Tuesday, September 25, 1945: Testimony of CONTENTS Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor.. A. F. Hinrichs, Acting Chief, Bureau of Labor Statistics____ Wednesday, September 26, 1945: Testimony of A. F. Hinrichs, resumed.... Thursday, September 27, 1945: Testimony of Mrs. Frances Garcia, American Communications Association___. Arnold N. Fesser, National Maritime Union.. Charles C. Burke, Amalgamated Clothing Workers.. 103 110 114 Mrs. Gladys Bellows, Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied 116 121 126 133 137 147 196 202 Friday, September 28, 1945: A. C. Remele, Northwestern Country Elevator Association...---- Mrs. Lucille Durham, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Mrs. Dorothy Fizz, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Lewis G. Hines, legislative representative, American Federation 205 Katharine F. Lenroot, chief, Children's Bureau, United States 229 Thursday, October 4, 1945: Testimony of L. Metcalfe Walling, Administrator, Fair Labor Standards Act and Public Contracts Act, United States Department of Labor... 233 Friday, October 5, 1945: Testimony of— Patrick W. McDonough, McDonough Steel Co... 273 286 Tuesday, October 9, 1945: Testimony of R. B. Bowden, vice president, Grain & Feed Dealers National 303 S. R. Nichols, National Cotton Compress & Cotton Warehouse 309 A. L. Reed, secretary-counsel, Southwestern Compress & Ware- 309 Statement of Clyde S. Bailey, executive vice president, United States 329 Testimony of J. C. Crowley, Jr., secretary, Minnesota Telephone Association and chairman of subcommittee on employment relations committee of the United States Independent Telephone Association... 78595-45- -1 335 III Wednesday, October 10, 1945: Mortimer Cosby, president and manager, Jefferson Hotel, Colum- Page 351 Claudius T. Murchison, president, the Cotton Textile Institute.. 363 397 408 411 Friday, October 12, 1945: Testimony of Samuel Fraser, secretary, International Apple Association 423 457 Julius H. Parmelee, director, Bureau of Railway Economics, Asso- 468 Tyre Taylor, general counsel, Southern States Industrial Council. 502 Tom Linder, commissioner of agriculture, State of Georgia.... Rt. Rev. Msgr. John O'Grady, secretary, National Conference of Mrs. F. F. Shotwell, Home Missions Council of North America 515 524 545 545 547 Howard McKenzie, vice president, National Maritime Union_-_ 553 575 Scipio Collins, Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the 577 Thursday, October 18, 1945: Testimony of Broadus Mitchell, Research Director, International Ladies Gar- 579 Clark Foreman, president, Southern Conference for Human 597 Frank Graham, president, University of North Carolina.. Testimony of David Kaplan, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, and Warehousemen of America__. Friday, October 19, 1945: Testimony of— 604 612 Harold Lane, secretary-treasurer, Food, Tobacco, Agricultural, 617 T. B. Gittings, assistant vice president, Western Union Tele- 629 Clarence J. Bourg, vice president, American Sugar Cane League__ 644 652 Tuesday, October 23, 1945: Testimony of Robert Wood Johnson, chairman of the board, Johnson & 657 Testimony of— A. E. Lyon, executive secretary, Railway Labor Executives' 672 L. E. Keller, research director, Brotherhood of Maintenance of 678 Thursday, October 25, 1945: Testimony of Frank Donner, assistant general counsel, CIO....... 711 John W. Lawrence, managing director, American Trucking 723 Peter T. Beardsley, attorney, American Trucking Associations, Friday, October 26, 1945: Testimony of Page Sidney Hillman, president, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of 797 807 813 818 Gladys Dickason, research director, Amalgamated Clothing R. E. Steele, assistant director, National Fisheries Institute__ Testimony of Charles W. Triggs, executive secretary, Fish Distributors Cooperative Association, Inc.-.-. APPENDIX Exhibit 1. Supplementary testimony of L. Metcalfe Walling, Administra- Exhibit 2. Statement of Chester Bowles, Administrator, Office of Price Exhibit 3. Statement of Hon. Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Commerce. 823 846 854 863 Exhibit 5. Statement of Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran, United States Public 867 Exhibit 6. Statement of J. W. Studebaker, Commissioner, United States 870 Exhibit 7. Statement of T. J. Woofter, Director of Research, Federal 873 Exhibit 8. Statement of American Merchant Marine Institute___ 877 878 Exhibit 10. Statement of Chester C. Thompson, president, American 880 Exhibit 11. Statement of the Associated General Contractors of America, 883 Exhibit 12. A Study of Textile Wages in the South. By William P. Jacobs, 886 893 Exhibit 14. Statement of National Cottonseed Products Association. 898 900 Exhibit 16. Statement of Jack Garrett Scott, general counsel, National 906 Exhibit 17. Statement of Southern Pine Industry Committee. 911 Exhibit 18. Statement of H. A. Thomas, Jr., manager, Agricultural Producers Labor Committee.. 925 Exhibit 19. Statement of John R. Van Arnum, secretary, National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors__. Exhibit 20. Statement of Russell Smith, legislative secretary, National Exhibit 21. Statement of United Packinghouse Workers of America, CIO.. 929 935 939 946 Exhibit 23. Textimony of members of the International Union of Mine, 949 Exhibit 24. Statement of Willard Saxby Townsend, president, United 955 958. Exhibit 26. Statement of J. Dewey Singleton, Louisiana Syrup Association.. 963 Fxhibit 28. Statement of National Consumers' League. Exhibit 27. Statement of Dr. William M. Leiserson, president, Consumers League of Ohio. 966 968 Exhibit 29. Statement of the social action department of the National 970 Exhibit 31. Statement of California Fish Canners Association.. Exhibit 30. Statement of Mrs. Gertrude Folks Zimand, general secretary, 972 972 Page Exhibit 32. Statement of California Sardine Products Institute.... Exhibit 37. Statement of William H. Branson, vice president, General 983 Exhibit 38. Statement of Al Philip Kane, general counsel, National 988 Exhibit 39. Statement of Lake Carriers' Association_ 990 Exhibit 40. Letter from John H. Davis, National Counsel of Farm Cooperatives 990 Exhibit 41. Statement of New York Trap Rock Corp.. 991 993 Exhibit 43. Letter from Cummer Sons Cypress Co.- Exhibit 44. Letter from Hon. Elbert Thomas and letter from H. T. Kay vice president, C. Brewer & Co., Ltd. 995 997 Exhibit 45. Statement by Lempi K. Matthews and Elsa G. Graves, Exhibit 46. Statement of Rev. Frances W. McPeek_ Exhibit 47. Statement of American Communications Association, CIO.. Exhibit 50. Statement by Solomon Barkin, respecting section 8 insofar as 1000 1001 1011 1015 1021 1023 Exhibit 52. Statement of Paul R. Christopher, national CIO representative for the South_ 1027 Exhibit 53. Statement of H. W. Brown, president, International Association of Machinists, A. F. of L 1028 Exhibit 54. Statement of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, CIO... Exhibit 56. Statement of International Fur and Leather Workers Union, Exhibit 55. Statement of State, County, and Municipal Workers of 1032 1070 1077 Exhibit 57. Statement of Hotel and Restaurant Employees, International Exhibit 59. Statement of Richard Lewis, United Office and Professional Exhibit 60. Statement of Hartman Barber, legislative representative, 1079 1080 1081 1090 Exhibit 61. Statement of David J. McDonald, United Steel Workers of Exhibit 62. Statement of George E. Brown, vice president, Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance and Bartenders International League of America, A. F. of L... 1091 1095 Exhibit 63. Statement of Richard E. Smith, secretary-treasurer, Joint 1096 Exhibit 64. Statement of Henry G. Steinbrenner, legislative representative, 1098 Exhibit 65. Statement of United Shoe Workers of America, CIO.. 1101 1104 ciations Exhibit 68. Study prepared by War Manpower Commission, Personal and Occupational Characteristics of Unemployment Compensation Claimants and Job Openings in Three Cities.. Exhibit 67. Brief of United Retail Wholesale and Department Store 1105 1121 Page Exhibit 70. Statement of National Counsel of Negro Women- Exhibit 69. Resolution of National Association for the Advancement of 1124 1124 1124 Exhibit 72. Financial report submitted by J. C. Crowley, Jr.__. 1125 1202 1204 Exhibit 75. Retail sales and consumer incomes by Louis J. Paradiso, 1206 Exhibit 76. Revision of the wage and hour law, submitted by Solomon 1222 Exhibit 77. Statement of Reid Robinson, president, International Union 1266 1270 Exhibit 79. Brief of Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers 1296 Exhibit 80. Trends in Southern Wage Differentials Since 1890, by Richard 1324 Exhibit 81. Additional exhibits submitted by Textile Workers Union of 1343 Exhibit 82. Statement of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1358 Exhibit 83. Statement of Albert J. Fitzgerald, president, United Elec- 1373 1379 1383 Exhibit 86. Additional testimony of Secretary of Labor L. B. Schwellenbach.... 1389 Exhibit 87. Statement submitted by Ernest W. Greene, vice president, 1401 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS Baldanzi, George, executive vice president, Textile Workers Union of Barber, Hartman, legislative representative, Brotherhood of Railway and Bailey, Clyde S., executive vice president, United States Independent 1015 1090 329, 827 Barkin, Solomon, chairman, CIO Committee on Revision of Wage and Hour Law... 286, 779, 1021 Beardsley, Peter T., attorney, American Trucking Associations, Inc.--- 734, 842 Bellows, Mrs. Gladys, Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers, CIO.. Bethune, Mary McLeod, president, National Council of Negro Women-- Bowles, Chester, Administrator, Office of Price Administration. Brown, H. W., president, International Association of Machinists, A. F. Burke, Charles C., Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, CIO. Brown, George E., vice president, Hotel and Restaurant Workers International Alliance, A. F. of L.. 1095 1028 103 114 972 Bridges, Harry, president, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union. |