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Title: Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons: buy a United States government bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917
Summary: Uncle Sam with armies in background; Statue of Liberty also in background with planes in the air and ships in the sea.

Title: Biennial report of the State Geologist, 1932, appendix II: Transmitted by the Board of Managers of the Bureau of Geology and Mines to the 57th General Assembly, Oil and gas pools of western Missouri

Title: The Book of wisdom and lies : [pages 163-164], Sibrżne sicʻruisa. English

Title: Shelby and his men (1867): or, The war in the West, The War in the west
Date: 1867

Title: The youth sub-minimum wage: An overview of recent consideration
Date: 1984
Summary: For at least the past fifteen years, legislation to create a reduced wage option for employers of youth workers (a sub-minimum wage) has been more-or-less continuously before the Congress. New proposals to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (as amended) to provide for a general youth sub-minimum wage have been introduced in the 97th and 98th Congresses. This paper presents a brief overview of recent legislative consideration of the sub-minimum wage issue.

Title: The "Fitzgerald Act" and the federal role in apprenticeship training: Recent interest and current initiatives
Date: 1985
Summary: The Fitzgerald Act (National Apprenticeship Act) of 1937 serves as the charter for the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in the Department of Labor. It also provides the legal framework for the Federal Government's involvement in apprenticeship training programs. Briefly, this paper examines the evolution of apprentice training in America, the provisions of the Fitzgerald Act, and recent legislative interest in apprentice training.

Title: Effective tax rates in the administration and ways and means tax proposals updated tables
Date: 1985
Summary: On September 26, 1985 tax reform proposals for use in mark up in the Committee on Ways and Means were announced. The Administration has also proposed some changes in its May 28, 1985 tax reform, including the elimination of indexing of inventories. This report updates effective tax rates in "Effects of Business Tax Provisions in the Administration's Tax Proposal," Congressional Research Service Report No. 85-783 E, June 6, 1985 to incorporate these proposals.

Title: Avoiding urban/rural wage inequities in determination of prevailing wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act
Date: 1985
Summary: Through a rulemaking proceeding that has spanned nearly five years, the Secretary of Labor has fashioned regulations restricting the use of urban wage data in the determination of "prevailing" wage rates under the Davis-Bacon Act (P.L. 71-798, as amended). This paper traces the evolution of the urban/rural data controversy and reviews questions concerning legislative action on the issue.

Title: Labor standards: Statistics concerning staffing and compliance activity by the United States Department of Labor, 1976-1986
Date: 1986
Summary: This report presents a statistical review of the pattern of staffing and enforcement/compliance activity within the United States Department of Labor through fiscal years 1976 to 1986. It notes the work hours required to administer the following statutes: the Fair Labor Standards Act; the several Federal procurement labor standards statutues -- the Davis-Bacon Act, the Walsh-Healy Act, and the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act; and the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act and its successor, after 1983, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act. It also notes the number of violations of the several acts and the dollar amounts of back wages involved, where applicable. All tables have been developed from data provided by the Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor.