It is expressly understood and agreed that for the purpose of said act every person, while performing work of a laborer or mechanic on the public work covered by this contract, is to be regarded as employed as a laborer or mechanic by the contractor or subcontractor, regardless of any contractual relationship alleged to exist between the contractor or subcontractor and such laborer or mechanic.
Executive Order 5778—Stipulations for the Payment of Prevailing Rate of Wages in Public Building Contracts
Share & report
More from Herbert Hoover
That the validity of a passport . . . shall be limited to a period of two years.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact, to which we are all signatories, can only mean that the nations of the world have agreed that they will use their arms solely for defense.
It has been settled that the offices of the Republican National Committee should be removed from Washington and established at Chicago and New York.
I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your husband, who was my good friend and distinguished predecessor in the Department of Commerce.
Other voices in this conversation
