The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-15


 | (but not refined sugar. or into syrup, the provisions of subsection l (a) shall not apply to his employees in any place of employment where he is so engaged; and in the case of an employer engaged in the first processing of, or in canning or packing, of perishable or seasonal fresh fruits or vegetables, or in the first process in, within the area of production Gas defined by the Ad- ministrator) of any agricultural or horticultural commodity during sea- sonal operations, or in handling, slaughtering, or dressing poultry or livestock, the provisions of sub- section (a) during a period or periods of not more than IA work weeks in the aggregate in any call endar year, shall not apply to his employees in any place of employ ment where he is so engaged"
 Section eight deals with the con- vening of the industry committees at the call of the Administrator and empowers them to recommend minimum wages in their respective industries in keeping with the gen. eral provisions of the Act. Sections Inine and ten deal with calling of witnesses and legal procedure for hearings and review. Section II goes into investigations, inspections and records in connection with administration of the Act and Sec tion 12 takes up the child labor provision, not particularly applic- able in Alaska, but Section 13 lists exemptions which are of interest to every industry in the Territory and reads as follows:
 1 Exemptions
 "The provisions of sections six and seven shall not apply with respect to CD any employee em- |ployed in a bona fide executive, administrative, professional, or local Iretailing capacity, or in the capac- lity of outside salesman Gas such terms are defined and delimited by regulations of the Administrator ;or
 @ any employee engaged in any retail or service establishment the greater part of whose selling or servicing is in intrastate (within a State or Territory commerce.; or
 (3) any employee employed as a seaman; or (4 any employee of a carrier by air subject to the pro- visions of Title II of the Railway Labor Act; or (5) any employee employed in the catching, taking, harvesting, cultivating, or farming of any kind of fish, shellfish, crus- tacea, sponges, Seaweeds, or other aquatic forms of animal and veget- able life, including the going to and returning from work and in- cluding employment in the load ling, unloading, or packing of such fproducts for shipment or in pro- | IPo6ooAi5, PioSCoolilS, iildIkcllIlB, freezing, canning, curing storing, or distributing the above products or byproducts thereof; or t6) any 1 employee employed in agriculture; or CD any employee to the extent that such employee is exempted by regulations or orders of the Admin istrator issued under Section IA; or (8) any employee employed in con- nection with the publication of any weekly or semiweekly newspaper with circulation of less than 5000, the major part of which circula- ton is within the county where printed and published; or (9) any employee of a street, suburban, or linterurban electric railway, or local trolley or motor bus carrier, not included in other exemptions con- tained in this section; or (10) to| any individual employed within the area of production Gas defined by the Administrator, engaging in handling, packing, storing, ginning, compressing, pasteurizing, drying, preparing in their raw or natural state, or canning of agricultural or horticultural commodities for mar ket, or in making cheese or butter or other dairy products" Exemptions are also given from the hour provisions as follows: Hour Exemptions
 ''The provisions of section seven shall not apply with respect to CD any employee with respect to whom the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion has power to establish quali- | fications and maximum hours of | service pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Motor Carrier Act, 1885; or @ any employee of I an employer subject to the pro- visions of Part One of the Inter- state Commerce Act"
 Section IA deals with learners, apprentices and handicapped work | CTS and Section Is sets up pro- hibitions. Section Is deals with penalties for violation, and, incl dentally, the violator of any pro- visions of the Act is subject to a 1 fine of not more than $10,000 or a l jail sentence of six months, or both |
 Sections IT and 18 deal with the ;,ns,