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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'

Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe ...

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New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the new public contracts board of the Department of Labor met today for the first time shortly after they were appointed by the Secretary Perkins. Hearings will be held immediately by the Board to make findings upon questions arrising under the Walsh-Healey law which went into effect last week and requires that manufacturers and dealers who make future contracts in excess of $10,000 with the Government shall comply with certain minimum wage, maximum hour and other labor conditions in the performance of the contract. In the photograph, left to right; Telfair Knight, Counsel for the Textile Labor Relations Division, Frank Healey of the office of the Solicitor of the Labor Department; and Hugh L.Kerwin, Director of Conciliation, Textile Labor Relations Division

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the ne...

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New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the new public contracts board of the Department of Labor met today for the first time shortly after they were appointed by the Secretary Perkins. Hearings will be held immediately by the Board to make findings upon questions arrising under the Walsh-Healey law which went into effect last week and requires that manufacturers and dealers who make future contracts in excess of $10,000 with the Government shall comply with certain minimum wage, maximum hour and other labor conditions in the performance of the contract. In the photograph, left to right; Telfair Knight, Counsel for the Textile Labor Relations Division, Frank Healey of the office of the Solicitor of the Labor Department; and Hugh L.Kerwin, Director of Conciliation, Textile Labor Relations Division

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the ne...

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In spotlight at U.S. Maritime commission hearing. Washington, D.C. Aug. 23. The U.S. Maritime Commission opened a general hearing on maritime labor conditions in an attempt to determine methods of avoiding costly industrial disputes which have hampered the American Merchant Marine and discouraged investment of Capital in shipbuilding. Among the first to be heard were, left to right, John W. Meal, of Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific Coast; Mervyn Rathbone, President of the American Radio Telegraphists Association; and Francis J. Goodall, National Maritime Union of Cooks and Stewards. Rathbone told the commission that minimum wages fixed by the government become the maximum rates paid by ship operators. Many telegraphists have thrown out of work [...] the adoption of the automatic alarm system appro[...] [...] F.C.C., Rathbone also told the commission. 8/23/37

In spotlight at U.S. Maritime commission hearing. Washington, D.C. Aug...

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Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County (Ky.) Coal Operators Association, said he had been "very careful" not to know what his "chief deputy" did with the association's expense money. The "chief deputy," Ben Unthank, has been missing since the Committee investigators, armed with subpoenas, began searching for him two months ago. The Committee is investigating labor-conditions in "bloody" Harlan County, 4/30/1937

Poor memory. Washington, D.C., April 30. Testifying before the Senate ...

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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'

Legal dodge on Walsh-Healy Act. Washington, D.C., May 13. L. Metcalfe ...

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