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Puerto Rico have exclusive over these that
minimum wage rates, it would appear unnecessary
It is to be anticipated that the
of Labor, its administration of
Act Board and and in the the workings Relations
of the National Labor
exhibit substantial and understandable reluctance will
Occupational Safety and Health Act,
SEPARATE VIEWS OF
abandoning in toto jurisdiction over these areas of its
to
S E N A T o J. BENNETT JOHNSTON
responsibility.
I concur in the decision of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee to
recognize the draft Compact as the consensus of the Group and to
present the draft Compact to the President and to the Governor of
Puerto Rico with the recommendation that it be introduced into
both Houses of Congress.
In my judgment, the draft Compact reflects an important step
forward in formulating a general approach to perfecting the
relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico. It
represents a proper statement of the principles upon which the
relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico should be
enacted into law. It provides for a maximum degree of self-govern-
ment, consistent with the essential interests of the United States.
It promotes efficiency in government by identifying the interests
of Puerto Rico and of the United States and tailoring the draft to
meet the needs of each. It provides permanent protection and
assurance for the economic interests of Puerto Rico. And it
eliminates some of the colonial language found in present law. It is
my hope that these principles and directions can be translated into
law.
I do not understand the draft to be final or definitive in the
sense that each word or phrase is sacred and should be defended in
the Congress against any amendment. To the contrary, the
document should be, and undoubtedly will be, perfected and
modified in language, style and, in some cases, concept.
There are a number of reasons why this is necessarily so. First,
the several Congressional members of the committee can neither
speak for, nor bind, their Congressional colleagues. Secondly, the
time constraints and geographic distances involved in committee
meetings made it necessarily impossible that each section of the
draft be evaluated and perfected in language and concept suf-
68
69
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