But we are still floating along on the momentum that we gained under N. R. A. But gradually this momentum will cease unless legislation is enacted which will protect the workers and the earnings of the workers so that workers will have purchasing power. And then I claim we are going to be in a worse condition than the condition existing previous to N. R. A.

Mr. Chairman, in New England we made a little survey of conditions in the mills in various districts. I think it is fair for me to begin in the State of Connecticut, from which State Governor Cross has so kindly sent our friend Mr. Fitzgerald and our friend Mr. Nickerson here to testify. I don't know Governor Cross. But he is not taking any chances on being on either one side or the other. will see that both sides are represented.

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In the State of Connecticut there is this condition: Haddam Woolen Co., of Moodus, Conn., manufacture woolen. The work load of weavers was increased 100 percent. In addition to this, their weekly wage was reduced considerably.

The Hartford Rayon Co., Rocky Hill, Conn., manufacture rayon. The wages were reduced from 5 percent to 10 percent, and the workers made to work 10 hours per day.

The Max Pollack Thread Co., of Groton, Conn., are manufacturers of thread. They have increased the working hours from 40 to 54 hours.

The Russell Manufacturing Co., of Middletown, Conn., are manufacturers of narrow fabrics. The weavers employed on elastic web had their wages reduced from $18 to $15, that being a reduction of $3 a week.

The Shetucket Worsted Co., of Baltic, Conn., are manufacturers of worsted. This company locked out the workers because the weavers refused to accept an increase in work load. And they are still out, or they were out up until last Monday or last Tuesday, when I left New England.

The Middletown Silk Co., of Middletown, Conn., are manufacturers of silk. The weavers' work load was increased from four to six looms. Wages were reduced from $1.40 to $1 per 100,000 picks, and working hours have been increased from 40 to 44 hours.

The Willimantic Silk Co. is located at Willimantic, Conn., and they manufacture silk. The working hours were increased from 40 to 48 per week. The weavers' wages were reduced from $1.40 to $1.20 per 100,000 picks. Auxiliary help was reduced from the minimum of $13, for 40 hours to $11.50 for 48 hours.

The Corn Spinning Co., Willimantic, Conn., who produce silk, the wages were reduced from the minimum of $13 to $11.50.

The Chelsea Silk Co., of Mystic, Conn., manufacture silk. Weavers' wages were reduced from $1.65 on rayon to $1.55 per 100,000 picks. On silk, the wages were reduced from $1.50 to $1.40 per 100,000 picks. The auxiliary help are earning from $8 to $9 per week for 40 hours.

The Edward Bloom Mill, of New London, Conn.-silk weavers' wages were reduced from $1.71 per 100,000 picks to $1.50. This company introduced further wage reductions recently but the local union struck and was successful in preventing the company from putting it into effect.

The Edward Bloom Mill, of Putnam, Conn., are manufacturers of rayon. They reduced the wages down through the plant, these reductions ranging from 5 percent to 20 percent. Some of the workers employed in this mill are now receiving as low as $9 a week for 40 hours.

The Grosvenordale Manufacturing Co., Grosvenordale, Conn., manufactures cotton. They increased the workers' machine load in the spinning department. They also refused to concede a lunch period to the workers, and, because of their lack of organization to properly protect themselves, the workers are forced to work 8 hours. in a stretch without time for lunch.

The Brunswick Manufacturing Co., Moosup, Conn., manufacture woolens. Their workers are forced to work as long as 16 hours at a stretch in the finishing department of this company.

The Wyandotte Manufacturing Co., Moosup, Conn., manufacture woolens. The finishing department is forced to work 16 hours at a stretch from time to time. No extra compensation is allowed them for the overtime.

The Uncas Finishing Co., Moosup, Conn., are engaged in finishing. They work some of the help as long as 17 hours a day. An official of this company was recently arrested and fined for violation of the State law in regard to women and minors.

The Wauregan Quinebaug Mill, of Wauregan, Conn., manufacture cotton and rayon. They are working watchmen 72 hours per week. The Lawton Mills, Plainfield, Conn., manufacture cotton and rayon. Over 1,000 workers are out on strike in protest of a reduction in wages ranging from 5 percent to 25 percent.

The Broad Brook Woolen Co., of Broad Brook, Conn., manufacture woolens. They increased their working hours in their finishing department from 40 to 54.

The Ponemah Mills, Taftville, Conn., are manufacturers of rayon and cotton. The rayon weavers' work load was increased from 10 to 16 looms, and the wages were reduced from an average of $22 to an average of $16. The cotton weavers' work load has been increased from 28 to 40 looms. A wage reduction was put into effect by this company which ranged from 20 percent to 40 percent.

The Ashland Co. at Jewett City, Conn., are manufacturers of silk and rayon. They are operating three shifts in the weaving department.

The Lorraine Manufacturing Co., of Pawtucket, R. I., are manufacturers of wool, cotton, and rayon. They increased the work load 3 to 8 looms, 6 to 8 in other instances. There was a wage cut of 14 percent. They have three shifts of 40 hours.

The Simon Silk Co., are located at Pawtucket, R. I., and are manufacturers of silk. There was a wage cut of about 12 percent. They have two shifts of 44 hours.

The Gilttex Silk Co. is also at Pawtucket, R. I., and they are manufacturers of silk. They had a 15 percent wage cut, and they increased the machine load from four to six looms. There are two shifts of 48 hours each and one of 40 hours.

The Kahn Silk Co. is at Pawtucket, R. I., and they are manufacturers of silk. They had a 15-percent wage cut, and they increased the looms from four to six. They are running two shifts of 44 hours.

The Bay State Mill, Central Falls, R. I., manufacture rayon and silk. They had a 15-percent wage cut and they increased the load from four to six.

The Lexington Woolen Co., Central Falls, R. I., manufacture woolens. They had a 10-percent wage cut. They are running two shifts of 48 hours.

The Salzberg Silk Co., of Central Falls, R. I., manufacture silk. They have had several wage cuts, totaling about 34 percent. They have three shifts of 48 hours.

The Cadillac Silk Co., Valley Falls, R. I., manufacture silk. They had a 12-percent wage cut, and they increased the machine load from 8 to 16 on automatics, and on nonautomatics from 4 to 6. They have three shifts of 40 hours.

The Worcester Worsted Co., Valley Falls, R. I., manufacture worsted. They had a 10-percent wage cut, and they increased the load in some departments.

The Waypoyset Manufacturing Co., Central Falls, R. I., is a novelty mill. They had a 14-percent wage cut and increased the machine load on automatics from 8 to 16, on nonautomatics from 4 to 8. They have three shifts of 40 hours.

Cull Silk Co., Pawtucket, R. I., are manufacturers of silk; have made a 10-percent wage cut and have increased the loom load from four to six.

The National Weaving Co., Central Falls, R. I., are manufacturers of silk and rayon. They have made a 14-percent wage cut and have increased the loom load from four to six to eight. They operate three shifts of 40 hours.

The Royal Weaving Co., of Pawtucket, R. I., are manufacturers of silk. This company has made a 10-percent wage cut and has increased the loom load from four to six. They are running one shift of 48 hours.

The Rhode Island Fabrics Co. are located at Pawtucket, R. I., and are manufacturers of rayon. They have made a 10-percent wage cut, and they are running eight automatic and six nonautomatic looms three shifts of 40 hours.

The Perfect Silk Co., of Pawtucket, R. I., manufacture silk. This company has made a 10-percent wage cut and has increased the load from four to six. They have three shifts of 40 hours.

The Guyon Mill, Valley Falls, R. I., manufacture rayon. They have made a 14-percent wage cut. They run three shifts of 40 hours. The Narragansett Plush Co., of Pawtucket, R. I., manufacture plush. They are running 60 hours on night shift and 57 hours on the day shift.

A. Wolf Co., Hillsgrove, R. I., manufacture broad silk. They made a wage cut of 20 percent, and they have two shifts of 54 hours. The Berkshire Fine Spinning Co., Albion, R. I., manufacture fine cotton. This company made a 30-percent wage cut and increased the loom load from 20 to 40.

The Manville-Jencks Co., Manville, R. I., are manufacturers of rayon and cotton. They made a wage cut of 20 percent and increased the machine load from 8 to 20. They run three shifts of 40 hours.

The Berkshire Fine Spinning Co., Anthony, R. I., manufacture cotton. This company has made a 30 percent wage cut and increased the loom load from 20 to 36. They run three shifts of 40 hours.

The J. & P. Coats Co., Pawtucket, R. I., manufacture thread. They have made a wage cut of 10 percent and have increased the machine load. The hours were increased from 40 to 48.

The Paragon Mills, Providence, R. I., manufacture woolens. This company has had a 19.5 percent decrease in wages and an increase in machine load in some departments.

The Crown Worsted Co., Providence, R. I., manufacture worsted. They have increased the hours to 54, but recently they returned them to 40 hours.

The Riverside Mills, Providence, R. I., manufacture woolens. The weavers were forced to weave double cloth. This is an increase over the previous work load equivalent to from 6 to 12 looms.

The Esmond Mills, Esmond, R. I., manufacture cotton blankets. They have increased the hours to 54.

The National & Providence Mill, Providence, R. I., are manufacturers of woolens. They have increased the work load from four to six looms.

The Wanskuck Manufacturing Co. in Rhode Island manufacture worsteds. There was a wage reduction there in some departments. Sewers in the finishing department have been reduced approximately 25 percent.

The Berkshire Fine Spinning Co., at Warren, R. I., manufacture fine cotton goods. They have reduced wages 30 percent with an increase in machine load from 10 to 40 percent.

The Glenark Mill, Woonsocket, R. I., manufacture woolen and worsted goods. The finishing department workers were forced to work over 40 hours, but the number of hours that they were employed was not marked on their check, so the record does not show that they have been working over 40 hours. This is one of the Uxbridge mills.

Supplementing my previous statement, I desire to submit the following information which gives the names of the mills who have reduced wages and increased the work load and lengthened the working hours. The mills to which I have referred and which will now follow are in the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire. These reductions of wages applied by such a large number of mills surely does not help the limited purchasing power at the present time.

The increase in the work load adds to the millions that are already unemployed. The same is true of the increase in working hours.

The fundamental benefits which the United Textile Workers of America see in the National Textile Act are in that it would do just the opposite of what the manufacturers are practicing at present. It would increase wages and add to the purchasing power of the millions of workers employed in the industry, it would insure a limit of working hours to the basic rate of 35 hours per week per shift and would also have a tendency to lead toward a reduction in the work load. All of these combined would restore to employment a large number of unemployed textile workers.

In the State of Massachusetts there are the following mills to which I referred:

The Berkshire Fine Spinning Co., Fall River, Mass., manufacture cotton. They reduced wages from 7 to 30 percent and they are operating 472 automatic looms. They are running three shifts.

The Pepperell Manufacturing Co., Fall River, Mass., are manufacturers of cotton and rayon. They have reduced wages about 10 percent in the rayon division.

The Star Silk Mills, of Fall River, Mass., manufacture silk and rayon. They operate a single shift of 48 hours.

The Maverick Mill, East Boston, Mass., manufacture cotton and rayon. They have reduced wages on two different occasions since the N. R. A. was declared to be unconstitutional. They operate two shifts of 48 hours.

The Malden Finishing Co., at Malden, Mass., are manufacturers of woolens and worsteds. This company has increased the working hours for women from 40 to 45 hours, and for men from 40 to 50 bours, and they are paying the same wages weekly that the workers. received for 40 hours.

The Duck Manufacturing Co., of Lawrence, Mass., manufacture cotton fabrics. They have increased the working hours in every department, ranging from 46, 48, 60, and 70 hours weekly, with a wholesale wage reduction that brought the low-paid workers down to a level of $5 and $6 a week.

The Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass., manufacture woolens, worsteds, rayon, and print cloth. In their worsted department they have dropped the minimum wage to $13. The menders and burlers are supposed to work 48 hours instead of 40 hours.

In their rayon department the weavers' work load has been increased from 12 to 20 looms, and without any additional wage.

The Seldon Worsted Co., Methuen, Mass., are manufacturers of worsteds. The menders and burlers are being forced to work 48 hours per week.

Cohen & Sons, Manchaug, Mass., have a rag mill. Their working hours have been increased to 48 hours. The wages have been cut below the minimum wage.

The Norfolk Co., West Medway, Mass., manufacture woolens. They have reduced the wages and increased the working hours to 48. Schuster & Hayward Co., Manchaug, Mass., have a waste mill. They operate 48 hours, and they are paying less than the minimum

wage.

The American Woolen Co., Webster, Mass., manufacture woolens. This mill is constantly increasing the work load. Not a month goes by but that some department is picked for an efficiency survey, and then the workers are forced to take an additional machine or two with a bonus of a few cents a week.

In the dye house, 5 men are now doing what 11 men previously did. Wages have been reduced, and the work load has been increased. The Salter Mills, Webster, Mass., manufacture rayon cloth. The work load has been doubled in some instances. Cloth previously woven on 8 looms by one weaver is now woven on 15.

The David N. Taft Co., Oxford, Mass., manufactures woolens. They do not observe the 40-hour week. Many workers are called on to work 48 and, many times, 54 hours.

The Cummings Manufacturing Co., Cummingsville, Mass., are manufacturers of woolens. They do not observe the 40-hour work week. They insist that employees must work anywhere from 48 to 60 hours, at times.