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Wages and Hours Law Threatens Small Independent Tel ephone Firms
A Western Newspaper Union analysis warns that applying the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act to about 12 461 small independent telephone companies could raise operator pay to about 2 190 a year, limit work to 42 hours weekly, and force rate increases or closures in hundreds of local exchanges across states like Iowa Illinois Alabama Arkansas Indiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri and Texas. The piece argues bureaucrats misuse power, cites C I O influence, and notes broader political stakes for voters and steel independents facing similar pressures.
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Texas
Bell Telephone Company
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Bell System
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Assunine
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New York State Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Western Newspaper Union