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Wage- Hour Law Covers Piece V Workers, ‘Supreme C Court Rules” WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UP)--,wages on a portal-to-portal vas The Supreme Court held in an 8-1|/It accepted a case In which the, decision today that the federal|Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals re- wage-hour law applies to plece-rate|versed a Virginia eral court rul-. workers. ing prainst the\Jewel Ridge Coal, The Perfect Garment Co. Losi uo Angeles, charged with indmum e court also decided to revie wage and overtime violattbnos, had/an antj-trust action against colle won dismissal of fie allegations as|tive p&reaining agreements betwee \ plece workers in California dis-|anyélectrical workers union, elec*, t court. trital contractors and electrical . usiice Frank Murphy, who read/equipment manufacturers in the | th} ruling interpreting the act, said,|New he City area. | “We cannot assume Congress meant| The odurt in two Ohio cases unan- to discriminate” against plece work- |imously affirmed the exemption of | ers when it enacted the minimum; Ren ost housing projects owned by wage and hour standards. mifeeral Pu Pul blic Housing Author- Under the wace-hour law, em- rieral ae ‘state taxatlort. ployer must pay piece workers the P court also agreed to review @ 40-cents an hour minimum rate,/sult in which the federal- govern- ven though they do not earn that jment has attacked a collective bar- ount at piece work rates. | gaining agreement between la Justice Owen J. Roberts cnet unicns and employers as being ‘ githout an opinion. ire of the Sherman anti- The court agreed to review the law. The case involves the mil question whether bituminous coal|/work and pattern ber iodustry miners must be paid undergrownd)in the San_Fra Franc tag bay are area, ee a a — oo 7 a wo WO < &7 FEB 8 1945 ‘ il | De eae cmp ‘eee ee . < fbthis i lipping f soo Hide. ATES Aes VES a = “DAILY ©