Hearings

MINIMUM WAGE LAW

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

OF MICHIGAN

SEP 1 1965

MAIN
READING ROOM

PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE, AND

SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

S. 19

A BILL TO AMEND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MINIMUM
WAGE LAW TO PROVIDE BROADER COVERAGE, IMPROVED
STANDARDS OF MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME COMPEN-
SATION PROTECTION, AND IMPROVED MEANS OF ENFORCE-
MENT

JUNE 18 AND 23, 1965

Printed for the use of the Committee on the District of Columbia

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, EDUCATION, WELFARE, AND SAFETY

WAYNE MORSE, Oregon, Chairman

ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont

Allgood, Miss Carrie, executive secretary, District of Columbia

Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board__

Pago

Aronica, Louis, executive director, Americans for Democratic Action,

Washington, D.C., chapter- - -

116

Duncan, Hon. John B., member, District of Columbia Board of Com-

missioners.

Dorworth, Burke E., member, Department of Church and Society,

Council of Churches, Greater Washington _ _ _ _

Dudley, Tilford E., chairman of the Citizens Council of the District

of Columbia.

Edelman, John W., chairman, board of directors, National Consumers
League (presented by Mrs. Sarah Newman).

Fisher, Mrs. Clarence E., president, Northwest Settlement House.
Goldberg, Joseph, special assistant to the Solicitor of Labor..
James, Eula, Women's Alliance of All Souls Unitarian Church.

Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth, cochairman, District of Columbia League of
Women Voters__

Johnson, Rev. H. Vance, Episcopal priest, St. John's, Lafayette

Square-

Jones, Alton M., Washington Urban League_

103

McCalip, Curtis, Jr., Automotive Trade Association, National

Capital Area.

McGuigan, F. H., legislative representative, AFL-CIO-

Makofsky, Abraham, regional director, District of Columbia Health

and Welfare Council.

Naftalin, Micah H., Legislative Liaison Office, Department of Labor.

Nevius, John A., program chairman of the Committee for Forward

Looking Republicans...

Peterson, Hon. Esther, Assistant Secretary of Labor.

Putnam, Charles W., chairman, District of Columbia Minimum

Wage and Industrial Safety Board.

tional Association of Social Workers__

113

Robinson, Grace C., member, Women's Auxiliary to the Medico-

Chirurgical Society of the District of Columbia

106

Sisco, Mrs. Jean, assistant vice president for personnel, Woodward &

Lothrop Department Store, Washington, D.C..

110

Smith, Thomas Glasgow, chairman, Precinct 76 of the Democratic

Party

Tobriner, Hon. Walter N., President, District of Columbia Board of

Commissioners_

Turner, J. C., president, Greater Washington Central Labor Council,

AFL-CIO..

Williams, Mrs. Vivian, neighborhood worker. -

Written statements by-

Allgood, Miss Carrie, executive secretary, District of Columbia Mini-

mum Wage & Industrial Safety Board-

Brylawski, A. Julian, president, Motion Picture Theatre Owners of

Metropolitan District of Columbia...

125

Cockrell, Mr. John S., executive vice president of the Restaurant Asso-

ciation of Metropolitan Washington..

119

Dunn, Libby B., chairman, Health, Education, and Welfare Committee

of the Democratic National Committee.

130

Written statements by-Continued

French, David M., chairman, Metropolitan Washington Medical Com-

mittee for Human Rights, letter dated July 1, 1965, to Hon. Wayne

Morse requesting that hospital workers be protected by minimum

wage legislation..

Goodloe, Don B., the Teachers Union of Washington, D.C..

Gordon, Quinlan R., chairman, Department of Social Relations, Epis-

copal Church, diocese of Washington, a resolution concerning a

minimum wage proposal for the District of Columbia....

Hotel Association of Washington, D.C..

James, Miss Eula, Womens Alliance of All Souls Church (Unitarian),

letter to Hon. Wayne Morse dated June 28, 1965, containing infor-

mation on minimum hourly wage received by persons in the Girard

Street project - -

McGuigan, F. H., legislative representative, AFL-CIO..
McGuire, Robert G., Jr., president, Washington Urban League_
Nesbitt, Mrs. Ruth Hankins, on behalf of the Metropolitan Women's
Democratic Club...

103

129

Nuesse, C. Joseph, professor of sociology, president, Catholic Inter-

racial Council of Washington..

128

Press, William H., executive vice president, Metropolitan Washing-
ton Board of Trade____

104

Turner, J. C., president, Greater Washington Central Labor Council,

AFL-CIO

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom---

Letters, reports, exhibits, and memorandums:

119

S. 19, text of

Allgood, Miss Carrie L., executive director, Minimum Wage and

Industrial Safety Board, District of Columbia:

Letter to Hon. Wayne Morse, subject: Suggested language for

incorporation in S. 19 for the purpose of exempting certain

women from the District of Columbia wage law..

Memorandum re low wages paid in the District of Columbia___

Amendments of District of Columbia minimum wage laws, remarks

by Hon. Wayne Morse in the Congressional Record of May 1,

1962.

Cohen, Hon. Wilbur J., Under Secretary, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare, letter of June 18, 1965, to Hon. Alan Bible,

a report on S. 19.

Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of

Washington, a resolution concerning a minimum wage proposal for

the District of Columbia..

District of Columbia minimum wage and hours survey and need for
legislation, remarks by Hon. Wayne Morse in the Congressional
Record of February 19, 1963--

Duke, Joseph C., Sergeant at Arms, U.S. Senate, memorandum to

Hon. Wayne Morse concerning wages to regular Senate employees

under jurisdiction of Sergeant at Arms...

Judd, Richard E., professional staff member, Committee on the Dis-

trict of Columbia, memorandum prepared at request of subcom-

mittee chairman containing information from various agencies relat-

ing to wages of certain employees that have been mentioned in the

hearings..

Memorandum for members of the subcommittee prepared by Mr.

Richard Judd, professional staff member of the Senate Committee

on the District of Columbia, summarizing the contents of S. 19__

Minimum wage laws of the District of Columbia, principal provisions