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Show Hour-Wage Bill J Faces Stubborn v Fight in Senate WASMiMi'i'l'M. Mn.v --r il l'' -i T. house sent the embattled ivites and bonis bill to the sen-' sen-' ,,ie today where it faces a cnu-solulaU'd cnu-solulaU'd southern fight for wage '(.initials. A powertul administration drive ,loivnti'il attempts in the house to ; jim'mt tl' uiuversal standard for i W.lSi's ",ul ,u""'s after nearly lU ; I'inirs of debatb. The house voted, "jl4 to !7. last night to pass the hill i" virtually the same form .s written by Chairman Mary T. h - - Norton, D., N. J., of the house labor committee. j But southern opposition in the senate will he stronger. It was bulwarked by the support of Sen. ! Pat Harrison, U., Miss., who will be one of the leaders in the fight to make the wage provisions more flexible in southern states. The tally on the final vote for passage showed that 256 Democrats, Demo-crats, 16 Republicans, seven Progressives Pro-gressives and five Farmer-Labor- ' ites voted for passage; -11 Repub- licans and 5ti Democrats voted against it. As passed the bill fixed a minimum mini-mum wage in interstate industries indus-tries with certain exemptions, of 25 cents an hour for the first year, 30 cents the second, 35 cents the third ami 40 cents for the fourth and succeeding years. A maximum work week of 44 hours would be provided for the first year, decreasing in two years to 40 hours. |
