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... WAGES URGED ON BASIS OF INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING The important thing is this , Senator , every increase in wages that is being urged , little steel , that is before the War Labor Board , the aircraft industry and the shipbuilding ...
... WAGES URGED ON BASIS OF INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING The important thing is this , Senator , every increase in wages that is being urged , little steel , that is before the War Labor Board , the aircraft industry and the shipbuilding ...
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... wage levels down and the burden on the public treasury less . Senator MCKELLAR . That does not keep ours down . Mr. HENDERSON . Every one of these increase pressures is based on the increase in the cost of living . If we let wages go up ...
... wage levels down and the burden on the public treasury less . Senator MCKELLAR . That does not keep ours down . Mr. HENDERSON . Every one of these increase pressures is based on the increase in the cost of living . If we let wages go up ...
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... wages , which is the most important factor in all costs , I offered an amendment , the purpose of which was to enable farm wages to keep pace with industrial and urban wages . The Senate carried it , but those who were sponsoring the ...
... wages , which is the most important factor in all costs , I offered an amendment , the purpose of which was to enable farm wages to keep pace with industrial and urban wages . The Senate carried it , but those who were sponsoring the ...
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. output because wages have not been controlled . The amendment that I had offered would have kept agricultural labor in place with urban labor . The theory upon which those who ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. output because wages have not been controlled . The amendment that I had offered would have kept agricultural labor in place with urban labor . The theory upon which those who ...
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... have it fixed so that no action could be taken to prevent that . And that was my position and the record will sustain . me . output because wages have not been controlled . The amendment SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION , 1943 ...
... have it fixed so that no action could be taken to prevent that . And that was my position and the record will sustain . me . output because wages have not been controlled . The amendment SUPPLEMENTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE APPROPRIATION , 1943 ...
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Page 108 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 223 - Congress ; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.
Page 61 - The compensation of all employees shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 34 - It shall be the policy of those departments and agencies of the Government dealing with wages (including the Department of Labor and its various bureaus , the War Department, the Navy Department, the War Production Board, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation Board, the National War Labor Board, and others heretofore and hereafter created), within the limits of their authority and jurisdiction, to work toward a stabilization of prices, fair and equitable wages, and cost of production.
Page 364 - Act of 1955" (Public Law 296— 84th Congress, Chapter 565— First Session). This act became law by approval of the President on August 9, 1955. The new law repeals the act entitled "An act to provide for a Method of Voting, in time of war, by members of the land and naval forces, absent from the place of their residence", approved September 16, 1942 (56 Statute 753) as amended.
Page 240 - ... (2) the market price prevailing for such commodity on October 1, 1941; (3) the market price prevailing for such commodity on December 15, 1941; or (4) the average price for such commodity during the period July 1, 1919, to June 30, 1929.
Page 145 - By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States...
Page 291 - Stat. 443), shall apply with respect to any individual who specifically claims such privilege. (c) No department, agency, or official exercising any functions under this act shall publish or disclose information obtained hereunder which is deemed confidential or with reference to which a request for confidential treatment is made by the person furnishing such information unless the head of such department or agency determines that the withholding thereof is contrary to the national interest.
Page 224 - The committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of the various departments and agencies of the Government...
Page 36 - I do not want to take any more of the committee's time on this point.