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Industry Opposes Present Convict Labor Program As Hurting Private EnterpriseRepresentatives of industry spoke at a VALC hearings* last month, in opposition to the competition being afforded private business by state convict labor.Only the cities of Danville and Martinsville, the Agricultural Conference Board and the Virginia Farm Bureau ^Federation gave testimony favoring thes* present program. : * ’ / . ?. f J_V,.A. * ...,:Representatives of the Virginia Road Builders Association, the Virginia Federation of Labor, the Virginia Mineral Aggregates Association (quarry operators), the Virginia Concrete Masonry Association (cinder block manufacturers), and the Virginia Manufacturers Association (testimony from the brick and printers’ as- 1 soeiations) joined in asking |the Mcgislativepadvisory|committee to curtail or rearrange the current ! convict labor programs so as not to interfere with private enter- 1 Prise. ]A spokesman for the Virginia :See VALC HEARING, Page 5 i
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Richmond Virginia Farm Bureau News
Richmond, Virginia, US
Wed, Jul 01, 1953
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