Wage Control Is Headache To Congress
Congress grapples with renewing the expiring wage and price control law as OPA powers loom. Labor pushes for wage increases and price controls while business warns of cost pressures, citing the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing rising living costs since January 1941.
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George Zielke
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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War Labor Board
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WLB wage rule and cost index clash in labor debate
The piece recalls the wartime wage guideline the little steel formula setting a 15 percent rise over January 1941, with critics noting today costs exceed that by 23 to 43 percent. Labor faults the BLS index for city selection and tax omits, while the NICB argues the index is too high. Experts differ on how to measure living costs and appropriate wage moves.
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WLB
Labor
National Industrial Conference Board
New York Research Agency
Business and Labor
Religious services and society events at the Reformed Church
Services will be held Sunday at 10 30 am with the choir singing Come To the Temple offertory. Sunday School follows. Ladies Aid plans a spring supper May 3 with executive board in charge. Townsend Club No 1 met at the school with Rev Leslie Moody presiding and voted to donate to the Red Cross. The Missionary Society held its annual meeting with officers elected and a supper planned.
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