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Show MINIMUM WAGE TO LOW Incrcaso From $16 to $21.20 Sought In San Francisco San Kranelsco An Increase of $21.20 as tho minimum wnfjo for womon In California Is proposed in a brief prepared pre-pared by tho Stato Federation of La-bor La-bor for submission to the stato hospital commission and mado pubic Tuesday. Tho presont minimum wago Is $10 and hearings will bo held soon on n proposal pro-posal by employers that wago bo reduced. re-duced. Tho present wage, labor's brlof holds, is based on tho needs of a solf dependant depend-ant woman, and tho Industrial com-mission com-mission Is urged to substitute a budget bud-get fixed on tho basis of a woman with two dependants. In a budget submitted with the brief as showing minimum subsistence costs an allowance of $1 a week Is mado for room'tuid $S for ooanl, the latter figure being based, It Is declared, on cafeteria prices and "tp allow any working woman to eat when hungry." |