Show PUBLIC WORKS WAGES LABOR ARE DISCUSSED Federal State County Officials Officials Of Of- Attend Informal M Met et Wage and labor regulations to apply ap ply on state road pr projects under the public works section of ot the national industrial l Recovery act were Informally informally mally discussed Saturday at a meeting of ot federal state and county officials at the capitol Presided over by George Ai A Yager A Yager recently appointed Utah Uth reemployment reemploy reemploy- ment director the was attended at tended by Kirke M Mi Decker of the Salt Lake ke city and county relief committee com corn county officials Preston G G. G Peterson acting chairman of the state road commission H. H S. S Kerr chief chiei en engineer of ot the road commission and E. E C. C Knowlton assistant engineer With copies of the national Industrial industrial indus trial recovery act before them the of ot f discussed all aU phases of ot the wage and labor regulations and tentatively agreed upon a program for building up the employment lists under the direction of Mr Yager It was decided however oto to o post features of the regulations until after the return of William M M. Knerr chairman of the state industrial industrial indus indus- trial commission who is In Washington Washing ton attending a minimum wage con conference eon eon- on ference called by ry of Labor Perkins Road commission officials informed Mr Yager that in addition to the highway pro program ram made possible through the national recovery Set act the state has additional road funds r re recently recently re- re ly cen released after they were impounded impounded im im- im pounded by executive order and state gasoline tax receipts which also wilbe will wil willbe willbe be diverted to road building On the latter projects it was explained explained ex ex- ex which do not fall faIl under the labor and wage restrictions of the recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery act the commission has adopted adopt adopt- ed a wage program similar to that thai promulgated by the state industrial commission under the terms of the Arnovitz bill passed by the recent session of the legislature and contain containing lag ing provisions for prevailing wages on public works projects It was understood the wage anc and labor provisions of the recovery act aci will be more liberal than those issued I when the federal government first made funds available for public works projects A schedule of wages probably wilbe will wil willbe willbe be adopted it was pointed out fixing minimum wages for laborers laborers laborers labor labor- ers ers with teams and skilled laborers in addition to others employed in such mch work Mr Yager announced at the close o of the s session conference probably will be called on Mr return from the capital |