KF26 L363 1973а pt.1 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland STEWART E. MCCLURE, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Thompson, Robert T., of Thompson, Ogletree & Deakins, accompanied by O. F. Wenzler, labor relations manager, Chamber of Commerce of the Keeney, Eugene, president, American Retail Federation__ Geerlofs, Marjorie, senior vice president, Bambergers Department Store-- Packard, Arthur, chairman of the Government Affairs Committee, Ameri- can Hotel and Motel Association_. Neville, Robert, Washington counsel, National Restaurant Association__ Moore, Prof. Thomas, Department of Economics, Michigan State University Adie, Dr. Douglas K., economist, Ohio University--- Welch, Finis R., graduate school, City University of New York and Na- tional Bureau of Economic Research_. Prepared statement with attachments_ Williford, Frederick L., director of government affairs, National Federation of Independent Business, accompanied by Neel Edwards, government affairs representative, National Federation of Independent Business____ Brennan, Hon. Peter J., Secretary of Labor, accompanied by Alfred G. Albert, Deputy Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor; Saul Hoch, Deputy Assistant for Policy, Evaluation, and Research; and Ken Robertson, Adie, Dr. Douglas K., economist, Ohio University. American Retail Federation, Washington, D.C., June 6, 1973_ American Transit Association, June 7, 1973, and September 27, 1971. Belsky, Joseph, and Patrick E. Gorman, president and secretary-treasurer, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers Workmen (AFL-CIO), May 1, 1973_ Brennan, Hon. Peter J., Secretary of Labor, accompanied by Alfred G. Albert, Deputy Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor; Saul Hoch, Deputy As- sistant for Policy, Evaluation, and Research; and Ken Robertson, Dep- uty Director, Wage and Hour Division____. Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho, prepared Conway, James F., vice president and general counsel, Bee Line, Inc., Dominick, Hon. Peter H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado, 48 Geerlofs, Marjorie, senior vice president, Bambergers Department Store__ Hanley, Edward T., general president, Hotel & Restaurant Employees House, Thomas B., president, American Frozen Food Institute, June 7, 1973_ 529 85 85 Meany, George, president, AFL-CIO; accompanied by Nathan Goldfinger, 335 Prepared statement_ 343 Moore, Prof. Thomas, Department of Economics, Michigan State University National Association of Manufacturers, on S. 1861 and S. 1725, June 8, 1973 Neville, Robert, Washington counsel, National Restaurant Association__ 122 126 Oaks, Dallin, H., president, Brigham Young University, June 7, 1973_ 464 109 114 Price, Tony J. H., executive vice president, Texas Cotton Ginners' Associa- Page 566 523 Quinlan, William A., general counsel and Washington representative, Asso- Ramsey, W. V., representing Associated General Merchandising Chains, Schachter, Leon B., vice president and director, Washington office, Amal- Prepared statement_. 449 462 51 73 Williford, Frederick L., director of government affairs, National Federation ADDITIONAL INFORMATION "Effect of Minimum Wages on Teenage Unemployment Rates," by Thomas Gale Moore, Michigan State University__ "Lag in Effect of Minimum Wages on Teenage Unemployment," by Douglas K. Adie, Ohio; reprinted from the proceedings of the 24th annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association___ "Teenage Unemployment and Real Federal Minimum Wages," by Douglas K. Adie, Ohio University; reprinted from the Journal of Political Economy, March/April 1973-- "Teenage Unemployment Effects of Federal Minimum Wages," by "Teens Top the Jobless," by Geoffrey H. Moore, from the Washington Taft, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio, from Andrew F. Bremmer, Member of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Williams, Hon. Harrison A. Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of 197 203 168 68 Brown, Benjamin L., Deputy Under Secretary for Legislative Af- fairs, U.S.Department of Labor, June 18, 1973 (with enclosures) 251-819 Gehrig, Leo J., M.D., vice president, American Hospital Associa- tion, Washington Service Bureau, June 7, 1973___ Hutton, William R., executive director, National Council of Senior 415 Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington bureau, National Associa- 413 Smith, Frank Kingston, president, National Aviation Trade 504 Sweeney, David A., political and legislative director, International 394 Effect of S. 1861 on Teenage Unemployment Rates (added percentage Teenage Employment and Federal Minimum Wages__ 145 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF 1973 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1973 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 9:45 a.m., pursuant to call, in room 4232, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr., presiding. Present: Senators Williams, Javits, Taft, and Hathaway. Staff members present: Gerald Feder, counsel, Donald Elisburg, associate counsel, and Eugene Mittleman, minority counsel. The CHAIRMAN. This hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor will come to order. Today we begin our deliberations on the 1973 Fair Labor Standards Amendment. Actually, we are resuming consideration of last year's bills. The bills before the subcommittee are S. 1861 and S. 1725. S. 1861 was introduced my myself with Senator Javits on May 22, and is almost identical to last year's bill. I order a copy of S. 1861 and S. 1725 printed in the record at this point. [A copy of the bills referred to follows:] (1) 1 93D CONGRESS 18T SESSION S. 1861 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 22, 1973 Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself and Mr. JAVITS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, to extend its protection to additional employees, to raise the minimum wage to $2.20 an hour, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Fair Labor Standards 4 Amendments of 1973". 5 DEFINITIONS AND APPLICABILITY TO PUERTO RICO AND 7 SEC. 2. (a) Section 3 (d) of the Fair Labor Standards 8 Act of 1938, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 9 "(d) 'Employer' includes any person acting directly or 10 indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an |