Amending the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

National Association of Direct Selling Companies__

642

National Association of House to House Installment Companies, Inc.

National Association of Manufacturers__

619

631

National Association of Motor Bus Operators.

332, 636

National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters -

National Association of Tobacco Distributors _ _

354

611

Nebraska Federation of Retail Associations, Omaha, Nebr..

Nellie Mays Gift Shop, Clarksdale, Miss_

New Jersey Labor Commission

New York City Hotel and Club Employees Union, Local 6, AFL-

CIO..

654

Peek-Hightower Lumber & Supply Co., Cedartown, Ga.

675

Pennsylvania Retailers Association.

339

Retail Merchants Association of Alexandria, Va..

635

Retail Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, Clarks-

dale, Miss..

684

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO..

134

Robert Clothing Co., Lancaster, Ohio.

678

Sanitary Institute of America.

343

Scottsbluff County Dry Cleaners Association, Mitchell, Nebr.

684

Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., Terminal Island, Calif.

386

Western Union Telegraph Co..

664

Wileys Store, Clarksdale, Miss___

685

Williams Bros. Lumber Co., Inc., Atlanta, Ga..

675

Woodward and Lothrop -.

176

Statements:

Algase, Mrs. Julia, legislative counsel, New York Hotel Trades Coun-

cil.

Supplemental material.

Beirne, Joseph, president, Communications Workers of America

Blum, Dr. Fred H., Social Science program, University of Minnesota__

Brylawski, Julian, representing the Theatre Owners of America, and

the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors, et al.

Burrows, Fred, International Apple Association, Inc.--
Canfield, Robert E., the American Pulpwood Association_
Caplan, Julian, director, Washington office, National Retail Furniture
Association._

Christenson, Otto F., for the Minnesota Employers Association__

Dolnick, David, research director, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and

Butcher Workmen of North America, American Federation of

Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

Falk, Ernest, Northwest Horticultural Council

Greenberg, Max, president, accompanied by William Michelson, vice
president, and Kenneth A. Merklejohn, legislative representative,
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, AFL-CIO..

Hartung, A. F., International Woodworkers Union...

Holderman, Carl, Commissioner of Labor, State of New Jersey-

Hosea, Harold R., director of research, National Association of Motor

Bus Operators_

Johns, Mrs. C. S., C. S. Johns Jewelry Store, Berea, Ohio
Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation__
Supplemental statement on the Bachman Study__

Kennedy, Hon John F., United States Senator from the State of Massa-
chusetts--

442

309

348

195

236

449

134

270

332

456

163

167

351

LeSauvage, George R., National Restaurant Association_
Magee, Elizabeth S., general secretary of the National Consumers'
League..

305

225

Meany, George, president, American Federation of Labor-Congress of
Industrial Organizations..

Miller, Benjamin R., director, Industrial Relations Department,
American Trucking Association, Inc..

321

Kirk, Rowland F., manager-counsel, National Automobile Dealers

Association...

Miller, Dr. Vera, research associate, Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America_.

Mitchell, H. L., National Agricultural Workers Union, AFL-CIO__

Moore, William D., overseas operations manager, Van Camp Sea

Food Co.; accompanied by Hon. Cecil R. King of California, and

Linton M. Collins, counsel, Van Camp Sea Food Co., Inc., Terminal

Island, Calif.

284

130

386

Mueller, Russell R., managing director, National Retail Hardware
Association_..

289

Mulliken, Paul M., executive director, National Retail Farm Equip-
ment Association..

295

Mundo, Claude, administrative assistant, Theatre Owners of America_

Packard, Arthur J., president, Fackard Hotels Co.--.

192

180

Supplemental statement..

185

Statements-Continued

Priest, Van H., Chamber of Commerce of the United States..

Rittenbaum, Max, wage and hour committee, Sanitary Institute of

America

Roesler, Eldon H., executive secretary, the Central Retail Feed
Association...

Ruttenberg, Stanley H., director of research, American Federation of

Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Suffridge, James A., president, Retail Clerks International Associa-

tion, AFL-CIO.

Appendices

Talbott, Philip M., senior vice president, Woodward & Lothrop,
and president, the National Retail Dry Goods Association_-_-
Taylor, Henry B., president, Taylor & Caldwell, Inc., Walkerton, Va...
Thompson, R. J., Pennsylvania Retailers' Association...
Tower, Charles H., manager, employer-employee relations department,
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters; ac-
companied by James Hulbert, assistant manager, and Harold Ross,
economist...

Treacy, Joseph M., National Licensed Beverage Association.

Whitehouse, Albert, director, accompanied by Jack Barbash, director

of research, industrial union department, AFL-CIO..........

Additional information:

American Samoa, Report of a Special Subcommittee on Territorial and

Insular Affairs of the House Committee on Internal and Insular

Affairs, November 1954.

Assumptions underlying the estimate that a $1 minimum wage in retail

trade as a whole may increase prices by a maximum of one-half

of 1 percent.---

Average annual earnings of canning and preserving workers, 1953-55-

Comparison of hourly earnings in canning and preserving with all

manufacturing, 1947-55-

459

176

337

339

354

Dollar volumes of sales in supermarkets and all food stores.

Growth of supermarkets, 1940-55..

240

239

Lease between the Government of American Samoa and the Van

Camp Sea Food Co., Inc.

Hourly and weekly earnings, retail trade and all manufacturing... 166, 208

Hourly earnings, dollar value produced per man-hour, and labor cost

per dollar of output in the canning and preserving industries..

Indexes of production, man-hours and output per man-hour in the

canning and preserving industries, 1947-55...

243

394

Letters and telegrams:

Barbash, Jack, research and educational director, industrial
union department, AFL-CIO, to Hon. Paul H. Douglas,
June 5, 1956.

Eisenhower, Hon. Dwight, to James A. Suffridge, president,
Retail Clerks International Association, AFL-CIO, October
15, 1952

Mitchell, Hon. James P., Secretary of Labor, to Hon. Paul H.
Douglas, May 21, 1956, and enclosure.
Morgan, Gerald D., Special Counsel to the President, to James A.
Suffridge, president, Retail Clerks International Association,
AFL-CIO, March 9, April 17, 1956_---
O'Connor, É. J., acting president, Associated Industries of
Oklahoma, to Otto F. Christenson, executive vice president,
Minnesota Employers' Association, May 2, 1956..
Ruttenberg, Stanley H., director, American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial Organizations, to Hon. Paul H.
Douglas, May 9, 1956.

Suffridge, James A., president, Retail Clerks International Asso-
ciation, AFL-CIO, to Hon. Dwight D. Eisenhower, March 8,
1956.

Logging camps and contractors employing 12 or less, by States..

Memorandum from William S. Tyson, Solicitor of the Department

of Labor to the Secretary of Labor, February 10, 1949, re scope of

section 3 (n), House committee print of January 20, 1949, in defining

"activity affecting commerce".

National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters newsletter

of October 1954_.

One Hundred Million Dollar Club of Pulp, Paper and Allied Products.

99, 100

203

274

366

273

Page

Additional information-Continued

Peak season employment in the canning and preserving industries.

Persons employed in manufacturing and in wholesale and retail trade,

by age and sex, for the United States, annual average.

Pulp, paper and allied products financial data, 1955..

Rise in supers' share of grocery sales. -

Sales of all food stores compared with sales of 3 and 8 food chainstore
corporations__

244

268

275

239

237

Statistics on hotels.

465

Wage rates in selected farm activities, July-November 1955

Work experience during 1954-number of hours worked by wage and

salary earners in manufacturing...

269

Work experience during 1954-number of weeks worked by wage and

salary earners in manufacturing, full time only..

269

APPENDIX

Appendixes to statement of Mrs. Julia Algase, New York Hotel Trades

Council.

463

Statement of Hon. Homer Capehart, United States Senator from the State

of Indiana__

598

Statement of Hon. J. W. Trimble, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Arkansas.

599

Letter of Wm. S. Mundy, Jr., Lynchburg, Va., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas,

May 14, 1956.

599

Letter of Russell Watson, Manistique, Mich., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas,

May 12, 1956___.

600

Letter of George D. Carlisle, Prentiss & Carlisle Co., Inc., Bangor, Maine,

to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 11, 1956---

600

Letter of Peyton D. Breckenridge, Chattahoochee Timber Sales, Inc.,

Columbus, Ga., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 14, 1956.-.

Letter of W. Carr Gibson, president, Cape Fear Wood Corp., Conway,

S. C., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 10, 1956--

600

601

Letter of R. D. Wilcox, secretary, Harris-Wilcox Timber Co., Inc., Laurel,

Miss., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 14, 1956--

601

Letter of R. W. Dubbell, manager, H. F. Pelphrey & Son, Rogers, Ark., to

Hon. Lister Hill, May 5, 1956-

601

Letter from Rear Adm. Ira H Nunn, United States Navy, Judge Advocate

General, to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 16, 1956...

602

Letter of J. R. Carnes, Captain, United States Navy, Director, Legislation

Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the

Navy, to Stewart McClure, staff director, December 30, 1955---.

Letter of Hon. Thomas S. Gates, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Navy, to

chairman, December 13, 1955__

603

606

Statement of A. B. Won Pat, for the Guam Legislature___

607

Statement of David Vipond, chairman, committee on legislation and taxa-

tion, National Association of Tobacco Distributors..

611

Letter of Harold Colee, executive vice president, Florida State Chamber

of Commerce, Jacksonville, Fla___

613

Statement on behalf of the National Tire Dealers and Retreaders, Inc..

Statement of Eli A. Weston, counsel, Idaho Grower Shippers Association,

Inc____

613

615

Letter of Herbert R. O'Conor, Washington counsel, American Merchant

Marine Institute, Inc. -

Statement of Norman A. Barth, attorney for the J. R. Watkins Co..........

Letter of Edward L. Sard, executive director, National Association of
House to House Installment Companies, Inc., to committee, June 1
1956_..

617

619

Statement of John H. Todd, executive vice president and general counsel,

National Cotton Compress & Cotton Warehouse Association..

Letter of R. B. Bowden, executive vice president, the Grain & Feed Dealers

National Association, to committee, May 28, 1956, enclosing statement--

Letter of Geo. A. Flannigan, manager, Colorado Retailers Association,

Denver, Colo., to Hon. Gordon L. Allott, May 14, 1956----

Statement of Harold Angier, California Grape & Tree Fruit League..

Statement of Robert E. Lee Hall, general counsel, National Coal Associa-

Letter of Joseph T. King, Washington, D. C., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas,

May 15, 1956...

631

Letter of Lambert H. Miller, general counsel, National Association of

Manufacturers, to Stewart E. McClure, May 25, 1956---

Statement of American Meat Institute..

Letter of Claris Adams, executive vice president and general counsel,
American Life Convention, and Eugene M. Thoré, general counsel, Life
Insurance Association of America, to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 15,
1956__

Letter of Joseph A. Ellis, president, Retail Merchants Association of

Alexandria, Va., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 9, 1956..

Letter of Paul S. Collier, executive vice president, Northeastern Retail

Lumbermen's Association, to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 9, 1956----

Statement of Harold R. Hosea, director of research, National Association

of Motor Bus Operators..

Statement of Stephen Sheridan, for the Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturers

Association__.

Letter of H. R. Northrup, executive vice president, National Retail Lum-

ber Dealers Association, to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, May 9, 1956-

Statement of J. M. George, general counsel, National Association of Direct

Selling Companies...