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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Fran ces Perk in s, S e cre ta ry B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S Isador Lubin, Commissioner + Monthly Labor Review https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Index to V olum e 47 Ju ly to December 1938 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis KALAMAZOOPURLIIî (IRBARV OCT 1 0 1939 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Fran ces Perk in s, S ecretary B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S Isador Lubin, Commissioner + Monthly Labor Review https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Volum e 47 Ju ly to December 1938 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1939 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Index to V olum e 47—Ju ly to December 1938 N ote .—T his is a subject in d ex . Names do not appear as main entries Page Accident prevention. Construction industry, causes of fatal and serious disabling accidents in 1936, with directions for avoidance of such injuries (Kossoris and Kjaer)............................. Aug. 337-40 Accident statistics: Construction industry. Building, highway, heavy and railroad construction, 1936 (Kossoris and Kjaer)........................................... ........ .................. .............. .....................- ......... Aug. 329-37 Injuries, 1936, by industry and severity (Kossoris and K jaer)........................... ..................... July 18-30 Adult education, Federal grants for. Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Educa tion.......................................................................... - .........—- .......................................... ......................... July 86,88-9 Age distribution. U. S. Employment Service registrants, 1937-38_____________ _____ ____ Oct. 907-15 Agricultural Adjustment A dministration, U. S. Government. Parity payments to producers of certain products, provided for by Work Relief Act of 1938----------------------------------------Aug. 348 Agriculture: Cooperative purchasing by farmers, summary statistics 1936, and trend 1930 and 1938... Oct. 804-5 Farm families, submarginal. Causes for smallness of incomes.............. ................ ................ Oct. 753-4 Sept. 533-5 Labor productivity in com growing, changes from 1909 to 1936............ ............ ..................... Labor supply and demand (percent of normal), specified dates, 1937-38........... ................... Sept. 621 Migratory labor, California. State-wide patterns and routes, mobility within Imperial ^ Valley and seasonal trends, 1934-35........................................- .....................- ------ ------------- Nov. 980-90 Mississippi cotton farmers’ adult children, occupations of....................... ................................ Oct. 754-7 Alien labor. (See Employment of foreigners.) Almshouses: Effect of Social Security program upon, status 1937----------------------- ------------- ------------- Sept. 518-24 States reporting reduction (16), no change (16), and increase (6), in number, since opera tion of Social Security Act------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ — Sept. 521-4 Tennessee. Policies, and care of the indigent, study of, 1937___________ ____ ____ ____ Sept. 518-21 Annual wage. Stabilization plans. (See under Employment, stabilization of.) Apprenticeship. Federal aid for promotion of training. Recommendations of Advisory July 86,8 Committee on Education----------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------------------------------------------Automobiles and bodies; automobile parts and equipment. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938................... ..............July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 142 B a n k s, labor. (See under Cooperation.) Barbers. Federal law providing for examination and licensing of and regulation of schools.. Sept. 564 Benefits and benefit funds: Argentina. Sickness. Mutual-aid societies—number of organizations, membership, requirements, and service........................................................................................................... Nov. 1014-17 Great Britain. Old-age pensions and retirement. Employers’ plans, by industry or service, end of 1936__________ ____________ ___________________ ______ ___________ Aug. 299-302 Boot and shoe industry: Agreements (20). United Shoe Workers of America with manufacturers, general analysis. Nov. 1001-8 Labor turn-over. Monthly rates, April to September 1938.................................................... July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Brick, tile, and terra-cotta industries. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938............ ......................................... ..........— July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Budgets, cost-of-living: Colombia (Bogota). Low-income families, survey, September 1936.......... ..........— ......... Sept. 539-42 Japan. Survey, 1936-37..------- ------ --------- --------------------- --------------------------- - ............ Oct. 837-8 United States. Family expenditures, changes in items and amounts since World War (Williams)..............................................................- ............................................. .................. ........... Nov. 967-79 Building-construction industry: Federal and State buildings, principal cities. Value of contracts awarded, May to OctoStatistics. Number and kind of buildings, permit valuation, and families provided for, principal cities, M ay to October 1938; comparisons of cumulative figures each month with previous year_____Ju ly 179-83; Aug. 429-33; Sept. 672-6; Oct. 934-8; Nov. 1187-91; Dec. 1430-2 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1469 1470 M ONTHLY LABOK REVIEW [1938 C em en t industry: Page Collective agreements (47). Analysis of provisions as of 1938______ _______ . __________ Oct. 785-91 Labor turn-over. Monthly rates, April to September 1938..................................................... July 105Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Census. Unemployment, 1937. Occupational distribution of registrants_________________ Aug. 322-6 Child labor and welfare: Pair Labor Standards Act, 1938, provisions of................................................................... ........... j uly 109-10 I. A. Q. L. 0 ., resolution concerning, September 1938............ ................................................ Oct. 766-7 Minimum age on ships. I. L. O. convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate, June 1938, provisions------ --------------- ---------------- ---------------------------- ------- ---------------- ------------ Aug. 285, 286 Cigar and cigarette industry. (See under Tobacco industry.) Civil Service Commission, U. S. Government. Laws concerning. (See under Laws and legis lation., U. S., Federal and general.) Civilian Conservation Corps, U. S. Government. Consolidation with National Youth Ad ministration recommended by Advisory Committee on Education_______________ ____ __ j u]y §g Clothing industry, men’s. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938.............. July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Collective agreements, United States: Cement industry. Analysis of provisions (47 contracts) as of 1938.......................... ............. Oct. 785-91 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, United. Since 1935, general pro visions (120 agreements)_____ _________________ ____ ______________________ _ Ju ly 67-77 Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, International Unions of, with mine operators and smelting and refining companies, provisions______________________ _____ ____ _____ _ Sept. 591-8 Negro workers, New York. Employment of white-collar workers, Coordinating Com mittee for Employment, and Uptown Chamber of Commerce, August 7, 1938________ Sept. 557-8 Seniority provisions. Principles and application (B. L. S. survey)...................................... Dec. 1250-60 Shoe Workers of America, United. General provisions of 20 agreements with manufac turers, as of 1938----------------------------------------- --------- ------ -------------------- ------------------ Nov_ 1001_8 Collective agreements, foreign countries: France. Law of June 24,1936, status of progress under_______ _______ _______ ________ Sept. 624-5 Oct. 720-1 Great Britain. Characteristics of, report of U. S. Commission, 1938..................................... ----- Industrial disputes, provisions concerning mode of settlement........................................ Ju ly 47 Netherlands. Number of contracts, enterprises, and workers involved, by specified years, 1911 to 1936, law authorizing legalization, 1937..................... .................................. Aug. 313, 318 New Zealand. Legalization of, under Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amend ment Act, 1936................. ..................... ................... ............... .................................... ....... Aug 293 Sweden. Report of U. S. Commission, 1938................................. .............................................. Oct. 723-7 Collective bargaining, United States: Cement industry. Status and provisions of agreements as of 1938....................................... Oct. 785-91 Cooperative associations, extent of, study, 1936 and 1937........................................................... Sept. 497-9 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, United. Since 1935, and general provisions of agreements--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------July 67-77 Mining (metal) industry. Development. 1867 to 1937.......................................... ..........Sept. 591-8 Collective bargaining, foreign countries: Great Britain. History, and summary of law, report by U. S. Commission, 1938............ Oct. 715-23 Sweden. Summary of status, report of U. S. Commission, 1938......................... .................... Oct. 724-7 Committee for Industrial Organization. Change of name to Congress of Industrial Organiz ations, and features of new structure......................................................... ...................................... Dee. 1326-30 Compulsory labor. Germany. State agencies empowered to assign to work or training, decree of June 22,1938......................................................................................... ...................... ’ gept 542-3 Conciliation and arbitration, United States: Department of Labor, work of, by States and industries. M ay to October 1938................ July 100-1; Aug. 358-60; Sept. 609-10; Oct. 849-51; Nov. 1053-4; Dec. 1342-3 ----- Summary for year ending June 30, 1938......... .......................... ........................................... Oct. 851-3 Railroad Emergency Board decision against wage reduction, October 29, 1938. Resume of situation and developments........................................... .......................................................... Nov. 1049-52 Conciliation and arbitration, foreign countries: Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, composition and func tions............... .............. ................ ....................................................... ......................... ................. Dec. 1290-2 France. High Court of Arbitration, act of March 4,1938, organization, functions, opera tion, and background................................ ................. ............................ .................................. n ov 10O8-H Great Britain. Machinery for, and summary of settlements effected 1924-36__________ July 46-51 New Zealand. Court of Arbitration. Historical summary from 1894 and effect of 1936 and later legislation................................... ...................................... ............................... Aug 290-3 ----- Procedure under law, since 1894................. ............................ .......................................... Aug. 289-95 Congress of Industrial Organizations. First constitutional convention of, Pittsburgh, No vember 14-19, 1938, proceedings, and list of officers (with union affiliations)..................... . Dec. 1326-30 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] IN D E X TO VO LU M E 47 1471 Construction industry: Page Accidents, causes and prevention of, and injury rates, 1936, by type of construction (Kossoris and K jaer).................................. ............................................... - ................ ................ ........... Aug. 329-40 Federal funds (financed from). Value of contracts awarded and force-account work started, by Government agency, May to October 1938....................................... ............. July 184; Aug. 434; Sept. 677; Oct. 939; Nov. 1192; Dec. 1433 State-financed public buildings and roads (highways), May to October 1938...................... July 184; Aug. 434; Sept. 677; Oct. 939; Nov. 1192; Dec. 1434 Contracts, U. S. Government, for equipment and material purchased. Minimum-wage de terminations. (See under Minimum wage.) Conventions, meetings, etc.: American Federation of Labor, 68th convention, Houston, Tex., October 1938.................. Nov. 1034-8 Congress of Industrial Organizations, first constitutional convention, Pittsburgh, Novem ber 14-19, 1938, proceedings. --------------------------------- ----------------- --------- ------------------ Dec. 1326-30 Governmental Labor Officials, International Association of Charleston, S. C., September 1938, proceedings, text of resolutions........... .......... ...................................................................... Oct. 764-8 Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, International Association of, Charleston, W. Va„ September 1938................................................................................... — ................ Nov. 1032-3 International Labor Conference, June 1938, results of, and personnel of American delega tion (Gambs).................. .......................... - .............. ................. ..................- ............................... Aug. 278-85 National Health Conference, Washington, July 1938, called by Federal Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities...................................................... Sept. 527-32 Cooperation: Associations as employers. Personnel policies, wage rates compared with rates in private industry, and hours of work....... ............ .................................................... .............. .................. Sept. 485-9$ Banks, labor. Condition as of June 30, 1938 (Princeton University)................................... Oct. 806 Consumers’. Development 1920 to 1936 and statistics............................................................. Aug. 223-39 ----- Growth from first instance in 1845, extent in 1936, and trends (Parker)____ ________ Aug 223-9 ----- Societies. Types of, membership and amount of business, 1936..................................... Aug. 228-9' ----- Summary for 1937.............................................................................. ....................................... Dec. 1312-25' Credit unions, State and Federal chartered. Operations, 1937, and number of members by States........ ................................................... ............................................................................... Oct. 801-4 Distributive associations. Membership and sales, percent of increase, specified periods. Aug.. 235 Dec. 1314 Education in. Development of facilities, 1937.................................. ........................................ Farmers’ purchasing activities. Summary statistics, 1936, and trend, 1930 and 1938____ Oct. 804-5 Federations. Wholesale and other, activities, 1937, survey of................................................. Dec. 1317-25 Geographical development of movement to 1936............................. .......................................... Aug. 229-31 Great Britain. Beginnings in Rochdale, 1844.............. ................ ............................................. Aug. 223-4 Labor organization. Cooperative Workers’ Union and general attitude toward unions.. Sept. 496-7 Medical-care associations. Progress of movement in 1937, and opposition encountered.. Dec. 1313-14 Minnesota. Income-tax law amended, 1937, to exempt only farmers’ cooperatives.......... Dec. 1314 Patronage refunds, 1936, petroleum and store associations.....................................................Aug. 232-3, 236 Petroleum associations. Indexes of sales, net earnings, and patronage refunds, 1920-36.. Aug. 236 Retail associations, statistics, 1936 and 1937, and description of activities__________ ____ Dec. 1315-17 Retail-store associations. Indexes, sales, net earnings, and patronage refunds, 1920-36... Aug. 236 Self-help activities of unemployed. Historical summary from 1931, geographic distribu tion, activities, government, membership, and financial statistics, 1936............................. July 1-17 Wholesale associations. List by name, type, location, and services, as of 1937................... Dec. 1319-21 ----- Membership and resources, business operations, and disposal of net earnings, 1937.. Dee. 1322-5 ----- Regional, interregional, and district, status of movement and statistics, 1936_______ Sept. 559-60 Workers’ productive associations. Geographic and industrial distribution, member ship, employment, wage, and operating statistics, B . L. S. survey of 1937.................... Nov. 991-1000 ----- Number of societies and members, total and average share capital, business, net earnings, and bonuses, 1925, 1929,1933, 1 9 3 6 ...__________ ____ _______ _____________ Nov. 1000 Corn growing, labor requirements. (See under Agriculture.) Cosmetologists. Federal law providing for examination and licensing of, and regulation of schools_______________________________ _____ _____________ ____ _____________________ Sept. 564 Cost of living, United States: Families of wage earners and lower-salaried clerical workers. Average actual expendi tures, 1934-36, compared with those of 1917-19, and with estimated cost in 1917-19 of items purchased latter period, by c ity ........................................................................................ Nov. 969-76 Families with incomes from $1,200 to $1,500. Average change (1 year) in resources, 1934-36 compared with 1917-19, by c ity ...................................................................................... Nov. 978 Indexes (1929=100). Food and general expenditures, by year 1927-37, by quarter 1937, and to September 1938, comparison with foreign countries.........................July 210; Oct. 836; Dee. 1357 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1472 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Cost of living, United States—Continued. Page Indexes (1923-25 base). B y cities (32), and by items of expenditure, specified periods 1913 to September 15, 1938............................................_................July 198-208; Oct. 826-33; Dec. 1347-54 ----- (1923-25 base). Method of construction described_____ _____ ____ ____ _____ _____ July 205-8 Percentage changes. B y cities (32) and by item of expenditure, specified periods, June 1920 to September 15, 1938------------------------------- ------------ -----------July 195- 8; Oct. 823-6; Dec. 1344-7 Nov. 1203 Philippines (Manila). Foodstuffs, retail prices by item, June 1937 and 1938....................... Cost of living, foreign countries: Colombia (Bogotá). Low-income families, survey, September 1936,.................................... Sept. 539-42 Indexes (1929=100). Food and general expenditures, by year 1927-37, by quarter March 1937 to September 1938 or date shown. Argentina (Buenos Aires) to June 1938; Aus tralia to June 1938; Austria (Vienna); Belgium; Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) to June 1937; Bulgaria; Burma (Rangoon); Canada; Chile (Santiago); China (Peiping and Tientsin) to June 1937, (Shanghai); Colombia (Bogotá) to June 1938; Costa Rica (San José); Czechoslovakia (Prague); Danzig; Denmark to June 1938; Egypt (Cairo); Estonia (Tallinn); Finland to June 1938; France (Parisand other) to June 1938; Germany; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Greece to June 1938; Hungary (Budapest); India (Bombay) from 1933, (Ahmedabad) to June 1938; Indo-China (Saigon) to June 1938; Iran to June 1938; Ireland; Italy to June 1938; Japan (Tokyo); Japan (other) to June 1938; Latvia (Riga); Lithuania; Luxemburg; Netherlands (Amsterdam); Netherland India (Java and Matura) to June 1938, (Batavia); New Zealand; Norway; Palestine; Peru (Lima); Poland (Warsaw); Portugal to June 1938; Punjab (Lahore) to March 1938; Rumania (Bucharest); Southern Rhodesia to June 1938; Spain (Madrid) to 1935; Sweden to June 1938; Switzerland; Turkey (Istanbul) to March 1938; Union of South Africa; Yugoslavia (Belgrade) to March 1938 (Croatia and Slavonia)______________ July 208-10; Oct. 833-6; Dec. 1354-7 Japan. Family-budget survey, 1936-37.......... ..................... ............................ .............. .............’ Oct. 837-8 ----- Price control. Central and local committees to regulate, ordinance of April 1938... Sept. 689-90 Sweden. Indexes (1913=100), in comparison with wages, 1934, 1935, and 1936.................... Nov. 1142-4 Cotton-textile manufacturing: Competitive character of industry, and consumption of goods.................................... Dec. 1239-40,1241-2 Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938................................................. ....... July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Profits, labor costs, and mill margins____________________ _____ _____________________ Dec. 1240-1 Wage structure. Summary of results of B . L. S. investigations, August 1938 (HinrichsL Dec. 1239-49 Court decisions. (.See Decisions of courts.) Credit unions. (See under Cooperation.) Decisions of courts: Barbers’ “ oral-lease” agreements held to be contracts within meaning of unemploymentcompensation act (Wash. Sup. Ct.)_.......... ............................. ............................... ................... Dec. 1309-10 Cooperation. “ Farm supplies” ruled not to cover general-store items (Va. Sup. Ct.).__ Dec. 1314 8-hour-day law for retail employees, certain cities, held constitutional (Mont. Sup. Ct.)__ July 114-16 44-hour-week law for certain male employees, 1937, held unconstitutional, 1938 (Pa. Sup. C t-).........- -------------------- --------- - .....................................- ............................. .......................... Sept. 548-51 Medical and hospitalization service, nonprofit group held not engaged in illegal practice of medicine (U. S. Dist. Court for D. C .)........................................ ............................. ............. Oct. 820 Minimum wage. Weekly rate for hotel waitresses employed 3L hours daily, upheld (Wash. Sup. C t.).......................................................................................... ................... ................ Dec. 1309 Mushroom culture held subject to provisions of unemployment-compensation law (Colo. Dec. 1310 Sup. C t.)-------------------------------- ---------------------------------- -------------------- ------ ----------N L R B order for reinstatement of strikers. Radio and telegraph company workers. Ruling upheld (U. S. Sup. C t .) . .. ......................... ................. .................................................. j uly §2-5 ----- (Sit-down.) Ruling held to have been without authority (U. S. Cir. Ct. of Appeals for 7th C ir.)------ --------------------------------- ---------------- ---------- ------------- -------------------Oct. 817_18 -— • (Violating nonstrike agreement.) Ruling held not enforceable (U. S. Cir. Ct. of Appeals for 7th Cir.)....................................... ....................__.................. _................ ....... ........... Oct. 817 Picketing to compel Sunday closing of store upheld (Calif. 4th Dist. Ct. of Appeal).......... Oct. 816-17 Reinstatement of striking employees. (See Decisions of courts: N L R B orders.) Striking employees, reinstatement of. (See Decisions of courts: N L R B orders.) Wage payment at specified times, summary.................................. ....................... ............. Dec. 1298-1302 Workmen’s compensation. Employment contracts substituting other method for, held invalid (Sup. Ct. of N. M ex.)........................................... ................ ................................ ......... Oct. 818 ----- Heatstroke causing death held to be accident within meaning of act (Minn. Sup. C t.). Oct. 819 ----- Injury received while temporarily in State held compensable by State in which injury occurred (Calif. Sup. Ct.)_........................................... ............ ................................ ....... Oct. 818-19 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 7 1473 Decisions of courts—Continued. Workmen’s compensation. Provision for State to be beneficiary, when employee accidentally killed leaves no dependents, upheld (Idaho Sup. C t.)-------------------------- Dec. 1310-11 Domestic service. Cuba. Rest periods to be granted, under decree of October 15, 1938------ Dec. 1286-7 E a rn in g s. (See Wages and hours.) Economic conditions. Southern United States. Why resources fail to meet needs (Re sume of National Emergency Council report, 1938)............................. .........................................Oct- 751-2 Economic planning. Soviet Union (TJ. S. S. R .). Coordination of efforts to increase industrial production and labor efficiency.-------------- -------------- ------------------------ ---------- —---------Oct. 741-2 Education: Advisory Committee on (U. S. Government). Recommendations in report, February ®6-9 1938, summary of............................................................... ................- ------ -------------------------California (Imperial County). Children in migratory families, Mexican and nonMexican, enrollment by months, 1929-30 to 1934-35-------------------------------------------- Nov. 985-90 Cooperation, training in. Development and status, 1937--------------- --------- ----- -------- —Dec. 1314 Mississippi. Cotton-farming group, lack of opportunities for--------- --------------------------Oct. 756-7 Southern United States. Problem, related to resources--------------- ------ ------------------ — Oct. 75k Work history of former high-school students, Rochester, N. Y ., survey 1936-------------------Sept. 536-8Electrical and equipment industry. Union organization and collective bargaining since N. I. R. A. (1933)........................................................... ............................... ............ .............. .............. July 67_77' Electrical-machinery industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938----July 105;; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov, 1149; Dec, 1422.' Employee elections: Held by National Labor Relations Board, October 1935 to December 1937 (Marks and Bartlett)....................................................... . . .............................. ....................... ......................... July 31-8 Number held, by industry, period October 1935 to December 1937....... .............. ...................... July 38 Employer-employee relations. (See Profit sharing.) Employers’ associations, Sweden. Report of U. S. Commission, 1938_____ _____ __________ Oct. 723-7 Employment agencies, United States: National Youth Administration, U. S. Government. Placements in cooperation with public services in 76 cities, of 31 States, July 1, 1936, to January 1, 1938---------------------Ju ly 64-6 U. S. Employment Service. Active file of applicants influenced by unemployment and unemployment compensation, 1936-38____ ______ _________________________________ Ju ly 160-3 ----- Active file of applicants, movement parallel to movement of unemployment, employ ment and industrial-production indexes, 1934-38___________________________________ Ju ly 156-60 ----- Activities, May to October 1938------------------------ -------- -------------------- -------- --------July 150-5; Aug. 401-7; Sept. 649-54; Oct. 900-6; Nov. 1151-6; Dec. 1424-9 ----- Reports of, used as measures of unemployment (Hollander and Vinogradoff)________ July 156-63 ------Unemployed registrants, year ending June 1938, numerical, industrial, occupational, and age distribution________________________ . ________ ______ ____________________ Oct. 907-15 ----- Wagner-Peyser Act, 1933, amended to permit larger appropriation to National system, Sept. 561-2 1938______________ ________________________ - _______ ________ _____ _____________ Employment agencies. China. War-emergency placement work, various organizations____ Nov. 1019-20 Employment of foreigners. Aliens illegally in the United States and aliens not preparing to become citizens, restrictions concerning, in Federal Work Relief Act, 1938............................... Aug. 346 Employment, stabilization of: Annual wage or guaranteed employment. Plans of 3 companies (Procter & Gamble, Nunn-Bush, and Geo. A. Hormel & Co.)......................... ......................................................... July 52-9 Meat-packing industry (George A. Hormel & Co.). Straight-time guaranteed employ ment, description of plan_____ ______________________________________ ____ _______ Ju ly 56-9 Shoes (men’s), manufacture of (Nunn-Bush Shoe Co.). Yearly salary, guaranty of, description of p l a n . _________ _____ ____________ ____ ___________ _______ _______ July 54-6 Soap manufacturing (Procter & Gamble). Guaranty of regular employment, plan described___ _________ _______ ________________ ______________ __________________ July 52-4 Employment statistics, United States: Agriculture. Number employed per farm, specified dates, 1937-38................................... . Sept. 621 Cincinnati. B y employability and race, percent full and part time, years 1929-38, and trend____ ________ ________________________________________ _______ ____________ Oct. 771-3 Construction projects under United States agencies (PW A, USHA beginning with Sep tember, R F C , Works Program, W PA, NYA, CCC) and those financed from regular governmental appropriations, May to October 1938_____________________ ________July 168-9; Aug. 411-13; Sept. 658-60; Oct. 920-2; Nov. 1160-2; Dec. 1450-3 High-school graduates, former, of Rochester, N. Y ., survey 1936.......................... ............. . Sept. 536-8 Industrial and business. By States, geographic divisions, and principal cities, including pay rolls, April to August 1938....................................................................... ................... ......... July 17-68, Aug. 422-4; Sept. 669-71; Oct. 931-3; Nov. 1179-82 169586— 39-------2 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1474 M O N TH LY LA BO R R E V IE W [1 9 3 8 Employment statistics, United States—Continued. Page Industrial and business (manufacturing, mining, public utilities, trade, service, and building construction), including pay rolls, hours, and earnings, April to October 1938.. July 164-7, 170-8; Aug. 408-11, 413-24; Sept. 656-8, 661-71; Oct. 916-20, 923-33; Nov. 1157-60, 1163-82; Dec. 1447-50, 1453-7 Woman workers. Hotels (Pennsylvania), 1937.____ _________________________ ______ Dec. 1279 ----- Trends in employment of, 1930-36, manufacturing and nonmanufacturing.________ Dec. 1274-6 W P A, from initiation in 1935 to June 1938, summary data........................................................ Sept. 644 Employment statistics, foreign countries: Nov. 1020 China (Kwangtung Province). Fishermen, rehabilitation in war emergency__________ Great Britain. By occupation group, census of 1931.......... ...................................................... July 40 Italy. Workers and establishments, number of, by industry, M ay 1935 and 1938______ Nov. 1123-6 Japan. Factories and mines, Government and private, by occupation, first 2 months of 1937 and 1938..------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------------- Dec. 1409-10 Netherlands. Establishments and employees, number of, by industry, 1930__________ Aug. 314 Explosives industry. Scope and character, and comparison of average wage rate with other manufacturing industries.......................................................... „.............. ................................ .......... Aug. 378-82 Fair labor standards. (See Labor standards.) Family allowances: Belgium. Daily and monthly rates according to number of dependent children, 1938... Nov. 1118 France. Minimum rates prescribed by ministerial orders, by Department and number of children................... ......................................... ............................ ................................................ Sept. 625-6 Family estate. Uruguay. Plan established by decree of M ay 5, 1938........................... ........... Oct. 762-3 Farms. (See under Agriculture.) Federal Housing Administration, U. S. Government. Insured mortgages. Characteristics Oct. 792-4 of dwellings covered------ --------- ------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------Foundries and machine shops. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938... July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Furniture-manufacturing industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938..............................- .........................................................- .........—...........- .........- ............ — - ____ July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1423 G arn ish m en ts. (See Wage executions.) Guaranteed employment. (See under Employment, stabilization of.) Hardware industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938__________ July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 64S; Oct. 899; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1423 Health and hygiene: National Health Conference, July 1938, called by Interdepartmental Committee, U. S. Government, text of report by Technical Committee on Medical C a r e ...____ _______ Sept. 527-32 Overcrowded housing conditions, report upon, by National Health Survey, 1935-36.......... July 79-81 Southern United States. Inadequate provision for (Résumé of National Emergency Council Report, 1938).-------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------Oct. 750 Health (or sickness) insurance: Argentina. Mutual-aid societies, number of, membership, and summary of requirements and benefits.............. ............................ .......................................................................................... Nov. 1014-17 Australia. Law of July 5,1938, provisions,................................................................................ Nov. 1012-14 Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .). Review, November 12,1917, to 1937; coverage, benefits, con tributions, administration, statistics of operation,___________ _____ ______ ___________ Aug. 302-8 Sweden. Voluntary system—origin, legislation, funds, coverage, contributions, benefits, operation statistics, 1935 and 1936______________________________________ __________ Dec. 1261-8 High-school students. (See Education.) Holidays. Boot and shoe industry. United Shoe Workers of America, provisions of collec tive agreements___________ _____ ____ _____ ______________ __________________________ Nov. 1004-5 Oct. 762-3 Home ownership. Uruguay. Family estates, creation of, under decree of M ay 5, 1938........ Home work, industrial. I. A. G. L. O. resolution concerning, September 1938.,................... Oct. 767 Hours of work, general: Bus and truck drivers in interstate traffic regulated by I. C. C., effective October 1,1938.. Sept. 544-5 Cement industry. Collective agreements, analysis of provisions as of 1938____________ Oct. 788-9 8-hour day for employees of retail stores, law of 1933 (Montana) upheld by State supreme July 114-16 court, 1938...................................... ................................................................................................ France. 40-hour week law, June 21, 1936, provisions.............................. .................. .............. Sept. 625 ----- Regulation (provided by decree of May 24,1938) of supplementary hours under law of June 21, 1936________________________— ............ ............ ....................................................... Aug. 394-5 ----- Supplementary hours authorized for certain undertakings, decree of August 30, 1938. Oct. 784 I . L. O. Accomplishments in limitation since 1919, and objectives in 1938........................ Aug. 279-82 •----- Committee, preparatory work of, for 1939 Conference____________________________ Aug. 279 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] IN D E X TO VO LU M E 47 Hours of work, general—Continued. Italy. Distribution of workers, May 1935 and 1938, by industry and classified weekly hours____________ _____________________________________________________________ Latin America. Legal limitations on, in various countries, as of October 1, 1938.............. Maximum. Provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938----------------------------------------Metal mining, smelting and refining. Provisions of collective agreements------------------Palestine. Daily, prevailing and actual, end of September 1937, manufacture and con struction______________________________________________________________________ Pennsylvania. 44-hour-week law, certain male employees, 1937, held unconstitutional by State supreme court, 1938____________ ________________________ _____ ____ ________ Prison labor. Classified weekly hours of prisoners productively employed, 1932 and 1936, by State.......................................................... - ................ - .............- .................................................. Road transport. I. L. 0 . Committee, preparatory work for 1939 Conference..................... Housing: Canada. Low-cost family units, law of July 1,1938, provisions----------- ---------------------Colombia (Bogotá). Low-income families, types of resident units and monthly expendi tures for, 1936_____ _____ - .............— ........................... - .............— .......................................... Federal Housing Administration mortgage”, characteristics of dwellings covered, 1937... Multiple dwellings (apartments, tenements, flats), Greater New York. General status and number of units, by type and borough, 1929,1936, 1937....... ......................................... Overcrowding. Review of report from National Health Survey, 1935-36--------------------Southern States. Résumé of National Emergency Council report, 1938............................ Housing Authority, United States: ~ Bond-issuing power increased by Work Relief Act of 1938------ ----------------------------------Working conditions of maintenance and other employees on projects of----------------------- 1475 Page Nov. 1123-8 Oct. 774-83 July 109 Sept. 595,597 Nov. 1129-30 Sept. 548-51 Aug. 264-6 Aug. 282 Oct. 797-800 Sept. 540-1 Oct. 792-4 Oct. 795-7 Ju ly 79-81 Oct. 750 Aug. 348 Dec. 1285-0 Nov. 1146 Im m ig ra tio n . Philippines, 1937. Departures and arrivals, Chinese and other races------Income: Families and single persons at various levels, by occupational groups, size of community, and relief status, 1935-36____________ _____ ____ - ................ ................................................Oct. 728-39 Farm families. B y region, 1935-36........... ....................- -------- ------------- -------------------------Oct. 736-7 ----- “ Disadvantaged” classes, findings of study.------------------------------------------------------Oct. 753-4 Housing, relation of crowding to income (report, National Health Survey, 1935-36)------July 80-1 Single individuals and families at various income levels, 1935-36—........ — ........................— Oct. 728-34 Industrial and labor conditions. Hawaii. Investigation by B . L. S. provided for in Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1938_________________________________ ______ __________ Sept. 561 Industrial diseases and poisons. Great Britain. Factories, incidence and prevention, 1937.. Nov. 1027-9 Industrial disputes, United States.: Boot and shoe industry. United Shoe Workers of America, provisions of collective agree ments_________________________________________________________________________ Nov. 1006-7 Cooperative-association workers, Cloquet, Minn., 1938............................................................ Dec. 1315 Court decisions concerning. (See under Decisions of courts.) July 91-9; Strikes and lock-outs. Statistical analysis of, March to August 1938. .................................. Aug. 350-8; Sept. 600-8; Oct. 840-9; Nov. 1040-8; Dec. 1334-41 ----- Summary statistics showing trend by year 1933-37, by month January 1937 to October 1938................................July 90-1; Aug. 349-50; Sept 599: Oct. 839-40; Nov. 1039-40; Dec. 1333-4 Strikes, sit-down, number of in 1937, causes, results, and industries aflected...................... Aug. 360-2 Industrial disputes, foreign countries: Australia. Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration, composition and functions_______________________________________________________________________ Dec.1290-2 ----- Federal regulation of working conditions_______________________________________ Dec. 1287-94 ----- Strikes, legality of Bearing of legislation of 1904 and 1930, and awards by Conciliation and Arbitration Court----------------------------------------------------Canada. Statistics 1918-37, showing increase in 1937________________________________ July 101-2 France. High Court of Arbitration (law of March 4, 1938), organization, functions, opera tion, and background.___________ _____ __________________________________ ______ Nov. 1008-11 Great Britain. Courts of inquiry appointed by Minister of L a b o r..................................... July 51 ----- General strike, 1926, and Trade Disputes Act, 1927----------- ------------------------- ------Oct. 721-3 ------Machinery for settlement, survey of development from 1871, and status in 1936_____ July 39-51 ----- Strikes and lock-outs, legality of, as affected by laws, 1871 to 1927___ ____ __________ July 42-4 —— Strikes and lock-outs, statistics, 1910 to 1936------------------------- ------------- --------------July 45-6 Netherlands. Number, extent, and duration, by year, 1927-36_________________ _____ Aug. 317 Sweden. Report of U. S. Commission, 1938................................................. ...........- .............— Oct. 726-7 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1476 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Industrial relations, United States: Page July 67-77 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, United, collective bargaining by (Hoeber)___ Employee elections to determine choice of representatives, held by N. L. R. B ., October 1935 to December 1937.............. ....................................................................................................... July 31-8 Industrial relations, foreign countries: Germany. Advisory shop councils, elections postponed indefinitely, law of April 1,1938. July 78 Oct. 869 Great Britain. Joint industrial councils, functions of______________ _____ _________ _ ----- Settlement of disputes, review of provisions for, to 1936................. .................................... July 39-51 ----- U. S. Commission for study of, 1938. Review of report............................ ...................... . Oct. 715-23 Netherlands. Characteristics of, legislative provisions, and statistics of labor organiza tions, labor disputes, and collective agreements, to 1936___ _______ _________________ Aug. 313-21 Oct. 723-7 Sweden. U. S. Commission for study of, 1938. Review of report............... ........................ Industry committees. Establishment by Administrator provided for in Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938---------------------------------------------------- ------------- ------------------------ -------------------July 108 Injuries, industrial. (See Accident statistics.) Insurance. (See under type of.) International Labor Office. Election of new Director (John G. Winant) by Governing Body of Conference, 1938................................................ .................................................................................. Aug. 278 International Labor Organization: American regional conference for 1939 recommended at 1938 Conference________________ Aug. 284 Conventions and recommendations, procedure for consideration and adoption, standingorder or bylaw provisions adopted, 1938................................ .................. ................................. Aug. 284 Aug. 285 Maritime conventions of 1936 Conference, ratified by U. S. Senate, June 13, 1938.............. Statistical convention adopted by 1938 Conference....................... ................... .......................... Aug. 279 Interstate Commerce Commission, U. S. Government Regulations covering hours of work Sept. 544-5 of truck and bus drivers, effective October 1, 1938_____________________________ ____ _ Iron and steel industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938_________ July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1423 Jewelry-manufacturing industry. Rhode Island. Minimum wage, effect upon women’s earnings and employment, 1936 and 1937.......................................................................................... Sept. 551-5 K n it-g ood s industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938.'________ July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec 1423 Labor and industrial conditions: Southern United States. Résumé of National Emergency Council report, 1938................ Oct. 747-52 (See also Working conditions.) Labor banks. (See under Cooperation.) Labor organizations, United States: American Federation of Labor. Membership, 1938 compared to 1937........ .......................... Nov. 1037-8 ----- 1938 convention, proceedings._________ _____ __________________________________ Nov. 1034-8 Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1938 convention (Pittsburgh), proceedings and list of officers..................................................................................................... ............................... Dec. 1326-30 Cooperative-association employees, 1937-38............................................................................. Dec. 1314-15 Cooperative Workers’ Union, and general attitude of cooperatives toward unions........ . Sept. 496-9 Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, United. Collective bargaining (Hoeber)____ Ju ly 67-77 Mining (metal) industry. Development, 1867 to 1938.............................. .............................. Sept. 591-8 Labor organizations, foreign countries: Great Britain. Development since 1871 and machinery provided for settlement of dis p u tes............................................ ................ ........................ ........................................ ................. July 39-51 ----- Legal status, registration, etc_________ ____ _____ ______________ ________ ________ Ju ly 44-5 ----- and Northern Ireland, 1936-37, membership statistics, by industry________________ Dec. 1331-2 Netherlands. Number of and membership December 25, 1937, and membership of principal federations, by specified years, 1895 to 1937............................................................ Aug. 315 Sweden. Report of U. S. Commission, 1938..___________ _____ _____________ _____ _ Oct. 723-7 Labor relations. Cooperative League of the U. S. A., resolutions passed by biennial congress, October 1938__________________________________________________ _______ ____________ Dec. 1314-15 Labor Relations Board, National. (See National Labor Relations Board.) Labor standards. Fair Labor Standards Act, June 25, 1938 (Federal), providing minimum wage and maximum workweek.................... ............................................................... ..................... July 107-12 Labor turn-over: Manufacturing industries, monthly rates, April to September 1938_______July 103-6; Aug. 397-400; Sept. 645-8; Oct. 896-9; Nov. 1147-50; Dec. 1420-3 Sept. 644 W. P . A. employment. Summary data from initiation in 1935 to June 1938____________ Laundry and dry-cleaning industries. Rhode Island. Minimum wage, effect upon women’s earnings and employment, 1936 and 1937 .......................... ............... ............................. ...............Sept. 551-2, 555 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1968] INDEX TO VOLUME 47 1477 Laws and legislation, United States, Federal and general: Page Air-ma.il service. Provisions of Air-Mail Act of 1934 applicable to contracts awarded Sept. 562-3 (working conditions, safety, etc.)............ - ------ ------ ------------- ---------------------------------Apprenticeship. 1938 State legislation, review of------ ----------------- ------ ---------------------Oct. 814 Sept. 565 Armistice Day (November 11) made legal holiday in District of Columbia-................... — Bankruptcy. Provisions of Federal act of importance to la b o r -.......................................... Sept. 562 Barbers. Examination and licensing of, and regulation of schools, provided for...... ......... Sept. 564 Oct. 809 Child labor and welfare. 1938 State legislation, review of-----------------------------------------Civil Service Act, increase in number of Federal employees subject to. Executive Order June 24, 1938___________________________________________________________________ 564 Civil Serviee rules extended to first, second, and third classes of U. S. postmasters (1938) — Sept. 563 •Cosmetologists. Examination and licensing of, and regulation of schools, provided fo r.. Sept. 564 Credit Union Act amended, 1938------------------------------ --------- ------------- ------------ ............. Sept. 562 Credit unions. 1938 State legislation, review of-------------------------- --------- ------------ -----Oct. 814 Daily-rated, hourly-rated, and piece-work Federal employees, holiday pay for (1938)-----Sept. 564 Day of rest. 1938 State legislation, review of----------------------- ----------------------------------Oct. 812 District of Columbia municipal court, small claims and conciliation branch established.. Sept. 564 Oct. 809-10 Employer-employee relations. 1938 State legislation, review of.-------- -----------------------Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (wages and hours), provisions--------------------------------July 107-12 Sept. 564 Federal employees, customs. Overtime, Sunday, and holiday pay---------------------------Hawaii, labor conditions in. Investigation by BL S provided for in Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1938--------------------------- ---------- ------ --------------------------------------Sept. 561 Holidays. 1938 State legislation, review of.......................... ........................................... ............ Oct. 812 Hours of work. 1938 State legislation, review of............................ .................. ........................... Oct. 808-9 Industrial relations. 1938 State legislation, review of-------- --------------------------------------Oct. 809-10 Oct. 813 Investigative commissions. 1938 State legislation, review of----------------------------------Oct. 814 Labor departments. 1938 State legislation, review of------------ -------------------------------Legislative sessions, 1939. Date of convening and length of session---------------------- -------- Nov. 1030-1 Maritime Labor Board established by amendment, June 23,1938, to Merchant Marine Act of 1936; functions--------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Aug. 344-5 M inimum Wage Board, District of Columbia. Salaries to accord with Classification Act Sept. 565 of 1923------------------------- ------ -------------------------------------------------— ----- ---------; -----Minimum wage (private employment and public works). 1938 State legislation, review of. Oct. 810, 811 Monopoly investigation. National Economic Committee created, duties (Pub. Res. No. 223) _________________________________________ ______ Sept. 562 National Employment Service. Wagner-Peyser Act amended to permit larger appropriations (1938)____ _________________________________ ____ _______ __________________ Sept- 561-2 Uld-age assistance. 1938 State legislation, review of----------------------------- ------ - ...........--Oct. 812-13 Payment of wages at specified times, tabular analysis of provisions, by State--------------Dec. 1297-1308 Permanent and total disability under U. S. Employees’ Compensation Act. Amendment Sept. 478 May 13, 1936, to permit additional benefit.------------------------ ---------------------------------Picketing of buildings of foreign governments, parties, or organizations prohibited (P itt man Embassy Picketing Act)------------------------------- ------ --------------------------- ----------564-5 Oct. 812 Public works, employment on, preference. 1938 State legislation, review of---------- ------ Railroads. Unemployment insurance for employees of carriers in interstate commerce, act of June 25, 1938------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- --------------- -- Aug. 341-4 Retirement Act, Civil Service, amended as to employees reinstated or reemployed, 1938— Sept. 563-4 Rural letter carriers. Compensation of, transfer from one route to another, and overtime on heavy routes, provisions________________________ _____ _____________ ____________ Sept. 564 Safety. 1938 State legislation, review of------------------------------------------------------------------0 c t - 811-12 Seamen and officers. 8-hour day, certain vessels, Great Lakes and adjacent waters, 1938Sept. 561 Social security. Federal act, operation under, first 3 y e a rs........................ - ........................... 0 c t - 758-9 ----- 1938 State legislation, review of---------------------------- ------------------------------------ ----812-13 State labor legislation, 1938, review of---------------------------------------------------------------- 897-45 Strikebreakers, interstate transportation of, 1936 law amended and made more effective, Sept. 561 1938__________________________________________________________________________ Oct. 812 Sunday and holiday work. 1938 State legislation, review of----------- --------- ------------ -----Unemployment insurance (compensation). Employees of carriers in interstate com merce, act of June 25, 1938, provisions---------- --------- -------- ------ - ................ .............. ......... Au§- 341-4 Oct. 813 ------1938 State legislation, review of............................. ............................... ........................... ......... U. S. Employees’ Workmen’s Compensation Act amended regarding Alaska Railroad Sept. 563 employees and rights accorded osteopathic physicians (1938) ................. ........... ..................Oct. 813 Vocational education. 1938 State legislation, review of------------------------------------------Oct. 811 Wage executions. 1938 State legislation, review o f...------- ----------------------------------------Wage payment. Specified times. Tabular analysis of provisions by States------------------ Dec. 1297-1308 ----- 1938 State legislation, review o f..------------- ------ ------------ ------ ------------------------------ O®1- 819-11 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1478 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Page Laws and legislation, United States, Federal and general—Continued. Wages and hours. Fair Labor Standards Act, June 25,1938, provisions_______ July 107-12 Work Relief Act, June 21,1938, relief, labor, public-works, and other provisions. Aug. 345-8 Workmen’s compensation. Analyses, by States, as of July 1, 1938, of insurance, exemp tions, elections, extraterritoriality, waiting time, second injuries, compensation benefits, administration and settlement of claims, accident reporting and prevention, and non resident alien dependents_________ ______ _______ ______ *................................ ................ Sept. 566-87 — - District of Columbia law amended to provide certain exemptions, 1938____________ Sept. 561 ----- Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act amended, 1938_________ Sept. 561 ----- 1938 State legislation, review of, by subject--____________ _________________ _____ Oct. 814-16 Laws and legislation, United States, by States: Alabama. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.............................................. ......... Dec. 1302 Alaska. Wage payment at specified times, provisions............................. .................... ............ Dec. 1302 Arizona. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.......... ............................... ................. Dec. 1302 Arkansas. Wage payment at specified times, provisions........... ............................ ................ Dec. 1302 California. Wage payment at specified times, provisions____ ____ ______ ____________ Dec. 1302 Colorado. Wage payment at specified times, provisions_____•....................... ......._............ Dec. 1302 Connecticut. Wage payment at specified times, provisions___________ ______________ Dec. 1303 Delaware. Wage payment at specified times, provisions________ ______ _____________ Dec. 1303 Georgia. Prison labor, 1938 legislation, review of_____ ______ _______________ _______ Oct. 814 -----Wage payment at specified times, provisions............................ ........................................... Dec. 1303 Hawaii. Wage payment at specified times, provisions............... .......................................... . Dec. 1303 Illinois. Wage payment at specified times, provisions..__________ ___________ ____ Dec. 1303 Indiana. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.......... ....................................... ......... Dec. 1303-4 Iowa. Wage payment at specified times, provisions................................................................. Dec. 1304 Kansas. Wage payment at specified times, provisions_____ ________________ _____ _ Dec. 1304 Kentucky. Wage payment at specified times, provisions____ _____ ___________ ______ Dec. 1304 Louisiana. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.!,--_________ ______________ Dec. 1304 Maine. Wage payment at specified times, provisions......... .............. .................................... Dec. 1304 Maryland. Wage payment at specified times, provisions___________________ ________ Dec. 1304 Massachusetts. Wage payment at specified times, provisions............................................... Dec. 1304 Michigan. Wage payment at specified times, provisions____ ____ ___________________ Dec. 1304^5 Minnesota. Cooperatives. Income-tax law amended to conform with Federal law........ Dec. 1314 Minnesota. Wage payment at specified times, provisions______ ______ ______________ Dec. 1305 Mississippi. Wage payment at specified times, provisions........................... ............. ........... Dec. 1305 Missouri. Wage payment at specified times, provisions__ __________________________ Dec. 1305 Montana. Wage payment at specified times, provisions__ ____ _______________ ____ _ Dec. 1305 Nebraska. Wage payment at specified times, provisions_____ ______ ________________ Dec. 1305 Nevada. Wage payment at specified times, provisions___________ __________________ Dec. 1305 New Hampshire. Wage payment at specified times, provisions____________ ______ _ Dec. 1306 New Jersey. Wage payment at specified times, provisions__________________________ Dec. 1306 New Mexico. Wage payment at specified times, provisions......................... ................ ......... Dec. 1306 New York. Savings-bank life insurance authorized .......................... ............... .................... Oct. 814 ----- Unemployment, Partial, State Committee on, résumé of interim report______ ____ Nov. 1018-19 ----- Wage payment at specified times, provisions................... ................................... ............... Dec. 1306 North Carolina. Wage payment at specified times, provisions..... .................... ............... Dec. 1306 North Dakota. Cooperation courses to be offered in high schools, act of 1937................. Dec. 1314 ----- Wage payment at specified times, provisions............... ................................... ............... . Dec. 1306 Ohio. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.................................... ........................... Dec. 1306 Oklahoma. Wage payment at specified times, provisions................................. .................... . Dec. 1306 Oregon. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.......................... ..................... ............ Dec. 1307 Pennsylvania. Wage payment at specified times, provisions..................... .......................... Dec. 1307 Puerto Rico. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.............................. ..................... Dec. 1307 Rhode Island. Wage payment at specified times, provisions. ............................................... Dec. 1307 South Carolina. Hours of labor, law of 1938, review of.................................. .......................... Oct. 808 ----- Wage payment at specified times, provisions........................................................................ Dec. 1307 South Dakota. Wage payment at specified times, provisions............................................... . Dec. 1307 Tennessee. Wage payment at specified times, provisions................................................ ....... Dec. 1307 Texas. Wage payment at specified times, provisions........... ............. ....................... ............ Dec. 1307 Utah. Wage payment at specified times, provisions.......... .............................. ..................... Dec. 1307 Vermont. Wage payment at specified times, provisions................................................. ......... Dec. 1308 Virginia. Cooperative marketing act, provisions of, and State supreme court ruling upon. Dec. 1314 ------ Wage payment at specified times, provisions........ ...................................... ...................... Dec. 1308 West Virginia. Wage payment at specified times, provisions._______________________ Dec. 1308 Wisconsin. Wage payment at specified times, provisions................. ...................................... Dec. 1308 Wyoming. Wage payment at specified times, provisions............................................ ........... Dec. 1308 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 7 1479 Laws and legislation, foreign countries: .rage Argentina. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1 ,1 9 3 8 ................................... Oct. 777, 780 Australia. Health and Pensions Insurance Act, July 5, 1938, provisions............... Nov. 1012-14 Oct. Bolivia. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938............................. Brazil. Hours of work, as of October 1,1938-------------- ------------ - .................... - .................... Oct. 777,780 Canada. Low-cost housing. Act of July 1, 1935, provisions......................................... Oct.797-800 Chile. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938...................................... Oct. Colombia. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1,1938........................ Oct. Costa Rica. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938............................. Oct. Cuba. Domestic service, rest periods to be granted, decree of October 19, 1938................. Dec. 1286-7 •----- Hours of work, as of October 1,1938-------- --------- ................ ............................. ........ ......... Oct. 778,781 Dominican Republic. Hours of work, as of October 1 ,1 9 3 8 ............................ ..................... Oct. 778,781 Ecuador. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938.......... ............................. Oct. 778,781 Prance. Arbitration, High Court of, act of March 4, 1938, establishing, and provisions.. Nov. 1008-11 ----- Collective agreements, acts of March 25, 1919, and June 24,1936--------------------------Sept. 624-5 ----- Family allowances, law effective October 1, 1933, operation under, including rates prescribed......................... ............ .............................................................. ................ ...................... Sept. 625-6 ----- 40-hour week, act of June 21,1936, provisions............. .......................................- ................ Sept. 625 ----- Hours of work, supplementary, decree of August 30,1938-------------------------------- ----Oct. 784 ----- Hours of work, supplementary, authorized by act of J une 21,1936, regulated by decree of May 24,1938......... ...................... ..................................... ....................................................... Aug. 394-5 ----- Social insurance, commercial, industrial, and agricultural workers, adjusted account of general wage increase, by decree law, June 14,1938.............................................- ............. Sept. 524-6 Germany. Compulsory-labor decree, June 22,1938...... ........................................................ — Sept. 542-3 ----- Marriage loans to stimulate German farming, decree of Ju ly 1,1938............................ Nov. 1024-5 ----- Shop-council elections indefinitely postponed, act of April 1, 1938............ ................... July 78 ----- Wage fixing, decree of June 25, 1938----------------------- -----------------------------------------Nov. 1026 Great Britain. Collective bargaining, summary of legislation since 1871 and effect of Trade Disputes Act of 1927, report of U. S. Commission, 1938............................................. Oct. 721-3 ----- Holidays with Pay Act of July 29,1938.................... ........................- ..................................... Oct. 709-70 ----- Industrial courts provided for, 1919------- --------- ------ -------- ----------------- -----------------July 51 ----- Motor-vehicle traffic. Working conditions, regulation of, act of July 13, 1938-------Sept. 545-7 ----- Strikes and lock-outs, 1871 to 1927--------------------- ----------------------------- - .................... July 42-4 Guatemala. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938-------------------- ----- Oct. 778,781 Haiti. Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938—------------- --------------------------- - ...................... Oct. 778, 782 Honduras. Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938..................... ......................... ........................ Oct. 778,782 Japan. Price control. Ordinance April 1938, provisions for setting up central and local committees____________________________________________________________________ Sept. 689-90 Mexico. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1,1938---------------- ------ -------- Oct. 779,782 Netherlands. Legalization of collective agreements authorized, 1937; review of Labor Disputes Act of May 4,1923---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug. 313,318-21 New Zealand. Summary 1891 to 1937, covering collective agreements; conciliation and arbitration; wage awards; working conditions in factories, shops and offices; and agri culture___________________________________________ ____ _______________________ Aug. 289-95 Panama. Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938--------------------------- ------ ------ --------------- Oct. 779,782 Paraguay. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1, 1938---------------------------- Oct. 779,782 Peru. Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 779,782 Rumania. Labor fund to train Rumanian ethnic workers and provide for their employ ment, decree of March 29, 1938........................ . ....................... - .................................................. Aug. 327-8 Salvador. Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938---------- ----------------------------------- --------- Oct. 779, 782 Sweden. Collective bargaining, effective January 1,1937; and working conditions, 1919. Oct. 727 ----- Health (or sickness) insurance. Benefit-Societies Act, effective July 1, 1938, pro visions________________________________________________________________________ Dec. 1261-8 ----- Vacations with pay, all employees, act effective July 1,1938............................................. Aug. 274-5 Uruguay. Family estates, creation of, authorized by decree of May 5, 1938....................... Oct. 762-3 ----- Hours of work, as of October 1, 1938— _------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 779,783 Venezuela. Hours of work and overtime rates, as of October 1,1938------------------------ — Oct. 780, 783 Legislation, labor, U. S. Federal, November 15, 1937, to June 16, 1938, summary of—............ Sept. 561-5 Legislative sessions. State and Federal, 1939, date of convening and length of session-------- Nov. 1030-1 Life insurance. Japan. Group system established by National Confederation of Industrial Associations---------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------Oct. 761-2 Living conditions. Colombia (Bogotá). Low-income families, survey, September 1936----- Sept. 539-42 Living, standard of. Southern United States. Résumé of National Emergency Council re port, 1938.......... ........................................................ —------------------------ -----------------------------Oct. 747-52 Lumber industry. Sawmills. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938... July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1480 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW M aritim e labor. (See Seamen.) Maritime Labor Board, U. S. Government. Establishment June 23, 1938, members ap pointed, and functions_________________________________ ____ _____________ __________ Marriage loans. Germany. System extended to stimulate farming, decree of July 1, 1938.. Mechanization: Agriculture. Corn growing, changes in labor requirements 1909 to 1936.............................. Germany. Mining, coal, increase in use of, 1930-37.......... . * _________________________ Medical and hospital service: Group medical care, Washington, D. C., organization, court decision in favor of, by U. S. District Court____________________________________ ______ ______________________ Technical Committee on Medical Care, report to National Health Conference, te x t___ Migration: California. Labor, State-wide and within Imperial Valley, 1934-35 (Taylor and Rowell) Farm families, causes____________________________________________________________ Unemployed laborers entering California, July 1935 to March 1938. Analyzed by State of origin, family composition, race, occupational status (Taylor and Rowell)_________ ----- Discussion of areas of origin (Taylor and Rowell)________________________________ Minimum wage, United States: Contracts, U. S. Government. Determinations made to June 30, 1938, for following in dustries, tabular analysis of provisions. Barrack bags and bandoleers: cotton garment and allied industries; dimension granite; enlisted men’s white sailor hats; envelope; flint-glass; handkerchief; leather and sheep-lined jackets; men’s hat and cap; men’s neckwear; men’s raincoat; men’s underwear; men’s welt shoe; men’s work clothing; seamless hosiery; vitrified china; wool and wool-lined jackets; work glove_________ ----- Fireworks industry, determination October 15, 1938 ........... .................................... ----- Luggage and saddlery industry, determination July 27, 1938_______ ____ _________ ----- Tag industry, determination October 31, 1938___________________________________ ----- Wool carpet and rug industry, determination October 15, 1938_____ _____ _________ Court decisions concerning. (See under Decisions of courts.) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. provisions________ _____ ____________ ____ _______ _ Rhode Island. Effect on women’s earnings in jewelry, wearing-apparel, etc., and laundry and dry-cleaning industries, 1936 and 1937_______________ _____ ____ ________ ______ Mininum wage, foreign countries: Australia (Sydney and Melbourne). B y industry and occupation, with hours schedule, as of December 31, 1 9 3 7 ..._____________ ______ _______________________ ____ ______ International Association of Governmental Labor Officials, resolution concerning, September 1938___________ _____ _________________ ____ ________ _________________ Mining industry, United States: Coal, bituminous. Productivity, 1936-37___ ______ _________________________________ Metal. Collective bargaining, development, 1867 to 1937, and provisions of agreements. Mining industry. Germany. Coal. Mechanization, increase in, and total tonnage mined, by year 1930-37____ _____ _______ ______ _________________________________ ________ _ Motor-vehicle traffic: Great Britain. Working conditions of employees regulated under law ol July 13, 1938. Interstate. Hours of bus and truck drivers regulated by IC C , effective October 1,1938. Mushroom culture. Not agricultural industry (decision of Colo. Sup. C t.)............................. Mutual-aid societies. (See Benefits and benefit funds.) [1938 Page Aug. 344-5 Nov. 1024-5 Sept. 533-5 Aug. 326-7 Oct. 820Sept. 527-32 Nov. 980-90Oct. 753-4 Aug. 240-7 Aug. 247-50 July 112-13 Dec. 1359 Dec. 1359 Dec. 1359 Dec. 1359 July 108-9 Sept. 551-5 Aug. 296-8 Oct.. 766 Dec. 1295-6 Sept. 591-8 Aug. 326-7 Sept. 545-7 Sept. 544-5 Dec. 1310 N ation al Health Conference, called by Interdepartmental Committee, U. S. Government. (See under Conventions, meetings, etc.). National Labor Relations Board, U. S. Government: Employee elections conducted by, October 1935 to December 1937 (Marks and Bartlett). July 31-8 Reinstatement of striking employees, orders for. Decisions of courts concerning... July 82-5; Oct. 817-18 National Youth Administration, U. S. Government. Placement work in cooperation with public employment service in 76 cities of 31 States, July 1,1936, to January 1,1938..... ......... July 64-6 Negro workers: Coordinating Committee for Employment, Greater New York, agreement with Uptown Chamber of Commerce, published August 7, 1938_________________________________ Sept. 557-8 Retail stores, Harlem, N. Y ., white-collar jobs. Collective agreement made public August 7,1938.______________________ ___________ ______ _______________________ Sept. 557-8 O ccupational distribution: Adult children of Mississippi cotton farmers.____________ __________________________ Families, showing incomes (average and aggregate), 1935-36__________________________ Unemployment Census, population November 1937, by sex and race_________________ U. S. Employment Service registrants, 1937-38_____________________________________ https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Oct. 754-7 Oct. 734-5 Aug. 322-6 Oct. 907-15 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 7 1481 Occupational outlook service. Recommended by Advisory Committee on Education, U. S. Page Government............................ .......................................... . ............................... ...................................... J uly 86, 87-8 Old-age assistance. Social Security (Federal). Number cared for, August 1938............ ......... Oct. 758 Oct. 758 Old-age insurance. Social Security (Federal). Number applying for, up to August 1938___ Old-age pensions and retirement, United States: Legislation. (See Laws and legislation.) Navy yards (U. S.) and private shipyards, comparison of p la n s..______________ ____ __ Nov. 1073 Railroads. Summary of movement, and operation under Federal law, 1935-38________ Oct. 759-61 Old-age pensions and retirement, foreign countries: Australia. Law of July 5, 1938, provisions___________________________ ______________ Nov. 1012-14 Great Britain. Employers’ plans, by industry or service, and number of employees covered, end of 1936__________________________ ____ _____________________________ Aug. 299-302 Osteopathic physicians and hospitals. U. S. Employees’ Workmen’s Compensation Act amended with reference to, 1938......... ............ .................................................. ..................... ........... Sept. 563 P etroleum refining. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938__________ July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Placement. (See under Employment, agencies.) Post Office Department, U. S. Government: First-, second-, and third-class postmasters placed under Civil Service regulations (1938).. Sept. 563 Rural letter carriers. Transferred one route to another, salary provision, and com pensation for overtime on heavy rou tes.-........ ......................................... ............................ Sept. 564 Price control. Japan. Central and local committees provided for by ordinance of April 1938------------------------ ------- --------------------------------------- --------- --------------------------- Sept. 689-90 Prices. Retail; wholesale. (See inverted titles.) Printing and publishing industry. Book and job, and newspaper. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, M ay to September 1938._____________Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Prison labor: Commodities produced, value of, and number of prisoners employed, by item, 1923, 1932, 1936__________________ _________________ _________________ _____ _____ _____ _____ Aug. 258-60 Federal Prison Industries Corporation report for year 1937, resume....................................... Oct. 821-2 Lease, contract, piece-price, State-account, State-use, and public works and ways sys tems, description of, and percent employed under each, specified years........................... Aug. 253-7 Number productively employed, specified States (14), in 1923, 1932, 1936______________ Aug. 260-6 Status in 13 States and District of Columbia, 1936 (Sanford)____________ ___________ Aug. 251-68 Studies by Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1885 to 1936, summary figures_________________ Aug. 255 Aug. 268 Woman inmates, percent assigned to productive work, 1923, 1932, 1936............................... Work connected with upkeep of institutions, percent of inmates assigned to, specified States, 1923, 1932, 1936.___________ _____________________ ____ _________ ___________ Aug. 266-7 Productivity of labor: Agriculture. Corn growing, as affected by mechanization in planting, cultivating, and harvesting, 1909-36___________ __________________ _______ _________________ ______ Sept. 533-5 Man-hours per wage earner, and wages and value added by manufacture, per man-hour, by industry and region, 1935___________ ___________ _______ _____ _____ ___________ July 124-34 Mining, bituminous-coal. Statistics, 1935, 1936, 1937__________ ______ ________ _______ Dec. 1295 Profit sharing: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Industrial organizations, various types of plans, coverage, and industrial groups affected, 1937_____ ____ ___________________________ Dec. 1283-4 Selby Shoe Co. and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., plans described_____ Sept. 588-90 Public (U. S. Government) contracts for equipment and material furnished. Minimumwage determinations. (See Minimum wage.) Public Works Administration, U. S. Government. Appropriation for Federal, State, and other projects provided in Work Relief Act of 1938........................................................................ Aug. 347-8 R acial distribution. Unemployed, Cincinnati, 1933-38.................................................................. Oct. 772 Radio and phonograph industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938.. July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Railroads: Employees’ retirement. Summary history of movement and operation under Federal legislation.................................................... .................................................................................... Oct. 759-61 Retirement Board (U. S. Government) to administer unemployment insurance, powers of........ ........................................................... .................................................................................. Aug. 341-4 Unemployment insurance. Federal act of June 25,1938, provisions__________________ Aug. 341-4 Wage reduction. Railroad Emergency Board decision against, October 29, 1938. Resum§ of situation and developments................................................ .................................. Nov. 1049-52 Rayon industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938............................ July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1482 M O N TH LY LA BOR R E V IE W [1 9 3 8 Recreation: Page Community. Curtailment of Federal funds for, and increase in local expenditures, 1937. Aug. 276-7 ----- Facilities, workers, and expenditures, 1937 (Summary of report of National Recrea tion Association)................................................................................................................. ............. Aug. 276-7 Rehabilitation, reeducation, etc. China. Refugees, and fishermen (Kwangtung), waremergency measures for employment of....... ........................................ ............................................ Nov. 1019-20 Rest periods. Cuba. Domestic service, decree providing, October 15, 1938................. ............ Dec. 1286-7 Retail prices, United States: Coal, anthracite and bituminous. Average rates, by city, March and June 1938 com pared with June 1937___ _____ _________ ______ _____ _____________________________ Sept. 684-9 ----- Average rates, indexes, and percentage changes, March to June and June to Sep tember 1938______ ______________________ ______________ ________________ Sept. 684; Dec. 1441-2 Electricity. Changes in residential rates, March to June and June to September 1938___ Aug. 441-4; Nov. 1199-1201 Foods. Indexes, by commodity group, 51 large cities combined, May to September 1938, and compared with earlier years..____ ____ ____ _____________________________ July 185-7; Aug. 435-7; Sept. 678-80; Oct. 940-3; Nov. 1193-5;Dee. 1435-8 ----- Individual commodities and groups, 51 large cities combined, and indexes by region and city, June to October 1938___ ____Aug. 437-41; Sept. 680-3; Oct. 943-6; Nov. 1195-9; Dec. 1438-41 Gas. Changes in residential rates, March to June and June to September 1938. Aug. 445-6; Nov. 1201-2 Philippines (Manila). Foodstuffs, June 1937 and 1938, by item__________ ___________ Nov. 1203 Retail prices, foreign countries: Denmark. Indexes (1914=100), by year, 1929-38........... ......................................................... Nov. 1134 Japan. Indexes, by month, January 1936 to February 1938, compared with wholesale prices and real wages.......................... ............................ .......................... .................................. Dec. 1412 Road Haulage Central Wages Board. Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland). Wages, hours and other working conditions regulated by, under law of July 13, 1938__ . . . Sept. 546 Rubber-tire industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938................... July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Rural conditions. (See under Agriculture.) Rural Electrification Administration, U. S. Government. Authorized to borrow from R. F . C., by Work Relief Act of 1938....... ........................................................... ........................... Aug. 348 Saw m ills. Labor turn-over. (See under Lumber industry.) Seamen: Great Lakes and adjacent waters. 8-hour day, certain vessels, Federal law, 1938............. Sept. 561 Holidays (vacations) with pay. I.L.O . convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate, June Aug. 285-6 1938, provisions_______ _____ ___ _____ __________ ________________________ ______ Hours of work. I .L .O . convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate June 1938, provisions. Aug. 285, 286-7 Manning of vessels. I. L. O. convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate June 1938, pro visions............. ............... ................................... ............. .................................................. ..............Aug. 285, 287 Minimum age for children. I. L. O. convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate, June 1938, provisions......................................................................... ............ ......................................... ...........Aug. 285, 286 Professional capacity of masters and officers on merchant ships, minimum requirements. I. L. O. convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate June 1938, provisions_____________ Aug. 285, 287-8 Shipowner's liability in case of sickness, injury, or death. I. L. O. convention, 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate June 1938, provisions_________ _____ _______________ ______ Aug. 285,288 Self-help: Cooperative organizations for unemployed. Historical summary from 1931, geographic distribution, activities, government, membership, and financial statistics, 1936______ July 1-17 Seniority. Collective agreements, provisions, survey of.................................................................. Dec. 1250-60 Sickness benefits. (See Benefits and benefit funds.) Sickness insurance. (See Health (or sickness) insurance.) Slaughtering and meat packing. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938... July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150; Dec. 1423 Small-claims court. (See Laws and legislation.) Small-loan companies and borrowers. Resolution of International Association of Govern mental Labor Officials, September 1938.............................................................................................. Oct. 767 Social insurance: Australia. Health and old-age-pension insurance, law of July 5,1938, provisions________ Nov. 1012-14 France. Contributions, employer and employee, provisions concerning............................. Sept. 627 ----- Law amended by decree June 14, 1938, to adjust system to general wage increase; provisions covering commercial, industrial, and agricultural workers................................ Sept. 524-6 Great Britain. Weekly-contribution rates, 1 9 3 7 ....................................................................... Oct. 868 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 7 1483 Social security: Page Almshouse population, effect of program upon, and number of almshouses, various States (University of Tennessee study)................... ....................... ........................................................ Sept. 518-24 Federal act, progress under, first 3 years of operation................... ............................... .............. Oct. 758-9 Railroad Retirement Act. Operation under, 1935-38............. ................................................... Oct. 759-61 Unemployment insurance for partial unemployment, interim report of New York State committee____________ ____ ___________ ______________ ___________ _____________ Nov. 1018-19 Statistics, international. Wages and hours. Convention (agreement) adopted by Inter Aug. 279 national Labor Conference, 1938, to make statistics comparable....................................... ............ Strikebreakers. Interstate transportation of. 1936 law amended and made more effective, 1933............................................................................................... .................................................. ......... Sept. 561 Strikes, sit-down. (See under Industrial disputes.) Student aid. Federal aid for. Recommendations of Advisory Committee on E d u catio n .... July 86,87 T ech n ica l education, I. L. 0 . Committee on. Groundwork, 1938, for recommendation__ Aug. 283 Tobacco industry. Cigars and cigarettes. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to Sep tember 1938........... ............................ ................ July 105; Aug. 399; Sept. 647; Oct. 898; Nov. 1149; Dec. 1422 Trade-unions. (See Labor organizations.) Transport, Road. I. L. O. Committee on Hours of Work in. Preparatory work for 1939 Conference..__________ ____________________________________ _______________________ Aug. 282 U n em p lo ym en t Census. (See Census, unemployment.) Unemployment, United States: Cincinnati. Percentage distribution, by employability and race, specified years, and Oct. 771-3 trend 1929-38-............. ................. .................................. ..................... ...................................... . Occupational distribution of registrants in U. S. Unemployment Census of 1937— ______ Aug. 322-6 Trend as indicated by active file of applicants to U. S . Employment Service, 1934-38_____ Ju ly 156-63 U. S. Employment Service registrants, 1937-38, characteristics of________ ____ ________ Oct. 907-15 Unemployment, foreign countries: Denmark. Industrial workers, percentage, by year, 1929-38.................................................... Nov. 1134 Great Britain. Unemployment Assistance Board, rfisumg of work, 1937 ......................... Dec. 1269-71 Statistics, by year, 1932-37, by month M ay 1937 to September 1938, or month shown: Aus tralia to June 1938; Austria to July 1938; Belgium to July 1938; Canada to August 1938; Czechoslovakia to July 1938; Danzig to August 1938; Denmark to August 1938; Estonia; Finland to August 1938; France; Germany; Great Britain; Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Hungary to July 1938; Irish Free State; Japan to February 1938; Latvia to August 1938; Netherlands to August 1938; New Zealand; Norway to July 1938; Poland; Rumania to April 1938; Sweden to August 1938; Switzerland to July 1938; Yugoslavia to August 1938.____ ________ _______ _____ ________ _____ Aug. 424-8; Nov. 1182-6 Unemployment insurance (compensation): Court decisions concerning. (See under Decisions of courts.) Federal Social Security Act. Progress under, first 3 years of operation...................... ......... Oct. 758 New York State Committee on Partial Unemployment, summary of interim report___ Nov. 1018-19 Railroads. Carriers in interstate commerce, law of 1938, provisions..................... .............. Aug. 341-4 V acations with pay, United States: Boot and shoe industry. United Shoe Workers of America, provisions of collective agree ments___ _____ ________ _____ _____________ ______ _____ ____________ ____ _______ Cement industry. Collective agreements, analysis of provisions, as of 1938....... ................ Manufacturing and extractive industries. “Average wage” for time and piece workers, methods of computing................. ...................................... ............ .................. ........................... ----- Period granted and requirements as to length of service____ ______ ______________ ----- Types of plans, by industry and number affected, 1937............... ...................................... Navy Yards (U. S.) and private shipyards, comparison of advantages..... .............. ............ Salaried workers. Extent of movement, 1937, by industry grou p ............ ............................ Seamen. I. L. O. convention (agreement) of 1936, ratified by U. S. Senate, June 1938. Provisions____ _____ ___ ____ ___________________________________________ _______ Smelting and refining plants. Provisions of collective agreements. ¡.,________ ________ Wage earners. Growth in movement, 1935 to 1937, and number of plants and employees affected, by industry group.......................... .................................. ............................................ Vacations with pay, foreign countries: France. Law of June 20, 1936, provisions................................. ,................................................... Great Britain. Committee on Holidays with Pay, recommendations of April 1938 for all workers covered by compulsory insurance schemes.......................................................... ----- Law of July 29, 1938, provisions___________________ ______________ ________ ____ ----- (Lancashire and Cheshire districts). Miners, agreement effective Ju ly 1, 1938______ Sweden. All workers, public or private employ, law effective July 1, 1938____ ________ https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Nov. 1005 Oct. 790 M Dec. 1237-8 Dec. 1228-37 Dec. 1225-8 Nov. 1071-3 Aug. 269-74 Aug. 285-6 Sept. 597 Aug. 269-74 Sept. 626-7 July 60-3 Oct. 769-70 July 60 Aug. 274-5 1484 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [1938 Page Veterans, war. Placement, by U. S. Employment Service, May to October 1938--------------Ju ly 155; Aug. 407; Sept. 654; Oct. 906; Nov. 1156; Dec. 1429 Vocational education: Federal aid for (United States). Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Educa tio n .._________________________________________ _________________ - ___________July 86-7, 88, 89 Rumania. Labor fund for training Rumanian ethnic workers, law of March 29, 1938... Aug. 327-8 (See also Technical education.) Vocational guidance. Recommendations by Advisory Committee on Education, U. S. Ju ly 86,88 Government_______ ____ _______________ ______ _______ ______ ____________ __________ Vocational rehabilitation. Physically disabled, Federal aid to. Recommendations of Ad visory Committee on Ed ucation ............ ............................ ............... ............................................. July 86, 89 Vocational training. China. War-emergency provisions by various official agencies........... Nov. 1019-20 Wage executions, 1938 State legislation, review or_________________________ ____ ______ _ Oct. 811 Wage payment: Laws requiring specified times for, analysis by State, and review of pertinent court deci sions________________________________________________________________________ Dec. 1297-1308 Germany. Decree Regarding Fixing of Wages, June 25, 1938--------------------------- --------Nov. 1026 Wage policies. Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .). Background and systems developed since 1920.. Oct. 740-6 Wage rate. Great Britain. Road-haulage workers for private carriers. Machinery for appeal in case of unfair pay--------------------- ---------------- ------ --------- ------------------------------ --------Sept. 546-7 Wages and hours, United States: Accountants. Average net incomes, by year, 1929-36_______________________________ Nov. 1113-15 Agriculture. Average rates, monthly and daily, with and without board, by geographic Sept. 620-1 division, July 1,1938------------------------------ ------ ---------------------------------------------------Building trades. Union scales, by occupation and city, 1938...... ................. .....................Nov. 1093-1113 —— Union scales, trend by year, 1907-38------------------- ------------------- ---------------------Nov. 1096-7 Construction, building. Hourly rates compared with construction, street and road, and Dec. 1381 sewer and water line, by identical occupations (8), 1936------ ------ ------------- ------ ------------ Street and road, and sewer and water line. B y occupation, skill, and union status, 1936____________________________________________ - ............................... ............................ Dec. 1380-92 Cooperative associations. Survey of, 1936.................. ................................................................. Sept. 490-5 ----- Workers’ productive. Average annual, 1936, by kind of business_________________ Nov. 996-7 Cotton-textile manufacturing. Hourly rates, August 1938, and discussion of wage differ ences and effects of various possible minimum rates__________ ____ ____ ____ _______ Dec. 1243-9 Dentists. Average net incomes, by year, 1929-36............ - - . . ................ . . .................. ............. Nov. 1113-15 Doctors. Average net incomes, by year, 1929-36________ . ___________ ___________ _ Nov. 1113-15 Dry-cleaning establishments (Kentucky). Woman workers, hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937_________________________________ ______ ______ ________________ Aug. 309-12 Explosives industry. Average hourly and weekly rates and weekly hours. B y skill, oc cupation, and type of plant, October 1937____________ _____ ______ ___________ ___ Aug. 383-92 Aug. 381 •-----Average hourly and weekly rates and weekly hours. B y year, 1932-37-----------------Factories (Kentucky). Woman workers, hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937. Aug. 309-12 Furniture manufacturing (wood household, wood office, metal office, and public seating). Hourly rates, October 1937, by region and skill___________ ______ _____ ___ _______ _ Nov. 1074-92 Geographical variation during 1933 and 1935 (Hinrichs and Beal)....... .................................. July 117-45 Hotels (Kentucky). Woman workers, hourly and weekly rates, 1937.............................. .. Aug. 309-12 Hourly earnings (average), and hours per wage earner per month, 1935. B y industry and region_________________________________________________________________________ July 124-34 Household furniture, wood. Hourly earnings, October 1937, by region and skill-----------Nov. 1077-85 Kansas. Woman workers, weekly and hourly rates and weekly hours, by industry, 1937. Nov. 1021-3 Kentucky. Woman workers, hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937, by industry group_____ _____ _______ _____ _________________________________________________ Aug. 309-12 Laundries (Kentucky). Woman workers, hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937. Aug. 309-12 Lawyers. Average net incomes, by year, 1929-36________________________ ____ ____ Nov. 1113-15 Manufacturing industries. 15 paying highest hourly rates, October 1937........ .................... Aug. 381 Medical social workers. Annual rates, by type of institution and position, 1937............... Sept. 621-3 Millinery manufacture. New York metropolitan area, distribution of firms and workers by estimated average annual earnings,1 9 3 6 .---------------------- -----------------------------1 ... Aug. 393-4 Mining. Coal, bituminous. Average hourly rate, 1929, 1933,1936, compared with rates in foreign countries.------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------July 145-6 ----- Copper. Butte, M ont., Arizona, and Michigan, average rate per 8-hour shift, 1922-35.............................................. ................... - - - - - ___________________ ______ - .............. Oct. 866 Navy Yards (U. S.). Annual earnings, 1935, by occupational group and length of work period; comparison of statistics with those of private shipyards..---------- ---------------- Dec. 1393-1408 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1938] INDEX TO VOLUME 4 7 Wages and hours, United States—-Continued. Navy Yards (U . S .) . Civilian employees, August 1936, by occupation______________ ----- Hourly and weekly earnings and weekly hours, August 1936, comparison of statistics with those of private shipyards----------------------------- ---------- ------ -------------------- -----Negro workers. Urban, skilled, and white-collar, average weekly rates, by sex, 1936___ New York City. Office workers, by occupation, M ay-June 1938-........................................ Office furniture, wood and metal. Hourly earnings, October 1937, by skill____________ Philippines (Manila). Daily rates, 1937 (550 establishments)................................................. Printing trades. Book and job, and newspaper. Union scales June 1, 1938, by city and occupation_____________________ _______ - --------- ---------------------------------------- ------------Union scales, indexes (1929=100) by year, 1907-38........... .......................................... ........... Professional incomes—doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants. Net average, by year, 1929-36........... - .............- ................................ ....................................................................... ........... Public seating. Hourly earnings, October 1937, by skill............................ ....................... Puerto Rico. Tobacco stripping, by occupation, 1937-38-...................- .............- ------ -------Radio industry. Sets, parts, and tubes, manufacture of, and summary of whole, hourly rates by skill and sex, August 1937------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- Transmitters and related products, manufacture of. Hourly and weekly rates, by sex, skill, and occupation, and weekly hours, May 1938-----------------------------------------Railroads. Reduction of pay decided against by Emergency Board, October 29, 1938, résumé of situation and conclusions------------------- ------------- ---------- -----------------------Restaurants (Kentucky). Woman workers, hourly and weekly rates, 1937____________ Rhode Island. Hourly and weekly earnings, women, 1936 and 1937 (jewelry manufac ture and wearing-apparel and allied industries)-------------- -------------------------------------Sewer and water-line construction. B y occupation, skill, and union Status, 1936--------Shipbuilding (private shipyards). Annual earnings, 1935, distribution by occupational group and length of work period.. . . ------------------------------ --------- -------------------------------- Hourly basic rates, hourly and weekly earnings, 1936 and 1937, by occupation-------—— Hourly earnings and weekly hours, by months, 1932-37----------------------------- --------Social workers, medical. Annual rates, by type of institution and position, 1937---------Stores, retail. Department, ready-to-wear, limited price or variety (Kentucky), woman workers. Hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937--------------------------------------Street and road construction. By occupation and skill, 1936------------------------------------Woman workers. Hotels and other lodging establishments (Pennsylvania), January 1938___________________________________________________________ _______________ —— (Kentucky). Hours per week, weekly and hourly rates, 1937, by industry group.. — — (Rhode Island). Hourly and weekly earnings, 1936 and 1937 (jewelry manufacture and wearing-apparel and allied industries)------------------------- ---------------------------------— — Weekly and hourly rates compared with those of men, by industry, March 1938---Workers’ productive associations (cooperative). Average annual, 1936, by kind of busi ness................................ .......... ................... .............. ............ - .........- ------ ------------- ------------Wages and hours, foreign countries: Argentina. Hourly and monthly rates, by skill—construction, confection, graphic arts, linotyping, printing, wood, metallurgy, and textiles industries, by year 1935-38------Australia. Regulation of, through awards of Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration______________________________________ _____ ______ ____ ____________ — — (Sydney and Melbourne). Minimum rates and scheduled hours, by occupation, following industries, as of December 31, 1937: Wood, furniture, sawmill, etc.; engineer ing, metal works, etc.; clothing, hats, boots, etc.; building-------------------------------------Belgium. Daily, hourly, shift, or weekly rates, by industry group and occupation, Mar. 31, 1938_______________________________________ _____ ____ _________________ ----- Mining, coal. Average per hour, 1929, 1933,1935, and 1936; analysis of payments in kind and other elements included-----------------------------------------------------------------------Canada (British Columbia). Average weekly rates, by industry, 1929, 1936, and 1937-... Colombia (Bogotá). Daily wage, specified classes of workers, average in 1936........ ........... Czechoslovakia. Mining, coal. Average per hour, 1929, 1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of payments in kind and other elements includ ed -..-...... ................ .............. .............- ........... Denmark. Agricultural workers, season rates, with and without board, 1934-35 and 1935-36______________ ___________ _____ ____________________ ____ ______ ________ — — Annual rates, by industry or services, 1936-37------------------------------------------------------- Seamen. Wage supplements effective April 1, 1938, under agreement between sailors and firemen’s unions and shipowners’ union.----------------------------------- —------------ (Copenhagen arid Provinces). Hourly rates, by industry or service,.1936 and 1937— France. Mining, coal. Average per hour, 1929, 1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of pay ments in kind, e tc..............................—..............- ....................- .........—--------- ----------------- https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1485 Page Oct. 854-65 Nov. 1055-71 Sept. 556 Nov. 1115 Nov. 1085-8 Oct. 867 Dec 1360-79 Dec. 1363 Nov. 1113-15 Nov. 1088-90 Nov. 1130-2 Aug. 363-77 Sept. 611-20 Nov. 1049-52 Aug. 309-12 Sept. 552-5 Dec. 1387-92 Dec. 1400-4 Sept. 500-17 Nov. 1061 Sept. 621-3 Aug. 309-12 Dec. 1380-7 Dec. 1276-82 Aug. 309-12 Sept. 552-5 Dec. 1272-3 Nov. 996-7 Nov. 1116-17 Dec. 1292-4 Aug. 296-8 Nov. 1119-21 July 145-7 Nov. 1122-3 Sept. 540 July 145-7 Nov. 1138-9 Nov. 1135 July 147-8 Nov. 1135-7 July 145-7 1486 M ONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Wages and hours, foreign countries—Continued. France. Mining, coal. Rates and various wage provisions, 1938......... ............... .............. ----- Naval-store workers (resiniers—gum dippers and gatherers) in Government-owned and privately owned forests________________________________ ______ _____ _________ ----- Railroads. Nation-wide rates and supplements provided............................................ ----- Rates, various sections and industries, 1938, hours of work, and social-insurance de d u ctions...------ ------------ --------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------- ------------ - Shipbuilding. Trend upward in rates from June 1936, and rates in a Havre yard, by occupation____ ____ ___________________ ___________ ______ ____ ______________ ----- Stevedores. Daily rates, 1938....................................... ................. .................. ..................... ----- (Alsace). Mining (potash), daily rates, April 1938.._________ _______ ___________ ----- (Bordeaux). Cognac industry, weekly rates, May 1938................................................... ----- (Cherbourg). Dairy and cheese industries. Monthly rates and working hours, May 1938_____________________________________________ ______________________ _ ----- (Cherbourg). Pottery industry, daily rates, by occupation, May 1938....................... ----- (Grasse). Perfumery and essential-oils industry, hourly rates, May 1938_________ ----- (Grenoble district). Glove industry, hourly rates by occupation, April 1938............ ----- (Havre). Shipbuilding, hourly rates by occupation, February 1938______________ ----- (Havre). Street-railway employees, daily rates established January 1, 1938.............. ----- (Tulle and Lyon districts). Textile industry, rates, by occupation, May 1938_____ ----- (Marseille). Building trades, by occupation, March 1938.._____ ________ _____ _ ----- (Marseille District). Seamen, monthly rates, 1938___________ _____ ____________ ----- (Moselle and Muerthe-et-Moselle). Iron and steel industry, daily rates, February 1938_____________ ____ _____ ____ __________________________ ____________________ ----- (Nantes). Biscuit industry, hourly rates, May 1938...... .............. ................. ............. ----- (Nice). Hotel employees, monthly rates, January 1938.................... ............... ............. ----- (Paris). Subway employees, annual rates and supplements____ _______ _________ ----- (Paris region). Metal industry, by occupation, May 1938__________ ___________ ----- (Paris region). Paper industry. Rates, by occupation, May 15, 1938....................... ----- (Strasbourg district). Brewing industry, weekly rates, February 1938..................... ----- (Strasbourg district). Metal industry, daily rates, April 1938...................................... ----- (Strasbourg district). Mining (iron), daily rates, M ay 1938_______________ ____ _ Germany (Ruhr and Upper Silesia). Mining, coal. Average hourly rate, 1929, 1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of payments in kind and other elements included....................... Great Britain. Aircraft industry, weekly rates, 1938__________ _______ • .______________ ----- Automobile industry, weekly rates, 1938._________ _________________________ ___ ----- Boot and shoe industry, by occupation, November 1937_____ ____ ____ __________ ----- Building trades, hourly and weekly rates.............................................................................. ----- Olay industry (brickmaking), weekly, 1938................ ......................... ................. ............. ----- Coal mining, earnings per man shift, 1937............ .............. ....... .......................................... ----- Cotton industry, weekly rates, 1937...... .............................................................................. ----- Dock workers, daily and overtime rates, 1937................ ..................................................... ----- Engineering industry, weekly rates, by occupation, M ay 1, 1 9 3 8 ............................... ----- Flour milling, weekly by class of mill, 1937__________ ____ ___ __________________ ----- Glass (flat) industry, hourly rates July 1,1938___________________ _______________ ----- Iron and steel industry, weekly rates, by occupation, 1935,1936, and 1938__________ ----- Minimum hourly time rates established by Government trade boards, December 31, 1936 and 1937, following industries: Aerated waters; boot and floor polish; boot and shoe repairing; brush and broom; button; chain; coffin furniture and cerement; corset; cotton-waste reclamation; cutlery; dressmaking and women’s light clothing; drift-nets mending; flax and hemp; fur; fustian cutting; general waste-materials reclamation; hair, bass, and fiber; hat, cap, and millinery; hollow ware; jute; keg and drum; lace finishing; laundry; linen; made-up textiles; milk distributive; ostrich, fancy feather, and artificial flower; paper bag; paper box; perambulator and invalid carriage; pin, hook-and-eye, and snap fasteners; rope, twine, and n e t; sack and bag; shirt making; stamped or pressed metal wares; sugar confectionery and food preserving; tailoring, custom; tin box; tobacco; toy manufacturing; wholesale mantle and costume__________ _______ ----- Mining, coal. Average hourly rate, 1929, 1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of payments in kind and other elements............................ ...................................... ................. ............. ----- Oil and oilseed crushing, general laborers............................................................................... ----- Paint, color, and varnish industry, minimum weekly, 1938___________ ____ _______ ----- Pottery industry, minimum weekly, by occupation and sex, 1937----------------------------- Printing, bookbinding, and paper trades, weekly minimum, certain occupations, 1937. ----- Railway service, general wage levels, 1936 and 1937 compared............................ ............ ----- Rates established by joint industrial councils, collective agreements, or Government trade boards, by industry, specified periods............................................................ ................ ----- Seamen, monthly rates, by occupation, January 1, 1938................................................... https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis [1938 Page Sept. 635-9 Sept. 639-40 Sept. 640-1 Sept. 624-43 Ju ly 148-9 Sept. 642 Sept. 639 Sept. 635 Sept. 634 Sept. 633 Sept. 635 Sept. 633-4 July 148-9 Sept. 641 Sept. 629-31 Sept. 643 Sept. 642 Sept. 629 Sept. 634-5 Sept. 643 Sept. 641 Sept. 627-8 Sept. 632-3 Sept. 635 Sept. 628 Sept. 639 July 145-7 Oct. 877 Oct. 877-8 Oct. 870-1 Oct. 878-9 Oct. 871 Oct. 879 Oct. 879-82 Oct. 872 Oct. 832 Oct. 872-4 Oct. 883-4 Oct. 885-6 Oct. 891-4 July 145-7 Oct. 874 Oct. 874-5 Oct. 875-6 Oct. 876 Oct. 887 Oct. 869-95 Oct. 887-8 1938] IN D E X TO VOLU M E 47 1487 Wages and hours, foreign countries—Continued. Page Great Britain. Shipbuilding, weekly rates, by occupation, May 1938............................... Oct. 887 ----- Soap industry, weekly, 1938............................ ........................................................................... Oct. 876-7 ----- Tanning industry, minimum hourly rates, July 1937............ ............................................. Oct. 889 ----- Wool-textile industry, average weekly earnings, 1936-38................................ ................... Oct. 890-1 ----- (and Northern Ireland). Average, by industry, week ended October 12,1935, official survey............................. - .........—.............. .................................................................................... Oct. 869 ----- (Devon and Cornwall). China-clay industry, 1938........................................................... Oct. 871 ----- (Liverpool). Streetcar and bus service, weekly rates, as of April 1,1938....................... Oct. 888 ----- (Liverpool). Sugar-refining industry, hourly and weekly rates, by industry, 1938.. Oct. 888-9 ----- (Northern Ireland). Linen industry. Hourly minimum, time and piece-work rates, 1938-...........................- ........................................................................................................... Oct. 894-5 ----- (Wales). Tin industry, basic rates, 1938................................................................................. Oct. 890 Italy. Weekly hours, by industry. M ay 1935 and 1938............................................................ Nov. 1123-6 Japan. Daily rates, by occupations, February 1938, following industries: Textiles, metal, machines and instruments, ceramics,, chemicals, foodstuffs, clothing, sawing and fur niture, building, stevedores, and day laborers....................................................... .................. Dec. 1411-12 ----- Indexes, compared with indexes of wholesale and retail prices and real wages, by month, January 1936 to February 1938........................................... ........................................... Dec. 1412 ----- Mining, coal. Average hourly rate, 1929,1933,1936, male employees______ ______ _ July 145-6 ----- (Dairen, Kwangtung Leased Territory). Daily rates, Japanese and Chinese labor ers, by occupation, March 1938..------------- ------------------------------------------- -----------Dec. 1419 ----- (Kobe). Daily rates and working hours, by industry, July 1938................................. Dec. 1414 ----- (Nagoya). Daily rates and working hours, by occupations, December 1937............... Dec. 1413 - — (Yokohama). Basic rates, by occupation, March 1937 and 1938.................................... Dec. 1417 ----- (Yokohama). Farm laborers and fishermen, daily rates, early in 1936______ ____ _ Dec. 1416 ----- (Yokohama). Nonmanual workers, monthly rates............................................................ Dec. 1417 Netherlands. Mining, coal. Average hourly rate 1929, 1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of payments in kind and other elements included................. .................................................... Ju ly 145-7 New Zealand. Regulation of, under law, since 1898............................................ ..................... Aug. 290-5 Norway. Agriculture. Daily earnings, by sex, 1937-38. with and without board .......... Nov. 1141-2 ----- Agriculture. Increase in rate and reduction in hours, by arbitration award, 1938... Nov. 1139,1140 ----- Construction workers, 1936, by type of construction______________ _______ ________ Nov. 1141 ----- Road and transport workers, hourly rates, under 1938 agreement................................ Nov. 1139-40 ----- Seamen, foreign trade. Monthly rates by occupation, 1937____ _______ ______ ____ Nov. 1141 ----- Trades, specified, hourly or weekly rates, autumn of 1937________________________ Nov. 1140 Palestine. Agricultural, manufacturing, and construction industries, daily rates, by industry, race, sex, and city, daily hours by industry and race, March 1938 and Sep tember 1937.......................................................................................................... ............................. Nov. 1126-30 Poland. Mining, coal. Average hourly rate, 1929,1933, 1935, and 1936; analysis of pay ments in kind, etc............ ................................. ............. ............................................................... July 145-7 South Africa, Union of. Mining, coal. Average hourly rate, 1929, 1933, 1936, European July 145-6 and non-European workers............................. .................................... . .................................... Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .). Mining, coal. Increases provided by Government order, November 5, 1937_________ _____ ________________ ________________ ______________ July 149 ----- Peasants’ cooperative work on State-owned farms, payments in kind, 1935 and 1937.. Aug. 395-6 ----- Wage policies—scales, classes, piece and time rates, supplements, and incentives___ Oct. 740-6 Sweden. Hourly, daily, and yearly rates, by trade or industry, 1936................................... Nov. 1143-4 ----- Indexes (1913=100) of wages and cost of living, 1934, 1935, and 1936.......... ............... . Nov. 1142-3 ----- Working conditions, act of 1919.................................................. ........................... ............... Oct. 727 Switzerland. Daily and hourly earnings, 1937, by industry.............................. ............ . . . . . Nov. 1144-5 Wearing apparel and allied industries. Rhode Island. Minimum wage, effect of upon women’s earnings and employment, 1936 and 1937......... ......................... ................................ . Sept. 551-5 Welfare work. Navy Yards (U. S.), in comparison with private shipyards...... ....................... Nov. 1071-3 Wholesale prices^ Indexes, monthly and weekly changes, May to October 1938, by com modity groups____________________ _______________________________ ________ ________ July 189-94; Aug. 447-53; Sept. 691-701; Oct. 947-53; Nov. 1204-10; Dec. 1443-6 ----- Japan. Indexes, by month, January 1936 to February 1938, compared with retail prices and real wages___________ ____ ____________ ___ _____ ____________________ ___ Dec. 1412 Woman workers: Earnings and hours compared with those of men, by industry, March 1938......................... Dec. 1272-3 Pennsylvania. Hotels, year-round and seasonal, and other lodging establishments. Employment, wage, and hour statistics, January 1938_________ ___ l„ ........................... Dec. 1276-82 Trends in employment of, 1930-36, manufacturing and nonm anufacturing...:................. Dec. 1274-6 Woolen and worsted goods. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, April to September 1938.__ _ July 106; Aug. 400; Sept. 648; Oct. 899; Nov. 1150: Dec. 1423 https://fraser.stlouisfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 1488 M ONTHLY LABOE BEVIEW Working conditions: Australia. Federal regulation of. Rfeumg of history and status___ _________________ Japan (Nagoya). Textile industry___ ______ _________________ _____________________ ----- (Yokohama). Retirement allowances and pensions, larger firms____________ _____ United States Housing Authority projects, maintenance and other employees____ ____ Workmen’s compensation, United States: Accident reporting and prevention. Analysis of State laws as of July 1, 1938__________ Alaska Railroad employees. Administration transferred by Federal Government to general manager of company (1938)______________________________________________ Alien dependents, nonresident. Analysis of State law provisions as of July 1, 1938______ Appeals. 1938 legislation, New York State_____________________ ______ ____________ Benefit costs compared, by State and type of benefit, 1938___ ________________ _______ Benefit payments, adequacy of (Dawson)____________ ________ _____________________ Benefit system, features reinforcing, in various States__________ ____ ________________ Benefits. 1938 State legislation, review o f .......... ................................................. ...................... ----- Scale of compensation and period payable, by type of disability. Analysis of State laws as of July 1,1938................................................. ............ ............................................ ........... Claims, administration and settlement of. Analysis of State laws as of July 1, 1938____ Cost, funds to cover. Analysis of State laws as of Ju ly 1, 1938__________ ____________ Court decisions concerning. (.See Decisions of courts.) Coverage. Analysis of State law provisions, as of July 1, 1938________________________ ----- 1938 State legislation, review of________ ____ . . . a ................ ................. ................... Damages, suits for. Analysis of State law provisions as of July 1,1938________________ Elective. Analysis of State laws, as of July 1,1938_________ ______ __________________ Exclusions. Analysis of State law provisions as of July 1, 1938__________________ ____ Extraterritoriality. Analysis of State law provisions as of July 1,1938..______________ Insurance. Analysis of State law requirements as of July 1, 1938...................................... ----- 1938 State legislation, review of.______________________________________ _______ _ International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, 1938 meet ing of.......... ..................... ........ ....................... ...................................... .............. ........................... Investigative commission (Massachusetts) creation of, 1938__________________________ Medical aid and examination. 1938 State legislation, review of_____ ____ ____________ Medical benefits. Analysis of State laws as of July 1, 1938______________________ ____ Occupational diseases. List of States (27) in which compensable, as of July 1,1938____ ----- 1938 legislation, New York State___________ ________ __________________________ Origin, development, and broadening application of benefit system, summary of factors determining amounts received, and interstate diversity in provisions________________ Payments, factors determining computation of___ :_______ _____ ____________________ Second injuries. Analysis of State law provisions as of July 1, 1938___________________ ----- 1938 legislation, New Jersey_________ ______ _____ ________________________ ____ State systems, features analyzed, as of July 1,1938_____ _______ ________ ____ _________ Third-party liability. 1938 legislation, Kansas____ ____ ____ _____ __________________ Waiting time. Analysis of State law provisions, as of July 1, 1938....... ............................... W. P. A. and N. Y . A. project employees eligible to, under Federal Work Relief Act of 1938 . . . __________ ____ ______ _____________ _______ _______ _____________________ Works Progress Administration, U. S. Government: Appropriations.for various classes of projects provided in Work Relief Act of 1938______ Labor turn-over, from initiation in 1935 to June 1938, summary_______ _______________ Prevailing rate of wages to be paid and minimum rates established under Fair Labor Standards Act to apply (Work Relief Act of 1938)____________ _______ ____ _________ Y o u th : National Administration, U. S. Government. Consolidation with Civilian Conservation Corps recommended by Advisory Committee on Education_____ ______________ . . . . Occupations of adult children of Mississippi cotton farmers__________ _______________ Work history of former high-school graduates, Rochester, N. 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