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...became 44 hours. It was not illegal to work a longer week; it-was simply more expensive for employers, who thereafter would have to pay 1½ the regular rate for overtime. Big Western Union and little Southern lumbermen sought to get in line by exemption or discharge of underpaid hands, or out of line by closure, because any employer found in violation will be in a peck of trouble. He may have to pay his workers the difference between their substandard wages and the legal minima, plus an equal amount in damages. And he may have...
...chuckling as they do so. Throughout the rest of the picture they amuse themselves by a sleepy race on rocking horses, frightening five cocker spaniel puppies and misbehaving at the tea table. To an outsider the only plausible excuse for the Dionnes' attitude is that they feel themselves underpaid. For their first picture they got only $50,000 which was mere diaper pin money. Their present contract calls for $300,000 plus royalty but their next one should be even more favorable...
...Jewish students at Harvard and barring Negroes from freshmen dormitories. He went on to become embroiled in the Sacco-Vanzetti case as the target of libertarians' scorn. Last year, when he demanded that the Government suppress sitdown strikes, Massachusetts Labor sharply reminded him of Harvard's underpaid scrubwomen. Latest scorching for white-mustached old Dr. Lowell was the revocation last year of his automobile driving license, after he had once flunked a test, twice crashed into other motorists...
Officials refuted charges that chasers are underpaid, and stated that they receive $47.50 a month for a 39 hour week, not $40.00 for a 40 hour week as the Monthly editors charged. This compares favorably with wages paid at other libraries, they said. At the New York Public Library $45 is the monthly wage...
...chances are that it has been instigated by the Professional Golfers' Association of America, commonly called the PGA. Founded in 1916 by several eastern professionals, PGA is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote golf and thereby professional golfers, who are one of the most underpaid groups of crack athletes in the world. PGA conducts tournaments, offers free teaching in colleges, free advice to clubs, free architects to the Government or anyone else who wants to build a new golf course. Most spectacular PGA event is the annual Ryder Cup tourney between the U. S. and Great...