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Letter from J. Russell Wait to Wilson G. Saville regarding the 40-hour work week for the Port of Houston

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dc.contributor Wait, J. Russell
dc.date.accessioned 2011-03-22T21:34:01Z
dc.date.available 2011-03-22T21:34:01Z
dc.date.issued 1947-06-25
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1911/37685
dc.description 4 page typescript letter on Port of Houston letterhead, unsigned
dc.description.abstract Letter from J. Russell Wait to Wilson G. Saville, Chairman of the Harris County Navigation District, regarding the 40-hour work week for the Port of Houston. Wait indicates that instituting a 40-hour work week will increase payroll costs by at least 10 percent and impact weekend work schedules.
dc.format.medium documents
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Rice University
dc.rights The copyright holder for this material is either unknown or unable to be found. This material is being made available by Rice University for non-profit educational use under the Fair Use Section of US Copyright Law.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
dc.source J. Russell Wait Port of Houston Papers , MS 346, Box 13, folder 1, item 6, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
dc.subject.lcsh Shipping--Texas.
dc.title Letter from J. Russell Wait to Wilson G. Saville regarding the 40-hour work week for the Port of Houston
dc.type Text
dc.digitization.specifications Images were captured using the Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner, Epson Scan software. Master Tiff images were scanned at 24-bit color or 8bit grayscale, 400 ppi for text, 600 ppi for images and other graphic materials.
dc.contributor.funder This material digitized as part of the "History of Houston Waterways Project", 2010, funded by a grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
dc.date.digital 2010
dc.identifier.digital wrc00186
dc.identifier.citation (1947). "Letter from J. Russell Wait to Wilson G. Saville regarding the 40-hour work week for the Port of Houston."
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