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12 The Nawt-Review, Roieburg, Ore Men.,' Oct. 31, 1949 Complicated Provisions Of New Wage-Hour Act Require - mm mm, m ' Interpretation uy yourts ... By JAMES MARLOW : WASHINGTON, P You're an employer. There's a new mini mum wage-hour law. You want to know right now precisely what each Item In It means and how It affects you, your business, your employes, At this moment no one can give an answer saying what the law means . In every possioie case. Generally, this much is true: Most emDloves. employers and businesses covered by the old law, which was passed In 1938, are i i Fast Service It's a fact . . . most re pair work can be done in one day. Drive in now. HANSEN I I MOTOR CO, jOak Stephens Phone 446 covered by the new law. But the new law has removed some peo ple from coverage and has made some otner cnanges as wpu. The outstanding cnange: Every employee covered by the law now must be paid a minimum of 75 cents an hour. Under the old law the minimum was 40 cents. But there were other changes, some of them stated In such clear language by congress that no one can misunderstand them. For example: A Dublic telephone exchange, and its operators, are exempt frnm the minimum waee and ov ertime provisions of the law if that exenange services less man 750 stations. A number of other businesses and their employes are also ex empted, clearly, under the new law. ' But the law's effect on other businesses and their employes is far less clear. It s so unclear, in fact, that it probably will take years before court decisions say precisely what the effect Is in different cases. That's why because of lack of clarity in the law the wage-hour administration experts, who in terpret the law and lay down the rules, can't at this time give opin ions covering every possible case. So. If you have any doubts as to how this new law affects you, your business or your workers, do one of two things: 1. Ask the wage-hour adminis tration for a ruling in your case. i. ask your lawyer. , In the Revolutionary War the city of Norwalk, Conn.-, now an Important hat making center, was almost completely burned by the British. Asbestos Siding and Roof Shingles Means Fire proof and Indestructible By time fire or weather elements. Let Us Give You An Estimate COEN SUPPLY COMPANY Everything For The Builder Phone 121 Floed and Mill Sti. DEMOLAY COUNCILLORS, named Thursday night, at a selection of officers, include (front row, left to right) , Dave Taylor, Dwight Raines Sr., Clyde Chitwood. Back Row, Bill Unrath, A. C. McCehey, Andy Anderson, Byron Stearn. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). . -, ' American Is Accused Of Beating Chinese SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31. (JP) The Chinese communists today accused U. S. Consul General Ancus Ward and other members of the Mukden consulate of bru tally beating a Chinese workman and declared they must answer to a communist "people's court." Ward and his staff of nine have been virtual prisoners since the communists captured Muk den last November. The State department last May ordered him to close the consu late, and he has been able to ack nowledge the order but has been unable to get transportation. Tne cnarges' today were aired by the communist radio in Pein- ing and heard In San Francisco by tne Associated rress. The broadcast said the beating occurred Oct. 10 and that the man beaten was a Chinese employe. Besides Ward, it named as par ticipants "R Rehberg," an Itali an, "F. Ciogna," a Japanese American Shiro Yatsumi. and "a Krlsta," not otherwise Identified. Rehberg Is Ralph C. Rehbere. a consular clerk from Rochester, N. Y. reporting this today, said the prices of all major items con tributing to city living costs went up except clothing. The rise, however, still left the price level three percent below the all-time peak of Sptembr a year ago. It was 27 percent higher than in June, 1946, and 72 percent above August, 1939. Red Barber, nationally known as a sports announcer, began his WINDOWS DOORS FRAMES PAGE LUMBER & FUEL 164 E. 2nd Ave. S. Phone 242 Dried Oregon Prunes To Be Shipped To Norway PORTLAND, UP) Norway will get 310 tons of dried Oregon prunes, to leavehere on the mo torship Abraham Lincoln which Is bringing Norwegian fertilizer to Oregon farms. The vessel is expected with a cargo of calcium nitrate fertili zer, produced by the Norsk Hy dro plant in Norway. W. J. Broadhead, Department of Agriculture representative here, said the prunes are being exported under the government's dried fruit program. . Both the incoming fertilizer and outgoing prunes are the first such cargo to be exchanged be tween Norway and the port here in 15 years. radio career as a student an nouncer t station WRUF of the University of Florida. OAS PRICES TO DROP SPOKANE, Oct. 31. CP) A drop In retail gasoline prices is In the offing for Inland Empire points, Sydney Cackette, secre tary of the Washington State Gas dealers' association, said 'Thurs day. Cackette was not able to say If the reduction would affect points outside the eastern Washington northern Idaho area, or hew much the reduction would be. Several oil companies have promised a reduction, Cackette said, and dealers have agreed that the decrease will be passer on to the driving public. . LOGGER KILLED GRANTS PASS, Oct. 31 (m Charles Derflinger, 55, of Med ford, was crushed to death while bucking logs in the Willimas creek area Thursday. His body, jammed between two logs, was found by another workman. House, Commercial . and Industrial Wiring . . Electrical Trouble Shooting Motor and Appliance Re pair Free Pick-Up and Delivery . Service ; IT Years Experience ACE ELECTRIC Licensed Electrician 316 E. 2nd Ave. N. 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