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VOLUME 3

REGISTER

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1934

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NUMBER 90

Washington, Saturday, M a y 7, 1938
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Customs.

T . D. 49542

A ir p o r t s o p E n t r y WELLESLEY FARMS AIRPORT AND W ELLESLEY ISLAND SEAPLANE
BASE, W ELLESLEY ISLAND, N E W YORK, DESIGNATED AS AIRPORTS
OF ENTRY FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR

April 30,1938.
To Collectors of Customs and Others Concerned:
Under the authority o f section 7 b of the Air Commerce Act of 1926 U. S. C., title 49, sec. 177 b , the Wellesley Farms Airport and the Wellesley Island Seaplane Base, Wellesley Island, New York, are hereby designated as airports of entry for civil aircraft and merchandise carried thereon arriving from places outside the United States, as defined in section 9 b of the said act U. S. C., title 49, sec. 179 b , for a period of one year from May 1, 1938.
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S t e p h e n B . G ib b o n s ,
Acting Secretary of the Treasury.
F. R. Doc. 381293; Filed, May 5,1938; 2:54 p. m.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
Office of the Secretary.
D e c is io n o f t h e S e c r e t a r y i n t h e M a tter o f t h e R edeter
m in a t i o n o f t h e P r e v a il in g M i n i m u m W age i n t h e L e a t h e r a n d S h e e p - L in e d J a c k e t s I n d u s t r y
These matters are before me pursuant to Section 1 b of the Public Contracts Act 49 Stat. 2036.
At a public hearing held on January 13, 1938, the Public Contracts Board, created in accordance with the Public Con tracts Act by Administrative Order dated October 6, 1936, took evidence with a view to determining whether contracts subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Act for the manufacture of leather and sheep-lined, wool and wool-lined jackets, should be governed by the minimum wage determina tion of July 28, 1937,1 In the Matter of the Prevailing Mini mum Wages in the Cotton Garment and Allied Industries.
The matter of the minimum for wool and wool-lined jackets has been made the subject of another decision this day ren dered by me. The pertinent facts as to the notice and hear ing have been recited in the other decision and for reasons of convenience will not be repeated here.
It having been determined in the companion decision above referred to that the minimum wages prevailing in the Cotton Garment and Allied Industries are not applicable to the man ufacture of leather and sheep-lined jackets, but that a higher minimum prevails in the manufacture of these articles, I have now before me the matter of determining the prevailing minimum wage which shall be applicable to the manufacture of such articles.
12 F. R. 1591 D I .

The Public Contracts Board, after study of the testimony taken at the above mentioned hearing, advises me as follows:
The Womens Bureau of the Department of Labor con ducted a survey as of a busy week in the Fall of 1937, of all manufacturing firms whose principal output was wool or wool-lined, leather or sheep-lined jackets in each state where there were more than 3 such firms. This survey covered 3,217 employees in 48 plants in the principal producing states except California. In conducting the survey, the Womens Bureau found that 13 of the 48 firms kept no records of the number of hours worked by piece workers and it was thus impossible to determine their average hourly earnings.
Based on the earnings of 2,420 employees in 35 firms manu facturing leather and sheep-lined jackets in 8 states, all the producing states but 2, the Womens Bureau report indicates that in the 5 cent interval between 35 and 40 cents there falls 11.3 per cent of the entire group; and that in the 5
cent interval between 40 and 45 cents there falls 10.3 per cent of the entire group; and that in the 5 cent interval between 45 and 50 cents there falls 10.5 per cent of the entire group.
In 1935 California produced $1,474,000 worth of leather and sheep-lined garments out of a national total for the year of $17,000,000. The evidence indicates that the wages Paid in California are as high as those in any of the factories in the East. The testimony indicates that the occupational rates in this industry are more uniform than in other gar ment industries and the necessity for a differential does not appear.
There are few learners in the industry and none has been employed in the performance of government contracts.
The necessity for a learner tolerance does not appear. The Board has recommended that it be determined that the pre vailing minimum wage is 42.5 cents an hour, or $17.00 per week for a week of 40 hours.
Having examined the findings o f the Board, its recom mendations, the record of the hearing in this case, I am of the opinion that such findings and recommendations are cor rect and I adopt them as my own.
Therefore, I hereby determine That the minimum wage for employees engaged in the performance of contracts with agencies of the United States Government subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Act 49 Stat. 2036 for the manufacture or supply of leather and sheep-lined jackets shall be 42.5 cents per hour, or $17.00
per week for a week of 40 hours, arrived at either upon a time or piece work basis.
This determination shall become effective and shall apply to all contracts awarded subject to the Public Contracts Act 49 Stat. 2036 on or after May 13, 1938.
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F rances P e r k in s ,
Secretary of Labor.
Dated this 28 day of April, 1938.
F . R. Doc. 38-1296; Filed, May 6,1938; 10:28 a. m .

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