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FEDERAL REGISTER, Wednesday, February 1, 1939

486

Adm inistrative Order R amon V igil G rant , N e w M exico TRANSFER OF LANDS IN THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO FROM THE SOIL CONSERVATION
SERVICE TO THE FOREST SERVICE FOR AD
MINISTRATION, PROTECTION AND MANAGE
MENT

By virtue of and pursuant to the au thority vested in me by Title n i of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, ap proved July 22, 1937 50 Stat. 522 525, and Executive Order No. 7908, dated June 9,1938,1 all lands within the Ramon Vigil Grant, located in Sandoval and Santa Fe Counties, New Mexico, that hitherto have been acquired or are in the process of acquisition by the United States in connection with the Tewa Basin Land Project, LI-NM-12, under the provisions of Title n of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 48 Stat. 195, 200, except the Indian Sacred Area of approximately 5,800 acres in Townships 19 North, Ranges 6 and 7 East, New Mexico Prin cipal Meridian, unapproved General Land Office Survey No. 406, New Mexico, are hereby transferred from the Soil Conservation Service to the Forest Serv ice for protection, management and ad ministration, as provided by Adminis trative Order of July 15, 1938 3 F. R.
1755 D I.
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H. A. W allace, Secretary.
January 30, 1939.
P. R. Doc. 39-851; Piled, January 30, 1939;
3:38 p. m.

TITLE 41PUBLIC CONTRACTS
DIVISION OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS
In
the M atter of the D eterm ination of the P revailing M in im u m W ages i n the M anufacture of B obbinets
This m atter is before me pursuant to Section 1 b of the Act of June 30, 1936
49 Stat. 2036; 41 U. S. C. Sup. i n 35
entitled An Act to provide conditions for the purchase of supplies and the mak ing of contracts by the United States, and for other purposes. The Public Con tracts Board, created in accordance with Section 4 of the said Act by Administra tive Order dated October 6, 1936, held a hearing on October 5, 1938 in the aboveentitled matter, to afford an opportunity to interested parties to show cause why the minimum wage for the manufacture of certain fabricated textile products, in cluding bobbinets, should not be 37.5
cents an hour or $15.00 per week of 40
hours. Inasmuch as the evidence indi cates that the manufacture of bobbinets is an industry separate and distinct from the others mentioned in the notice, it has been decided to issue this separate de termination therefor.
Notice of the hearing was sent to all known members of the industry, to trade 3 P. R. 1389 DI.

unions, to trade publications, and to trade associations in the field. Invitation to attend the hearing was extended through the national press to all other interested parties. , Testimony was given at the hearing by three members of the industry, and by a representative of the Amalgamated Lace Operatives of America. The evi dence indicates th at there were only 5
companies manufacturing bobbinets in the United States. Two are located in New York and one each in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. The total employment appears to be some thing less than 700 employees. One company indicated that it employed 56
workers; that it was paying 25 cents an hour to learners; th at the next lowest wage was paid to 6 employees in a single occupational group who received from 35 to 40 cents an hour. Another com pany employing 71 employees paid a minimum of 37% cents an hour to its productive workers. A third company employing 98 workers supplied wage in formation which indicated th at 18
workers in one low wage occupational group received from 32% cents to 43
cents per hour; th at an additional 10
workers in another low wage occupa tional group received from 35 to 40
cents an hour; and that 5 more em ployees in a third low wage occupational group received from 35 to 45 cents an hour. A fourth company with 169 em ployees has 47 employees in one low wage group who receive from 32% to 35 cents an hour, and it has 33 addi tional employees in another low wage group who receive from 32% to 50 cents an hour. This company does not manu facture the type of bobbinet that has heretofore been the subject of Govern ment purchases. A fifth company is re ported to employ 260 employees. Eight of its employees are reported to be in a low wage occupational group which receives from 32 to 35 cents an hour.
With the exception of this one low wage occupational group, all other occupa tional groups have employees in them who earn 37% cents an hour or more.
In some occupational groups, however, there are hourly wages shown which are as low as 32% cents an hour, but, with the exception of the one occupational group of 8 employees that has been re ferred to, even learners when they are classified as such on the records of the company are shown to have a capacity to earn in their learning period as much as 37% cents an hour and more.
In the light of the evidence of record, the Board has recommended that the prevailing minimum wages for employees engaged in the manufacture of bobbinets on contracts subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Act for the manu facture or supply of such commodity shall be found to be 37% cents an hour, or $15.00 per week of 40 hours, arrived at either upon a time or piece-work basis.

I have examined the findings of the Board, and in the light of the facts of record I hereby determine The minimum wages for employees engaged in the performance of con tracts with agencies of the United States Government, subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Act 49 Stat.
2036; 41 U. S. C. Sup. I ll 35 for the manufacture of bobbinets to be 37%
cents an hour or $15.00 per week of 40
hours, arrived at either upon a time or piece-work basis.
This determination shall be effective, and the minimum wage hereby estab lished shall apply to all such contracts bids for which are solicited on or after February 13, 1939.
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F rances P er k ins ,
Secretary.
Dated January 28, 1939.
P. R. Doc. 39-371; Filed, January 31, 1939;
12:46 p. m.

In
th e
M atter
of t h e
D etermination
of
t h e P revailing M in im u m W ages i n the I ron and S teel I n d u stry
POSTPONEMENT OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF SEC
RETARY OF LABORS DECISION IN THE IRON
AND STEEL INDUSTRY

The effective date of my decision in the above-entitled m atter1 is hereby post poned until March 1, 1939 in order that industry may make necessary adjust ments to comply with the decision.
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C. V . M cL aughlin ,
Acting Secretary of Labor.
Dated, January 30, 1939.
P. R. Doc. 39-370; Piled, January 31, 1939;
12:46 p. m.

TITLE 49TRANSPORTATION AND
RAILROADS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION
Order No. 24049

A.

J o h nst o n , G rand C h ie f E ngineer of th e B rotherhood of L ocomotive E n
gineers , et al . v. T he A tchison , T o
peka & S anta F e R ailw ay C ompany , et AL.

At a general session of the Interstate Commerce Commission, held at its office in Washington, D. C., on the 30th day of January, A. D. 1939.
Upon further consideration of the rec ord in the above-entitled proceeding and upon information from the Chief Coun sel that the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio has not yet decided the suit to set aside the Commissions order of December 27, AY
1937,2 herein, and upon the Chief Coun14 P. R. 265 DI.
3 P. R. 2908 DI.