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Authors of Administration Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours of Work Bill. Washington, D.C. May 24. Senator Hugo L. Black, (left) democratic senator from Alabama and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, and Rep. William P. Connery Jr, of Massachusetts Chairman of the House Labor Committee, study the bills they introduce today in the Senate and [...] for enactment of a standard wage scale and [minim]um hours of work law. The bills were introduced [...] after President Roosevelt's address demanding [...w] was read to both Houses of Congress. [...] call for a minimum of 40 cents an hour [mini]mum hours comprimise a 35 to 40 hour work [week], 5/24/37

Authors of Administration Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours of Work Bill....

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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTED THE SCHIFF TROPHY FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY IN NAVAL AVIATION OPERATIONS TO THE SEVENTH PATROL SQUADRON WHICH OPERATED 4,903 HOURS IN THE AIR FROM ITS SAN DIEGO BASE LAST YEAR WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF COMPETITION, THE UNIT WAS KNOWN AS SQUADRON SEVEN, COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER SILAS B. MOORE WHO IS NOW STATIONED IN HONOLULU. BUT SINCE HAS BEEN REDESIGNATED AS SQUADRON ELEVEN, NOW COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD, JR., WHO ACCEPTED THE TROPHY FROM THE PRESIDENT. L TO R: LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD; WILLIAM SCHIFF, DONOR OF THE TROPHY; ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CHARLES EDISON; ADMIRAL WILLIAM R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; ADMIRAL J.H. TOWERS, CHIEF OF NAVAL AIR CORPS; AND WALTER C. BRYAN OF THE TROPHY COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SEATED

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBE...

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Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Equipped with her "bible," a copy of the General Maximum Price Regulations written painstakingly in Mandarin, one of the chief languages of China, Mrs. Joanne A. Tee, price specialist of the Office of Price Administration (OPA), is explaining the necessity for posting ceiling prices to Lee Bow, manager of a large wholesale and retail store in New York's Chinatown. Like the people of their native land, whose fighting spirit has earned the admiration of all freedom-loving nations, the Chinese-American storekeepers are fighting the Axis by cooperating with the government in the battle against inflation

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Equipped with her "bible,...

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Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ladies undergarments are covered by the General Maximum Price Regulations, so Mrs. Friedman, owner of a stand in one of New York's East Side marketplaces, has posted a price ceiling sign where it can be seen easily by her customers

Posting ceiling prices in foreign languages. Ladies undergarments are ...

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Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry houses easy to construct. Maximum ventilation is the only requisite

Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry hou...

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Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry houses easy to construct. Maximum ventilation is the only requisite

Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry hou...

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West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector Maurice J. Sullivan stopping in for a friendly visit with the Hastings. He mentions that chickens and strawberries don't have to have their calling prices posted because they are not designated as cost of living commodities in Bulletin no. 1, entitled "The General Maximum Price Regulation," which he holds in his hand

West Danville, Vermont. OPA (Office of Price Administration) inspector...

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Drawings. Ceiling prices. Here a furniture store printed special tags with space to show a sale price below the ceiling established by the government's General Maximum Price Regulation. Ceiling prices must be shown on all cost-of-living items. The ceilings apply to retail sales beginning May 18

Drawings. Ceiling prices. Here a furniture store printed special tags ...

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Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry houses easy to construct. Maximum ventilation is the only requisite

Escambia Farms, Florida. The even climate of Florida makes poultry hou...

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