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Njtf^onal league Says the PresentReestablishes Old NBA /.yroigrabt But on a More Drastic and Arbitrary Basis.NOW HAVE NRA AGAIN”t, Says League, the Present Pro fnun Does, Wot Concern Itself In Any Way With the Employers Problems.* 9 fc 0Washington, D. C., June 17. •Pointing out that the wage-hours program approved by ongress this week, together ith the Wagner Act with if|. National Labor Relationspd^rd. re-establish the labor progrt i thpt.was written into the old National Tn^iijitrial Recovery Act, the Informa-tiop Circular if sued Wednesday by theNa^lonAl I «ue of Wholesale Fresh PrUtt andVege table Distributors carries |he following comment:“Those who threw their hats in theair when the U. S. Supreme Court, in the Bchechter case, declared NRA unconstitutional, may now agree that the 'celebration' was premature. Today we have with ug. minimum wage and I maximum hours legislation which, with the Wagner Act and its National Labpr Relations Board, re-establish the labor program of the old NationalIndustrial Recovery Act—and puts It«n a more inclusive, drastic and arbitrary basis.“Doubtless, the Fair Labor StandardsAct pf 1938, as the wage-hour, programIs officially designated/may eventually go to the Supremo Court : d, possibly, meet the fate of NRA. But this possibillty does-not change the fact thatthe: successful opposition tp NRA, instead of preventing this type of legislation only brought to the country the basic labor principles of NRA, in legislation much more drastic.“We now have NRA again, but without the benefits which the original ■ NRA contained for employers. The present wge-hours program does not‘ popfeerh lUef-.in .any way whatever With the employers! problems in getting the money necessary to paying1 the prescribed wages. It offers the employers no help in adjusting operationsPO «g to them WUblrithemaxl-inutn hours for the day and workweek.the ^matter, of unfair
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Chicago Packer
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 18, 1938
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