Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1937, Page 12

A—12 = PAY DIFFERENTIAL GIVEN 10 SOUTH Men’s Underwear Factories Must Allow 32.5 Cents on U. S Contracts. By the Assoclated Press Becretary of Labor Perkins gave the South its first wage differential | yesterday under the Walsh-Healy Government contract act. Men's underwear factories in 12 Bouthern States must pay their em- ployes 325 cents an hour or $13 for & 40-hour week when they are work- ing on Government orders, Miss Perkins decided. She fixed the minimum pay for all other States at 35 cents an hour or $14 for a 40-hour week. At the same time, the Labor De-| partment chief refused to allow any | Southern differential for the men’s | work clothing industry, stating that “existing differences fied any re- glonal apportionment.” The minimum wage for that in- | dustry luding the men's shirt and sport et division-. 375 cents an hour or $15 for a 40- hour week Designed as a substitute for N. R. A the Walsh-Healy act permits Miss Perkins to fix standards for employes filling Government contracts. Pointing out there was no request | for a differential because the industry | was concentrated in the East, Miss Perkins fixed the minimum pay for men's neckwear workers at 50 cents an hour or $20 for a 40-hour week Neither William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, nor John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, would comment on the differential decision The extent to w generally n trring | either t eliminate differentials or to| keep them as narrow as possible. ! Treasury Chiefs Rule U. S. Unable To Aid Dry States None Has Statute En- titling It to Pro:ection, Oliphant Says. By the Ascociated Press. Treasury officials said today the Federal Government now can provide no assistance to States in the enforce- ment of dry laws. Authorities said Herman Oliphant, Treasury general counsel, has ruled that no States have dry laws which entitle them to Rederal protection. The opinion said that to receive Federal assistance. a State must de- fine itself as “dry” within the mean- ing of Federal statutes and must either prohibit all importation of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON are entitled at present to protection by the Federal Government” in en- forcing dry laws. SERVICE ORDERS NAVY. Lockwood, Comdr. Charles A. Jr.| detached Submarine Division 13 to| Naval Operations; September. | Lineberry, Comdr. William T., Medi- cal Corps, detached Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, to U. 8. 8. Relief; August. Lewis, Lieut. Comdr. Mays L., tached U. S. §. Gamble to Naval Acad- emy; September 11 Curtis, Lieut. Neale R.. detached Hydrographic Office to U. §. § H-r- bert; August 7. Collins, Lieut. (J. G.) 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