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1972.a

COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama, Chairman

Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Manpower and Welfare Division, United

States General Accounting Office, accompanied by: Melvin Miller,

Assistant General Counsel of the General Accounting Office, Morton

Henig, Associate Director, Manpower and Welfare Division, and Warren
Brown, Supervisory Investigator, Manpower and Welfare Division.............

Laurence H. Silberman, Under Secretary of Labor, accompanied by:

Warren Landis, Assistant Administrator, Employment Standards

Administration, and Harold Nystrom, Associate Solicitor, Department

of Labor.

Thomas Hails, general contractor, on behalf of Associated Builders and
Contractors, accompanied by: William Barton, national legal counsel.--

Robert T. Thompson, director and member, labor relations committee,

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, accompanied by: Otto F.

Wenzler, labor relations manager__

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

Ben B. Blackburn, Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia_

Richard C. Van Dusen, Under Secretary, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, accompanied by: Arthur S. Newburg, Director,

Operation Breakthrough.

E. J. Newbould, vice president, government relations, National Clay Pipe

Institute__

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

John D. Dingell, Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan.

Charles B. Mahin, on behalf of National Woodwork Manufacturers Asso-

ciation, Inc.

William B. Marx, executive director, American Boiler Manufactures

Association..

121

David V. Kornreich, on behalf of Florida East Coast Sheet Metal Con-

tractors Association___

124

Donald L. Chapman, member, National Society of Professional Engineers,

and Consulting Engineers Council of the United States..

156

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

Stanley Waranch, president, National Association of Home Builders;

accompanied by Carl A. S. Coan, Jr., staff vice president and legisla-

tive counsel, and Richard Canavan, staff vice president for builder

services

Frank Bonadio, president, Building and Construction Trades Department,

AFL-CIO accompanied by Thomas X. Dunn, general counsel; Walter

Mason, legislative representative; and Robert Barton, associate counsel

William E. Dunn, executive vice president, Associated General Con-

tractors of America; accompanied by Donald A. Giampao, director of

legislation and special programs, and Arthur Hintze, member, national

agency staff

J.C. Turner, second vice president and assistant to general president-
legislation, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO.-

Robert C. Smith, president, National Association of Building Manufac-

turers; accompanied by Richard L. Bullock, executive vice president, and

David Falk, general counsel..

167

211

301

385

392

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Ahart, Gregory J., Director, Manpower and Welfare Division, General

Accounting Office..

Barton, Robert, associate counsel, Building and Construction Trades

Department, AFL-CIO

Barton, William, national legal counsel, Associated Builders and Con-

tractors..

Blackburn, Ben B., Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia.

Bonadio, Frank, president, Building and Construction Trades Department,

AFL-CIO.

Brown, Warren, Supervisory Investigator, Manpower and Welfare Divi-

sion, General Accounting Office..

Bullock, Richard L., executive vice president, National Association of

Building Manufacturers__

Page

12

211

42

67

211

12

392

Canavan, Richard, staff vice president for builder services, National

Association of Home Builders.

167

Chapman, Donald L., member, National Society of Professional Engineers

and Consulting Engineers Council of the United States.

156

Coan, Carl A. S., Jr., staff vice president and legislative counsel, National

Association of Home Builders..

167

Dingell, John D., Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan.

Dunn, Thomas X., general counsel, Building and Construction Trades

Department, AFL-CIO..

95

211

Dunn, William E., executive vice president, Associated General Con-

tractors of America_

301

Falk, David, general counsel, National Association of Building Manu-

facturers

392

Giampao, Donald A., director of legislation and special programs, Asso-

ciated General Contractors of America_

301

Hails, Thomas, general contractor, on behalf of Associated Builders and

Contractors...

42

Henig, Morton, Associate Director, Manpower and Welfare Division,

General Accounting Office.

12

Hintze, Arthur, member, national agency staff, Associated General Con-

tractors of America...

301

Kornreich, David V., on behalf of Florida East Coast Sheet Metal Con-
tractors Association....

124

Landis, Warren, Assistant Administrator, Employment Standards Ad-

ministration, Department of Labor.

22

Mahin, Charles B., on behalf of National Woodwork Manufacturers

Association.

117

Marx, William B., executive director, American Boiler Manufacturers

Association _ _ _

Mason, Walter, legislative representative, Building and Construction
Trades Department, AFL-CIO..

Miller, Melvin, Assistant General Counsel, General Accounting Office...
Newbould, E. J., vice president, government relations, National Clay
Pipe Institute...

Newburg, Arthur S., Director, Operation Breakthrough, Department of

Housing and Urban Development.

Nystrom, Harold, Associate Solicitor, Department of Labor..

Silberman, Laurence H., Under Secretary, Department of Labor.

Smith, Robert C., president, National Association of Building Manu-

facturers..

Thompson, Robert T., director and member, Labor Relations Committee,

Chamber of Commerce of the United States---

Turner, J. C., second vice president, International Union of Operating

Engineers.

Van Dusen, Richard C., Under Secretary, Department of Housing and
Urban Development_

Waranch, Stanley, president, National Association of Home Builders.--

Wenzler, Otto F., labor relations manager, Chamber of Commerce of the

United States. --

385

187

167

59

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND DATA

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, reprint of article..

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, statement of David W.

Jasper...

141

115

American Boiler Manufacturers Association, statement of William B.

Marx, executive director.

121

American Institute of Architects, letter from Max O. Urbahn, president_

American Insurance Association, letter and statement received

American Retail Federation, statement submitted for the record_

466

465

467

Anderson, John B., Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois,

statement submitted-

Associated Builders & Contractors, statement of Thomas Hails.

Associated General Contractors of America:

386

42

Labor law reports submitted for the record__

371

Restrictive Practices of the Building Trades, reprint of paper.

Statement of William E. Dunn, executive vice president_

Supreme court decision submitted for the record.

317

301

361

Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors, resolution at annual

convention----

115

Barron's, reprint of article.

454

Birmingham, Ala., Department of Inspection Services, letter from M. J.

Sasser.

469

Brozen, Yale, professor of business economics, Graduate School of Business,
University of Chicago, study on the Davis-Bacon Act_

397

Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO:

Labor Day statement of 1970, by then president C. J. Haggerty-

316

Letter from Mike Ryan, Streator, Ill., Building Trades Council
Sample labor agreements..

525

243

Statement of Frank Bonadio, president.

Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute, statement of Jerome O. Hendrickson, execu-
tive vice president.-

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, statement of Robert T.
Thompson, director and member of labor relations committee..

211

90

59

Colorado Association of Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Contractors,
telegram from Ken Christensen_-

551

Comptroller General of the United States, reprint of Report to the Con-

gress:

Introduction:

Legislative authority.

Wage determinations.

Effects of improper wage determinations:

Increased cost of federally financed construction_

Possible effect on competition_-

Inflationary impact.--

Need for improved procedures in wage determinations:

Elements of a wage determination _ _ _

480

481

483

485

485

487

Contract cost subject to minimum wage determinations_

Matter for consideration by the Congress..

510

511

Appendix:

General Accounting Office reports to the Congress on reviews of

wage rate determinations _ _

512

Analysis of wage determinations issued during fiscal years 1965

and 1969 for projects costing under $100,000 in selected areas__

Letter dated April 2, 1971, from the Department of Labor to the

General Accounting Office--.

513

514

Letter dated October 9, 1970, from the Department of Labor to

the General Accounting Office...--

515

Principal officials of the Department of Labor having responsi-

bility for determinations of wage rates discussed in this report__ 517

Congressional Record, reprint of excerpts from...

Consumer Federation of America, letter from Erma Angevine, executive
director

Christian Science Monitor, reprint of article.

Del E. Webb Corp., reprint of labor agreement.

104, 116, 448

116

451

279

Dominick, Peter H., U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado, statement
for the record on S. 3373.

Page

40

Economic Report of the President, 1968, excerpt from.
Engineering News-Record, reprint of article.

58

518

Florida East Coast Sheet Metal Contractors Association, statement of
David C. Kornreich..

124

General Accounting Office, statement of Gregory J. Ahart, Director,

Manpower and Welfare Division

12

General Building Contractors, letter to Senator Sparkman, from Joel M.
Howard III, legislative representative.

524

Gould, John P., professor of business economics, Graduate School of
Business, University of Chicago, study on the Davis-Bacon Act------.

Housing and Urban Development Department:

403

Answers to questions of:

Senator Brock..

79

Senator Tower.

83

Statement of George Romney, Secretary, at Kalamazoo, Mich.,

December 19, 1970.

550

Statement of Richard C. Van Dusen, Under Secretary

73

International Union of Operating Engineers, statement of J. C. Turner,
second vice president..

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, letter from E. L. Curtis,
business manager_

International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, statement of
S. Frank Raftery, general president..

Kennecott Copper Corp., letter from Gilbert E. Dwyer, vice president__
Kluczynski, John C., Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois,
letter from Consumer Federation of America.

Davis-Bacon trainee waivers..

Equal employment in the construction industry-

Time required to issue a wage determination__

Wage rates in urban and rural areas

Letters to the Comptroller General of the United States--

528

536

385

531

116

33

31

29

37

514

Projected goal for the inclusion of minority workers in the construction

industry.

33

Statement of Laurence H. Silberman, Under Secretary-

22

Laborers' International Union of North America, statement of Peter
Fosco, general president___

Mechanical Contractors Association of Northern California, Inc., state-

ment received for the record

543

National Association of Building Manufacturers, statement of Robert
Smith, president..

392

National Association of Home Builders:

Forms builder must use or be familiar with pursuant to prevailing

wage requirements under HUD multifamily programs:

Request for Determination (DB11)...

193

Explanation of Labor Standard Procedures and Prevailing Wage

Requirements (HUD-196921-1)

Contractors Certification Concerning Labor Standards and Pre-

vailing Wage Requirements (FHA-2482).

201

Subcontractors Certification Concerning Labor Standards and

Prevailing Wage Requirements (FHA-2482-A)..

203

Contractor's Supplemental Prevailing Wage Certificate (FHA-

2482-B)..