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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LAB
Frances Perkins, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTIC.S
Isador Lubin, Commiuloner
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Labor Review
Index to Volume 48
January to June 1939
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Isador Lubin, Commissioner
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Volume 48
January to June 1939
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Accident insurance, United States. Older workers, employers' expenses for, not greater
than for younger workers _______ ···-·············......... . ................................ May l0iS-9
Accident insurance, foreign countries:
Jan. 41- 2
Netherlands. Net cost in percentage of wages, by industry , 1932-34 .. . . -·· · ·· ·· ·- ·· ·· ··
Feb. 325-6
New Zealand. Law of September 14, 1938, provisions.--•-··-·-·-·-·-··· -· -·· · ·· ·· · · ····
Jan. 41
Switzerland. Net cost in percentage of wages, by industry, 1932-34 ... --- - ···- · ·- · · · -· ··
Accident prevention:
Federal Interdepartmental Safety Council. Estahlisbment, composition, and objec•
tives .. -·· ·-- .... -· -··- -· -- · - . .• •-· ... --· - -- -··-·-···· -• ·· -······-·-·- ·--··--· -· · · ·· •· June 1331-2
Fertilizer industry. 1937 (description of accident and safe practice).·--·····-······ · - · · · Apr. 869-71
Jan. 116
National Safety Council . Annual meeting, Chicago, October 1038_.... . ...... . .. - · --· · ·
Mar. 553
'rVA project. Measures adop'ted, 1937- 38 . - · ·--· · -···············--·--- ·· -·· · ··-·---· ..
'!'ruck drivers, hours of, relation to. U. S. Supreme Court decision upholding New
H ampshire law .. ·-·-···-· __ ... · -• ·-·····--· ... -······ . . ··-.····· · ··---·····--··---·· · Mar. 619-20
Accident statistics, United States:
b' ertilizer industry. 1937 __ . ·- ·- . . . . ···- ..... . ...... ··--· . . --· ..... . ... . -· . . .. . ..... __ -· Apr. 856-69
lnjuries, industrial 1932, 1933, and 1934, by State and sex ... · --··· ··-···-·----·-· ·· ····· · Mar. 615--18
- - 1937, by industry and extent of disability······-··--- · ···-········· - ·--- · --··· -· · ··· Mar. 597-615
Iron and steel industry. 1936 and 1937, by department, extent of resulting disability,
and cause .. ·-·... ··- .... . ..... . __ -· · · ·-·- __ -·--··- · . . . .. -··-· .. · --··-· -·--··-- · ·.. . . . May 1089-1100
Older workers. Male factory workers, 2 New England plants, 1937 . .• .....• . . -•-·--·· ··
Apr. 774
Railroads. By type of accident and severity of injury, 1936-37 ··--···· ·• · · ···· . . ... .. .. . Jan. 116-18
Summary of reports of National Safety Council. October 1938 __ · - ··· · ·· · · · ·--· · -·· ·· ···
Jan. I 16
TVA project. 1937-38 • . . . -••··-··-·- · ··-·-··---· · ··---···----·-·---·-- · ···· ·· ···-····· ·
Mar. 553
Age distribution:
Apr. 774
Accident experience. Two New England industrial plants ...... · --·--·- · ··--··· · · · ··· ·
Apr. 772
Applicants at State employment office. New England, September 1938 .. ·· · ----····-··
Apr. 771
Applicants (not obtaining employment) !or factory work. 6 New England plants .. _.. .
Factory employees, New England. Hired, laid off, and totally separated during 12
Apr . 770
months 1937-38.: . .... ·--- ·· ·· --·· __ ...... _.. ··- --··---- ... -·-----·· ... - -·· --··- · -· .. .
Apr. 776
:Metal workers, nonferrous. Productivity of labor, by sex .. _.------··· · ·····-·- · ···--· ·
May 1077
Nonfarrn workers. Unemployed or on emergency work, by sex, 1937 __ . _ ··········-· · ·
Apr. i75-6
Textiles-wea,·ers and spinne1 s. Productiyity ol labor, by sex ·---·········- · --·--- · ·· ·
Agricultnre:
Cooperatives, pttrchasing. Statistics of membership, business (by commodity), finances,
and patronage refunds, 1936 .. _.. ···-··-·-·-·-·-·-········-············-·-- · -··· · -··- · June 1326- 9
Jan. 62
Cotton growing. Acreage, production, and labor required, specified periods , 1907- 36 _ _
Electricity. Benefits from, and new uses ol, on larms_····---·-··--·· ·· · -·-·-··-·--·--· Apr. 905--10
Employment opportunities for youth. lnadequacy of (WPA stndy) .·---·-··-····--·-· Mar. 573-4
Family and hired workers on !arms. Employment statistics by areas and seasonal
variation, 1909 to 1938. __ ··--·--··· .. ·-·· ....... . .... -·--·- -· -· ··-. -· .. ·-· -·- - · - .. . · --· June 1241- 52
Farm employment. Conditions, 1909- 38 (Bowden)_·-·-·-·----·-- - --··· · ·-···---··- · ···- June 1241-57
Farm living standards. Effect of rural electrification upon _. ··--- · --·-··-····--·--····· Apr . 905-10
!\far, 573
Farm ownership . Decrease in prevalence of since 1900 -··-·-·--·•··••·---------·· · -····
Migratory, casual, and part·time workers. Conditions atrecting ... ·-·······-· ····· -· · ·· June 1252- 7
Migratory IAbor ol children . National Child Labor Com1mtLee recommendat.ions for
May 1075
legislation .. --.. ----··-··-···--·- .. _. . . .. -· ··-- ··-· _.... __ .... . .. ···-·· ····- · · ·-- -··.
Tractor and plow operation. Held dangerous occupation within meaning of State child·
labor law (Kans. Sup. Ct.)-.. ---··---·-- __ .. -·---·-----·--- ____ . __ .··· · ····---·····-- - Mar. 620--1
Aircraft manufacture and supply. Contrac-ts, U.S. Government, r,1inimum•wage determi•
nation, December 29, 1938 ... - -·. ______ . ·-·-· ·· ·· ·-----·-. _---· · -- .. _...... . ·- ···- - -··· · -· .. Feb. 369- 70
l\Iar. 622
Aliens. Relief employment prohibited (U.S . Pub . Res. Ko. J, approved Feb. 4, 1939) .. -...
Alley Dwelling Authority for the District of Columbia. Extension ol slum clearance work
Jan. 9-1-5
through loan from U.S. Housing Authority_.. ·-·-···-· · ··---···-·····---·-----··---·--·
Jan. 67- 9
Alm shouses. Missouri. Condition ol institutions and characteristics ol population , 1936 ...
Annual earnings . (See under Wages and hours.)
Jan. 70
Annuities, Government. Canada, statistics of operation, 1909-37 ·· ·-· ·· -·-······-·-···-· · ·"Anti•kick•back" legislation:
Court decisions regarding_. ... ··· -·· .... . . -··· .............. .. ..... ··· -···· . . . . . ···-···· May 1104- 5
Federal and State, provisions . . •.••......••.. ···· ·· ···-··--··· ···-···· ···········--··· ·· May 1103-4
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Antileallet ordinances. Constitutionality of, court decisions, Federal and State courts _____ _
Apr. 881-5
Apparel industry . Industry committee appointed for, under Fair L abor Standards Act ___
Feb. 368
Apprenticeship :
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, interpretations a nd regulations under_ ______ ___ ____ __
Jan . 154
National Conference on Labor Legislation, 1938, resolut ion (text) ___ _________ ________ ___
Jan. 130-1
'rVA projects, management through joint committees _______________________ ____ ______ _
Mar , 55?.
Arbitration. (Ste Conciliation and arbitration.)
Antomobiles and bodies; automobile parts and ec1uipmen t. Labor turn-over, montbly rates,
October 1938 to March 1939 _______________ Jan . JOO; Feb. 420; Mar. 699; Apr. 940; May ll81; June 1427
Automotive parts find equipment industry. L abor turn-o,·er, 175 plants, 1936-37, and comparison with all manufacturing rntes _______________ -------- -- - --------------------- ___ .Jan. 197- 200
Barbers:
Licensing or registration, fees aud training requirements, hy State ____________________ __ June 1296-9
Union shops, working conditions and w Rges, 1938 . _ .. __
June 1287- 99
Benefits and benefit funds:
Canada. 'rrade-unions (6 organi1,ations), death, sickness, and strikes, 193i. ___________ _
Apr. 812
Wage-loan plans. Established for slack-work periods, by General Motors, January l,
Jan . 66-7
1939 __ -------------- ------- ------------------------- ------------------ ------ ----- -Blind persons, aid to. Canada. Under old-age 1,ension Jaw, amendment March 2'2, 1937 ___
M a r. 548
Bobbinet industry. Contracts, U. S. Go,·ernment, minimum-wage determination etfertive
February 13, 1939 ________________________________________ -----------------------------Mar. 661-2
Boot and shoe industry:
Labor turn-o,·er, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939 __________________ __ _____ __ _
J an. 196;
Feb. 420; Mar. 699; Apr. 940; May 1181; June 1427
Mechanization and its effect on labor productivity (Stern) _____________________________ _ Feb. 271-92
NRA influence upon labor productivity___________ ____________________________________ _
Feb. 91-2
Productivity of labor, men's and women's shoes, trend, by outpu t or plant and by grade
of goods manufaetured, 1923-36 ____ ----- - ----------------- - ------------ -- ---- ___ _ Feb. 279,281, 283-4
Style facto,·, effect upon productivity of labor __________ ---------------------------- ___
F eb. 287-8
Brick, tile, and terracotta industry. Labor t urn-over, mon t hly rates, October 1938-to•M arcb
1939 _______________________________________ Jan. 196; Feb . 420; Mar. 6~; .. pr. 940; May 1181; June 1427
Budgets, cost-of-li\'i11g:
Consumer purchaSl's. Ch icaro fami lies, 1935---36 ___________________________________ ·-- -- May 1007- 25
J<'actory workers (1,665 in 10 cities). Items on which increase in remuneration would be
Jan. 104-5
spent___ ____ __ __ __ ____ __ _____ ___ ______________ ________________ ____ ____ __ _ ____ ____
Families, Chicago. Contributions and personal taxes, percent distribution of expenditures. rn3&--36 __ ·------------------------------------------------- - ------ - --- -------- __
May 1020
- - Patterns of expendi tures, percent of ;ncrease higher incomes over lower, b y item__ __ May 1020-~
- - Various general items, percent distribution or expend itures, 1935---36___ ___________ May 1010, 1017
Family, 4-person, manual worker's. Maintenance level, 31 cities, December 1938_______
Mar. 535
Farm-laborer fa1nilics. Indian -Mexican village, New D1:cxico, 1935______________________
Jan . 105-7
Building and loan associa tions, United States. Membership, assets, and number of units.
by Sia-le, 1937 __·______ ________________________________________________ ___________________ _
Feb. 336-7
Building construction:
Federal and State buildings. Principal cities, value o! contracts awarded, November
1938 to April 1939 __ _________________ __ J an. 210; Feb. 461; Mar. 710; Apr. 957; May 11 93; June 1438
Scbools. Labor reQuirements in man-hours at and off site, and mat.l'rial and labor costs,
per million dollars of contracts, 1935---38 _____________ ---------------------------------- June 1:{00---1
Statistics. Number and kind of buildings, J)ermi t valuation, and families provided for,
priJJcipal cities, November 1938 to April 1939, comparison of cumulative figures each
month with pre,·lous year_ ________________________________ ____________ _______________ Jan. 207-10,
Feb. 458-62; Mar. 707- IO; Apr. 953-7; May 1190-3; June 1435--8
Business system , American. Structure, population affected, and pro.t,,loms (hearitJgS held
by 'fomporar;• National Economic Committee, D ecember 1038) ______ ___ __ _: __ _~---------Jan. 9-15
Cement industry. J,abor turn-oYer, monthly rates, October 10:!8 to March 1939 ___________
J an. 100;
Feb. 420; :\for. 699; Apr. 940; ~la y JJ81; June 142i
Census. Michigan State Emergency R elief Administ.rntion, 1935, objectives and results __ _
Jan. 17-24
C hild labor and welfare:
Agricultural migratory workers. R ecommendations for legislation (National Ch ild
Labor Committee) ___ ____ _·-- _________________ _----· __________________ ____ ___________ __
May 1075
Aid to dependent children, under social S'lCuri ty, Federal and State, statistics, 1936-37
a nd 1937-38 ________ _________ ----- ____ ____ __ _____ ______ _____--- _______ -- -- ___ ________ _
.Mar. 545
Fair Labor Standards Act of 19~8. lnterpreta iions and regulations under_ __ ___ ___ __ ___ _
Jan. 155---6
India (British). Employment of Children Act, 1938, provisions ____ _____ _______ _______ _
May 1076
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Migrant families, Philadelphia to New Jersey, for agrionltural labor. Poor working
conditions and loss of schooling involved ____ _____ ___ ------------------ --- ----------- - May 1073-5
National Conference on Labor Legislation, 1938. Resolution (text) ____ ________ ____ ___ __
Jan. 130
Tractor and plow operation held dangerous occupation for minor (Kans. Sup. Ct.) _____ _ Mar. 620-1
White House Con ference on Ch ildren in a Democracy, April 26, 1939. Sections formed ,
and objectives ______ ________ ___ ____________________ ___ --- - --- ----- --------- ----- ---- Juno 1312-13
Cllildren, dependent, aid to. Social security, Federal and State, statistics, 1936-37 and
Mar. 545
1937-38 - _-- -- -- . - -- -- ------ ----- ---- ---- -- - ---- --- -- --- ---- - -- ---- -- ---- ---- --- -- -----C igl!'r'and cigarette induStry.' (Sei un"iler Tobacco industry.)
C itizensh ip . Affidavit of required from persons granted relief work cu·. S. Pub. Res. No. I,
approved Feb . 4, 1939) ___ ________ __ ______ -- --- -- -------------------- -- ------- --- -- -----Mar. 622-3
Civil Liberties Committee (U. S. Congress, Senate). H earings and reports on "violations
of free speech and rights of labor," summary------ ------ -- -- -- --- --- -- ------------________ May 106~3
Civ ilian Conservation Corps (CCC), U. S. Government :
Educational work in camps, fi scal year 1938______ _____ ______ ____ __ ________ ____ _______ ___
Feb. 339
Morbidity and mortality among enrollees, 1938 ___ __ _--- ------------------ ---- --- --- - __ __
Feb. 340
Negro enrollees, statistics, and beneficial effects of work npon ___ ___________ _________ _ Apr. 846-7
Work accomplishments, fi scal year 1938, by type of project ______________ ____ ___ __ . __ __ _
Fob. 338-9
Cloth ing industry, men's. J,ahor turn-o-er, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939 ____ __
Jan. 197;
Feb. -1-21; Mar. 700; Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Closed shop. Decision in small claims and conciliation branch of District of Columbia
Municipal Court (Oas Workers' Union) ___ ------------- --------------- _____________ __ __
Apr. 837
Collective agreements, United States:
Barbers' union. General provision s, 1938 __________________________________________ June 1287-90
C'orporate successor to employer. Creation of prohibited for life of contract (Gas, Coke,
and Chemica l Workers) __ ·------ ------------- --- -- ----- -- -- ----- - --- -- -- -- --- _____
Apr. 830
Firm name of employer changed. Contract still effective until expiration date (U. S.
Apr. 838
Conciliation Service award) ____ ___ ____ __ ___________ _---- - ---------------- -- --------Oas, coke, and chemical workers (U. M. W.) . With 127 employers, status March 1939,
, . and general pro--:isiQ',1S - _____ _:·-: __ _____________ ____ ___________ ·------------- ____ ___ _ Apr. 829-36
llfotortruck drivers' organizations. General provisions, status 1938_____ __ ____ ____ ____ __ Mar. 688-92
New contracts effected in 1938, and tabular analysis of prevalence within various industries ____ __ __ _____ ___ __ _ ------ ---------- --·------ --- - ------- _________ __ ___ _ Mar. 50&-6, 608
LUB order invalidatin~. Declared without authorit y U. S. 8 up. Ct. decision,
electrical workers and Consolidated Edison Co. contract)__ __
. _ __ _ ______ ___ ___
Jan . 121- 6
Rubber industry. Period required to negotiate, and number of c-onfen•nces required ____ June 128~
- - 73contract-, by year signed, and numberofworkerscovered,Julyl032 to March 1939 _
Juno 1284
Street-railway employees. Analysis of proYisions on employment, hours, on•rtime, etc.,
asofJuneJ,1938 __ ___ ------ -------·-·--- ________________ __ ____ ________________ _
Collccti\·e agreements, foreign countri,'s :
F"inland. Cooperative associations, I.LO analysis ____________________________ __________
}' ranee. Coopcra(i\"e associations, ILO analysis __ __ ·--------------- ________ _ _______
Great Britain.
Cooperative associatiol'ls, ILO analysis ___________ _________ ___________
Feb.379-81
Feb. 344
Feb. 344
Feb. 344
Mexico . Cotton-textile industry, provisions, as of 1938 __ ______ __________
_ ______ Feb. 399, 403-4
- - Industries co,·ercd by national organizations as of 1938 _________________________ Feb. 398-404
·-- Rubberindus lry,provisions,asofl938.- ________________________ __ Feb.399,402
- - Silk and artificial-si lk industry, provis:ons, ns of 1938 _____________________ ______ ___ Feb. 398-400
---· - Sugar, alcohol, and allied industries, provisions, as of 10:!8 __________ _____________ F"eb. 399, 402-3
- - Woolen-textile industry, provisions, as of 1938 ______ __ ____________________ _____ Feb. 399, 400-l
Feb. 344
Norway. Cooperati,·c associations, lLO analysis ______ ---------· ___ ____ _ ____ __
Sweden. Basic, between employers· and employees' organizations, 1938, provisions _____ _
Apr. 841-4
- - CooperntiYc associations, ILO analysis _______________________________ _
Feb. 344
Feb. 344
Sw_itzerlai:id. CooJ)(!rati~c.associa ions, ILO analysis --- -------·---------- _______ ___ _
Collective 15argaining. Extent of. in 1938 __ ____________________________________ ·--- ______ _ Mar. 506-8
College graduates. Occupational and income status, 1936 (summary of U. . Office of Education report) _________ ________ __________________
--------------------- - ----- _________ _ May 1171-5
Compulsory labor. Germany. Prisoners, decree of May 1938 ___ _______________________ __
Feb. 350- 1
Conciliation and arbitration:
American Arbitration Association drcision.
Increase hi pif'c<'-work rate on foundry
_________ _____ -----------------------------------Apr. 838
01x•ration_ _________ __ ________
Change of firm name. Obligation of employer to fulfill terms of collective eon tract. st ill in
___ ____ ___ ____ ___ _
Apr. 838
existence ( . S. Conciliation Ser\'ice award) ________________
Closed shop. Claim for, upheld by small c!aims and conciliation branch of District of
Columbia Municipal Court (Oas Workers' Union) ___________________________________
Apr. 837
Department of Labor. Work of, by States and industries, Nov ember 1938 to April 1939 __ J an. 149-50;
Feb. 366-7; Mar. 633-4; Apr. 003-4; May 1139-40; June 1347-&
}'ederal Service. Created 1913, activities during year 1938_____ _______ ____ ______________
Mar. 499
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C'onciliatlon and arbitration-Continued.
France. Law of March 4, 1938, application of provisions relating to cost of llving ___ ___ _
June 1416
Gas, coke, and chemical workers. Collective-agreement provisions ____________ __ ___ ____ Apr. 831-2
Lay-off of employees (wholesale shoe company coven•d by collective contract,). (U. S
Conciliation Sen-ice award.) _________ _________ ___ ______ _______ _________ ________ _______ Apr. 839-40
National Labor Relations Board (U. S. Government). Work of, and opposition to,
in 1938 __ -- -- -- - ___ __ ____ __ ____________ ______ __ ____ ____ ____ _________ _ ________ __ ___ _____ Mar. 500-1
National Mediation Board (U.S. Government). Work of, in 1938 _________ ________ ___ __
Mar. 500
Replacement of workers discharged (wholesale dry-goods). Collective-agreement provisions upheld by U.S. Conciliation Service ____________ ______________________ ______ _
Apr. 839
Construction industry, United States:
Federal funds (financed from). Value of contracts awarded, and force-account work
started by Government agency, November 1938 to April 1939 ___ ___ _____ ___ ___________
Jan. 210;
Feb. 461; Mar. 710-11; Apr. 957; May 1194; June 1438-9
Roads (highways) . Federal projects, labor requirements per million dollars of contracts awarded, July 1935 to August 1937 ____ _____ ___ ____ ____ _________________________ _ Apr. 824-8
State funds (financed from). Public buildings and roads (highways), November 1938
to April 1939 __________________________ Jan. 210; Feb. 462; Mar. 711; Apr. 957; May 1194; June 1439
Contract shops. Factory operating subject to National Lahor Relations Att (U. S. Sup.
Ct. decision) __ ______ ____________________________ ____ -- -- -- -- ---___________________________ June 1334-5
Contract.•, State, for public printing. Prevailing hours and conditions required by statute
upheld by Colorado Supreme Court _________________ -- ------ --- -- -- -- -- -- --------------Feb. 355--6
Contracts, U. S. Government, for equipment and material purchased:
Industry committees, apparel and textile industrie.s, appointed by Administrator of
Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 _______ ___ _______ __________ __ __________ __ ____________ __
Feb. 368-9
Wage determinations. (See under Y!inimum wage.)
Contracts, union. (See Collective agreement;)
Conventions, meetings, etc.:
American States, eighth International Conference of, Lima, Peru, 1939. Declaration
adopted as to rights of women __ _________ ____ ______ _________________________________ _
;\fay 1072
Child welfare. White House Conference on Children in a Democracy (fourth meeting), April 26, 1939. Formation of sections and objectives ___ ____ _____________________ June 1312-13
Economic Committee, Temporary National. Washington, D. C., December I, 1938,
summary of hearings __ __ _____________ ______________________________________________ _
Jan. 1-15
Industrial Health, Council on (auspices American Medical Association). First iinnual
congress January 9-10, 1939, summary of proceedings ____ ____ ______________ __ _____ ___
Mar. 595-6
1,abor legislation, Fifth National Conference on. Washington, November 14-16, 1938___
Jan. 130-3
Probll'mS of the Negro and NC'gro Youth, Seconci NaL1ona l Conference ou. January
1939, proceedings summarized __ ___________________________ __ __ ___ ____________________ _
Safety Council, ·ational. Annual meeting, Chicago, October 1938 __ _____ ____________ __
Cooperation, United States:
Agriculture. Farmer members (stockholders) not exempted from provisions of Fair
Labor Standards Act.-·-- - - ----- ---- -------------- -------------------- -- --------- ___
- - Purchasing associations, statistics of membership, business (by commodity; , finances, and patronage refunds, 1936 _______ __ __________________ _____ ______________________ _
Bookkeeping jointly done for 3 Minnesota oil associations, 1938, summary of ad vantages_
College students' enterprises. Dormitory nod dining room associations, and money
producing activities (U.S. Office of Education report, summary of) ________ ____ _____ _
Colleges, self-help. Character and aims of_ _________ ____ -- ------------- ----- - -- --- ---- Credit unions. Dividend practice of. __ -------------------- ------- ------------- ------- Electricity. Distributi,·e associations in TVA area ____ ____________________ ____ ________ _
- - Service associations, use of REA loans ___ ____ ___ _________ ______ ______________ _____ __
Fair Labor Standards Act. Applicable to member-workers in cooperatives ____ __ ______
Funeral aid (" cooperative mort uary funds") . State of Washington _____________ ___ ___
Life insurance. Low-cost term, plan based on patronag~------ ___________________ ___ _
Management. Accounting, share capital , patronage refunds, and life insurance, new
procedures affecting. 19:J8 __________________ ------ ------ ------------------- - -- ---- Rural associations of assistance in Tennessee Valley Authority program ______________ _
Self-help_ Activities for older workers, summary of study (Univ. of Calif.) ___ __ _______ _
- - For unemployed , Federal aid by WPA prodded for by 1938 legislation ________ _____
Share capital. N"ew ,•,ulants in procedure, 1938 _____ __ _______ _____ _______ ________ ______ _
Wages and t1ours. Fair Labor Standards Act applicable to cooperatives _______ ______ __ _
Cooperation , foreign countries:
Europe. Employment conditions, various countries _______ ___ _______ ______ ___ ____ __ __ __
Finland. Collective agreements, provisions of, as analyzed by ILO ____ _________ __ ____ __
- - Employment and working conditions. as analyzed by ILO __ _____________ _________ _
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Jan. 116
June 1329- 30
June 1326---9
Jan. 108
Apr. 850-1
Apr. 851-2
.Apr. 852
Mar. '87-8
Apr. 905--10
Mar. 586
Jan. 109- 10
Jan. 109
Jan. 108-9
Mar. 587-8
)\fay 1081- 3
Jan. 111- 13
Jan. 108- 9
Mar. 5~fl
Feb . 341- 7
Feb. 3H
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Cooperation, foreign countries-Continued.
France. Collective agreements, provisions of, as analyzed by !LO _______________ _ _
Feb. 344
- - Employment and working conditions, as analyzed by ILO ____________ . __ _
Feb. 341-6
Great Britain. Collective a!(feemsnts, provisions of, as analyzed by ILO ___ _________ _
Feb. 341
- - Employment and working conditions, as analyzed by IL O ___ ___________ ______ _ J,'eb. 311-6
Norwa). Collective agreements, provisions of, as analyzed by ILO _________________ _
Feb. 3 14
- Employment and working conditions, as analyzed by lL O _______________________ _ Feb. 34 1- 7
Sweden. Collective agreements, provisions of, as analyzed b y ILO ______ _____________ _
Feb. 344
- - Employment and workiu:; cond itions, as analyzed by ILO ______ ________________ .
Feb. 341- 6
Sw it,,erland. Collective agreements, provisions of, as analyzed by I LO___ ____ _____ __. __
Feb. :144
- - Employment and working conditions, as analyzed by IL O ______ ·--· ______ ______ _ Feb. 34 1-6
Corporate successor to employer:
Creation of, prohibited duriDg life of collective agreement (Gas, Coke, and Chemical
Apr. 830
1\-orkers)___
_____ --------------···-- -----------·---------- ---- - - --- - · ------·- -(Su aiso Xamc or firm, change of.)
Corporations . Size Rlld concentration factors (bearings held by Temporary Kational EcoJan. 11 - 12
nomic Committee, December 193B) ____ -------------------· - -- ---- - ----- --- - ---- ------- - -Cost of living, united Sta:es:
Consuµ:,er purchases. Chicago, 1935--36, study of, by income levels ___________________ •. May 1007-25
Factory workers O,6fi5 in 16 cities). Distribution, by spending habits________ __ ________
Jan. 101-5
Family in~ome classes. Chicago, percent having surplus or deficit ______ __ _________ ____ _
May 1011
]'arm-laborer families . lndian-Mexicau village , New Mex ico, 1935 ________ . _____ . ___ . __
Jan. 105- 7
Federal employees . Wasbington. D. C., indexes of cost of goods purchased, 1933- 38
and pcrcentofcllan~e, 1937-38 _ ·---------------------- · -·-- -------- -- ------·----- l\Iay 1141-4
:Food dollar. Proportion of expenditure going to specified agencies (Lazo aud Bletz)__ __
l\lar. 655--6
:food. Expenditures for by city workers. and estimated cost of ade(Juate diet _____ _____ .I pr. 910-13
lndexes {J\l23-25 base) . By cities (32) , and by items of expenditure, specified periods
1913 to March 15, 1939 ____ ____________________________ __ ______________ :Viar. 642-48; June 13.'>l-59
- - Description of construrt\on of. ______________________ ___ ______________ Mnr. 648-51: June 1360-1
- - Trends of various items, and changes in cost of typical budgets, 1938_______ ___ _____
Mar. 53 1- 5
Indexes (1929= 100, lLO base). Food and general expend itures, by year 1930-38, by quarter March 1937 to March 1939, and comparison with foreign countries ______ Mar. 651-4; June 136 1-3
Minimum wage . Studies hy specified States, as basis for wage orders, amounts indicated _ Feb. 295-6
Percentage changes. By cities (32) and by item of expenditure September 15, 1938, to
March 15, 1939; by cities, all items combined, specified periods June 1920 to March 15,
1939 __ _________ ------ -·--------- -- --------- - ---- ---- -------------------- Mar. 639-42; June 1351-4
Cost of living, foreign countries:
France. Variation of wages in relation to, 1937- 38, and provisions of law of March 4, 1938 __
June 1416
Indexes (1929= 100). Food and general expenditures, by year 1930-38, by quarter March
1937 to March 1939, or period shown. Argentina (Buenos Aires) to December 1938;
Australia to December 1938; Belgium; Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) to 1936; Bulgaria; Burma
(Rangoon); Canada; Chile (Santiago) to December 1938; China (Peiping and 'I'ientsin)
to 1936. (Shanghai); Colombia (Bogota) to December 1938; Costa Rica (San Jose) ;
Czechoslovakia (Prague); Danzig, J<'ree City of; Denmark to December 1938; Egypt
(Cairo); Estonia (Tallinn); Fin land to December 1938; France (Paris) to December 1938;
Germany; Great Britain and 1 ortbern Ireland ; Greece; Hungary (Budapest); India
(Bombay) , (Ahmedabad) to December 1938 ; ludo-Chi na (Saigon) to December 1938:
Iran to December 1938; Ireland; Italy; Japan (24 cities) to December 1938 (13 cities and
Tokyo); Latvia (Riga); Lithuania; Luxemburg; Netherlands (Amsterdam) to December 1938; Netherland Indies (Java and ~fadura) to December 1938, (Batavia); ' ew
Zealand ; Norway; Palestine; Peru (Lima); Poland (Warsaw); Portugal to December
1938; Punjab (Labore) to December 1938; Rumania (Bucharest) ; Southern Rhodesia
to December 1938; Spain (Madrid) to 1935; Sweden to December 1938; Switzerland;
Turkey (Istanbul) to December 1938; Union of Sontb Africa to December 1938; Uruguay
(Montevideo) ; Yugoslavia (Belgrade) to September 1938, (Croatia and Slavonia) _____ _ Mar . 651-4;
Ju ne 1361-3
Cotton growing. (See ender Agriculture.)
Cotton-1.extile manufacturing . La bor turo-o,er, monthly rates, October 1938 to March
i939 _______________________________________ Jan . 196; Feb. 4.20; Mar. 699; Apr. 940; May ll8l; June 1427
Court decisions. (See Decisions of courts.)
Credit unions. (See under Cooperation.)
Crushed-stone industry. Employment statistics and productivity of labor, 1913-37 ________ _
Apr. 820-3
Decisions of Acting Comptroller General (U. S. Government):
8-bour Jaw. Laborers and mechanics, Federal projects or contracts, Eoil Conservation
Service question ris to farm workers __________ ---- ------ - -------- -- --- - -- -- - -- -· ______ _ Apr . 916- 18
- - Workers on orthopedic supplies, etc., included, ruling Octobn 14, 1938 ____________ _ Apr. 916-17
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Decisions of Comptroller General (U. S. Government) . "Anti-kick-back" regul&tions to
to govern in District of Columbia (ruling Jan. 19, 1939) __ __ ______________________________ _
Decisions of courts:
A. F. of L . union held entitled to recover propert,y taken ornr by seced m~ members to
C, L 0. union (Oreg. Sup , Ct.) ____________________________________________ __________ _
"A nti-kick-hac k" legislatior:, Charges of violation held to be nnfonnded (Dist. Ct, of
Pa. (1935), and U.S. Dist. Ct. for Eastern Dist. of Pa,) __ _____________________ __ ___ ___
New York State, upheld ______ ·-------------------- __ ---------- --- ------------- Antileaflet ordinances. Rulings by Federal and State courts us to constitutionality ____ _
Child-labor-law ,iolation through employment in dangerous occupations (K ans . Sup.
Ct.) ___________________________________ ---------- --- ----· --- - --- ----- ----- - ------ ___ _
City held liable for damage to restaurant during stri ke (W. Va. Sup. Ct. of Appeals) __ _
Closed shop, claim for, by Gas W orkers' Union, u pheld by small claims nnd conciliation
branch of District of Columbia llfu nicipal Court_ ________ -------------------------C. l. 0 . canner y workers' union held liable for breach of contract executed before secession from A. F. of L. (Sup. Ct . of W ash. ) ___________ ---------· ______________________ _
"Con trnct shop'' subject to National Labor Relations Act (U.S. Sup. Ct.) ____________ _
Contracts, public printi ng, Colorado, st atute regulating held constitu t ional__ __________ _
Electric railway determined not interurban by ICC, and ruling upheld by U.S. Supreme
Court__ ____________ __ . ________________________ --- -- --- - ------ . _____________________ _
Federal employee's salary subject to State (New York) incom e t ax (U, S. Sur. Ct,) ____ _
Hours of Labor Act, Sou th Carolina, h eld invalid by State Supreme court ____________ _
H ousing, State legislation upheld by highest conr ts (Ala., Ten n., N. Y ., na., Mo1Jt.,
Fla., II!. , Ind., Ky. , La., N . C., an d S. C ,) ___ ____________ _ -------------------------Life-insurance agents held not covered by State unemploymellt-compensation law
(Conn, Sup. Ct,) _____________________ .------- - --- - - -- - - --- - - . - - --------- · _---- - ---- -Minim um wage, :Minnesota, blanket wage order, women in all in,lustries, challenged __
- - Oklahoma, constitutional ri ght to fix men's rates __________________________ _
- - U tah law held constitutional, but first order declared void account inadequate hearing prodded ____ __ ____________________ -------- -- --- - _______ -------- - -- - --- ----- --- - --Minimum ,rnge and maximum hours, retail clerks, Utah Industrial Commission order
held inrnlicl by State supreme court account of failure to bold proper bearing ____ _
l\>linor illegally employed, right of action against employer f0r injury received upheld
(K ans. Sup. Ct.) _______________________________ ____ ______________________________ _
NLRB order allegiog lock-out (marhine-shop employees). Ruling against, by, lower
court, upheld by U.S. f;upreme Court_ __________ _________ ------------------------ __
NLRB order for reinstatement of striker; (sit-clown-iron, steel. and tin workers), Ruling against, by lower court, upheld by U . S. Supreme Court, Februar y 27. 19:l9 ______ _
(violating nonstr:ke agreement), Ruling against, by lower court, upheld by U.S.
Supreme Court_ _______________________________________ _ __ . ___ ________________ _
Page
M ai' 1104
A pr. 886--7
May 1105
May 1105
Apr. 881 - 5
Mar. 620-1
Apr. 885
Apr. 837
Apr. 837
June 1334 -5
Feb. 355-6
Jan. 128
May 1106--7
May 1106
June 1333-4
May ll08
Feb. 295
Feb, 295
Feb. 295, 353
Feb. 353
Mar. 020-l
Apr. 877-9
~\.pr. S72-7
Apr. 879-81
KLRB ord er invalidat.ing contracts between Electrical \Yorkers (fnternational BrotherJan. 121-6
hood of) and Consolidated Edison Co, declared without authorit y (U. S Sup. Ct.J- - Picketing. Force and violence held infraction of State riot statute (Minn, Sup, Ct.) __ _
Apr. 886
--Meat market where only proprietor was employed, belcl unl:\wful (Tenn, Sup, Ct.) __ May 1108-9
- - Suit for injunction to restrain held to ronstitute labor dispute (Minn, Sup. Ct.) __ __
Feb. 353-4
- - To compel closed-shop contract illegal where no labor dispute e,isted , and employer
entitled to damages, according to rulin g of Massachmetts Supreme Judicial Court ___ _
Feb. 3M-5
- - To compel union recognition not a labor dispute, rul ing of Washington Supreme
Court_ __ __ _______________ __ ________ ______ ______ . __ __ . ______ --- ------ -- -- - - --------- --Feb. 354
Public printing, State act regulating contracts for held constitutional (Col, Sup, Ct.) ___ _
Feb . 355-G
Reinstatement of strikers, (Se< Decisions of Courts: N"LRB order for.)
Sit-down strike, <lamages awarded for, under Sberm <\n Antitrust Act, by a Federal district court in Pennsylvan ia _____ __ _____ __ _____ ____ __ ____ ________ ______________ ____ ___ _ June 1335-n
State (California) held not entitled to injunction restraining en forcement of }'ederal
Rail road Retirement and Carriers Ta~ing Acts (U. S, Sup. Ct.) _____________________ _
Jan. 127
Stat e housing legislation upheld by highest comts (Ala,, Tenn., :N, Y,, Ga., Mom,, Fla,,
Ill. , Ind., Ky,, La., N. C., and S. C,) ____ ______ --------------------------------------·· Jn ne 1333-4
State (Missouri) university required to admit Negro petitioner to law school in absence of
other provision for bis legal edu cation (U. S, Sup. Ct.) _
Mar. 577
Strike in violation of contract illegal if interfering with bnsiness (restaurant), and owner
enti t led to injunctions and damages, ruling of );ew York Court of Appeals_ . _______ _
Feb. 355
'!'ru ck drivers, SJ)f'Clfied transportatior:, statute (New Hampsh ire) regulating hours of
work held constitutional (U.S. Sup. Ct.) ___ ______________ ______ _______ ______ ____ _____ _ Mar. 619-20
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Decisions of co;rts-Continued.
Unemployment insurance (compensation). Arkansas act upheld by State Supreme Court.
June 1337
- - Due from date of dischar~e to employee allowecl to leave work before discharge date
Mar. 621 -2
(Sup. Ct. of Pa.) ...................... . ..... ··············••-• .................... .
- - Tot due to employee kadn!' serdce account or health (Sup. Ct. of PR.) ........... .
far. 621
- - '·Voluntarily leaYing" as used in State law. defined (Sup . Ct. or PR.) ............ .
1\far. 621 - 2
Wage determination under Public Contracts Act, steel industry, injunction against,
1ay 1145-6
March 27, 1939 (U.S. Ct. of Appeals for D. C.) ... ...... ................... . ........ .
Wages and hours, Oklahoma State law upheld (Okla. Sup . Ct.) ........................ . May 1105-6
Workmen's compensation. mood poisoning from infection through trimming horses'
.lnn. 129
manes held compensable (IJtab Sup. Ct.) ........... . ................................ .
- - Drowning of painter he!<! not compensable because workman disobeyed instructions
Jan. 127-S
by risking life (N. C. Sup. Ct.). ............................. . ..................... .
- - Injury from food sold to employee by employer t,eld compensable (N. C. Sup. Ct.l. .
Feb. 356
:\'lay 1107
- - [njury incurred outside State held compensable (Sup. Ct. of Calif.) .............. .
M ay 1108
- - Injury resultin:, from violation of rules held compensable (O hio Su p. Ct.). ··- .. ·-.
- - Injury to employee while attending meeting on employer's premises held not com•
.lan. 128-9
pensable (2d Dist. Ct. of Appeal of Calif.) ................. . ......................... .
- - Pennsylvania acts, certain portions helcl invalid (Pa. Sup. Ct.) .................... . June 1336-7
- - Review of evidence by only one member of industrial commission ruled not sufficient
(Wis. Sup. Ct.) ............................................................. .. ..... .
June 1337
Depressed areas, Great Britain. Development and improvement, legislation of 1934 and
1937, provisions .. . . . ......................................... . ............... . ........... .
Diets. (&e Nutrition .)
Directories. Labor and welfare offices, Latin America, by country ........................ . Apr. 9 -90
Discharge of workers:
Mar. 623
Argentina. Indemnity due to employee dismissed account of marriage .. ............. . .
Immediate replacement of under collective agreement (wholesale dry goods). U. S.
Conciliation Service award __________ __ _________ __________________________ ___________ _
Apr. 839
Dismissal compensation, United States:
Department•store schedules to complement Now York State unemployment•compensa·
Mar. 544
tion law .. ....... . ....... . . .............. ........................................... . .
Mar. 542
Food•manufacturing company, termination allowances adopted, 1938 . ... .............. .
Policies and plans, changes in since 1935, summary (Hawkins) ......·......... .......... . Mar. 538-44
Domestic service:
Jan. ll5
Trained persons, demand for as reported by U. S. Employment Srrvice ... .......... . . .
WP A training courses, r~sum6 1936-38 .............................. ................... . Jan. 114--15
Earnings. (See Wages and hours.)
Economic conditions. Basic problems of the national economy (Martin), summary of hear·
Jan. 1- 15
ings held by Temporary National Economfo Committee, December 1938 ................ .
Education:
Domestic service, WP A training courses 1936-38 ...................................... . Jan. 114- 15
Apr. 846-7
Negro enrollees in CCC, opportun ities provided to .............. ...... .... .. .. .... . .... .
Jnne 1320
Negroes, school buildings constructed in South as work projects .. . .................... .
Occupational Information and Guidance Service (U . S. Government). Establishment
of and functions ................. .. . .. ........ ........................................ . Mar. 578-9
Self•help colleges for students without funds, character and aims oL ...... ·-·········--Apr. 851-2
Efficiency, labor. Soviet Union (U. S. S. R.). Decrees issued December 1938, designed to
bring about improvement ............... ..... ·-··························· · ··············· Mar. 567-9
Eigbt·bour day. (&e Hours of work.)
E lectrical•macbinery industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to March
1939.................... . . .... .. ........... . . Jan . 196; Feb. 420; Mar. 699; Apr. 940; May U81; June 1427
E lectrical products. Manufacture and distribution, labor requirements in, 1937.. .. ........ Mar. 559-63
Electrical workers. NLRB order invalidating contracts with Consolidated Edison Co. de•
Jan. 121-6
clared without authority (cour t decision) .... ~ ........................... . . ....... ....... . .
Employee elections. Held under State Jabor•relations acts of Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, Utah, Wisconsin, to July 1, 1938 ................... _....................... Feb. 315-21
Employer-employee relations:
Trends shown in employers' conferences and management attitudes, year 1938....... ·-·-· Mar. 501-5
Jan. fio-7
Wage.Joan plan of General Motors established January I, 1939 .. . ... ... ................ .
(&e also Labor·management cooperation.)
Employment agencies, United States:
Activities, year 1938, summary of. .............. -......................... . .............
Feb. 431-3
Registrants, U. S. Employment Service, analysis of characteristics, as of August 1938
(Wellemeyer) ......................................................................... Apr. 948- 52
U.S. Employment Service. Activities, Nove mber 1938 to April 1939.... .. ........ . ....
Jan. 201-6;
Feb. 425-30; Mar. 701-6; Apr. 942-7; May 1183- 9; June 1429-34
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Employment agencies, Germany. Prisoners, number of and occupational characteristrcs
to he reported by public employment offices under decree May 1938........... ... ........ .
Feb. 350-1
Employment by two companies. Joint responsibility for payment of minimum wage under
Fair Labor Standards Act .................. . ......... . .. ............................ . .. . J une 1368-9
Employment opportunities. Older workers, analysis of factors affecting, in New England
industries, 1938 ..... . ....... . ................. . ...•. . . . ...................... . . ........... Apr. 76fr80
Empl0yment, stabilization of. Guaranteed annual wage encouraged b y Fair Labor Stand·
ards Act .... ... . ........ ............................. ................ .. ........ ... ....... . Apr. 914--16
Employment srati~tics, U □ itc,! States:
Agricultural workers, famil y and hired. Number a □ rl index, by year. 1909-38; estimated
number by area, 1936; season al rnrintio ns, 192fr36 .... . . ................ June 1243, 1245, 124S, 1251
Beet•sugar industry. Index of seasonul employment in factories, rnm-3a. ....... .......
Mar. 565
Construction projects under Un ited States agcnries (PWA, USllA, RFC, Works
Program, WP ."., NYA, CCC) and those financt'd from regular governmental app ro·
Jan. 231-3;
priat.ions, Ko venibcr 1938 to April 1939.. .... ... . . ...... . ......... .......... .....
F eb. 438- 40; far . 7lfrl7; Apr. 973- 5; May 1212-14; June 145\H)(J
Crushed•stone industr y, 1913- 37, commercial and all operations.. . .... .•...............
Apr. 820-3
Fertilizer industry (283 plants) . by region, occupation, skill, and race, 1038... .. .. ..... .
Mar. 676
Indexes (1923- 25=100) , e:np!oymcnt and pay rolls, by y~ars 1923- 38 and by months 1938,
and by industr y group. ..... ...... ......... .......... . ........................ ...... Mar. 727-37
ln<lustrial and business. By Stat.cs, geographic divisions, and principal cities, including
pay rolls, October 1938 to March 1939 .. ....... , ........ .,................. ..........
Ja11. 243-5:
Feb. 451- 3; Mar. 738-40; Apr . 98fr7; May 1223-5 ; June 1469-71
- - (Manufacturing, mining, public utilities, t rade, srrvice, and bnilding construction),
including pay rolls, hours, and earnings, Ko,·ember 1938 to April 1939................. Jan. 227-30,
233-45; Feb. 43~- 8, 441-53; i\fa•. 712- 15, 71 -40; Apr. 970-3, M6-~7; May 1209-12, 12lfr25; June
145fr8, 1461- il
Nonagricultural occupatiuns. Loss in depression (hearings held by T emporary National
Economic Committee, D ecember 1938) ........... .... ........ .......... ........... ... .
E spionage, labor. Testimony given in U.S. Senato inquiry by committee appointed June
G, 1936........ ........... ......... ..... ........ ............. ..... ... ..•... . .............
Examination and licensing, Barbers, fees anc! training requirements, by State....... ......
Jan. 5-8
May 1062-3
Juno 1296- 9
Fair Labor Standards Act, 193 :
Encouragement to policy nf guaranteed annual wage ...................... . .... . .. .... .
Estimates of coverage and effects in 1938 ............................................. .
H ours of work defined, by Administrator •................•................•• . . . ....... .
Apr. 014- 16
Mar. 657-9
June 1366-9
Interpretations and reguJations under ___ ---·--· _____ ____________ __ . ___________ . _______ _ Jan. 151-61
Family allowances:
May 1039
Argentina (Buenos Alres). Municipal employees, order of D ecember 2~. 1937.......... .
Australia. Public•service employees, since November 1020 • •••• •••••••••• •••...•.•••.•.. May 1039-40
- - (New South Wales) . Bank employees, award by Industrial Commission ..... . .
May 1038
- - (New South Wales) . Endowment by State, various laws, J927 to 1937 ... . . . . . . .. May 1042-3
Belgium . Growth of practice, from 191;, lr~islation, !ind statistics 1937 and 19:!8 ....... .
May 1026,
JU28, 1029-31
- · Public•serviee employees, national and local governmen ts ............••......••....
May 1040
Brazil. Family endowment by State under new constitution ... ................ ....... .
May 1042
Chile. P rovisions of plan , status 1938 ................... . ....... . ........... . ....... . May 1031- 2
Finland. Public•scrvice employees in certain classes, since 1917.. ............... . ...... .
May l 040
France. Legislatio n concerning, and statistics 1937 and 1938 ............•..... . .. . . ... .
May 1032
--Public·serviee employees, 1917 tu 193, ........ ..... . ·................... ..... ....... .
May 1040
Germany. Family endowment by State, ordinance September 15, 1935; and extension of
May 1042
system to Austria, March 30, 1938.• . •................. ... ....... ... . . ... ......... ......
- - Iron and steel industry, 1938 ............ ... ........... ...... . . . ......... ..... ..... .
Apr. 926
- - Mining, coal, bituminous and lignite, 1938 ................... . . . ...... . . .........•
Apr. 934-5
- - Petroleum industry, 1938 ......................•... ·.....••.......••...... . . . ....•• .
Apr. 936
May 1040
- - Public•scrvice employees, since 1915 . . ........ ........... ... ............ ........ ... .
May 1034
- - Status of system, 1938 ................... . ................. . ......•...... . ..........
Great Britain . Officers in naval service, order of 1938.............. . .......... . ... •.••..
May 1040
- - Private church, school, and industrial plans, to 1938 .......... .. . . .. ............ . . . . May 1034-5
May 1036
Greece. ColJective agreements, various classes of employee~, 1937..................... .
May 1041
Irish Free State. Pub!ic·service c:n ployees, provisions. · ········ ···· ············-····· ·
Italy. Limited use during World War, and provisions of laws passed 1931 and later ... . May 1036-7
J apan. Spinning companies' plans ....... .. ............ ......... . . . . .. .. . . .... ........ . May 1037-8
May 1041
Lat.via. Government employees, lavt1 of May 1, 1937, provio:;ion~ -- ----------- --- - -- ----Luxemburg. Public•service employees, law of 1037 and collective agreement of 1938,
May 1041
provisions ........ ... ..........•. •. ........... . ... . ............. .. ........ .. ... ....
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Family allowances--Continued.
Netherlands. Sto.-es, cigar making, and shoe manufacturing, rate allowed in, and col•
May 1038
lective agreement. footwear indnstry _·--- · -···· ····-·-·· ·· --- ·-· · · ·······-···----·-·-·
New Zealand. Law or September 14, 1938, provisions . ······••·······-·····-·· · ·-··· . Feb . 324, 327
- - Operation under act of 1926, and provisions or Social Security Act or 1938 ... . ·-···-· May 1043-4
ublic employment. Various coun tries. status 1937 or 1938 ................. ·-· ....... . May 1039-4 1
Spain. Compulsory centralized system established under law, 1938. ···-·•-·······--·· May 103S-9
May JO:l9
Uruguay. • I!mtevideo fund reported, 193;_ __ ·····-- ·······- .. ··- ······----····-·-··
Various countries. Summary of status, 1937 and 1938 (Waggaman) ...... - ..
May 1026--45
Family budgets. (See Budgets, cost or Ji ving.)
F amily endowment by State. (See un d,·r Fami ly allowances.)
Farm Security Administration ( U. S. Government). Medical•cttre plans for form families,
status 1938
)far. 592- 5
~' ederal Housing Administration (U.S. Government) :
Insured loaos. Increase in, as result of 1938 li beralizing legislation .......... .
J an. 95-6
Insured mortgage, . Volume of aut horized increased to 3 hill ion dollnrs, December 1938.
Feb. 334
Fertilizer industry:
Accidents, C'.luses and prernntion, 1937 ....... ·····- · -- .....
. ............... ··--·· Apr. 856-71
DefinHion of, and salient features•-···••--·········--·-- ............. ·-········-·· . )far. 666--72
F orei ~ners, emp_!oyment or. Relief work jobs, prohibition or ( C. S. Pub. Res. :<lo. I, approved
Mar . 622- 3
Feb. 4, 1939) . •-- · - ·-······
. ··-·· .............. . ......................... .
Foundriernnd machine shops. L abor turn•o,·er, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939
Jan. 196;
Feb. 420; Mar . 699; Apr. 940; May 1181: June 1427
Freight•ratedifferentials. National Conference on Labor Legislation, 1938, resolution (text) .
J an. 133
Furniture manufacturing :
Labor turn•ove r, monthly rates, Oct ober 1938 to March 1939 ..... ·-··················-·
Jan . 197;
Feb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 9-IL; May 1182; June l42~
Wage determi nation un der Public Contracts Act (Walsh•Healey), May 13, 1939. · --···- June 1364- U
Gas Workers' Union. Closcd•shop agreement, tlecision in small claims and conciliation
Apr. 837
branch, District of Columbia Municipal Court.·-········ ·--· ·-·-· -·- -·-- --- -----· -· ---·Glass m:muracturing. Labor turu•o,·er, monthl y rate, , December 1938 to March 1939 .. . .. _
Mar. 700;
Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Handicapped persons. Fa ir Labor Standards Act of 1938, interpretations and regulations
under -·-·-----·· -·. ·-·--· .. · ·---·-·-··-· .. ···-· . .. · - ·-·--- ··- - · .. ·· -·· ·-· · -· . ··-·· · -· ..
Jan. 156-7
Hardware industry . Labor turn·ornr, monthly rates, October 1938 to l\Iarch 1939....... -..
Jan. 197;
Feh . 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 94 1; M ay 1182; June 142
Health and hygiene:
Feb. 349
Air Hygiene Foundation. Composition and purpose or ············-··-•··-········ .. .
Farm families. A onus! expend it ure for med ic~! services, by regions. specified periods ... .
Feb . 348-U
- - Medical•care plans provided through cooperation of local medical associations with
Mar. 592- 5
Farm Security Administration, provisions and extent, 1938 .... ········- -- -·······••- ·
Industrial Health, Council on (auspices of American Medical Association) . First annual
conference January 1939, summary of proceedings _ _________________________ ___ .. ___ __ Mar. 595-6
Apr. 853- 5
Industrial poli cyholders. Record for 1938 (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.l-- · · -·--·-· ··
Jan. 25-46
Medical service und~r workmen's compensation laws (Dawson) ... . ·- ·· ····· ·. ·- ·-· ·· --·
Ner ro project workers ( YA ). Physical examinations provided. Atlanta and ew
June 1321
Orleans . __.··-·- · --·-··----·-···-····--- · -·.·-··--·- -·- ·-- - -----· ... _.. -·--·-·-··-· ...
Mar. 553
'I'\" A project. Supervision and facilities __·--····- · · · -··· -- - · -- ·-- · --·-··-·--· - - ··-·-·.
Bealtil (or sick ness) insurance :
Canada '(Ontario). Chartered nonprofit organization (Associated Medical Ser vices,
Inc.) , plan of operation ._ ... - · · - --· · ...... ··- · -- ·-----·-·· .... ···-· .. ·-- ·-·. ···-·.. ..
Jan . 71- 3
Great Brit•in. Choice of physician , freedom oL.-··-··-······-···· -····· · ·--·· ··-·J an. 80-7
- - Resume of system since 1911, administration, and statistics to 1937 ........ ·······-·
Jan. 77-92
- - Statistics for 1937, correction of article in Monthly Labor Review of January 1939 .. _
Apr. 817
New Zealand. Law or September 14, 1938, provisions ·-····-··· · ·········-· · ····· ·· - J<'eb. 325-6, 3l7- 0
Hiring and d ischargin,'.. Gas. Cok?, and Chemical Workers, collective•a,;reement pro•
Apr. 833-4
v isions ___ _____________________ . ____ - -------- -- - --- - -- ---- - - -- ---------- -- -- --- - - ------ -Apr. 835
Holidayg_ Gas. Coke, and Chemical Workers, collecti,·e-agreement provisions ... ·-···-····
Home work, industrial. 1\at!onal Conferenca on Labor Le;islation. 1938, resolution,
Jan. 1:l l
(text) ... -·-···-··-····-····--- - ········-·-···-- ......... ·-· ·····-· · · ····- ·· ···· -- · ·· -·· ·
Hosiery industr y:
May 1148
FnU fas hioned . Nature of product and manufacturing processes ·-· ·········-· ........ .
Seamless. rature or product and manufacturing processes . . ... ··-· ... ·-·· .......... . .June 1388-9
Hosiery workers. Sit•down strike, Pennsylvania. Dama~es awnrded employer by a Fed•
crnl di.strict court . . ....... ·-· · ·-··- · - ··- __ -· - · - ···· -· ·-· - ·-······-· · ·- . ··--······ ··-··- J une 1335--0
Hotels, cares, and restaurants. .France. Weel!:ly boors, decree of December 31, 1938 . . . . . . . .
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H ours or work, general:
Page
Defined under Wage 3nd Hom (Fair Labor Standards) Act__ __________ _____ _______ _ June 1866-9
8-hour day, laborers and mechanics on pnhlic works. Appli cation or Federal law __ __ ·- Apr. 916-18
8-bour regulation for Fedora! employees. Legislation and application since 1830_________ Apr. 916-lS
France. 40-hour week modified by decree-law November 12, 1938___ ________________ ___
Jan. 137
- - Mining. Slight changes made by decree-law November 12, 1938 _____ ___ ___________
Mar. 664
- - Workweek lengthened , decree laws No,, ember 12, 1938, March 20, and April 21,
1939 ___ ____ ______ ______________________________________________________ Mar. 662 4, June 1369- 70
Gas, coke, and chemical workers. collerth·e-agreement pro,isions__________ __________ ___
Apr. 834
Great Britain and Northern Ireland . Young persons, laws of 1938 ______________ ·--- _ Mar. 664-5
!LO agenda for June 1939 Conferen ce, summ ~r y _______ ____________ ______________ _____
Apr. 805-6
Industry averages and clmnges under Fair Labor Standarrls Act. J9:38 __ _______________ _ Mar. 516-17
Soviet Union CU. S.S . R .J . Working day and absences, decree of December 29, 1938 __ _
i\1Rr. 569
Htreet-railway employees, union. A~eemeot proYisions. as of Jun e 1, t938 _____________ _
Feb. 370
'!'ruck drivers. Specified transporta tion, statute (New Il><mpshire) upheld by U. S.
Supreme Court_ ______________ _____________________________________ _ _____________ _ Mar. 619-20
Household facilities and equipment. Eight sma ll demo nstration dwellin gs. Cost, by
items (6) ofe~uipmeut ________________________________________________________________ _
May 1060
.Housing, nited States:
Cost of construction or USHA units _______________________________________________ __ _ May 1084-5
District of Columbia. Slum clearance. extension of, 1938, by contract between Alley
Dwelling Authority and U . S. Housing Authority ___________________ ____________ ____ _
J an. 94-5
Insured Joans by Federal Housing Administration. Increase under legislation adopted
in 1938 ____________________________________ --- - - ----------------------------------Jan. 95-6
Mortgnge insurance under Federal Housing Administration. Volume increased to 3 bil lion dollars, December 1938 _____________________ ------------·-------------------- -- -Feb. 334
New York State Housing Board. Operations. statistics by projects ____ ___ ___________ __ May JO 5-~
Rents. International comparison, 62 cities, ILO studies, summs ry ____________________ _ Mar. 582-5
Small-dwelling construction. Labor and material cost., by class of work and type or product used (8 houses), and by class of work (I honse) __ ________________________________ _ May 10.5 - 60
- - Man-hours and pay roll at site, by occupation ___ _____ _____________________________ _
May 1061
State legislation providin!,!" for. Court decisions as to constitutionality _______ ___ _______ _ June 1333-4
TVA project. Provision made in various localities _______________________________ ____ _
Mar. 553
United States Housing Authority. Fund allocations, by Sta tes, as of December 1938 ___
Feb. 334-.5
- - Progress under, and status of program. March 30, 1939 ___________________________ ___ May 1084-5
Urban. Physical and financial characteristics, summary of WPA report ______ ________ __ Mar. 581}-2
Housing, foreign countries:
France. Slum clearance, erect.ion of low-cost homes, and rural-l10u.:.;ing improvement,
laws of May 24 and June 17, 1938, provisions _______ ________________ ____ ____________ _
Germany. Government-subsidized housing, status 1037 _______ _ ___ __ _______________ _
--Employer-owned, in industrial centers, and Government policies and aid ____ ___ _
Great Britain. Slum clearance and abatement of overcrowding, and other provisions of
1938 law ______________ __ _____ _____________________________ ____
________ ·---------Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .). Workers' dwellings, sav;ngs from mod ·rkation of invaliditypension eligibility requirements to be u sed for_ _______________________________________ _
Housing Authority, United States. Fund allocations, by States, as or December 193,q___ ___
Jan. 96-9
Jan. 100-2
Jan. 90-IOI
Jan. 102-3
Apr. 816
Feb. 334-5
Income:
Below estimated maintenance budget. Nonrelief families, percentage of, in various cities,
1935-36 ______ -- __ ________________ -- ____________ _____ _-- -- _________ . _______________ ____ _ Mar. 53,,-7
Families, Chicago. Net surplus and deficit, various classes, 1935-3(L ___________________ _
May 1011
Family. Nonrelief. wage-t>arning, metropolitan areas and cities, percentages at various
levels __________________ ___________ __________________________________________________ _
Mar. 537
National. Revised estimates for 1937. and R previous years. summary of analysis by U. S.
Burenu of Forei1m and Domestic Commerce _________________________________________ _ Mar. 635-8
- - Trend 1850 to 1937, summary of hearings held by Temporary National Economic
Comm ittee, December 1938 __________________ __ ______________ ________________________ _
Jan . 1--4
Indigenou workers. ILO •~endn for June 1939 Conference, summary ____________ ________ _
Apr. 807
Industrial and labor conditions. ( ee Labor and industrial conditions.)
Iudustrial councils, joint (Whitley counci ls). Great Britain. Origin in 1917, ori:anization
and operation, and list of councils as of 1938 ______________ __ ________________________ ·------ fay 1046- 54
Industrial diseases and poisons.
Air H ygiene }"'oundation
or
America, creation of, aod
purpo~es_______________________ ___ _ ______ - ---Feb. 349
Industrial disputes:
Canada. Strike.sand lock-oul s. 1919 to 193~ _. ____ _
June 1349- 50
Cleaning and dyeing indus try. Picketing by drivers' union because or proposiCon to
lower price. injunction a~ked by owner denied by Minnesota Suprf'me Court _ _
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Industrial disputes-Continued.
Court decisions concerning. (See Decisions of courts.)
Elections to establish which union shall represent workers. (See Employee elections.)
Gas, coke. and chemical workers. Strikes and lock-outs prohibited during life or collective agreement. ..... __________________________ . ____ . _________ __ ___________ . ___ . ______ _
Longshoremen. Rerusal to go through picket line or ship clerks and checkers upheld by
arbitrator [or port of San Francisco ______________________ . ___________________________ _
Restaurant employees. Strike in violation of contract, injunction !!ranted employer by
New York Court of Appeals _________________________________________________________ _
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Apr. 832
Apr. 840-1
Feb . 355
Sit-down strike, hosiery workers. Damages awarded employer by a Federal district
court ._ .. _---- .- -- -- -------------------------------------- --- ---- ------------------ ___ June 133.S-6
Strikebreakers. Report of U.S. Senate inquiry, summary______________________________ May 1063- 5
Strikes and Jock-outs. Statistical analysis of. for year 1938 _____ ________________________ . May 1110-30
- - Statistical analysis of, September 1938 to February 1939________________ __ __________
Jan. 141- 8;
Feb. 358-66; Mar. 62.S-33; Apr. 89.S-902; May 1132- 8; June 1339--47
- - Summary statistics showing trend by year 1933- 38, by month January 1937 to April
1939 ______________________ Jan. 140-1; Feb. 357-8; Mar. 624-5; Apr. 894-5; May 1131-2; June 1338- 9
Strikes in 1938. Causes and general results (Peterson) _______________ __ _________________
Mar. 494-7
Strikes, sit-down. 1936-38, by months and number or workers involved ________________ May 1129-30
Industrial munitions. Possession and use of by employers (summary of Senate inquiry on
violations of civil liberties) _______________________ ____ ________ ._________ ___ ________________ May 106G-9
Industrial relations, United States:
Commission on (U.S. Government). Study made in Great Britian and Sweden ______ _
far. 497
Gas, coke, and chemical workers (U. M. W .) . Agreements representing 17,000 employees and 127 employers, March 1939________________________________________________ Apr. 829-36
Laws passed in 1938 (Fair Labor Standards and Merchant Marine Acts). Effect oL __
Mar. 497-9
Review of conditions, movements, and governmental activity, 1938 _____________________ Mar. 493-508
Rubber industry. Growth of union organization and negotiation of collective agreements. ·--- __________________________________________________________ . ___ ____________ __ June 1282-6
Work-sharing and lay-off policies . Workers' attitudes on (Maclaurin) _______ __________ _
Jan. 47-60
Industrial relations, foreign countries:
Great Britain. Joint industrial (Whitley) councils, list of industries and public-administration bodies having _____________________________________ .------------------- --- ---- May 1050-2
Sweden. Collective agreement, basic, between employers' and employees' organizations, 1938, provisions . _____________________ ___ _____ . ___ ________ ________ ______________ _
Apr. 841-4
Indtrstry committees. Apparel and textile industries, appointed by Administrator of Fair
Labor Standards Act, 1938 __ ____ ______ '. ___________________ __ ________________ ---- _________ _
Feb. 368--9
Instruments, industrial. D evelopment of, and resulting changes in technology__ __ _________ A))r. 818- 20
Insurance:
Families, Chicago. percent of income expended on ___ _____________________________ ______
May 1013
(See also under t11pes of.)
International Labor Conference:
International regulations for handling of agenda, process of drafting_____ ________ ________
Apr. 803- 5
Tripartite committees, responsibilities in connection with administration of ILQ _______ _
Apr. 807-8
International Labor Organization. Agenda for J uno 1939 Conference, summary _____ ___ __ __
Apr. 803-8
Invalidity insurance. rew zealand. Law of September 14, 1938, provisions ___ __________ Feb. 324-5, 327
Invalidity pensions. Soviet Union (U. S. S. R.). Eligibility requirements modified by
decree of December 29, 1938____________ __ ________________________________________________ _ Apr. 814-16
Iron and steel industry :
Accident statistics, 1936 and 1937, by department, extent of resulting disability, and
cause ___ -- -------------------- ---------- ____ ________________________________________ May 1089-1100
Labor turn-over. Monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939 ___________ ____ ______ _____
Jan. 197;
Feb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 941; _ fay 1182; June 1428
--1936 and 1937, 105 plants; compared with all-manufactming rats ____________ ____ ___
Feb. 421-4
Knit-goods industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939 ___ ____
Jan. 197;
Feb. 421; J\.Iar 700; Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Labor and industrial conditions:
Pecan-shelling industry, San Antonio, investigation by U. S. Wage and Hour Division _ Mar. 549-51
Senate inquiry on "violations of free speech and rights oflabor," summary _____ __ __ ___ _ May 1062-9
(See also Industrial relations; Working conditions.)
"Labor book" system. Sod et Union (U. S. S. R.), decree of December 21. 1938, providing
for __________________ __ ___________________________ ______________________ ________________ __ _
Mar. 568
Labor costs. Building construction (small house), by class or work a1HI description of house_ May 1058-60
Labor departments, State. National Conference on Labor Lcgislal ion, 1938, resolution
(tr,t) __________________________ ___ ___________ _, __ ------------ --- ------------ ___________ _
Jan . 132-3
Labor displacement. Instruments, industrial. efJcct of increased use of. _________ _______ ___ _ Apr. 818-20
Jan. 130-3
Labor Le~islation, Fifth National Conference on Washington, Nov. 14-16, 1938. proceedings._ _
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Labor-management cooperation:
TVA fertilizer works at Muscle Shoals, ratings of skill devised by unions, and in-service
training_____________________________________________________ __________________ _____ __
Pa~
Mar. 551-2
(See also Employer-employee relations.)
Labor mobility:
Industrial aspects, results of WPA study of years April 1930 to January 1935, ichigan
(Webb and Westefeld) _____________________ _____ _____________________________________ _
Apr. 789-92
(See also Labor turn-over: Migration.)
Labor offices. Directory, Latin America, national offices, by country ____ ___ ___________ ____ _
Labor organizations, United States:
A. F. of L. and C. I. 0. controversies, court decisions concerning. (See Decisions of
courts.)
Apr. 988-90
Barbers, unionization, by city, and general provisions of agreements, 1938 _______________ June 1287- 90
Growth, accomplishments, and membership, years 1937 and 1938 (Peterson) __________ Mar. 493-4, ,505
Rival movements and efforts toward reunion, 1937- 38 (Peterson)________________________
llfar. 496-7
Rubber industry, growth, and negotiation of collective agreements, to 1939________ ______ June 1282- fi
Labor organizations, foreign countries:
Canada. Death. sickness, and strike benefits paid, 1937, by 6 organizations ____________ _
- - Membership statistics, by industry and organization, close of 1937_________________ _
Rumania. Corporations of salaried and wage-earning employees and craftsmen authorized by decree Ortober II, 1938, features or_ __________________________________________ _
Labor Relations Board, National. (See National Labor Relations Board.)
Labor requirements:
Building construction. Eight small dwellings, man-hours. by occupation ______ ___ _____ _
- - Schools, man-hours per million dollars of contracts, on and off site, 1935-38_________ _
Electrical products. Manufacture and distribution, by item ('l'opkis) __ __ _____ ________ _
Road construction (Federal projects). Pay rolls and man-boms worked, per million
dollars of contracts awarded, July 1935 to August 1937 _________ ___ ________ __ __________ _
Labor turn-over:
Automotive parts and equipment industry, 1936-37. 175 plants, comparison with all
man ufacturing rates __________________ ------------- ___________ -------------------- ___ _
Iron and steel industry, 1936 and 1937. 105 plants, compared with all-manufacturing
ratrs _______ _________ _____ ___ _______ ______ __ ____________ _______ ___ ____________ ________
Apr. 812
Apr. 9- 90
Apr. 890-3
May 1061
June 1300-J
M ar. 559-6'.l
Apr. 82-1-S
Jan. 197-200
Feb. 421-4
~fanufacturing industries. Monthly rates, October 193S to March 1939 _________________
Jan . 194-7;
Feb. 418-21; Mar. 697- 700; Apr. 938-41; May 1179 2; June 1425-8
Laws and legislation , United States, Federal and general:
"Anti-kick-back" law, June 13, 1934, and court decisions concerning ____ ________________ _ May 1103-5
Barbers, licensing or regjstration of, fees and training requirements, by State ________ __ _ June 1296-9
Construction work, Government, prevailing-wage and "anti-kick-back" legislation ____ _ May 1103-5
Cooperatives ruled subject to .E'air Labor Standards Act provisions ____________________ _
Mar. 586
8-hour day for certain U. S. employees, and laborers and mechanics on U.S. projects and
contracts, summary of provisions since 1830 __ ---- -- -- ---- ---- -------- --- ---------- -- Apr. 916--18
Employee elections, labor-relations acts of Massachusetts, New York, P ennsylvania,
Utah, Wisconsin, to July 1, 1938______________________________________________________ Feb. 309-21
Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938, interpretations and regulations under__________________ Jan. 151-61
Housing Administration, Federal, loan terms liberalized, 1938 __ _____ _____ ______________ _
Jan. 96
Industrial relations, Fair Labor Standards Act and Merchant Marine Act, effect of. ____
Mar. 497-9
Labor-relations acts, State (Utah, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York) ,
March to July 1937, provisions________________________________________________________ Feb. 309-21
Minimum wage, State orders adopted or made mandatory in 1938 _______________________ Feb . 293-308
Political coercion in relief prohibited (Pub. Res . No. 1, approved Feb. 4, 1939) _________ _
Mar. 623
Relief. Appropriation for, joint resolution supplementing Emergency Relief AppropriMar. 622-3
ation Act of 1938 _--------- ---------------------- -------- ------------------------------ - Political coercion prohibited (Pub. Res., o. 1, approved Feb. 4, 1939) _____________ _
Mar. 623
Teachers' tenure. Summary of States having statutes, and areas and types of employees
covered ______________ ._. ____ ._ ... __ . ______ . _.. ___ . ____________ . _________________ ._ .. __
Apr. 887-8
Workmen's compensation. Medical-aid provisions (Dawson) _______ _____ ___ ___________ _
Jan. 25-46
- - State laws to apply to work on Federal property within State boundaries (1936,
Public No. 814) _______________________________________ _____ __________________________ _
June 1279
Work relief. Citizenship affidavits required of recipients (Pub. Res. No. 1, approved
Feb. 4, 1939) _________________________________________________________________________ _
Mar. 622
- - Prohibited for aliens (Pub. Res. No. 1, approved Feb. 4, 1939) ____________________ _
Mar. 622
- - Right to forfeited by persons refusing private employment (Pub. Res. No. 1, approved Feb. 1, 1939) _________ : ____________ __ __________________________________________ _
Mar. 622
Laws and legislation, United States, by States:
June 1272
Alabama. Workmen's compensation, numerical exemption __ -------------------------Arizona. Minimum-wage order, 1938 ___________________________ _______________ ________ _
Feb. 297
Arkansas. Workmen's compensation act, 1939, provisions oL _________________ , ___ ____ _ May 1101-2
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California. "Anti-kick-back" law, reference ____________________ __ __
May 1104 (footnote)
Colorado. Minimum-wage orders, 1938________________________ ______ __ _
Feb. 297-8
Connecticut. Minimum-wage orders, 1938 _____ _ ---------------- -- ----------------Feb. 298
Distri ct of Columbia. Minimum-wage orders, 1938 ____ _____ - ----- - -------------- -- ---Feb. 298-9
F lorida. Workmen's compensation, nu merical exemption _____________ __ ____________ __ _
J une 1272
Illinois. Minimum-wage orders, 1938 __________________ __ _______ ___________· ___________ _ Feb. 299-300
Maine. "Anti-kick-back" law, provisions ________________ _____________ _______________
May 1104
Maryland. Workmen's compensation, extra-hazardous employments, provisions_ ______
June 1271
Massachusetts. Labor-relations act, 1937; operation to J une 30, 1938 ______________ Feb. 309-15, 316-17
- - Minimum-wage orders, 1938___________________________________ _________ _______ ___ __
Feb. 300
M innesota. Minimum-wage orders, 1938 __________________ ______ ___ __________ __________
Feb. 301-2
ew Hampshire. :l>linimum-wage orders, 1938. --------------------------------------Feb. 302-3
New Jersey. "Anti- kick-back" Jaw, provisions ----- - --------- --- ---------------------May 1104
ew York. "Anti-kick-back" law, provisions ____ . ----------------------------------May 1104
- - Labor-relations act, 1937; operation to J u ne 30, 1938______ __________ ________ _
Feb . 309-15, 31 - 21
--Minimum-wage ord ers, 1938_____ __________________________ ___ __ __ __________________
Feb. 303
- - Workmen's compensation. Hazardous employment not defined; provision for
classification; numerical exemption _____ _______ _____ --------- - --------------- - -- June 1271, 1272-3
Nor th Carolina. Workmen's com pensation, n umerical exemption .. ___________ ____
June 1272
North Dakota. Workmen 's compensation, hazardous employment, inclusive definition
provid&d _____________________________ . _ _ ______________ _____ ______________
.Tune 1272
Ok lahomo. Minimum-wag.iorders, 1938 ________ --·--------------------------·-·---- - Workmen's compensation, numerical exemption ._. ___ ___________ _ ________ ___ ___
Feb. 304--7
June 1272
Oregon. Antipicketin~ legislat ion 1938. including text_ _ ---------·--------------···---- - Minimum-wage orders, 1938 _____ . ____ _ _____ _________ _______________________
Jan. 133--4
Feb. 307
Pennsylvania. "Anti-kick-back" legislation, e xtent of _____ ---------------- ---- -- ---May IHH
- - Labor-relations net, 1937, operation to July 1, 1938 ____ __ ________ _________ ______
Feb. 300--15. 316
- - Minimum-wage order, 1938 ____________ ·--- _____________________ . ____________ __
Feb.307
Rh ode Island. Minimum-wage order, 1938 _________ ···------------- - ---- --- ---- - -----Feb. 308
tah. Labor-relations act, 1937; operation to Jul y 1, 1938 . · - ·------- ---- ----- --- ___ Feb. 300--15. 316
- - Minimum-wage law upheld by State supreme court_ _______________ . ··-------Feb. 353
Washington. "Anti-kick-back" la ws, provisions ______ ____ ____________________ ____ ·May ll04
- - Minimum-wa~e order, December 7. 1937__. -------- - ----- ---------- -------------- -- ·- Workmen 's compensation, 19a7 edition, reference to yearly classification and rnte
manuaJ. _____ ______ ___ ____________ ---· _____ ·---------·--· --- -------------- -- -Wisconsin . Labor-relations act, 1037; operation first 14 months ____ ________________ Feb.
-Workmen's compensation, numerical exemption_ _______________ ____________ ___ _
Wyoming. W orkmen's compensation, extra-haznrclous employments, lack of clear cut
standard . _·----- __________ ____ _____________________ _____________ _____ _ ______________
F~b. 308
J une 1272
309-15. 317
June 1272
June 1271
L aws and legislation , foreign countries:
Argentina. Discharge or worker account or marriage prohibited, act of Octo~.r 7, 1938 _
Mar. 623
- - Fnmily allowances, municipal employees (Buenos Aires), order of DeC('mber 23, 1937_
May 1039
Australia ( ew South Wales) . .Family allowances, la s 1927, 1932, 1934, 1937__ ________ May 1042-3
Belgium. Family allowances, acts of 1921, 1930, and 19a7. provisions ___ ____________ ____ _ May 102!1-31
--Traininii for unemployed workers, decree fanuary 16, 1938______ _____ ______ ________
June 1317
- - Vacations with pay, net or Julys, 1036. cxtcudcd hy bw of August 20, 1938____ __ __
Jan . 93
Canadn. Workmen's compensation, medical-aid provisions ___ __ _________ · ·- ---- Jan . 25-6. 40-1, 42-~
Chile. Family allowances, act or 1937, nod decrees of 1937 nod 1938 _____ __________ _ ____ May 1031-2
France. Conciliation and arbitration, decree-low, No,,ember 12, 1938________ ___ ___ ____ _
Jan. 138
- - Conciliation and arbitration, law of March 4, 193 , application in 1938 . __ _____ . ____
June 1416
- - Economic rehabilitation. Daladier-Reynaud laws or No,ember 12, 1938____ _____ ___
Jan. 137-9
- - Family allowances, acts of 1917, 1932, and JY3 ___________ ___ ___ ____ May 1026-7, 1028, 1032-3,1010
- - Family a llowances and b onuses, decree law or Nol"ember 12, 1938 __________ ·- __ _____
Jan. 138
- - Hiring and discharge practices or employers regulated, decree-law of April 21, 1939 _June 1369-;o
--Housin!! laws, 1938. provisions _______________ - · --·---------- _ ____________
Jan. 96-9
- - Occupational classification of unemployed, decree law or Tovembn 12, 1938 ----- - ·Jan . 138
--Overtime pay, decree-law, November 12, lY38 __________________________ ____________
Jan.137
- - Railroads, new conditions of work, decree-law, · ovember 12, 1938____ ____ __________
Jan . 138
- - Tax for armament (I percent) on commercial transactions (excepting bread, milk, and
newspapers), decree-law of April 21, 1939__ ____________ ___ __ _____ __ ____ ______ __________
June 1369
--Tax on all revenue including wages (2 percent) law of November 1938_ ____ __ ______ _
June 1369
- - Union-or~anization matters, decree-law of November 12, 1938_______________ ____ ___ _
Jan. 138
- - Vacations with r,ay, decree-law, ovember 12, 1938____ _____ ________ __________ ____ _
J an. 137
- - Workers called for military service to retain ri ghts to jobs, decree-law of April 21, 1939.
June 1369
--Work week increased from 5 to 6 days, decree laws, November 12, 1938, and March 20,
sod April 21, 1939 ___ _________ ____ __________ ___ ____ ·--------- ---- Jan.137-9; Mar. 662--4; June 1369-70
--Work week. length of. various laws, June 21, 1936, to April 21, 1939, r6sum6 _________ June 1361,-70
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Germany. Family allowances, endowment by State, ordinance September 15, 1935,
and decree or :\Iarcb 30, 1938, relating to Austria ............................. . ..... ...
May 1042
- - Prisoners, all classes, forced labor instituted by decree of May 1938............. .. . .
Feb. 350-1
Great Britain. Coal Act, 1938, provisions. ........... . .................. . ..... . . . .... ..
Jan . 13&-6
- - Healtb insurance, 1924 to 1937. .. . . . ...................... ....................... ...
Jan. 78-91
- - Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1938, provisions ...............................
Jan. 102-3
- - Special Areas (Develop·ment and Improvement) laws of 1934 and 1937, provisions... Mar. 55&-6
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Hours of young persons, laws ol 1938. ............ Mar. 664-5
India (British). Employment of Children Act, 1938........ ...........................
May 1076
Italy. Laws ol 1934, 1936, 1937, provisions..................................... . ....... . May 1036-7
Latin America. Woman workers, protective labor legislation, by country (17) .......... May 1071-2
Latvia. Family allowances, act of May 1, 1937, provisions... ..........................
May 1041
LILxemburg. Family allowances, law of April 30, 1937... ................................
May 1041
Mexico. Labor code of August 1931, amended October 1933, operation of. ..............
Feb. 396-7
New Zealand. Accident insurance, law of September 14, 1938, pro,·isions............. . .
Feb. 32&-6
- - Family allowances, act of September 14, 1938, pro'i'isions ... . ... . ............ . .. ... Feb. 324,327
- - Family allowances, act of 1926 (repealed by Social Security Act ol 1938) .......... . .. May 1043-4
- - Invalidity benefits, law of September 14, 1938, prov isions ...................... . Feb. 324--5, 327
- - Maori War veterans' benefits, law of September 14, 1938..... . ................ . ... ..
Feb. 326-7
- - Maternity benefits, law of September 14, 1938, provisions ...............• . .... . . .
Feb. 328-9
- - Miners' benefits, act or Septem ber 14, 1938, provisions ........................... . .. Feb . 325,327
- - Old•age and superannuation benefits, law of September 14, 1938 .............. . . . ... Feb. 323, 327
- - Sickness benefits, medical, hospital and pharmaceutical service, law of September
14, 1938, pro,· isions ... . ................................................... . ........ Feb . 32&-6; 327-9
- - Social•Insurance Act of September 14, 1938, coverage and provisions................
Feb. 322-9
nemployment benefits, law of September 14, 1938, provisions.. . ............ . .....
Feb. 326
- - Widows' and orphans' benefits, act of September 14, 1938, provisions ............... Feb. 324,327
Norway. Unemployment insurance, compulsory system, law of June 24, 1938, pro•
Jan. 73-6
visions................... . ... . ........ . ... . ... . . ..... ..... . . ..... . ....................
Rumania. C'orporations of salaried and wage•earning employees and craftsmen, forma·
tion of, decree or October 11, 1938.................................................... . .
Apr. 890-3
Soviet Union (U.S. S. R.). Disability benefits, decree of December 29, 1938, modifying
eligibility requirements ....................................... ....... . ..... .. ........ Apr. 814-16
- - Incentives to efficiency in work (labor•book system and medals), decrees of Decem•
ber 1938. .....................................•............... . ............. . . • ..... _ Mar. 567-9
- - Social insurance, eligibility requirement.s and benefits. modifications made by
decree of December 29. 1938 ___ __ ________________________________________________ __
Miu. 569
- - ·wa!!'e increase, decree of January 27, 1939.............. . ........ . ... . .............. .
- - Working conditions, decree of December 29. 1938. . . . ... .. .
. ................... . .
Spain. Family•allowance system, law establishing, published July 19, 1938, provisions..
Venezuela. Profit sharing, decree of December 17, 1938, based upon Labor Act of July
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Mar. 569
May 1038-9
Mar. 589
16, 1936............... ... ........... .... . .............
.. ..................... .
Lay.off:
Employees (wholesale shoe) covered by terms of collective contrnct. (U. S. Concilia·
tioo Service award.)....... . ... . .. . . ................ .... ..... .... . . . .. . . . . . . .. .. .. .... Apr. 839--40
Manufacturing firm. Workers' attitudes concerning policies (Maclaurin) ........ . . . . . .
Jan. 47-60
Leaflets and circulars. Ordinances requiring licenses for, or preventing, distribution on
Apr. 881·-5
streets, constitutional status.. . ..... .. .. . . .. . . .... ... ...... . ..... . ...... ......... .... . . . .
Jan. 157-8
Learners. Fair Labor Standard, Act of 1938, interpretations and regulations under. .... ... .
Licc;ising. (Se< Examination and licensin".)
L ima Declaration of Women's Rights. Adopted by Eighth International Conference of
May 1072
American States, Lima, Peru, 1938, summary . . ....... . ................... .. .. . ...... .... .
LiYing standard :
Dependenoo upon aggre"ate annual iucomc, rccognit10n of and studies concerning .. Mar. 52&--6, 529-30
Factory workers (1,665 in 16 cities) distribution by spending h abits .. . .. . . . ......... . ....
Jan. 104-5
Farm families, effects of rural electrification.......................................... . . .
Apr. 90&-7
lndian•Mexican village (Tortugas, N. Mex.), U.S. Farm Security Administration stud y,
Jan . 10&-7
1935..... .. ....................... · . .......... · · .................. · ... · · .... . . · . .... .
Jan. 66-7
Loans . Wage.Joan plan. General Motors, established January 1, 19:m ... ... ............... . .
Lock•outs. (See nnder Industrial disputes.)
Longshoremen. Refusal to vo through picket line of ship clerks and checkers upheld b:;
Apr. 840-1
arbitrator for port of San Francisco ..................................... . ............ . . .
Lost time. France. 1Vfethod of making up, decree Dcce::nber 31, 1938, amendi ng decree
llfar. 6f,:J
May2~, 1938 .... ...... .... . ...... ......... .. .. .. .... ..
. ..... . ......... . ..... .
Lumber industry (sawmi lls). Lahor t urn•ornr, monthly rates, October 1938 to March
19:J9 .... . ......... .. .. . . .. ....... . . .... ... . Ju n. 197; E'eb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 941; :vray 1182; June 1428
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Labor turn-over, monthly rates. December 1938 to March 1939..
Mar. 700;
Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Manal!ement ,md labor. Trends in employers· conferences and in employer-employee reJa.
t1onships. year 193'1
. . . . .. .. . .. . . .. •• . . ... ....
Mar. 501·-5
llfaterial costs:
Jluildin ~ construction. Schools, per million dollars of contracts, 1035-38 • .. .. ..... • Jnne 1300--1
Builclinr construction. (Small house), by clns.s of work and description or house .... . .• May 10.58-60
:\[aternity insurance and benefits :Sew Zcal3nd. l ,a11· of September 14, 1938, provisions. .
Feb . 328-9
J\1 ecbanization:
Boot a nd shoe industry, since l a l. Effect on 1,rod uctivitr or hbor .....•.......• ••.•.. Feb. 27l--92
Cotton growing. Changes resulting irom, and changes in labor reu uiremeats . .. . . . . .
Jan. 61-3
Orent Britain Mining, coal. increase in. and eq ui pmen t in u.sc, 1913, 1920, and 1928-.17 . May1069--70
Wheat fa rm ing. ~:ffect upon demand foe l>\bor
...........•.. ....••.
June 1254
1\[ediation Board, Nationai. Work or, m ,938 .
. ......... . . ........• . •
Mar. 500
:\[edical and hospiu,J i;en •ice·
Farm families. .\nnual expenditure for, by rcrion, specified ))<'riods ...............•.•
Feb. 31 - 9
- - Plans for. through cooperation of Farm eeurity Administration and local medical
assoc1ntions
Mar. 592-5
N"ew Zealand. La\\ of >leptember 14. 1938. proYisions
Feb. 328--9
\Vorkmen·s compensation laws. Provisions under (Dawson) ..
Jan. $-46
:\[edical costs. Workmen's compensation. problem of. under
Jan. 211-Meetinrs sponsored hy employer. Rules under Administrator's interpretation of Fair
Labor ~tnndards .\ct
...... . •....
June 1368
.!\Iigran t workers. ILO nzenda for June 1939 Conference. sumrnary
Apr. 807
l\f achlne- tools in rt ustry.
::\Iigration ·
.\ 1<ricu!tural labor. Families. from Philadelphi:. to Xew Jersey; survey 193 (Kational
Child Labor Committee)
....... . .. . .... . . ... . . . May 1073-5
Eastern areas. 1',orkers for apple. citrus.fruit. and herr)' harvests. charncteristics of. . Juno 1253, 1255
L3bor. Across Kl-lte lines. erreet of ~tale relief pnhries u1>on. \1£ich i(!an t•ensus. 1935....
J an . 1'1--2 1
- - Percent modn~ April 1930 tn Janu3Q· 193!\. by ;nrlustrr C'roup. :\Ii chiPan .. ··-··- .
Apr. 792
--f'casonal pattern. ::IIichigan, WP .\ study covering years 1930, 1931, 1934 .. . . . .. ___ . Apr. 799-802
Pacific Coast and other western arras. Workers for fruit, ,·rgctablc a nd bcet•sugar
crops, characteristics of.
.. . . ... ·····-······ · ··· June 1253--4
::lfincrs' insurance. Xew Zealand. Law of Reptember 14, 1938, pro,·isions . . ............ Feb. 325, 327
)Iinimum waze:
Contracts, U. S. Government. Aircraft manufacture and supply, determination, De·
cember 29, 1938 . •.... . .
. ········-·· Feb. 369--70
- - Bobbi 1ct indtL-lry, determinatio n effecth·e Frbru3ry 13, IP30 .. . . ·· ·····-·Mar. 661-2
- - Determinations, tobacco and furniturc•manufacturing industries, May 2 and 13,
1939
June 1364--{l
- - Steel industry, determination :\Iarch 1, 1039. rates by locahty. and list of products
co,·cred. ......
. .. .........•••.•... .... ···········-··· Mar. 659--61
- - Steel industry, injunction against ware determination. March 27, 1939.......... ...• May 1145-6
Cost of Jivin{!" (of working wo,mo). Studies by specified States. anounts indicated ...•.
Feb. 295-6
Dry•clca:1inl( and dyeing industries. Ohio an<I Indiana. rates an<I effect upon workers
and business, 1931 and 1937... . .... ..... . . . . .. .
Feb. 37()-3
. ... ..... ... .
Laundry {power) industry, New York and Pennsylvania. Distribution of woman
workers by hourly find weekly earnings, 1933 and 1935 . . . ....... . ... . . . . .•.... ....••
Feb. 373--6
:\Ic,iro. Doily rates fixed for 1038 and 1939. by State or district ··· · ·······-······· · ····
Feb. 397-8
:\finncsota. Women's rates, blanket order challenged ...... -· · ········ · ···········-···
Feb. 295
Oklahoma. Co litutional right to fix men's rates challeni:ed, appeal to tall> supreme
rourt
•.......•..•. . . ......••..•. ....•.•••
Feb. 295
State orders adopted or made mandatory in 1938
........ ... ... ·····-··· Feb. 293-308
Utah. Law held ronstitulional, but fir<t order declared void account inadequa te hear•
ing prodded
. . . . .... ···············-- · -·······-·- Feb. 295, 353
(Su alao under Fair Labor Standards Act. )
Mining, co~!:
Great Britain. Mechanization, increase in, nod equipment in u se, 1913, 1920, and
192 7 •• • . .
fay 106~70
- - )l'ationalization of rights by oal Act, 1938 ... .......
Jan. 135-6
. .. . . ... ...... -··········
Mobility of labor. Relief policies ( tale) as cause, Michigan census a nd study, 1935 (Webb
and Westcfcld) . • • . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . .•... ......... ......•............... . .... •· ·Jan. 16-24
Mortgage insurance, Federal. (See under Housing.)
Moving of plant. Prohibited clnrin~ life of collective agreement (gas. coke a nd chemical
workers)
. . . . -·• · ... . ...
. . . ... . ..••. . . ... ...• ... • ........ . ..•.•.......•
Apr. 830
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Na1ne of firm , change of:
Collective agreement still effective after change, until ex pirati on (U. S. Conciliation
Service award) _______ _____________ : ______ ______________ ---------------------------(See also Corporate successor to employer)
National Economic Committee, 'l'emporary ( U. S. GoYrrnment) . First. session, D ecember
1, 1938, and summary of bearings (Martin) ___ ·------------ - ------------------------------National economy. (See under E cooomic conditions.)
ational Labor R~lations Board (U . S. Government):
Court decisions affecting (See u nder D ecisions of courts.)
Functions, and activities in 1938 _______________________________________________________ _
Opposition to agency and to act under which created ____ ------------------ ------- - ---Orders of, court decisions on enforcement.. (.9ee D ecisions of courts.)
National Occupational Information and Guidance Service (U. S. Government, Ollice of
Education). Establishment, composi tion of staff, a nd functions ________________________ _
Negro workers. CCC, personnel, character of projects, and beneficial effects _______ ______ ___
Negroes:
Educational opportunities. State (Missouri) university required to admit Negro petitioner to law schooL _____________________ ----------------------------------------- - - - Student aid provided by NYA, 193 39 ______________ --------------------------Problems of the Negro and Negro youth. Second National Conference on, January 1939,
proceedings summarized ________________________ _ _____________________________ _
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Apr. 838
Jan. 1- 15
l\Iar. 500-1
Mar. 500- 1
Mar. 578-9
Apr. 816--7
M ar. 577
~fa r. 579
Mar. 576--7
Vocational education and guidance for. Summary of recommendations made, after
survey of conditions, by U.S. Office of Education __________ __ __ ____ __ ____ ___ _____
Apr. 847- 9
Nurseries and kindergartens. Soviet Union (U. S. S. R .) , Savings from modification of
invalidity-pension eligibility requirements, to be used for _____________________ __________ __
Apr. 816
Nutrition. City workers, value of diet used, expenditures for food , and estimated cost of adequate djet ________________________________________________ ________ ____ __ ___ ____ _____ ______ _ Apr. 910- 13
Occupational distribution. Registrants, U. S. Employn •co t Service, AuRust 1938 (rnmple
inventory), by sex_ __ ___ _______ _____ ------ - -------------------- _________________ _________ _
Occupational Information and Guidance Service, National (U.S. Go ,ernment) . E stablishment, composition of staff, and functions ____ -------------- ------------------------------Old-age assistance:
Social Security, Federal and State. Ini tial grants, by amount and State, and median
grants by State, 1937- 38 _____________________________________________________ ____ _____ _
Apr. 9:iO
Mar. 578- 9
Mar. 545-7
Mar. 545
- - Statistics, 1936--37 and 1937- 38 __ ------------ - ---------------------------------- - ---Old-age insurance. Social Security, Federal and State, statistics to June 30, 1938 ___ _______ _
Mar. 544
Old-age pensions and ret irement :
Canada. Statistics, by province, year ended March 31, 1938; Government annuity plan,
statistics by year, 1909-37 ______________________ ____________________________ _______ ___ _
Jan. 60--71
Employment of older workers not prejudicial to success of company's plans _____ ______ __ May 1078-9
New Zealand. Law of September 14, 1938, provfaions ________________________ ______ ____ _ Feb. 323, 327
Railroads. Annuity and pension payments, 1938 (under Retirement Act) ____ ____ __ ____ May 1055-7
Social Security (Federal and State programs). (See under Old-age assistance and Old-age
insurance.
Older workers:
Accident experience in connection with employment policies, two New England plants ___
nemployment census, March 1936, findings oL __ ___ ____ __________ _____ ___ _
Belgium.
Discrimination against, causes for. !LO r~sum~ of_ ___ _______ _______________ __ _______ ___
Employment problems of. Committee appointed by Secretary of Labor, summary of
report _________ _____ ____ _____ __ _______ ________ ____ __ ________ - ---- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- -- -- -Germany. Unemployment among, status in 1926, 1933, and 1936 ______________ _____ __ ___
Great Britain. Unemployment among, increase, 1927- 38 __ --------------- - --- - - - - - - - - -Influence of age on employment opporturuties (Palmer and Brownell) _______________ ___
Problem in United States and Europe, !LO r~sum~, 1938 _____________ _______ ___ __ _____ _
Self-help cooperatives for _____________ ____ _______ _____ ____ ____ __ ___ _____ __ __ ___ _____ ____ _
Seniority policies in lay-offs, study of workers' attitudes in manufacturing firm _____ ___ _
Switzerland. Unemployment problem _______________________ ________ __ ___ ___ ____ _____ _
United States. ILO r ~sum~ of problem, 1938 __ __ ______ ______________________ _________ __
Overtime:
Bakeries. Union scales, agreement provisions as of July 1, 1938 __________ _____________ __
France. Payment schedule, decree-law, November 12, 1938 _______ ________ __ __________ __
Gas, coke, and chemical workers, collective-agreement provisions ___________________ ____
Motortruck drivers. Rates, as of June 1, 1938 ____ ___ __ _______ ________________________ __
Pay. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, interpretations and regulations under __ __ ___ ___
Street-railway employees, unjon. Agreement provisions, as or June I, 1938 __ __ ____ _____ _
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Feb. 257-8
Feb. 262-7
May 1077-81
Feb. 258-9
Feb. 250--00
Apr. 765-80
Feb . 257-70
May 1081-3
Jan. 50--00
Feb. 260
Feb. 26(H
Jan.18(H
Jan. 137
Apr. 834
Mar. 686
Jan. 153-4
Feb. 379-80
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Labor turn-over, monthly rates, January to March 1939__ ______
Apr. 941 ;
May 1182; June 1428
1'ecan industry. Characteristics and locations, "seeding" and "paper-shell" nuts__ ________ Mar. 540-51
Petroleum-refining industry. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939_
Jan. 197;
Feb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
l'icketing:
Court decisions affecting. (See Decisions or courts.)
Meat market run by proprietor alone. Granting or injunction upheld by Tennessee
Supreme Court ____________________________________________ __ ________________________ _ May 1108-9
Oregon law against, 1938, r6sum6 and text _______ _______________ ____________ ____ ________ _
Jan. 133-4
(See also under Industrial disputes; Decisions of courts.)
Political coercion. Use ol in relief administration pwhibited (Pub. Res. ;s;o. 1, approYed
Feb. ,t, 1939) _.
__________________ ______________________ ___________ ,, __ ____ __________ _
Jlfar. G23
Prices. Retail; Wholesale . (See inverted tit/et.)
1'rintimr and publishing industry, book and job, and newspaper. Lnbnr tl!rn-o,er, monthly
rates, October 1038 lo March 1939 _________ _Jan. 197; Feb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr. 941: :\Jay ll82 ; June 1428
J'rison labor, foreil(ll countries:
Oermany. Forced labor under decree of May 193~. ·------- _ _ _ _ _ __
Feb. 350-1
Great Britain. Number and proportion of inmates productively employed and distribution hy typ11 of work, fiscal years 1935-36 to 1937-38__________ __,, __________ __ ______ ___ _ Feb. 351-2
J'roduc(i,,ity or labor·
Beet-sugar industry . Increase 1917 to 1935, and resultant decrease in employment .. ·-. llfar. S64-7
Boot and shoe industry. Jncrease resulting from mechanization since 1%1 and other
factors (Stern) ________________ __________________ _______ _________________________ ___ _ Feb. 271-1)'2
Building conslruction. F.ight small dwellings, man-hours nad pay roll at site, by
:\fay 1()111
occupation ______ ---------- ------------- ---------- -- --- ---- ---·------------- ---Cotton growing. fncrease possible through mecbaniznt.ion, and dan~er of rurther labor
displarement ____________ __ __ ·-- --------- ------ _______ _·- --- ·----------- -- -- · _____ _
Jan. 61-3
Crushed-stone industry. 1913-37__ ____ ___ _______ _ ___ -- - --- ------- --- -------- _______ _ Apr. 820-3
Electrical products. Manufacture and distribution, man-hours by item , 1937 --· ________ _ :\far. 559-113
Instruments, industrial. Etrectsolincrensed use or.. _____ __ ________ ----- -· ---- __ Apr. 818-20
Mining (metal) industry. Changes resulting from pro!l'ressive depletion of resonrces ____
Jan. 113 -5
Older workers. General estimate of. _____________ ____ ·-- ___
--·------ ___ __ __
i\far 1078
28
Roftd construction !Federal projects). Man-hours worked per million dollars of contracts
Apr. 826-S
_________ _
awarded, July 1935 to Au~st 1937 -·------- ---------- -------Profit sharin<r. Venezuela . Compulsory system for industr ial and commercial, and certain
large agricultural, cattle-ra isinr, and fishing enterprises , under decree or December 19'J8. __ _ :\far. 589-91
Public (ll. 8. Government) contrncts for equipment and material furnished. Minimum•
wage determinations. (Se, Minimum wage.)
Purchasing power or the dollar. Where the consume.r's rood dollar goes, proportion to speci·lled a~eacies (La1.0 nod Dlrt,l ----- ------------- --- ---·· - ---------------·-- --.------·- ___ Mar. 656-6
l'al)('r and pulp industry.
R adio and phonograph industry .
Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1\138 to Marrh
· 1939 ________ _____ ______________ __ ___ -----·-- ---- Jan. 197;Fcb. 421; :\Iar. i00; .\pr. 941; J\[a)'1182; June 1428
Railroad Retirement Hoard (U. S. Government). Annuity and pension p~yments, by
month, July 1937 Lo October 19~~ - -- -- ·-- - ----------·---------- -·-----·--- ___ ·--- ------ May 1055-7
Railroads:
Accident experience, by type and severity, rn36 -37 ___ _ ·-----·- ·-- ________________ Jan llij- 18
Annuity and pension payments, 1938, under legislation of 1935 and 1917 _
:\la:, IOii.'i--7
Sickness and nonindu~trial accidents, disability data. 1930-31 (medical records. sick_________ ______ _ _ __ ------· ____ _ Jan. lt~-20
benefit associations) ________ ___ _ __________
Rayon and allied products indt1stry. Labor tum-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to
March 1939 ______________________________ Jan . 197; Feb. 421; lifer. iOO, Apr. 04l; l\Iay 1182· June 1128
Rehabilitation. :\Jedical aid, work1oen's compensation, as afTectin~; need !or coordin~tion
Jan. ~-29
ofsPrvicfs _______ ______ -----· ___________________ --------------------- -------------- Relief:
::\,I1lwauktlf' County. Analysis nf 1,63-1 cases, summary ___________________________ ___ _ ..\ pr. goo. 11
Mobility or labor in connection with. ::\,Iichigan census gnd stttdy, 1935 _______________ _
Jan. 16-24
Xew Zeal~ncl. Law 0f September!!, 193S, emergency-benefit provisions ___ ____ _______ _ Feb. 326·7
\York and direct , t~ June 30, 1939. .\pproprigtion Febrnnr)• ~. 1939, supplementin~
amount provided by Emergency Relief Appropriation Act ol 1938 _______ ______ ___ _ :.\far 622-3
\York (provided by U.S. Government) . Right to forfeited by rerusal to accept pri,nte
employment. ___ __________________ _______________________________ ·------ -- -----·
!\far. f22
Youth, rural.. Trend in 1935 (WPA study). ____ __________________________ ___ _____ ____ __ :\far. 572-3
tlents:
International comparison. Sixty-two cities, from lLO studies, 193r,-3; _____ _____ ______ __ Mar. 582-5
Mar. 582
Urban ho11~imr. l'"'inrJinl!<. in \VPA stndv of 203 f?itiP:S _____ ·------------- ·-- - - -- --- -----
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Resources. Ores, nonferrous, progressh•o depletion, and resuJting development of techniq ues
and changes in labor productivity --------- ---- ---------------------- --- ------ -------- ---Retail prices:
Clothing (made up)_ Cotton-textile furnishings, and yard goods, 32specified cities, 1938__
Coal, anthracite and bituminous. Average rates, March 1939, and March and December
1938___ __ ___ _____ ___ __ ___ ________ __ ___ ___ ______ ____ ___ ___ __ __ ____ ___ __ ___ __ ______ __ ____
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Jan. 63-5
Jan. 218--2l
June 1446-8
Electricity, changes in residential rates. December 15, 1937, to December 15, 1938__ __ ___
Feb. 470--1
September 15, 1938, to December 15, 1938, and March 1939______ ____ ___ _ Feb . 468-70; May 1201-2
Foods. Indexes, by commodity group, 51 large cities combined, November 1938 to April
1939, and comparison with"'elfl'lil!r years ______________ ____ __ __ ______ ___ ______________ Jan . 211-14;
Feb. 463-4; Mar. 741-4; Apr. 958--61; May I 195--8; June 1440--3
- - Individual commodities and groups, 51 large cities combined, and indexes by region
and city, November 1938 to April 1939 ___________________________ __________ ___________ Jan . 215--17;
Feb. 465--7; Mar_ 745--7; Apr. 961-4; May 1199--1201; June 1444--6
- - Purchaser's dollar for , proportion of expenditure going to specified agencies (Lazo
and Bletz) ____ ___ ___ _______ _________ __ ____ __ ______ __ ___ ___ __ ___ ___ __ ______ __ ___ __ ___ __
Mar. 655--6
Gas, changes in residential rates. December 1937 to December 1938 ___________________
Feb . 476
September 1938 to December 1938 and to March 1939 __ _________________ Feb. 471-5; May 1202-3
Puerto Rico. Food items (41), 1937-38__________ ________ __ __ ________________ _____ ____ _ June 1448-9
Jsn. 22l
Textiles, cotton. Furnishing and yard goods, 32 specified cities, 1938 __________ ------ -- -·
Roads (highways). F odera.I projects, labor and material costs, by type or constructio,~, July
1935 to August 1937 ___ __ _______________________ -- -- ---------------------------- ----·· ___
Apr. 824-6
Rubber boots and shoes. L abor turn-over, monthly rates, December 1938 to March 1939 ___
Mar. 700;·
Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Rubber Ind ustry. Collective agreements, coverage, and negotiations required (73 locels) ____ June 1282-6
Rubber-tire industry. Labor turn-over, monthl y rates, October 1938 to M arch 1939________
Jan. 197;
Feb. 421; M ar. 700; Apr. 941; May 1182; June 1428
Rural Electrification Administration (U. S. Government):
Farm li ving standards, effect upon, 1935--38 _-------- -- ------------------------------ ____ Apr. 905-10
Loans, miles of line, customers lo be sen·ed , and type of borrower, up to June 30, 1938,
by State ____ __ _________ ______ ------------------------ --------------------------------Apr. 909
Safety:
, ational Council, statistics from annual meeting October 1938 ____________________ __
Jan. 116
(&, also Accident prevention.)
Safety Council, Federal Interdepartmental (U.S. Gowrnm~nt). Establishment by Executive Order, composition, and objectives _______ ---- ---- - ---- ---------- ------------ -- ---· June 1331-2
Ra wmills. (&e under Lumber industry.)
Sell-help:
Apr. 851-2
Colleges for students without funds, character and aims of. ----------------------------Cooperatives. For older workers, summary of stud y (Uni\". of Calif.) ________ ___ ______ _ May 1081-3
- - For unemployed, _Federal aid by WPA provided for by 1938 legislation ____________ _ Jan . 111- 13
- - Future of, discussed {U niv. of Calif. stud y) ________ _________ _________ _____ _________ May 1082-3
Seniority:
First consideration in making lay--0ffs, study of workers' attit udes in manufacturing firm _
Jan. 59--60•
Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers, collective-agreement provisions _____ ____ ___ _______ _ Apr. 832-3
Sharing work. Collective-agreement prov isions for (Gas, .Coke, and Chemical Workers) ___ _
Apr_ 833
Sickness benefits. Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers, collecti ve-agrcement provisions ____ __
Apr 83n
Sickness statistics. Railroads, daily percentage disabled and average duration of disability,
by age group, 193o--34. ____ ------------------------------------------- ____ ____ __ _____ ___ Jan . 118- 20
Sit-down strike. (&e und,r Industrial disputes.)
Slaughtering and meat packing. Labor turn-over, moutbly rates, October 1938 to March
1939 __ __ ___ _______ _____ ___ _____ _______ ____ .Jan. 197; Feb. 421 ; M ar. 700; Apr. 941 ; May 1182; June 1428Slum clearance. (See Housing.)
Social lnsurance:'
France. Benefit expenditures by kind of benefit, to agricultural and nonagricultural
Apr. 814
workers, January 1, 1935 to March 31, 1936____ -·-·-··· ________ -------- ------ -- -----· -·
- - Contributions paid to fund, by year, July 1, 1930, to December 31, 1936 ____ _____ ____
Apr. 813
Apr_813
- - Disbursements, by type of benefit, by year 1030-36_-- - - ---- ---------------- -------Feb. 322-9
New Zealand. Law of September 14, 1938, general coverage ___ - -- --- ----------- -- -----Social security:
Federal Board, U.S. Government, work of, 1937-38, summary _______ _______________ _ _ M ar. 544-5
(&e also Blind persons, aid to; Children, dependent, aid to; Old-age assistance; Oldage insurance; and Unemployment insurance (compensation) .)
Steam and hot-water heating apparatus. Labor t urn-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to
March 1939 ___________ _______ ___________ _____ Jan. l97;Feb. 421 ; Mar . 700; Apr. 941 ; May 1182; June 1428
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PageSteel industry:
Contracts, U. S. Government, minimum-wage determination, effective March 1, 1939. Mar. 659-61
Injunction against wage determination under Public Contracts Act, March 27, 1939 .. ... May 1145--6
Street·railway employees. Union sgreem,ents, analysis or provisions on employment, hours,
overtime, vacations, etc., as o( June 1, 1938...... ....... ..... ......... ... ............. .... . Feb. 379-81
Strikebreaking. U.S. Senate inquiry, report or, summary ........................... .
May 1063-5
Strikes. (&e ttnder Industrial disputes.)
Student aid:
'
Negro yout h, grants to, an.c\ characteristics of applicants ................... . . . .......... June 1319-20·
Mar. 579' Yoli.th"Atlrrtit!fstr'!tion, Ni!t.ionl\l"(U. S, Oo,>ernmellt)-,.i938"'30.'.........................
Tax. France. Laws, No,·ember 1938 and April 1939, prodsions . .... ............. . . .. .... .
Ju ne 1369
Taxation. Federal employee's salary subject to State (New York) income tax (U. S. Sup.
Ct. decision) .. ... .. .. .... . ..•••... ..................... . ............. ......... ..... ....... May 1106-7
Taxicab industry. France, Regulations, general, including hours, provided by decree, 1938.
Mar. 664
Teacher tenure. Summary of State legislative provisions .............•. .. .... . ......... ....
Apr. 887-S.
Tear gas. Use in industrial disputes, U.S. Senate inquiry, summary ..................... .
May 1067
Technological changes:
Industrial instruments, results or development of. .... .. ........................ .. . . ... . Apr, 818-20
Mining (metal) industry, acCQunt of c\epletcd resources and lower grade or ore-effect
upon employment .. . .............. ...... . ........................................... .
Jan . 63-5
(&e also Mechanization.)
Teooes.see Valley Authority (U. S. Government):
Cooperative associations distributing electricity and other ser d ces lo area .. .......... .
Mar. 587-8
Mar. 551-3
Working conditions of employees, Yel\l ended June 30, 1938 .. . . .. .. . ... ... . . . ... .... ••
Textile industry. Definition issued by industry committee appoi nted under Fair Labor
Standards Act .•. . ....... . . . ... ... ... . ..•........ . . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. • ........ .......•. •.•..
Feb . 368-9
Time clocks. Re!ercoce to in Administrator's interpretation of Fair Labor Standards Act ..
June 1367
Tobacco industry :
Cigars and cigarettes. Labor turn-over, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939.....
Jan . 196;
Feb. 420; Mar. 699; Apr. 940; May 1181 ; June 1427
• Wageuetermination under.Public ontracts Act (Wals1Flldalcy), May 2, 1939 ... . .. -..
June 1364
Trade•ubioos. ( See Labor organizations.)
Training !or employees. lo•service plans or TV A, apprenticeship and other training_ •• •• .
Mar. 552
Jnne 1368
Travel time. Rules under Administrator's interpretation of Fair Labor Standards Act .....
Truck drivers. llours (in specified transportation), statute regulating upheld by U. S.
Supreme Court • ..... .. · - · ·· ·· · · · ·· ·· -· · · · - · · · · · ··· · · · · · · · ··· · ········ ·· .... . . . ... . .. ··- Mar . 619-20Unemployment, United States:
Hired !arm workers. Underemployment of, shown by 1930 census ........ ·-············
Inventory (sample), U. S. Employment Service registrants, August 1938, analysis of
characteristics ............. . .. . ..... -· ...................................... ··- ..... .
Milwaukee Count y. Analysis or J,634 cases, summary ... ·-·················· ......... .
Older workers. Extent of problem in United tates and Europe, ILO preliminary
reJJOrt, 1938 .. ••····-··-······· ·· ··············
. ····- ....... ... .... .
Youth, rural. WPA study or situation and prospects, summary .........••..... . ... .
June 1255Apr. 948-52
Apr. 809-12
Feb. 257-70
Mar. 570-5
UurmpJoyment,, foreign countries:
Belgium. Youth , census returns, 1937, and causes for condition .... .... ....... . ....... June 1314-17
Canada. Statistics by year, 1921 to 1938. - ·-· · ········· · ····· · ······ ·· ·····-·······-·· _
Mar. 554
Great Britain.
Distressed ("special") areas, compulsory location or industries in, urged
by Labor Party in Parliament, 1938... ..... .. . ....... . ........... .. ........... ....
Mar. 555-8
- - (Lonrtoo region) , Jnveniies, duration, as shown by employment·c<chaoge registers
June 1318
October 1938 ....................... ··-· ........... .. ..... ··- ..... ··-·· ... . .. . ... . . . . ..
Statistics, by year, 1932-38, by month , November 1987 to Morch 1939 or month shown:
.· Australia to , December .1938;,•Austria ,to Deccmber >l938;"Belgim.n to January '1939;
Canada" to January 1939; Czechoslo vakia to August 1938; Danzig, Free City of, to
February 1939; Denmark; E stonia; Finland ; France; Germany i.o February 1939;
Great Britain; Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; Huni,:ary to January 1939; Trelaod
(Free State): Japan to June 1938; Latvia to Fehruary 1939; 1 etberlands; New Zealand
10 January 1939; Norway; Poland; Rurnania to November 1938; Sweden to Februauy
1939; s,vitzeriand to February 1980; Yugoslavia to February 1939 ......... Feb. 454-i; May IZ-25-9
Unemployment insurance (compensation) , United States:
June 1337
Arkansas Act held constitutional by State supreme court ................ . ..............
Dismissal·cornpcosation schedules (one depa rtment store) to complement New York
tate law ....... ··--················· ····-····· ·• ······- · ········ -····· ····-··· ·-··
Mar. 544
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Employ!l(' leaving service account or health ineligible (decision Sup. Ct. or P a.) ... .. ... .
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Leaving service with ernployn's assent a few days prior to discbarg? date, not construable
as "voluntarily leaving work" (decision of Sup. Ct. oi Pa.) ...... ...................•.. JI.far. 619-20
Life•insurance a~ents not covered by statme (Conn. Sup. Ct. decision) ................. .
May ll08
Mar. 621-2
Pennsylvania. "Voiuntarily leaving" as used in statute, defined (Sup. Ct. of Pa.) . ... .
May 1055
Railroad employees, R~ilroad Retirement Board to administer. ........................ .
Social Security, Federal an<I Sta te, statistics to June 30, rn3~ ........ .. ................. .
Mar. 545
Unemployment insurance, rorei~n countriP.s:
orway. Compulsory system, provisions of Jaw (June 24, 1938) establishing....... • ....
Jan. 73---6
New Zealand. Law or September 14, 193!', provisions..... .............. ... . . .. . .. .
Feb. 326
Union•management cooperation. (Sec Labor•managemeut cooperation.)
-Vacations witb pay:
Jan . 93·
Relgium . 1936 law amended 1937; new provisions .......... . .......... . ..... .
Jan. 137
France. Spreadin~ out or rotation or. Decree•law, November 12, 1938, ............... .
Oas, coke, and chemic.~! workers. Collective•ngreernent provisions .... .. ...... •.•......
Apr. S36
Germany. Various industries and locations. status, 1938, with wa~e schedules .. ... .... . A pr. 921-37
Motortruck drivers. Agreement provisions, as of June 1, 1938 ...........................
Mar. r,oo
Nonmanufacturing industries. General policies, length or period granted , and service
requirements; Rnd stntistics b¥ industry group, 1937...... .. . ..................... . J une 1258·G6
Street•rnilway employees, union. Agreement provisions, as of June l , 1938 .........•...
Feh. 3RO
Veterans:
New iealand. Maori War, law of September 14 , 1938, provisions . .. .. .. ··- ......... .
~-ob. 326-7
Placement, by CT. S. Emplo, ment Service, November 1938 to April 1939 ... .........
Jan. 201;;
Feb. -130; Mar. 706; Apr. 917; May 1189; June 1~34
Vital statistics:
CCC enrollees, L938, death rates compared with male population, 1935.. ....... .. .. ...
Feb. 340
Deatb rates and ca11ses. 1938 (Metropolitan Life Jnsurance Co. records)_ ......... .....
Apr . 853- 5
Vocational education:
([ncluding technical edurntion) . JLO agenda for June 1939 Conference ··- ··· · ..... Apr. 804, SOtl-7
Negro youth. Resident centers for, subjects taught .... ·-······... ........ .......... ...
June 1321)
Negroes. U. S. Office of Education survey, 1936, summary of recommendations.. ..
Apr. 817·8
State plans. En,·ollment in schools or classes 1937-38, cost and new developments and
trends ... ·-· ... ........• .... ·-·········· .......................... __ ................
June 1322-6
V ccat ion al guidance:
June 1321
Nep-ro yontb, NY A service ........ ············-··
......................... .
Negroes, program in secondar y schools and colleges, ad mealed by CT. S. Office of Educa•
Apr. 818-0
tion ..... _·-··························· ........................ .. ............... .
Occupational Information and Guidance Service (U . S. GO\·ernment), establishment
and functi ons ........................ ··· · ··· ··-·····•··········· ········ ........
Mar. 578-0
Vorat.ional rehabilitation. Disabled persons. nurooor benefited 1929· 38; cost, 1937-38; and
new developments and t.ren<ls __ _
~Vage and hour administration. l."nd<'r Fair Labor Standar ls Act, 193 . .Analy~is of operations to end or 1938...... .. ........ . ...... _.·······-·-·-························· · ········ i\far. 657 9
\\"age and Hom Di\-ision. United States Department or Labr. r. Interpretations and re~u•
lationsunderFairLabor Stanclards Actofl938........... .
Jan. 151 - 61
Wage and hour legislation, iltate. National Conference on Lat-or Legislation, 1938, reso·
Jan. J:ll
. ............... -• . .
. .......... .
lution (text) ............. ·-· .
Jan . 132
\\"a~e collection. National Con fere nce on Labor Lep-islation. 1938, resol ution (text) ....... .
'Wage payment:
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1>)3~. interpretations and re~ulations under ... Jan. 153. 15.1; June ta68·9
(See also "Anti•kick•back" legislation. )
·
Wage policies. Guaranteed annual wa~e encouraged b~· Fair Labor Stan dard s Act, 19:18. ... Apr. 9l~-16
·
~Vages and hours, United States:
Agriculture. Average rates, rnonthly and daily, with and without board , by geographic
Jnn. 192- 3
division, specified dates, 1937- 38 ... ·-······ ..... .. .......... ·····•·- .............. .
Jan. 193
Cotton picking, rates per JOO pounds, 1038 and earlier years, by State .
Agricultural workers. 1936 (IVPA study) ............. . ....... .. .... . ... ....... -. l\Iar. 5il
Annual earnings. Data made available by Railroad Retirement Board, 1938. .........
J<'eb. 525·6
Bakeries. Union members, June I , 1938, compared with scales ol May 15, 1937.. ....... Jan. 176-88
Barber shops. Union, by city, 1938.... ... .... .. ····· ·········- ··· ····· - . .... ...... . June 1290-5
Cereal•preparations industry. Hourly and weekly earnings, and weekly hours, by region
and occupational group, 1938...... _................................. . ......... ... ..... June 1404-6
-Clothing industry. Pennsylvania. Classified weekly earnings, distribution by depart•
ment and sex; weekly earnings and hours and bourly rates ol woman workers; 1937 .... June 1300-10
- - Men's. Pennsylvania, annual earnings, men nnd women, 1929 to 1936....... - .... .
June 1303
- - Women's and children's, Pennsylvania, annual earnings, men and women, 1929 to
June 1303
1936....... ·--- -- .... _. ·- .•. -· .................. · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. - · · · · · · · · · .... · · · · · · · · · ·
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Wages and hours, Un ited States-Continued.
College alumni (41 ,856), by occupation, sex, and number of years since grad ual.ion , 1936_ May 1171-5
Common labor. Entrance rates (20 industries), July 1938 _____ __ ___________________ __ __ Jan . 162-i5
Cooperatives, agricultural. Farmer members (stockholders) not exempted from provisions of Fair Labor Standards Act ________________________________________________ _ June 1329-30
Cotton picking. Rates per 100 pounds, 1938 and earlier years, by State ________ _____ ___ _
Jan. 193
Dentists. Average and median net income, and distribution by net-income classes, specified years, 1929-37 ____________ _____________ _______ __ ____ _____________________ ____ _____
June 1407
- - Average and median net income, by geographic division and specified States, 1937
June 1408
Drugs and toilet-preparations manufacture, 1938. Hourly and weekly rates and weekly
hours, by States ________________ ___________ ____ ______ _______ ___
_ ___ __________ _ Feb. 386-90
Dry cleaning and dyeing industry, women, Ohio and Indiana. Hourl y and weekly earnings, 1934, 1935, and 1937_ __________________ ____________ __ _____________________ __ _
Feb. 371-3
Earnings and hours of men and women compared, by iu<lus try, 1937-38 _
:\,Jay 1003-6
Electrical-products industry . E arnings in relation to F air Labor Standards Act ____ __ J u ne 1378-80
- - IJourly and weekly earnings and weekly hours, by skill , sex, industry division , and
occupation, August 1937 _________________________________ _
June 1371-87
Extremes in, various industries, economic problems invoh·ed _____ ___ _
llfar. 510-25
F actory office workers. Tew York State, weekly rates_
. October 1938 _
Feb. 393-5
Farm workers. (&e W ages and hours: Agriculture.)
Fertilizer industry. ITourly and weekly rates and weekly hours, J038, by occupation,
geographical district, skill, and race __ ·---------------------------------------- ______ _ Mar. 006-81
Foundry operation. Piece workers' rate increased by American Arbitration A ocialion
Apr, &ig
_ --------------------------------------------- ----- --------------award ___ _ _
Furniture manufacturing. Annual earnings, 68 northern factories. 1936 ______ ______ ____ _
Apr, 781-8
Gas. coke, and chemical workers. Collective-agreement provisions ____ ________________ _
Apr. 834-5
Georgia. White and Ne~ro workers, weekly rates and hours, by class of establishment
and sex. _1938
__ --------------------------------------------- _________ _
June 1411- 12
Go,-ernment policies and inquiries, 1937 and 1938 __ __ _________________________________ ?-Iar. 526-30
Hosiery (full-fashioned) industry . Fair Labor Standards Act. effect or _________
M ay ll62-4
- - Ilourly and weekly earnings and weekly hours, by skill , sex. region, and ocrupation , 1938 _ _ ___ -------------- ------------- ------ ------- ------------ ·--------- -- May 1147- 71
- - Learners and apprentices, hourly rates by region and sex, 1938___ ______ ______ ____ ___ May 1164-5
Rosier)' (seamless) industry. Fair Labor Standards Act, elJect oL ___
June 1399-1400
- - Hourly and weekly earnings, and week1y hours, by skill, sex, region, and occupation,
1938________ ____________ _________ ____ __ ___ ____ __ _ ----- _ ------- ---- _____________ June 1388- 1403
- - Learners and apprentices, hourly rates, by re~ion and sex. 1938 ___ ________________ _ June 1400-1
Hours of Labor Act, South Carolina, held inrnlid by State supreme court. ____________ _
May 1106
Labor, common . Entrance rates (20 industries), July 1938 _____
________________ _ Jan. 162-75
Laundry (power) industry. Women , New York and Pennsylvania, hourly and weekly
earnin~s, 1933 and 1935 ______ ___________ _____ ___ _____________________ _
Feb. 373-6
Libraries. Cities OYer 200,000. Mi nimum and maximum annual median rates, by
occupation, J037 and 1938 __________________ _ _________________ _ ___________ _
June 1410
- - (U . S. and Canadian cities). Minimum and maximum annual rates, by occupation and sir.e of city, November 1938 _______ ______________ _ _ ___ _________ ______ _
June 141 l
Macaroni industr y. Ponnsylvania, woman workers, classified nnnua.l , weekly, and
hourly earnin!(s, January 1938_____ ___ ______________ ____ _ _ ________ _
.Tune 131 1
Milk condenseries, rnas. U ourl y and weekly rates and weekly hours, by State ________ _
Feb. 390-3
Mining (metal) industr y. Idaho, Coeur d' Alene district, daily rates, by occnpation,
ilfay 1176-7
1938 _ _ _
-- - - - - - --------------- --- - - - -- - - --- - --- l\-Iotortruck drivers. Union scales. chan!(es May 15, 1937, to June I. 1938 ____________ __ Mar. 682-8
Municipal salaries. Washington Stale, 1938 ______________________________________ _
Apr. 919
Negro college graduates (IIoward UniYersity). Employment, occupational, and income
status, 1936 ___ __ _ _ _ _ _ ________________ __ ____________ _
Osteopathic ph ysicians. A ,erage and median ne t income, and d;stribulion by netincome classes, speci fied years, 1929-37 ___ ________________________________________ _
- - Average and median net income, by geograph ic division, 1937 __________________ _
Pecan sbellers, San Antonio. Investigation by U . S. Wage and Hour D "vision ___ _____ _
Pennsylvania . Woman workers in clothin~ industry and in restaurants. 193i: in macaroni i1l\.Ju,try, January lU38 _
Puerto Rico. H ourl y rates and weekly hours and earnings, hy sex, 1937-38. Alcohol
distilleries; button factories; cigar factories; cigarette factories; coffee cultivation; coffee
roasti ng; fruit canning; fruit packing; bat factori6s; needlework ; n1garcane planting;
suga r factories: sugar refining; tobacco cultivat ion; tobacco slrippin ~-- ____ ________ _
R anges between highest and lowest rates and longest and shortest working period~,
gi\en industries
__________ _____ ______________ __ __
______________ __
Resta urants, Pennsylvania. woman workers. Annual, weekly nnd hourl y earnings, 1937,
and weekly hours, 1938 ____ ___ __ __________ __________ ___ _____________________________ __ _
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June 1304-11
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M ar . 519-25
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Wages and hours, United States- Continued.
St£eet•railway,employees. Un/on .scales, j938 ..
. ... .. .... . .. .
Survey of 1938, trends and economic factors affectinv (Bowden) . . .... . ............... .
Textile industries. Pennsylvania, annual earnin~s, men and women , l929 to 1936 _____ __
Underwear industry . Connecticut, Woman workers, 1937 ............................. .
- - (Pennsylvania) . Annual earnings, men and women, 1929 to 1936. ................. .
U nion scales . Bakery trades, June 1, 1938, compared with May 15, 1937 .. .
- - Barber shops, by city, 1938.............................................. . ........ .
- - Motortruck drivers, chan~es May 15. 1937, to .Tune l , 1938 ........................ .
- - Street•railway employees, 1938 . . ................................................. ..
Unsk illed labor. (See muter Wages and hours: Common labor .)
Woman workers. Earnings and hours com'J)ared witb those or men, 1937- 38 .......... ..
- - Pennsylva nia industries, ann ual earnings compared with these of men , 19~9 to 1936.
- - Underwear industry, Connecticut, 1937 ...................................... .. . .
WPA . Monthly "secmity" rates by region and skill, and arnrage hourly earnings by
type or project, 1938........... .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................... .
·wages and hours, foreign countries:
~'ranee. Dressmaking, weekly rates, by type of shop, by skill, and by years, 1936-38 ..
- - Ellect of increases resulting from socia l laws or 1936 ....................... . ....... ..
- - Metal industries, minimum hourly rates fixed by collecth·e agreements, by districts,
bre.ncb of industry, skill, sex, 1936-38 ................................ . . .. ........... .
- - Mining, coal, daily rates arter increases granted in 1938; days worked and total
earnings, by year 1930-38. . ................................... . .............. .. ... . ... .
- - (Paris and environs; cities other than Paris). Average hourly rates by occupation
and sex. by year 1936-38 ...... . ... .. ...... . ............................... . c •••••••••••
0 rIJ\~!lY - Aycraite hourly rates, by skill and sex, 1938. Building CQIJ,5truction; chemi•
cals; coal mining (bituminous and lignite); metal work ing; paper; paper products; print•
ing; woodworking; breweries; ceramics; clothing; confectionery; shoes; textiles-cloth,
cotton, knitted, lace, linen, ribbon, silk, velvet, worsted spinning; State railways;
post office .................. .. .......................... _............. . ........... .
- - Coal, lignite, hourly rates, April 1938 .............................................. .
- - Mining, coal, earnings, by ~ype or mine, l93i and 1938 ......... . ................. .
- - Petroleum industry, rates per shirt, underground and surrace workers, by occupation .
- - Plate.glass industry. Hourly rates, by occupation and sk ill.. ..................... .
- - Potash industry. Hourly rates by location of workers ........................... .
- - Printing industry (book printing ancl binding; lithographic; offset; and music•
printi'l~.al\c;I <:ng~v!n,g).> HoQ.rly, and ,weekl:,; rates, 1938 . .,... .. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. . : .... .
- - Shipbuilding, hourly rates and actual weekly earnings, by skill, 1938 .. ........... .
- - Soap manuracturing, hourly rates by sk ill and sex, May 1938.. . ... . . . . . ....... . . . . .
- - (Bavaria, Thuringla, Saxony, Silesia). Ceramic industry, hourly and weekly rates,
by skill and sex, middle of !938..... . ....... . ........................................ . .
- - (Berlin•Brandenburg district). M etal industry, hourly rates by skill ............. .
- - (Frank[ort). Boot and shoe('ndustry, hourly rates by sex, summer of 1938 .. . ..... .
- - (Frankfort district). Chem ical industry (including mineral oil, ruhber , and syn•
thetic fiber) hourly and actual weekly rates, by skill, summer of 1938 .. ......... . ..... .
- - (Greater Berlin). Construction industry, hourl y rates by occupation ..... . ......... .
- - (Rhenish W.estphalia). , F urniture industry, hourly rates, by skill.. ._ ............ ..
- - Joon,.ancl stQel iJulustr)<f hourJy-rat.es-O)" oecupaUoo and-skill; 1938.·.. . ....... . ..... .
- - (Saxony). Airplane manuracture, by skill, 1938 ................................ . .
- - Textile industry. Hourly rates and average actual weekly earnings, by industry and
occupation, 1938 ..... . .. . ............................................ . . . .. . .... . . . ... .
- - (Saxony and Stuttgart distr ict) . Automo bile industry. Hourly rates and average
actual hourly earnings, by skill, June 1938 ............................ .. .............. .
- - (Silesia). Coal, bituminous, rates per shirt, underground and surrace workers .... .
- - Hollow•glass industry, by occupation, 1938 ........................................ .
- - Metallurgical industries, hourly rates by industry and skill , 1938 ................. ..
Hungary. A,·erage hourly earnings, certain groups, 1937 and 1938 ............... . ..... .
Mexico. Agriculture, various products and States, 1937 and 1938 .................... . . .
- - Building coustruction, by occupation, 1937 and 1938 ....................... _...... .
- - Cattle raising, various districts, 1937 and 1938 ......................... _. . ....... ..
- - Logging, lumbering, and naval stores, \'arious districts, by occupation , 1937 and 1938.
--. MaQ.Ur~ctu~i'Qg industries. By industry ancl occupation, specified localities, 1937
and 1938................. . ....... . ............................................ . ..... .
- - Minimum daily rates fixed in States, 1938 and 1939 ................................ .
- - Mining and smelting industries, by product and occupation, daily rates, 1937 and
l938 .......... . ................... . . . ............................................. . ... .
-_ _ Petroleum industry, daily rates, by occupation , 1937 and 1938 ........... . ......... .
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Feb. 3i7- 86
Mar. 500-30
June 1303
Feb . 330-3
June 1303
Jan. 170-:88
June 1290-5
Mar. 682-8
Feb. 377-86
May 1003- 6
June 1302-4
Feb . aao-3
Jan. 188-92
June 1415
June 1415
June 1417- 22
.Tune 1416-1&
June 1413- l<l
Apr . 937
Apr. 934-5
June 1422
Apr. 936-6
Apr. 924
Apr. ~36-7
' Apr:' 91g.9
Apr. 929-30
Apr. 930
Apr. 923
Apr. 026-7
Apr. 922-3
Apr. 923-4
Apr. 932-3
Apr. 924
Apr. 926
Apr. 921
Apr. 930-2
Apr. 922
Apr. 933-4
Apr. 926-6
Apr. 927-8
June 1423
Feb. 404-6
Feb. 416
Feb. 406
Feb. 406-7
Feb. 410-13
Feb. 396-8
Feb. 408-10
Feb. 407-8
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Wages and hours, foreign countries-Continued.
Mexico. Printing and publishing, by occupation, 1937 and 1938 .................... . F eb. 4UH7
- - Railways,' by occupation, 1937 ~nd 1938. . ...
. ....... . . . ....... ······••-•- · ·· Fob. 413--15
- - Sbipping and stevedoring, by occupation, 1937 and 1938 ............ . ............. .
F eb. 417
Street railways, by occupation, 1937 and 1938 . . . . . . .... . ....... .. . .... .. .. .... . .
Feb. 415
Netherland Indies (Java). f: ugar industry, regular and seasonal workers, hy occupa.
June 1423
tion, and year 19ar,-37. . .
-·-•··········· · ·········· ............ ····· ···· ···-·--·
- - (Sumatra. East C'oast). Agriculture, daily rates (including pay ment in kind), by
sex, and year 1935--37_
... .. ............................................... .
Jnne 1424
- - Tobacco industry. a,·er,11,e monthly rates by year 1935- 37 .............. ... .. .. . .
June 1424
Soviet U nion (C. S. :". R. ) "M ining (coal) industry , increase by derree ol January 27,
1939, and new and old schedules.............. ... . .. ··••- ............ ........ . . '.\fay 1177
Yugoslavia. Daily rates, 1935.nnd 1937. Mining; pctroleurn production: forestry; !um•
beringj sugar production; starch and corn-sirup industry; yeast indust ry ; acetic-acid
industry; milling: brewin~; textile industry ; footwear industry; printing; metallur•
gical industry; building trades; cement industry: brick a nd tile industry; glass ind us•
try; agriculture: railway transportation ....... •-•··· .... .......
..... .. . ..
"Mar . 694--6
\V ages, deductions from. Orrmany . " Legal"-tax nnd insurnnce payment~. percentage o l
gross earnings, byintlustry.... .. ... . .. .. . .......... . ................... ..•..........
Apr.920-1
·w aiting: time. Employees subject to call , rules undfjr Administrator':- interpretation of
F'air Lflbor Standards Act ..................... ............ .. ....... .....•.......
June 1367
Welfare offices. Directory, Latin America, Natio1rnl offices, by country ............ ...... .. Apr. 988-90
Wholesale prices. lndexes, monthly and weekly changes, Novemher 1938 to April 1939 and
yearly chanrres by rlasses ol commod ities from 1926 .. .. .... : ......... '· .. . . ._,.... ...... .
Jan. 222...fi;
Feb. 477-8(); Mar. 74 -52; Apr. 965-9; May 1204--~; June l450-4
:Vid(!w'!_' a~~O,!"l_ll)anf pensions. Ne~,- 7,el\1aµd . L a,, QI -eote,~ber 14 , IQ3!1 .... .... .... . _. Feb . 324,327
Woman workers:
Annual earnings, Pennsylvania industries, compared with earnings of men, 1929 to 1936. June 1302--4
Earnings and hours compared with those ol men , hy industry, 1~37-38 . .... . ...... . .. .. May 1003-il
Latin•American conn tries. L abor legislation, protecthe, hy country (17). . .. ... . ...... May 1071-2
Sweden. Married, right to work and other ri ghts ad,·ocated by Government com•
mittee .. . ... .... ...... . ...... .... ........... .. ........ .. . ... .. ....... .....
Apr. '«5
(See also und,r ,Yages nnd hours.)
Woman's rights. lcip:hth [nternationa l Conference of American St.ates, Lima, Peru, JY38,
declaration adopted . ·-· ....... .. .... ........... ...... . ·· ··· ·-· ··· ................ ....
Mai 1072
·woolen and worsted goods. Labor tern.over, monthly rates, October 1938 to March 1939...
·Jan. 197;
Feb. 421; Mar. 700; Apr . 041; May 1182; June 1428
Work sharipg. !v~anl\f&cturing firm, workers', al.tiwde"S'Uoncerning (Ml!cl"iitifi~)
Jan :- 47-60
Workers called !or miiitary servi ~e. France Hight to former positions guaranteed, decree•
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June 1369
law, April 21, 1939 .
Working conditions :
Barber shops. union. 1938........................................... . ....... .... Jnne 1287- 99
Tennessee ,·alley Authority employees. year ended June 30, 193!<, summary .............
Mar . 551- 3
"\Vorkmen's compensation:
Ar..knnsas art, 1939. prodsions of _ __
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Coal mining. PennSytvaoia. Ditllculty in cornrave sccount distressed•c011dit1on ol
June 1270
industry .. ___
_______ ------ -- ---- -- --------- ---- -----·---- C~1rrt decisions (Sec Decisions ~I courts : ~ygr~rpen ·s ~ll)pe~tion.)
Coverage. "Legislatiw lim;j;ations, and administrative problems affecting (Dawson)
June 1267- 8 1
Extra•hazardous employlllents. Definitions ol in Yarious State acts .. _
........... . June 1270 2
Legislation. Co,erage limitations, and administrative problems affecting coverage
(Dawson) •.. . ................... . ... ... ......• ......... .... .................. .. .. .... June 1267--81
Medical costs, problem of.. ...... ............. ............. ... ....... . ....... ......•. . ..
Jan. 26-8
Jan. 25--46
Medical service under State laws (Dawson) . ..... . ..... . . . . ..•.. .•......................
Jan. 131- 2
National Conference on Labor Legislation, 1938, resolution (text) .. .... . ..... ....... ... .
Numerical exemptions in various State laws .... .... ... . .............................. . June 1272- 3
Pennsylvania act held invalid in two portions, by State snpreme court .... .. . . . ..... ... . June 1336--7
Railway and maritime employees, !actors preventing enactment of Federal legislation _.. June 127~80
Review or evidence by only one member of industrial commission held not sufficient (Wis.
June 1337
Sup. Ct.) .......................... ... .....•. . ............ .. ...•.. ...... ... ...........
Specified employments and occupations excluded in various States and Canadian Pro,·•
inces ..... ....... . .... •........ .• ..... ... . •.. .................... ............... .. ..... June 1273-8
Canada (Nova Scotia). Distressed industries, adjustment nece sary in ...... ..... . ... . . Juno 1278-9
Canadian Pro,·inces. Fund management, adjustment ol rates under ; extent of coverage
of agriculture ......... . . . . ............. . .......................... ......... .......... . June 1276-7
Mar.662--4
Workweek . France. Increased from 5 to 6 days, decree-law , Novemher 12. 1938 . .. .. ..... .
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National Administration (U.S. Government). Student aid, 1938--39 _________________ __ _
Mar . 679
Negro. Beneficial effects of CCC work, personnel statistics, and educational opportuApr. 846-7
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Rural. Economic condition, employment and relief status (WP A study) _______________
Mar. 570-5
- - Employment opportunities, lack or, and et.. ,-ct of farm mechanization ______________
Mar. 573-5
- - Relief status, findings or WPA study_________ ____________________________ __________
Mar. 572-3
Youth, foreign countries:
Belgium. Unemployment shown by 1937 census, causes, and legislatiYe provision for
training ________________ _______ ______ __________________________________________________ June 1314- 17
Great Britain (London region). Unemployment, extent and duration, 1938 ____ _________ June 1317-18-
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