STANDARDS ACT OF 1938

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 2033

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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VOLUME 2

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D. C.
FEBRUARY 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, AND 18, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

CONTENTS

LIST OF WITNESSES

Bayly, Charles H., president, Crescent Warf & Warehouse Co., Los Angeles,
Calif.

Page

1089-1097

Beirne, Joseph A., president, Communications Workers of America___ 1127-1136 Bennett, Hon. Charles E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida.

1442-1450

Blake, Rhea, executive vice president, National Cotton Council of America,
Memphis, Tenn___

1384-1394, 1397-1405

Brooks, Garland, a representative of United Textile Workers of
America

1531-1534 1009-1010

1542, 1549-1551

1534-1535

03 Brown, Edgar G., director, National Negro Council
Clorety, Joseph A., Jr., vice chairman, American Veterans Committee. 1022-1023
Cox, Vinson, a textile worker, of New Bern, N. C.
Darr, Mrs. Mary, a laundry worker, of Hagerstown, Md-
Doherty, Richard P., director, employer-employee relations department,
National Association of Broadcasters__

Donosky, Myer M., treasurer, A. H. Belo Corp., Dallas, Tex_

1147-1164 1416, 1419-1420, 1422-1423, 1425-1426 Dulany, Ralph O., appearing on behalf of the National Association of Frozen Food Packers--Edelman, John W., appearing on behalf of the CIO legislative committee_

1055-1060

1526-1528,

1038-1040 947-979

1529–1530, 1531, 1532, 1534, 1535, 1541–1542, 1546–1548, 1551, 1554–1561 Evans, Ralph E., general counsel, Pennsylvania Restaurant Association- 985-986 Ferris, Josiah, representing the sugar producers of FloridaFraser, Samuel, secretary, International Apple Association_ Gathings, Hon. E. C., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas__.

1119-1121

Gilbert, David, representing textile workers' legislative committee, CIO___ 1535– 1538, 1542-1545, 1548-1549 Greene, Ernest W., vice president, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association___.

1165-1182

Griffith, H. M., representing National Economic Council, Inc., New York,

N. Y

1104-1118

Haseltine, Charles, owner and manager, Pacific Stevedoring & Ballasting
Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Hays, Hon. Brooks, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Arkansas___

1024-1028, 1035–1036 Haslam, Reuben S., associate counsel, the National Association of Manufacturers

1040-1055

1667-1689

Holleman, Warren G., a railroad maintenance worker, of St. Pauls,
N. C____

1538-1540

Howard, Harmon K., secretary, Howard Terminal, Oakland, Calif.
Johnson, Gilbert R., counsel, Lake Carriers' Association, Cleveland,

Horan, Hon. Walt, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Washington-

1097-1099

1029-1036

Ohio

1353-1360 1551-1554, 1557

Jones, Mrs. Gertrude, a laundry worker, of Hagerstown, Md___
Kirkpatrick, Donald, general counsel, American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion

997-1009

Krebs, A. V., counsel for the National Federation of American Shipping,

Inc..

1122-1127

LeSauvage, George R., chairman, Government affairs committee of the
National Restaurant Association---

979-984, 988-994