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This legislation was sponsored by
ten liberal Senators and by Rep.
Prank Hook, who said that other
members of the House would un
doubtedly join him later in attaching
their names to the bill.
The present floor for wages of work
ers engaged in interstate industry is
60 cents an hour under the Fair Labor
Standards Act, which the new bill
seeks to amend.
The House petition for general wage
rate increases was announced by Rep.
Bolifield, of California, and falls right
in line with labor's demands.
Rep. Holifield declared that the
President would be asked "to revise
the present wage policy by executive
xrder and "restore the original au
thority of the War Labor Board to
approve or direct such wage adjust
ments as may be necessary and which
will not substantially affect the cost
of living."
"All the evidence of cutbacks, lay
offs, loss of overtime pay and, in the
case of merchant seamen, a direct cut
in the pay envelope ,point to economic
troubles right ahead unless the pres
emt national wage policy is revised to
permit an increase of at least 20 per
c*nt in the basic pay rate in order to
keep up mass purchasing power and
avoid sowing the seeds of a disastrous
depression in the immediate future,"
be asserted.
"We urge all members, of Congress
t» sign this petition,"
The Wage-Hour amendments fall
giort of labor's policy because of a
provision which would start overtime
yy after 44 hours in the first year,
4& hours in the second year and 40
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Petitions Truman To Break Wage Freeze And Weighs
Higher Minimum
Washington, D. C.—Congress mov
ed in two major directions to correct
the alarming shrinkage of take-home
pay by lifting the wage rates of Amer
ican workers. Developments were:
1—Seventy members of the House
of Representatives signed a petition
asking President Truman to permit in
creases in hourly rates of pay at least
20 percent higher than the present
Hftiits of the "Little Steel" formula.
2—Legislation was introduced in
both houses of Congress providing for
an immediate hike in minimum wages
to 65 cents an hour with progressive
increases up to a 75-cent floor in 3
years.
Congress Backs AFL Pleas
For Higher Wage Rates Nowl
hours after that. Union leaders could
not see why the present standard 40
hour week should be thus set back.
The wage provisions of the bill were
generally considered acceptable by
labor. While setting an immediate
rock-bottom floor of 65 cents an hour,
Washington, D. C.—The War Man
power Commission predicted that the
unemployment picture for the year
ahead isn't as gloomy as most people
expect.
But estimates on which the WMC
forecast is based are predicated on
continuation of the war with Japan.
A sudden VJ-Day would skyrocket
unemployment figures almost over
night to 7,000,000 or more.
WMC estimates also are based on
present Army and Navy schedules
for munitions production and person
nel requirements for the Pacific war,
and on War Production Board plans
for reconverting unneeded war pro
duction facilities to civilian produc
tion.
Any change in these plans would
throw the estimates entire out of
gear. But if conditions remain con
stant, the WMC says there will be an
increase in unemployment up to the
2,000,000 mark by the end of August,
dropping to 1,300,000 by December
and up again to 1,800,000 by next
June.
David Webb & Sons
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WMC Confident Unemployed Total
Will Stay Under Two Million Till 1946|
Sudden VJ-Day Would Skyrocket Unemployment Almost
Overnight to 7,000,000 or More
AFL economists declared the
WMC's figures far too optimistic and
dependent on too many "ifs."
Here is how the WMC arrived at
its figures on unemployment:
It estimates that between VE-Day
and December a total of 3,700,000
workers will have been taken out of
war production out of a total of rough
ly 9,000,000. It estimates that during
that same period 1,000,000 persons
will be mustered out of the services.
These two figures total 4,700,000 per
sons thrown on the labor market.
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the measure would permit industry
committees operating under the Wage
Hour Division to increase the mini
mum up to the 75-cent level by volun
tary action before the date set foi
general application.
Sponsors of the bill" in the Senatv
included Senators Mead, Pepper, Wag
ner, James Murray, Guffey, Kilgon ,|
Elbert Thomas, Chaves, Magnuson at
Francis J. Myers.
During the same period 3,400,00o|
workers will be absorbed by our civil
ian economy and an additional 600,0001
persons of working age will be in
ducted into the Army and Navy. Thu
makes a total of 4,000,000, which is|
still 700,000 short of the number
thrown on the labor market.
Of those no longer needed in warl
plants, or mustered out of the Army,I
200,000 will not reenter the labor mar-l
ket some will go back to school, sonic
of the women (with their husbands
back from war) will want to go backl
to keeping house, and many of the oldl
people will want to quit the daily
grind.
This leaves 500,000 still out ofl
work. Add that to the figure of 800,-1
000 unemployed last May—and you
get 1,300,000, which is WMC's pre
dicted unemployment for next De-|
cember.
The same formula is used in arriv
ing at the prediction for June:
WMC estimates that 5,300,000 ofl
the original 9,000,000 war workers
will have quit, and that a total of
2,400,000 will have been mustered out
of the services, for a total of 7,700,000.
It estimates that 5,100,000 will have
been given employment in civilian
production, trades and services and
that 1,200,000 will have been in
ducted, for a total of 6,300,000. That
leaves 1,400,000 on the jobless side of
the ledger.
United Garment Workers
Get Wage Increases
Washington, D. C.—A voluntary
agreement providing for wage in
creases by 25 companies manufactur
ing men's work clothing was approved
by the War Labor Board.
The agreement between the Union
Made Garment Manufacturers' Asso
ciation and 6,000 members of the
United Garment Workers of America
(AFL) also provides for a minimum
wage of 50 cents an hour and more
liberal vacations.
The board approved the adjust
ments to correct what it called sub
standards of livings
Municipal Electric Utili^jr
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city in Kentucky to contract with the
Tennessee Valley Authority for power
with its own electric plant, recently
celebrated itsh third anniversary of
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According to .the American Munici
pal Association, the city has paid $60,
000 of its $200,000 bonded indebted
ness and expects to pay an additional
$30,000 this year.
The plant has earned a surplus of
$75,000 in the 3 years of operation
with TV A power. Operating first with
"interim" and then with "standard"
TV A rates, the municipal plant has
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