...declares that, "The Congress hereby finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor...the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessay for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers (1 ) causes commerce and the channels...

...bargaining; (2) the Fair Labor Standards Act, June 25, 1938, 52 Stat. 1061). to correct and eliminate the labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of...living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well being of workers; (3) the national need during the war for the maximum of production as illustrated...

...Standards Act, June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1060, 29 USCA, sec. 201 et seq.), to correct and eliminate the labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of...living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-beinj; of workers; (3) the national need during the war for the maximum of production as illustrated...

...certain evils, namely, "labor conditions detri2 f Y THE етлтез OF ,o INTERPRETATIVE BULLETIN mental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living...health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers," which Congress found "(1) causes, commerce and the channels and instrumentalities of commerce to be...

...BARKIN. In section 2 (a), subsection 3, it says: The existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, of labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of minimum standards of living necessary for health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers. If...

...this subcommittee has to face and answer the question: Is a 40-fentper-hour wage adequate to maintain "the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency and general well-being of workers"? It has not seemed possible to me that there could be any difference of opinion in answering that question....

...additional steps to realize the basic objectives of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is, and quote, "the maintenance of the minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency, and well-being of workers.'5 End quote. You and I are all familiar with the broad outlines of economic...

...interstate commerce ? Mr. CHANLER. Yes, sir. Senator DONNELL. Which interference had resulted from labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living, et cetera ? Mr. CHANLER. Yes, sir. Senator DONNELL. And in order to effectuate the purpose of relieving...

...preceding that particular clause ? Mr. NYSTROM. Yes ; I agree with that ; but if you take the statement "labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living" and so on which "constitute an unfair method of competition in commerce;" I think, when the Congress...

...interstate commerce ? Mr. CHANLER. Yes, sir. Senator DONNELL. Which interference had resulted from labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standard of living, et cetera ? Mr. CHANLER. Yes, sir. Senator DONNELL. And in order to effectuate the purpose of relieving...