The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-30

compulsory cOllecGtYe uAxkanlue between railway operators and rail- way workers.
 2. Upholding of the Frazier-Lem- ke farm mortgage moratorium act which was passed to replace a siIn- liar statute invalidated by the court unanimously in 1884.
 3. Reversal of the courts stand that states may not regulate the wages of women workers by hold ing that such regulation was valid in a test case involving the Wash ington State minimum wage law oi 1913.
 4. Approval of the National Fire arms Act, requiring the licensing of dealers in firearms, which was passed in 1884 in a federal effort to keep lethai weapons out of the hands of gangsters.
 New Deal 100 Per Cent
 The session kept the New Deal victory record at 100 per cent for the present term of the court, which political commentators are likely to ascribe to a belief that the court follows the election returns" Since invalidation of the Guffey Coal Control Act last spring, the admin istration has not lost a single case before the court.
 For the most part, however, the courts opinions since its return from a summer recess have dealt with the minor matters, until yes- terday's session released an aval- anche of accumulated cases. The end of the day left only the Wag- ner Labor Act cases and litigation involving the New York unemploy- ment insurance law-part of the New Deal Social Security scheme , undecided.
 Adds To Docket
 It had added to the docket, how ever, a case involving the unem- ployment insurance provisions o1 the Federal Social Security Act, the first direct test of this law to come before 1t.
 Just how sweeping the effect oi the Railway Labor Act decision will be on the Wagner Act remained problematical.
 Likewise the immediate extent of the Washington wage case decision was uncertain. It was believed to revive and make effective at once the minimum wage laws of many states.
 Renew Work In Conn.
 Hartford, Conn, March 30--(UP) Renewed efforts to provide mini- mum wages for women and minors in Connecticut industry may result from the decision of the supreme court validating the Washington State minimum wage law.
 Ever since the high court out lawed the New York State minimum wage act in l936, enforcement of the Connecticut wage law by the state labor department has relaxed. The minimum wage act in this state is modelled after that of New York.
 Morgan R. Mooney, deputy state labor commissioner in charge of the minimum wage division, said en- forcement of the law may be re- newed provided funds can be ob- tained from the General Assembly and if, as appears likely, the court decision affirms the right of the states to fix minimum wages for women and minors"
 Difference I'm Laws
 The Washington State and the Connecticut minimum wage laws differ in a major respect. The Washington law provides for the payment of wages to women and minors on a cost of living basis, while the Connecticut law rests on a "value of services rendered" basis.
 Under Connecticut law, the state labor commissioner may set up a minimum wage board in any in- dustry where he thinks 1t neces- sary. The board has membership Of nine, three each from labor. management and the public, and formulates a minimum wage base.
 The lace industry already has such board. A board created for the laundry industry disbanded shortly after the New York State law was declared unconstit utional.
 Minimum Wage Summary
 Washington, March 30-(UP)- Following is summary of the pro- visions of the Washington State minimum wage law, which the su- preme court upheld yesterday:
 The law authorizes tha fjxino nS minimum rates of pay for women and minor workers. The first scc- tion Of the law declares that made. quate wages and unsanitary or un- healthful conditions of labor have a "pernicious effect" on the health and morals of women.
 The law forbids employment of women or minors in any industry in the state under conditions of labor detrimental to their health or morals" or at wages which are not adequate for their maintenance"