Investigation and Study of the Works Progress Administration: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First[-third] Session, Acting Under House Resolution 130, Directing the Committee on Appropriations of the House to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Works Progress Administration as a Basis for Legislation, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 |
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Page 33
... labor - relations department of W. P. A. has made a gallant effort to cope with the conditions outlined . But they have been crippled by lack of funds and staff , lack of authority , the weight of local political and other influences ...
... labor - relations department of W. P. A. has made a gallant effort to cope with the conditions outlined . But they have been crippled by lack of funds and staff , lack of authority , the weight of local political and other influences ...
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... LABOR RELATIONS I want to say a few words in addition to what has been said by Mr. Lasser already , in the previous section of our statement , on the procedures in W. P. A. labor relations . Under the regulations of the Works Progress ...
... LABOR RELATIONS I want to say a few words in addition to what has been said by Mr. Lasser already , in the previous section of our statement , on the procedures in W. P. A. labor relations . Under the regulations of the Works Progress ...
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... labor - relations staff and labor - relations policy - inadequate forces with which to en- force the good regulations that the W. P. A. does have ; and because of this there has been a great deal of abuse and a great deal of mis ...
... labor - relations staff and labor - relations policy - inadequate forces with which to en- force the good regulations that the W. P. A. does have ; and because of this there has been a great deal of abuse and a great deal of mis ...
Page 166
... labor organization under the sun has , in addi- tion to its basic , narrow , economic aims , a sort of a legislative pro- gram . You take , for example , the American Federation of Labor , the C. I. O. , or any labor union , you will ...
... labor organization under the sun has , in addi- tion to its basic , narrow , economic aims , a sort of a legislative pro- gram . You take , for example , the American Federation of Labor , the C. I. O. , or any labor union , you will ...
Page 195
... labor cost was $ 174,152.73 , other costs , $ 56,055.50 , making a total cost of $ 250,208.33 . Mr. WOODRUM . You do not have figures showing how much was taken in as receipts ? Mr. BURTON . No , sir . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia ...
... labor cost was $ 174,152.73 , other costs , $ 56,055.50 , making a total cost of $ 250,208.33 . Mr. WOODRUM . You do not have figures showing how much was taken in as receipts ? Mr. BURTON . No , sir . Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia ...
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