and Other Parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4 OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE FAIR LABOR

STANDARDS ACT OF 1938

VOLUME 3

NOVEMBER 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15, 1947

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

SUBCOMMITTEE No. 4, WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR-LABOR STATISTICS AND LABOR STANDARDS

SAMUEL K. MCCONNELL, JR., Pennsylvania, Chairman

JOHN O. GRAHAM, Investigator

and Other Parts of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4 OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE FAIR LABOR

STANDARDS ACT OF 1938

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NOVEMBER 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15, 1947

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

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WASHINGTON: 1948

SUBCOMMITTEE No. 4, WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR-LABOR STATISTICS AND LABOR STANDARDS

SAMUEL K. MCCONNELL, JR., Pennsylvania, Chairman

JOHN O. GRAHAM, Investigator

INDEX

Adamson, Ernie, statement and testimony.

Page

2161-2171

2167

1976

Letter to Wage and Hour Division relative to inspector's visits.
Administrative release of June 3, 1946, issued by Wage and Hour Division,
relative to chain-store warehouses_

Administrator's letter to Representatives Randolph and Creal, excerpt
from_____

Amendments to Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 submitted by various
organizations and individuals.1 (See Proposed amendments, etc.)
American Farm Bureau Federation, letter to Hon. Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.,
relative to federation's position concerning possible amendment of Fair
Labor Standards Act__

American Pulpwood Association, statement of

Proposed amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act-

2106

2172

2187-2199

2187

1585-1590

2093-2109

Excerpts from Administrator's letters to Representatives Randolph
and Creal__.

Anderson, Al, statement and testimony___.
Anderson, Edward M., statement and testimony_

Proposed amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act and explanatory
remarks___.

2097

2107

2106

Re Creal-Randolph versus Administrator_
Analysis of combined total cotton receipts at 135 compress-warehouse plants
and 95 warehouse plants during 1946-47 season-with respect to Adminis-
trator's definition of “area of production" of cotton (Todd table 7).
Analysis of total cotton receipts at 95 warehouse plants during the 1946-47
cotton season-with respect to Administrator's definition of "area of
production" of cotton (Todd table 6)--

Analysis of total cotton receipts at 135 compress-warehouse plants during
1946-47 cotton season-with respect to Administrator's definition of "area
of production" of cotton (Todd table 5)--

1912

1911

1911

Annual cost of adequate maintenance and protection of health of a woman
worker living as a member of a family, New York State, 1946 (Barkin
table VI).

Annual reports of L. Metcalfe Walling, Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, for fiscal years ended June 30, 1944, 1945, and 1946--
Appendixes to statements of various witnesses. (See under name of
witness.)

1792

1429

Area of production. (See Definition, and New definition, etc.)
"Areas of production" of cotton as defined by the Administrator for com-
press-warehouse plants, map showing (Todd fig. 5)--.
Article in-

1915

International Woodworker of January 22, 1947, entitled "Labor Pro-
ductivity" (Fadling exhibit I)___

1740

Monthly Labor Review (October 1947) entitled "Premium Pay Pro-
visions in Selected Union Agreements"-

1845

Monthly Labor Review (November 1947) entitled "Incentive Pay in
American Industry, 1945-46”.

1841

Average annual earnings of full-time employees in private industries and
percent increase over 1939__

1766

Average annual precipitation in the United States, 1886-1938, maps showing
(Eagle exhibits 6 and 7).

1945, 1946

Average hourly earnings, unskilled male production workers, as of June

1947.

1770

Average seasonal and annual precipitation in 12 Southern States and all
other States, 1886-1938, graph showing (Eagle exhibit 5)
Average weekly earnings and hours in selected industries, New York State 1536
Bailey, Frazer A., statement and testimony--.
Ballou, Clifford E., et al. v. Bendix Aviation Corp., court opinion in case of 1567
Barkin, Solomon, statement and testimony

1944

2110-2119

1780-1825, 1840-1852

Extent of multiple employment (Barkin memorandum I).

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Table 1.

Table 2.

1 For additional proposed amendments, see index to vol. 4.

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