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Minimum Wage Law Raises Pay of 1.5 Million Men
Law would raise the interstate wage floor from 40 to 75 cents an hour with effect 90 days after approval. Truman seeks broader coverage while Congress narrows it, affecting about 1.005 million workers depending on definitions. The bill adds back-wage suits, expands export commerce coverage, tightens child labor rules, and raises newspaper circulation exemptions to 4000 and includes newsboys.
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William R. McComb
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