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Wage-Hour Law Covers Piece Workers, Supreme Court Rules WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UP).--,wages on . portal-to-portal basis. The Supreme Court held in an 8-1It sccepted case in which the decision today that the federal Foarth Circaft Court of Appeals re- wage-nour law applies to plece-rate versed a Virginia jederal court rul- woorrrs Ing prainst theYewel Ridge Coal. The Perfect Garment, Co., LosCo Angeles, charged withXminimum Lfhe court also decided to revie t piece workers in Callfornia dts- Yelectrical workers union, elec trst court. trical contractors and electrical Justice Frank Murphy, who read equipment' manufacturers in the! th ruling interpreting the act, said.[New York City area. We cannot assume Congress meant 'The gourt in two Ohio cases unan- to discriminate" against plece work- imously affirmed the exemptlon of ers when it enacted the minimum low-cost housing projects owned by wage and hour standards. {thtederal Publlc Housing Author- Under the wage-nour law, em- ity'fromh local and state taxatfort. ployer must pay piece workers the e court also agreed to review a 40-cents an hour minimum rate.sult In which the federal govern- even though they do not earn that ment has attacked a collective bar mount at piece.work rates Igaining agreement between lab'r ithout an opinion.. violatlon of the Sherman anti-tru JThe court agrced to revlew the law. The case invoives the mils question miners must be paid andergrownd in the San Francisco bay area. AThis is a clipping fro. page of the NOT DAILY TOHKER 87 FEB 8 1945 Date