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REGISTER

EDERAL
VOLUME 19

1934

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NUMBER 24

Washington, Thursday, February 4, 1954

TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter VIII Commodity Stabiliza tion Service Sugar, Department of Agriculture Subchapter H Determination of Wage Rates
S u g a r D e te r m in a tio n 867.6

P art 867S ugarcane; P uerto R ico FAIR AND REASONABLE WAGE RATES;
CALENDAR YEAR 1954

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B a sic ra te s C lass o f w o r k p er d a y P low s te e rs m e n a n d o p e ra to rs o f ir r ig a tio n p u m p s , a n d a ll w o rk c o n n e c te d w ith m ix in g a n d a p
p ly in g c h e m ic a l w eed k ille rs _____ $2. 95
D itc h dig g ers, d itc h c le a n e rs , field flo o d ers p e r 7 - h o u r d a y 1_____ 2 .9 5
C a rtm e n i n h a r v e s t w o rk ________
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S u g a rc a n e c u t t e r s fo r g r in d in g or p l a n t i n g , se ed c u tte r s , c ra n e o p e ra to rs , d u m p e r s ______________ 2 .9 5
P o rta b le tr a c k h a n d le r s , r a ilro a d o r p o r ta b le tr a c k c a r lo a d e rs ____ 3 .1 5
C an e c a r t o r t r u c k lo a d e rs____
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F ie ld flo o d ers s h a ll b e d e e m e d t o b e Pursuant to the provisions of section w o1rk e rs w h o s e t u p o r re m o v e b a n k s i n 301 c 1 of the Sugar Act of 1948, as d ra in a g e d itc h e s w h e n u s e d fo r flo o d in g amended herein referred to as act, s u g a rc a n e fields.
after investigation, and consideration of b Wage increases. For each 10 cents the evidence obtained at the public hear ing held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on or fraction thereof that the price of raw October 22 and 23, 1953, the following sugar duty paid basis, delivered aver ages more than $5.50 per one hundred determination is hereby issued:
pounds, but not more than $7.00 per ! 867.6 Fair and reasonable wage one hundred pounds for the four-week rates for persons employed in the pro period immediately preceding the fourduction, cultivation, or harvesting of week period during which the work is sugarcane in Puerto Rico during the cal? performed, a wage increase of 6.5 cents endar year 1954a Requirements. per day above the rate prescribed under The requirements of section 301 c 1 a of this subdivision shall be paid for of the act shall be deemed to have been each day of work during such four-week met with respect to the production, cul period: Provided, That the average price tivation, or harvesting of sugarcane in of raw sugar prevailing during the period Puerto Rico for the calendar year 1954 from December 3 through December 30, if the producer complies with the fol 1953 shall determine the amount of wage lowing:
increase effective during the work period <1 Wage rates. All persons employed January 1 through January 27,1954, and on the farm in the production, culti thereafter the amount of wage increases vation, or harvesting of sugarcane shall in successive four-week work periods shall have been paid in full for all such work be determined by the average price of and shall have been paid wages in cash raw sugar prevailing in the immediately therefor at rates as agreed upon between preceding four-week period. The fourthe producer and the worker, but .after week average price of raw sugar duty the date of issuance of this section, not paid basis, delivered shall be determined by taking the simple average of the daily less than the following:
quotations of 96 raw sugar of the i Day rates a Basic rates. Thespot New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange basic day rate for the first 8 hours of domestic contract expressed in terms work performed in any 24-hour period of a one hundred pound unit and ad except that for ditch diggers, ditch justed to a duty paid basis, delivered, cleaners, or field flooders in Class E, as by adding to each daily quotation the shown in the table below, the applicable United States duty prevailing on Cuban day rate shall be for the first 7 hours of raw sugar on that day, except that, if work performed in any 24-hour period the Director of the Sugar Division, Com modity Stabilization Service, determines shall be as follows:
that for any four-week period such B a sic ra te s Class o f w o r k p e r da y average price does not reflect the true A. All k in d s o f w o rk n o t classified market value of raw sugar, because of b elo w ____________________________$ 2 . 60
inadequate volume or other factors, the B. O p erato rs o f m e c h a n ic a l e q u ip
Director may designate the average m e n t, s u c h a s tr a c to rs , tr u c k s , price to be effective under this section.
tr a c to r p lo w s_________________ __3. 55
C. C a rtm e n i n c u ltiv a tio n w o rk ____ _

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C o n tin u e d o n n e x t p ag e
CONTENTS
Agricultural Marketing Service Pa&e Proposed rule making:
Milk:
Chicago, 111., and South BendLa Porte, Ind., marketing areas____________________ 653
Milwaukee, Wis__ T___ _____
652
653
Puget Sound, Wash_______
Agricultural Research Service Rules and regulations:
Vesicular exanthema; designa tion of areas in Which swine are affected________________
644
Agriculture Department See also Agricultural Marketing Service; Agricultural Research Service; Commodity Stabiliza tion Service.
Rules and regulations:
Agricultural conservation, 1954;
excess cotton acreage:
Alaska____________________
643
Hawaii____________________
644
Puerto Rico________________ 643
Air Force Department Rules and regulations:
Procurement procedures; termi nation of contracts; redistri bution and disposal of con tractor inventory; foreign___ 645
Civil Aeronautics Administra tion Rules and regulations:
Standard instrument approach procedure alterations_______
647
Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Army and Fleet Post Offices mail tariff investigation;
postponement of time______
662
British Overseas Airways Corp.;
hearing __________________ _ 662
Commerce Department See Civil Aeronautics Administra tion; Federal Maritime Board.
Commodity Stabilization Service Proposed rule making:
Puerto Rico, 1954 sugar quotas;
hearing on proposed allot m e n t-______ - ____________
654
Rules and regulations:
Sugarcane; fair and reasonable wage rates, calendar year 1954:
Puerto Rico----------------------639
Virgin Islands_____________
642
639