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Both sides. Washington, D.C., Oct. 11. Sidney Hillman, President of the Amalgamated Clothing workers, and Donald Nelson, (right) Chairman of the First Industry Committee under the new Wage-Hour Law, chat informally as the waited for the committee to meet today. The committee was meeting to consider a minimum wage for more than 1,3000,000 workers in the textile industry, 10/11/38

Both sides. Washington, D.C., Oct. 11. Sidney Hillman, President of th...

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Wage-Hour Unit prepares to put act into effect. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. The Wage-Hour Administration rushed work today on last minute explanations of how industry should comply with the most far reaching attempt since the NRA days to put a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours. Wage-hour Administrator Elmer Andrews, extreme right seated, telling the press he hopes to announce by nightfall the kind of records employers should keep to show conformity with the new law which becomes effective 12:01 A.M. Monday

Wage-Hour Unit prepares to put act into effect. Washington, D.C., Oct....

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Wage-Hour Administrator and assistants. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Probably the busiest government agency in the Capitol these days is The Wage-Hour Administration. The Wage-Hour Administrator, Elmer F. Andrews, is pictured for the first time with the newly appointed assistant administrators, Col. Arthur L. Fletcher (left) Paul Sifton. Fletcher was formerly Administrator of Labor for North Carolina while Sifton served with Administrator Andrews when he administrated New York's Labor laws, 9/14/38

Wage-Hour Administrator and assistants. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Pr...

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Wage-Hour Administrator reports to President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews leaving the White House today after making a report to President Roosevelt. At a press conference today, Andrews expressed belief that employees thrown out of work by closing of low wage industries would be re-employed by 'decent' employers when the chiselling minority quits the business, 10/25/38

Wage-Hour Administrator reports to President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 2...

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President gets progress report on Wage-Hour law. Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. A thorough report on the progress of the new Wage- Hour Law was given President Roosevelt today by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer Andrews, and their assistants today. Reading, left to right. Administrator Elmer Andrews; Secretary Perkins; Richardson Saunders, Assistant to the Secretary of Labor. Gerard D. Reilly, Labor Dept. Solicitor and CA-Vert Magruder,Chief Counsel for Wage-Hour Administration, 10/31/38

President gets progress report on Wage-Hour law. Washington, D.C., Oct...

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103 union presidents meet with Green to urge Congress to change WPA wage-hour rates. Washington, D.C., July 12. Leaders of the American Federation of Labor's national and international unions met today to plan methods of persuading Congress to restore old wage and hour rates of pay for WPA workers who now work 130 hours for the same pay they once received for as little as 55 hours a month. Here are Frank Morrison, Secretary-Treasurer of the AF of L, Herbert Rivers, Secretary and Treasurer of the Building and Construction Trades Department, and William Green, President of the AF of L photographed at the meeting this morning

103 union presidents meet with Green to urge Congress to change WPA wa...

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Exhausted after wage-hour fight in senate. Washington, D.C., June 13. Senator Allen Ellender Democrat of Louisana and onetime Lieutenant of the late Huey Long, is snapped by news cameramen as he rests in his office after leading the victorious fight for the compromise in the wage-hour bill. The compromise is expected to make wage differentials possible for many southern industries. He has threatened a filibuster unless the south got what it wanted in the measure, 6/13/38

Exhausted after wage-hour fight in senate. Washington, D.C., June 13. ...

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Reporters question Rep. Mary Norton. Washington, D.C., July 22. Reporters besiege Rep. Mary T. Norton, Democrat of New Jersey, following her appearance today before the House Rules Committee in executive session. The purpose of the hearing was determine whether the highly controversial amendments offered by Rep. Barden, Democrat of North Carolina, should get right of way on the House floor. Rep. Norton is also the author of certain amendments to the wage-hour law which are not as controversial as those[...]

Reporters question Rep. Mary Norton. Washington, D.C., July 22. Report...

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C.I.O. Chief endorses wage-hour bill. Washington, D.C. June 7. The Black-Connery Wage-and-Hour bill received the endorsement of John L. Lewis Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, as he appeared before the Senate and House Labor Committees. He recommended the setting of a 40-cents-per-hour wage and a five-day, 35-hour week. At the same time he opposed what he called "wage fixin" contrary to " American precedents and practices". 6/7/37

C.I.O. Chief endorses wage-hour bill. Washington, D.C. June 7. The Bla...

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Wage-Hour conferees discuss compromise bill. Washington, D.C., June 6. Impromptu conferences such as this one, were frequently seen in the halls of the Capitol today as Senate and House Wage-Hour conferees discussed the drafting of compromise bill. Pictured, left to right: Rep. Mary T. Norton, of New Jersey; Rep. Robert Ramspeck of Georgia; [...] Allen J. Ellender, of Louisiana; and Senator [Claude] Pepper, of Florida, 6/6/38

Wage-Hour conferees discuss compromise bill. Washington, D.C., June 6....

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President and A.F. of L. leaders discuss wage-hour legislation. Washington, D.C., March 16. Following a conference between President Roosevelt and leaders of the American Federation of Labor on wage-hour legislation today, AF of L President William Green announced that there was not a great deal of difference between the chief executive and the federation over details of the proposed legislation. He said the federation was not rigidly committed [...] an absolute 40 cents an hour minimum wage. In the picture, left to right: B.M. Jewell, president, Railroad Employees Dept., John Frey, president, Metal Trades Dept., President William Green, and Joseph McInerny, president, Building Trades Dept.

President and A.F. of L. leaders discuss wage-hour legislation. Washin...

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Chairmen Wage-Hour conferences hopeful of early passage to permit adjournment. Washington, D.C., June 3. Senator Elbert Thomas, of Utah and Rep. Mary Norton, of New Jersey, Chairman of the Senate and House Wage-Hour Bill conferees, respectively, held frequent conferences today and announced they were hopeful of the bill's passage in ample time to permit early adjournment, 6/3/38

Chairmen Wage-Hour conferences hopeful of early passage to permit adjo...

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Employer and employee well represented as committee meets to consider minimum wage for textile workers. Washington, D.C., Oct. 11. Employer and employee members of the First Industry Committee under the new Wage-Hour Law met with Chairman Donald Nelson and Wage-hour Administrator Elmer Andrews today to consider a minimum wage for more than 1,300,000 workers in the textile industry. Pictured, left to right, are: Donald Nelson, Administrator Andrews, and Sidney Hillman, President of the Amalgamated Clothing workers, standing are R.R. West, (left) Danville, Virginia, and John R. Cheatham, Griffin, GA., both employers, 10/11/38

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Nation's busiest secretary. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Probably the busiest Secretary in the Capitol these days is Eugenia Pope, Secretary and only employee of Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews. The Bureau will employ 1,000 persons in two months, but in the meantime Miss Pope must keep track of 50,000 applications for jobs, 8/25/38

Nation's busiest secretary. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. Probably the bu...

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Wage-Hour Administrator and family. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Wage-Hour Administrator and Mrs. Elmer Andrews dining at a local hotel with their youngsters on New Year's night. Left to right: William Andrews, a son, Administrator Andrews, Mrs. Andrews, and Jean Andrews, a daughter, 1-3-39

Wage-Hour Administrator and family. Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Wage-Hou...

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Back Senate bills proposing licensing of corporations operating in interstate commerce. Washington, D.C., Nov. 26. Both Senators Joseph A. O'Mahoney (left) of Wyoming, and William E. Borah, of Idaho, have introduced bills in the Senate requiring that corporations which operate in interstate commerce take out federal charters. The bills are aimed to reach objectives of NRA and the pending Wage-Hour Bill--that is, fair-trade practices in industry and protection of the worker from over-long hours and oppressive wages--but in a simpler fashion. Senators Borah and O'Mahoney are seeking agreement on the form of a bill, with the aim, if possible, of merging their individual measures, 11/26/37

Back Senate bills proposing licensing of corporations operating in int...

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Principals in wage-hour amendments controversy. Washington, D.C., July 25. Seeking speedy action at this session of Congress, the House Rules Committee at a special session today agreed to further attempt to compromise proposals of opposing faction in the proposed amendments to the wage-hour law. Left to right: wage-hour administrator Elmer Andrews; Rep. Graham A. Barden, Democrat of North Carolina; Rep. Mary T. Norton, Democrat of New Jersey and Rep. Adolph Sabath of Illinois, Acting Chairman of the Rules Committee. Andrews, Rep. Norton and Rep. Barden appeared before the Committee in Executive region, 7/26/39

Principals in wage-hour amendments controversy. Washington, D.C., July...

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Attend Soviet party Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Wage-Hour Administrator and Mrs. Elmer Andrews as they arrive to attend the party at Soviet Embassy today which marked the 21st anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution

Attend Soviet party Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Wage-Hour Administrator ...

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New Wage-Hour Administrator gets helping hand from missus. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. Working without pay, Mrs. Elmer F. Andrews, wife of the newly appointed Wage-hour Administrator, is helping her husband organize his new office force which has already been swamped with thousands of letters from employers. Administrator Andrews looks on while his wife sorts the mail in this photograph. Mrs. Andrew is no novice at government work, having served in the chemical warfare service during the World War days, 8/18/38

New Wage-Hour Administrator gets helping hand from missus. Washington,...

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