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FEDERAL
VOLUME 7

REGISTER
1934
C A flT E D

NUMBER 144

Washington, Thursday, July 23, 1942
Regulations TITLE 7AGRICULTURE
Chapter VIIISugar Agency P art 802 S ugar D e t e r m in a t io n s virgin isl a n d s ; sugarcane w age rates ,
1942

Determination of fair and reasonable wage rates for persons employed in the production, cultivation, or harvesting of sugarcane in the Virgin Islands during the calendar year 1942.
Whereas section 301 b of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, provides, as one of the conditions for payment to pro ducers of sugar beets and sugarcane, as follows: H :>4.
That all persons em ployed on th e farm in the production, cu ltiv a tio n , or h arvestin g of sugar beets or sugarcane w ith respect to which an ap plication for p aym ent is m ade shall have been paid in fu ll for all such work, and shall have been paid wages th ere for at rates n o t less th a n th ose th a t m ay be determ ined by th e Secretary to be fair and reasonable after in v estig a tio n and due notice and opportunity for pu b lic hearing;
and in m aking su ch d eterm in ation s th e Secretary shall take in to consideration th e standards therefor form erly estab lish ed by him under th e A gricultural A d justm en t Act, as amended, and th e differences in con d ition s among various producing areas; P rovided, however, T hat a p aym ent w h ich would be payable except for th e foregoing provisions of this subsection m ay be m ade, as th e Sec retary may determ ine, in such m ann er th a t the laborer w ill receive an am ount, insofar as such paym ent w ill suffice, equal to th e amount of th e accrued unp aid wages for such work, and th a t th e producer w ill receive the remainder, if any, of such paym ents;

and Whereas the Secretary of Agriculture, on March 26, 1942, held a public hearing in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for the purpose of receiving evi dence likely to be of assistance to him in determining fair and reasonable wage rates for persons employed in the pro duction, cultivation, or harvesting of sugarcane in the Virgin Islands during 1942.

Now, therefore, I, Paul H. Appleby, Under Secretary of Agriculture, after in vestigation and due consideration of the evidence obtained at the aforesaid hear ing and all other information before me, do hereby make the following determina tion:

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REGULATIONS

B ituminous Coal D ivision:
Page Minimum p r i c e schedules amended:
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District 2__________________
Authority: 802.51, issued under sec. 301
District 3___________
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b of th e Sugar Act of 1937, as am ended District 8__________________ 5632
50 S tat. 909; 7 U.S.C. 1131 b > .
District 9__________________ 5636
District 10__________________ 5637
802.51 Fair and reasonable wages Rules of practice; service by for the Virgin Islands for the calendar mail, number of copies year 1942. The requirements of section required_________________ 5637
301 b of the Sugar Act of 1937, as amended, shall be deemed to have been Civil Aeronautics B oard:
Aircraft right-of-way during met if all persons employed on the farm landing__________________ 5629
in 1942 in the production, cultivation, or Airport traffic pattern, conform harvesting of sugarcane with respect to ance by aircraft in contact which an application for payment is or fligh t.____________________ 5629
will be made under such act, shall have been paid in full for all such work and Economic W arfare B oard:
Watches with jewels, exportaV
shall have been paid wages in cash there tion prohibited-.____
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for at rates not less than the following:
a Harvesting rates. For all workers Office of P rice Administration:
engaged in the harvesting of sugarcane:
Maximum price regulation, gen Not less than $1.36 per 8-hour day. For eral:
a working day longer or shorter than 8
Nickel anodes, order 37 under hours, the .rate shall be not less than 17
1499.3 b ____
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cents per hour.
Price regulations: _
b Production and cultivation rates.
Ferromanganese, standard;
For all workers engaged in the production amendment 1 to 138____ 5646
and cultivation of., sugarcane: Not less Rent regulations:
than $1.04 per 8-hour day. For a work Accommodations other than ing day longer or shorter than 8 hours, hotels and r o o m i n g the rate shall be not less than 13 cents h o u s e s , supplementary per hour.
amendment 1__________ 5645
c Piece rate. Persons employed on Hotels and rooming houses, a piece-rate basis shall be paid at rates supplementary amend which will result in earnings of not less ment 1________________ 5645
than the applicable hourly rates provided S elective S ervice S ystem:
in paragraph a or b of this section.
Filing folder, order prescrib d General provisions. 1 The pro ing form________________ 5637
ducer shall furnish to the laborer, with S ugar Agency:
out charge, the perquisites customarily Virgin Islands, 1942 sugarcane furnished by him, such ts a dwelling, crop:
garden plot, pasture lot, and medical P rices_____________________ 5628
services; and the producer shall not, Wage rates________________ 5627
through any subterfuge or device what W ar P roduction B oard:
soever, reduce the wage rates to laborers Cans, blackplate; M-136______ 5642
Cellophane, etc., amendment 1
below those determined above.
to L-20 as amended______ 5640
2 Nothing in this determination Copper, M-9-C-4_____________ 5638
shall be construed to mean that a pro Continued on next page ducer may qualify for a payment under 5627