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Mr* Walter Rouse: (oo - Mr* A. E. Stoddard Mr* Wm. Reinhardt Mr. R. M. Sutton) I am enclosing herewith Mr. Stoddard*s letter of April 12, 1951 to Mr. Reinhardt authorizing in­crease of 12^$ per hour in the rates of pay of employees of Water Department of the LYLflcWCo,, Las Vegas, Nevada, subject to compliance with the regulations of the Wage Stabilization Board. I am also enclosing a copy of Mr. Reinhardt * s letter of April 10, 1951 to Mr. Stoddard recom­mending this increase. I have advised Mr. Reinhardt that without prior authorization of the Wage Stabilization Board, he can put into effect under Regulation No. 6 increases in rates of pay for the office force, including a housekeeper and rooming house attendants, which cure listed under column headed **New Rates”: Base Wkly Wage New Wkly Wage Steno.Clerk #1 Steno.Clerk f2 Checker Housekeeper Rm.Hse .Attendants (2) Rate for 40 Hrs . Rates for 40 Hrs |1.466 # 58.64 #1.57 # 62.80 1.408 56.32 1.53 61.20 1.35 54.00 1.475 59.00 .78 31.20 .88 35.20 .75 60.00 .85 68.00 260.16 #286.20 26.02 |286.18 w rates is not in excess of 10$ over Allowable inol. 10$ Allowable total The average of these the average of the rates of pay in effect during the base period. I have excluded the increases of 2 an hour granted the house­keeper and rooming house attendants on January 25, 1950 in deter­mining base date rates of pay because I regard these increases as bOing purely merit increases. I am informed that the increases to the rooming house attendants were made to comply with the min­imum wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the increase to the housekeeper was made to maintain the supervisory differential. These increases were separate and apart from the __ general Increases whioh have from time to time been granted to all