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Floors & Ceilings
After ten laborious days and nights, conferees of the House and Senatebrought out at last week’s end a compromise on the Wages-&-Hours Billto put a floor under Labor’s pay, a ceiling over its working week.
The arithmetical formula of the bill:
Wages Hours
1st year 25¢ 44
2nd year 30¢ 42
3rd year 30¢ 40
After the 7th year 40¢ 40
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