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EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK FOR WOMEN
SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
ON
H. R. 1584 and H. R. 2438
BILLS PROVIDING EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK FOR WOMEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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HEARINGS HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 17, 18, AND 19, 1950
Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1950
SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK FOR WOMEN
AUGUSTINE B. KELLEY, Pennsylvania, Chairman
THOMAS H. BURKE, Ohio ROY W. WIER, Minnesota
RALPH W. GWINN, New York WALTER E. BREHM, Ohio
JOSEPH S. JAROSZ, Professional Staff
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CONTENTS
Authority of committee as set forth in letter from Hon. John Lesinski__
Digest of State equal pay laws.
H. R. 1584_
H. R. 2438.
Letters submitted for the record by-
Anderson, Mrs. A. F., president, National Board, Young Women's
Christian Association of the United States of America...
Boulware, Lemuel R., vice president, General Electric Co.
Mealey, Margaret, in behalf of National Council of Catholic Women
Miles, Clarence R., in behalf of Chamber of Commerce of United
States
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Ziegler, Martha J., superintendent, State of Illinois Department of Labor, division of women's and children's employment...
Statement of-
Ackroyd, Margaret F., chief, division of women and children, and
commissioner of minimum wage, Rhode Island Department of Labor.
Anderson, Mary, legislative representative of the National Con-
sumers' League....
Barkin, Solomon, research director, Textile Workers Union of
America-CIO.
Beirne, Joseph A., president, Communications Workers of America,
Washington, D. C..
CWA membership supports equal pay bill.
Telephone managements violate equal pay principles.
BLS earnings data points up wage discrimination based on sex _ _
Unions will have to police equal pay law.
Blanchard, Helen, representing the Congress of In 'ustrial Organi-
zations.
Brief by Women's Bureau, fair practices and antidiscrimination
department, in behalf of United Automobile, Aircraft, and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, CIO_
Resolution of Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Supplemental statement of CIO, specific cases of discriminating
wage practices _ _ _
Donnelly, J. L., executive vice president, Illinois Manufacturers' Association__
Lesinski, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of
Michigan and also chairman of the House Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor
Marconnier, Emily Sims, director, division of industrial relations,
department of labor, State of New York..
Letter to Joseph Koski, clerk, Committee on Education and
Labor..
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McQuatters, Geneva F., director of legislation and Washington
representative, National Federation of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, Inc..
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Miller, Frieda S., Director, Women's Bureau, United States Depart-
ment of Labor..
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Statement before Senate Subcommittee of Committee on Labor
and Public Welfare, October 29, 1945-
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Statement before House Subcommittee of Committee on Educa-
tion and Labor, February 10, 1948.
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Teplow, Leo, associate director, industrial relations division, National Association of Manufacturers, New York City.
Tobin, Hon. Maurice J., Secretary of Labor
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Suggested amendment of the Women's Equal Pay Act of 1949.
Section-by-section analysis of H. R. 1584 and H. R. 2438,
Women's Equal Pay Act of 1949_ .
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Woolhouse, Hon. Chase Going, a Representative in Congress from the State of Connecticut...
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