U.S. WAGE HOURS BILL PASSED
Roosevelt’s Big Majority
MINIMUM OF 1/3 AN HOUR
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.
(Received May 25, 9.45 p.m.)
Washington, May 25.
President Roosevelt was victorious when the House of Representatives passed the revised Wage Hour Bill by 314 votes to 97, despite determined opposition from the southern group of representatives after their failure to write in geographical wage differentials.
The Bill now goes to the Senate, which passed the widely differing measure. The Bill provides for a minimum wage of 25 cents (about 1/3) an hour for the first year, increasing five cents yearly until the maximum of 40 cents is reached.
Maximum weekly hours are 44 for the first year and 40 thereafter. Virtually all industries operating interstate commerce are affected by the provisions of the Bill.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 11
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