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MINIMUM WAGE-HOUR AMENDMENTS, 1965
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HEARINGS
{BEFORE THE
GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR
OF TH
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
ON
H.R. 8259
A BILL TO AMEND THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT TO
EXTEND ITS PROTECTION TO ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, TO
IMPROVE ITS MAXIMUM HOURS STANDARDS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
PART 3
HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 1, 6, 7, 9, AND 10, 1965
Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
ADAM C. POwELL, OThairmas
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
6 0- 47 5 WASHtINGTON : 1065
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR
ADAM C. POWELL, New York, Ohairman
CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio
EDITH GREEN, Oregon ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan
JAMES ROOSEVELT, California ALBERT H. QUIET, Minnesota
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey CHARLES D. GOODELL, New York
ELMER J. HOLLAND, Pennsylvania JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania DAVE MARTIN, Nebraska
ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, Illinois ALPHONZO BELL, California
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey OGDEN R. REID, Now York
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana GLENN ANDREWS, Alabama
JAMES 0. O'HARA, Michigan EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida
RALPH J. SCOTT, North Carolina
HUGH L. CAREY, New York
AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
CARLTON R. SICKLES, Maryland
SAM GIBBONS, Florida
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii
JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington
LOUISE MAXIENNa DARGANS, Ohief olerk
RUSSELL C. DhaatozsON, Staff Director
C. SUMNER STONY, Special Assistant to the Chairman
Dr. GRACE HMWELL, Education Chief
LEON ABRAMSON, Ohief Counsel for Labor-Management
MICHAEL J. BERNSTmIN, Minority Oounsel for Eduoation and Labor
CHARLES W. RADCLIFFE, Special Education Counsel for Minority
GENIAL SUBCOMMITTE ON LA BOR
JAMES ROOSEVELT, California, Ohairman
JOHN H.DENT, Pennsylvania ALPHONZO BELL, California
ROMAN C. PUCINSKI, Ilinois CHARLES E. GOODELL, New York
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey DAVE MARTIN, Nebraska
AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
EDITH GREEN, Oregon
JAY H. FOREMAN, Counsel
CONTENTS
Hearings held in Washington, D.C.: Pago
uy 1,1965 ------------------------------------------- 1163
July 6, 1965 ------------------------------------------- 1389
July 7, 1965 ------------------------------------------- 1593
July 9, 19065 ------------------------------------------------ 1681
July 10, 1965 ------------------------------------------ 1783
Statement of-
Anderson, Hon. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Illinois ------------------------------------------- 1681
Bix er, Roland M., for the Electronic Industries Association -------- 1646
Bryan, C. L., director of labor relations White Motor Corp -------- 1805
Bugas, John S., vice president, Ford Motor Co. accompanied by C.
L. Bryan, director of labor relations, White Motor Corp.; Malcolm
Denise, vice president labor relations, Ford Motor Co.; and Louis
G. Seaton, vice president in charge of personnel staff, General
Motors Corp ------------------------------------------- 1727, 1783
Cederberg Hon. Elford, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Michigan ----------------------------------------- 1163
Cooper, R. Conrad, executive vice resident, United States Steel Corp.. 1698
Crowel, Robert F. International Harvester Co., Chicago, Ill -------- 1433
Dorris, James T., business manager, the Detroit News ------------ 1616
Dutcher, Francis E., and T. H. Kashuba, Asphalt Roofing Industry
Bureau --------------------------------------------- 1665
Erickson, Thurman C., Printing Industries of America, Inc., ac-
companied by Don Sommer manager, master printers section-
Gerald Reilly, counsel; and William Gennerich, attorney and state
member --------------------------------------------- 1449
Gullen, George E., vice president, industrial relations, American
Motors Corp ------- ---------------------------------- 1786
Hale, Randolph M director, public relations, National Electrical
Contractors Association --------------------------------- 1662
Harrison J S., executive vice president, Aluminum Co. of America. 1719
Kirk, John T., president, National Association of Wholesalers, and
president, Northern Frozen Foods, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio --------- 1593
Latimer, J. Austin attorney at law- Halfpenny, Hahn & Latimer,
Washington, D.d., and representative for the Automotive Service
Industry Association ------------------------------------ 1604
Milne, W. D., National Crushed Stone Association, accompanied by
W. L. Carter, executive director of the association, and Charles
Bucy, general counsel -------------------------------------- 1442
Milton, William J., vice president, George A. Milton Can Co.,
Elizabeth, N.J -------------------------------------------- 1391
Mohel, Hyman L., director of industrial relations, Aerovox Corp.,
for the Electronic Industries Association. -------------------- 1631
Oberlink, Boyd S. senior vice president, Alis-Chalmers Manufactur-
ing Co. Milwaukee, Wis ------------------------------------ 1393
O'BrIen, William M., vice president and director of personnel, Chrysler
Corp --------------------------------------------- 789
Ormsby, Ross R., president, Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc.. 1619
Pollock, Wiliam, president, Textile Workers Union of America, ac-
companied by George Peckel, director of research, and William Du
Chessi legislative director ----------------------------------- 1167
Post, John, National Petroleum Refiners Association, accompanied
by Donald O'Hara, executive vice president.......... . 1572
CONTENTS
Statement of-Continued
Seaton, Louis G., vice president in charge of personnel staff, General Page
Motors Corp -------------------------------------------- 1784
Stewart, Eugene L., Esq., special counsel to the American Paper
Institute and the Fibre Box Association --------------------- 1457
Toper, Dr. Lazare, director of research, accompanied by Gus Tyler,
assistant president, and Evelyn J)ubrow legislative representative,
International Ladies Garment Workers union ----------------- 1187
Willson, James, president, Farm & Industrial Equipment Institute,
and Athens Plow Co., Athens, Tenn -------------------------- 1397
Wright, Fred W., president, National Tool, Die & Precision Machining
Association ------------------------------------------------ 1390
Zagri, Sidney, legfislative counsel, accompanied by Albert Weiss, chief
economist and director of research, and Peter A. Andrade, chief
cannery division, Western Conference of Teamsters, and general
organizer, International Brotherhood of Teamsters ------------- 1229
Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:
Anderson, lion. John B., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Illhi101s:
-
Aldeen, Norris, executive vice president, Amcrock Corp., Rock-
ford, Ill., letter from ---------------------------------- 1686
Gaylord, Clayton, president, the Ingersoll Milling Machine Co.,
ftockford, Ill., letter from ------------------------------- 1694
Kardell, Wallace president, K. &. K. Machining Specialties Co.,
Loves Park, Ill., letter from ---------------------------- 1688
McCarthy R. H., manager, engineering standard services,
Barbor-6ohnan Co., Rockford, Ill, letter from ------------- 1695
McLeod, Ralph If., director of employee relations, J. L. Clark
Manufacturing Co., Rockford, Ill., letter from ------------- 16094
Mincemoyer, John F., director of industrial relations, Rockford
Clutch Rockford, Ill., letter from -------------------- 1687
d.
Nelson, B., manager, community relations, Sutdstrand Corp.,
Rockford, Ill, letter from ----------------------------- 1689
Sommer, John R., president, National Lock Co., Rockford, Ill.,
letter from ---------------------------------------- 1688
Armistead, M. W., III, chairman, Federal Laws Committee, American
Newspaper Publishers Association, letter to Chairman Roosevelt
dated May 28, 1965 ---------------------------------------- 1617
Asphalt and tarred roofing manufacturers, list of plants ----------- 1672
Bugas, John S., vice president, Ford Motor Co.:
Exhibit 1. Change in employment-All manufacturing versus
automotive industry ------------------------------------ 1729
Exhibit 2. Unemployment rates-Major Michigan automotive
cities, December 15, 1963, versus May 15, 1965 ------------- 1731
Exhibit 3. Typical advertisements for nonskilled jobs from the
Detroit News Sunday, June 27, 1965 -------------------- 1733
Exhibit 4. Facility expansion plans, selected automotive com-
panies, 1964 to present ------------------------------- 1734
Exhibit 5. Premium pay requirements in automotive industry
contracts which are In excess by requirements of Fair Labor
Standards Act ----------- -------------------------- 1736
Exhibit 6. Distribution of employed persons in the United States
by hours worked during survey week, May 1964 ------------ 1738
Exhibit 7. Distribution of employed persons in the United States
by hours worked during survey week, May 1964 ------------ 1740
Exhibit 8. Typical overtime advertisements from the Detroit
News, Sunday, June 27, 1965 ------------------- -------- 1746
Exhibit 9. U.S. annual factory sales of new passenger cars,
1947-64 ------------------------------------------ 1748
Exhibit 10. Domestic production of new automobiles-Percent
distribution by engine option, 1959-64 ------------------- 1751
Exhibit 11. Domestic production of now automobiles, by body
size, 1960-64 -------------------------------------- 1753
CONTENTS
Statement, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued
Bugas, John S., vice president, Ford Motor Co.-Continued Pa
Statement by --------------------------------------- 175
Appendix A:
Basic assumptions for determining wages and cost of
related fringe benefits of new hire versus working
overtime -------------------------------------- 177c
Wages and cost of related fringe benefits of new hire
versus working overtime automotive assembler in a
Michigan plant (table) -------------------------- 177'"
Appendix B:
Public forecasts of automobile retail sales for year 1963.. 1775
Public forecasts of automobile retail sides for year 196,'- 1770
Cooper, R. Conral, executive vice president, United States Steel Corp.:
Exhibit A: Steel company approaches to mobility and training.. 170f
Exhibit B: Double time for over time ---------------------- 1711
Exhibit C: Provisions with respect to the relationship between
overtime and unemployment in basic steel company labor
agreements --------------------------------------------- 1711
Exlbit D. Sunday, overtime, and holiday premiums provisions
of labor agreement between United States Steel Corp. and
United Steelworkers of America, April 6, 1962, as amended
June 29, 1963 ------------------------------------------ 1712
Statement in behalf of certain steel companies --------------- 1701
Daniels, tlon. Dominick V., a Representative in Congress from the
State of New Jersey:
New Jersey Motor Bus Association, Inc., statement on behalf of.. 1660
Letter from William R. Morrish, publisher, the Jersey Journal,
Jersey City, N.J., dated July 6, 1965 --------------------- 1658
Dutcher, Francis E., senior operating vice president, Buildin Ma-
terials Division, Johns-Manville Corp., letter to Chairman oose-
velt, dated July 13, 1965 -------------------------------- 1074
Erickson, Thurman C., statement for Printing Industries of America,
Inc ------------------------------------------------ 1452
Godinez, Ernest J., statement for the Electronic Industries Associa-
tion ------------------------------------------------------ 1640
Grunsky, Robert R., statement for Ampex Corp ----------------- 1642
Hale, Randolph M, director of public relations, National Electrical
Contractors Association, Inc., statement of ------------------- 1663
Halfpenny, Harold T Hahn & Ryan, Chicago, Ill.:
Oleson, Elmer, Yr., management research, Automotive Service
Industry Association, letter from, dated July 15, 1965 -------- 1614
Statement of --------------------------------------- 1604
Harrison, J. S., executive vice president, Aluminum Co. of America,
statement of ----------------------------------------- 1722
Hathaway, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maine, letter from David S. Murphy, T. J. Murphy Fur
Co., dated May 21, 1965 -------------------------------- 1450
Hoffman, T. S., statement for Hoffman Electronics Corp ----------- 1644
Hundley John It., vice president, industrial relations, Granite City
Steel 6%., comments by --------.---------------------------- 1707
Kashuba, T. H., president, TK Roofing Manufacturing Co., Chester,
W. Va., letter to Chairman Roosevelt, dated June 28, 1965, enclos-
ing a chart ------------------------------------------ 1667
Kirk, John T., president, National Association of Wholesalers, and
president, Northern Frozen Foods, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio:
Percentage'distribution of gainfully employed persons in private
industry (U.S.A.) (chart) -------------------------------- 1603
Percentage distribution of gainfully employed persons in private
industry (table) ---------------------------------------- 1603
Statement on behalf of the National Association of Wholesalers.. - 1598
Wholesale industry survey of overtime practices, March 1964.... 1602
Michigan Sugar Co. of Saginaw, Mich., and Monitor Sugar
Division of Robert Gage Coal Co. of Bay City, statement of ------ 1166
Milne, W. D., president. Kentucky Stone Co., statement on behalf of
National CrushedStone Association ------------------------ 1445
CONTEMT
Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued
Mohel, Hyman L., director of industrial relations, Aerovox Corp.:
Estimated net domestic market for television and radio, 1962-64 Page
(table) ------------------------------------------- 1655
.U.S. imports of electronic products (table) ------------------ 1654
Overtime premium hours (chart) ------------------------- 1636
Statement of ---------------------------------------- 1634
Oberlink, Boyd S., statement on behalf of Construction Industry
Manufacturers Association ------------------------------- 1437
Ormsby, Ross It., president, Rubber Manufacturers Association. Inc.:
Statement of --------------------------------------- 1622
Statement before the Select Subcommittee on Labor, March 25,
1965 -------------------------------------------- 1624
Pearce, William J., statement for Renwell Industries Inc_. 1038
Pollock, William, general president, Textile Workers Union omerica,
AFL-CIO, CLC, statement of -------------------------------- 1171
Table I. The worker's family budget In major cities-Minimum
income needed for "modest but adequate" standard of living,
20 major clties-autumn 1964------------------------- 1176
Table I. Average hourly earnings of production workers: All
manufacturing industries and textile mill products industries - 1177
Table III. Indexes of man-hour productivity: Textile mill prod-
ucts and all manufacturing industries -------------------- 1177
Table IV. Indexes of unit wage costs: Textile mill products and
all manufacturing industries --------------------------- 1178
Post, John, representing the National Petroleum Refiners Associa-
tion, statement of ------------------------------------- 1574
RCA's position with respect to a proposed amendment in the Fair
Labor Standards Act- ------------- --------------------- 1817
Simpson, W. R., statement for Dale Electronics, Inc- ------------- 1637
Sprague, Robert C., statement for Sprague Electric Co-.. - 1638
Stewart, Eugene L., special counsel, American Paper Institute and
the Fibre Box Association:
"A Study of the Probable Effect of the Proposed Double Time
on Overtime Amendment of the Fair Labor Standards Act,"
publication entitled --------------------------------- 1465
Statement by --------------------------------------- 1457
Tbper, Dr. Lazare, director of research, International Ladies' Gar-
" ment Workers' Union, statement of--- ---------------------- 1188
Appendix A. Resolutions bearing on amendments to the Fair Labor
Standards Act submitted for the consideration of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Convention, May
1965, Miami Beach, Fla ------------------------------ 1210
Appendix B. Report of the Committee on Social and Labor
Legislation on amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act,
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Convention,
Miami Beach, Fla., May 13, 1065 ----------------------- 1216
* Table 1. Annual budget necessary to maintain a city worker's
family of 4, 20 cities, autumn 1964 ------------------------ 1190
Table 2. Nonagricultural employment, by region and State ----- 1191
Table 3. Value of shipments, all items and apparel, accessories and
related textile products, Puerto Rico to the United States
mainland, fiscal years 1938-39 to 1963-64 ----------------- 1196
Table 4. Employment and earnings in Puerto Rico plants pro-
moted by the Economic Development Administration -------- 1197
Table 5. Increases in average hourly earnings, Puerto Rico and
stateside, 1939 and 1965 --------------------------------- 1198
Table 6. Increases in average hourly earnings, Puerto Rico and
* *
stateside, 1950 and 1965 --------------------------------- 1199
Table 7. Average hourly earnings, manufacturing, Puerto Rico
and stateside, February 1965 ---------------------------- 1199
Table 8. Lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rates
occuring at or near the peak of the business cycles in 1953,
1957, and 1960and May 1965 ----------------- -------- 1201
CONTENTS
Statements, letters, supplemental material etc -Continued
Teper Dr. Lazare, director of research, etc.-Continued
Table 9. Indexes of average weekly hours of work, production
worker employment, production and output per production
worker manhour in manufacturing, and unemployment as a Page
percent of civilian labor force, United States, 1890-1964 ------ 1203
Table 10. Average annual employment, production workers,
women's and children's garment industries ---------------- 1207
Whittemore, H. H., managing director, Asphalt Roofing Industry
Bureau, New York, N.Y., letter to Chairman Roosevelt, dated
July 1, 1965 ------------------------------------------ 1670
Willson James, president Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute,
and Athens Plow Co., Athens, Tenn.:
Average overtime per employee in the farm equipment industry is
small (chart) ------------------------------------------- 1400
Farm machinery is highly seasonal (chart) ------------------ 1398
Our industry produces for these anticipated sharp seasonal needs
in a nearly level pattern (chart)- ------------------------ 1399
Overtime hours are more irregular than for total industry (chart). 1401
Overtime hours differ among plants of a company (chart)- ------ 1402
Overtime in a single plant is needed to meet unpredictable changes
(chart) ------------------------------------------- 1403
Overtime varies (chart) -------------------------------- 1404
Statement of the Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute- ---- 1408
Chart 1. Overtime hours worked ---------------------- 1409
Chart 2. Total and overtime hours worked -------------- 1412
Chcaormt!Lp3 Aan. y TAot.a..l and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
1413
Chart B. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
company B ---------------------------------- 1414
Chart 3C. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
company C............................ . 1415
Chart 3D. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
company D_. ...... 1416
Chart 4A. Overtime hours worked in four farm equipment
plants of company A.. 1418
Chart 4B. Overtime hours worked in four farm equipment 1419
plants of company B. 1419
Chart 4C. Overtime hours worked in four farm equipment
plants of company C -------------------------------- 1420
Chart 4D. Overtime hours worked in four farm equipment
plants of company D ... .- - 1421
Chart 5A. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
company A, harvesting machine plant ------------------ 1422
Chart 5B. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equipment
company B, harvesting machine plant ........ 1423
Chart 5C. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equip-
ment company C, harvesting machine plant ----------- 1424
Chart 5D. Total and overtime hours worked, farm equip-
ment company D, harvesting machine plant -------- 1425
Chart 6. Overtime hours worked by departments within one
plant of company C ----------------------------- 1427
Chart 7. Wages and wholesale prices, farm equipment
industry ------------------------------------ 1429
News release--Massey-Ferguson, Inc ------------------ 1432
News release, August 20, 1964 ---------------------- 1431
Press release, August 27, 1964 ----------------------- 1431
Table I. Example of total wages for week ended March 28,
1965, for selected plants in farm equipment industry .... 1410
Wages have increased rapidly (chart)- --------------------- 1407
CONTENTS
Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued
Zagri, Sidney, legislative counsel, International Brotherhood of
Teamsters: Page
Scope of subsidies ----------------------------------- 1365
Statement of --------------------------------------------- 1230
Attachment 1: Legislative intent and administrative prao-
tioe with respect to section 7(b) and 7(o) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 ------------------------------- 1286
Attachment 2: Table-Most active harvesting dates: Com-
mercial vegetables ------------------------------ 1293
Attachment 3: Table-Average weekly hours in peak canning
months, 1964, compared to all manufacturing and meat-
packing industries ---------------------------------- 1294
Attachment 4: Table-Average weekly hours worked in
canned foods (except seafoods) indust ries, in peak months,
1958-64 -------------------------------------- 1295
Attachment 5: Table-Annual average weekly hours worked:
Canned foods (except seafoods) all manufacturing and
meatpacking, 1958-64 --------------------------- 1296
Attachment 6: Table-Production worker average weekly
hours, canned foods (except seafoods) all manufacturing
and meatpacking, 1951-64 ------------------------ 1297
Attachment 7: Productivity in the fruit and vegetable can-
ning industry: Industry statements ------------------ 1298
Attachment 8: Table-Average annual percentage change
in output and output per man-hour in manufacturing
farm-originated foods, United States, 1947-63 ---------- 1299
Attachment 9: Table-Output per production worker man-
hour: Canned and preserved food (except meat), and all
manufacturing 1948-63 ----------------------------- 1300
Attachment 10: Table-Percent change in output per man-
hour of production workers, for selected industries,
1947-60 -------------------------------------- 1301
Attachment 11: Table-Factory output, man-hour and
output per man-hour In manufacturing farm-originated
foods, and in processed fruits and vergeables 1947-63
(1947-49= 100) ------------------------------------- 1302
Attachment 12: Table-Average annual rate of change: Out-
put per production worker man-hour, selected manufac-
turing industries, 1947-62 --------------------------- 1303
Attachment 13: Table-Canned and preserved food (except
meats) output per production worker and unit labor re-
quirements ------------------------------------ 1304
Attachment 14: Table-Average hourly earnings of produc-
tion workers: canned foods (except seafoods), and all
manufacturing industries, and cents per hour difference
1951-64 -------------------------------------- 1305
Attachment 15: Table-Hours and earnings of production
workers In the food and kindred products industry,
selected years, 1948-64.. 1306
Attachment 16: Table-Canned and preserved food (except
meat): Percent change in average hourly earnings com-
pared to output per production worker man-hour, 1958-62. 1307
Attachment 17: Table-Hourly earnings per employee and
unit labor cost in factories processing farm foods, 1947-63
(1947-49-100 -- --------------- 1308
Attachment 18: Table-Employmernt costs in food products. 1309
Attachment 19: Table-Percent of payroll and wages to
value added by manufacture for the major industry
groups, 1963- ---- ---------------------------- 1310
Attachment 20: Labor costs in food processing ----------- 1311
Attachment 21: Table-Canning, preserving, and freezing:
Number of companies and establishments, 1958, 1954,
and 1947- 1312
CONTENTS
Statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued
Zagri, Sidney, legislative counsel, eto.-Continued
Statement of-Continued
Attachment 22: Number of establishments In canned and
frozen fruits and vegetables industries, by size of work Page
force, 1958, 1954 and 1947 ----------------------- 1313
Attachment 23: Food processing plants are fewer and
larger --------------------------------------- 1314
Attachment 24: Mechanization of field production and
harvesting ----------------------------------------- 1316
Attachment 25: Technological developments In canning,
freezing, and processing- 1320
Attachment 26: Perishability, seasonality, and extending
the processing season ---------------------------- 1327
Attachment 27: Table-Hours and overtime provisions in
Teamster agreements in the canning and preserving
industry ------------------------------------- 1330
Attachment 28: Table-Total and production worker em-
ployment in canned and preserved food (except meats),
selected annual averages 1948-64 ------------------- 1357
Attachment 29: Table--nemployment rates-Food prod-
ucts and nondurable goods manufacturing industries,
1957 to first quarter 1965------------------------- 1358
Attachment 30: Employment trends and labor supply ----- 1359
Attachment 31: Profitability of food processing industry-- 1300
Attachment 32: Table-Canned foods industry: Sales, net
income, profit margins, per share earnings, 1957-63 ------ 1361
Attachment 33: The area of production exemption -------- 1362
Attachment 34: Availability of canning labor ------------ 1364
MINIMUM WAGE-HOUR AMENDMENTS, 1965
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1965
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
GENERAL SUBcOfm ITr=E ON LABOR OF THE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR,
Washington, D.G.
The general Subcommittee met at 9:45 a.m., pursuant to recess, in
room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. James Roosevelt
(chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Present: Representatives Roosevelt, 9Pucinski, Hawkins, Green,
Bell and Martin.
Also resent: Jay H. Foreman, counsel to the general subcommittee.
Mr. ]fOOSEVELT. rhe committee will come to order, please.
Our first witness this morning in the continuation of hearings on
proposed amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act is Congress-
man Elford Cederberg, of the 10th District of Michigan, a good
friend and valued colleague.
We are very happy to welcome you, sir. We appreciate your coming
to us this morning.
STATEMENT OF HON. ELFORD CEDERBERG, A REPRESENTATIVE
IN CONGRESS PROM THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
Mr. CEDERBERG. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the oppor-
tunity to appear before your subcommittee. I am here this morning
for the purpose of presenting to you for the record and for your con-
sideration a statement of the Michigan Sugar Co. Saginaw, Mich.,
and the Monitor Sugar Division of Robert Gage Coal Co., of Bay City,
Mich., having to do with the proposed extension of overtime penalty
provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The position is fundamentally this: They feel that the existing law
should remain in effect because changes would have an adverse effect
upon their operations. They begin their sugar processing season in
the fall, and once that plant starts it goes 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week, until the run is completed.
They can't close their plant down. To change these provisions
reg earing overtime, double time, and on Sundays and so forth, in this
industry would make them noncompetitive in the business, and it would
cause real obvious increases, I think, to the consumer in the price of
the commodity.
It would really serve no good purpose. So I would like to just urge
that the committee when it takes action on this legislation, that it give
very serious consideration to the continuing of the exemption for the
seasonal industries, because there is not any question that there are
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