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Subject Index to Volurne 67
Monthly Labor Review
July to December 1948
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BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Comml Hioner
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July to December 1948
Absenteeism, United States:
Manufacturing. Absences per 1,000 workers and distribution of explained absence, by reason for, by
sex of absentee, and by quarter, 1947. Septernber,
236-237.
- - Average days per worker and distribution of
explained absenteeism by reason, by sex of absentee,
and by quarter, 1947. September, 237-238.
- - Distribution of absences ascribed to nonindustrial illness or accident, by length of absence and
by sex of absentee. September, 238-239.
- - Extent and causes, under peacetime conditions,
year 1947. Joint survey by Social Security Administration, United States Public Health Service
and BLS, summary. September, 235-239.
Older workers. BLS study of rates, 17,800 workers
in 109 manufacturing plants, showing comparisons
with younger workers. July, 16-19.
- - R ates, by age groups and sex, manufacturing
industries. July, 16-17.
Absenteeism, France. Postwar high level and reasons for,
July, 44-45.
Accident statistics:
Disabling injuries (estimated), by industry group,
1947. Octob er, 361-363.
Disabling injuries, frequency distribution for minors
compared to that of adults. D ecember, 595.
Fertilizer industry. Injury-frequency rates, compared with all chemical manufacturing and all
manufacturing, prewar years 1938 and 1939, and
year 1946. D ecember, 606.
- - Work injuries; time, wage, and other losses ;
causes of accidents; 1946. D ecember, 606-611.
Manufacturing. Injury-frequency rates and severity
averages, by major group, 1947; methods of determining severity averages. October, 362, 364365.
- - Injury-frequency rates, by industry, second
quarter 1948, with cumulative rates for 1948 and
final annual rates, 1947. November, 5·05-508.
- - Injury-frequency rates, selected industries, first
quarter 1948 ; preliminary annual rates for 1941Augitst, 135-137.
Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. Disabling
work injuries, estimates, 1947. October, 361-365.
Older workers. Injury-frequen cy rates, disabling
and nondisabling injuries, by age group; average
days disability; average number redressings per
injury. July, 17-18.
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Accident statistics-Continued
Textile dyeing and finishing. Injury-frequency rates,
1945; estimated losses ; accident causes; "unsafe
act" defined. J uly, 20-25.
Work injuries and accident causes, 1946; time, wage,
and other losses. November, 505-506.
Agriculture :
Cooperatives; resolution on, passed by Congress of
International Cooperative Alliance (Prague). December, 600.
World. Output, mid-1948, compared with prewar
levels; outlook for crop year 194&-49. November,
468-469.
American Woolen Co. Wage chronology.
Wage chronology.)
(See under
Apparel :
Men's and boys'. Trends, postwar, in style and
construction. July, 37-38.
Postwar changes in quality, following removal of
wartime restrictions. July 34-39.
Women's and children's. Trends, postwar, in style
and construction. July, 38.
Armed forces.
Assignment.
(See under Labor force.)
(See Promotion and assignment.)
Atomic energy. Economic and technological effects of
development, on electric light and power industry.
November, 498-499.
Austrian Trade Union F ederation.
ganizations, foreign countries.)
Banks, Austria. Labor.
September, 248.
(See under Labor or-
Financial status, end of 1947.
Benefits:
Plans; character, growth, development, and administration, in collective agreements, 1948; welfare
funds, regulation of. September, 229-234.
P lans created under collective bargaining, specified
companies, 1948. September, 232-233.
Black market. (See 1mder Prices, Austria and Vienna.)
Bonus (nonproduction ) :
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of use, as of MarchApril 1948. October, 380.
Office workers, New York City. Extent of use, as of
January-February 1948. July, 29.
Boot and shoe industry. (See Footwear manufacturing.)
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Budget:
City worker's family ( 4-person) ; distribution of
husband-wife families and single persons in relation to, by 1947 total money income and family
size, Washington, D. C. December, 628.
Family, BLS; income in relation to, Washington,
D. C., June 1947. December, 62~628.
Women workers. Cost-of-living figures,
seven
States, specified period 1947, or first half 1948,
necessary for self-supporting woman to maintain
herself in health. September, 278.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (U. S. Government). Consumers' price index. Essential facts concerning; purpose and meaning, structure, methods of compilation ;
movement since spring 1940. Jul,y 8-11.
Cartels. International. Provisions for supervision of, in
Charter for International Trade Organization. November, 479, 481-482.
Ceramic enginers.
(See imaer Engineering profession.)
Chambers of labor. (See under Labor organizations,
foreign countriP.s, Austria.)
Check-otl'. Limits on, under section 302 ( c) ( 4) of Labor
Management Relations Act; opinion given by Assistant
Solicitor General, May 13, 1948. July, 42 .
Ohild labor:
Accident statistics. Disabling injuries, frequency
distribution for minors compared with that of
adults. December, 595.
Children at work, 14-17 years of age, March 1940
and April 1945-48 (chart). Decemb er, 590.
Control of, in interstate industries, under Fair Labor
Standards Act. Percent illegally employed, year
ended June 30, 1948; total number illegally employed, and percent by age group, during first 10
years' operation of Act. D ecember, 589, 595.
Employed minors, 14-17 years of age, agriculture
and nonagriculture, July 1945-September 1948
(chart). December, 598.
Employment certificates, first regular; numuer issued
for minors 14-15 and 16-17 years of age, 1940, and
1943--47, by State or city, with . percent change,
1940--47. December, 590-593.
Fair Labor Standards Act provisions governing, enforcement; Administrator's reco=endations for
extension of coverage. September, 271-274.
Kentucky. Law of 1948, provisions. November, 513.
Louisiana. Workmen's compensation, Law of 1948
covering certain minors engaged in street trades.
September, 281.
Minors, 14 through 17 years of age, receiving employment and age certificates for full- or part-time work,
1940 and 1943--47; percent change, 1940 to 1947.
Employment certificates issued to minors 14 through
17 years of age, 1947. December 598-594.
New York. Workmen's compensation. Employer liability in cases of illegally employed minors, under
1948 amendment to law. September, 281.
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Child labor-Continued
State legislation enacted in 1948. November, 518.
- - (See Legislation, U. S., by State for specified
State.)
Trends in an expanding labor market. Summary.
D ecember, 589-595.
Virginia. Law of 1948, provisions. November, 513.
Chronology. Labor events, May to November, 1948.
July, 60-62; August, 172-173; September, 305-307;
October, 411-412; November, 524-525; December, 645646.
Closed shop. Legislation to ban, rejected by voters in
Maine, Massachusetts, and New Mexico. November,
III.
Clothing, United States:
Men's, dress shirts. Man-hour requirements per
dozen to produce, by price line, plant size, and by
type of labor and department. September, 254-256.
- - Man-hour requirements per dozen to produce,
1939--47, showing decline per unit. September,
254-256.
Clothing, Great Britain. Postwar increases in supplies,
efforts of Government to aid low-income families; relative supplies, including footwear, compared with prewar, beginning 1947. August, 122.
Collective agreements, United States :
American Woolen Co. and Textile Workers Union of
American ( CIO) . ( See under Wage chronology.)
Automobile industry. General Motors Corp. and
United Autoir.obile Workers (CIO) sign agreement
based · on changes in BLS consumers' price index
and containing "annual improvement factor."
Analysis, wage clause (text). July, 1-7.
Benefit plans included in; character, growth, development, and administration, 1948; funds, regulation of. September, 229-2S1j.
Escalator clauses (cost-of-living). Use of, following
First World War; effect of wartime stabilization
program on; samples. July, 5-7.
Unionized offices, personnel practices ; provisions.
Analysis of 50 agreements from American Management Association survey. December, 623-626.
Collective agreements, foreign countries:
Austria. Act on Collective Agreements, February
1947, affecting. September, 246.
Escalator clauses (cost-of-living). Use of in Great
Britain, Scandanavia, Finland, Switzerland, and
Italy. July, 7.
Great Britain. Holidays (paid), number providing
for, May 1947. August, 119.
Collective bargaining, United States :
Benefit plans under; character, growth, development,
and administration, 1948; funds, regulation of.
September, 229-234.
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Collective bargaining, United States-Continued
Industry-wide, economic effects of; meeting, May 14,
1918, under auspices of Labor R elations Council,
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania; discussion. J uly, 40-42.
Pension and retirement plans. Employers' obligation
to bargain collectively on ; NLRB ruling in Inland
Steel Co. case. September, 234.
Union agreement provisions; selected contract clauses
(text). November, 481-493.
Collective bargaining, foreign countries:
Austria. Act on Collective Agreements, February
1947, affecting. September, 246, 248.
- - Lag in, since liberation, and reasons. September, 248.
Committees, joint production. History of, wartime, and
number functioning in 1948; activities. August, 123126.
703
Construction-Continu ed
Private. Earnings and hours; 1940 average, January 1941, monthly (April 1947-September 1948),
by type of firm. (See Current labor statistics, table
C-3, each issue.)
Residential building (nonfarm). Statistics, 1946 and
1947. BLS program to develop better measures of
activity ; sampling methods and survey techniques
used. August, 161-164.
Urban building. Valuation of, total years 1942, 1946,
and 1947, monthly (April 1947-September 1948),
by class of construction and by type of building.
(See Current labor statistics, table F-3, each issue.)
Consumers' price index (CPI):
Essential facts concerning; purpose and meaning,
structure, methods of compilation; movement since
spring 1940. July, 8-11.
(See also under Prices.)
Communism. Attacks on, by American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations at
annual meetings. D ecember, III-IV.
Contracts, U. S. Government. Walsh-Healy Act governing. Provisions; merging of Division administering,
with Wage and Hour Division (U. S. Dept. of Labor),
1942; enforcement. Septemb er, 272-273.
Conciliation and arbitration. Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, arbitration functions and facilities. July, 42-43.
Conventions, meetings, etc., United States:
Construction :
Dwellings, new nonfarm. Units started, number and
cost, selected years 1925-47, and monthly (Ja~uary
1947-September 1948), by urban or rural location ·
and by source of funds. (See Current labor statistics, table F- 5, each issue.)
Employment. (See under Employment statistics.)
Employment, expenditures, starts; trends, May 1948.
July, IV.
Expenditures, total, years 1946 and 1947, monthly
(June 1947-November 1948 ), by type of project.
(S ee Current labor statistics, table F-1, each issue.)
Federally financed. Contracts awarded and forceaccount work started, value of, selected periods
1936-1947, and monthly (May 1947-October 1948) ,
by type of project. (See Current labor statistics,
t able F-2, each issu e. )
H ouse, new, one-family. Man-hours required to
build, 18 industrial areas, 1946-47. Summary of
BL S survey. December, 611-614.
- - Occupational distribution of man-hours worked
on, by type of exterior wall material; by construction cost classification; by size of operation ; by
selected area. D ecember, 612-614.
New, public, and private. Labor requirements for,
1948. October, 393-394.
- - Labor requirements, second quarter, 1948. July,
47-48.
Nonresidential (new), authorized in all urban places,
total 1946 and 1947, monthly (April 1947-September
1948), by general type and by geographic division.
(See Current labor statistics, table F-4, each issue.)
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American Federation of Labor, annual. Resolutions,
attack on communism, decision to remain "in politics." D ecember, III-IV.
Congress of Industrial Organizations, annual. Resolutions, attack on communism, decision to remain
"in politics." D ecember, III-IV.
International Cooperative Alliance (Prague), Seventeenth Congress of. Summary of proceedings.
D ecember, 600-602.
International Labor Organization, thirty-first session,
San Francisco, June 17- July 10, 1948. Proceedings ; conventions (agreements), recommendations,
and resolutions adopted. September, 261-266.
Labor legislation, State. Fifteenth National Conference on (Washington, November 30, and December
1 and 2). Statement adopted. D ecember, IV.
Labor Relations Council, Wharton School of Finance
and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, auspices of, May 14, 1948; significance of national collective bargaining. July, 40-42.
President's Conference on National Safety, 1948, first
national conference on industrial safety; subjects
covered, committees appointed and scope of activities; provision for final recommendations. November, 508-511.
Conventions, meetings, etc., foreign countries:
Great Britain. British Trades Union Congress, annual meeting, September 6-10, 1948; proceedings.
November, 511-513.
Italy. World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU),
Rome, May 5-10, 1948. Successful efforts of western trade-unionists to reduce powers of general secr etary; other details. Attgust, 147-151.
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Cooperation. Promotion of; resolution passed by Congress of International Cooperative Alliance (Prague).
D ecember, 600-601.
Cooperatives:
Consumers'. Membership and business of, 1947, by
type of association. November, 500.
Consumers', leading, 1947, membership and business,
by name of association. Novemb er, 501.
- - Operations, in 1947. November, 499-502.
Credit unions. Development, trend of, 1931-47
(chart). October, 885.
- - Operations, assets, and earnings in 1946 and
1947, by State. October, 885-387.
- - State and Federal; relative development of,
1925-47. October, 888.
Nonfarm. Union participation, extent of. BLS
study of some 600 associations, various types.
October, 888-392.
Retail store and petroleum. Trend of operations,
changes in net earnings, 1942-47. N01Jember, 501502.
Seventeenth Congress of the International Cooperative Alliance (Prague). Summary of proceedings.
December, 600-602.
Cost of living.
(See Prices.)
Cost-of-living, Austria. Indexes, monthly, August 1947
to April 1948. July, 45.
Cotton textile industry:
Holidays (paid), shift differentials, vacations with
pay, as of April 1948. September, 268.
Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations,
by selected area, April 1948. September, 267-268.
Workweek, length of, as of April 1948. September,
268.
Court decisions :
Fair Labor Standards Act. Summaries. July 54-55;
August, 165-166; September, 299-800; October, 406407; November, 519-520; D ecember, 638-639.
National Labor Relations Act. Summaries. July,
55-58; August, 161-168; September, 800-302,· October, 407-409; November, 520-522,· D ecemb er, 639643.
"Portal-to-Portal." Summaries. August, 166; September, 299-800; October, 406-407; November, 5195i0.
Selective Service and Training Act. Veterans' rights
under. Summaries. July, 58-59; August, 168170; October, 409-410; November, 522 ; Decemb er,
643-644.
State courts. Summaries. JuW, 59; Aitgust, 170-171,·
September, 802-304; October, 410; November, 522528 ,· D ecemb er, 644Supreme Court (U.S.). Basing point system of pricing. .August, III.
- - Overtime pay under Fair Labor Standards Act,
New York longshoremen, contract provisions and
ruling. J1tly, IV.
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Credit unions.
(See under Cooperatives.)
Current labor statistics. List of tables. July, 70-71;
August, 182-188; September, 314-815; October, 420421; November, 583-534; December, 654-665.
Decisions.
(Bee Court decisions.)
Decisions, NLRB. (Bee •u nder Labor Management Relations Act; also under speci,fic iss1te involved.)
Defense Homes Corporation.
(See under Housing.)
Demand. World, postwar. Investment and expenditures as factors in ; inflationary effects. N01Jember,
469-411.
Department and women's ready-to-wear stores:
Average weekly earnings, selected occupations, 16
cities, Ap1il 1948. November, 485.
Discounts, holidays (paid), vacations with pay,
cities, April 1948. November, 486.
Wage survey, 16 cities, April 1948, summary. Novem ber, 488-486.
Workweek, length of, April 1948. November, 486.
Di counts. Department and women's ready-to-wear
stores, 16 cities, April 1948. November, 486.
Draft law, 1948. ( See Selective Service Act of 1948; also
imder Legislation, U. S., Federal and general.)
Earnings.
(See Wages and hours.)
Economic and Social Council.
tions.)
(See under United Na-
Economic conditions. World. Inflation and factors underlying ; postwar demand; changes in
price r elationships. November, 467-475.
Economic conditions, foreign countries:
Austria. Ourrency reform of December 1947, details and results; effects on labor. July, 45-46.
Great Britain. Labor, postwar position of; income
levels, national, 1938 and 1947; workers' gains In
earnings and working conditions. August, 117122.
Economic development.
International Trade
480-481.
Provisions for, in Charter for
Organization. November, 477,
Elections. Repre entation. Striking employees who
have been replaced, not eligible to vote in strike situations not caused by unfair labor practices in economic
strikes, NLRB decision under section 9 ( c) (3) of Labor
Management Relations Act. September, IV.
Electric and gas utilities :
Bonus (nonproduction), group insurance or pension
plans, holidays (paid), sick leave, vacations with
pay. Extent of provision for, as of March-April
1948. Octo ber, 880.
Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations
by region, March-April 1948. October , 878-379.
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Electric and gas utilities-Continued
Wage structure, 1948; occupational differences, regional variations, supplementary wage practices.
October, 377-380.
(See also Electric light and power industry.)
Electric light and power industry:
Atomic energy. Economic and technological effects
of development on. November, 1,!18-499.
Capacity and production, 1902-47. November, 491.
Job characteristics; employment outlook ; prospective
levels of production and capacity. November, 4934911.
Number of customers and amount of power purchased, by type of use, 1947. November, 495.
( See also Electric and gas utilities.)
Electricity. (See Gas and electricity; Electric light and
power industry; Electric a nd gas utilities.)
Employment. Maintenance and development of, by
members of projected International Trade Organization. Provisions of Charter regarding; role of ILO
in helping to achieve. November, 477-479.
Employment certifl.cates.
(See under Child labor. )
Employment conditions. Employment and unemployment, civilian, farm and nonfarm; influences affecting
and future predictions. (See L abor month in review,
p. III-IV, August, September, October, November, December.)
Employment conditions. Great Britain. Controls over,
postwar; union attitude toward. October, 370.
Employment opportunities. Great Britain. Bill to improve, for boys and girls, introduced, March 1948, in
accordance with report of Committee on the Juvenile
Employment Service, September 1945. Provisions.
August, 120.
Employment statistics, United States:
Child labor. Children at work, 14-17 years of age,
March 1940 and April 1945-48 (chart). D ecember,
590.
- - Employed minors, 14-17 years of age, agriculture and n onagriculture, July 1945--September
1948 (chart). December, 593.
- - First regular certificates ; number issued for
minors 14-15 and 16-17 years of age, 1940, and
1943-47, with percent change 1940-47. D ecember,
590-593.
- - Minors, 14 through 17 years of age, receiving
employment and age certificates for full- or parttime work, 1940 and 1943-47; percent change, 1940
to 1947. Employment certificates issued to minors
14 through 17 years of age, 1947. D ecember, 593594.
Construction, contract. Wage and salary workers,
estimated number; annual average 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948). (See Current
labor statistics, table A-2, each isstw.)
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Employment statistics, United States-Continued
Construction, new, public and private. Estimated
total number workers involved, 1948, 1947, and
1946, by type of construction. October, 394.
Employment and unemployment. Estimating; BLS
methods, revision of. July, 51-53.
Federal. Military branch. Personnel and total pay;
yearly 1939 and 1943, monthly (May 1947-October
1948), by branch of service and type of pay. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-14, each issue.)
- - Percentage distribution by pay-fixing authority
and basic annual salary group, 1946-47. July, 14.
- - Washington, D. C. Personnel and total pay;
yearly, 1939 and 1943, monthly (May 1947-0ctober
1948), by bra nch and agency group. (See Current
labor statistics, table A-13, each issue. )
- - Yearly, 1939 and 1943, monthly (May 1M7-October 1948), by branch and agency group. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-11, each ·issue.)
Federal Executive Service. Employment and average annual salaries, by pay-fixing authority, July
1946 and July 1947. July, 12.
- - Percentage distribution, by basis of salary payment, July 1947. Jtdy, 15.
Labor force. Monthly (May 1947-October 1948),
by employment status, hours worked, and sex.
( See Current labor statistics, table A-1, each issue.)
Manufacturing. Annual average, 1943, monthly
(April 1947-September 1948) , by State. (See Curr ent labor statistics, table A-4, each issue.)
- - Annual averages, 1939 and 1943, monthly (May
1947-October 1948), by major industry group.
(See Current labor statistics, table A-3, each issue.)
Manufacturing, durable and nondurable goods. Production workers ; annual average, 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948 ), by industry
group and industry. (See Current labor statiStics,
table A--5, each issue.)
- - Production workers; indexes, annual avera~s,
1943, monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by industry group and industry. (See Current labor
statistics, table A--6, each issue.)
Mining. (See Current labor statistics, tables A-2,
A-8, A-9, and A-10, each issue.)
Nonagricultw·al. Annual averages, 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-0'ctober 1948), by industry
division. (See Current labor statistics, table A-2,
each issue.)
Nonmannfacturing. Annual average, 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-0ctober 1948), by selected industry group and industry. (See Current labor
statistics, table A-8, each issue.)
- - Indexes; annual average, 1943, monthly (May
1947-October 1948), by selected industry group and
industry. (See Current labor statistics, table A-9,
each issue.)
Employment statistics. France. Indexes, 1938-47. J wly,
44.
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Engineering profession :
Ceramic engineers. Earnings and factors affecting;
BLS survey, fall of 1947. October, 381-383.
- - Median base monthly salary, median annual income, members Institute Ceramic Engineers, by
years of experience, specified years, 1939--47. Ootober, 381.
Escalator clauses.
(See under Collective agreements.)
European Recovery Program. Etl:ects of, and of other
foreign grants and credits, upon world economy. November, 411.
Expenditures, United States:
Birmingham, Indianapolis, and Portland (Oreg.).
Correction of article in June 1948 issue (p. 624),
"Expenditures of Moderate-Income Families:
1934-36 and 1945." Novem ber, 518.
Construction. Total, 1939 and 1946, monthly (June
1947-November 1948) , by type of project. (See
Current labor statistics, table F-1, each issue.)
Consumer. Intentions to buy, durable goods and
houses, 1948; attitudes toward selected purchases.
Financial status of spending units compared with
previous year. September, 286.
Consumer and Govermnent, as percentage of gross
national product, 9 countries, 1938 and 1947. November, 470.
Home ownership, nonfarm families, relation to income. Expenditures for repairs and additions and
other items, 1947. November, 516.
P ortland, Maine. Average by item, selected families,
1934-36. D ecember, 632.
Total for rents, nonfarm, 1944 and 1946. D ecember,
633.
Expenditures, Great Britain. P er cent of gross national
product, 1944, 1945, an d 1947, compared with 1938.
August, 118.
Fabrics. Cotton, nylon, rayon, silk, and wool. Postwar
improvement in quality, foll owing rell!.oval of wartime
restrictions. July, 34-37.
F air Labor Standards Act:
Child labor. Control of, in interstate industries. Percent illegally employed, year ended June 30, 1948;
total number illegally employed, and percent by age
group, during first 10 years' operation of Act.
Decem ber, 589, 595.
Operations under, first 10 years; summary. September, 271-214.
Federal employees.
(See ,mder Government employees.)
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (U. S. Government). Conciliation and arbitration, functions and
facilities. July, 42-43.
Fertilizer industry:
Indexes, man-hours expended per ton, by type of fertilizer, 1939-46. September, 259-260.
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Injury-frequency rates, compared with all chemical
manufacturing and all manufacturing, prewar years
1938 and 1939, and year 1946. D ecember, 606.
Man-hours expended to produce, per ton, mixed fertilizer and superphosphate, 1939--46 ; trends, by
type of labor, by product and plant size. September, 258-260.
Percentage distribution, plant workers, by straighttime hourly earnings and region, March 1948.
November, 503.
Shift differentials. Extent of use of, as of March
1949. November, 505.
Straight-time hourly earnings, laborers, by type of
plant and size of community, March 1948. Novem,ber, 504-505.
Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupational
groups, by region, March 1948. November, 504.
Wage structure, March 1948. November, -502-505.
Work injuries. Major agencies involved in accidents; unsafe working conditions, unsafe acts, major types; 1946. D ecember, 601-610.
Workweek, length of, as of March 1948. November,
505.
F inance. Defense Homes Corporation. Review of operation, ending July 30, 1948; financial statement. Novem ber, 516-517.
Finances:
Consumer. Spending units, 1947; percentage of dissa vers, by income group, 1947 compared with 1946.
November, 515.
- - Survey (sponsored by Federal Reserve Board),
1948. Summary of findings. September, 286-287.
Food. Production, world, crop year 1947-48, outlook for
year 1948-49. November, 469.
Footwear manufacturing:
Holidays, paid; vacations with pay ; use of, as of
September 1947. Jtily, 33-34.
Man-hours expended per pair. Indexes, all shoes reported. September, 257.
- - Trends, by type of shoe, by area and plant size.
September, 257-258.
Man-hours expended to produce, per pair, selected
types of shoes, by class of shoe and factory price
line, 1945. September, 256-251.
Man-hours expended, total ( direct and indirect) ; indexes, by class and factory price line. September,
257-258.
P ostwar improvement in quality, following removal
of wartime restrictions. July, 37.
Straight-time hourly earnings selected occupations, by
type of shoe and process, and wage area. JuZy,
32-34.
Workweek, length of, as of September 1947. Jiily, 33.
F oreign aid program. Grants and credits of U. S. Government, foreign, 1947 and 1948 ; effects on world economy. Novem'ber, 411.
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Gas and electricity :
Percent changes in bills, specified quantities, selected
. dates, to December 15, 1947. July, 39.
Price changes, 1947. July 89-40.
(See also Electric and gas utilities.)
Guaranteed wage-Continued
District of Columbia. Orders establishing, for retail trade and beauty culture. September, 276.
Minnesota. Order establishing, for retail trade. Sep-
George-Barden Act. (See under Legislation, U. S.,
Federal and general.)
_Glycerin Manufactming. (See soap manufacturing.)
New York. Orders establishing, for laundry, beauty
culture, and cleaning and dyeing industries. Sep-
Government employees:
Federal. Military branch. Personnel and total pay;
yearly, 1939 and 1943, monthly (November 1946-April 1948), by branch of service and type of pay.
(See Current labor statistics, table A-14, each
tember, 276.
tember, 276.
North Dakota. Orders establishing, for laundry, and
cleaning and dyeing industries. September, 276.
Orders establishing and industries covered, 1947-48;
summary. September, 276-277.
Utah. Order establishing, for retail trade. September, 276.
issue.)
- - Pay increases, 1948. July, III.
- - Percentage distribution by pay-fixing authority
and basic annual salary group, 1946--47. July, 14.
- - Real wages. Average annual salaries in current
and 1939 dollars, July 1946 and July 1947; comparison with gains in manufacturing industries.
July, 12-18.
- - Total employment; yearly, 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by branch and
agency group. (See Current labor statistics, table
A-11, each issue.)
- - Washington, D. C. Total employment and total
pay; yearly, 1939 and 1943, monthly (May 1947October 1948), by branch and agency group. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-13, each issue.)
Federal Executive Service. Employment and average anuual salaries, by pax-fixing authority, July
1946 and July 1947. July, 12.
- - Percentage distribution, by basis of salary payment, July 1947. July, 15.
Grain milling industry:
Percentage distribution, all plant workers, by straighttime hourly earnings and region, J anuary 1948.
J uly, SO.
Shift differentials, wage incentives, use of, as of
January 1948. July, 82.
Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations,
by region, January 1948. July, 80-82.
Workweek, length of, as of January 1948. July, 82.
Groceries, wholesale. Straight-time hourly earnings, men,
selected occupations, 16 cities, July of 1947 and 1948.
D ecember, 620.
Group insurance :
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of use of, as of
March-April 1948. Octob er, 880.
Employees' obligation to bargain collectively on;
NLRB ruling in W. W. Cross and Co. case. September, 284.
Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision
for, as of January-February 1948. July, 29.
Guaranteed wage:
Connecticut. Order establishing, for beauty culture.
Septemb er, 276.
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Placements. Total, by type of disability, June 1948,
and October 1, 1942-June 30, 1948. September, 284,
Rehabilitation and placement of; Federal agencies and
private groups, work of. September, 282-285.
Havana Charter.
tion, Charter.)
(See International Trade Organiza-
H ealth, United States :
National Labor Relations Board decision. Employers
must bargain on group health and accident plans.
July, IV.
Older workers. Welfare medical visits to plant
clinics, by age and sex of worker. July, 18-19.
Plans, health and welfare, in collective agreements,
1948; funds, regulation of. September, 229-284.
H ealth, Great Britain. National Health Services Act,
1946. Provisions. .August, 119.
Hiring halls. NLRB decision in case of National Maritime Union and four Great Lakes oil tank.er firms ;
union in violation of Labor Management Rel}ltions
Act. September, IV.
H olidays (paid) :
Department and women's ready-to-wear stores. Extent of provision for, 16 cities, April 1948. November, 486.
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of use of, as of
March-April 1948. October, S80.
Footwear manufacturing. Extent of provision for,
as of September 1947. July, 84.
Industrial chemical industry. Extent of provision
for, as of January 1948. .August, 148.
Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision
for, as of January-February 1948. July, f9.
H ome ownership. Nonfarm families. Total number,
early 1948; relation to income; expenditures for repairs
and additions during 1947; other expenditures. Nov ember, 516.
Homework. Rhode Island. Industrial. Law amended,
1948 ; provisions. N oveniber, 51S-51h.
708
Hours of work, United States:
Cotton textile industry. Workweek, length of, as of
April 1948. September, 268.
Department and women's ready-to-wear stores.
Workweek, length of, as of April 1948. NO'Vember,
486.
Fertilizer industry. Workweek, length of, as of March
1948. November, 505.
Footwear manufacture. Workweek, length of, as of
September 1947. Ju/Jy, 33.
Grain milling industry. Workweek, length of, as of
January 1948. July, 32.
Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. Average 1939
and January 1941, monthly (April 1947-September
1948 ), by industry. (See Current labor statistics,
table C---1, each issue.)
Office workers, New York City. Average weekly
scheduled hours of work, selected occupations in
selected industry groups, J anuary-February 1948.
July, 28-29.
Rayon and silk industry. Workweek, length of, as of
April 1948. September, 210.
Woolen and worsted textile industry. Workweek,
length of, as of April 1948. September, 211.
Hours of work, foreign countries:
France. Indexes, and number of hours per week,
1938-47. July, 44Great Britain. Average 1945 and 1947, compared
with prewar; changes between July 1945 and May
1, 1948. A1igust, 118-119.
Household goods, Great B1itain. Postwar increases in
supplies, el'l'orts of Government to aid low-income families. Relative supplies, compared with prewar, beginning 1947. August, 1'22.
Housing, United States:
Cooperative. Resolution on, passed by Congress of
International Cooperative Alliance (Prague). December, 600.
Defenses Homes Corporation. Review of operation,
ending July 30, 1948. Novem ber, 516-511.
Expenditures for r ent s, nonfarm dwellings, 1944 and
1946. D ecember, 633.
Home ownership, nonfarm families. Total number,
early 1948; relation to income ; expenditures for
repairs and additions during 1947; other expenditures. November, 516.
Statistics, 1946 and 1947. BLS program to develop
better measures of activity (nonfarm) ; sampling
methods and survey techniques used. August, 161164.
Housing, foreign countries :
Great Britain. Postwar program and progress.
Units completed April 1, 1945-April 30, 1948, by
category. Types of assistance pro ided by Central Government. August, 1'20-1'21.
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Great Britain. Units destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, damaged, out of total of 13 million dwellings,
during Second World War. Number needed to replace. August, 120.
Impaired workers.
Incentive wages.
(See Handicapped workers.)
(See Wage incentives.)
Income, United States:
Ceramic engineers. (See under Wages and hours.}
Consumer. Disposable. Median, all spending units,
before and after taxes. No·vember, 515--516.
- - Disposable. Proportion allocated to saving, selected durable goods, other consumer expenditures,
by spending units within various income groups,
1947. November, 516.
- - Distribution, by occupation group, 1947; spending units showing increases and decreases ; liquid
and nonliquid assets, ownership and use. September, '286-281.
Family, in relation to BLS family budget, Washington, D. C., June 1947. D ecember, 622-623.
Total money, 1947, husband-wife families and single
persons, Washington, D. C.; distribution, by family
size, in relation to city workers' family budget.
D ecember, 623.
Income, foreign countries :
Great Britain. Real income, national and per capita, postwar period compared with 1938. August,
117-118.
Poland, national. Percentage of, to be used for investment, 1946-49. November, 410.
Yugoslavia, national. Percentage of, to be used for
investment, 1947-51. No'Vf7mber, 410.
Industrial chemical industry. Shift differentials, holidays (paid), vacations with pay, as of January 1948.
August, 142-148.
Industrial disputes.
(Se,e L abor-management disputes.)
Industrial Organization and Development Act of 1947.
(See under Legislation, foreign countries, Great
Britain.)
Industrial relations.
(See Labor-management relations.)
Inflation. World, wartime and postwar. Factors underlying and effect on prices. November, 467-475.
Inflation. Great Britain: Union attitudes toward government efforts to control. October, 368.
Injuries:
Textile dyeing and finishing industry. Injury-frequency rates, 1945 ; estimated losses ; accident
causes; "unsafe act" defined. Ju/Jy 20-25.
(See also Accident statistics.)
Injuries, industrial.
(See Accident statistics.)
Injury-frequency rates.
(See under Accident statistics.)
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Insurance.
(See Group insurance, Life inl!urance.)
International Cooperative Alliance (ICA).
Conventions, meetings, etc.)
(See under
International Labor Organization:
Conference, 1948, San Francisco, June 17-July 10.
Proceedings; conventions (agreements), recommendations, and r esolutions adopted. September,
261-266.
Vocational guidance, tentative recommendations concerning. December, 597-598.
International trade.
ITO.
(See inverted title.)
(See International Trade Organization.)
International Trade Organization (ITO) :
Charter for. Origin of proposal and international
sessions leading to completion of document. Nov ember, 476.
- - Summary of provisions, with emphasis on chapters II and III on employment and economic development. November, 476-482.
Investment. Domestic (gross) and foreign (net) as percentage of gross national product, 9 countries, 1938 and
1947. November, 470.
Job evaluation. Western Union Telegraph Co. Plan,
including job classification, descriptions, and wage
schedules, adopted as of April 1, 1948. August, 1s4.
Joint production committees.
production.)
(See Committees, joint
Labor and industrial conditions, Austria. Trade-union
developments, prior to and since liberation. Austrian
Trade Union F ederation, granted legal status, summer
1946; character and organization, activities and accomplishments. September, 244-248.
Labor, Department of (U. S. Government). Tobin, Maurice J., appointed Secretary, August 7, to fill vacancy
created by death of predecessor. September, III.
Labor force :
Adequacy of, fiscal year 1949, for expanded defense
program. Octo ber, 373-376.
Armed forces. Estimates, ELS methods of obtaining. July, 51.
Estimating; ELS methods, revision of. July,
50-51, 53.
Total, classified by employment status, 1929-47. July,
51-52.
Total, estimated. Monthly (May 1947-October 1948),
by employment status, hours worked, and sex.
(See Current labor statistics, table A-1, each issue.)
Labor-management committees.
production.)
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Labor-management disputes, United States:
Atomic energy. Los Alamos (N. Mex.). AFL building-trades unions (3,300 members), in protest
against hiring out-of-State labor. Agreement
reached August 24. Septmnber, 288-289.
- - Oak Ridge, Tenn. Contract signed by Atomic
Trades and Labor Council (AFL) and Carbide and
Carbon Chemical Corp., June 14, ending dispute
beginnin g with union's threat of strike in March;
details of settlement. J ulY, 49.
Briggs Manufacturing Co.
Walk-out of 170 plant
guards, members of United Plant Guard Workers
of America (Ind.) on September 8; refusal of 25,000
CIO United Auto Workers to cross picket lines;
closing of plants. Settlement, September 23; terms.
October, 395.
Boeing Airplane Co. plants, Seattle, Wash., and International Association of Machinists (Ind.).
Strike beginning April 22. Efforts of Federal Conciliation and Mediation Service to effect settlement; unfair labor practice charges flied with
NLRB by union ; report of trial examiner ; stoppage
called off by Aeronautical Mechanics Union, September 10. Aiigiist, 152; October, 396.
Campbell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry Co., subsidiary National Motor Castings Co., and United
Auto Workers (CIO) Local No. 439. September,
288.
Coal (bituminous). Captive mines. Refusal of steel
companies to accept union-shop provisions in contract; unfair labor practice charges filed against
union (UMWA); 1'TLRB in tervention; final settlement. August, 151-152.
- - Commercial operators and United Mine Workers of America (Ind.) sign new contract on June
24, steel companies operating captive mines refrainin g. D etails of negotiation and terms of contract. Jul·y, 48-49.
Developments, significant, by month, June-November
1948. July, 48-49; Aiigust, 151-152 ; September,
287-289; October, 394-396; November, 517-518;
D ecember, 629-630.
Ford Motor Co. and United Automobile Workers
(CIO) . Wage settlement, July 22, terms of; strike
averted. August, 152.
I nternational Brotherhood of T eamsters and trucking companies (New York) , strike beginning September 1. Wage and other issues; strike of drivers
in Essex and Union Counties, New Jersey; settlement starting September 18. October, 395-396.
International H arvester Co. ( Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Tennessee), and International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Workers of
America ( CIO), starting August 17; issues and date
of settlement. September, 287-288.
International Typographical Union and Franklin Association, Chicago. Terms of settlement. August,
145.
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Maritime. Atlantic and Gulf Coa11t Operators Association and Seafarers International Union (AFL),
agreement August 13; agreement, August 18, with
National Maritime Union (CIO) ; wage settlements,
hiring hall provisions. September, 289.
- Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf Coasts ; restraining orders, temporary, issued by New York, Cleveland, and
San Francisco F'ederal courts ; strike averted.
July, 49.
- - East Coast, dock workers. Board of inquiry established by President, August 17, to investigate
dispute ; overtime on overtime issue ; strike authorized November 12, ending November 25; settlement
ratified November 27 and 28, terms. September, 289; D ecember, 630.
- - West Coast. Waterfront Employers Association
and international Longshoremen's and Warehousmen's Union (CIO) ; strike beginning September 2,
issues, details of negotiations, employers' insistence
upon non-Communist affidavits; settlement, November 25, terms; status of controversies with other
unions. September, 289; November, 511; D ecember, 629.
Newspapers (Chicago) and International Typographical Union. Union held in contempt of court for
violation of injunction of March 27, prohibiting imposition of closed shop and other cor.ditions of employment: ordered to report compliance by
October 26. Stay of execution of decision, pending
appeal, granted by United States Court of Appeals
on October 18. N ovember, 518.
Oil workers, California. Nine major oil companies
and 16 l0~·a ls, Oil Workers International Union
(CIO), joined by Independent Union of Petroleum
Workers, employees of Standard Oil Co. of California. Federal and State intervention; partial
settlement, terms. October, 395 ; November, 517518; Decem ber, 629 .
Railroads. Settlement of prolonged wage dispute,
terms of ; eturn of roads to private operation,
July 10. August, 152.
Univis Len s Co. and United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers Union ( CIO). Union decertified,
nine officials found guilty contempt of court. September, 288.
Labor-management disputes, foreign countries:
Great Britain. Strikes, unauthorized, war and postwar periods; union disciplinary action against
strikers. Extension of wartime compulsory arbitration. October, 312.
- - Work stoppages. Man-days lost, 1945-48, compared with years following World Warr (1918-21).
October, 312.
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Agreement between General Motorl!I Corp. and United
Automobile Workers (CIO) on May 25, 1948, based
on changes in BLS consumers' price index and containing "annual improvement factor." Statements
of parties (excerpts). July, S-5.
Arizona. Law of 1948 (referendum) r egulating.
Novemb er, 514.
Collective bargaining, industry-wide, economic effects
of; meeting, May 14, 1948, under auspices of Labor
Relations Council, Wharton School of Finance and
Commerce, University of Pennsylvania; discussion.
July, 40-42.
Conciliation and arbitration. Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, arbitration functions, and
facilities. J ulv, 4Z-43.
Industrial peace, causes of; summary of case studies
by National Planning .Association on relations between Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co. and F ederation
of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of
America ( CIO), and Crown Zellerback Corp. and
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and
Paper Mill Workers and the International Brotherhood of Paper Workers. D ecemb er, 626-629.
Louisiana. Law of 1948, establishing board of mediation in Department of Labor; fun ctions. Law of
1946 repealed, effects upon labor union activities.
November, 514.
Maine. Law of 1948 (referendum ) regulating.
November, 514.
New J ersey. Law effective on January 1, 1949, establishing State Department of Labor and Industry;
functions. Novemb er, 515.
North Dakota. Laws of 1948 (referenda) regulating,
provisions. November 514.
State legislation, enacted in 1948. Summary. No·
vember, 514.
Strikes averted by Government action in railroad,
maritime, and bituminous-coal mining industries.
Details. July, III.
Labor Management Relations Act :
Check-off, limits on, under section 302 (c) (4);
opinion given by Assistant Solicitor General, May
13, 1948. July, 42.
Elections, representation. Striking employees who
have been replaced, not eligible to vote in strike
situations not caused by unfair labor practices in
economic strikes. NLRB decision under section 9
(c) (3) of act. September, IV.
First anniversary, August 22. Union security under,
restrictions on. September, IV.
Hearin gs, Joint Congressional Committee, on operation; recommendations. July, III- IV.
H iring halls. NLRB decision in case of National
Maritime Union and four Great Lakes oil tanker
firms ; union in violation of sections 8 (b) (2) and
8 (b) (3) of the act. September, IV.
Labor market. Child labor. Trends in an expanding
labor market. Summary. D ecemb er, 589-595.
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Labor month in review. Major events currently affecting labor. Summary. (See pp. m and xv, each issue.)
Labor movement:
Great Britain. Background and present dual role
of trade-unions. October, 392-393.
(See also Labor organizations.)
Labor organizations, United States:
Annual conventions, American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial Organizations; resolutions f or repeal of Taft-Hartley Act, other resolutions; attack upon communism; decision to remain "in politics." D ecem ber, Ill- IV.
Participation of, and of membership, in organization and support of nonfarm cooperatives. Ootober, S88-S9'2.
Labor organizations, foreign countries:
Austria. Chambers of labor, organization and function. September, 244-245.
--Trade-Union F ederation, Affiliation, World
Federation of Trade Unions; London Trade Union
Conference, March 1948. Septembe1·, 248.
- - Granted legal status, summer 1946; character
and organization, activities and accomplishments.
September, 244-248.
- - Membership, by industry and type of union,
1945-47; by occupation zone and land, 1947. September, 245-246.
- - Wage and price policies following currency reform of December 1947. Jul11, 45-47.
- - Trade unions, legal status under provisions of
Association Act of 1867; provisions. September,
245-246.
- - Works councils, organization and functions.
September, 244-245.
Great Britain. British Trades Union Congress, annual meeting, September 6-10, 1948; proceedings.
November, 511-513.
- - Membership and growth, 1938-47; industries and
individual unions showing greatest gains. October, S66-367.
- - Position and role of, unrler the Labor Government. October, 366-372.
- - Trades Union Congress (TUC). Relationship
with Government; political contributions; support
of wage-price policies; attitudes toward workers'
control of industry, joint consultative machinery,
i. e., councils, works committees, etc. October, 368369.
Worlcl Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) . Organization, control of policies, attitude toward European Recovery Program ; meetini in Rome, May
5-10, 1948. .August, 141-151.
Labor parties :
Great Britain. British Labor Government. Number
of trade-unionists sitting in Parliament under, and
individual trade-unionists holding important posts.
October, 367.
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Great Britain. British Labor Party. British labor
under labor Government. August 117-122 ; October,
866-372.
Labor relations.
(See Labor-management relations.)
Labor requirements:
Construction, new, public and private, 1948. October,
398-394.
Construction (new), public and private, second quarter, 1948. Jul11, 41-48.
Electric light and power industry. Effects of technological changes on. November, 498.
Leather manufacturing. Indexes, direct, indirect,
and total factory man-hours expended per unit,
1939-46, all reported types combined. October, 884.
- - Man-hours required to manufacture a pound or
square foot, selected types of leather, 1946. Comparison with 1939 figures. October, 883-385.
Labor standards. Fair. Maintenance of, by members of
projected International Trade Organization. ProVisions of Charter regarding. November, 418.
Labor turn-over:
Manufacturing. Monthly, years 1939 and 1943, and
monthly (January 1946-September 1948), by class
of turn-over. (See Current labor statistics, table
B-1, each issue.)
Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing, selected
groups and industries; monthly (March to September 1948), by class of turn-over. ( See Current
labor statistics, table B-2, each issue.)
Problem of, and importance of vocational counseling
in reducing. D ecember, 596-597.
Laundries, power. Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations, 33 large cities, July 1948. D ecember, 621-622.
Leather manufacturing:
Indexes, direct, indirect, and total fac tory man-hours
expended per unit, 1939-46, all reported types combined. October, 884.
Man-hour requirements for manufacturing a pound
or square foot, selected types of leather, 1946. Comparison with 1939 figures. October, 888-385.
Legislation, U. S., Federal and general:
Civil Service Act. Amendment, prohibiting discrimination, in Federal service, against physically handicapped persons. Septemb er, 284.
Draft law. (See Selective Service Act of 1948, thi,
section.)
Fair Labor Standards Act. Effect on, of Portal-toPortal Act. September, 214.
- - Operations under, first 10 years, summary. September, 271-274.
Georg~-Barden Act of 1946, providing funds for vocational guidance. December, 599.
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Legislation, U. S., Federal and general-Continued
Longshoremen's and Harbor Worker's Act. Law of
1948 amending; provisions for increased benefits.
September, 279.
Minimum wage. State legislation, including wage
orders. Progress, 1947--48. September, 275-278.
Overtime. State laws establishing, 1947--48. Provisions. September, 271-278.
Portal-to-Portal Act. Effect of, on Fair Labor Standards Act. September, 274.
P ostal Rate R evision and Federal Employees Salary
Act of 1948. Pay raises f or postal and classified
civil service workers. July, III.
Selective Service Act of 1948. Purpose and coverage;
grounds for ~emption; effects on labor-market situation. July, IV.
- - Summary of provisions. Octob er, 373-37 4State laws enacted in 1948. Summary. November,
513-515.
Vocational R ehabilitation Act, allowing States to
rehabilitate certain citizens. September, 282-283.
W alsh-Healy Act. Provisions; merging of Division
administering, with Wage and Hour Division (U.S.
Dept. of Labor), 1942; enforcement. September,
272-273.
Workmen's compensation. State legislation, 1947;
summary. September, 278-281.
Legislation, U. S., by State:
Arizona. Industrial r ela tions. Law of 1948 (referendum) r egulating. November, 514.
California. Minimum wage. Manufacturing; professional, technical, clerical, and similar occupations; transportation; amusement and recreation;
after-harvest industries ; canning and preserving.
Orders revised, 1947--48. September, 276.
- - Minimum wage. Laundry and dry cleaning,
hotel and restaurant, retail trade, beauty culture.
Orders made effective in 1947-48. Overtime rates.
September, 276-277.
- - Minimum wage. 1947 amendment to existing
law, clarifying method of revising wage orders;
change in compensation of wage-board members.
September, 275.
Connecticut. Minimum wage, laundry and dry cleaning, beau ty culture (guaranteed wage). Orrlers
made effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. Sept ember, 276-277.
District of Columbia. Retail trade, beauty culture.
Orders marle effective in 1947--48, establishing
guaranteed wages. Overtime rates. September,
276-277.
Kentucky. Child labor, law of 1948; provisions.
November, 513.
- - Minimum wage, 1947-48 r evision of orders,
general coverage. Overtime rates. Septe1nber,
2 76-277.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law amended, 1948;
provisions for increased benefits. September, 279280.
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Louisiana. Industrial relations. Law of 1948, establishing board of mediation in Department of
Labor; functions. Law of 1946 r epealed, etrects
upon labor union activities. November, 514.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law amended, 1948;
provisions for increased benefits; coverage for certain minors engaged in street trades. September,
280-281.
Maine. Industrial r elations. Law of 1948 (referendum) regulating. November, 514.
Massachusetts. Minimum wage, hotel and restaurant. Order made effective in 1947--48. September, 276.
- - Minimum wage. 1948 amendment to existing
law, extending coverage to workers in nonprofit institutions; exceptions. September, 275.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law amended, 1948;
provisions for increased benefits. September, 280.
Minnesota. Minimum wage, retail trade (guaranteed
wage). Order made effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. September, 276-277.
Mississippi. Workmen's compensation, law enacted,
1948. November, 513.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law enacted in 1948;
provision s for increased benefits. September, 278.
Missouri. Workmen's compensation. Law amended,
1948, provision for increased benefits. Septemb er, 280-281.
Nevada. Minimum wage. Rest periods, 1947 amendment providing. Septemb er, 275.
New J ersey. Law, efi:ective on January 1, 1949, creating D epartment of Labor and Industry; functions.
November, 515.
- - Workmen's compensation, disability act of 1948;
provisions. November, 513-514.
New York. Minimum wage, 1947 and 1948 amendments to existing law; provisions. September, 275.
- - Minimum wage, laundry, dry cleaning and dyeing (guaranteed wage), hotel and restaurant,
beauty culture (guaranteed wage). Orders made
effective in 1947--48. Confectionery order revised.
Overtime rates. September, 276-277.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law amended, 1948;
provisions for increased benefits. Septemb er, 281.
North Dakota. Industrial relations. Laws of 1948
(referenda) regulating, provisions. November, 514.
- - Minimum wage, laundry and dry cleaning (guaranteed wage). Order made effective in 1947--48.
September, 276.
Oregon. Minimum wage, laundry and dry cleaning,
hotel and restaurant, retail trade. Orders made
effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. Septem,..
ber, 276-277.
Rhode Island. Homework, industrial; amendment
of 1948; provisions. November, 513-514.
- - Minimum wage, hotel and restaurant. Order
made effective in 1947-48. September, 276.
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Legislation, U. S., by State-Continued
Utah. Minimum wage, laundry and dry cleaning,
hotel and restaurant, retail trade (guaranteed
wage). Orders made effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. September, 276-277.
Virginia. Child labor, law of 1948; provisions. November, 513.
- - Workmen's compensation. Law amended, 1948;
provisions for increased benefits. Sep t ember, 281.
Wisconsin. Minimum wage; 1947--48 revision of
orders, general coverage, including canning. Overtime rates. September, 276-277.
Legislation, foreign countries:
Austria. Act on Collective Agreements, February
1947; provisions. September, 246.
- - .Associations Act of 1867, provisions. September, 245-246.
- - Nationalization law, issued July 1946; delays
in application and reasons ; industries designated
for. September, 248.
- - Works Councils Act, 1947, provisions. September, 244, 246.
Great Britain. Education Act 1944. .School-leaving age raised under. August, 120.
- - Family Allowances Act, June 1945, effective
August 1946. Provisions. August, 119.
- - Industrial Injuries Act, effective July 1948.
Provisions. August, 119.
Industrial Organization and Development Act
of 1947, work authorized under. October, 370.
- - National .Assistance Act, effective July 1948.
Provisions. Augiist, 119-120.
- - National Health Services Act, 1946. Provisions.
August, 120.
- - National Insurance Act, effective July 1948.
Provisions. August, 119.
- - Wages Council Act, 1945; provision for paid
vacations in substandard industries. Attgust, 119.
Life insurance. Plans included in collective agreemems,
1948; methods of financing. September, 232.
Machine-tool industry:
Grinding machines, selected. Percent change in unit
man-hours, by type of labor. D ecember, 617.
Selected types. Man-hour requirements, 1939--47;
index, relative man-hours per unit, 1947 (upright
drill=lOO). D ecember, 615-617.
Selected types. Man-hour trends, 1939--47, establishments having wage incentive systems, compared
with plants on hourly wage basis. D ecember, 617.
- - Trends, man-hours expended per unit, 1939-47
(chart). D ecember, 615.
- - Unit man-hour trends, by type of machine tool
and by type of labor ; by size of plant and by type
of labor. D ecember, 616-617.
Man-hour requirements:
Construction, house, new, one-family. Man-hours
required to build, 18 industrial areas, 1946--47.
Summary of BLS survey. December, 611-614.
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Construction, house, new, one-family. Distribution,
man-hours worked, by type of exterior wall material; by construction cost classification ; by size of
operation; by selected area. December, 612-614.
Grinding machines, selected. Percent change in unlt
man-hours, by type of labor. December, 617.
Leather manufacturing. Indexes, direct, indirect,
and total factory man-hours expended per unit,
1939-46, all reported types combined. Octob er, 384.
- - Man-hours required to manufacture a pound or
square foot, selected types of leather, 1946. Comparison with 1939 figures. October, 383-385.
Machine-tool industry, selected types. Man-hour requirements, 1939--47; index, relative man-hours per
unit, 1947 (upright drill=lOO). D ecember, 615617.
- - Trends, man-hours expended per unit, 1939--47
(chart). D ecember, 615.
- - Trends, 1939-47, establishments having wage
incentive systems, compared with plants on hourly
wage basis. D ecember, 617.
- - Unit man-hour trends, by type of machine tool
and by type of labor ; by size of plant and by type
of labor. D ecember, 616-617.
Soap and glycerin manufacturing. Unit trends per
operation, by type of labor, 1939--47. December,
619.
Soap and glycerin manufacturing, per unit of operation, 1939--47. D ecember, 618.
Soap and glycerin products. Trends, man-hours expended to manufacture 100 pounds, 1939-47. Decembe1', 619.
Soap manufacture. Trends, per unit, 1939-47. December, 618-619.
Man-power:
Needs for fiscal year 1949, under expanded defense
program. October, 373-376.
(See also Labor force.)
Meetings.
(See Conventions, meetings etc.)
Minimum wage, United States:
California. Laundry and dry cleaning, hotel and
restaurant, retail trade, beauty culture. Orders
made effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. Septemb er, 276-277.
- - Manufacturing; professional, technical, clerical,
and similar occupations ; transportation ; amusement and recreation; after-harvest industries; canning and preserving. Orders revised, 1947--48.
Sept ember, 276.
- - 1947 amendment to existing law, clarifying
method of revising wage orders ; changes in compensation of wage-board members. September,
275.
Connecticut. Laundry and dry cleaning, beauty culture (guaranteed wage). Orders made effective in
1947--48. Overtime rates; September, 216-217.
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District of Columbia. Retail trade, beauty culture.
Orders made efl:ective in 1947-48, establishing guaranteed wages. Overtime rates. September, 276277.
Fair Labor Standards Act provisions governing. Pay
raises under (original) ; back wages paid during
enforcement. September, 271-278.
Kentucky. 1947-48 revision of orders, general coverage. Overtime rates. September, 276-277.
Massachusetts. Hotel and restaurant. Order made
effective in 1947-48. September, 276.
- - 1948 amendment to existiug law, extending coverage to workers in nonprofit institutions; exceptions. Septem ber, 275.
Minnesota. Retail trade (guaranteed wage). Order made effective 1947-48. Overtime rates.
September, 276-277.
Nevada. 1947 amendment to existing law, providing
rest periods; communications industry exempted.
Sevtember, 275.
New York. 1947 and 1948 amendments to existing
law; provisions. September, 275.
- - Laundry, dry cleaning and dyeing (guaranteed
wage), hotel and restaurant, beauty culture (guaranteed wage). Orders made effective in 1947-48.
Confectionery order revised. Overtime rates.
September, 276-277.
North Dakota. Laundry and dry cleaning (guaranteed wage). Order made effective in 1947-48.
September, 276.
Orders becoming effective from January 1, 1947, to
June 30, 1948, and industries covered; summary.
September, 275-278.
Oregon. Laundry and dry cleaning, hotel and restaurant, retail trade. Orders made effective in
1947-48. Overtime rates. Sep tember, 276-277.
Rhode Island. Hotel and restaurant. Order made
effective in 1947--48. September, 276.
State legislation, including wage orders. Progress,
1947--48. September, 275-278.
- - (See under Legislation, U. S., by State, for specified State.)
Utah. Laundry and dry cleaning, hotel and restaurant, retail trade (guaranteed wage ). Orders made
effective in 1947--48. Overtime rates. September,
276-277.
Vermont. Legisl ative action, 1947, authorizing Investigation to determine need for, in intrastate industries. September, 275.
Wage board activities, specified States, 1947--48, to
prepare or revise wage orders. Sep t ember, 278.
Wisconsin. 1947--48 revision of orders, general coverage, including canning. Overtime rates. Sept ember, 276-277.
Mining, foreign countries:
Great Britain. Coal. Manpower position, compared
with prewar. October, 871.
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Output, annual, average
Great Britain. Coal.
weekly, and average per man shift, 1938 and
1944--48. October, 871.
Minors.
Employment of. • (See Child labor.)
Monthly Labor Review.
Issue In brief.
(Seep. II, each
issue.)
National Coal Board. Great Britain. Etforts to increase
output ; attitudes, union and management, toward.
October, 871.
National Labor Relations Board. Decisions. (See under
Labor Management Relations Act; also under specific
issue involved.)
Nationalization. I ndustrial; resolution passed by Congress of International Cooperative Alliance (Prague);
objections to proposal, specified countries. D eoember,
601.
Nutrition, foreign countries:
Great Britain. Food consumption, per capita, prewar, 11J45 and 1948. August, 121-122.
- - Wartime diet, quality deterioration; postwar
upply difficulties ; lowered consumption, first half
of 1948; special rations. August, 121-122.
Office workers: .
New York City. Average salaries and average weekly
hours of work, selected occupations in selected industry groups, January-February 1948. Jul11, 2629.
- - Bonus, nonproduction; group insurance; holidays (paid) ; pensions, retireD'.!.ent plans; sick
leave; and vacations with pay; use of, ·as of January-February 1948. July, 29.
Oakland. (See San Francisco and Oakland, this section.)
San Francisco and Oakland. Supplementary wage
practices, February 1048. Aug1ist, 138-141.
- - Weekly salaries, hourly rates, selected occupations, February 1948. August, 188- 141.
Supplementary wage practices, selected cities, December 1947-February 1948. September 242-243,
Unionized offices, per onnel practices; provisions.
Analysis of 50 collective-bargaining agreements
from American Management Association survey.
December, 628-626.
Weekly salaries, selected occupations, selected cities,
December 1947-February 1948. September, 240-
242.
Oil. World resources; resolution on, passed by Congress
of International Cooperative Alliance (Prague). December, 600.
Older workers :
Absenteeism. BLS study of rates, 17,800 workers in
109 manufacturing plants, showing comparisons
with younger workers. Julv, 16- 19.
- - Rates, by age groups and sex, manufacturing
illdustries. J uly, 16-17.
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Output, United States and world:
Agriculture, world. Mid-1948 compared with prewar
levels and outlook for 1948--49 crop year. November, 468-469.
Electric light and power industry, privately owned.
Employment and output per man-hour, 1922--47;
effects of technological changes on. November
496, 498.
Fuel and energy, world, by area, 1938 and 1947.
November, 469.
Union cooperation in promoting; selected contract
clauses (text). November, 481-488.
World industrial. Indexes, 1947 and flrst half 1948
(1938=100), specified countries; second quarter
1948 (1937=100), specifled products. November,
468-469.
Output, foreign countries :
France. Output per man-hour, indexes, 1938--47;
indexes, by industry, 1938--47; Monnet Plan to increase. Julv, 44-45.
Great Britain. Coal. .Annual, average weekly, and
average per man-shift, 1938 to 1948. October, S71.
Overtime, United States:
Fair Labor Standards Act provisions governing, persons receiving protection under; enforcement.
September, 271-274.
Longshoremen, New York, pay under Fair Labor
Standards Act. U. S. Supreme Court ruling on contract provisions. July, IV.
State legislation, establishing rates, 1947--48. Provisions. September, 277-278.
Overtime, foreign countries;
Great Britain. Agreements to work, selected industries; objections. .August, 119.
- - Collective agreements, postwar adjustments in.
to provide for. .Augu.8t, 118.
Payrolls:
Federal. Military branch, yearly 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by branch of
service and type of pay. (See Current labor statistics, table A-14, each is.me.)
Federal. Yearly, 1939 and 1944, monthly (May 1947October 1948), by branch and agency group. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-12, each isaue. )
Federal Executive Service. Employment and average
annual salaries by pay-fixing authority, July 1946
and July 1947. July, 12.
Federal, Washington, D. C. yearly, 1939 and 1943,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by branch and
agency group. (See ·current labor statistics, table
A-13, each issue.)
Manufacturing. Production workers; indexes, annual average, 1943, monthly (May 1947-October
1948) by industry group and industry. (See Current labor statistics, table A-7, each issue.)
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onmanufacturing. Indexes; annual average, 1943,
monthly (May 1947-0ctober 1948), by selected industry group and industry. (See Current labor
statistics, table A-10, each iaaue.)
Peace:
Industrial, c11uses of; summary of case studies by
National Planning Association on relations between
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Co. and Federation of
Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America
(CIO); and Crown Zellerbach Corp. and International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper
Mill Workers and the International Brotherhood of
Paper Workers. December, 626-629.
Resolution passed by Congress of International Cooperative Alliance (Prague). December, 600.
Pensions:
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of use of, as of
March-April 1948. October, 880.
Employers' obligation to bargain collectively on;
NLRB ruling in Inland Steel Co. case. September,
!34,
Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision
for, as of January-February 1948. July, 29.
Personnel. Practices, in unionized offices; provisions.
Analysis of 50 collective-bargaining agreements from
American M11nagement Association survey. December,
623-6!6.
Petroleum products.
(See
Physically handicapped
workers.)
on.)
workers.
Physically impaired workers.
ers.)
(See
Handicapped
(See Handicapped work-
Political contributions. Great Britain. Dependence of
Labor Party on trade-unions for. October, 867.
"Portal-to-Portal." Court decisions on.
October, 406-
407.
Portal-to-Portal Act. Effect of, on Fair Labor Standards
Act. September, 214.
Power.
(See Electric light and power industry.)
Power laundries.
(See Laundries, power.)
Price stabilization, Austria. Currency reform of December 1947 and effects on prices. July, 45-47.
Prices, United States:
Agricultural machinery and equipment. Indexes,
primary market; revision of, summary of methods
used by BLS. October, 408-405.
- - Indexes, wholesale, monthly 1946-47. October,
405.
Basing point system, Supreme Court ruling. .August,
III.
Commodity exchange. Domestic crops, March 31 to
June 30, 1948 (chart). Septembe1·, f52-258.
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Commodity market; percent change June 30 to September 30, 1948. December, 6o.5.
Consumers', index. By group, March to June 1948
(chart). September, 250.
- - BLS survey, actual expenditures, wage earners'
and clerical workers' families; methods of calculating relative-importance figures for items. August, 156-158.
- - By group, June 15 to September 15, 1948. December, 604.
- - Essential facts concerning; purpose and m'e aning, structure, methods of compilation; movement
since spring 1940. J u ly, 8-11.
- - Large cities. Average, specified periods from
1913, monthly (May 15, 1947-October 15, 1948) , by
commodity grouping. (See Current labor statistics, table D-1, each issue.)
- - List of items included, and relative importance
of each in major groups of items and in total index,
December 1947. Aitgust, 159-160.
- - Major groups, r ela tive importance and indexes
for December 1947. D ecember, 6S1.
- - Moderate-income families; monthly (April 15,
1948-October 15, 1948), by city and community
group. (See Current labor stati~tics, table D-3,
each issue.)
- - Moderate-income families, selected periods,
August 15, 1930, ancl June 15, 1946, monthly (May
1947-October 15, 1948), by city. (See Current
labor statistics, table D-2, each issue.)
Developments, specifie1l commodities, monthly; influences affecting and future predictions ; indexes.
(See Labor month in review, pp. 1n-1v, each issue.)
Electricity. Increases and decreases, specified cities,
1947. JitW, 39-40.
Export and import; indexes, by country, various
months, 1947 and 1948. November, 414.
Gas. Increases and dE:creases, specified cities, 1947.
J uly, 40.
Gas and electricity. Changes in 1947. Percent
cbangP\l, specified quantities, selected dates, to December 15, 1947. Jul11, 39-40.
Gas, manufactured, natural, and mixed; changes,
specified periods, to December 15, 1947. July, 40 .
Indexes, goods in various stages of fabrication, 10
countries, 1939-48. November, 414.
Retail. Food and meat, by group, June 15 to September 15, 1948. D ecember, 604.
- - Food. Indexes, August 1939 and June 1946,
monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by city. (See
Current labor statistics, table D-5, each issue.)
- - Food. Indexes, average, selected periods 1923-46, monthly (May 1947-October 1948), by commodity group. (See Current labor statistics, table
D-4, each issue.)
- - Food. Index, revision of, August 1947; summary of methods used by BLS. October, 397-402.
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R etail. Food. Indexes, old (62 foods) and r evised
(44 foods); comparison of, all foods and maj or commodity groups, 56 cities combined, quarterly, 193946 and February 1947. October, S98.
- - Food. Sampling errors; comparison of, average
r etail prices of certain foods, computed with and
without stratificaUon among independent stores,
March 1947. October, 401.
- - Food and meat, by group, March to June 1948
(charts). September, 250-251.
- - Foods, list of, formerly priced, foods in revised
index, foods eliminated, and imputation of weights.
October, 399.
- - Foods. Sampling errors, distribution of prices
r eported by independent stores, New York and Chicago, March 1947. October, 400.
- - Foods, selected. Indexes, August 1939, monthly,
May 1947-October 1948; average monthly price,
May 1947-October 1948. (See Current labor statistics, table D-6, each issue.)
Second quarter, 1948, general movement. D ecember,
603-606.
Trend, J anuary through September, 1948, daily spot
market, wholesale, and retail (chart). D ecember,
603.
Trends, June 1948; consumers' price index, May.
June,
rv.
Trends, second quarter 1948, and first h alf of 1948.
September, 249-253.
Wholesale. BLS new weekly index issued on current
basis, Fall of 1948, in place of weekly index issued
since 1932; development of commodity sample, relationship to Bureau's monthly wholesale price index. September, 290-298.
- - Index, abbreviated; commodities included in,
classified by groups in the comprehensive wholesale index.
Sept ember, 296-298.
- - Index, by group; percent change, Jufile to Sep 7
tember 1948. Dec.ember, 605.
- - Index, March to June 1948. September, 251-252:
- - Indexes. August 1939 and June 1946, monthly:
(May 1947-October 1948), by commodity group1
and subgr oup. (See Current labor statistics, table
D-9, each i-Ssite.)
- - Indexes. Comprehensive monthly and weekly,
and abbreviated weekly, monthly, from January
1947 to March 1948. September, 291.
- - Indexes. Farm products, foods, and metal
p1·oducts, March to June 1948 (charts). September, 252--253.
- - Indexes. Selected periods, 1913-46, monthly
(May 1947-October 1948) , by commodity group.
(See Current labor statistics, table D-7, each
issue.)
- - Indexes. United States and United Kingdom,
1939 to 1948. November, 475.
--Indexes. weekly (April a-November 13, 1948),
by commodity group. (See Current labor statistics, table D-8, each issue. )
Prices, United States-Continued
Indexes. Weekly comprehensive and abbreviated
series, by group, January 1947-March 1948. September, 293.
- - Percentage changes, average monthly, JanuaryFebruary 1947 to February-March 1948. September, 295.
- - Price index, general description and present BLS
methods of revision and correction. August, 153155.
World. Levels, postwar changes in; consumers' and
wholesale, indexes, by country, 1945 and mid-1948.
November, 471-475.
- - 1948 compared with 1949. Summary. November, 467-475.
- - Relationships. Postwar changes in and reasons
for. November, 473-475.
Prices, foreign countries:
.Austria. Black market, decline in, after currency
reform of December 1947, and effects. July, 45-46.
--Indexes; changes, monthly, August 1947 to April
1948. J1tly, 45.
- - Wholesale, food and industrial materials; indexes, March 1948. July, 46-47.
Vienna. Black market, food prices. Indexes, by
month, .August 1947 to April 1948. July, 45.
Printing trades:
Book and job, newspaper printing; intercity differences in rates, by size of city, January 1948.
.Au.gust, 145.
Increases, union rates, by city and industry branch,
July 1, 1946, to January 2, 1948; increases negotiated
since January 2. August, 144-145.
Indexes, union wage scales, 1939-48. August, 143.
Shift differential. Extent of use of, as of January
1948. August, 145.
Product. Gross national. Percentage distribution, 9
countries, 1938 and 1947. November, 470.
Production, United States and world:
Fuel and energy, world, by area, 1938 and 1947.
November, 469.
World industrial. Indexes, 1947 and first half 1948
( 1938=100), specified countries ; second quarter
1948 (1937=100), specified products. November,
468-469.
Production, United States and world:
France, Indexes, 1938--47. July, 44.
Great Britain. Coal. Saturday tonnage, December
1947, January, and February 7, 1948. August, 119.
Production committees.
tion.)
(See Committees, joint produc-
Productivity, United States:
Dress shirts, men's. Man-hour requirements per
dozen to produce, by price line, plant size, and by
type of labor and depart~ent. September, 254-256.
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Dress shirts, men's. Man-hour requirements per
dozen to produce, 1937--47, showing decline per unit.
September, 254-256.
Fertilizer manufacturing. Indexes, man-hours expended per ton, by type of fertilizer, 1939-46. September, 259-260.
- - Man-hours expended to produce, per ton, mixe<l
fertilizer and superphosphate, 1939--46; trends, by
type of labor, by product and plant size. September, 258-260.
Footwear manufacturing. Man-hours expended per
pair. Indexes, all shoes reported. Sep tember, 257.
- - Man-hours expended per pair. Trends, by type
of shoe, by area and by plant size. September,
257-258.
- - Man-hours expended to produce, by pair, selected
types of shoes, by class of shoe and factory price
line, 1945. September, 256-257.
- - Man hours expended, total ( direct and indirect) ;
indexes, by class and factory price line. September, 257-258.
Productivity, foreign countries:
France. Output per man-hour, indexes 1938--47; indexes, by industry, 1938--47; Monnet Plan to increase. July, 44-45.
Great Britain. Coal. Output, annual, average weekly,
and average per man-shift, 1938 to 1948. October,
371.
- - Efforts to increase; union attitude towards, and
efforts to cooperate. October, 366, 369-371 .
Promotion and assignment. Provisions for, in collective
agreements; selected contract clauses (text). November, 490-493.
Publications. Recent, of labor interest. July, 63-69;
August, 174-181; September, 308-313; October, 413419; November, 526-532; December, 647-653.
Rationing, Great Britain. Wartime and postwar controls,
effects on welfare of workers. August, 117-118, 122.
Rayon and silk industry:
Holidays (paid), shift differentials, vacations with
pay, as of .April 1948. September, 269-270.
Straight-time hourly earnings, sele.c ted occupations,
by selected area, April 1948. September, 269-270.
Workweek, length of, as of .April 1948. September,
270.
Real wages.
(See inverted title.)
Rent control. Importance of, as factor in keeping down
proportion of income spent for rent during 1947. November, 516.
Rents:
Contract
(average). Changes, compared with
changes in CPI rent index, 34 large cities, .April
1940 and April 1947. D ecember, 634-635.
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Contract (average). Comparison, 1944 and 1945,
with those in 1940, selected small cities not under
rent control. December, 6S5.
- - Comparisons of; all changes in rental market
reflected by (chart). December, 636.
Control of, as factor in keeping down proportion of
income spent for rent during 1947; percentages
spent for, nonfarm families, by income group. November, 516.
Index, as compared with BLS consumers' price index
(CPI); basic concepts underlying. December, 631637.
Proportion of income spent for, nonfarm families,
various income groups, 1947; effects of rent control. N()1)(3mber, 516.
Seattle. Percent tenant units having facility included in rent, 1935-39 and 1944. December, 635,
637.
Urban and rural nonfarm areas, United States.
Median monthly (average), by type of dwelling,
April 1940. December, 685.
Reports. Advisory Council on Social Security. Report
to Senate Committee on Finance, on extension of socialinsurance systems recommending protection against income loss from permanent and total disability; dissents. August, 146-147.
Rest periods. Nevada. 1947 amendment to minimumwage law, providing. September, 275.
Retirement:
Employers' obligation to bargain collectively on;
NLRB ruling in Inland Steel Co. case. September,
284.
Plans, in collective bargaining agreements, 1948;
funds, regulation of. September, 229, 231, 233-284.
(See also Retirement plans.)
Retirement plans. Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision for, as of January-February 1948.
July, 29.
Safety. Industrial, national. President's conference on;
subjects covered, committees appointed and scope of activities; provision for final recommendations. Nov ember, 508-511.
Safety, Great Britain. Emphasis on, since nationalization
of coal mines, and methods to achieve. Augt1,St, 120.
Savings:
Birmingham, Indianapolis, and Portland (Oreg.).
Correction of article in June 1948 issue (p. 624),
"Expenditures of Moderate-Income Families: 193436 and 1945." November, 518.
Consumer out of income. Declining rate during 1947,
and reasons for; most frequent forms. September,
287; November, 515-516.
Selective Service Act of 1948:
Defense program, fiscal year 1949; manpower needs.
October, 378-Si6.
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Deferments and exemptions under. October, 374-375.
Summary of provisions. October, 373-374.
Seniority. Provisions concerning, in collective agreements; selected contract clauses (text). November,
1,.90-493.
Shift differentials:
Fertilizer industry. Extent of use of, as of March
1948. Novemb er, 505.
Grain milling industry. Extent of use of, as of January 1948. July, 321.
Industrial chemical industry. Extent of use of, as
of January 1948. August, 142-143.
Printing trades. Extent of use of, as of January 1948.
August, 145.
Shoe industry.
(See Footwear manufacturing.)
Si.ck leave:
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of provisions for,
as of March-April 1948. October, 380.
Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision
for, as of January-February 1948. July, 29.
Silicosis. Benefits, increases in, under State workmen's
compensation laws, amended in 1948 (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia). September, 279-281.
Silk industry.
(See Rayon and silk industry.)
Soap mannfacturing:
Man-hours expended to manufacture 100 pounds of
soap and glycerin products, trends, 1939-47. December, 619.
Man-hours per unit of operation, soap and glycerin
manufacturing 1939-47. December, 618.
Man-hour requirements 1939-47. December, 618--619.
Unit man-hour trends, soap and glycerin manufacturing operations, by type of labor, 1939--47. December, 619.
Social insurance, Great Britain. Ministry of National Insurance, established in accordance with r ecommendations of Beveridge Report of 1942. August, 119.
Social security, United States:
Account numbers, apr,lications for, by persons under
18 years of age, 1940-47. December, 590.
Advisory Council on; report to Senate Committee on
Finance on extension of social-insurance system,
recommending protection against loss of income
from permanent and total disability; dissents.
August, 146-141.
Social security, Great Britain. Postwar extension of services. August, 117, 119-120.
Statistics, current labor. List of tables.
July, 10-71;
August, 182-183; Septeniber, 314-315; October, 420-421;
November, 533-534; December, 654-655.
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Stores:
D epartment and women's ready-to-wear. Average
weekly earnings, selected occupations, 16 cities,
April 1948. November, 485.
- - Discounts, holidays (paid), vacations with pay,
16 cities, April 1948. November, 486.
- - Wage survey, 16 cities, April 1948, summary.
November, 483-486.
- - Workweek, length of, April 1948. November,
486.
Taft-Hartley Act.
Act.)
(See Labor Management Relations
Tariffs:
International. General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade; first multilateral agreement on tariffs ever
negotiated. November, 482.
- - Provisions for u se and r eduction of, in Charter
for International Trade Organization. November,
480, 482.
Tax, Great Britain. Income.
1948. August, 119.
Lowering of rate, April
Technical notes :
Consumers' Price Index: Relative Importance of
Components. August, 156-160.
Housing Statistics, 1946 and 1947: Sampling Methods
and Survey Techniques. August, 161-164.
Labor F orce, Employment, and Unemployment, 192939: Estimating Methods. July, 50-53.
New Weekly Index of Wholesale Prices. September,
290-298.
R evised Indexes of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Prices. October, 403-405.
R evision of Retail Food Price Index in August 1947.
October, 397-402.
The Rent Index: P art I-Concept and Measurement.
December, 631-637.
Wholesale Price Index: Policy on Revisions and Corrections. August, 153-155.
Technological changes. Union cooperation in introduction of; selected contract clauses (text). November,
488-490.
Textiles manufacture:
Unemployment. Estimating; BLS methods, revision of.
July, 52-53.
United Nations. Economic and Social Council. R ole in
development of Charter f or International Trade Organization. November, 477-478.
Utilities.
(See Public utilities; also specifi,c indu-stry.)
Vacations with pay :
Department and women's ready-to-wea r stores. Extent of provision for, 16 cities, April 1948. November, 486.
Electric and gas utilities. Extent of provision for,
as of March-April 1948. Oct ober, 380.
Footwear manufacture. Extent of provision for, as
of September 1947. July, 33-34.
Industrial chemical industry. Extent of provision
for, as of January 1948. August, 143.
Office workers, New York City. Extent of provision
for, as of January-February 1948. July, 29.
Veterans. Handicapped. Rehabilitation and placement
of; Federal agencies and private groups, work of.
September, 282-285.
Vocational guidance :
Principles and practices, importance as factor in labor
developments. December, 596-599.
Schools offering and methods of financing; other agencies providing service. December, 599.
Tentative recommendations of International Labor
Organizations concerning. D ecember, 597-598.
Wage chronology :
American Woolen Co., 1939-48, based on agreements
with Textile Workers Union of America (CIO) and
directive orders of National War Labor Board.
D ecember, 584-588.
New BLS series of wage studies reflecting major
changes in wage rates and related wage practices
made by employers of large numbers of workers ;
analysis of purpose and scope. December, 581-583.
Wage differentials. By occupation, and their importance
in industry. BLS analysis of changes since 1907.
August, 127-134.
(See Labor organizations.)
Wage incentives:
Grain milling industry. Use of, as of January 1948.
July, 32.
Machine-tool industry, selected types. Man-hour
trends, 1939-47, establishments having wage incentive systems, compared with plants on hourly
wage basis. D ecember, 617.
Textiles manufacture. Use of, as of April 1948.
September, 267.
Training, Austria. Trade Union F ederation. Education
programs, postwar. September, 248.
Wage relationships. (Bee under Wages and hours, Manufacturing, Building trades.)
Transfers. Provisions for, in collective agreements; selected contract clauses (text). N ovember, 490-493.
Wage stabilization, Austria. Currency reform of December 1947 and effects on wages. J uly, 45-47.
Earnings data, April 1948, selected occupations; comparisons by industry; percent increases, by industry, since April-May 1946. September, 267.
Wage incentives, use of, as of April 1948. September,
267.
Trade, international. Factors contributing to maintenance and growth of. November, 477.
Trade unions.
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Wages and hours, United States:
American Woolen Co., 1939-48, based on agreements
with Textile Workers Union of America (CIO)
and directive orders of National War Labor Board.
D ecember, 584-588.
Automobile industry. General Motors Corp. and
United Automobile workers (CIO) sign agreement
based on changes in BLS consumers' price index
and containing "annual improvement factor."
Analysis, wage clause (text). July, 1-1.
Building trades. Relationships between union wage
scales, journeymen and laborers and helpers, 190747. August, 130-182.
Ceramic engineers. Median base monthly salary,
median annual income, members Institute Ceramic
Engineers, by years of experience, specified years,
1939-47. October, 881.
Construction. Private. Earnings and hours; 1940
average, January 1941, monthly (April 1947-September 1948), by type of firm . (See Current labor
statistics, table C-3, each issue. )
Cotton textile industry. Straight-time hourly enrnings, selected occupations, by selected area, April
1948. September, 267-268.
- - Supplementary wage practices, as of April 1948.
September, 268.
Department and women's ready-to-wear stores. Average weekly earnings, selected occupations, 16
cities, April 1948. Novemb er, Jj85.
- - Supplementary wage practices, 16 cities, April
1948. November, 486.
Diff'erentials, wage, by occupation, and their importance in industry. BLS analysis of changes
since 1907. August, 127-134.
Electric and gas utilities. Straight-time hourly
rates, selected occupations, by region, March-April
1948. October, 878- 879.
- - Supplementary wage practices, March-April
1948. October, ,'J79-880.
Federal employees, wage-board; changes in rates,
Navy Department, March 1946, War Department,
April 1946. July, 15.
Fertilizer industry. Percentage distribution, plant
workers, by straight-time hourly earnings and region, March 1948. November, 508.
- - Straight-time hourly earnings, laborers, by type
of plant and size of community, March 1948. November, 504-505.
- - Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupational groups, by region, March 1948. November,
504.
- - Supplementary wage practices, March 1948.
November, 505.
Footwear manufacturing. Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations, by type of shoe and
process, and by wage area. July, 82-84.
- - Supplementary wage practices, as of September
1947. July, 88-84.
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Grain milling industry, Percentage distribution, all
plant workers, by straight-time hourly earnings
and r egion, January 1948. Juby, 80.
- - Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations, by regions, January 1948. July, 80-32.
- - Supplementary wage practices, as of January
1948. July, 82.
Groceries, wholesale. Straight-time hourly earnings,
men, selected occupations, 16 cities, July of 1947
and 1948. D ecember, 620.
Increases, effects of various types on percentage and
cents-per-hour differences between skilled and unskilled occupations. August, 138-184.
Increases, specified industries, monthly; average
weekly earnings, manufacturing; other wage
changes. (See Labor month in review, pp. n1-rv,
each, issue.)
Industrial chemical industry. Straight-time hourly
earnings, selected oecupations, 11 cities, January
1948. August, 142---143.
- - Supplementary wage practices., as of January
1948. August, 142---148.
Laundries, power. Straight-time hourly earnings,
selected occupations, 33 large cities, July 1948.
D ecember, 621---v22.
Manufacturing. Hourly and weekly earnings, midMay 1948; wage settlements concluded, negotiations in progress. J 1,iy, III
- - .R elationships between earnings, skilled and unskilled occupations, selected periods, 1907 to 1947,
by region. August, 129-180 .
- - Relationships between earnings, skilled, semiskilled and unskilled occupations, 1945---47. A1igust,
128-129.
Manufacturing and nonmanufacturing. Earnings
and hours; average, year 1939, January 1941,
monthly (April 1947- September 1948), by industry.
(See Current labor statistics, table G-1 each issue.)
:Manufacturing, durable and nondurable goods. Production workers; ho 1rly earnings (estimated), selected periods, 1941-47, monthly, May 1947-September 1948. (See Current labor statistics, table
G-2, each issue.)
Oakland. (See San Francisco and Oakland, this
section.)
Office occupations. Supplementary wage practices, selected cities, D ecember 1947-February 1948. September, 242-248.
- - Weekly salaries, selected cities, December 1947February 1948. September, 240-242.
Office workers, New York City. Average salaries and
average weekly scheduled hours of work, selected
occupations in selected industry groups, .JanuaryFebruary 1948. July, 26-29.
- - Supplementary wage practices. July, 29.
Printing trades. Book and job, newspaper printing;
intercity differences in rates, by size of city, January 1948. August, 145.
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Printing trades. Increases, union rates, by city and
industry branch, July 1, 1946 to J anuary 2, 1948;
increases negotiated since January 2. Au{l'U8t,
144-145.
- - Indexes, union wage scales, 1939-48. August,
143.
Rayon and silk industry. Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations, by selected area, April
1948. September, 269-210.
- - Supplementary wage practices, as of April 1948.
September, 269-270.
San Francisco and Oakland. Average weekly salaries, hourly rates, selected office occupations, February 1948. August, 138-141.
- - Office workers. Supplementary wage practices,
February 1948. Aiigust, 138-141.
Textiles manufacture. Earnings data, April 1948,
selected occupations. Comparisons, by industry,
percent increases, by industry, since April-May 1946.
September, 261.
Urban. Percent increases, by industry group and
skill group, and by region, October 1943 to April
1947. August, 131-132.
Wage chronology. New BLS series of wage studies
reflecting major changes in wage rates and related
wage practices made by employers of large numbers of workers ; analysis of purpose and scope.
December, 581--588.
Western Union Telegraph Co. Wage schedules, including starting rates, progression plan, and job
rates, adopted as of April 1, 1948. August, 134.
Woolen and worsted textile industry. Straight-time
hourly earnings, selected occupations, by selected
area, April 1948. September, 210-271.
- - Supplementary wage practices, as of April 1948.
September, 211.
Wages and hours, foreign countries. Supplementary
wage practices, postwar. .Augttst, 118-119.
Wages,
aries,
1947;
tries.
real. Federal employees. Average annual salin current and 1939 dollars, July 1946 and July
comparison with gains in manufacturing indusJi1Zy, 12-13.
Wages, real, foreign countries:
Great Britain. Indexes, weekly earnings and real
earnings, before and after direct taxes, July 1945
and October 1947, compared with October 1938.
August, 118.
(See also under Income, foreign countries, Great
Britain.)
Walsh-Healy Act. Provisions; merging of Division administering, with Wage and Hour Division (U. S. Dept.
of Labor), 1942; enforcement. September, 272-213.
Welfare plans.
(See under Health, Plans.)
White collar workers. (See Office workers.)
Wholesale groceries.
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Wholesale price indexes.
(See under Prices.)
Women's ready-to-wear stores. (See Department and
women's ready-to-wear stores.)
Women workers:
Budget. Cost-of-living figures, seven States, specified
period 1947, or first half 1948, necessary to maintain in good health. September, 218.
Minimum wage and overtime rates. 1947-48 legislation establishing. September, 215-218.
Office. Oakland. ( See San Francisco and Oakland,
this section.)
- - San Francisco and Oakland. Supplementary
wage practices, February 1948. August, 138-141,
- - San Francisco and Oakland. Weekly salaries,
hourly rates, selected occupations, February 1948.
August, 138-141.
- - Supplementary wage practices, selected cities,
December 1947-February 1948. September, 242243.
- - Weekly salaries, selected occupations, selected
cities, December 1947-February 1948. September,
240-242.
Women workers, Great Britain. Married women, reluctance to accept long work schedules, and reasons.
August, 119.
Woolen and worsted textile industry:
Holidays (paid), shift differentials, vacations with
pay, as of April 1948. September, 211.
Straight-time hourly earnings, selected occupations,
by selected area, April 1948. September, 210.
Workweek, length of, as of April 1948. September,
211.
Work injuries.
(See Accident statistics.)
Work stoppages. Statistics; stoppages resulting from
labor-management disputes, selected periods, 1935-47;
monthly, May 1947-October 1948. (See Current labor
statistics, table E-1, each issue.)
Work stoppages, Great Britain.• Man-days lost, 1945-48,
compared with years following World War I (1918-21).
October, 372.
Working conditions, Great Britain. Improvements, in
industries under private management, specifically older
textile mills. August, 120.
Workmen's compensation:
District of Columbia, Federal; employees protected
by. September, 23~.
Longshoremen's and Harbor Worker's Act. Law of
1948 amending; provisions for increased benefits.
September, 219.
Louisiana. Law amended, 1948; provisions for increased benefits; coverage for certain minors engaged in street trades. Sept ember, 280-281.
Mississippi. Law enacted, 1948. November, 513.
New Jersey. Disability act of 1948, provisions. November, 513-514.
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Work men's comp ensat ion-C ontin ued
State legis lation concerning, enact ed in
1948; summary . September, 218-281.
- - (See unde r Legislation , U. S.,
by State , for
specified State .)
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Work s councils. (See under Labo r organ
izatio ns, forei gn
coun tries, Austt•ia.)
Youth. Child labor. Tr nds in an expa
nding labor market. Summ ary. D ecem ber, 589-595.
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