies, misses, and children's hand-
 bags, pocket-books and purses, shopping bags,
 b.thi- bags, handkter'chief bags, kiddy ba-s,
 vprnity boxes,'cosmetic ba;s, k-nitting bas, manu-
 fL.ctred of any material of any kind or nature.
 "The term lindustryl, hov'ever, shall not include
 articles commonly manufactured by the Lu -.,age and
 FFMcy Leather Goods Industry used for traveling
 pu",oses, nor over-night bags for whatever pur-
 pose used, nor any article manufactured for men's
 only, nor the manufacture of hand bags, pocket-
 books, purses, vanity cases bnd. mesh bags manu-
 factured in whole of metal,-"

 The Schechter case decision having been made the matter naturally
dropde d.

 The miinc.tes of meeting No. 18 also note that the Code Authority ex-
pressed itself in favor of anmending the Code wvrithiespect to Price Groupings
The followjing excerpt from minutes of that meeting, page 2 and 3, and
Exhibit E indicate the reason u'g applied as does a later brief written
by the code Director .viittenthal. (See Exhibit Z).

 At this sEjne meting No. 18, the follovriig resolution was presented
and passed:

 "RESOLVED that the Code of Fair Competition for the'
 Ladies' lHandbag Industry be amended by
 inserting a trade practice rule which
 shall be Imknown as Section 16 of Article VIII
 to read as follows:

 "I'lo member of the irnd.ustry shall repair bags
 without r.iaking a reasonable charge for such
 repairs, when such bag's show that they have
 been in use, No member of the industry shall
 pay any forwarding charges for such repairs. "

 This proposp.l led to considerable discussion and opposition but
was finally, presented in the following form

 "i.o member of the Industry shall pay for or rebate forwarding charges
incidental to the return of used handbags, or repair used handbags without
making a charge for same based upon the cost of labor and materials required
for makiv, such repair. This provision shall not apply, however to repairs
attributable to defective workmanship or materials. Actual forwarding or
transportation ch-rges shall be separately itemized oi, invoice."

noticed for public hearing (367 E December 19, 1934 heard Jpnuary 9, 1935
approved lpy 23, 1935 and to be known as Section 16 of Article VIII Order
332-24).


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