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C.I.O. Chief endorses wage-hour bill. Washington, D.C. June 7. The Black-Connery Wage-and-Hour bill received the endorsement of John L. Lewis Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, as he appeared before the Senate and House Labor Committees. He recommended the setting of a 40-cents-per-hour wage and a five-day, 35-hour week. At the same time he opposed what he called "wage fixin" contrary to " American precedents and practices". 6/7/37

C.I.O. Chief endorses wage-hour bill. Washington, D.C. June 7. The Bla...

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At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a steel puddler in their youth, these men have gone far in their battle for American Labor. William Green, (left) President of the American Federation of Labor, and U.S. Senator James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, met at the Capitol today where the A.F. of L. Prexy appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees on the Black-Connery Wage-and Hour Bill. 6/4/37

At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a s...

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Senate listeners. Washington, D.C., June 3. The Senate Chamber was practically empty today as most of the members "listened in" on the Joint Hearing of the Senate and House Labor Committees. Prominent business men testified on the Black-Connery Bill proposed to curtail sweatshop working conditions as concerns wages, hours, and child labor. Left to right: Senator Robert F. Lafollette; Senator Sherman Minton; and Senator James Murray, 6/3/37

Senate listeners. Washington, D.C., June 3. The Senate Chamber was pra...

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At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a steel puddler in their youth, these men have gone far in their battle for American Labor. William Green, (left) President of the American Federation of Labor, and U.S. Senator James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, met at the Capitol today where the A.F. of L. Prexy appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees on the Black-Connery Wage-and Hour Bill. 6437

At the top now. Washington, D.C. June 4. One a miner and the other a s...

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Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator Rush D. Holt, West Virginia, frequently interrupted the testimony of John L. Lewis today to ask questions of the C.I.O Chief as he appeared before the Senate and House labor Committees. Lewis gave his flat endorsement of the Black-Connery bill which is aimed to curtail sweatshop conditions and setting of a wage and hour law for American industry, 6/7/37

Baby Senator quizzes labor leader. Washington, D.C., June 7. Senator R...

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Urges age minimum age limit provisions in Connery-Black Bill. Washington, D.C. June 14. Testifying on the Black-Connery Wage and [Hours] Bill today, Rep. Robert Luce, of Massachusetts, urged the Seante and House Labor Committees to exempt from the wage provisions of the bill all persons under 21 years of age. Luce, who employs almost a hundred women in a clipping bureau he conducts, declared the measure overlooks all the little fellows like himself. He explains this statement by saying that most women employed today do not intend to make a life work out of industry and therefore should be excluded from a minimum wage. He added that because of the money and times used in training women, he loses $3250 everytime one resigns. 6/14/37

Urges age minimum age limit provisions in Connery-Black Bill. Washingt...

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Labor Chief in good humor. Washington, D.C. June 7. Rarely is John L. Lewis ever pictured smiling. But the cameraman caught the C.I.O. Chief in a jovial mood today as he appeared before the Senate and House Labor Committees and the result is this interesting picture. Lewis endorsed the minimum and maximum hour provisions of the Black-Conner Bill as a modest begining of genuine planning towards a better economic order. 6737

Labor Chief in good humor. Washington, D.C. June 7. Rarely is John L. ...

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Labor Chief in good humor. Washington, D.C. June 7. Rarely is John L. Lewis ever pictured smiling. But the cameraman caught the C.I.O. Chief in a jovial mood today as he appeared before the Senate and House Labor Committees and the result is this interesting picture. Lewis endorsed the minimum and maximum hour provisions of the Black-Conner Bill as a modest begining of genuine planning towards a better economic order. 6/7/37

Labor Chief in good humor. Washington, D.C. June 7. Rarely is John L. ...

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