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_005197889	Haas, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1889-1953.	The wages and hours of American labor	1937		.txt	text/plain	7773	299	59	The first instruments to be used in reducing hours and increasing wages are explained in other pamphlets in this series. Manufacturers’ associations, national and state, suc- cessfully combated the enactment of laws whether de- signed to permit free unions among wage earners or to empower government to fix minimum wages and maxi- mum hours ; and individual corporations secured union- disrupting injunctions during strikes, and court deci- sions legalizing the “yellow dog” contract (cf.	cache/_005197889.txt	txt/_005197889.txt