CONDITIONS OF GOVERNMENT

CONTRACTS

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 3055

TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUP-
PLIES AND THE MAKING OF CONTRACTS, LOANS,
OR GRANTS BY THE UNITED STATES,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ANDREW J. MONTAGUE, Virginia RANDOLPH PERKINS, New Jersey
EMANUEL CELLER, New York

U. S. GUYER, Kansas
WILLIAM V. GREGORY, Kentucky CLARENCE E. HANCOCK, New York
ZEBULON WEAVER, North Carolina WILLIAM E. HESS, Ohio
JOHN E. MILLER, Arkansas

EARL C. MICHENER, Michigan
ARTHUR D. HEALEY, Massachusetts JOHN M. ROBSION, Kentucky
WARREN J. DUFFEY, Ohio

WILLIAM H. WILSON, Pennsylvania
WESLEY LLOYD, Washington
J. LEROY ADAIR, Illinois
ROBERT L. RAMSAY, West Virginia
FRANCIS E. WALTER, Pennsylvania
P. L. GASSAWAY, Oklahoma
WALTER CHANDLER, Tennessee
HUBERT UTTERBACK, Iowa
JAMES P. B. DUFFY, New York
CHARLES F. MCLAUGHLIN, Nebraska
WILLIAM M, CITRON, Connecticut

ELMORE WHITEHURST, Clerk

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CONTENTS

AUGUST 19, 1935

Statements of

Hon. Stanley F. Reed, Solicitor General of the United States..

Dr. Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of

Labor.

Hon. David I. Walsh, United States Senator from Massachusetts.

R. V. Fletcher, representing the Association of American Railroads.-

C. L. Bardo, president National Association of Manufacturers..

James W. Hook, president the Geometric Tool Co.-

John W. O'Leary, president Machinery and Allied Products Institute.

John E. Edgerton, president Southern States Industrial Council --

Hon. R. C. Fulbright.--

National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Roger F. Evans, director of the Industrial Bureau, Philadelphia

Chamber of Commerce-

John P. Frey, president of the Metal Trades Department, American

Federation of Labor.

Arnold Berman, Crown Overall Manufacturing Co.

Linoleum and Felt Base Manufacturing Industry-

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AUGUST 20, 1935

Hon. Orville Zimmerman, a Representative in Congress from the

State of Missouri...

Hon. Daniel A. Reed, a Representative in Congress from the State of

New York.

A. P. Haake, representing the National Association of Furniture

Manufacturers.

Donald Kane, representing National Cooperative Milk Producers

Federation.

Burt L. Knowles, representing the Associated General Contractors

of America.

James M. Myles, chairman Building Trades Department, American

Federation of Labor.-

Frank E. Walsh, representing United Garment Workers of America

W. C. Hushing, national legislative representative, American Federa-

tion of Labor.

Hon. David I. Walsh, United States Senator from Massachusetts.

John D. Goodloe, Commodity Credit Corporation..

Letter from Prison Labor Authority --

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