The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. W. B. Wilson and the Department of Labor - Page 151by Roger Ward Babson - 1919 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
| Government publications - 1913 - 898 pages
...thereof, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ; • • • and the Department of Commerce and Labor shall hereafter...promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of tbe United States, to Improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency - Agricultural credit - 1913 - 316 pages
...laws the following wise provision is made, anticipating the necessity for such a coordinating bureau : The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to...advance their opportunities for profitable employment. ******* SEC. 10. That the Secretary of Labor shall investigate and report to Congress a plan of coordination... | |
| United States. Department of Commerce - 1913 - 220 pages
...said Bureau. > As the purpose of the Department of Labor, created by the act of March 4, 1913, is " to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the...and to advance their opportunities for profitable emSloyment," so much of this section as provides that it shall be the province and duty of lie Department... | |
| Labor laws and legislation - 1913 - 558 pages
...The duties of the new department are "to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage-earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions,...their opportunities for profitable employment". The secretary also has power to act as mediator in labor disputes and to appoint commissioners of conciliation... | |
| United States. Department of Labor - Employees - 1959 - 910 pages
...freedom. Conclusion The experience of the Labor Department during 1961 in meeting its statutory obligation to "foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States" gives every indication that we can look forward confidently to a further vigorous inprovement in our... | |
| United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee - 1914 - 306 pages
...laws the following wise provision is made, anticipating the necessity for such a coordinating bureau : The purpose of the Department of Labor shall be to...advance their opportunities for profitable employment. ******* SEC. 10. That the Secretary of Labor shall investigate and report to Congress a plan of coordination... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - Almanacs, American - 1914 - 1058 pages
...a Secretary of Labor, with a seat in the President's Cabinet. The duties of the new Department are "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the...their opportunities for profitable employment." The Secretary also has power to act as mediator in labor disputes and to appoint commissioners of conciliation... | |
| Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1914 - 794 pages
...OF. Organization. The Department of Labor was established bv act of Congress approved March 4, 1913, "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the...advance their opportunities for profitable employment.-" Three bureaus formerly incorporated in the Department of Commerce and Labor (see), the Bureaus of Labor,... | |
| Daniel Howard - United States - 1914 - 264 pages
...Congress. The Secretary of Labor works to "foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage-earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions...advance their opportunities for profitable employment." He does this mainly by securing and publishing information regarding the conditions under which laborers... | |
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