Evening star., 1933-07-21
\HE text Of President Roosevelt'a
employment agreement follows:
During the period Of the Presi-
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"HE text OF President NoO6evelCS
employment agreement follows:
During the period Of the Presi-
i dents emergency Unemployment
drivc-that Is to say, from Au-
gust to December 81, 1888, or to any
earlier date Of approval of code Of
fair competition to which he is SUBJ
ject-the undersigned hereby agrees
with the President as follows:
% After August 81, 1888. not to en-
ploy any person under 16 years Of age,
except that persons between IA and 16
may be employed (but not in manufac-
turing or mechanical industries) for
not to exceed three hours per day and
those hours between am. and Z pm
in such work as will not interfere with
hours of day school.
: (2) Not to work any accounting, cler-
ical, banking Off1ce, service or sales en-
ployes Except outside salesmen) in,any
store, Office, department, establishments
or public utility, or on any automotive
or horse-drawn passenger, express, de-
livery or freight service, or in any
other place or manner for more than 40
hours IN any one week and not to re-
duce the hours of any store or service
operation to below So hours in any one
week, unless such hours were less than
So hours per week before July /, 1888,
and in the latter case not to reduce
such hours at all.
Scale for Factories.
(3) Not to employ any factory or
mechanical worker or artisan more
than a maximum week or IS hours until
December 81. 1898. but with the right to
work maximum week of 40 hours for
any six weeks within this period. and
not to employ any worker more than
eight hours in any one day.
"a The maximum hours fixed In the
foregoing paragraphs 20 and 90 shall
not apply to employees in establishments
employing not more than two persons in
towns Of less than $500 population
which towns are not part Of a larger
trade. area; nor to registered pharma-
cists or other professional persons en-
ployed In their profession; nor to en-
ployes in a managerial or executive Ca
pacity, who now receive more than $35
per week; nor to employees on emergency
maintenance and repair work; nor to
very special cases where restrictions of
hours Of highly skilled workers on con-
tinuous processes would unavoidably re-
duce production but, In any such special
case, at least time and one-third shall
be paid for hours worked in excess of
the maximum. Population for the pur-
poses OF this agreement shall be deter
mined by reference to the 1880 Federal
census.
go Not to pay any Of the classes OF
employees mentioned in paragraph 90
less than SIS per week in any city Of
over 500 900 population, or in the i'm
mediate trade area of such city; nor less
than $l4.50 per week in any city of be-
tween 25O000 and 100000 population.
or in the immediate trade area of such
city: nor less than $l4 per week in any
city of between $500 and $50 900 popu-
lation, or in the immediate trade area of
such city; and in towns Of less than
$500 population to increase all wages
by not less than 20 per cent, provided
that this shall not require wages in ex-
cess Of $l2 per week.
Minimum Pay Specified.
(6) Not to pay any employe Of the
classes mentioned in paragraph ,3) less
than 40 cents per>hour anless the hour
ly rate for the same class Of work on
July Is, 1929. was less than 40 cents per
hour, in which latter case not to pay
less than the hourly rate on July Is,