C. I. O. last week realized a big dividend on its policy of political cooperation with the Roosevelt Administration. Under the Walsh-Healey Act of 1936, anyone Adding on Government orders above $10,000 must pay the prevailing wage in his locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
When the question of prevailing wages was raised for steel, Secretary Frances Perkins' Public Contracts Board recommended hourly wage minima of 45¢ in the South, 62½¢ elsewhere. Independent companies kicked up a great row; U. S. Steel, already paying as much or more, was contentedly silent. Last week, Assistant Secretary of Labor Charles V. McLaughlin...
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