Executive Order No. 6205-C, July 15, 1933
Silk Manufacturing Industry
[No code of fair competition for the silk industry has yet
been approved, but the above named divisions of that industry
are operating under the Cotton Textile Code pursuant
to an agreement with the President, embodied in the following
Executive Order:]
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933, and pending action upon a Code of Fair Competition to be presented by the Silk Association of America.
I agree with the Committee representing the Broad Silk
and Rayon Weavers Division, the Converters Division, the
Special Fabrics Division, the Ribbon Division and the Woven
Label Division, of the Silk Association of America, that they
shall be bound beginning July 17 by the provisions of the Cot-
ton Textile Industry Code as set forth in the telegram, dated
July 14, offering this agreement to the President of the United
States pursuant to Section 4 of the National Recovery Act,
which telegram is signed by Henry E. Stehli, James C. Black,
Paul C. Derby, Sol C. Moss, Ramsay Peugent, George G.
Sommaripa, and addressed to Mr. Nelson Slater, Deputy Ad-
ministrator, Department of commerce, Washington, D.C., with
the express understanding that this agreement is subject to
cancellation at any time without notice.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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