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Developments in Congress of Importance to Illinois Industry A LARGE variety ol measure! de signed to impose new taxei and restrictions upon industry hart oi er any or all butinesses for govern ment ownership and operation. Referred to the House Committee been introduced in the Federal Con*on the Jodioary, 1-8-36. grass. These include the O'Mahoney HJK. s48: Mr. Ferguson of Okla Bill requiring the licensing of all cor- homa: The prtsent ptovisioo in Arti poratioas, the product! of which enter cle section 8, ol the Constitution, interstate commerce; the Thirty Hour Week Bill; the Walsh Government Contract Bill requiring conformity with standards on wage! and hours mo be based upon the requirement! which were included in codes'ol fair competition which governed industries under the NRA), by industries and contraetors engaged even remotely on which empowers Congress to lay taxes in order to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare, would be amended to confer upon Congress the power to ux and, in addition, a general power to Irgislate lor the common defense and gen eral welfare. Referred to House Committee on government contracts; and the neu the Judiciary. 1-10-36. tral!!) legislation which would give to the 1'reudent the unqualified right to Jurisdiction cf Cstrts declare an embargo not only on war materials, but on all commodities and products which might be remotely asseriated with the conduct of war. The Illinois Manufacturers' Associa tion is keeping closely in touch with federal legislatioo and will promptly commcr.icate to its members any de velopments at Washington directly afieci.r.g their interests. Bills relating to the Jurisdiction ol the courts are: H.R. 10106: Mr. Gillette of Iowa. Providing that no act of Congress could be held unconstitutional bv the Supreme Court of the United States in the exercise of its appellate juris diction under Article III ol the Con stitution (the judicial power) without the concurrence of at least seven ol Two s:gnif.car.t movements in Wash the Justices of the Court in the de ington relate to eflorts to amend the cision. Constitution to limit the authority of Referred to House Committee on the federal couni. Both ol these, the Judiciary, 1-14-36. movements are designed to give our fedcrsl government a greater degree of control over industry and to deprive the states of the powers they now have to regulate purely intrastate or in ternal questions. The specific proposals to amend the Constitution art: H.R. 1C1J8: Mr. Martin of Colov rado: Providing that with the-exception of the Lnitrd States Supreme Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, no federal, si.- t. or local court would have innsdi: nn to hear or decide upon the const! tionaluy ol any federal statute whit: .s or pur ports to be an exercise uf the tax, Proposed Constitutional Amendments commerce, or monetary powers of the SJR. lSi: Mr. Logan of Kentucky: To authorise Congress to legislate concerning industrial disputes between all persons and their employes (farm ers excepted) mho-e products may move in or enect interstate or foreign commerce; and would be empowered to regulate and control the production of any agricultural, mineral, or manu factured produci that may more in or affect ioterstatr or foreign commerce Referred to she Senile Committee United States with respect to the gen eral welfare, interstate commerce, tax ation, or the issuancr of money or pre scription of the legal-tender rights thereof; one would such courts hart jurisdiction to bear or decide upon the constitutionality of any federal statute which aflects or purports to affect due process, when the rights affected are not procedural in nsrare. Referred to House Committee oa the Judiciary, J-13-38. Another measure of importance to on the Judiciary, 1-9-18. SJR. lSr,: Mr. Sehwrllrnbsrh ol Washington: Would primit thi Con stitution to be amended by a proposal manufacturers relates to tnterstatr^lahnr compacts. Mr. Tcbev ol New Hampshire hat introduced HJK 311. This measure would give CongTtssioti- by two-thirds ol both Houses of Con al content to the labor compact which gress, with ratification by a majority was signed oa Mav *9, 1*34. oo behalf of the people voting in each of three- of the states of Maine. Kew Hamp fourths of the states at the next Con- shire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, grc'iional election following submit- Rhode Island. New York and Penn sion, or it special elections called by sylvania; and which vat embed by the President. Massachusetts on June So. l*ia. and Referred to the Senate Committee on by New Hampshire on Msv >*, 1933 the Judiciary, l-t-W. The compact provides that its mini HJR. sso: Mr. Matcantonio of Krw York: Would empower. Concrete to mum-wage proniiont thill be in filed in the ratifving states when the com regulate agriculture and industry part has been fibbed by two or tnorr throughout the L'nited States br uni states tnd approved by Congress. form law; to rtgulatt the labor ol per Under that compart ao employee sons under II yeve* ol age; to ha shall pay a woman, or a minor under maximum hours and m-nunum wages; It yrars of age an "unfair or oppres to provide old-age. sick and unemploy ment rebel; and So establish and take sive wage"; and requires that the list* agency administering the minimum- w-sgc law enacted in conformity with the compact shall have authority to investigate the wages of women nd minors, to appoint wage boards (ou which employers, employes and tfit public are to be equally represented) lor the purpose of recommending min imum lair wagta for women and minors, and to hx wages by "direc tory order." Violation ol mandator) order musl carry a penally of a fine or imprisonment, or both. The agency alio shall be given authority to take assignment of wage claims irom em ployes who have been paid less than the wage fixed by a mandatory order. Provides for records concerning hours, wages, etc., of women and minora. bets up administrative machinery for each state that ratifies compact. Passed House, 1-20-36; reierred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 3-21-36. These labor compacta were favored by Peter T. Swamsh of the Illinois Department of I.abor last Tuesday, January.38, before the Catholic Con ference on Labor at the Palmer House. INDUSTRIAL, CENSUS Illinois Manufacturers' Association Co operates with the Bureau of the Census Members of the Illinois Manufac turers' Association bate beco requested to cooperate in a census of business comparable lo those made by the Borrau of the Census for 1*3* and >*33. The censut will be taken this year and will cover business activities for 1*33. Enumerators will call oo members of the Illinois Manufacturers' Associa tion and other industrial and business concerns. Ao announcement from the Bureau of the Census sta.rt: "This business census will provide a complete enumeration oi types and kinds of business on an establishment basis. It will furnish business men with such indispensable, basic facts at "volume of business foe >933, expr-ssed in terms of functional classes anc<umparably arrangtd; payrolls, or the pur chasing power in tbit form of wages nd salaries added to each community by butinrst concerns operating there. In addition. Information will be ob tained on the locatioo of various types of establishment, legal form of organi sation (partnership, corporation, etc), business in which engaged and type of operation. "This eentnt will make possible the presentation of data oo volume ol business, eapensrt, personnel and pay roll on geographic basis (by state*, cities and counties). Some additional statistics on specialised trades will also be obtained." The death rate hs Illinois In ILT per thousand ot population. This la per ihonsaod lower than California and 14 per thousand lower than Florida. PLEASE PASS THIS BULLETIN DOWN THE EXECUTIVE UNE MT-005208