Constitutionality of Bill Mandating a 30-Hour Work Week (April 03, 1933)

Senator Black presents his arguments during extensive floor debate on why his bill to address massive unemployment by mandating that companies engaged in interstate commerce limit employees’ hours of work in order to spread more employment to more people.

Congressional Record, Session 73- 1 (1933), 1113-1128. Public domain via the Internet Archive.


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