Walling, L. Metcalfe Papers

1937-1966

Administrator, Walsh-Healey Act, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, 1942-1947
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 6 linear feet.
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government the copyrights in this material and in any other material received by the U.S. government and maintained in a depository administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1982).

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

Box 1

ALPHABETICAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1937-1949

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z
  • Miscellaneous memoranda (2 folders)

Box 2

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE FILE, 1937-1966
  • Correspondence - general, 1937-1950
  • Correspondence - Personal, 1938-1966
  • Correspondence - general, 1943
  • Correspondence - speeches, trips and invitations 1942
  • Correspondence - Textile industry in Puerto Rico, 1949-1950
  • Correspondence - Forty-Hour Week Law/American Forum of the Air, 1942
  • Institute of Public Affairs, 1938
  • Memoranda/Correspondence - general, 1942-49 (folder 1)

Box 3

  • Memoranda/Correspondence - general, 1942-49 (folder 2)
  • Memoranda - Addresses, invitations and travel, January - February, 1946
  • National Labor Relations Board - press releases, 1947
  • Personal notes on labor data
  • Press releases - wage and hour regulations, 1948-1953
  • Puerto Rico - trip ( December, 1943)
  • Puerto Rico - correspondence concerning visit ( 1945)
  • Regional Conference, 1946 (notes)
  • Secretary of Labor - memos, 1942-46
  • Trips (1942-46) - thank you letters

Box 4

  • Western trip - inspection tour, July-August, 1942
SPEECH FILE, 1937-1946
  • Speeches on public contracts, 1937-1942 (2 folders)
  • Speeches by President Roosevelt and other officials, 1939-1944
  • Torch Club - Binghamton, New York, April 8, 1940
  • Speeches and editorial comments, 1941-45
  • 1942: February 16 - Rhode Island League of Women Voters, Providence
  • 1942: March 7 - Employees of Wage/Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor
  • 1942: March 18 - Blue Network (Radio) "Should Wage/Hour Law be Repealed?"
  • 1942: March 21 - National Consumers League, New York
  • 1942: March 27 - Massachusetts Safety Conference, Boston
  • 1942: April 9 - Town Meeting of the Air, New Orleans
  • 1942: April 10 - WOL Radio interview, "What Price Victory?"
  • 1942: April 23 - Radio KST (St. Louis, Missouri) War Production - hours/wages
  • 1942: April 23 - Associated Industries of Missouri (St. Louis), Fair Labor Standards Act
  • 1942: April 24 - Associated Industries of Missouri, Kansas City
  • 1942: April 24 - Radio WDAF (Kansas City, Missouri) War Production/Overtime Pay
  • 1942: April 25 - Citizens Conference on Government Management, Denver

Box 5

  • 1942: April 25 - Radio KOA (Denver), War Production/Labor Standards
  • 1942: April 28 - National Wholesale Association, Baltimore
  • 1942: May 18 - Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Clubs (Swampscott)
  • 1942: June 4 - Upholsterers Union of North America, Chicago
  • 1942: June 5 - Radio WCCO (Minneapolis), Associated Industries
  • 1942: June 6 - Radio WLOL (Minneapolis), Hennepin County AFL-CIO
  • 1942: June 21 - Union Labor Victory Committee of Rhode Island, Providence
  • 1942: July 10 - Chamber of Commerce/Associated Industries, Oklahoma City
  • 1942: July 13 - Labor Representatives/Labor Temple, San Antonio, Texas
  • 1942: July 23 - Town Hall Club (Los Angeles), Health/Safety of Workers
  • 1942: July 24 - Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco
  • 1942: August 3 - Radio KSL (Salt Lake City)
  • 1942: August 3 - Merchants/Manufacturers Association, Salt Lake City
  • 1942: August 17 - Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, Milwaukee
  • 1942: August 20 - New York State Federation of Labor, Rochester
  • 1942: October 6 - American Federation of Labor, Toronto, Canada
  • 1942: October 19 - Radio WGAR (Cleveland) Wage/Hour Law
  • 1942: October 20 - National Association of Cost Accountants, Toledo, Ohio
  • 1942: October 21 - United Cannery - Agricultural/Packing Workers of America, Chicago
  • 1942: October 21 - National Radio Forum (4th Anniversary of Fair Labor Standards Act)
  • 1942: October 25 - Radio WRC (Washington, D.C.) 4th Anniversary of Fair Labor Standards Act
  • 1942: November 23 - Shortwave Radio to New Zealand/Australia - War Production
  • 1942: November 26 - Thanksgiving Day Speech - Overtime Work in Industry
  • 1943: January 12 - National Retail Dry Goods Association, New York
  • 1943: January 14 - Joint Conference of South/Central Florida Employees/Labor (Tampa)
  • 1943: January 16 - Radio WJAX (Jacksonville, Florida) Wage/Salary Stabilization
  • 1943: March 4 - Joint Labor/Industry Meeting, Brockton, Massachusetts
  • 1943: March 5 - Joint Labor/Industry Meeting, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • 1943: April 26 - Chamber of Commerce, Memphis, Tennessee
  • 1943: May 7 - Radio address on Manpower problems, Richmond, Virginia
  • 1943: May 21 - Virginia State CIO Convention, Lynchburg
  • 1943: September 6 - Labor Day rally, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1943: October 6 - American Federation of Labor Convention, Boston
  • 1943: October 30 - Station WOL/MBS on Federal Labor Standards
  • 1943: November 28 - Address to representatives of Labor, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 1944: January 27 - National Sand/Gravel Association, New York
  • 1944: February 14 - Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles
  • 1944: February 21 - Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco
  • 1944: February 25 - Community Council/Chamber of Commerce, Seattle
  • 1944: May 2 - United Hatters/Millinery Workers, New York
  • 1944: May 6 - Radio WCFL - Wage/Hour Law
  • 1944: May 15 - Upholsterers International Union of North America, Philadelphia
  • 1944: May 18 - National Cottonseed Products Association, New Orleans

Box 6

  • 1944: May 22 - National Consumers League, Cleveland
  • 1944: May 25 - Radio WDAF (Kansas City) Federal Wage/Hour Law
  • 1944: June 2 - International Ladies Garment Workers Union, Boston
  • 1944: June 2 - Radio WNAC (Boston), Wage/Hour Law
  • 1944: June 24 - Fair Labor Standards Act - statement
  • 1944: August 8 - Massachusetts State Federation of Labor, Springfield
  • 1944: November 14 - Radio WGST (Atlanta) Federal Wage/Hour Law
  • 1944: November 29 - Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland
  • 1945: March 18 - Radio WTOP (Washington, D.C.) Federal Wage/Hour Law
  • 1945: March 29 - "The Place of Administrative Law in American Life," Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1945: April 16 - Radio WPTF (Raleigh, North Carolina) Federal Wage/Hour standards
  • 1945: June 28 - Radio (Washington, D.C.), "Your Wages During Reconversions"
  • 1945: September 3 - Labor Day Statement, Providence, Rhode Island
  • 1945: October 4 - S. 1349 (statement)
  • 1945: November 20 - National Industrial Conference Board Meeting (Wages) New York
  • 1946: February 13 - Controllers Institute of America, New York
  • 1946: February 24 - Radio Forum (AFL) "minimum wage," Washington, D.C.
  • 1946: May 10 - Upholsters' International Union of North America, Chicago
  • 1946: June 7 - Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association, Harrisburg
  • 1946: June 19 - National Association of Building Owners/Managers, Cleveland
  • 1946: October 1 - International Association of Government Officials, Milwaukee
  • 1946: October 24 - CBS Radio - 8th Anniversary of Fair Labor Standards Act
  • 1946: December - 13th National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, D.C.
  • 1946: Bulletins on Federal Labor Laws and Agencies
PUBLICATIONS FILE

Box 7

  • Fair Labor Standards Act - memoranda (2 folders)
  • Fair Labor Standards in Wartime - reports (1942-46) U.S. Department of Labor
  • "Guaranteed Wages" - report to the President by the Advisory Board, Office of War Mobilization/Reconversion, January 31, 1947

Box 8

  • Handbooks and Commentary on labor policy (2 folders)
  • Hearings: Committee on Labor (U.S. House of Representatives) - Proposed amendments to Fair Labor Standards Act, October 15 - November 15, 1945
  • Hearings: Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments - Committee on Labor/Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, Part I, April 19-26, 1948 (folder 1)

Box 9

  • Hearings: Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments - Committee on Labor/Public Welfare, U.S. Senate, April 27 - May 4, 1948, Part II (folder 2)
  • Hearings: Migratory Labor - Committee on Labor/Public Welfare, U.S. Senate February 5 - March 28, 1952, Part I
  • Hearings: Minimum Wage Standards - Subcommittee No. 4 (Education/Labor) U.S. House of Representatives, June 27 - July 14, 1947, Volume I
  • Hearings: Minimum Wage Standards - Committee on Education and Labor, October 20-31, 1947, Vol. II (U.S. House of Representatives)

Box 10

  • Hearings: Minimum Wage Standards - Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, November 5-15, 1947, Vol. III
  • Hearings: Minimum Wage Standards - Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, November 17 - December 17, 1947, Vol. IV
  • Hearings: Portal-to-Portal Wages - Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate (S. 70), January 15-30, 1947
  • Hearings: Regulating the Recovery of Portal-to-Portal Pay, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Representatives, February 3-10, 1947

Box 11

  • Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power: Study of Legal Reserve Life Insurance Companies/Temporary National Economic Committee - Monograph No. 28 (U.S. Government Printing Office)
  • Journals and reprints of articles (2 folders)
  • League for Industrial Democracy (Pamphlet Series)
  • Legal Briefs - Federal/State Courts, 1942-49 - Fair Labor Standards (folder 1)

Box 12

  • Legal Briefs - Federal/State Courts, 1942-49 Fair Labor Standards (folders 2-6)

Box 13

  • Legal Briefs - Federal/State Courts, 1942-49 Fair Labor Standards (folders 7-11)

Box 14

  • Michigan Law Review: The Walsh-Healey Act (Fair Labor Standards), April, 1939
  • Miscellaneous printed material
  • Reports on labor and management-general
  • Wage/Hour Manual (supplement) 1946 - Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, D.C.
  • Publications - miscellaneous
  • Newspaper articles (folder 1)

Box 15

  • Newspaper articles (folders 2-5)
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