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On the recordJanuary 18, 1932
It is further expressly understood and agreed that if it should be found by the contracting officer that any laborer or mechanic employed by the contractor or any Subcontractor on the public work covered by this contract has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the prevailing rate of wages, as aforesaid, the Government may, by written notice to the contractor, terminate his right to proceed with the work, or such part of the work as to which there has been a failure to pay said prevailing wages.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Executive Order 5778—Stipulations for the Payment of Prevailing Rate of Wages in Public Building Contracts

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