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Wage.Hour
they were subject to uniform wage
and hour regulation.
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they were subject to uniform wage
and hour regulation.
Exemptions Provided.
Black explained that the original
bill had a provision exempting from
| regulation employers of an unspecified
number of workers.
THE number was purposely left
blank" he explained, because was
by no means sure that there should
have been such an exemption, and
my belief was that If there was to be
an exemption the number should be
fully considered by the committee and
by the Senate"
Senator Bcrah, Republican, of Ida no.
said his view was that unless some eX-
emption was made for those employing
a very small number Of persons" it
would be practically impossible to ad-
minister the bill. He submitted figures
showing that about $1,000 firms in the
country employed five or fewer work.
ers, with the number of employees in
such establishments aggregating l4O,-
900 or l75,000.
Support for the Reynolds amend
ment came from Senator Logan. dem
ocrat, Of Kentucky, who argued that
N. r. A. was impossible to administer
because it touched to many people
too many small people
Cites Penalty Clause.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland turned away from the
Reynolds amendment to call atten-
tion to the penalty clause in the bill.
He said 1t would be imperative be-
cause it applied to violations Of the
act, but the act did not specifically
| lay down any minimums.
Tydings persisted in this view. al
| though Black contended the bill made
1t unlawful to violate regulations of
the board
In view Of Blacks explanation.
Iydings said the bill as now written
would enable Washington board to
write criminal statutes.
1T is pretty poor policy for Con-
gress to let criminal statutes be writ
ten by board of five persons whom
none OF us knows" Tydings observed
Green's letter said the Senate should
approve the best wage-and-hour bill
possible without sending the measure
now before it back to committee.
The wages and hours bill in the
form in which it is now before the
Senate does not meet the expectations
OF labor Green said in a statement
issued in connection with the letter
However. We recognize the need for
the enactment OF wages and hours
legislation.
For that reason, rather than re-
commit the Senate bill for further
committee consideration, it would seem
advisable to pass the best wages and
hours bill possible in the Senate with
the hope that it can be revised and
amended in the House In such a way
as to make 1t more nearly satisfactory
ard acceptable to labor"
Support Is Assured.
Assurance Of federation support also
came from John A. Phillips of Harris
burg. president Of the Pennsylvania
Federation Of Labor. He wired Penn
sylvania Congressman:
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
representing 100000 wage workers.
feel that failure to pass wage and
hour law at this session of Congress
would be calamity and delay economic
recovery for the Nation"
The House bloc was attended BY
more than 49 House members, in
cluding Democrats, Republicans, Pro-
gressives. and Farmer-Laborites.
Representative Healey, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, was elected permanent
chairman. He was directed to appoint
a steering committee to defeat any
and all attempts" to adjourn Congress