Hearings on the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1937
Joint Hearings before the
Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate
and the
Committee on Labor, House of Representatives
Seventy-Fifth Congress
First Session
on
S. 2475 and H.R. 7200
Bills to provide for the establishment of Fair Labor Standards in Employments in and affecting interstate commerce and for other purposes
June 2 to June 5, 1937
Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, and the Committee on Labor, House of Representatives
Printed for the use of the Committee on
Education and Labor
United States Senate, and the
Committee on Labor, House of Representatives
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASINGTON: 1937
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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
UNITED STATES SENATE
HUGO L. BLACK, Alabama, Chairman
ROYAL S. COPELAND, New York
DAVID I. WALSH, Massachusetts
ELBERT D. THOMAS, Utah
JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana
VIC DONAHEY, Ohio
RUSH D. HOLT, West Virginia
CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida
ALLEN I. ELLENDER, Louisiana
JOSH LEE, Oklahoma
WILLIAM E. BORAH, Idaho
ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR., Wisconsin
JAMES J. DAVIS, Pennsylvania
KENNETH E. HAIGLER, Clerk
COMMITTEE ON LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WILLIAM P. CONNERY, JR., Chairman, Massachusetts
MARY T. NORTON, New Jersey
ROBERT RAMSPECK, Georgia
GLENN GRISWOLD, Indiana
KENT E. KELLER, Illinois
MATTHEW A. DUNN, Pennsylvania
REUBEN T. WOOD, Missouri
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
JOHN LESINSKI, Michigan
JAMES H. GILDEA, Pennsylvania
EDWARD W. CURLEY, New York
ALBERT THOMAS, Texas
JOSEPH A. DIXON, Ohio
WILLIAM J. FITZGERALD, Connecticut
WILLIAM F. ALLEN, Delaware
GEORGE S. SCHNEIDER, Wisconsin
SANTIAGO IGLESIAS, Puerto Rico
RICHARD J. WELCH, California
FRED A. HARTLEY, JR., New Jersey
W. P. LAMBERTSON, Kansas
CLYDE H. SMITIH, Maine
ARTHUR B. JENKS, New Hampshire
MARY B. CRONIN, Cler.:
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CONTENTS
Statement of
Clark, John D.-------------------------------------------------151
Green, William ----------------------------------------------- 211
Hanway, Paul S ----------------------------------------------- 146
Henderson, Leon ---------------------------------------------- 155
Jackson, Robert -------------------------------------------------1
Johnson, Robert ------------------------------------------------91
Kuldell, R. C -------------------------------------------------243
Paine, John G ------------------------------------------------ 126
Perkins, Hon. Frances ---------------------------------------- 173
Vincent, Merle D --------------------------------------------- 262
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FAIR LAIBOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1937
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937
UNITED STATES SENATE,
JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, AND HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LABOR,
Washington, D. C.
The joint committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in the caucus room, Senate Office Building, Senator Hugo L. Black presiding.
Present: Senators: Hugo L. Black (chairman), David I. Walsh, Elbert D. Thomas, James E. Murray, Rush D. Holt, Claude Pepper, Allen J. Ellender, Josh Lee, William E. Borah, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and James J. Davis.
Representatives: William P. Connery, Jr. (chairman), Robert Ramspeck, Glenn Griswold, Kent E. Keller, Matthew Dunn, Reuben T. Wood, James H. Gildea, Edward W. Curley, Albert Thomas, Joseph A. Dixon, William J. Fitzgerald, William F. Allen, George J. Schneider, Santiago Iglesias, Richard J. Welch, Fred A. Hartley, Jr., William P. Lambertson, Clyde H. Smith, and Arthur B. Jenks.
The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This is a joint hearing of the Committee on Labor of the House and Committee on Education and Labor of the Senate, on H. R. 7200 and S. 2475.
The CHAIRMAN. The first witness who will appear today is Mr. Robert H. Jackson. If it is satisfactory to the committee, Mr. Jackson has prepared statement which he suggests he can give to the committee and after that he suggests that he can go through the bill section by section for such questions as any members of the committee would want to ask him on the legal phases of the measure. If that is satisfactory to the committee I suggest that we follow that course.
All right, proceed, Mr. Jackson.