SPEECH OF HON. JOHN V. LINDSAY OF NEW YORK

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• Publication Date: March 24, 1961
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SPEECH wage ,increase will by unfavorable. Thect. O rfturn~ing travelers spent less
hMtory of the, Fair Labor ?t4n11a1ds A tha4 to tub' d similar items; only
OF
does not 1 bear out such a contention, 10 parceft spent move than .111500 S{wt
HON.-.JOHN V. LINDSAY The increased labor 'coati to the em- ? chec3u ?1989 have confirmed the original
or xaw TOR* ployers have been adequately offset by fingtnga:
IN THE 11LOU8E OP IRL`PRESENTATIVES der. intehlal Improvements geared to A more a tine meaps of reducing the
greater productI- This benefits the. dollar g*p.fa Increased spending of
`~q~ Irriaav iiyarch 24,196f employer a d the employee. Higher lo4e r fords this country. Tut year.
Thee' House in dotpmittee of We Whole minimums A the past have'got increased st b 000 t. . Aeon made United
*ere ,by msd
llouee inn the, State of the. Union had under: unemployment.. ' , and t' r-ny of these were lay the
name i5r; .tllil0 the border fre-
,....,.,A. thin the bill ff3.R: 59351 to 06331041d rosily- a realistic 131.25 minimum wage
pr id~ ceiae - ncr - .. :bill is Qaply nevaed far. at, will wrja1nl u. , ar w-stagai peri ?--? nl
pradd Ot fpr emaplofeai tM ind This another continent
s iaai year, com-
;wrfaea enaawed- In retail trade ".a ~" d la equally ease s' f t ` ye
f otherawww"I anib 10.-01pasvuv ,..:.o.. ~?..Oeo, Americans
VtiM' mulposit In tits prod lfotton of pods. astir In i1a;l-i'-g,mlo 70
Incrwue the minimum writ ' We ca ntOt.contlttllCiprovi."O bate ry spends an
? ards Of living, f CfJitiQ04. l.~u> ta1Ftrig power, pit tr rn~fittsi Sate ob ry could vo u
Mr. Chairman, I ai+a3i- runaway industry. ufltair competitive ad- ` seas bl+i roan of idioms, t}le ilnitetti
pq1 - stuff-ii to'" dfa 'Bela made the most
wage bill and.ex- vantage And heavy drains on - is sly intention. munities ,for welfsXe assietanr **SOW toe atn+~ct r visitors,
We can,go a long way. toward Improv-: pmt Kennedy' bar promt that the
Note for the cOm- ? . _ _ -_.- by enact,,...,r. of n. Departments of Commerce. 6 ahd
ill
bill with less sound minimum wage vela. . e pre- in-_. aae travel to this pountry. An
scription has been wzi.tteii. I hope that course could yield important
etfeotiwa ?
ditidegda in understanding as well as
we can resolve our df ferencei on cover- age is not a and .....,,.ide new 4-Al.
cal of va +__ any - .e is for a helalthter economy by enacting -- --, `rte - ? . -
oal
other purposes.
port 1L $1.25 min
bill, which is a flat $
coverage.
afford a minimum standard
and. a heAlthy atmosphere ? for
,strangle the efforts-and ingenuity
free econoriiy.
certain retail and service industries by
heals of a dollar volume test is both
realistic and sound. Competitive PA-
vantage based on substandard wages will '
be reduced. Less efficient businesses will
seek to offset any increased labor costs-
by improvement of production methods.
Ureater productivity will increase iiw'-
chasing'power, relieve localities of' unem-
plgyinent claims, and -go a long way
toward enabling workers receiving sub-
standard wages to gain . a reasonable
standard of living.
In my view there should be no argu-
ment as to the propriety of the dollar
volume test. The committee bill pre-
sents no severe departure front, the tra-
ditional concepts of commerce and pro-
duction for commerce. An enterprise
engaged in activities affecting commerce
is by no means a novel test. Nor is the
dollar volume test so applied. Such a
test, has been sustained by the courts
over and over-again witness the Taft-
Hartley Art: and the Landrum-Griffin
Act. There is no dubious scheme here to
ini$ude enterprises unrelated to each.
other, for only those industries bound by
a common chain of business can be i?e-
.tted. Furthermore the legislative rec-
ord written thus for is most explicit on
;hat point. Cop-versely the interstate
rorntnerce test of the substitute bill
:,u ikes me as being quite arbitrary. It
udicates coverage on.bmisinesses which
have five or more outlets in,two or more
States. This can result in the anomalous
circumstance of tht pl.arginal small busl-
u ss being covered and a large big-dol-.
tar Volutne comifttitor being exempted.
be taken lit
being held
mittee of th
and Foreign
here in the RECORD:
. PROMOT1No Tasvaa
President Kennedy, in
to Congress Monday on
emphasized the importat
.tourism in the ecanorny
such a change is not, likely to result ln, a
'substantial cutback in spending by Amert-
?cans abroad. The grtat ,bulk of these ax-
penditurer are for transportation, food, and
hotel. arcommr,datlons A study of 08:000
EXTENSION OF REMARKS or
HONI 'WILLIAM FITTS RYAN
HON. PAUL C. ROGERS or OF taRrL
or MORIDA ~..
? IN TH1K Ii0I18E OF REPEtFf31T.NTATIVES
THE HOUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES . virrdviraatay March 29. 1961
uesday, Marelt 29, 1961
Speak- exRYAN. Mr. Speaker,- under leave
of
ERS to extend im arks to the RECORD, I
his economic message to the
the President indicated! .the include .the following address which I
'delivered ea Saturday ev eriing, March 18,
the Commerce suncom- ance:of~,C is University Scholar
Committee on Interstate Jefsus.. ?4e :Oalindez.. The dinner was
his worthy effort. Edi` Ciflltiori ftu''I)einticracy and Freedom.
e, Fla., be placed City. .Soave of you knew him, perhaps as a
young man in Vasconla, or- later here In the
Teals Couiriat' New World' where he continued to fight for.
is special message the psirldplee of freedom and human dignify.
Law School and as Democratic leader of the
ut $2 billion... seventh assembly district, which encotn-'
4eear. For- passes Coiwnbla University where Dr. Ganin-
nd about $1 dez atudiad and taught.. 1 have had a deep
country's of this horrid international crime began to
ts, unfold.
-free derers by all iegltlinate means. A mountain
of- evidence Indicated Dominican complicity
in the disappearance of Oalindez. The De-
partment of Justice followed the irall
straight to Trujillo's door.
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