Show V V EIGHTHOUR BILL Favorable Report Ordered on the Gardner Measure Washington April GTime House Committee on Labor at a tipcuial meeting meet-ing today directed a favorable report on the Gardner eighthour bill which hits attracted much attention In labor circles and among contractors for Government Gov-ernment work The vote was unani mously In Its favor In Its amended form tire bill is as follows That each and every contract hereafter V after made to which the United States any Territory or the District oC Columbia Colum-bia is a party and every such contract made for or on behalf of the United States or any Territory or said district which may require or involve the employment em-ployment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer la-borer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by tine contract in the employ of the coatrnctor or any subcontractor contracting for any V part of said work shall be required or V permitted to work more than eight hours In any calendar day and each and every contract shall stipulate a penalty for each violation of the provision pro-vision directed by this act of 55 for each laborer or mechanic for each and V every calendar day In which he shall labor more than tight hours and any oIIlcLr or person designated as Inspector In-spector of the work to be performed under any such contract or to aid In enforcing the fulllllment thereof shall upon observation or Investigation report re-port to tho proper ufllcer of the United States or any Territory or the District of Columbia all violation of the provisions provi-sions of tills act directed to be made In each and uveiy such contract and the amount of the penalties stipulated In any such contract shall be withheld by thu oHicor or jjerson iv ipsc duty It shall bto < pay the nipneys due under such contract whether the violation of the provisions of such contract Is by the contractor his agents or employees or any Hubcontractor hiH agents or employees em-ployees Mo V peraon on bchull of the United Stales or any Territory or the District of Columbia ahull icbate or remit any penalty Imposed under any V provision or stipulation herein provided pro-vided for unless upon a finding which ho shall make up and certify that such penalty was imposed by reason of an error In fact VV Nothing Jn this art shall apply to contracts for transportation by land or water or so much of any contract its IB to be performed by way of transportation trans-portation or for such materials as may usually be bought In open market whether made to conform to purtkulnr V Bpcclllcatlons or not The proper olll cor 2 n behalf PC time United Stales In any Territory or the District of Columbia Colum-bia may waive time provisions and stipulations In this act provided for as to contracts for inlllltury or naval works or supplies during time of war or a time when war Is Imminent No penalty shall be exacted for violations of such provisions due to extraordinary extraordi-nary emergency caused bv fire flood I or danger to Ufc l and properly Noth V lag In this act shall be construed to I repeal or modify chapter 362 of the Jaws of Flftyaecnd Congress ap proved August 1 1892 or as an ntiempt to alriIgctlmcs pardoning Power of the 1xecutlve V |