On the recordMay 13, 1947
It is not the purpose of the Act to permit violation of our fundamental wage and hour standards, or to allow a lowering of these standards.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “It is not the purpose of the Act to permit violation of our fundamental wage and hour standards, or to allow a lowering…”
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Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing the Portal-to-Portal Act.
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