The principle of the eight-hour day should as rapidly and as far as practicable be extended to the entire work carried on by the Government; and the present law should be amended to embrace contracts on those public works which the present wording of the act has been construed to exclude.
This quote emphasizes the need to extend the eight-hour workday to all government contracts for fairness and efficiency.
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