employers on April 30, 1933. All information so obtained must be given to all bidders. (See P. W. 15467; see also sec. 54, par. 5 of this bulletin.)

SEC. 12. The 30-hour week provision of section 206, title II, of the National Industrial Recovery Act shall be construed

(a) To permit working time lost because of inclement weather or unavoidable delays in any 1 week to be made up in the succeeding 20 days.

(b) To permit the limitation of not more than 130 hours' work in any 1 calendar month to be substituted for the requirement of not more than 30 hours' work in any 1 week on projects in localities where a sufficient amount of labor is not available in the immediate vicinity of the work.

(c) To permit work up to 8 hours a day or up to 40 hours a week on projects located at points so remote and inaccessible that camps or floating plant are necessary for the housing and boarding of all the labor employed.

In case the contracting officer shall determine that any project falls within the terms of (b) or (c) hereof, he shall so state in the specifications submitted to bidders.

In contracts where exception (b) has been specified, the following proviso shall be added before the second sentence of article 11 (b) of Form P. W. A. 51:

And provided further, the contracting officer having stated in the specifications for bids that a sufficient amount of labor is not available in the immediate vicinity of the work, that a limitation of not more than 130 hours' work in any 1 calendar month may be substituted for the requirement of not more than 30 hours' work in any 1 week on the project.

In contracts where exception (c) has been specified, the following section shall be substituted in the place of the first full sentence of article 11 (b) of Form P. W. A. 51:

(b) Hours of labor.-Except in executive, administrative, and supervisory positions, so far as practicable and feasible in the judgment of the contracting officer, no individual directly employed on the project shall be permitted to work more than 40 hours in any 1 week and more than 8 hours in any 1 day. The contracting officer having stated in the specifications for bids that the work will be located at points so remote and inaccessible that camps or floating plant are necessary for the housing and boarding of all the labor employed, this provision shall apply in lieu of the usual 30-hour terms.

(d) To permit the contracting officer to authorize work not to exceed 40 hours a week on the project where construction has been commenced and satisfactory evidence has been submitted to the contracting officer that there is not available sufficient qualified labor of a particular class or trade. Permission to work for 40 hours a week shall not be extended after the necessary qualified labor is available.

SEC. 13. The National Industrial Recovery Act and the rules and regulations approved by the Special Board for Public Works contemplate that bids will be received and contracts will be let to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid conforms to the specifications in carrying out improvements under the Act. Any deviation from this practice must have the prior approval of the Administrator.

In determining the lowest responsible bidder the following elements will be considered: Whether the bidder involved (a) maintains a permanent place of business; (b) has adequate plant equipment to do the work properly and expeditiously; (c) has a suitable financial status to meet the obligations incident to the work; (d) has appropriate technical experience.

See also section 74 of this bulletin.

PART II. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND CONTRACTORS

SEC. 51. Forms.-(a) Bids for contracts for construction or repair work shall be submitted on Combined Form No. P. W. A. 50, together with bid bond on Standard Form No. 24, or other approved security, when required; and the successful bidder shall execute and furnish a performance bond on Standard Form No. 25 and execute Government Form No. P. W. A. 51.

(b) Bids for contracts for the purchase of supplies and materials shall be submitted on Standard Form No. 31 or 33, as required, together with bid bond on Standard Form No. 24, or other approved security, when required; and the successful bidder shall execute and furnish a performance bond on Standard Form No. 25 and execute Standard Form No. 32.

SEC. 52. Policies of administration.-Attention is invited to sections 10, 11, 12, and 13 of this bulletin.

SEC. 53. N. R. A. requirements.—(a) No bids will be received from any contractor who has not signed a certificate of compliance, certifying that he is complying with and will continue to comply with the applicable approved code or codes of fair competition adopted under title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act for the trade or industry or subdivision thereof concerned, or, if there be no such approved code or codes of fair competition, that he has become a party to and is complying with and will continue to comply with the provisions of the President's Reemployment Agreement. (b) The following two paragraphs are inserted in every Federal contract:

N. R. A. compliance.-The contractor shall comply with each approved code of fair competition to which he is subject, and if he is engaged in any trade or industry for which there is no approved code of fair competition, then as to such trade or industry, with an agreement with the President under section 4 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (President's Reemployment Agreement), and the United States shall have the right to cancel this contract for failure to comply with this provision and make open-market purchases or have the work called for by this contract otherwise performed at the expense of the contractor, and the contractor shall not accept or purchase for the performance of this contract or purchase order or enter into any subcontracts for any articles, materials, or supplies, in whole or in part produced or furnished by any person who shall not have certified that he is complying with and will continue to comply with each code of fair competition which relates to such articles, materials, or supplies, and/or in case there is no approved code for the whole or any portion thereof then to that extent with an agreement with the President as aforesaid.

No subcontract shall be let to any subcontractor who has not certified that he is complying with and will continue to comply with each approved code of fair competition to which he is subject, and/or if engaged in any trade or industry for which there is no approved code of fair competition, then as to such trade or industry that he has become a party to and is complying with and will continue to comply with an agreement with the President under section 4 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (President's Reemployment Agreement) and that all other conditions and requirements of Executive Order No. 6646, dated March 14, 1934, are being and will be complied with.

SEC. 54. Minimum wage rates.-Attention is invited to the following resolution adopted by the Board of Public Works under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act:

1. Be it resolved, That for the purpose of determining wage rates on all construction financed from funds appropriated by the Administrator of Public Works under the authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act, the United States shall be divided into three zones, as follows:

Southern Zone: South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Central Zone: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Colorado, Utah, California, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Nevada, and District of Columbia.

Northern Zone: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Oregon, South Dakota, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Montana, and Washington.

The hourly wage rates to be paid on construction projects in these zones shall not be less than the following:

Southern Zone:

Skilled labor_

Unskilled labor.

Central Zone:

Skilled labor

Unskilled labor

Northern Zone:

Skilled labor

Unskilled labor

$1.00 40

1.10

.45

1.20 .50

2. Be it further resolved, That in the event that the prevailing hour rate prescribed under collective agreements or understandings between organized labor and employers on April 30, 1933, shall be above the minimum set for any district within that zone, that agreed wage rate shall be the rate to be paid for employees on construction projects financed from funds appropriated by the Administrator of Public Works under the authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act.

3. Be it further resolved, That the rates specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be effective during the life of any contract financed from funds appropriated by the Administrator of Public Works under the authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act, but for a period not to exceed 12 months.

4. Be it further resolved, That the above designated minimum rates are not to be used in discriminating against assistants, helpers, apprentices, and serving laborers who work with and serve skilled journeymen mechanics and who are not to be termed as unskilled laborers."

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5. Be it further resolved, That there shall be created a Board of Labor Review which shall hear all issues arising under the operation of all contracts financed from funds appropriated by the Administrator of Public Works under the authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act and from such problems as may result from fundamental changes in economic conditions during the life of these contracts. The Board of Labor Review to be created shall consist of 3 members, 1 to represent labor, 1 to represent contractors, and a chairman who shall represent the Federal Emergency Administrator of Public Works. The members of this board shall be appointed by the President of the United States, but no member shall be connected in any way with any organization of building workers or directly connected with, or have any interest in, contracting. The chairman shall not be in any way connected with the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. Decisions of the Board of Labor Review shall be binding upon all parties.

SEC. 55. On all ship-building and ship-repairing projects for which invitations for bids for contracts are issued after July 1, 1934, the scale of wages and hours of employment shall be determined by the Code of Fair Competition for Ship Building and Ship Repairing Industries. Therefore, on such contracts, articles 11 (b) and 18 of Form No. P. W. A. 51 shall not be in effect.

SEC. 56. The following paragraph is inserted in every Federal

contract:

Domestic materials.—In the performance of this work the contractor, subcontractors, materialmen, or suppliers shall use only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States, except as provided in the specifications.

SEC. 57. Safety provisions.-Attention is invited to the following proposed provisions suggested by the National Safety Council:

Supervision and education.—(a) If 500 or more employees (including the employees of the general contractor and all subcontractors) are used in carrying out this contract, the general contractor shall designate some officer or employee as safety director, who shall see that all proper safeguards are provided, and that all employees are adequately trained and supervised to avoid accident hazards.

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(b) If less than 500 employees are used in carrying out this contract, and if more than 10 disabling accidental injuries occur in any 3 months' period, some officer or employee shall be appointed safety director to formulate a suitable program for mechanical safeguarding, supervision, and education.

NOTE. The foregoing proposed provision will not be made a contract stipulation but the proposed requirements will be made effective so far as feasible and practicable in connection with projects to which they relate.

SEC. 58. Compensation insurance.-All labor directly employed cn a project financed in whole or in part by funds allotted by

1 A disabling accidental injury is one causing absence from work for more than the remainder of the day or shift.