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Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe Walling, Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Labor Department, told the Senate Labor Committee today that subcontractors had used a 'legal dodge' to avoid compliance with the Walsh-Healy Act. He advocated amendment to the law to prevent 'evasion,' and said that 'the purpose of Congress to promote good labor conditions and equal competition on government contracts has been thwarted'

Sworn in as administrator of Public Contracts Division of Department of Labor. Washington D.C. L. Metcalfe Walling was today sworn in as Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Department of Labor which is enforcing the provisions of the Walsh-Healy Act. Walling has been Director of the State Labor Department of Rhode Island for two years. In the photograph, left to right: Secretary Perkins, L. Metcalfe Walling, and Samuel M. Gompers, Chief Clerk of the Departement of Labor administering the oath

Sworn in as administrator of Public Contracts Division of Department of Labor. Washington D.C. L. Metcalfe Walling was today sworn in as Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Department of Labor which is enforcing the provisions of the Walsh-Healy Act. Walling has been Director of the State Labor Department of Rhode Island for two years. In the photograph, left to right: Secretary Perkins, L. Metcalfe Walling, and Samuel M. Gompers, Chief Clerk of the Departement of Labor administering the oath

U.S. Chamber attacks Labor Act at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. B.C. Heacock, President of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. of Peoria, Ill., and Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Committee on Manufacture, told a Senate and Education and Labor Committee today that the chamber favored amendments to the Labor Act to accomplish these purposes--to preserve the right of freedom speech, to grant the employer the right to petition the NLRB for a determination of the representatives selected by his employees for collective bargaining to prohibit coercion of employees from any course, and to repeal the closed-shop proviso'

Awaiting decision on Labor Relations Act. Washington, D.C., April 5. Senator Robert F. Wagner, (right) of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, who sponsored the legislation in the house, are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court on the validity of the act. The Supreme Court was due to reach a decision today but adjourned without announcing its ruling. The ruling, which cannot now be announced until next Monday, is expected to have an important bearing on the President's court reorganization plan, 4/5/1937

U.S. Chamber attacks Labor Act at Capitol. Washington, D.C., June 26. B.C. Heacock, President of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. of Peoria, Ill., and Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Committee on Manufacture, told a Senate and Education and Labor Committee today that the chamber favored amendments to the Labor Act to accomplish these purposes--to preserve the right of freedom speech, to grant the employer the right to petition the NLRB for a determination of the representatives selected by his employees for collective bargaining to prohibit coercion of employees from any course, and to repeal the closed-shop proviso'

Tells of 72 hours labor for steel mill says congress shouldn't listen to William Green's 'blatherings.' Washington, D.C., July 21. Bert Hough, Head of the Steel Workers Organization Committee of Midland, PA., today told the House Labor Committee in a rich scotch burr that the Committee should discard the 'Blatherings of William Green and Tom Girdler, because the Wagner act was not passed to protect them. This Congress should need those of us who come from the mills. Before the passage of the Wasner act. He told the Committee which is considering amendments to the act, he had worked as long as 72 consecutive hours, 72139

Tells of 72 hours labor for steel mill says congress shouldn't listen to William Green's 'blatherings.' Washington, D.C., July 21. Bert Hough, Head of the Steel Workers Organization Committee of Midland, PA., today told the House Labor Committee in a rich scotch burr that the Committee should discard the 'Blatherings of William Green and Tom Girdler, because the Wagner act was not passed to protect them. This Congress should need those of us who come from the mills. Before the passage of the Wasner act. He told the Committee which is considering amendments to the act, he had worked as long as 72 consecutive hours, 7/21/39

Awaiting decision on Labor Relations Act. Washington, D.C., April 5. Senator Robert F. Wagner, (right) of New York, author of the Wagner Labor Relations Act, and Rep. William P. Connery, Jr., of Massachusetts, who sponsored the legislation in the house, are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court on the validity of the act. The Supreme Court was due to reach a decision today but adjourned without announcing its ruling. The ruling, which cannot now be announced until next Monday, is expected to have an important bearing on the President's court reorganization plan, 451937

Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe Walling, Administrator of the Public Contracts Division of the Labor Department, told the Senate Labor Committee today that subcontractors had used a 'legal dodge' to avoid compliance with the Walsh-Healy Act. He advocated amendment to the law to prevent 'evasion,' and said that 'the purpose of Congress to promote good labor conditions and equal competition on government contracts has been thwarted'

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US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Civilian, Billy Sellin (left, center in uniform), Resident Engineer, Balad Air Base (AB) Resident Office, Gulf Region North (GRN), speaks with several civilian subcontractors about the construction progress of the new medical supply warehouse at the Logistical Support Area (LSA) Balad, Balad Air Base (AB), Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Mike Leavitt's second and third day: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Research and Develoment (ORD), Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS), Office of Water (OW) meet and greets [412-APD-A150-OCIR_Meet_n_Greet_DSC_1346.JPG]

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Confirmation Hearing [412-APD-815-JPEG-2009-04-28_1ConfirmationHearingAAs_1030.jpg]

Mike Leavitt's second and third day: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Research and Develoment (ORD), Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS), Office of Water (OW) meet and greets [412-APD-A150-OW_Meet_n_Greet_DSC_1437.JPG]

Office of Enforcement of Compliance Assurance - Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training Portraits [412-APD-1362-2014-11-04_OCEFTPortraits_084.jpg]

Mike Leavitt's second and third day: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Research and Develoment (ORD), Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations (OCIR), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS), Office of Water (OW) meet and greets [412-APD-A150-OAR_Meet_n_Greet_DSC_1231.JPG]

A primary health clinic facility under construction, a project funded, managed, and quality controlled by the US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) outside of Erbil, Northern Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Two Iraqi subcontractors cut rebar for the project

Workers and the trusts; labor conditions in the great manufacturing centers of the United States; wages, housing and industrial altruism

Office of Enforcement of Compliance Assurance - Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training [412-APD-1367-2014-03-11_OCEFTGroup_005.jpg]

Washington, D.C. A lieutenant in the United States Army Air Transport Command calling the airport to check on flight conditions before checking out at the United Nations service center

Urges equal rights for women. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Democratic National Committeewoman from Pennsylvania and a sister of Senator Joseph Guffey, urged approval of the Burke Constitutional Amendment for Equal Rights for Women as she testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee today. Mrs.. Miller, shown with Senator Burke, author of the Amendment, told the committee that business women have "felt the ruinious effects of discriminatory and so-called protective legislation," 2/9/38

Josh Randolph (center), an attorney-advisor assigned

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