Minimum Wage Predicted For Migrant Farm Labor
Enterprise Washington correspondent Peter Edson reports a potential 30 cent per hour minimum wage for migrant farm labor nationwide stemming from a treaty governed program moving Mexican workers to California sugar beet fields. The plan, already applied in the east, ensures prevailing wages or 30 cents hourly, employer bonds, housing, and transportation, with guarantees of 75 percent employment and no wage deductions, as American laborers are recruited to fill harvest needs.
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Farm labor guarantees raise wartime costs and inflation risk
Manana Man argues that necessary guarantees for wartime farm labor must be provided to support war crops. Increased costs may be passed to consumers if farm labor wages rise. The background shows how minimum labor standards emerged during U S Mexican labor dealings in Mexico City, with guaranteed protections for workers and industry.
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Legal Opinions From N C Office Outlined
Raleigh October dates reveal ruling that county boards lack authority to employ an attorney beyond their term unless duties are for specific tasks. Other points cover notices in papers, illegitimate child inheritance, guardians in army, process agent filing, and prohibitions on selling to minors.
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Chinese Asserts Axis Power Has Passed Its Peak
A Chinese government spokesman in Chungking said Japan’s quick successes are ending and Germany has begun to decline. He cited MacArthur’s forces in the southwest Pacific as turning the tide, with Japan losing ground in New Guinea and Hitler shifting from offensive to defensive rhetoric.
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