Labor Extension Act of 1949: Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1380 and Companion Bills, a Bill to Promote the General Welfare of the People of the United States by Establishing a Publicly Supported Labor Extension Program for Wage and Salary Earners, and for Other Purposes

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Considers legislation to authorize Federal occupational and labor-management relations education programs, and to establish a Labor Extension Service.

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Page 178 - The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Page 94 - Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America National Organization Masters, Mates, and Pilots of America National Marine Engineers...
Page 6 - Until he is so satisfied he shall make no further certification to the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to such State.
Page 35 - In the administration of this Act, no department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States shall exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the personnel, curriculum, or program of instruction of any school or school system of any local or State educational agency.
Page 155 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 164 - Resolved, That the American Federation of Labor, in convention assembled...
Page 155 - That cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the giving of instruction and practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting to such persons information on said subjects through field demonstrations, publications, and otherwise.
Page 3 - Board may establish or utilize such regional, local, or other agencies, and utilize such voluntary and uncompensated services, as may from time to time be needed.
Page 122 - State under section 504 shall be made out of its allotment for any fiscal year until its allotment for the preceding fiscal year has been exhausted or has ceased to be available.
Page 155 - An Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act...

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