HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Con. Res. 48

A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THAT A STRAIGHT TIME
HOURLY RATE OF 65 CENTS PER HOUR IS THE
MINIMUM BELOW WHICH THE NATIONAL

WAR LABOR BOARD SHALL CONSIDER
ANY WAGE RATE SUBSTANDARD ·

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PART 1

NOVEMBER 17 AND 18, 1944

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

CONTENTS

Alphabetical list of witnesses and authors of prepared statements and
exhibits..

Friday, November 17, 1944, morning session:

Opening statement by Senator Claude Pepper..

Testimony of Emil Rieve..

Page

V

Testimony of Solomon Barkin..

Statement by Philip Murray, president, Congress of Industrial Organ-

izations

12

Testimony of John Benjamin Vernon

51

56

58

Testimony of J. B. Foreman

Testimony of Mrs. Elizabeth Sasuly.

Statement by Donald Henderson, president, United Cannery, Agri-

cultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America, Congress of Indus-

trial Organizations...

Testimony of Mrs. Ruth Deckert-

Testimony of Mrs. Christine Gardner.

Testimony of Vera Miller..

Statement of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Con-

gress of Industrial Organizations.

Testimony of Mrs. Irene Gillespie

Testimony of Mrs. Beulah Littleton.

Testimony of Thelma Douglas..

Statements by members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of

America

102

Friday, November 17, 1944, afternoon session:

Statement by John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and

Shipbuilding Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organiza-

tions..

105

Testimony of Alfred Hoffmann....

106

Statement by the American Federation of Hosiery Workers, Congress

Statement by United Shoe Workers of America, Congress of Industrial

Statement of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen

of North America, American Federation of Labor, by Charles E.

Handy

171

Statement by the American Federation of State, County, and Munici-

pal Workers, American Federation of Labor....

172

Statement of the International Glove Workers of America, American

Federation of Labor, by Anton White..