[itsahoot]

I was born in 1938, my Dad was earning 50 cents a day sunup til sundown, chopping crossties for a railroad. The depression didn’t end until WWII for those who are not old enough to remember it.

[marktwain]

I was born in 1938, my Dad was earning 50 cents a day sunup til sundown, chopping crossties for a railroad. The depression didn’t end until WWII for those who are not old enough to remember it.

My father was making $1 a day as unskilled labor in the 1930's, picking rock out of fields in northern Wisconsin. The job included being fed at lunch.

The federal minimum was went into effect on Oct 24, 1938. I know farm workers were exempted. It was .25 dollars per hour.