Evening star., 1937-07-11
BY JOHN G. HENRY.

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unpredictable amount Of time on the
court reform proposal, pressure Of ad-
ministration leadership will be exerted
on the House side to effect passage
there OF wage-andhour legislation. 1t
was learned yesterday.
If efforts to get such legislation
through the House during the next
month are successful, administration
advisers then hope to jam it through
the Senate in what will probably be
the closing days of the. session.
Greatest potential obstacle to this
plan in the House is the Labor Com
mittee itself. With a ma ajority Of its
members favoring substantial modifi-
cation of the bill as introduced and
the driving force Of the late chair
man, Connery of Massachusetts, CO.
sponsor OF the measure, being miss
ing. this committee Is now committed
to deliberate and careful study
OF the bill before reporting it.
Two-Week Study Expected.
Beginning its deliberations tomor-
row, the committee is expected to take
at least two weeks for executive con-
sideration and is expected to rewrite
the bill pretty completely before
bringing 1t out.
Once on the House calendar, how
ever, the legislation may reach the
floor without undue delay since the
legislative situation at that end OF
the Capitol is not as congested AZ
In the Senate.
In the opinion OF Representative
Ramspeck. Democrat. Of Georgia and
\ member Of the House Labor Com
mittee a principle task Of those re-
shaping the legislation is to simplify
and modify 1t to degree where it
will receive public support and its
enforcement thus become easier and
more effective.
Cites Apathy TO N. r. A.
I'VE had an example in prohibition
and again in the N. r. A. OF how the
enforcement OF law becomes a
VA eAai huPoooAoiipy WIlSll puDliC Sups
port il lacking" the Georgian said.
The N. R. A. was dead \ long time
before the court said 30, and it was
because the public had given up in the
face OF the mass Of complicated re-
quirements and conflicting orders.
The present attempt to improve labor
standards will run into q lot Of the
same situations as plagued the
N. r. A."
For the most part. the major
changes made by the Senate Labor
Committee before reporting the re-
written bill out during the past week
have been received with favor.
For instance, both House and
Senate members express agreement
with the provision to empower the
Tariff Commission to investigate
complaints of unreasonable under
selling Of foreign goods here as a
result OF increased domestic produc-
ton costs.
Many Sources for Inquiries.
Under terms OF the revised bill such
inquiry may be made upon request Of
the President, Of either branch of Con-
9ress, of the Labor Standards Board,
or upon the Judgment Of the commits
sion itself
Before his death, Connery on num-
erous occasions at hearings on the bill
expressed support for some provision
to assure tariff protection.
From other sources came express
sions of favor at the elimination Of the
provision allowing the Labor Stand
ards Board to prescribe wage and hour
figures better than the basic figures
where collective bargaining was DEEM
ed inadequate. The committee propos-
al is that no minimum wage may be
set above 40 cents per hour and no
maximum hour week set below 40
hours.