Wirtz
Troy Laundry Co. v. Wirtz
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Denman, J.
This is an appeal from an order and decree of the District Court that the Secretary-Treasurer of appellant corporation and F. R. Miller, its Vice President, and any person having control and custody of the books and records of the corporation, attend a hearing before the Enforcement Division of the Tenth Regional War Labor Board of the National War Labor Board at Los Angeles, California, on October 29, 1945, at 1:30 p. m., to testify as witnesses on behalf of the National War Labor Board in the matter of the Troy Laundry Company and produce at that time and place the books, papers, records and documents of the Troy Laundry Company mentioned in the order and'decree.
The War Labor Board was conducting an inquiry to determine whether the wages paid by appellant exceeded those established by the regulations of the President under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 as amended October 2, 1942, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix §§ 901, 961 et seq. to create in the President the power to stabilize wages.
Under that amendment the President was authorized and directed “in order to aid in the effective prosecution of the war * * * to issue a general order stabilizing prices, wages, and salaries,…