Investigation of Minimum Wages and Education in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Hearings ... Pursuant to H. Res. 75. 19501950 - 210 pages |
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Page 39 - We must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas.
Page 178 - In commerce; (3) constitutes an unfair method of competition In commerce; (4) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of goods iu commerce; and (5) interferes with the orderly and fair marketing of goods in commerce.
Page iii - House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as it deems necessary.
Page 39 - Our aim should be to help the free peoples of the world, through their own efforts, to produce more food, more clothing, more materials for housing, and more mechanical power to lighten their burdens.
Page 178 - ... (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States ; (2) burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce...
Page 39 - Only by helping the least fortunate of its members to help themselves can the human family achieve the decent, satisfying life that is the right of all people.
Page iii - X), any committee, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized (subject to subparagraph (2)(A) of this paragraph)— (A) to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned...
Page 39 - Their poverty is a handicap and a threat both to them and to more prosperous areas. For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and the skill to relieve the suffering of these people.
Page 178 - Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938." FINDING AND DECLARATION OF POLICY SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such labor conditions...
Page 39 - Act is administered by the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor.