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Show shifts Control Of 4 Farm Wages Tie War Food Administrator ' hereafter will have jurisdiction over all wages of agricultural lab- or and over all salaries of agricul-; agricul-; tural laborers of $5,000 per year ; and less, Judge Fred M. Vinson, ' Director of the Office of Economis I Stabilization, has announced. Wag-! Wag-! es and salaries for agricultural labor above 2,400 a year remain frozen and cannot be increased without prior approval of the War Food Administrator. Increases up to $2,400 may be made without prior approval unless the War Food Administrator has established estab-lished specific wage ceiling for such labor. When the War Food Administrator legally sets wage ceilings for areas, crops, or types of labor, no payments can be made above those rates without his approval, ap-proval, even though higher wages have been paid according to previous prev-ious contract. However, there is nor eduction below the highest wages or salaries paid therefor between Jan. 1, 1942, and Sept. 15, 1942. |