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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR F ran ces P e r k in s, S e c r e ta r y B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S Isador L ubin , C om m issioner + Monthly L abor R e v ie w https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Index to V olum e 46 Ja n u ary to Ju n e 1938 U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE W A S H IN G T O N s 1989 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR F rances P e r k in s, S e c reta ry B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S Isador L u b in , C om m issioner + Monthly Labor R e v ie w https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Volume 46 Ja n u a ry to Ju n e 1938 U N IT E D S T A T E S G O V E R N M E N T P R IN T IN G OFFICE W A SH IN G T O N : 1939 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Index to V olum e 46—Ja n u a ry to Ju n e 1938 N ote .—This is a Subject I n d e x . Names do not appear as main entries A ccid en t insurance, foreign countries: Page Netherlands. N et cost, in percentage of wages, by industry, 1932-34....................................... Feb. 435 Sweden, Compulsory, under law of 1916..................................................................................... Jan. 98 Switzerland. N et cost, in percentage of wages, by industry, 1932-34.................................... Feb. 435 Accident prevention: Fertilizer industry, 1936...................................................................................................................... Apr. 842-5 Motion-picture operator, safety standards fo r ...................................... ...................................... Jan. 115-31 Accident statistics. International comparisons, effort to standardize terms and categories . . Feb. 433-5 Accident statistics, United States: Employment decrease during depression, effect of, 1929-35...................................................... Mar. 579-94 Fertilizer industry, 1936....................................................................................................................... Apr. 831-42 Iron and steel industry. B y department, occupation, extent of disability, and cause, 1935-36.................................................................................................................................................. M ay 1153-66 Manufacturing. B y industries (30), 1935-36, BLS survey...................................................... Mar. 675-85 ----- Disability distribution, by industries (3 0 )............................................................................ Mar. 682-5 ----- Frequency rates, and extent of disability (29 industries), 1929 to 1935 (Kossoris).......... Mar. 579-94 Understatement of disabling injuries in depression years, estimate o f................................ Mar. 593-4 Accident statistics, foreign countries: France. B y industry, extent of disability, age and sex, 1935.................................................. M ay 1167-8 Netherlands and Switzerland. Insurance records com pared.._____ __________________ Feb. 435 Adult education. Workers’ Education Bureau (W PA) and Civilian Conservation Corps, activities...................... .............. ............ ........................... ..................................................................... Feb. 320 Age distribution: Seamen. Deep-sea vessels, American merchant marine, 1935....... ....................... ............. Feb. 351-4 Unemployed. November 1937 (from Unemployment C ensus).____ _________ Apr. 882-3; June 1458-9 U. S. Employment Service. Applicants to, and persons placed by, percentages, by race and sex________________________ ___ ________ _____________________ ____ Apr. 893-4; June 1458-9 ----- Registrants, by sex, percent of placement, type of placement, and occupation, 1937.. Jan. 3-15 Age factor and employment. ( S ee Older workers.) Aged persons, United States. 65 years and over, numerical and percentage distribution by means of support, year ending April 1937............................................................. ................. .......... June 1348-9 Agriculture, United States: Cotton Belt. Labor displacement through power farming, part 1—Northwest Texas, 1937; part 2—Southwestern Oklahoma and Mississippi D elta (T aylor).. Mar. 595-607: Apr. 852-67 Farming, part-time, in Southeast, extent of, and economic aspects..^................................... Mar. 641-5 Mechanization, effects on tenancy and labor. ( S ee u n d e r Mechanization.) Power farming. (S ee u n d er Mechanization.) Sugar-beet industry. Employment conditions, wages, and welfare of laborers, 1934-37 (Johnson)..._____ •____________________________ ________________________________ Feb. 332-40 ----- Laborers. Minimum-wage determination of AAA for 1937 crop after September 1.. Mar. 638 ----- Production. Minimum-wage determination by AAA, April 6, 1938............................. June 1419 Tenant farmers, displacement of, by mechanization, Cotton Belt—Northwest Texas; Southwestern Oklahoma and Mississippi D elta......................................... ......... Mar. 601-7; Apr. 852-65 Tractors. ( See u n d er Mechanization.) Agriculture, Netherlands. Collective agreements, rfeum§, January 1920 to June 1937.......... Apr. 897-9 Air-transport industry, United States: Mechanics and radio operators, collective agreements filed, 1936........ ................. ................. Mar. 702 Railway Labor Act provisions made effective, 1936.................................................................... Mar. 702 Alien labor. (S ee Employment of foreigners.) Alley Dwelling Authority, District of Columbia. Work of, report for year ended June 30, 1937............................................ .................................. - .............................- ................ ........................... Mar. 711-13 Americanization. Work of various Federal agencies....................................................................... Feb. 318 Apprentice Training, Federal Committee on (U. S. Government): Establishment by statute, 1937, as unit of Department of Labor.............................. ............ Jan. 100-1 Work of, and connection with Labor Department__________________ ________ ________ Feb. 31 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1527 1528 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Apprenticeship, United States: Company plans and number ot trainees, by industry, survey of, National Industrial ConF a s« ference B oard..____ ____________________________________ ________________ _______ Jan. 101-3 Federal Committee on Apprentice Training, program.............................................................. Jan. 100-1 Legislation, 1937, various States.............................. ..........- ........................................................... Jan. 148 Apprenticeship, foreign countries: Canada. Plans, types of, as of January 1937..................................... ....................... ................ Apr. 886-7 Sweden. Shipyard and metal workers, period of and minimum wage scale....................... June 1446 Automobiles and bodies; automobile parts and equipment. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938........ ..................... Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1208; June 1413 B eet-su gar industry. (S ee Agriculture: Sugar-beet industry.) Benefits and benefit funds. (See u n d er sp ecific ty p e of.) Boot and shoe industry. Labor turn-over, m onthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938------Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1208; June 1413 Brick, tile, and terra cotta industries. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938....................................................................... Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1208; June 1413 Budgets, cost-of-living: Beet-sugar workers, families of, study, 1935, by Children’s Bureau........ ............ ................. Feb. 338-9 Buying habits, change in, of population of Virginia (census returns, 1929, 1933, 1935)----Feb. 455-6 Electrical appliances and equipment, expenditures for, by families of workers, 1933-36 (42 cities)............................ ...................... ................ ....................- ............ - ------ ------------------- Feb. 447-54 Rents paid by lower-income families proportionately high, report of National Housing Committee____________________________________________________________________ Mar. 709-11 Woman workers, New York State, living costs, 1937 (M iller)............................................... Mar. 571-8 Building and loan associations: June 1366 Denmark. Mutual-credit and mortgage associations, practices of.................................... Great Britain. Financial status, 1937 compared with preceding years................................. June 1366-8 United States. Membership and resources, by States, 1936, failures and estimated losses, by year, 1920-36...... ........................... ........................................................... - ............ ....... Jan 107-9 Building-construction industry, United States: Jan. 252-4 Bureau of Labor Statistics’ method of securing data........... ................................................. Federal and State buildings, principal cities, value of contracts awarded, November 1937 to April 1938........ .............................. .........Jan. 246; Feb. 526; Mar. 784; Apr. 1013; M ay 1265; June 1489 Residential, volume of, 1920-37, urban and nonfarm areas......... ................................. Jan. 248-52, 254-6 Residential and other, estimated cost, and families provided for, years 1936 and 1937....... Feb. 525-6 Statistics of number and kind of buildings, estimated cost to January 1938, permit valua tion from February 1938, and families provided for, principal cities, November 1937 to April 1938.........................Jan. 243-6; Feb. 523-6; Mar. 782-4; Apr. 1009-13; M ay 1261-5; June 1485-9 Burial associations, cooperative. (S ee u n d er Cooperation.) Burial costs. Cooperative associations, status, 1936.......................................................................... Mar. 647-52 Business cycle. Industrial injuries, trend of, 1929-35 (K ossoris)..._______________________ Mar. 579-94 C en su s: Occupations, 1930. Gainful workers classified into social-economic groups, 1910, 1920, 1930........... ........................ ............................................................................................................. June 1391-3 Unemployment. Data compared with active file of U. S. Employment Service, Novem ber 1937 (Hollander and W ellem eyer).............................................................. ......................... June 1456-64 ----- National Census of, 1937, findings o f..____________________ _____________________ Feb. 355-62 ----- Percentage distribution, by age, sex, and color, November 1937 (partial employ ment, unemployment, and occupations)............................................................................ ....... June 1457-9 Central Statistical Board, U. S. Government. Activities, year ended June 30, 1937, sum mary of report..................... .............................................. .................................. ................................ Mar. 725-6 Chain stores, Great Britain. Collective agreement signed November 22,1937........ ................ . Mar. 705-6 Child labor and welfare, United States: Amendment to Federal Constitution ratified by Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, in 1937................ .......................................................................................................... Ja n .133 Legislation regulating hours of minors, 1937, various States............................................... . Jan. 135-6 State legislation, 1937............................. ............ .................................................................- ............. Jan. 133-4 Sugar-beet industry. Work under contract system and school attendance (1935 Chil dren’s Bureau study).................................. ......................... ..... .......... .............. ............ ............. Feb. 328-30 Children’s Bureau (Labor Department, U. S. Government). Creation of, functions, and activities.___ __________________________________________________ _______________ Feb. 302, 316-17 Cigar and cigarette industry. (S ee u n d er Tobacco industry.) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), U . S. Government: Eligibility standards and methods of enrolling..,........ .............................. ............ .................... Apr. 846-50 Enrollees, age, schooling, and other data.............................................................................- ......... Apr. 850-1 Permanency of, move toward.......... ....................................................................... - ....................... Apr. 851 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1529 Page Civilian Conservation Corps—Continued. Selecting 1,800,000 young men for (Persons)................................. ......................., ...................... Apr. 846-51 Feb. 388 Vocational training and general education furnished for enrollees, 1938___________ ____ Clothing industries: Cotton-garment and allied products. Contracts, IT. S. Government (barrack hags and bandoleers, men’s hats and caps), minimum-wage determination, January 1938............ M ay 1210 Cotton-garment production, shop management systems (Stone).. . __________________ June 1299-1320 Jackets, leather and sheep-lined and wool and wool-lined. Contracts, U. S. Government, minimum-wage determinations, April 1918........................ ........................... ................... ....... June 1418-19 Clothing industry, men’s. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938___ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Collective agreements, United States: Air-transport industry, 1936-............................................. ............................................................... Mar. 702 Hours of work provisions, 1937....................................................... ................................................. Feb. 341-8 Motortruck drivers, overtime and general agreements_______________________________ Mar. 748-51 Transit lines (electric-railway, motorbus, and taxicab employees), New York City. His tory, and status in 1937 ................................................................................................................ Mar. 686-93 Collective agreements, foreign countries: France. Following law of June 1936, concluded between September 7; 1936, and Decem ber 15,1937, by industry............................................................................ .................................... M ay 1148-9 Great Britain. Grocery stores, chain, November 22, 1937—............... ............................... .. Mar. 705-6 Netherlands. Agricultural workers, resume of, January 1920 to June 1937_____________ Apr. 897-9 ----- Footwear industry. Legalization, December 24, 1937, to be effective to June 30, 1938; provisions of agreement.................. ................ .............. ..................................................... M ay 1211-13 ----- (Rotterdam). Harbor workers, wages and working conditions, effective October 18, 1937........... ................ ........................................................................................................................... Mar. 756-7 Sweden. Shipbuilding trades, conditions under................. ..................... ............................... Jan. 98-9 ----- Newspaper printing, December 1, 1937............................. . . . .............................................. Mar. 706 Collective bargaining, United States: Legislation, 1937, various S ta tes........... ............................ .......................... ....... ........................Jan. 136-9 Promotion of by U. S. Labor Department, 1918 to 1938._______ _____________________ Feb. 309-10 Transit lines (electric-railway, motorbus, and taxicab employees) New York City. His tory, and status in 1937_________ ____ ________________ _________________ ________- Mar. 686-93 Collective bargaining, Germany. Replaced by labor regulations— ....................... ................ Jan. 95 Company unions: Characteristics of (Peterson and Senturia).............................. ........................... ...................... Apr. 821-30 Greyhound Lines, Inc., Pennsylvania and Pacific. N L R B order for withdrawal of recog nition upheld (U. S. Sup. C t.)---------- ------------ ------ --------- ------ --------- -------------------Apr. 904-7 Apr. 828-9 N . R. A. period, changes during............................................ ........................................................ Conciliation and arbitration: Canada (British Columbia). Act of 1937, provisions............. .................................................. Apr. 895-7 France. Procedure under collective agreements and in other cases, under law of March 4, 1938_______________ _______ _______________________________ ___________ ______ June 1352-6 United States. Department of Labor, work of, by States and industries, November 1937 to April 1938____________ _ Jan. 181-3; Feb. 445-6; Mar. 723-4; Apr. 928-9; M ay 1203-5; June 1408-10 Construction industry, United States: Federal funds, financed from. Value of contracts awarded and force-account work started, by Government agency, November 1937 to April 1938--------------------------------Jan. 246-7; Feb. 526-7; Mar. 785; Apr. 1013-14; M ay 1265-6; June 1489-90 State-financed public buildings and roads (highways), November 1937 to April 1938----Jan. 247; Feb. 527; Mar. 785; Apr. 1014- M ay 1266; June 1490 ( See a lso Building-construction industry.) Consumer purchases by families (32 American cities), 1934-36.................... ................................. Mar. 608-21 Consumption habits of the American people (B. L. S. studies), 1934-36................................. . Mar. 608-21 Contracts, U . S. Government, for equipment and material purchased. Minimum-wage determinations. (S ee Minimum wage.) Conventions, meetings, etc.: British Trades Union Congress, Norwich, September 6-10, 1937------- -------- -----------------Jan. 167-8 Canada Trades and Labor Congress, 1937, proceedings........ ................................................. Jan. 168-71 International Labor Conference, June 1938, program............................................................. Apr. 868-74 Labor Legislation, Southern Regional Conference on, N ew Orleans, February 1938, pro ceedings...........................................................................................................................- ................ Apr. 875-7 Convict camps, Georgia. Report of U. S. Prison Industries Reorganization Administration, 1937.............................................. ........................ ................................- ------------------------------------Jan. 163Cooperation, United States: Burial associations. Status in 1936 and history of (B. L. S. survey) — -------------- --------- Mar. 647-5 Credit unions. Number, membership, assets, and loans, status, 1936, by States.......... Apr. 878-8 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1530 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Page Cooperation, United States—Continued. ----- Legislation, 1937, various S ta te s........... ................................................................................... Jan. 149 ----- (Employees'). Membership and fiscal statistics of associations, by field of member ship, 1936 (B. L, S. survey)......................................... ..................................................................June 1357-61 M ay 1076 Distributive associations. Facilities operated b y .................................. .............. ...................... ----- Fiscal statistics, 1936............. ...................................................................................................... M ay 1079-84 ------ Membership statistics, 1936, and composition........................ M ay 1076-9 ----- Operations, 1936.............................................................................................................................. M ay 1068-84 ----- Sponsoring groups.......................................................................................................................... M ay 1072-4 Electricity-supply associations. Assisted by Rural Electrification Administration_____ Jan. 112-14 ----- Prior to Rural Electrification Administration program _______ ________________ _ Jan. 110-12 Retail societies. (See Cooperation: Distributive societies.) Telephone associations. History, extent, characteristics, types, and status, 1936 (Parker) _ Feb. 392-413 ----- Legal status, varying State regulations.................. Feb .404-5 ----- Practice, procedure, properties, and equipment (Parker).......... ................ . . .................... Feb. 406-9 — — Statistics of age, membership, subscribers, and finances, 1936 (Parker)_____ Feb. 398-404,409-13 Cost of living, United States: Consumption habits of American people (32 cities), 1934-36 (B. L. S. s tu d ie s )................. Mar. 608-21 Electrical appliances and equipment purchased by families of workers, 1933-36 (42 cities). Feb. 447-54 Indexes (1923-25 base). B y cities (32), and by items of expenditure, specified periods, 1913 to December 1937. .................................................................................................................... Mar. 730-7 ----- (1929=100). Food and general expenditures, by year 1927-36, by quarter 1937, com parison with foreign countries.............................................................. ...................................... Mar. 738-40 Percentage changes. B y cities (32) and by item of expenditure, specified periods, June 1920 to December 1937................................................. ................................................................ Mar. 727-30 Rent, average monthly, and percent of family income, nonrelief families, specified cities, 1935-36......................................................................................................... .............. .......................... Mar. 620-1 Retail sales, Virginia, 1929, 1933, and 1935, by kind of business_______ ____ ___________ Feb. 455-6 Working women, N ew York State, 1937 (Miller)......................................................................... Mar. 571-8 Cost of living, foreign countries: France. Increase, 1935 to 1937.......................................................................................................... June 1444 Great Britain. Workers and their families, survey begun October 1937 by M inistry of Labor, methods................... ............................................................................................................. Feb. 456-7 Indexes (1929=100). Food and general expenditures, by year 1927-36, by quarter 1937: Argentina (Buenos Aires) to September 1937; Australia to September 1937; Austria (Vienna); Belgium; Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) to March 1937; Bulgaria to September 1937; Canada to September 1937; Chile (Santiago) to September 1937; China (Shang hai); China (Peiping and Tientsin) to June 1937; Czechoslovakia (Prague) to Septem ber 1937; Danzig; Denmark to September 1937; Egypt (Cairo) to September 1937; Estonia (Tallinn) to September 1937; Finland to September 1937; France (Paris and other); Germany; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Greece; Hungary (Budapest); India (Bombay); India (Ahmedabad and Rangoon) to September 1937; Irish Free State; Italy to September 1937; Japan (Tokyo); Japan (other) to September 1937; Latvia (Riga) to September 1937; Lithuania to September 1937; Luxemburg; Netherlands (Amsterdam); Netherland India (Java and Madura) to September 1937; N ew Zealand to September 1937; Norway; Palestine; Peru (Lima); Poland (Warsaw); Portugal to September 1937; Rumania to 1935; Southern Rhodesia to September 1937; Spain (Madrid) to 1935; Sweden to September 1937; Switzerland; Turkey (Istanbul) to September 1937; Union of South Africa to September 1937; United Kingdom (see Great Britain and Northern Ireland); Yugoslavia (Belgrade) to September 1937; Yugoslavia (Croatia and Slavonia)................................................................................................... ............. Mar. 738-40 Costs. (See u n d e r sp e cific ty p e of.) Cotton belt, power farming and labor displacement. (See Agriculture.) Cotton-garment industry. (See u n d e r clothing industry.) Cotton-goods industry. Historical comparison, earnings as between August 1934 and April 1937.................................................... ................................................................... ..................................... Apr. 974-80 otton-textile manufacturing: Labor turn-over, m onthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938_______________ _________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1208; June 1413 Regional differences in wages, 1928-37, and trends of man-hours and employment, 1936-37 (Tolies)................................................................................................................................................. Jan. 36-47 redit unions. (See u n d e r Cooperation.) e a th by wrongful act, liability for. Legislation, 1937, various States....................................... ecisions of courts, United States: Company union. N L R B order for withdrawal of recognition upheld (U. S. Sup. C t.). . https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Jan. 148 Apr. 904-7 INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 19 3 8 ] 1531 Decisions of courts, United States—Continued. P age Fruit-packing company (Oakland, Calif., plant) engaged in limited amount of interstate and foreign commerce, N L R B order upheld by U. S. Supreme Court----------------------- M ay 1169-72 Kentucky. Federal child-labor amendment ratification declared invalid by State su Jan. 133 preme court, 1937.............................. ....................... ............. ................... .................. ................. Motortrucks and semitrailer motortrucks, size and weight regulation (South Carolina). Statute upheld by U. S. Supreme Court............... ................................- - - - - - .................... Apr. 910-12 National Labor Relations Board. Jurisdiction in case of company with limited inter state business upheld by U . S. Supreme Court (Oakland, Calif.)............... -.................... M ay 1169-72 Picketing to bring about closed-shop policy, held to be labor dispute (U. S. Sup. Ct.; reversal of lower-court decision)....................................... - ......................................................... Apr. 907-10 Picketing to compel employment of negroes, held a labor dispute by U . S. Supreme Court- M ay 1172-4 Unfair labor practices. Federal District Court held not authorized to enjoin N L R B Mar. 702-5 from holding hearings on charges against employers (U. S. Sup. C t.)—............................ Decisions of courts, Great Britain. Unemployment-insurance and health-insurance systems, M ay 1137 nonmanuai workers (artists) allowed protection, December 9, 1937.......... ..............- ......... Department of Labor, U . S. Government. (S ee u n d er Labor Department.) Domestic service, United States: J a n .134 Hours of work limited to 60 per week, Washington State------------------------------------------Mar. 653-5 Training courses, Philadelphia Institute on Household Occupations....... ............................. Domestic service, Germany. One year of housework obligatory for single young women M ay 1176 seeking employment in offices or trades.............................................. ................... ......................... E d u c a tio n , United States: CCC camps. Elementary and higher subjects, and cooperation with schools and col leges, 1938.........................................- ............................................................................................... Feb' ^ High-school enrollments, increase of, in depressions (1920-38).................................................. Jan. 103 Electrical appliances and equipment. Expenditures for, by families of workers, 1933-36 (42 cities)-------------- ----------------------------- - --------- ----------------------------- --------------------— Feb 44^ 4 Electrical machinery industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates. October 1937 to March 1938. Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1413 Employee elections. Held by National Labor Relations Board, 1936-37, results-------- -------- M ay 1144-7 Employer-employee relations: Profit-sharing plan of General Electric Co., summary of 1937 report---------------------------- M ay 1177-8 Report to employees of company’s operation------------------- - ......................... ......................... M ay H U -8 Employment agencies, United States: Governmental, State and Federal activities since 1890------------------------------------------ Feb. 301, 312-14 Indians, American, placement of, 1936-37---------------------------------------------------------------Feb. 363 Legislation, 1937, various States................... - --------------------------------------- -------------------JaD- 143 United States Employment Service. Active file compared with Unemployment Census of November 1937......................................... - .................................................................................. J“ ne 14rf ~ 64 ----- Activities, November 1937 to April 1938..............-.................................. ............................... Jan- 218 231 Feb. 491-6; Mar. 758-65; Apr. 983-9; M ay 1233-9; June 1448-55 ----- Applicants, percentage distribution of, by age, sex, and color, November 1937--------- June 1457-9 ----- Applicants, young and old, placement experience, January 1936 to June 1937............. Jan. 3-15 ----- Establishment of, and relation to State services........................................................ - ......... Feb. 312-14 ----- Reports of, used as measures of unemployment (Hollander and W ellemeyer)........... June 1456-64 Employment of foreigners: Germany. Number of alien workers, by industry, as of March 31,1936...... ....................... Mar. b45-b United States. Seamen, merchant marine, percentage of aliens, 1935................................... Feb. 350 Employment policies, Germany. Governmental regulation, 1934-38...................... .................. June 1393-5 Employment provided: . . . Man-hours of labor required for typical plumbing and heating supplies in dwellings, as June 1383-5 of 1935.......................... ................................................................— - ............ - ......................— P. W . A. construction, directly and indirectly, 1933-37---------------- ----------------- ----------Jan- 16-26 Employment statistics, United States: Agriculture. Farm labor, supply and demand, and number per farm. Specified dates, ^937_3g ................... ..................................................................... . Jan. 213; Mar. 755; June 1436 Ammunition and related products, by product, sex, and skill, October 1937......................... M ay 1222 Construction projects under U. S. agencies (PW A, RFC, Works Program, W PA , N Y A, CCC) and those financed from regular governmental appropriations, November 193/ to April 1938__________ - Jan. 228-30; Feb. 501-3; Mar. 770-2; Apr. 993-5; M ay 1243-5; June 1469-71 Federal emergency work, shown by National Unemployment Census, 1937--------- - - - — Feb. 360 Industrial and business, including pay rolls, by States, geographic divisions, and principal cities, October 1937 to March 1938... Jan. 239-41; Feb. 515-17; Apr, 1006-8; M ay 1254-6; June 1482-4 1 4 6 6 8 5 — 39------- 2 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1532 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Employment statistics, United States—Continued. Industrial and business (manufacturing, mining, public utilities, trade, service, and building construction), including pay rolls, hours, and earnings, October 1937 to April 1938-------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan. 224- 8, 231-41; Feb. 497-501, 503-17; Mar. 766-70, 773-81; Apr. 990-3, 996-1008; M ay 1240-3, 1245-56; June 1466-9 1471-84 Office workers, New York State, factories, October 1936 and 1937__________ _ Feb 482 Public-school graduates of 1935 (Philadelphia)___________________________ Feb 389-91 P. W. A. construction projects, 1933-37____________________________ Jan 16_26 Apr’ 8g3 4 Puerto Rico, by industry group and sex, 1935___________________________ Seamen, American merchant marine, and composition of force, 1935_______________ F eb. 349-54 Teachers, college and university, number of, by type of institution____________ ” ' Mar. 754 Employment statistics, foreign countries: Italy. By industry, June and last week of August 1937______________________ Feb 486-7 June 1395_6 Siam. Occupied workers, 1929, industrial distribution of_________ ______ ’ " ’ ” ' Envelope industry. Contracts, U. S. Government, minimum-wage determination Anril 1938___________ ’ y T Espionage, labor. Senate inquiry, summary of________ ______ _______ Mar 693-8 _ Feb 383—7 Extra-compensation plans. Profit-sharing and other plans, discussion of__ F am ilies, urban. Size of, and number of earners included, averages, specified cities 1935-36 distribution by family type------------------------------------------------------------------------’ _' Mar. 615 61g Fam ily allowances, foreign countries: France. M onthly rates, status, 1937 . , .... Italy. Law of June 17, 1937, coverage, contributions, and b e n e fits...________________ jan. 184-5 New Zealand. Operation, fiscal year ended March 31, 1937_______________ j an jg6 Farming, part-time; and power farming. (S ee u n d er Agriculture.) Federal Committee on Apprentice Training (U. S. Government). (S ee Apprentice Train ing, Federal Committee on.) Fertilizer industry. Accidents, causes and prevention, 1936 (Kossoris and Kjaer) Apr 831-45 Financial survey of urban housing, 1937. Summary of findings combined with those o7 real property inventory, 1934________________ ____ _________________________ Feb 414_17 Apr 942-4 Fireworks industry. Scope and characteristics, as of October 1937_______’ ’7 7 7 Foreigners, employment of. (S ee Employment of foreigners.) Foundries and machine shops. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938. Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1413 Furniture manufacturing industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938-------------------------------------------------------- Jan. 190; Peb 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1413 H and icraft trades, Germany. Independent workers, development, first 3 years of Nazi regime__ . . . ‘ . . „ , . . , ."T Apr. 888 Hardware industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938_______ Jan. 190; „ . . . . ^ „ Feb- 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1414 Hat and cap industry. Contracts, U. S. Government, auxiliary workers included by order, January 1938, under wage determination, July 1937,__________ _________ ___ ’ M av 1210- n Health and hygiene, United States: Housing standards. Minimum required, for physiological and psychological need s.. M ay 1150-2 ------ Needed to protect against contagion and accidents______________________ M ay 1152 Industrial policyholders, record for 1937 (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.) Mar 671-4 Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare. Report 1938 sum mary of _________________________________ June 1369-75 Legislation, 1937, varioujs States_______________________ Jan. 142 National program, need for (report of Technical Committee on MedicaVcare)^ June" 1369-75 Survey, National Health (U. S. Public Health Service, 1935-36), summary of preliminary w T rtfs; r Q A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M a r.e ej-n Work of U. S. Labor Department, 1913 to 1938____________________________ Feb 310-12 (S ee also Industrial diseases and poisons.) Health (or sickness) insurance, foreign countries: Denmark. Operation of system and résumé of history (statistics, 1934)______________ Feb. 364-70 France. Agricultural and forestry workers. Contributions, benefit, and regulations. 7 Mar. 629-30 Legislative provisions, contributions, benefits, operations, 1930-35______________ Mar 622-33 Miners. Legislative provisions, organization, and statistics, 1936_________ 7 7 7 7 Mar. 633-4 Rarlwaymen. Legislative provisions, organization, and statistics of cost in 1932 Mar 635-7 Seamen. Legislative provisions, coverage and administration___________________ Mar. 634-5 Great Britain. Nonmanual workers (artists), court decision as to status, December 1937. M ay 1137 Norway. Law of 1930 and amendments, provisions, and statistics of operation, 1931-36. M ay 1122-33 Poland. Coverage, contributions, medical services and statistics, 1928-36 j an 48-56 Sweden. Compulsory, under law of 1929; and voluntary, State-subsidized fu n d s.7.77 Jan’ 98,99 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1533 Page Health Service, Public (U. S. Government). Seamen, establishment of marine hospitals Feb. 300 in 1800, connection with Service------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hiring age, maximum, and employment. ( See Older workers.) Holidays: Feb. 346 Collective agreements, 1937, provisions----------------------------------------------------------- ------J a n .144 Legislation, 1937, various States---------------------------------------------------------------------------Jan. 207 Street-railway employees, union-agreement provisions, 1937 --------------------------------------(S ee also Sunday and holiday work.) Mar. 620 Home ownership, United States. Specified cities, percent of nonrelief families having, 1935-36. Jan. 148 Home work, industrial. Legislation, 1937, various States----------------------------------------------Hours of work, general Coal-mining industry. International Labor Conference, June 1938; preparatory con Apr. 871-2 ference, M ay 2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Feb. 341-8 Collective agreements, 1937, provisions of---------------------------------------------------------------International Labor Conference, June 1938, conventions to be subm itted--------------------- Apr. 869-71 Jan. 134-6 Legislation, 1937, various States----------------------------------------------------------------------------Men in private industry. Federal, State, and Territorial restrictions, as of January 1, Feb. 462-6 1938______________________________________________________________ ____________ Paraguay. Wage earners and salaried employees, 8-hour day, decree effective January Apr. 937-8 6, 1938.-------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Household facilities and equipment. Plumbing and heating fixtures, typical dwelling house, labor required to produce, as of 1935---------------------------------------------------------------------- June 1383-5 Household Occupations, Philadelphia Institute on. Establishment of, purpose of, and trainMar. 653-5 mg courses------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Housing, United States: Apartments for low-income families, experience of Lavanburg Foundation, New York ____________________________________________________________ Jan. 105-7 City Cities. Kinds of, condition, and financial status---------------------------------------- ---------Feb. 414-19 District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Authority, summary of report, year ended June 30, 1937__________________________________________________ ________________________ Mar- 711-13 Dwelling units built in urban and nonfarm areas, 1920-36 (Wickens and Foster)----------Jan. 254-6 Dwellings provided in urban areas, 1920-37-------------------------------------------------------- Jan- 248-52, 254-6 Federal legislation of 1938, provisions------------------------------------------------- -------------------Mar- 707-9 Minimum standards (preliminary report, American Public Health Association)----------- M ay 1150-2 Needs, concluded from investigation by National Housing Committee, report, 1937------- Mar. 709-11 Nonprofit project (Lavanburg Homes, New York), experience, 9 years-----------------------Jan. 105-7 PW A. Average monthly rates per room, by project, reported M ay 1, 1938------------------ June 1362-3 Sugar-beet workers, 1935 study by Children’s Bureau----------------------------------------------Feb' 338-9 Tax exemption, 11 States; preferred tax status, 2 States; on homes-----------------------------Jan. 104-5 Housing, foreign countries: Denmark. Government-aided and private construction, number of buildings, sizes of dwellings, and rentals charged, 1930-37---------------------------------------------------------------- June 1363-6 June 1366-8 Great Britain. Building societies, statistics by year, 1925-37------------------------------------Im m ig r a tio n . Effect of World War upon, and increasing interest in Americanization_ ... Feb. 317-18 Immigration and Naturalization, Bureau of (U. S. Government). Work of, as affected by changing policies and conditions------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feb. 317-18 ineome^ith &nd service> relation to (Study of Technical Committee on Medical Care).. June 1373-5 National. Total payments, and compensation of employees by industrial group, each month, January 1929 to December 1937------------------------------------------------- ------ -------- Apr- 939-41 Income, family, annual: Distribution by groups, 1929, 1933, and 1935----------------------------- ---------- -------------------ar' Median, sample relief and nonrelief families, specified cities, distribution by income ___ Mar. 614 groups, 1935-36---------------------------------------------------- ------- -----------------------Nonrelief, median, by occupational group, 1935-36 (specified cities)----------------------------- Mar. 617 is Related to illness— disabling, acute, chronic-----------------------------------------------------------Mar- 670 Indian (American) arts and crafts: Development of industries and proceeds, work of U. S. Indian Arts and Crafts B o a rd ... Mar. 655 8 Local projects initiated by U. S. Indian Arts and Crafts Board---------------------------------Mar. 656-8 Indians. Placement work of Indian Service employment offices, 1936-37....................- ......... Feb. 363 Industrial diseases and poisons, United States: Lead poisoning. Clinical data concerning workers subject to hazard, examinations made, 1936-38----------- ------------- --------------------------------------- ------ ------------- ---------------— “ ----- Statistics, 1936 and earlier years (Hoffman)------------ -------------------------------------- Feb- 420-7■430-3 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1534 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Industrial diseases and poisons, foreign countries: P age Silicosis. ILO survey of compensation legislation, sum m ary,__________________ ____ Apr. 913 18 Australia. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1926-36 (and by Feb. 429 Province, 1936)................................................................................................................................. ----- (Queensland). Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1926-36,.. Feb. 429-30 Canada. Lead-poisoning fatalities per million population, 1921-36___________________ Feb. 427 Germany. Lead poisoning, number of cases and fatalities, and percent compensated, 1926-34....______ ____________ _____________ ______________ ____________________ Feb. 430 ----- Silicosis, compensation for, under order of December 1936................................................ Apr. 917-18 Great Britain. Silicosis, compensation for under amended Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1925....................................................................................... ................................................... Apr. 915-17 ----- (England and W ales). Lead-poisoning fatalities, occupational and nonoccupational, per million population, 1911-36................................................. ............................................. Feb. 427 -—— (Scotland). Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1911-36-------Feb. 429 —— (United Kingdom). Lead-poisoning fatalities, by industrial group, 1934-36........ . Feb. 428 Irish Free State. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1923-35......... Feb. 429 Italy. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1928-35_______________ Feb. 429 Netherlands. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1921-34________ Feb. 429 New Zealand. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million of population, 1929-35_______ Feb. 430 South Africa, Union of. Silicosis, compensation for under law of 1925 and amendments. Apr. 914-15 Switzerland. Lead-poisoning fatalities, rate per million population, 1926-35___________ Feb. 429 Industrial disputes, United States: Picketing to compel employment of Negroes, held to be labor dispute by U. S. Supreme M ay 1172-4 Court.................... ............... ....................................................... .................................... ........... Picketing to bring about closed-shop policy, held to be labor dispute by U. S. Supreme Court (reversal of lower-court decision)........................................... ............ ........................... . Apr. 907-10 Railroads. Settlements, 1936-37, and operation of Federal mediation agencies_________ Mar. 698-702 Representation cases submitted to National Labor Relations Board, and elections held, 1936-37....___________ _____ _____________ ____ ____ _____________________________ M ay 1145-7 “ Sit-down” strike, use of, in 1937_______________ ______________ ___ _______ _______ _ M ay 1063-4 Strikes and lock-outs. Statistical analysis of, for year 1937....... .......... .............................. M ay 1186-1203 ----- Statistical analysis of, September 1937 to February 1938________________________ Jan. 173-81; Feb. 437-44; Mar. 715-22; Apr. 920-7; M ay 1179-86; June 1401-8 ----- Summary statistics showing trend, January 1936 to April 1938................. .................. . Jan. 172-3; Feb. 436-7; Mar. 714-15; Apr. 919-20; M ay 1188; June 1400-1 Strikes. Review of, 1791 to 1937 (Peterson)..................................... ............ ............................. M ay 1047-67 ---- - Statistics, 1881-1905; 1914-37......................................................... ............ ........................ M ay 1065-7 Industrial distribution, Siam. Occupied workers, 1929____ _____________ _______________ June 1395-6 Industrial relations, United States: Conciliation service of U. S. Labor Department, establishment and functions_________ Feb. 308-9 Mar. 693-8 Espionage upon labor. Senate inquiry, summary of...... ...................... ................................... Industrial relations, Germany. Regulations issued by National Socialist Government, 1933-37............... ............... ............... ................................................................... ............ ...................... Jan. 94-7 Injuries, industrial. ( See Accident statistics.) International Labor Organization. Establishment in accordance with provision of Versailles treaty.................................................................................. ............................................. ....................... Feb. 307-8 Iron and steel industry: Accident experience, 1935 and 1936.................................... .............................................................. M ay 1153-66 Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938__________________________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1414 Ja ck et industries. Leather and sheep-lined and wool and wool-lined. Contracts, U . S. Government, minimum-wage determinations, April 1938__________ _____________ ______ June 1418-19 Johns-Manville Corporation. Annual report of operations issued to employees, 1937............. . M ay 1147-8 K n it-g o o d s industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938______ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 932; M ay 1209; June 1414 Labor activity, Governmental: Federal and State, during a quarter century, 1913 to 1938 (Stew art)..---------- ---------------- Feb. 297-321 Organized labor, position of, regarding legislation creating Federal department________ Feb. 302-4 Quarter century of (1913-38), history (Stewart)--------------- ---------- ------------------------------ Feb. 297-321 Federal, set up to deal with emergency problems during World War, connection with Labor Department............................... ................ .......... .......................................... ................. . Feb. 306-7 abor and industrial conditions: Canada. Weekly hours, seasonality in employment, hiring, employer-employee relations, plant modernization, status, 1936 (study of 7,725 firms)............................................................ Apr. 884-7 Germany. Regulations under National Socialist Government-................................ ............. Jan. 97 Japan. Wartime policies proposed by employers........ .............................................................. Apr. 889-90 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 193 8 ] IN D E X TO V O L U M E 46 1535 Labor and industrial conditions—Continued. Netherlands. Legalization of collective agreement, footwear industry,, under law of P age October 1, 1937......................................................................................................... ............. .......... M ay 1211-13 Sweden. Shipbuilding trades, under collective agreement, and social-insurance system .. Jan. 98-9 United States. National Recovery Administration, influence of_________________ ___ M ay 1059-63 Labor contracts. Sugar-beet industry, contract system, 1937, study of....................................... Feb. 325-8 Labor costs. Mining coal, differences in, specified countries (summary of ILO study)_____ June 1386-90 Labor, Department of (U. S. Government). Establishment of, and first 25 years of work (Stewart).......... ................................ ................................. ................ - ........................... . ..................... Feb. 297-321 Labor departments, State. Beginnings of integrated State agencies (Massachusetts, 1869).-. Feb. 299 Labor displacement: Agriculture (Cotton Belt) through power farming. Northwest Texas, 1937; South western Oklahoma and Mississippi Delta (Taylor)______ ______ _____ Mar. 595-607; Apr. 852-65 Tobacco industry (cigars). Case study of effect upon one group thrown out through mechanization, summary....................................... ........................................... ............. ........... M ay 1120-21 ----- Through mechanization (study of, 1936)_______ ______________ ____________ _____ M ay 1112-21 Labor organizations, United States: Beet-sugar workers, 1934-37..................................— .............. .....................................................— Feb. 339-40 Company unions, characteristics of (Peterson and Senturia)_____________ ______ _____ Apr. 821-30 Transit lines (electric-railway, motorbus, and taxicab employees) N ew York City. History, and status of agreements, 1937------------ ------ ------------------------ ------------------- Mar. 686-93 Labor organizations, foreign countries: Jan. 168-71 Canada. Trades and labor congress, 1937, proceedings---------------------- ----------------------Great Britain. Membership statistics, by industry and sex, 1936____________________ Jan. 166-7 ----- “Program for continuance of prosperity,” suggested by president of Trades Union Congress.................................................. ...............................................— ............ ............. .......... Jan. 168 Labor regulation by Government, Germany. National Socialist regimentation of workers, 1934-38.................................................................... ...................... .......................— ............................... June 1393-5 Labor relations: Legislation, 1937, various States---------------------- --------- ----------- -------------------------------Jan. 136-9 State boards established in 1937...... ............ ................. ............ ..................................................... Jan. 136 Labor Relations Board, National. ( S ee National Labor Relations Board.) Labor requirements: Plumbing and heating supplies, production and distribution of, 1935 (Topkis)......... ....... June 1381-6 Textile industries, woolen and worsted mills, comparison, 1910 and 1936---- ------ ----------Jan. 58-93 Labor Standards, D ivision of (U. S. Government). Establishment, 1934, and objectives___ Feb. 304,311 Labor turn-over: Manufacturing industries, m onthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938________________ Jan. 187-90; Feb. 458-61; Mar. 741-4; Apr. 930-3; M ay 1206-9; June 1411-14 Petroleum refining, 62 plants, 1936 and 1937, and comparison with rates for all manu facturing______________________________________________________________________ June 1414-17 Slaughtering and meat-packing, 160 plants, 1938 and 1937, and comparison with rates for Apr. 933-6 all manufacturing.................................... .......................- .................................-.................... ....... Laws and legislation, United States, Federal and general: Air-transport industry made subject to provisions of Railway Labor Act, 1936.................. Mar. 702 Apprentices. 1937 State legislation, summary of.............................................. ....... .................. Jan. 148 —— Act (Public 308), establishing Federal Committee on Training in Department of Jan. 100-1 Labor, 1937..................................................................................... -.................................................. Beet-sugar industry. Jones-Costigan Act, 1934, Sugar Act, 1937, provisions, and opera tion under____________________________________________________________ Feb. 322-4, 328, 339-40 Blind, aid to. 1937 State legislation, summary of................................................... - ................ Jan. 147 Building projects, Federal. Prevailing-wage-rate act, 1931---------------------------------------Feb. 305 Child labor. 1937 State legislation, summary o f.............................................. ........................ Jan. 133-4 ----- Résumé of acts of 1916 and 1918................ ............... - ----------------------------- ---------------- Feb. 316-17 Credit unions. 1937 State legislation, summary of.................................................................... Jan. 149 Death by wrongful act. 1937 State legislation, summary of................................ ................... Jan. 148 Dependent children, aid to. 1937 State legislation, summary of............................................ Jan. 146-7 Discriminations. 1937 State legislation, summary of............................................................... Jan. 147-8 Employment agencies. 1937 State legislation, summary of------------------------------------- — Jan. 143 Employment, etc. preferences. 1937 State legislation, summary o f . .. .................................. Jan. 147 Health and safety. 1937 State legislation, summary of............................................................. Jan. 141-2 Holidays, legal, and Sunday labor. 1937 State legislation, summary of............................... Jan. 144-5 Homes exempted from taxation, 11 States; preferred tax status, 2 States----------------------Jan. 104-5 Home work, industrial. 1937 State legislation, summary of................. .................................... Jan. 148 Hoursoflabor. 1937 State legislation, summary of............... ......................................................... Jan. 134-6 ----- Men in private employments, Federal restrictions, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938................................................................................................................................... Feb- 465~6 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1536 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Laws and legislation, United States, Federal and general—Continued. Hours of labor. Men in private industry, State and Territorial restrictions, tabular Page analysis of provisions as of January 1,1938_____________________ , _____ _____ _______ Feb. 462-6 Housing. Act approved February 3,1938, amending act of 1934, provisions_____________ Mar. 707-9 Immigration restriction. Literacy Act, 1917, and quota law, 1924______ _____________ Feb. 317-18 Mar. 655-8 Indian arts and crafts, promotion of. Act of August 1935, and operation under, to 1937___ Interstate Commerce Commission. Erdman Act giving power to act with Commissioner of Labor in mediation of labor disputes__________________________________ ____ ___ Feb. 300 •-----First law giving regulatory authority over physical equipment and safety devices, 1893___________________________________________________________________________ Feb. 299 Labor Department, U. S. Government. Act creating, 1913________________________ __ Feb. 302-3 Labor departments, etc. 1937 State legislation, summary of____ _____________________ Jan. 142-3 Labor relations. 1937 State legislation, summary of__________________________________ Jan. 136-9 Minimum wage. Following investigations 1907-10, and to 1937, résumé________ ______ Feb. 315-16 Motion-picture-machine operators, safety regulations under State laws and city codes.-. Jan. 115-31 Old-age assistance. 1937 State legislation, summary of__________ ______________ ____ Jan. 145-6 —— State laws, number in effect, specified years 1915-37_____________________________ June 1350-1 Jan. 144 Prison labor. 1937 State legislation, summary of_________________________ ____ _____ Railroad terminals, removal of. 1937 State legislation, summary of____________ ______ Jan. 148 Safety and health. 1937 State legislation, summary of______________________________ Jan. 141-2 Jan. 145-7 Social security. 1937 State legislation, summary of________________ ____ ____________ Sugar Act of 1937. Determination by AAA as to minimum wage on 1937 beet crop after September 1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mar. 638 Sunday labor and legal holidays. 1937 State legislation, summary o f.____ ___________ Jan. 144-5 Jan. 146 Unemployment insurance (compensation). 1937 State legislation, summary of_________ —— Social Security Act provision, 1935_______________ _____________________________ Feb. 314 Vocational education. 1937 State legislation, summary of______ _____________________ Jan. 149 ----- Smith-Hughes Act (1917) and later laws________________________________________ Feb. 318-19 Wages. 1937 State legislation, summary of________________________________________ Jan. 139-41 Workmen’s compensation. Accident prevention, 1937 State legislation, summary of____ Jan. 160 — —Appeals, 1937 State legislation, summary of_____________________________________ Jan.160-1 ----- Attorney’s fees, 1937 State legislation, summary of__________________________________ Jan.161-2 ------ Average weekly wage, 1937 State legislation, summary of________________________ Jan. 156 ----- Benefits, 1937 State legislation, summary of__________________________ Jan.150-3 —— Claims—notice of injury, administration and settlement: 1937 State legislation, summ aryof-------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------Jan. 157-9 ----- Coverage, 1937 State legislation, summary of______________________________________ Jan.154-5 ----- Dependency, 1937 State legislation, summary of__________________________________ Jan. 161 —— Earliest State laws passed____________________________________________ _______ Feb. 301 ----- Extraterritoriality, 1937 State legislation, summary of___________________________ Jan. 156 —— Illegally employed minors, 1937 State legislation, summary of____________________ Jan. 161 ----- Inadequacy of State legislation in connection with claims settlement_______ June 1334-5, 1338-41 - — Insurance, 1937 State legislation, summary of________________________________ Jan. 159-60 ------Medical fees, etc., 1937 State legislation, summary of___________________ _________ Jan. 162 ----- Nonresident aliens, 1937 State legislation, summary of___________________________ Jan. 157 ------- Notice of injury, claims, 1937 State legislation, summary o f ______________________ Jan.157-8 ----- Occupational diseases, 1937 State legislation, summary of________________________ Jan. 149-50 ----- Second injuries, 1937 State legislation, summary of_________________________ Jan.156-7 - — Suits for damages, 1937 State legislation, summary of___________________________ Jan. 161 ----- Third-party liability, 1937 State legislation, summary o f _________________________ Jan. 157 ------ Waitipg time, 1937 State legislation, summary of________________________ Jan.155-6 Laws and legislation, United States, by States: Alabama. Tax exemption for homes______________________________________________ Jan. 104 Alaska. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Feb. 463 Arizona. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938_______________________________________ ____ ___________________ Feb. 463 Arkansas. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938___________________________ _____________________________________ Feb. 463 ----- Tax exemption for homes_____________________________________________________ Jan. 104 California. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938_______________________________________________________________ Feb. 463 Colorado. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938_______________________________________________________________ Feb. 464 ----- Pharmacists. Hours of labor limited, 1937____________________________________ Jan. 134 ----- Public printing by contractors subject to requirements by industrial commission, act of 1937__ __________ _____ ____________ _____________ ____________ ___ ________ Jan. 134 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 Laws and legislation, United States, by States—Continued. Connecticut. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1,1938----------------------------------------------- ------------------ 77---------------------------District of Columbia. Minimum-wage orders (retail trade), provisions of— - - ----------Florida. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938----------------------- -------------------------------------------- -------------7". " Georgia. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938----------------------------,------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tax exemption for homes--------------------------------------------------- ------------- -7................ Idaho. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Illinois. Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry----------------------- -------------Indiana. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938--------------------------------------------------------------------------------y 7 7 Iowa. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preferred tax status for homesteads------- ------ ------------------------ --------------7-----------Kansas. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of 1537 Page Feb. 4o4 Jan. 196 Feb. 464 Feb. 464 Jan. 104 Feb. 464 Jan. 196 Feb. 464 Feb. 464 Jan. 105 Feb. 464 January 1, 1938----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Minimum wage, 1915 law amended 1938, provisions------------------------------- - - ------------ June 1420-1 Jan. 147 __ _ public works, discrimination and intimidation account race or color prohibited, 1937Kentucky. Minimum wage, act of 1938, summary---------------------------------- 7- ------------ June 1420-2 Louisiana. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938 --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jan. 104 ----- Tax exemption for homes---------- ----------------------------------------------------- 77------ ----Maine. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938---------------------------------------------------------------------7----------- 7-7 ' Maryland. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938--------------------------------------------------------------- -------------7------------,'7‘ "~ Massachusetts. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions Feb. 464 as of January 1, 1938----------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ---------------Jan. 196-7 ----- Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry------------------- ----------- -------------Michigan. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 ' January 1, 1938--------------------------------------------------- -----------------7---------- 77 Minnesota. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jan. 104 ----- Tax exemption for homes-----------------------------------------------------7------------7-7---------Mississippi. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Jan. 104 ----- Tax exemption for homes---------------------------------------------------- _----------- 7-7----------Missouri. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938------ -------------------------------------------------------------- 7'; “ Montana. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------77 " Nebraska. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as 01 Feb. 464 January 1, 1938—----------------------------------------------------------------- 7- --------- 77 ' Nevada. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 464 January 1, 1938---------------------------------------------------------7--------------------------------------J a n .197 N ew Hampshire. Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry------------- —---------New Jersey. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of F e b .464 January 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jan. 198 ----- Minimum wage orders (laundries), provisions of---------------------- ----------- ------------New Mexico. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 465 January 1, 1938------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- 7~"7 New York. Condition of urban colored population, act J une 3,1937, creating temporary June 1376-80 State commision to investigate------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 7' ___ Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, Feb. 465 North Carolina. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------____ Hours of men, women and minors regulated, 1937----- ---------------------------- -------------North Dakota. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1,1938---------------------------------------------------------- 77 V V • ___ Labor and material men given preference in payment of bills and claims._- - - -----------Ohio. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------—— Minimum-wage orders, provisions of (hotels and restaurants)------------------------------ https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis F e b .465 Jan. 134 Feb. 465 Jan. 147 Feb. 465 J a n .198 1538 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Laws and legislation, United States, by States—Continued. Oklahoma. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of JanuPage ary 1, 1938..................................................................... ...................................................... .............. Feb. 465 ----- Tax exemption for homes............................. ............ ......................................... ....................... Jan. 104 Oregon. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938... ........................... ................................................................................... ............................ . Feb. 465 ----- Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry and sex................................................ Jan. 198-9 Jan. 134 Pennsylvania. 44-hour, SJ^-day week, and 8-hour day provided, 1937-................................ ----- Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1,1938. Feb. 465 Puerto Rico. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938....................................................... .................................................................. Feb. 465 Rhode Island. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 465 January 1, 1938.......................... .......................................................................... .......................... ------ Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry___ __________________________ Jan. 200 South Carolina. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938...................................................................................... ................ .............. . Feb. 465 ----- Motortrucks and semitrailer motortrucks, size and weight regulation, 1933 statute upheld, 1938, by U. S. Supreme Court.................................................................................... Apr. 910-12 South Dakota. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 465 January 1, 1938........................ ....................................................................................................... ----- Tax exemption for homes.......... ...................... ............. .......................................................... Jan. 104 Texas. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938....................................................................................................................................................... Feb. 465 ----- Tax exemption for homes............................................................................................................ Jan. 104-5 U tàh. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938...................................................................................................................................................... Feb. 465 ----- Minimum-wage orders, provisions of (retail trade)...................................................... ....... Jan. 200 Vermont. Tax exemption for homes by cities and towns, act of 1917_____ _____ ______ Jan. 104 Washington. Hours of domestic servants limited to 60 per week, 1937.............................. . r Jan. 134 ----- Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938.. . . . ...................................................................................................................................... Feb. 465 ----- Minimum-wage orders, provisions of, by industry______________ _____ _____ _____ Jan. 200 West Virginia. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938................................................................................................................................. Feb. 465 ----- Preferred tax status for homesteads........................................................................................ Jan. 105 Wisconsin. Hours of men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of Feb. 465 January 1, 1938................................................................................................................................ Wyoming. Hours of labor, men in private industry, tabular analysis of provisions as of January 1, 1938.................................................................................................... ................. ....... Feb. 465 ----- Tax exemption for homes_______ _____________ ____ _____________ ___ __________ Jan. 104 Laws and legislation, foreign countries: Argentina. Vacations with pay, provisions for........................................................................... Feb. 378-82 Brazil. Vacations with pay, provisions for................................................ ................... ............ Feb. 378-82 Canada (British Columbia) Conciliation and arbitration act, 1937, provisions.................... Apr. 895-7 ----- (Ontario). Workmen’s compensation, provision for administrative board.. June 1322-3, 1333-4 Chile. Vacations with pay, provisions for....................................................... .......................... Feb. 378-82 Colombia. Vacations with pay, provisions for......... ........................................................._....... Feb. 378-82 Cuba. Vacations with pay, provisions for................................................................................... Feb. 378-82 Denmark. Health (or sickness) insurance, laws of 1933, amended 1937, operation under.. Feb. 364-70 ----- Housing, communes authorized to grant tax exemption on new buildings, 1933............ June 1366 France. Conciliation and arbitration, act of March 4,1938..................................................... June 1352-6 ----- Social-insurance system (including maternity and sickness), laws of 1928, 1930, 1935, 1937, provisions, and operation under.............................................. ............... ......................... Mar. 622-37 Germany, Domestic service obligatory for single young women, ordinance of February 22, 1938........................... ................................................................. .................................................. M ay 1176 ----- Labor regulations resulting from acts of M ay 19, 1933, and January 20,1934................ Jan. 94-7 ----- Regimentation of workers, acts of M ay 15 1934, and subsequent dates.......................... June 1393-5 ----- Silicosis compensation, order of December 1936, operation under ............................... Apr. 917-18 Great Britain. Silicosis compensation statute of 1925, amended 1930, operation under... Apr. 915-17 ----- Trade Boards Acts, 1908 and 1918, provisions of and operation under_____________ _ M ay 1085-99 ----- Unemployment insurance, institutional domestic service (nonprofit), regulation of December 22, 1937.......................................................................................................................... . Mar. 637 Haiti. Vacations with pay, provisions for.................................................................................. Feb. 378-82 Italy. Family allowances, law of June 17, 1937, and decree of July 21, 1937, provisions.. Jan. 184-5 ----- Marriage loans, measure effective July 1, 1937..................... ................................ .............. Jan. 56-7 Mexico. Vacations with pay, provisions for............................................................................... Feb. 378-82 Netherlands. Legalization of collective agreements provided for, act effective October 1, 1937.................................................................................................................................................. M ay 1211-13 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 19 3 8 ] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1539 Laws and legislation, foreign countries—Continued. Norway. Health (or sickness; insurance, law of June 1930 and amendments, provisions Page and operation................................................................................................................................... M ay 1122-30 Panama. Vacations with pay, provisions for................................................ ............................. Peb. 378-82 Paraguay. 8-hour day and 48-hour week, decree effective January 6, 1938........................... Apr. 937-8 Peru. Vacations with pay, provisions for.......................................... ......................................... Feb. 378-82 Jan. 48-9 Poland. Health (sickness) insurance, act of 1920, amendment 1934....................... ... ........... Salvador. Vacations with pay, provisions for............................................................................. Feb. 378-82 South Africa, Union of. Silicosis compensation, statute of 1925 with amendments, pro visions of____ _______________ _____ ______ _____ _________ ______________________ Apr. 914-15 ----- Unemployment insurance, act of April 1937............................. . ................ ........................ Feb. 370-7 Sweden. Accident insurance, act of June 17,1916...................................................................... Jan. 98 —— Health (or sickness) insurance, act of June 14, 1929_____________ ________________ Jan. 98 Uruguay. Vacations with pay, provisions f o r .................. ...................................................... Feb. 378-82 Feb. 378-82 Venezuela. Vacations with pay, provisions for............................................... ......................... Legislation, Labor, Southern Regional Conference on. New Orleans, February 14-15,1938— Apr. 875-7 Loans. ( See Marriage loans.) Lumber industry, sawmills. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938.. Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 M a n a g e m e n t, employment: Executives over 40, efficiency of. Summary of employers’ views_____________________ Mar. 661-2 Report of company’s operations to its employees, Johns-Manville Corporation.............. M ay 1147-8 ( S ee also Older workers.) Management, industrial. Cotton-garment shops, straight-line system compared with bundle and progressive-bundle systems (Stone)...................................................................... ................. June 1299-1320 Maritime workers. ( S ee Seamen.) Marriage loans: Germany. Employed women, change in system October 1937............................ ................. Apr. 902-3 Italy. System provided for by law of July 1, 1937...................................................... ............ Jan. 56-7 Mass production. Tobacco industry (cigars), results of mechanization....... ............................... M ay 1120 Material costs. PW A construction projects (United States), 1933-37_____________________ Jan. 22-4 M aternity insurance and benefits, France. Legislative provisions, contributions, operations, 1930-35........................................................................................ .......................... ....................... Mar. 622-33, 635-37 Mechanization, United States: Depopulation of farming areas on account of_______________________________________ Mar. 599-607 Farms, Cotton Belt. Animal-power displacement, 1930 to 1935 (Northwest Texas)_____ Mar. 600-1 ----- Arizona and California, no labor displacement because new industry......... ............... . Apr. 865-6 ----- Labor displacement—Northwest Texas 1937; Southwestern Oklahoma and Missis sippi Delta (Taylor)_________ _______ ______________________ _________Mar. 595-607; Apr. 852-67 Tobacco industry. Cigar manufacturing, effects on production, employment, and wages_________________________________________________________________________ M ay 1100-20 Tractors. Cotton farms, effects on tenancy and labor, Northwest Texas and Oklahoma and Mississippi D e lta .------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------- Mar. 595-607; Apr. 853-67 ----- Oklahoma, increase in number, 1929-36____ ____________________________________ Apr. 852 ----- Purchased for use in United States, by year, 1922-36, compared with total farm equipment purchased------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------Apr. 865 ----- Wheat farms, Oklahoma, effect on tenancy......... ......................................... ............... ....... Apr. 853 Mediation and conciliation, Board of (U. S. Government). Establishment, 1913, and prior Government activities______________________________________________ ______________ Eeb. 300 Mediation Board, National. (S ee National Mediation Board.) Medical and hospital service, United States: Inadequacy of. Lower income and relief groups, survey, 1935-36.......................................— Mar. 671 ----- N eed for N ational Health program............................... ......................................................... J une 1369-75 Merchant marine. ( S ee Seamen.) Migrant workers. International Labor Conference June 1938, item of agenda-------------------Apr. 873 Migration. Drought and depression refugees entering Oregon, 1930-36; sources and routes, areas affected, and usual occupations of heads of households----------------------- ------ --------- Jan. 27-35 Minimum wage, United States: Agriculture. Sugar-beet production, determination by AAA, April 6,1938, under Sugar Act of 1937................................................................. - ....................................................................... June 1419 Basic standards used as criteria for determ inations...---------- ----------------- ------ — .........Jan. 201-4 Contracts, U . S. Government. Barrack bags, etc. and men’s hats, manufacture of, de terminations extending coverage to, January 1938............................................ ..................... M ay 1210-11 ----- Envelope, leather and sheep-lined jacket, and wool and wool-lined jacket industries, determinations, April 1938.------- ------- ---------------------------- ------------------------ ----------- June 1418-19 ----- Welt shoes, dimension granite, and handkerchiefs industries, determinations, De cember 1937............... ..........................................................................................—.........- ...........— Feb. 466-7 Legislation. Kansas and Kentucky, 1938------- -------------- ----------------- ----------------------- June 1420-2 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1540 M O NTHLY LABOR REVIEW [1938 M inimum wage, United States—Continued. P age Legislation 1937, various States— ....................... — ------------------ ------ -------------------- Jan. 139, 194-200 ----- State. Progress in 1937 (Stitt and Smith)_______________________________________ Jan. 194-200 Merchant marine. Prevailing wages made minimum requirement on subsidized ships,. Jan. 191-2 Orders adopted or mandatory in 1937, provisions of: District of Columbia, Illinois, Massa chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington____________________________________________________ _______ _______ Jan. 196-200 Sugar-beet workers. Agricultural Adjustment Administration determination for 1937 crop after September 1_________________________________________________________ . Mar. 638 Minimum wage, foreign countries: Great Britain. Trade-boards system, operation under laws of 1909 and 1918____________ M ay 1085-99 - — Trades covered by provisions of Trade Board Acts---------------------------------------------- M ay 1090-1 Netherlands. Footwear workers, by age, under legalized agreement of December 24, 1937,_________ ________________________ ____ ___ _____________ ___________ ______ M ay 1212 Mining industry, United States: Coal. Labor costs, relative, per ton of salable coal, compared with foreign countries, June 1390 1935-36________ _____ __________________________________________________________ Hours of labor. Legislation, 1937, Utah-----------------------------------------------------------------Jan. 136 Mining industry, foreign countries: Coal. Labor costs, relative, per ton of salable coal, 1935 and 1936: Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany (Ruhr), Germany (West Upper Silesia), Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Union of South Africa----------------------------------June 1390 ----- Output in metric tons, and indexes, byyear, 1927-35, Belgium and France; 1927-36, Czechoslovakia, Germany (Prussia), Netherlands (State mines), Poiand, United Kingdom------------------------------------ ------ ------------------------------------------------------ . ----- June 1386-7 Motion-picture operation. Hazards, and safety standards in construction and ventilation of projection rooms____________________________________________________________ Jan. 115-31 Motor vehicles: Hours of drivers. Legislation regulating, 1937. California, Indiana, Iowa, New York, Washington---------------------- --------------------- ------ ------------ ------ -----------------------------Jan. 136 Motortrucks and semitrailer motortrucks. Size and weight regulation (South Carolina) upheld by U. S. Supreme Court---------------------------------------------------------------------- Apr. 910-12 Motorbus employees, New York City. Collective agreements with employing companies, provisions, status, 1937______________________________ ____ ______________________ Mar. 691 N a tion al Health Survey (U. S. Government, 1935-36). Preliminary reports, summary o f,. National Labor Relations Board, U. S. Government: Activities 1936-37, and effect of 1937 Supreme Court decisions on number of eases submitted____________________________________________________________________ Limited interstate business decided as making company subject to Labor Relations Act (U. S. Sup. C t.)----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------Unfair labor practice charges against employers, hearings on, decision of U. S. Supreme Court----------------- ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------National Mediation Board (U. S. Government). Summary of report, fiscal year ended June 30, 1937--------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- --------------------------------National Railroad Adjustment Board (U. S. Government). Summary of report for fiscal year ended June 30, 1937________ ______ _______ _______ ____ _____________________ ________ National Recovery Administration (U. S. Government). Strike activity during, and in period following___ ______________ ____________________ ___________________________ National Unemployment Census, 1937 (U. S. Government). Report of Administrator, text of, with statistics.._____ ___________________ ____ ___________ ______ ________________ Naturalization. Applications for, increase in 1937 ___________________________ _____ ____ Negro workers: Handicaps in New York State report of State commission, summary_________________ Placements, U. S. Employment Service, percent of total, by region, sex, occupational group, and age group, April 1937______________________ ____ _____ ______ _________ U. S. Employment Service. Applicants, number, by region and sex: percent of total by region, sex. occupational group, and age group, April 1937__________________________ Negroes: Economic condition, New York State, report of State commission, summary___________ Families in 42 cities, expenditures for electrical appliances and equipment_____________ Night work. Extra compensation for, by continuous-operation and other companies (Na tional Industrial Conference Board stu d y )______________ _______________ ____________ O ccu p a tio n a l diseases. (S ee Industrial diseases and poisons.) Occupational distribution. Migrants into Oregon (heads of household, 1930-36)___________ Occupations: Employment status, follow-up study of Philadelphia public-school graduates of 1935_____ Social-economic classification, 1930 Census, by sex, 1910, 1920, 1930____ _______________ https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Mar. 664-71 M ay 1144-7 M ay 1169-72 . Mar. 702-5 Mar. 698-702 Mar. 698-702 M ay 1059-63 Feb. 355-62 Feb. 318 June 1376-80 Apr. 892-4 Apr. 891-4 June 1376-80 Feb. 447-54 Mar. 641 Jan. 32-3 Feb. 389-91 June 1391-3 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1541 Occupations—Continued. Textile industries (woolen and worsted m ills). Description of processes, 1936, and comP age parison with 1910________________________________________ _____________ ______ Jan. 64-93 Old-age assistance, United States: Federal Social Security and other forms, number of recipients, year ending April 1937..._ June 1349 Social-security program, Federal. Progress, 1936-37________________________________ June 1350-1 Old-age pensions and retirement, United States: Assistance to needy aged (Federal and State), progress, 1915 to 1937___________________ June 1350-1 Persons supported by various forms of, year ending April 1937.... .............. ........................... June 1349 Old-age pensions and retirement, foreign countries: Canada. Retirement ages prescribed, and pension plans, as of January 1 9 3 7 ............ . Apr. 886,887 Jan. 99 Sweden. Government provision for......................................:_________ _______ ______ ____ Older workers, United States: Discrimination against, in employment, causes for (New York State investigation)......... M ay 1138-43 Jan. 147 Legislation, 1937, Massachusetts_______ _____________________ ______ ______ ________ Men over 40 as executives, summary of employers’ views______________________ ______ Mar. 661-2 Placements by U. S. Employment Service, by age groups and sex, 1936 and first half of 1937_________ ______ _____ ______________________ ____________________ ____ _____ Jan. 3-15 Older workers, foreign countries: Canada. Maximum hiring age, by industries (928 firms), January 1937 (survey by N a tional Employment Commission)________________________________________ Mar. 662-3; Apr. 886 ----- Retirement age prescribed (1,442 firms), by age group, January 1937 (report of Na tional Employment Commission)_____________________________ _____ ____________ Apr. 886 Overtime: Collective agreements, 1937, provisions___________________ _____ ____________________ Feb. 345-6 Salaried employees. Findings of investigation by American Management Association.. Feb. 479-80 P e tr o le u m -r efin in g industry: Labor turn-over. Annual rates 1936 and 1937, and comparison with rates for all manu facturing___ _______ _____________________________________________ ____ _________ June 1414-17 ----- M onthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938_____________________________________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Picketing. (S ee u n d er Decisions of courts; Industrial disputes.) Placement work. ( See u n d er Employment agencies.) Plumbing and heating supplies. Labor requirements in production and distribution, as of 1935 (Topkis)_______________________________________________________________ ____ June 1381-8 Prices. Retail, wholesale. (S ee in verted titles.') Printing industry, Sweden. Newspaper. Collective agreement concluded December 1,1937.. Mar. 706 Prison Labor, United States: Georgia. County-camp system, report of U. S. Prison Industries Reorganization Admin istration, 1937...______ _____________ ____ ______________________________________ Jan. 163-5 Legislation, 1937, various States______________________________________ ____________ Jan. 144 Productivity of labor, United States: Cotton-garment industry. Straight-line system, effects of, output gains analyzed_____ June 1311-14 Mining, coal, bituminous, United States compared with 7 European countries________ June 1386-90 Plumbing and heating supplies, manufacturing and distribution, as of 1935 (Topkis)___ June 1381-6 Textile industries, woolen and worsted, 1910 and 1936 (Stern)------------------------------------Jan. 58-93 Tobacco industry, cigar manufacturing, effects of mechanization, study of, 1936 (E vans).. M ay 1100-20 Profit sharing, United States: General Electric Co. plan effective 1934, summary of annual report, 1937____ ____ _____ M ay 1177-8 Industrial employees. Findings of study by National Industrial Conference Board____ Feb. 383-7 Public Works Administration (U. S. Government). Construction projects, employment resulting from, 1933 to 1937_________________________________ ______________________ Jan. 16-26 R acial distribution. Negro (American) seamen, percentage of aboard 352 vessels, 1935___ Feb. 351 Radio and phonograph industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938____________________________________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Railroad Adjustment Board, National. (S ee National Railroad Adjustment Board.) Railroads, United States. Industrial disputes. Settlement through National Mediation Board and National Railroad Adjustment Board, 1936-37...___________________________ Mar. 698-702 Rayon industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938___________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Real property inventory, 1934. Summary of findings combined with those of financial survey of urban housing, 1937_____________________________ _______ __________________ Feb. 414-17 Rehabilitation, vocational: Expenditures, State, Federal, and local, year ended June 30, 1937_____________________ June 1399 State plans. Persons aided, number of, by year, 1929-37___________ _____ ___________ June 1398 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1542 M O NTHLY LABOR REVIEW Relief, United States: Oregon, drought and depression refugees, 1930-35-----------------------------------------------------Sugar-beet industry, 1935 study by Children’s Bureau........ . ............................................... Rents. PW A low-cost housing. Average monthly rates per room, by location and project, as of M ay 1, 1938............................... ................ .............. ............ ........................... ............................... Retail prices, United States: Coal. Revision by B. L. S. of method of collecting, classifying, and publishing_______ Coal, anthracite and bituminous. Rates, March 1938 and previous year, by city and grade______________________________________________________________________June ----- Rates, specified periods, 1929 to December 1937____________________________ ____ Cotton-textile clothing and furnishings, specified periods, 1935 to December 1937.............. Electricity. Changes, December 15,1937, from previous year, and to March 15, 1938___ [1938 P age Jan. 33-34 Feb. 337-8 June 1362-3 June 1498-9 1498, 1500-4 Mar. 796-8 Apr. 1022-3 Feb. 538; M ay 1274-6 ----- Rates and net monthly bill, by city (51), December 15, 1937..^------ --------------------Feb. 535-7 Food. Indexes, by commodity group, 51 cities combined by year 1929-37, and by month 1937. ......................................................... .............................. ................ ...................................... Mar. 793-5 ----- Indexes, yearly 1926-32, quarterly 1933-35, monthly 1936 to October 1937, compari Jan. 265 son with foreign countries-------- ----------------- ------ ------ --------- ------------------------------------- Individual commodities and groups, 51 cities combined, and percentage changes, specified cities, also indexes by commodity group and by city, November 1937 to April 1938, compared with previous year______ _______ _______________________ _________ Jan. 257-64; Feb. 528-35; Mar. 786-93; Apr. 1015-22; M ay 1267-74; June 1491-7 Gas. Changes December 15, 1937, from previous year and to March 15, 1938.. Feb. 543-5; M ay 1276-8 ----- Rates and net monthly bill, by city (50), December 15, 1937........ ............ ...................... Feb. 539-42 Retail prices, foreign countries: Food. Indexes, yearly 1926-32, quarterly 1933-35, monthly 1936 to October 1937, or month shown: Australia to August 1937; Austria (Vienna); Belgium; Bulgaria to July 1937; Canada; China (Shanghai); Czechoslovakia (Prague); Estonia (Tallinn); Fin land January 1936 to September 1937; France (Paris) to June 1937; Germany; Hungary (Budapest) to September 1937; India (Bombay) to June 1937; Ireland to August 1937; Italy (Milan) to September 1937; Netherlands (Amsterdam); N ew Zealand to August 1937; Norway to September 1937; Poland (Warsaw) to August 1937; South Africa to Jan. 264-7 September 1937; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom______________________ ____ Rubber-tire industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938________ Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Rural Electrification Administration. Projects approved, loans, etc., by type of organization, June 30, 1937_______ _____ _____ ___________________________________________________ Jan. 113-14 Rural electrification, United States. Cooperative associations, early organizations, and those under Rural Electrification Administration program--------------------------------------------------Jan. 110-14 S afety, Bureau of (U. S. Government). Establishment in 1914 and prior Government activities.......................... ................... ................................................................................................... Feb. 299-300 Safety: Legislation, 1937, various States__________ _______________ _________________ ________ Jan. 141-2 Mining industry. Government activities and establishment of U. S. Bureau of M in e s... Feb. 300 Motion-picture projection rooms, standards for construction, maintenance, and ventila Jan. 115-31 tion of____________________________________________ ____ ___________ ___________ Sawmills. (S ee u n d er Lumber industry.) Seamen, United States: Health services for, Government activities since 1800____ ____ ________ _______ _______ Feb. 300 Merchant marine. Labor force, composition of— _______________________ _____ _____ Feb. 349-54 ----- Subsidized ships, subsistence allowances when required to sleep ashore____________ Jan. 192 ----- Subsidized ships, vacation and holiday provisions______________ ________________ Jan. 192-3 ----- Vessels receiving operating-differential subsidy, minimum wages and working con d ition s...____________________ ____ __________ _____ ______ ______ __________ ____ Jan. 191-3 Seasonal employment, Canada. Yearly average, overtime, short time, and shut-downs (3,550 firms, 1934-36)__________ ______ ____________ ____ ___________________ _____ _________ Apr. 885 Shift systems, United States: Collective agreements, 1937, provisions_________________ _____ _____________________ Feb. 344-5 M ultiple. Continuous-operation and other plants, distribution of companies and employ ees, by industry (National Industrial Conference Board study)_____________ _______ Mar. 639-41 ----- D aily and weekly schedules, and extra compensation for night work________ _____ Mar. 640-1 Shorter working time, United States: 5-day week, collective agreements providing for, 1937__________ ____ _____ _______ ____ Feb. 343-4 40-hour week (or less), collective agreements providing for, 1937— ..................... ................ Feb. 341-2 horter working time, Paraguay. 8-hour day and 48-hour week, decree effective January 6, 1938............................. .............. .................................... ....................................................... .................. Apr. 937-8 ickness (or health) insurance. (See Health (or sickness) insurance.) https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1 938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1543 P age Sickness statistics. Frequency and severity, by age and by cause, 81 cities, 1935-36-,........... Mar. 668-9 Skill. Classification of workers according to, in census statistics, difficulties o f.......................... June 1392-3 Slaughtering and meat packing: Labor turn-over. Annual rates, 1936 and 1937, and comparison with rates for all manu facturing.................. ........................ ......................................................... ..................................... Apr. 933-6 ----- M onthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938.................... .................................................... Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 Slum clearance. (S ee Housing.) Social-economic groups. Occupations, 1930 census of, by sex, 1910, 1920, 1930________ _____ June 1391-3 Social security, United States: Legislation, 1937, various States....................................................................................................... Jan. 145-7 Old persons, economic status of, year ended April 15, 1937............................ ....... .................. M ay 1348-9 Social insurance, foreign countries: Jan. 48-9 Poland. Act of March 28, 1933, amendment October 24,1934.................................................. Sweden. Compulsory State systems and voluntary State-subsidized funds....................... Jan. 98-9 Spies. (S ee Espionage.) Standard of living. Negroes, New York State, report of State commission, summary______ June 1376-80 Statistical Board, Central (U. S. Government). Activities, year ended June 30, 1937, sum Mar. 725-6 mary of rep ort........................................................................ ................................................... ............ Stores, retail. Virginia. Affected by changes in buying habits.................................................... Feb. 455 Street-railway employees: New York City. Labor organization, and collective agreements, history, and status, 1937........................................................................................................................................................ Mar. 686-93 Overtime, holidays, vacations, and working conditions............ ............................................... Jan. 206-8 Straight-line system, cotton-garment factories. Comparison with bundle and progressivebundle systems............... ..........................................................................................................- .........June 1299-1320 Strikes and lock-outs. (S ee u n d er Industrial disputes.) Student aid, Youth Administration, National (U. S. Government). Allotments and student quotas, summary data, 1937-38...................................................................................................... M ay 1175 Sugar-beet industry, United States: Feb. 322-40 Employment conditions, welfare, and wages, 1934-37 (Johnson)............................................. Labor organizations formed, 1934-37.......... ..................................................................................... Feb. 339-40 Living conditions among workers. 1935 study by Children’s Bureau......... ........................... Feb. 338-9 Minimum-wage determination by Agricultural Adjustment Administration, April 1938. June 1419 Sunday and holiday work: Jan. 144-5 Legislation, 1937, various States.................................................... ............... .................. ............... Motortruck drivers. Agreement provisions, as of M ay 15, 1937........ .................................... Mar. 749 Jan. 104-5 T axation , United States. Exemption of homes, 13 States_______ ______ ________________ Taxicab industry, N ew York City. Collective agreements with 5 companies, status 1937— Mar. 691-3 Technological changes: Agriculture. (S e e u n d er Mechanization.) Textile industries (woolen and worsted mills), comparison between years 1910 and 1936.. Jan. 58-93 Telephone associations, cooperative. (S ee u n d er Cooperation.) Textile industries, United States. Woolens and worsteds. (S ee u n d er Woolen and worsted mills.) Tire (rubber) industry. (S ee Rubber-tire industry.) Tobacco industry: Cigar manufacturing. Effects of mechanization in, study of, 1936 (Evans)------------------ M ay 1100-20 Cigars and cigarettes. Labor turn-over, m onthly rates October 1937 to March 1938------Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 743; Apr. 932; M ay 1208; June 1413 Tractors and other farm equipment. (S ee Mechanization.) Trade-boards system, Great Britain. Development of and operation under laws of 1909 and 191g_________________ ____ _____ __________ ________________________________ ______ _ M ay 1085-99 Trade-unions. (S ee Labor organizations.) Training for employees, industrial-company plans. National Industrial Conference Board survey, review of findings of............ .............................................. - ........................... - ...........- ......... Jan. 101-3 Transportation. Bus and truck, maximum weekly hours, report of 1LO prepared for June 1938 Conference.................................................... - ............................................- ....................- ............ Vpr. 872 U n e m p lo y m e n t, United States: Census. (S ee Census: Unemployment.) Dependents, number of, reported for persons covered by Unemployment Census, N o vember 1937___________________________________________________________________ Duration of, applicants to U . S. Employment Service, July 1936 to March 1937, by race and sex_______________________________ ____ _________________________ __________ High-school and vocational-school graduates of 1935--........................... .......................... ......... National Census of, 1937, findings of................- ..................... - ..................- ................................. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Apr. 882-3 Apr. 894 Feb. 390-1 Feb. 355-62 1544 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Unemployment, United States—Continued. Older applicants for employment, causes for discrimination against (New York State Page investigation)----------------------------- ------ ---------- ------------------------------------------- -------- M ay 1x38-43 Apr. 883-4 Puerto Rico, by industry group and sex, 1935_______________ _______________________ Tobacco industry (cigars), workers displaced through mechanization, case study of one group, summary----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ ---------- M ay 1120-1 Unemployment, foreign countries: Canada. Youth, training projects planned by Dominion and Provincial Governments, 1937-38----------- ------ --------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Mar. 658-60 Great Britain. Counting persons not at work, change in method____________________ Jan. 242 Statistics, by year 1931-37, by month November 1936 to March 1938 or month shown: Australia to December 1937; Austria to February 1938; Belgium to January 1938; Canada to January 1938; Czechoslovakia; Danzig, Free City of, to February 1938; Denmark; Estonia; Finland to February 1938; France; Germany; Great Britain; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Hungary to January 1938; Irish Free State to February 1938; Italy to 1934; Japan to November 1937; Latvia to February 1938; Nether lands to February 1938; New Zealand to September 1937; Norway to December 1937; Poland; Rumania to October 1937; Sweden to February 1938; Switzerland to January 1938; Yugoslavia to January 1938-------------------------------------------------------- Feb. 517-22; M ay 1256- 60 Unemployment insurance, foreign countries: Great Britain. Domestic service, institutional, in establishments not operated for gain, included in coverage_________________ ____________ _____________________ ____ Mar. 637 ----- Fund, condition of, in 1937_______________ ___________________________________ M ay 1133-7 ----- Nonmanual workers (artists), court decision as to status, December 1937__________ M ay 1137 South Africa, Union of. Plan introduced under law of April 1937____________________ Feb. 370-7 U. S. Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare. Report 1938, sum mary of____ ____ ___________ _______ _________________________ _____________________ June 1369-7 V acation s with pay, United States: Feb. 347 Collective agreements 1937, provisions..................... ............................. ........................................ Motortruck drivers. Agreement provisions, as of M ay 15, 1937........... ................................. Mar. 751 Vacations with pay, foreign countries: Latin America. R 6sum6 of legislative provisions: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Feb. 378-82 Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Salvador, Uruguay, Venezuela____ __________ Sweden. Status under collective agreements, and Government plan for legislation_____ June 1346-7 Jan. 228; Veterans, war. Placement, by U. S. Employment Service, November 1937 to April 1938___ Feb. 496; Mar. 764-5; Apr. 989; M ay 1239; June 1455 Vital statistics. Death rates and causes, 1937 (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. records)— . Mar. 671-4 Vocational education, International Labor Conference, June 1938, item of agenda__________ Apr. 872-3 Vocational education, United States: CCC camps. Forms of instruction and equipment provided, 1938______ _____ _______ Feb. 388 Domestic service. Philadelphia Institute on Household Occupations, methods and ^objectives________ ____ _______ ____ _____ ____ _______ _______ ____ ____ ___________ Mar. 653_5 Employment status. Public-school graduates distributed according to kind of training (Philadelphia)--------------- ------------------------------------------------_--------- ----------- ----------- Feb. 389-91 Expenditures. State, Federal, and local, year ended June 30,1937___________________ June 1399 Indians, American. Instruction in various native arts and crafts, promoted by U. S. Indian Service------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mar. 656-7 Labor Department and cooperating agencies, activities_________________ _____________ Feb. 318-20 Legislation, 1937, various States..________ _________ ______ _______________ ____ ____ j an 149 State and Territorial plans, schools and classes under. Summary statistics, by year, 1929-37; general status, 1936-37___________________ _____ __________________ _______ j une 1397-9 Training of employees by industrial companies, survey of National Industrial Conference Board------------------------------------------ --------- ---------------------------------------------------------Jan. i 0i _3 Vocational education, foreign countries: Canada. Agricultural subjects, forestry, mining and industry, Government courses for unemployed youth___________ _____________ ______ ________ ____ ____________ Mar. 658-60 ----- Domestic service courses provided by Provincial governments_____ ____ __________ Mar. 660 ----- Dominion and Provincial programs for unemployed youth_________________ _____ Mar. 658-60 ----- Youth, previous to vocational training____________________________ ____ ________ Mar. 659 W age executions. Legislation, 1937, various States......................................................................... Jan. 140 Wage payment. Legislation, 1937, various States________ _______ _____ ______ ___ _____ j an. 139-40 Wages and hours, International Labor Conference. June 1938, convention proposed for mini mum standards for collection of statistics_____________________________________________ Apr. 873-4 Wages and hours, United States: Agriculture. Average rates, monthly and daily, with and without board, by geographic division, specified dates, 1936-38........ ............. ................................... Jan. 212-13; Mar. 754-5; June 1436-7 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 Wages and hours, United States—Continued. Ammunition and related products. October 1937, hourly rates by sex, skill, and occupa tion____________________ __________ ________ ________ ___ _______________ ________ Bakeries. Union members, M ay 15, 1937, compared with scales of M ay 15, 1936.............. Beet-sugar industry. Bates per acre, 1935, 1936, 1937_____ ____ . . . . . . _____________ . . . Cities (6). California, municipal-government monthly salaries, by occupation, as of June 1, 1937.................................................. ............................................................................ ........ Cotton-goods industry. Average hourly rates (including differentials b y region and type of mill and product), 1937, by sex and skill.............................................................................. — — Comparison of hourly earnings, 1934 and 1937 (by region and s e x ) .. .. ____________ Cotton picking. Rates per 100 pounds, 1937 and earlier years, by State............................. Cotton-textile manufacturing. Regional differences, 1928-37---------- --------- ----- 1.............. ----- Weekly hours and weekly rates, average, N ew England and 4 southern States, year ending July 1937........... ........................................................... ............... ................ ................. Farm labor, or farih workers. (See Wages and hours: Agriculture.) Fireworks industry. October 1937 (by sex, skill, and occupation)..:.................................... Libraries. College, university, and high-school. Salaries, annual, 1936-37.................... . ----- (U. S. and Canadian cities). M inimum and maximum annual rates, by occupation and size of city, November 1 9 3 7 . .. ; .. : . .. .. ........... . . . . . . —............ .................................... Motortruck drivers. Union scales, changes, M ay 1936 to M ay 1937----- ---------------------Needlework. Home workers in Puerto Rico, 1936.......... .......!-------------- -------------------. . . Office workers. Factories, October 1937 (New York State).............. .............................. . . . ----- Factories, weekly earnings, 1928-37, by industry (New York State)......................... —. ----- N ew York City, average rates weekly by occupation, and distribution by salary groups, M ay 1937-------------- --------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------Public-school graduates of 1935 (Philadelphia). Weekly rates.............................................. Public service. Municipalities, California (6). M onthly salaries by occupations as of June 1, 1937.......... .......................................................................................................................... ----- Public-school teachers, supervisors, and principals, average, by State, 1936................ Puerto Rico. Home workers (needlework), 1936......... .............................................................. ----- Industrial and agricultural, by kind of establishment and sex, 1936-37................ ....... ----- (San Juan). Office employees, average full-time weekly earnings, 1937......................... Sewing-machine operators, cotton-garment industry. Earnings, effect of straight-line system o n . . . . ..................... ..................................................................... ...........—...........-......... Sex differentials. B y industry, September 1937...--------------------------------------------------Soap industry. Hourly and weekly rates and weekly hours, January 1938, BLS sur vey.............................. ...................................................... ................................................... - ............. Street-railway employees. Union scales, 1937......................................... .................................... Sugar-beet industry. Rates per acre, 1935, 1936, 1937...................... .................. ........................ Teachers. Colleges and universities, median annual salaries, 1935-36..------------------------•----- Average, by race, 16 States, 1936----------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Percent of reduction, 1930-36, 14 States......................... ............... ............... ...................... ----- Public-school, average, urban and rural, by State, 1936................. l-------------------------Union scales. Bakery trades, M ay 15, 1937, compared with 1936------------------- ---------------- Motortruck drivers, changes, M ay 1936 to M ay 1937— ............. ............- - - - - - ............. Wages and hours, foreign countries: Belgium. Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year 1927-35.......... ..................... Bombay, Presidency of. Cotton-mill workers, daily rates, by occupation, July 1937----Canada. Agriculture, average monthly and annual rates, by Province and by sex, 1929, 1933, 1936, and 1937........................................................................................ ................................... ----- Indexes of rates, 1929, 1933, 1936, and 1937: Building trades, metal trades, printing trades, electric railways, steam railways, coal mining, factory labor—(common and other), logging and sawmilling........... ...................... ................... ....................... ................... ----- Librarians in Canadian and U. S. cities. Minimum and maximum annual rates, by occupation and size of city, November 1937.......................................................................... . ----- (Ottawa). Building trades, street railways, and printing trades, by occupation, 1936 and 1937....... ............................................................................................................................... ----- (Toronto). Building trades, street railways, and printing trades, by occupation, 1936 and 1937................................... ...............................................- .................................................. ----- (Vancouver). Building trades, street railways, and printing trades, by occupation, 1936 and 1937........... ................................................................................................- ........................ Czechoslovakia. Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year, 1927-36.................. ----- Workers covered by health (sickness) insurance, distribution by wage classes, D e cember 1937, and average daily rates by sex and by year, 1929-37................... ................ Denmark. Seamen, old and new monthly rates, agreement effective March 1, 1938-----France. Cities, October, 1935,1936, 1937, by occupation............................................................ ----- Dressmaking, weekly rates, by skill, 1935, 1936,1937--------------- ------ ------------ ------------- Metallurgical and machine industries, rates by skill, 1935,1936, 1937.............................. https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1545 Page M ay 1214-28 Feb. 468-78 Feb. 332-6 Mar. 752 Apr. 956-74 Apr 974-80 Mar. 755-6 Jan. 36-47 Jan. 45-47 Apr. 942-55 Apr. 980-1 June 1435 Mar. 745-52 Feb. 484-5 Feb. 480-2 Feb. 481 Jan. 213-15 Feb. 391 Mar. 752 June 1433-4 Feb. 484-5 Feb. 482-3 Jan. 216 June 1316-18 Apr. 900-2 June 1423-33 Jan. 205-12 Feb. 332-6 Mar. 753-4 June 1434 June 1434 June 1433-4 Feb. 468-78 Mar. 745-52 June 1388-9 June 1446-7 June 1439-40 June 1437 June 1435 June 1438-9 June 1438-9 June 1438-9 June 1388M ay 12M ay 123 June 1441June 144 June 144 1546 M O N TH LY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Wages and hours, foreign countries—Continued. P age France. Mining, coal, days worked and earnings, by year, 1930-37...................................... June 1443 ----- Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year, 1927-35.............................................. June 1388-9 ----- (Paris region). Metallurgical and machine-industry workers, by occupation, skill and sex, specified periods, 1914 to January 1938............................................................ ................. M ay 1230-31 Germany. Average hourly earnings, by skill and sex of workers, December 1937. Bitu minous-coalmining; lignite-coalmining; metal products; chemicals; building trades; pa per manufacture; paper products; printing; woodworking; pottery; textiles (worstedyarn, woolens, cotton, linen, silk, velvet, ribbon-weaving, lace- and curtain-weaving, knit goods); clothing: shoes; brewing; baking and confectionery; State railways; State postal service-........ ................... ..................... - ......................... . ..................... - ................ ........... M ay 1232 ----- Average hourly and weekly earnings, by skill and sex, 1936. Iron and steel; metal working; chemical; building materials, pottery, and glass; building trades; sawmills; woodworking and furniture manufacture; paper; paper-products; printing, books; lith ography and offset printing; textile; clothing; shoe; confectionery and bakery; brewing. Jan. 216-17 ----- Skilled and unskilled workers, by sex, January 1, 1933, to January 1,1937..................... Jan. 96-7 ----- (Prussia). Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year, 1927-36......................... June 1388-9 India (Bombay, Presidency of). Cotton-mill workers, daily rates, by occupation, July 1937........................................ .............................. ............................................................................. June 1446-7 Italy. B y industry, June 1937.......................... .................................... ............. ........................ Feb. 485-6 ----- (Florence, Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice). Hourly rates, by industry and occupation, January 1, 1937____ ______ ______ ______________ ______ _____________ ___ ______ _ Feb. 487-8 Japan. Agriculture, annual, seasonal, and daily rates, 1936___ ______ _______ _____ ___ June 1447 —— Raw-silk production, daily rates, by sex, 1936_____ _______ ___ __________________ June 1447 ----- Sericulture, annual, seasonal and daily rates, 1936............................. ................ ................ June 1447 Netherlands. Footwear industry, minimum hourly and weekly rates, by age, under legal ized agreement of December 24, 1937______________________ _______________ ______ _ M ay 1212 ----- Mining, coal (State mines), per shift and per metric ton, by year 1927-36........................ June 1388-9 ----- (Rotterdam). Harbor workers, agreement effective October 18, 1937, minimum weekly rates, by occupation........................................................................................................... Mar. 756-7 Norway. Seamen, increased rates , January 7,1938, by department and occupation___ Apr. 981-2 Poland (Upper Silesia). Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year, 1927-36......... June 1388-9 Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .). Low-paid workers’ rates increased, November 1,1937.............. Feb. 490 ----- Motorcar drivers and repair workers, 1937.................................................. ........................... Feb. 488-9 Sweden. Shipyard and metal workers, journeymen and apprentices, agreement effective January 1938...................................................................... ............................................................... June 1444-6 ----- (Goteburg). Shipbuilding trades........................................................................................... Jan. 98 United Kingdom. Mining, coal, per shift and per metric ton, by year, 1927-36................. June 1388-9 Wartime labor policies, Japan. National Confederation of Industrial Associations, recom mendation to Government-............... ................ .................................................................................. Apr. 889-90 Wholesale prices, United States: Classifications—raw materials, semimanufactured articles, and finished products— commodities included...................................................................... ............................................. Feb. 554-5 Indexes. B y year, 1926-37; by month, 1936, 1937, and January 1938; comparison with foreign countries................................................................................................................................ Apr. 1033 ----- Commodity groups and subgroups, changes in specifications, January 1938.. Apr. 1032; M ay 1286 Individual commodities and groups. Indexes, 1937 and former periods beginning 1926.. Feb. 546-56 -— -Indexes, weekly fluctuations, and monthly summaries, November 1937 to April 1938............................. Jan. 268-77; Feb. 546-58; Mar. 799-806; Apr. 1024-32; M ay 1279-86; June 1505-12 Wholesale prices, foreign countries: Indexes, yearly 1926-37; monthly, 1936 to January 1938, or month shown. Argentina to September 1937; Australia to September 1937; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria to December 1937; Canada; Chile to October 1937; China to June 1937; Czechoslovakia; Denmark to December 1937; Finland; France to October 1937; Germany; India; Italy from 1929; Japan; Netherlands to December 1937; N ew Zealand (revised) to November 1937; Nor way from 1928; Peru to December 1937; Poland from 1928; South Africa; Sweden; Swit zerland; United Kingdom from 1930; Yugoslavia_________ ________________________ Apr. 1032-5 Woman workers, United States: Earnings and hours compared with those of men, by industry, September 1937________ Apr. 900-2 Legislation, 1937, various States_____________________ ____ _______________________ _ Jan. 135-36 Living costs, N ew York State, 1937 (M ille r )............................................................ ................. Mar. 571-8 Woman workers, Germany. Increase in, in industry, by year, 1933 to 1936............................... Apr. 902-3 Women’s Bureau (Labor Department, U . S. Government). Creation of, functions, and cooperating agencies......................... ................................................ ................................................Feb. 302, 314-16 Woolen and worsted goods. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1937 to March 1938— Jan. 190; Feb. 461; Mar. 744; Apr. 933; M ay 1209; June 1414 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 6 1547 Woolen and worsted mills: P age Jan. 64-93 Manufacturing processes, description of (1936) and comparison with 1910.........._................ Mechanical changes (and labor requirements), 1910 to 1936 (Stern)........ ............................... Jan. 58-93 Workers’ education: Jan. 101-3 Company plans, survey by National Industrial Conference Board.......... ............................. Labor Department and other Federal agencies, activities..........................................._............. Feb. 318-20 Working conditions. ( S ee Labor and industrial conditions.) Workmen’s compensation, United States: Agreement system of claims settlement (Pennsylvania)............................................................ June 1329 Appeals to courts, study of procedure and effects on injured w orkers................................. June 1337-41 Claims settlement. Systems, various States, and comparison with Canadian systems (Dawson)......... ................ ................................ .... ................ ............................ ............................. June 1321-45 Contested cases. Handling of, under various State jurisdictions..___________________ June 1331-2 June 1330-1 Court administration of claims, inefficiency of_____ ____ _________________ __________ Direct-settlement system of settling claims (Wisconsin)...... ............ ....................................... June 1327-9 Growth through State and Federal activities since 1909.......... ............................ ....... ........... Feb. 301 Hearing system of settling claims (New Y o r k )..................................................................June 1324, 1329-30 Legislation. ( S ee Laws and legislation, U . S. Federal and general, and by States.) Occupational diseases. Legislation. ( S ee Laws and legislation, U. S. Federal and gen eral, and by States.) Older workers. Cost not greater than for young..................... ..................................... ............. M ay 1138 Workmen’s compensation, foreign countries: Canada. Claims-settlement systems, various provinces, compared with States of U. S. (Dawson)................... ................ ......................................................................................... June 1321-45 ----- (Ontario). Claims-settlement proced ure.................................... ............................ June 1325-6, 1333-4 World War. Labor Department, U. S. Government, activities of, during.............. ............. .. Feb. 305-6 Youth: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis National Administration, U . S. Government. Student aid, 1937-38___ ______________ Placement of young workers b y U . S. Employment Service, January 1936 to June 1937.. Selecting 1,800,000 young men for the CCC (Persons)......................................................... ....... o M ay 1175 Jan. 3-15 Apr. 846-51
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