Wage-Hour Unit prepares to put act into effect. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. The Wage-Hour Administration rushed work today on last minute explanations of how industry should comply with the most far reaching attempt since the NRA days to put a floor under wages and a ceiling over hours. Wage-hour Adm

Counting of returns from unemployment questionnaire gets under way. Washington, D.C., Nov. 24. Tabulation of the returns from the millions of unemployment questionnaires mailed out last week was started today when final instructions were issued by John D. Biggers, Unemployment Census Director, to th

New Public Contracts Board, Washington, D.C. Oct. 6. Members of the new public contracts board of the Department of Labor met today for the first time shortly after they were appointed by the Secretary Perkins. Hearings will be held immediately by the Board to make findings upon questions arrising u

New Wage-Hour Administrator gets helping hand from missus. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. Working without pay, Mrs. Elmer F. Andrews, wife of the newly appointed Wage-hour Administrator, is helping her husband organize his new office force which has already been swamped with thousands of letters from em

Wage-Hour Administrator and assistants. Washington, D.C., Sept. 14. Probably the busiest government agency in the Capitol these days is The Wage-Hour Administration. The Wage-Hour Administrator, Elmer F. Andrews, is pictured for the first time with the newly appointed assistant administrators, Col.

Discuss stock market situation. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. The Board of governors of the Federal Reserve System met today to discuss the current slump in the stock market. The board, with its control of margin requirements, and the Securities Exchange Cimmission, with its power over trading practice

Taxes, Washington, D.C. Oct. 5. Lovell H. Parker, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, heads the corps of experts now going over the entire tax structure so that a comprehensive picture may be ready for the next Congress when it meets this coming January

Wage-Hour Administrator reports to President. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews leaving the White House today after making a report to President Roosevelt. At a press conference today, Andrews expressed belief that employees thrown out of work by closing of low wage

Disputes rail labor figures on employees' incomes. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Railroad management representatives today disputed before President Roosevelt's fact finding board figures presented by Labor as to the annual income of rail employees. J. Elmer Monroe, Statistician of the Bureau of Railway