Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-12-15
8 HOUR DAY
BILL PLANNED
Will Have the Approval OF
Organized Labor.
ORION the NEWS correspondsnt.)

NOhg OEItOpIS
sentative Hughes has introduced a,
bill which will have the instant ap-
prevail Of organized labor throughout
the United States. Whether he will
be able to get the bill before Con-
gress before the adjournment is a
matter of some doubt. However, 1t
will have the consideration of the
committee on labor, of which Repre-
sentative Gardner is the chairman.
Mr.. Gardner has long been regarded
as a firm friend Of labor, and last
year made an effort to get an eight
hour bill which he introduced,
through the House of Representa-
tives.
The purpose of the bill as stated,
declares that 1t limits the hours of
daily service of laborers and me-
ehanics employed upon work done
for the United States or for any ter
ritory or for the District of Column
bia, and for other purposes. 1t pro-
vides that every contract made
hereafter on behalf of the federal
government, shall contain a provis-
ion that no 1aborer or mechanic de--
ing any part of the work contempIa-
tNo ~ sht III dSty Sldi1 DC C4uliC Gu
or permitted to work more than
eight hours in any one calendar day.
Provision is also made by the bill
that every such contract shall stip-
ulate a penalty for each violation of
such provision of IS for each la
borer or mechanic for every calendar
day in which he shall be required to
work more than eight hours. The
contractor OF sub-eontractor, IL he
aggrieved at the Withholding of any
penalty shall have the right to ap-
peal to the head Of the department
making the contract, and he may
even take the case to the Court of
Claims, If still dissatisfied.
1t Is provided In the second Sec
ton of the bill that nothing in the
act shall apply to contracts for
transportation by land or water, or
for the transmission of intelligence,
or for such materials or articles as
may usually be bought In the open
market. whether made to conform to
particular specifications or not, or
for the purchase Of supplies by the
government, whether manufactured
to conform to particular specifca-
lions or not. 1t is also provided that
no penalties shall be imposed for
any violation Of the provisions of
the act due to any emergency caused
by fire, famine or flood, OF by any
other extraordinary condition which
the President shall declare to have
been justif1able.
In discussing the bill Representa-
tive Hughes expressed the hope that
he might get the committee on la
Dor to take 1t up at an early date.
"Some of the features of Mr.. Gard
ner's bill of last year, which was OBJ
jected to in some quarters, have been
eliminated" he said; "and there lis
little reason why this bill should not
pass. In fact, / think there are many
excellent reasons why it should re-
ceive favorable consideration on the
part of the committee. I am conf
dent it will have the approval of or
ganized labor, and I hope to see 1t
become q law" !
Representative Kinkead has intro
duced a bill for the relief of John
Haug; and a bill to increase the
pension Of Richard LOvett.
II a fight is made again this year
to abolish the pension agencies 1t Is
expected that Representative Hamill
will again take the stand that there
is no need for the agencies to be
done away with. Mr.. Hamill made
a stirring speech a year ago In be-
half of the retention OF the agencies,
and he was highly complimented for
the able name in which he hand
ed the subject.
To see A. N. Dalrymple, chairman
of the Republican Executive Com
OF Essex county, strolling
through the corridors of the Capitol,
and chatting with some of the con-
from New Jersey, one
would never imagine for an instant
that his forces had been vanquished
by the Democratic hosts. Mr.. Dali
rymple is as debonair as Of yore, and
Is not a bit cast down over the de-
feat of his party. "It's the swing
Of the pendulum" he observed.
cheerfully. 'and ultimately 1t will
swing back again, and Essex coun-
will again drop back into the Re-
column" Mr.. Dalrymple
.eturned to Newark yesterday.
Representative Howell has been
that pensions have been
granted as follows: Mrs. Ella A.
Gardiner, Navesink, S12 a month;
israel H. Cant, Burrsville, SIS a
William A. Van Outersterp,
ia mashurr S1h. and Elias SyIyes- |