...population, lay I point out with respect to this amendment that the words in amendment "a reasonable minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of the workers," is lifted verbatim from the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. I merely call that to...

...congressional recognition that failure to pay the statutory minimum or overtime may lie so detrimental to maintenance of the minimum standard of living "necessary for health, efficiency and well-being of workers," and to the free flow of commerce, that double payment must be made in the event...

...follows in § 2: "(a) The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor...instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perOpinion of the Court. 326 US petuate such labor conditions among the workers of the several States;...

...follows : "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...standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and ¡relierai well-being of workers (1) causes commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce...

...86 cents per hour for men. Many classifications of employees receive twice these rates. There are no labor conditions "detrimental to the maintenance of...standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and the general well-being of workers" in the nsli-cannhig and processing industry in California. Imposition...

...Congressional recognition that failure to pay the statutory minimum on time may be so detrimental to maintenance of the minimum standard of living "necessary...health, efficiency and general well-being of workers" 19 and to the free flow of commerce, that double payment must be made in the event of delay in order...

...Congressional recognition that failure to pay the statutory minimum on time may be so detrimental to maintenance of the minimum standard of living "necessary...health, efficiency and general well-being of workers" 18 and to the free flow of commerce, that double payment must be made in the event of delay in order...

...are not to lose even more ground. 1. Sixty -five cents per hour is a modest compromise with need — "the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers." The committee recognizes that 65 cents per hour — $26 a week, or $1,350 for a full year's work —...

...practices in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce causes the means and instrumentalities of commerce to be used to spread and perpetuate such conditions throughout the several States and causes diminution of employment and wages in such volume...

...national policy, declared by Congress in section 2 of the Fair Later Standards Act, of eliminating labor conditions "detrimental to the maintenance of...health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers." The legislative history indicates that the Portal Act was not intended to change this general policy.*...