Stabilizing the Cost of Living, Hearings Before ..., 77-2 on S.J. Res. 161 ..., September 15 and 16, 19421942 - 250 páginas |
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110 percent adjust agricultural commodities Agricultural Economics August 15 beef bill Bureau of Agricultural bushel Butterfat cattle cents CHAIRMAN column committee Congress cost of living cost of production cost-of-living index crops dairy DAVIS Dollars Dollars farm commodities farm labor farm prices farm products farm wages feed fixed going Goss Government gross inequities HENDERSON hogs HOLMAN hundredweight industry inflation joint resolution June Labor Board legislation lend-lease meat milk minimum ceiling National O'NEAL parity formula parity prices percent of parity pound present President President's Price Administrator price ceilings Price Control Act reason retail season averages Senator BALL Senator BANKHEAD Senator BARKLEY Senator BROWN Senator BUTLER Senator DANAHER Senator MALONEY Senator O'MAHONEY Senator REED Senator TAFT September 15 stabilize statement subsidies taxes things tion United United Dairy Farmers wage rates War Labor Board wheat WICKARD workers
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Página 11 - ... the National War Labor Board has approved such increases or decreases. 2. The National War Labor Board shall not approve any increase in the wage rates prevailing on September 15, 1942, unless such increase is necessary to correct maladjustments or inequalities, to eliminate substandards of living, to correct gross inequities, or to aid in the effective prosecution of the war.
Página 56 - It shall be the policy of those departments and agencies of the Government dealing with wages (including the Department of Labor and its various bureaus, the War Department, the Navy Department, the War Production Board, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Mediation Board, the National War Labor Board, and others heretofore or hereafter created), within the limits of their authority and jurisdiction, to work toward a stabilization of prices, fair and equitable wages, and cost of production.
Página 58 - Porter. 2:30 this afternoon. (Whereupon at 1 pm a recess was taken until 2:30 pm of the same day.) AFTERNOON SESSION The committee resumed at 2:30 pm on the expiration of the recess.
Página 12 - No action shall be taken under authority of this Act with respect to wages or salaries (1) which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. as amended, or the National Labor Relations Act, or (2) for the purpose of reducing the wages or salaries for any particular work...
Página 12 - ... and no maximum price shall be established or maintained under authority of this Act or otherwise for any commodity processed or manufactured in whole or substantial part from any agricultural commodity below a price which will reflect to the producers of such agricultural commodity a price therefor equal to the higher of the prices specified in clauses (1) and (2) of this section : Provided, That the President may, without regard to the limitation contained in clause (2).
Página 5 - I ask the Congress to take this action by the first of October. Inaction on your part by that date will leave me with an inescapable responsibility to the people of this country to see to it that the war effort is no longer imperiled by threat of economic chaos. "In the event that the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I will act.
Página 185 - ... formula. In the case of many articles this can mean a dangerous increase in the cost of living for the average family over present prices. In fairness to the American people as a whole, and adhering to the purpose of keeping the cost of living from going up, I ask that this formula be corrected, and that the original and excellent objective of obtaining parity for the farmers of the United States be restored.
Página 42 - In order to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Order and the Act of October 2, 1942, any wage or salary payment made in contravention thereof shall be disregarded by the Executive Departments and other governmental agencies in determining the costs or expenses of any employer for the purpose of any law or regulation...
Página 5 - The responsibilities of the President in wartime to protect the Nation are very grave. This total war, with our fighting fronts all over the world, makes the use of executive power far more essential than in any previous war.
Página 8 - In the event that the Congress should fail to act, and act adequately, I shall accept the responsibility, and I will act. The President has the powers, under the Constitution and under Congressional Acts, to take measures necessary to avert a disaster which would interfere with the winning of the war.