Show I MINIMUM WAGE REQUESTED FOR t PUBLIC WORKS I 7 f l Ickes kes Asks Contractors toFile to toScales toFile File File Scales With Advisory Advisor y y Boards I m Br fly United Press I WASHINGTON M-WASHINGTON w Aug 1 Con l Con Contractors i tractors tors were directed today to file lile minimum minimum wa wage e scales with state pub pub- works advisory boards and state engineers as a n means of or assuring just and reasonable wages for men given Riven employment on the administrations administration's huge building program Secretary of Interior Ickes public works administrator submitted to the state tale officials a list of rules and poll poll- deS cies which will govern administration t tion on a of the thc building fund fend The hc regulations rel called for w wages sufficient to provide for tor the hours of rot labor as limited a standard of at living liv Ii lag ing In decency and comfort They provided that in the event a con conS contractor contractor tractor was found to be paying less I Ithan than stipulated in his contract a period perIod pe pe- of ten days davs would be allowed Ickes or his assistants would have ss to all payrolls records of per per- ion el invoices invokes of ot materials and other data dat relevant to the performance ofa ota of ot ofa a contract Labor disputes would be bc settled by a labor board of review to consist of at one representative of ot labor labor labor la la- bor one representative of the contractor contractor contractor con con- tractor involved and a n chairman representing representing rep rep- r resenting enting the administration J The regulations also provided That employment shall be distributed u u ed ed among qualified workers who are unemployed not among those who merely merel wish to change e one good job Job for ob for another That highly skilled or organized labor labor labor la la- bor shall be secured in the customary ways through recognized trade union locals and local labor shall hall be selected selected se see from lists submitted by employment employment em em- agencies designated b by the theUS theUS US U employment service That workers not subject to an industrial industrial industrial in in- recovery act code shall work only 30 hours per week and all time lost because of inclement weather or unavoidable delays shall be made up in succeeding weeks State officials also were advised th that t for the present 5 per cent sHould be bc considered the interest rate on to private corporations for work pt projects Violation of any of the regulations would make a contractor liable to afine a afine aine fine ine of or imprisonment not to exceed six months or both I |