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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 174. 1918. 963 The Board shall present to the conference all the infomation and E"**g,°¤·°°¤··*°b• evidence in its possession or control `relating to the subject of the mm ' inquiry by the conference, and shall cause to be brought before the conference any witnesses whose testimony the Board deems material. Sec. 11. That after completing) its consideration of and inq into the subject submitted to it y the Board, the conference slliill make and transmit to the Board a report containing its findings and recommendations on such subject, including recommendations as to standards of minimum wages for women workers in the occupation under inquiry and as to what wages are inadeqluate to supp y the necessary cost of living to women workers in suc occupation and to maintain them in health and to protect their morals. mm mm W In its recommendations on a question of w the conference (1) mmauaus. I D shall, where it appears that any substantial nuiigr of women workers in the occupation pnder inquiry are being paid by piece rates as distinguished from time rate, recommend minimum piece rates as well as minimum time rate and recommend such minimum piece rates as will, in its judgment, be adequate to supply the necessary costof living to women workers in such occupation of average ordinary ability and to maintain them in health and protect their morals; and (2) shall, when it appears proper or necessary, recommend suit; ,,,l;{,':f’ M °1* able minimum wages for earners and apprentices in such occupation and the maximum length of time any woman worker may be kept at such wages as a leamer or apprentice, which wages shall be less than the regular minimum wages recommended or the regular women workers in such occupation. Sec. 12. '1‘hat,_ upon recei t of any report from any conference, ‘*"“°"°‘B°“"· the Board shall consider andp review the mcommendations, and may approve or disapprove any or all of such recommendations, and may resubmit to the same conference, or a new conference, any subject . covered b£0any recommendations so disapproved. lf the ard approves any recommendlations contained in any ,,,§,“,f,’,l,Y;§,,§§’§$? °” report from any conference, It shall publish a notice, once a week, for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation printed in the District of Columbia, that it will, on_ a date and at a place named in the notice, hold a public hearing at which alllnpersons m favor of or opposed to such recommendations will be he . mm I u After such hearing the Board may, in its discretion, make and ren- ma. °r °°°`° ` der such an order as may be proper or necessary to adopt such recommendations and car? them into effect, requiring all employers in the occngoation affecte thereby to obmrve and comtplywit such order. uch order shall become effective sixty days a ter it is made. After such order becomes effective, and while it is effective, it shall h},’,"j,'f¤*d ¢¤¤°°¥¤¤· be unlawful for any employer to violate or disregard any of its terms or provisions, or to employ any woman worker m any occupation cogeiipd by such order at lower wages than are authorized or permitte therein. · The Board shall, as far as is practicable, mail a colpy of such order asi;°Z°°°" °°°" °' °" to every employer affected thereby; and every employer affected by any such order shall keep a copgufzhereof posted in a conspicuous place in each room in his establis ent in which women workem are employed. I I um Sec. 13. That for any occupation in which only a minimum time- ems¤,emQ°§a§°?;, rate wage has been established, the Board may issue to a woman whose earning capacity has been impaired by age or otherwise, a special  authorizing her employment at such wage less than such minimum time·rate wage as shall be fixed by the Board and statedm the license. D N mn un _Sec. 14. That the Board may at any time inquire into WQQGS of otminimlxm wiiigesiar minorsemployed in any occupation in the District of Columbia, and ““"‘°"‘ determine suitable wages for them. When the Board has made such