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MINIMUM WAGE

-4.5. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

Proposed Legislation to Increase the
Minimum Wage

€319

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 1, 2, 3,
7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, AND 30, 1955

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1955

HD4918
U592
1955

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

GRAHAM A. BARDEN, North Carolina, Chairman

AUGUSTINE B. KELLEY, Pennsylvania
ADAM C. POWELL, JR., New York
CLEVELAND M. BAILEY, West Virginia
CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky
ROY W. WIER, Minnesota
CARL ELLIOTT, Alabama
PHIL M. LANDRUM, Georgia
LEE METCALF, Montana
JAMES B. BOWLER, Illinois
EARL CHUDOFF, Pennsylvania
EDITH GREEN, Oregon

JAMES ROOSEVELT, California
HERBERT ZELENKO, New York
HARRIS B. MCDOWELL, JR., Delaware
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
STEWART L. UDALL, Arizona

II

SAMUEL K. MCCONNELL, JR., Pennsylvania
RALPH W. GWINN, New York

WINT SMITH, Kansas

CARROLL D. KEARNS, Pennsylvania

HAROLD H. VELDE, Illinois

CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan

ALBERT H. BOSCH, New York

JOE HOLT, California

JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona

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PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey
SAM COON, Oregon

ORVIN B. FJARE, Montana

FRED G. HUSSEY, Chief Clerk
JOHN O. GRAHAM, Minority Clerk
EDWARD A. MCCABE, General Counsel
RUSSELL C. DERRICKSON, Chief Investigator

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CONTENTS

Blatnik, Hon. John A., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Minnesota_

75

Canfield, R. E., New York City, on behalf of the American Pulpwood
Association_

822

820

Dollinger, Hon. Isidore, a Representative in Congress from the State
of New York.

18

39

Frye, George W., Harrington, Maine..

Flood, Hon. Daniel J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Pennsylvania_

Hale, Hon. Robert, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Maine...

Hancock, Frank W., Jr., special counsel for Textile Manufacturers
for North Carolina__

Hawes, Robert N., general counsel, the Hardwood Plywood Institute.

Hochman, Julius, vice president, International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union (A. F. of L.), accompanied by Lazare Teper, director
of research, International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (A. F.
of L.) and Kenneth Meiklejohn, legislative representative, Interna-
tional Ladies' Garment Workers Union (A. F. of L.).

Huddleston, H. H., vice president of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Fed-

eration, representing the National Cotton Council, Lamont, Miss.

Jobe, William T., general counsel, National Association of Ice Indus-
tries..

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Keller, Paul, representing the National Cotton Council & National
Cottonseed Products Association, Clayton, N. C.-

1136

30

787

631

Kellogg, Lawrence D., president, Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc.,
Memphis, Tenn., and president, Kellogg Lumber Co., Inc., Alexan-
dria, La.

King, Dr. Willford I., economist of the Committee for Constitutional

Government, Inc., New York, N. Y....

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