On the recordJune 23, 1938
Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000.00 a day... tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry.
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congress.govFDR: “Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000.00 a day... tell you that a wage of $11.00 a week is…”
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Roosevelt criticized executives who claimed minimum wage increases would harm industry.
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