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1916: The Keating–Owen Child Labor Act of
1916, based on the 1906 child labor proposed bill by Senator Albert J.
Beveridge, banned the sale of products from any factory, shop, or cannery that
employed children under the age of 14, from any mine that employed children
under the age of 16, and from any facility that had children under the age of
16 work at night or for more than 8 hours during the day. The Keating-Owen Act
was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson.
[Oppressive Child Labor]
April 25, 26, 27, 28, and May 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5,
1933: Hearings H.R.
8492 (993 pages), the Black-Connery 30-Hour Bill, before the
Committee on Labor, House of Representatives, Seventy-Third Congress, First
Session on S. 158 and H.R. 4557, and Proposals Offered by the Secretary of
Labor. [Maximum Hours (Overtime)]
May 15, 1933 (calendar day May 17, 1933): Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)
introduced S. 1712 (22
pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster
fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public
works.
The bill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
[National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 16, 1933 (calendar day May 19, 1933): Senator Senator Gerald P. Nye (R-ND) introduced a proposed amendment (11 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The proposed amendment was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 15, 1933 (calendar day May 22, 1933): Senator William Barbour (R-NJ) introduced a proposed amendment (6 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The proposed amendment was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 15, 1933 (calendar day May 24, 1933): Senator Duncan Fletcher (D-FL) introduced a proposed amendment (10 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The proposed amendment was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 15, 1933 (calendar day May 26, 1933): Senator Arthur Capper (R-KS) introduced a proposed amendment (16 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The proposed amendment was referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 15, 1933 (calendar day May 27, 1933): Senator William Barbour (R-NJ) introduced a proposed amendment (2 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The amendment was referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 22, 1933: Catalog notes of the hearing that began at 10 AM and adjourned at 12:30 on May 22, 1933. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 22, 26, 29, 31, and June 1, 1933: Hearings
Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Seventy-Third Congress,
First Session, on S. 2712
and H. R. 5755 (443 pages), Bills to Encourage National Industrial
Recovery, to Foster Fair Competition, and to Provide for the Construction of
Certain Useful Public Works, and for Other Purposes. Printed for the use of the
Committee on Finance. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 29, 1933: Senator James P. Pope (D-ID) introduced a proposed amendment (9 pages) to S. 1712 (22 pages), a bill to encourage national industrial recovery, to foster fair competition, and to provide for the construction of certain useful public works.
The amendment was referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
June 16, 1933: President Franklin Roosevelt
signed the National Industrial Recovery Act, Public Law No. 67 (17 pages).
He also issued a statement
that included a defense of establishing a national minimum wage with the words
that … no business which depends for existence on paying less than
living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.
He
also promoted the concept of limiting the number of hours of work by stating
that The idea is simply for employers to hire more men to do the existing
work by reducing the work-hours of each man's week and at the same time paying
a living wage for the shorter week.
[National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
August 10, 1933: President Franklin D.
Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6246, requiring government contractors to
comply with codes of fair competition issued under the National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA). This became moot when the Supreme Court struck down the
NIRA in Schechter Poultry Corp. v.
United States (1935). [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
April 3, 1934: Representative Emanuel Celler
(D-NY) submitted House Resolution
319 (2 pages), to investigate the economic effect on Negro
industrial workers of the codes of fair competition formulated under title I of
the National Industrial Recovery Act. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
June 19, 1934: House Joint Resolution 375, Public
Resolution No. 44 (1 page), to effectuate further the policy of the
National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA). [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
March 7 to April 4, 1935: Investigation of the
National Recovery Administration, Hearings Before the Senate Committee on
Finance (1195 pages), Pursuant to Senate Resolution 79. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, 1935: Extension of
National Recovery Act, Hearings
Before the Committee on Ways and Means (784 pages), House of
Representatives, May 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24, 1935. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
May 27, 1935: Schechter Corp. v. United States, 295 U.S.
495. The Supreme Court declared that the National Recovery Act was
unconstitutional. [National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)]
March 2, 1936: Representative Arthur Healey
(D-MA) introduced H. R. 11554
(12 pages), the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA), to provide
conditions for the purchase of supplies and the making of contracts by the
United Stales, which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered
to be printed. [Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (PCA)
June 1, 1936: Morehead v. New York ex rel.
Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality
of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington. [Minimum Wage]
June 30, 1936: The Walsh-Healey Public
Contracts Act (PCA), Public Law 846 (5
pages), established minimum wage, maximum hours, and safety and health
standards for work on contracts in excess of $15,000 for the manufacturing or
furnishing of materials, supplies, articles, or equipment to the U. S.
government or the District of Columbia. [Minimum Wage]
January 6, 1937: Senate Resolution 36: Mr. Hatch
submitted a resolution to form a special committee to study, survey, and
investigate the problems of unemployment and relief.
February 1, 1937 (calendar day, February 3,
1937): Senate Resolution 36:
Resolved, That a special committee consisting of five Senators, to be
appointed by the Vice President, is hereby authorized and directed to study,
survey, and investigate the problems of unemployment and relief, including an
estimate of the number of persons now unemployed by reason of the use of
labor-saving devices, mechanical and otherwise, in operation in the United
States, obtaining all facts possible in relation thereto which would not only
be of public interest but which would aid the Congress in enacting remedial
legislation.
Reported by Mr. Black. without amendment, and referred to the
Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
February 1, 1937 (calendar day, February 3,
1937): Senate Report
29: Mr. Black, from the Committee on Education and Labor, reported Senate
Report 29 to accompany Senate Resolution 36.
April 7, 1937: H. R. 6205, A Bill To enable the
Department of Labor to formulate and promote the furtherance of labor standards
necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices and to cooperate with the
States in the promotion of such standards.
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