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Subject Index to Volume 70
Monthly Labor Review
January to June 1950
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commissioner

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Subject Index to Volume 70
January to June 1950
[Issues and page numbers in italics]

Absenteeism, United States:
Clay construction p:roducts industry, days lost due to
industrial injuries, 1948 (table). Mar. 212.
Effect upon guaranteed employment and wage plans
in collective bargaining agreements. Jan. 29.
Absenteeism, Great Britain. Coal industry. Percentage,
over-all. 1936-49. Jan. 22.
Accident and health insurance. Scientists, industrial
research, 1949. Apr. 312.
Accident statistics:
Clay construction products industry. Injury-frequency rates, by size of plant and by department,
1948 (charts). Mar. 214-215.
- - Number of injuries and frequency and severity
rates, 675 establishments, by kind of product and
by extent of disability, 1948 (table). Mar. 212.
--Work injuries, estimate of costs and comparisons
by kind of product, by regional and State differences, by ·size .of plant, and by department. Mar.
210-215.
Compilation, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Categories, standardization of
methods, and definition and measurements of work
injuries. Mar. 303-304,
- - Limitations of series, sources and methods of
surveys, and computation procedures. Mar. 304301.
Construction. Industrial injury rates, 16,321 companies, by occupation and extent of disability, 1948
(table). Apr. 388.
- - Injury rates, 1948, summary. Apr. 38"/-389.
Industrial injuries, basic needs for analysis. Severity
and frequency rates, accident-cause analysis, and
development of data. Mar. 261-210.
Manufacturing. Injury-frequency rates, 1947, 1948,
and 1949 (charts). Feb. 143; May 514.
- - Injury-frequency rates, selected industries, third
and fourth quarters, 1949, with cumulative rates
for 1949. Feb. 142-145; May 515-517.
Work injuries in 1949, preliminary estimates, classified by industry group. Mar. 265-261.
Airframe industry:
Hourly earnings and number of workers, selected plant
occupations, by · region, May-June 1949 (table).
Jan.31.
Wage rates and related wage practices, May-June
1949. Jan. 30-33.
Apprenticeship. Voluntary. Program under State agreements set up by Utah Act, 1949. Jan. 46.

Baking industry :
Hourly wage rates, union. By population, region,
and type of baking, July 1, 1949 (tables). Jan.
35-36.
- - July 1, 1949, and increases since July 1, 1948,
by type of baking (table). Jan. 35.
Hourly wage rates, union, and weekly hours, indexes,
1939-49 (table and chart). Jan. 34,
Workweek, standard, 1948-49. Jan. 33, 36.
Benefits. (See spe<Jifi<) type of bene'fl,t.)
Benefit exhaustions :
Railroad unemployment insurance. Rates among
beneficiaries, by occupational group and by age
and sex, July 1948-June 1949. Mar. 300-301.
- - Trends in rates among beneficiaries and benefits
received, 1939-40 to 1948-49. Mar. 299-300.
Bituminous-coal industry. Labor-management dispute.
Developments, December 1940-March 1950. Jan. III,
54; Feb. III, 166-161; Mar. III, 301-302 ,· Apr. III, 410.
Bonus, nonproduction :
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. June 632.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. Apr. 312.
Building trades :
Bargaining plan in southern California. Description
of agreement ; grievances and jurisdictional disputes; basis of plan's success. Jan. 14-18.
Southern California. Hourly wage rates, 6 basic
trades and 13 subtrades, 1941-49. Jan. 14.
Chemists. Employment outlook, 1950.

May 510.

Child labor :

Agricultural workers, New York State, 1948. Legal
and illegal employment; wages and hours. June
650.
National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, 1949. Recommendations. Jan. 41-42.
State legislation, 1949. Jan. 42-43; Feb. 131.
Chronology. Labor events, November 1949-May 1950.
Jan. 10-"12,· Feb. 193-194; Mar. 315-316,· Apr. 432; Ma,y
541; June 662-663.
Collective agreements :
Arbitration machinery, types established by agreements, by industry group, 1949 (table). Feb. 163.
Arbitration provisions, analysis of agreements containing, 1949. Feb. 160-165.
Contracts, 84 se~ected, termination and reopening
dates, July 1 to December 31, 1950; companies and
unions involved, by industries. June 650-653.
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Collective agreements-Continued
Dismissal-pay provisions in, 1949, summary.

Apr.

384-38"1.

Ford Motor Co. and United Automobile Workers
( CIO), agreement on pensions, March 1950. Apr.
III, 411.
General Motors Corp. and UAW ( CIO) 5-year agreement signed May 23, 1950. Provisions. June III,
655-656.
Guaranteed employment and wage plans. Definition,
history, limitation, and provisions. Jan. 26-30.
- - Eligibility requirements, effect of absences, and
provisions for holidays, vacations, and transfers.
Jan. 29-30.
Houston, Tex., building contractors and 23 AFL unions sign treaty effective to June 30, 1951, requiring
approval by three-fourths of unions before any signatory group may take strike action, March 1950.
Apr. 411.
Impartial agencies used in selection of arbitrator;
cost of arbitration. Feb. 164-165.
Longshoremen, Pacific. Wage changes, hourly rates
for general and penalty cargo, overtime rates, and
related wage practices, 19'34-50. May 521-526.
Masters, Mates and Pilots (AFL) and East and
Gulf Coast ship operators extend agreement until
April 1950. Jan. 54.
Nash-Kelvinator Corp. and UA.W ( CIO), agreement
on pensions, March 1950. Apr. Ill, 411.
Sickness and accident benefits in 1949. Prevalence
and costs; amount of weekly benefits ; length of
benefit period; other provisions. June 636-639.
Steel companies and employees, December 1949.
Jan 53.
United Automobile Workers (CIO). Ford Motor Co.
and Nash-Kelvinator Corp., agreement on pensions,
March 1950. Apr. III, 411.
- - General Motors, 5-year agreement, May 1950, provisions. June Ill, 655-656.
Collective bargaining, United States:
Building trades, southern California. Agreement on
basic standards, 1941-49. Jan. 14-18.
Representation determined by NLRB elections; resume of year June 30, 1948-49. Apr. 402-403.
Collective bargaining, Great Britain. Coal industry.
Grievance and consultation machinery between the National Coal Board and unions. Jan. 20-21.
College graduates. Employment outlook for 1950. Summary. May 509-511.
Communications industries. Union membership stipulations in wire and radio communications and postal
service. Mar. 278.
Construction :
Collective agreement on strike action, Houston (Tex.)
building contractors and 23 AFL unions, March
1950. Apr. 411.
Contract. Employees, by industry group, annual average, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950.
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Construction-Continued
Contract. Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under old-age and survivors insurance, by
industry group and sex, 1944-47 (table). June 610.
- - Production workers. Hours and gross earnings,
annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table
0-1, each issue.)
Industrial injury rates, 16,321 companies, by occupation and extent of disability, 1948 (table). Apr.
388.
New. Expenditures for, statistical methods of estimating ; coverage of BLS studies and classifications
defined; sources of data and adjustment procedures.
Feb. 177-185.
- - Federally financed contracts, by type of construction, annually, 1935-49, monthly, November 1948April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table F-2,
each issue.)

- - Nonfarm dwelling units, number and cost, by
urban or rural location and by source of funds,
selected years, 1925-49, quarterly and monthly,
1947-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table F-5, each issue.)
--Nonresidential urban building, by type and geographic division, annually, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table F-4, each issue.)
- - Private and public. Expenditures, total values,
by type, 1948, 1949, monthly, December 1948-May
1950. (See Current labor statistics, table F-1, each
issue.)

--Urban building, by class of construction and type
of building, selected years, 1942-49, monthly October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table F-3, each issue.)
Wages and working rules, 6 basic trades and 13 subtrades, southern California, 1941-49. Jan. 14-18.
Construction-machinery industry. Unit man-hours, 194748. Number required, factors influencing; indexes and
trends, by type of product and type of labor. June 645648.
Consumers' cooperatives. (See Cooperatives.)
Conventions, meetings, etc. :
American Public Welfare Association. Annual conference, Washington, D. C., December 1-3, 1949.
Summary of discussions. Jan. 51-52.
National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, November 1949. Standards advocated and
resolutions adopted. Jan. 39-42.
National Conference on Workmen's Compensation and
Rehabilitation, Washington, D. C., March 1950.
Needs for improved services and recommendations,
summary. May 511-513.
Union conventions. May 1950. Summary. June IV.
- - Scheduled (106), April 1950. Dates, unions, and
places of meetings. June 654-655.

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Cooperatives:
Consumers' cooperatives. United States, developments in 1949. Distributive associations ; medicalcare associations; housing associations; labor and
cooperatives. Mar. 284-286.
- - Canada, number and t ype of associations, members, and amount of business, 1948. Jan. 52-53.
Cost of living, U. S. (See Prices: Consumers' price
index:.)
'
Cost of living, Denmark. Indexes for major expenditure
groups, quarterly, 1949, and January 1950. Apr. 392.
Cotton-garment industries. Hourly earnings, wage structure, and related wage practices, August 1949. Mar.
293-295.
Court decisions :
Anti-injunction law, New Jersey. Employer's refusal
to negotiate with union while strikers were picketing not cause for injunction under act. Jan. 69.
Arbitration contract with a union, bus company employer must abide by, Wisconsin. Apr. 431.
Assignment by one union to another of right to receive
checked-off dues from employer held valid, Kentucky. M ay 545-546.
Closed union, burden of proof on individual workers,
California. Jan. 68- 69.
Dismissal of employee not violation of collective bargaining contract. Jan. 68.
Contempt of court, union official's refusal to answer
questions on cross-examination as to whether he
was a Communist. June 661.
Fair ~abor Standards Act. Alleged violations. Wage
and Hour Administrator entitled to refuse to answer an employer's questions as to the source of
his information concerning. Apr. 426.
- - Discriminatory discharge claim dismissed. Jan.
64.
- - Home workers sending products to employer
without solicitation in hope that he will accept them,
held employees within coverage of act. Apr. 426.
- - Logcutters held to be employees. J an. 64.
- - Overtime compensation. Meat-packing employees in processing and maintenance activities in production of goods for commerce entitl~d to, for work
exceeding 40 hours. M ar. 308.
- - Newspapers, local, employees held to be engaged
in commerce. Ma,y 541.
--Overtime compensation. Night watchman engaged in commerce entitled to. Feb. 187.
- - Restitution of wages ordered for contempt in
injunctive proceedings. May 541.
- - Sawyers and woodcuters held to be employees.
May 541.
Free speech. Interference with employment, prohibited by Arkansas law, not an unconstitutional
abridgment of the right of, U. S. Supreme Court.
F eb. 187-188.
Hiring halls of the National Maritime Union (CIO)
on the Great Lakes illegal~ union's insistence on
continuation of these hiring halls a violation of the
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Court decisions-Continued
Individual rights under union contract void after nullification of agreement by NLRB, as its terms were
not incorporated into employee's individual contract of employment. Apr. 429.
- - Injunctions, court jurisdiction to entertain petitions, not given in section 301 of the LMRA. Feb.
191.

--Temporary, dissolution of, and refusal to grant
permanent injunction against interference with
access to employer's plant during strike, Connecticut. Mar. 313-314.
--Union affiliation changes, injunction against denied, New York State. Feb. 191-192.
Jurisdiction of court to enjoin international union
from unlawfully expelling one of its locals because
local's property rights were involved. Apr. 430.
Jurisdictional strike law held constitutional, California. May 545.
Labor Management Relations Act, 1947. Appropriate
unit for collective bargaining, deciding factor in
ascertaining might be the wishes of the employees
themselves. M ar. 312.
- - Jurisdiction of Federal courts. May 544- - Non-Communist oath requirement upheld by the
Supreme Court, May 8, 1950. June IV.
- - Refusal to bargain-filing requirements ; proof;
penalty provision. May 543.
- - Refusal to bargain, union. Apr. 428.
--Review of NLRB decisions, judicial, scope of.
Mar. 312-313; May 544- - Secondary boycotts. Jan. 67; May 541-542.
- - Unfair labor practice, employer. Arbitrary discharge of group of employees held interference with
right of concerted activities. Apr. 427-428.
--Unfair labor practice, employer. Discharge for
rival union activity in a closed shop does not constitute. F eb. 188.
- - Unfair labor practice, employer. General pay
increase without consulting certified union, U. S.
Supreme Court. Feb. 131.
- - Unfair labor practice, employer. Refusal to permit union to use company's hall, only one available
in company town, for union meetings, U. S. Supreme
Court. Feb. 131.
- - Minimum wages and overtime compensation, employer engaged in production and sale of gas in
Puerto Rico not relieved of liability for, by "good
faith" defense of act. June 658.
N'ational Labor Relations Board hearings in jurisdictional disputes required only when there is reasonable basis for complaint and when an actual dispute
exists. Apr. 429-430.
Norris-La Guardia (Anti-Injunction) Act. Federal
district court not prevented from restraining union
under Railway Labor Act from discriminatory
representation. Jan. 64-65.
- - Intra-union dispute held a "labor dispute" within
meaning of act. Feb. 191.

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Court decisions-Continued
Overtime compensation. ( S·ee Fair Labor Standards
Act, this section).
Picketing an employer's shop held protected free
speech, Arkansas. May 545.
Picketing for closed shop illegal and enjoinable, Florida. May 545.
Picketing home of employer with whom union is having a labor dispute legal, California. Apr. 430-431.
Picketing not to be enjoined as "untruthful" when
the "untruth" expressed is merely a matter of
opinion, California. Apr. 431.
Picketing prohibited, except for that part of front of
building occupied by employer with whom union
was having labor dispute, Texas. Apr. 431.
Picketing to compel an employer to join a union as
an inactive member and pay dues and initiation
fees to it an unfair labor practice, Wisconsin.
Feb. 19'2.
Picketing to compel union shop illegal but picketing
for lawful objectives by union representing minority of employees legal, Texas. Mar. 314.
Picketing with misleading signs enjoinable, New York
State. Apr. 431.
Portal-to-Portal Act. Contract or custom overtime
compensation claims denied. Jan. 64; Feb. 186.
--Overtime compensable, failure to allege that activities are compensurate under contract or by
custom not grounds for dismissing employee's suit
for. Mar. 308.
Public Contracts Act (Walsh-Healey). Child-labor
violation not supported by sufficient evidence.
Feb. 1B"I.
- - Child-labor exemption order, employer held liable
for violating even if not aware of violation at the
time. June 658.
"Overtime-on-Overtime Act of 1949" (Public Law 177,
Eighty-first Congress) constitutional. Feb. 18"1.
Railway Labor Act. National Railroad Adjustment
Board held to have exclusive jurisdiction over
controversy between two unions, both claiming right
to assign certain railroad jobs. June 659.
Representation, majority status, New York State.
Apr. 431.
Right of State to compel election of bargaining agent
denied, Kentucky. May 545.
Strike held to be in compliance with State strike-vote
law and not in violation of no-strike clause in agreement since contract was terminated on its expiration date after proposed amendments led to no
agreement, Minnesota. June 661.
Taft-Hartley Act. (See Labor Management Relations
Act, this section).
Unfair labor practice. (See under Labor Management Relations Act, ·this section.)
Union membership, compulsory. State laws outlawing held constitutional, U. S. Supreme Court. Feb.
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Court decisions-Continued
Union property, transfer of, held void, not consistent
with local and national constitutions. Jan. 6"1.
Union recognition and reinstatement of discharged
employees held lawful strike objectives, Texas.
May 546.
United Mine Workers, not guilty of either civil or
criminal contempt for refusal to comply with restraining order suspending existing strike. May
544-545.
Vacation time, unless specified in contract, to be fixed
by employer ; employee taking vacation at different
time fixed by his union not entitled to vacation pay.
Jan. 69.
Veterans. Reemployment cases, res judicata in.
Apr. 430.
- - Seniority, salaried employees, employer practice
upheld. Mar. 313.
- - Seniority, statutory, not terminated upon expiration of first year of reemployment. Jan. 68.
- - Seniority, terms of new collective-bargaining
agreement could take precedence over seniority
granted to veterans under GI bill of rights, U. S.
Supreme Court. Feb. 131.
--Vacation rights, identical with or in some respects better than those given nonveterans· on leave
of absence, held not to be discrimination. June 660.

Death benefits. , Women's coats and suits manufacture,
September 1949. Feb. 155.
Dentists. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Dietitians :
Distribution by total dietetic experience,
fields, 1949. Feb. 153.
Hospital. Distribution by annual salaries and region
and by weekly hours and region, 1949, and annual
salaries by region and living arrangements, 1949.
Feb. 149-15'2.
Salaries and related wage practices, 1949; opinions
of dietitians on their economic status and working
conditions; and characteristics of inactive dietitions. Feb. 149-153.
Disability compensation. State legislation, 1949.
45; Feb. 131.
Disability insurance. Payments under public programs,
1948. Jan. 49.
Discrimination in employment. State legislation, 1949.
Jan. 45; Feb. 131.
Dismissal-pay plans:
Graduated types. Pay and service provisions (table).
Apr. 386.
Provisions in union agreements. Conditions and
amounts of dismissal pay and computation of service and pay. Apr. 384-38"1.
Docks and harbors :
Agreements. (See under Collective agreements.)
Longshoremen, Pacific. Wage changes and related
wage practices; 1934-50. May 5'21-5'26.

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Earnings. ( See Wages and hours, United States.)
Economic conditions :
Council of Economic Advisers, fourth annual report,
December 1949, and President's annual message on
State of the Union, January 1950; summaries.
Feb. 140-142.
Effect on low-income families, 1948. Jan. 50-51.
Electricity. (See Gas and electricity.)
Emigration:
Aliens departed, United States, years ending June 30,
1945-49 (table). Feb. 166.
Fiscal year 1949. Feb. 165-166.
Employment, United States (see also Employment statistics) :
Airframe industry. Number of workers, selected plant
occupations, by region, May-June 1949. Jan. 30-31.
Guaranteed, in collective bargaining agreements.
Definition, history, limitations, and provisions of
plans. Jm. 26-29.
- - Eligibility requirements, effect of absences and
provisions for holidays, vacations, and transfers.
Jan. 29-30.

Industrial. Measurement. Limitations of data, survey sources and methods, and calculation proced ures. Jan. 55-58.
Machine-tool industry. Decline, 1942-49; prospects,
1950; hours and earnings, 1947-50. June 645.
Older workers, problems. May 508-509.
Employment, Great Britain. Coal industry. Number of
wage earners on colliery books, 1936-49. Jan. 22.
Employment, international. Full employment report by
lJ. N. experts; domestic and international measures recommended, Dec. 22, 1949. Apr. 379-381.
Employment agencies:
Private. Arkansas. Regulation of employment agents
who hire workers in Arkansas for work outside the
State, 1949. Jan. 46.
- - Florida. Amendment to private-employmentagency act, 1949. Jan. 46.
- - State legislation, regulatory, 1949. Jan. 46.
- - Texas. Replacement of private employment
agency act with two separate laws, 1949. Jan. 46.
Employment conditions:
Changes in employment, 1948-50. June 620-621.
Employment and unemployment changes by month,
December 1949-May 1950. Jan. IV; Feb. IV; Mar.
IV; Apr. III; May III; June IV.
Manufacturing, employment decrease, reduction in
hours of work, and rise in unemployment, 1949.
Feb. 125-121.

Employment opportunities :
National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, November 1949. Recommendations. Jan.
40-41.

Petroleum industry, production and refining, 1950.
Apr. 314-318.

Employment outlook :
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Employment outlook-Continued
Teachers, elementary and high-school, 1949. (Feb.
146-149.

Employment, stabilization of:
Guaranteed employment plans in collective bargaining
agreements. Definition, history, limitations, and
provisions. Jm. 26-30.
Written contracts and dismissal pay, industrial research scientists, 1949. Apr. 313.
Employment statistics:
Employment, civilian government, and payrolls, Washington, D. 0., by branch and agency group, annual
averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April
1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-7, each
issue.)

Employment, Federal civilian, by branch and agency
group, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. ( See Current labor statistics,
table A-5, each issue.)
Labor force. January 1948-April 1950 (table).
June 620.

- - Monthly, November 1948-April 1950, by employment status, hours worked, and sex. ( See Current
labor statistics, table A-1, each issue.)
Manufacturing. Employees, by States, annual average, 1947, monthly, December 1948-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table A-10, Feb., May
1950.)

--Production workers. By industry, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table A-3, each issue.)
- - - - Indexes, employment and weekly payroll,
annual averages, 1939-49, monthly, November 1948April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, tables
A-4, each issue.)
Mining. Production workers, by industry, annual
averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April
1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A- 3, each
issue.)

Negroes.

San Francisco Bay area, 1940-48. June

614-611.

Nonagricultural establishments. Employees, by industry division and group, annual averages, 194749, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
--Employees, selected States, annual average,
1947, monthly, December 1948-March 1.950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-9, Feb., Mar.
1950.)

- -. Employment in, 1948-50, and employment
changes, by industry, first quarter 1948 to first
quarter 1950 (charts). June 622-623.
Payrolls, Federal civilian, by branch and agency
group, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table A-6, each issue.)
Personnel and pay, military branch, Federal government, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November
1948-April 1950. (Soo Current labor statistics,
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Employment statistics-Continued
Unemployment under State unemployment insurance
programs, by geographic division and State,
monthly, January-March 1948, J anuary 1949March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table
A-11, Apr.-June 1950.)
Women in manufacturing. Number and percent of
total employment, by industry group, September
1949. Feb. 159.
Engineers. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Expenditures, United States:
Construction, new. Estimating. Limitations; methods, sources, and adjustment procedures. Feb.
111-185.
- - Private and public. Total values, by t ype, 1948,
1949, monthly, December 1948-May 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table F-1, each issue.)
Expenditures, Denmark :
Family, 1948. Sampling methods and coverage, expenditures and consumption patterns, and revised
retail price index. Ai?r. 389-392.
Index, cost of living, for major groups and for all
items quarterly, 1949 and January 1950 (table).
Apr. 392.

Nonfarm families, 1948 and 1942 surveys, revalued at
1948 prices (table). Apr. 391.

Fair Labor Standards Act. ( See under Court decisions.)
Federal workers. (See Government employees; also under Legislation, Wages and hours, or other subject.)
Finance establishments:
Employees, by industry group, annual averages, 194749, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
Employees, nonsupervisory. Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table ~1, each issue.)
Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under
old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group
and sex, 1944--47 (table). June 610.
Firemen:
Percentage distribution of in 91 large cities according
to increase in salary scales, 1945-50 (table). June
634.

Salary rates and hours, indexes of, in large cities,
1924-50 (table). June 633-634.·
Food. Industries, manufacturing. OASI coverage. Percentage distribution of workers, by annual covered earnings, 1945-47 (table). Apr. 423.
Footwear manufacturing. Earnings, hourly, selected occupations, by process, area, and sex, October 1949;
related wage practices. Apr. 408-409.
Furniture industry. Wood- and upholstered-furniture establishments. Hourly earnings, selected areas, by occupation and sex, September 1949; related wage practices.
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Gas and electricity.

Prices.

Percent changes in 1949.

June 649.

Glassware and glass container manufacturing. Earnings,
hourly, and related wage practices, selected occupations
and areas, January 1950. June 634- 635.
Gompers' centennial. Tribute by President Truman, labor
and government officials, to memory of Samuel Gompers,
labor leader, on centennial anniversary of his birth,
January 27, 1950. Feb. IV.
Government employees :
Federal. Employment, by branch and agency group,
annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-5,
each issue.)

- - Payrolls, by branch and agency group, annual
averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April
1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-6, each
issue.)

Salary rates, basic annual, under Classification Acts
of 1923 and of 1949 (tables). Mar. 296.
Federal and District of Columbia. Employment and
payrolls, Washington, D. C., by branch and agency
group, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table A-7, each issue.)
Federal and State and local, annual averages, 1947-49,
monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current
labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
Military branch, Federal Government. Basic annual
compensation prior to and beginning October 1, 1949
(table). Mar. 291.
- - Personnel and pay, annual averages, 1947-49,
monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current /
labor statistics, table A-8, each issue.)
Postal service. Annual salary rates of permanent employees, selected positions, prior to and after November 1, 1949 (table). Mar. 296.
Group insurance ( see also specific types of group• insurance):

Company plans. Cost sharing, 1949. Mar. 298-299.
- - Distribution of 191, by type of selected benefits
and by financial participation (table). Mar. 299.
Furniture plants, September 1949. Mar. 292.
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. June 632.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. Apr. 312.
Guaranteed employment. (See Employment, stabilization of.)
Guaranteed wage:
Consideration by Iron and Steel Committee of the
International Labor Organization, Geneva, November 1949. Resolution on definition, purpose, method
of applying, and cost of guaranteed wage plan.
Mar. 281-282.

Plans in collective bargaining agreements. Definition,
history, limitations, and provisions. Jan. 26-30.
Hazardous occupations. New r·e gulations for, set forth
by Secretary of Labor, January 12, 1950; summary.
Mar. 290.

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Health, industrial :
National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, November 29-December 1, 1949; recommendations. Jan. 40.
Plans. Furniture plants, September 1949. Mar. 292.
State legislation, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Health insurance, United States:
Percent of sickness costs met by voluntary insurance ;
extent of commercial and nonpro.fit insurance benefit payments, by type of plan, 1948. June 643-644,
Plans. Dress-shirt and work-clothing establishments,
August 1949. Mar. 295.
Program in 1949 compared with 1939. Jwne 643.
Health insurance, foreign countries. Programs in 1949
compared with 1939. June 643.
Health service workers. Employment outlook, 1950. May
510.
Holidays, paid :
Furniture plants, September 1949. Mar. 292.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. Apr. 3'10.
Machinery manufacture, November 1949. May 5'29.
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. June 632.
Provisions for in guaranteed employment and wage
plans. Jan. 29.
Women's coats and suits manufacture, September
1949. Feb. 155.
Hosiery industry :
Full-fashioned and seamless. Hourly earnings, se. lected occupations and areas, by sex, October 1949;
related wage practices. Apr. 405-407.
Men's seamless. Percentage distribution of plant
workers, by hourly earnings and sex, United States
and selected regions, October 1949 (table) . Apr.
407.
Hospital service. (See Medical and hospital service,
industrial.)
Hours of work. (See under Wages and hours.)
Housing:
Cooperative associations. Developments in 1949.
Mar. 285-286.
Housing and Rent Act of 1949, effective April 1, 1949.
Summary of provisions and extent of decontrol.
Mar. 255-256.
Need in seven cities where rents had been decontrolled from 1 to 5 months, 1949. Mar. 255.

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-Dentists. Sou~ce; trends; regional and State differentials; size of community influence; age relationship. Apr. 398-400.
Lawyers. Average net income, by major source of
legal income, by regions, 1947 (table). Apr. 897.
- - Average net income, 1929-48 ; source of income;
size of firm influence; regional and State differentials; and relationship of age and years in
practice. Apr. 896-898.
- - Average net income of nonsalaried lawyers,
1929-48 (~hart). Apr. 897.
N'egroes, San Francisco Bay area, 1941-48. June
617.

Income, Great Britain:
Average personal income before and after taxes, 1938
and 1947, by income group (table). May 530.
Purchasing power of income, by type of income, selected years, 1938-48 (table). May 581.
Redistribution, changes in wages, and salaries and
profits, 1938-48. May 530-534.
Industrial-equipment industry. Unit man-hours, 1947-48.
Number required, factors influencing; indexes and
trends, by type of product and type of labor. Jwne
645-648.
Industrial relations. State legislation, 1949. Jan. 44--45;
Feb. 181.
Industrial research :
Scientists. Employment increase in recent years and
opportunities for advancement, late 1949. Apr. 369,
371--372.
- - Work schedules and related wage practices, late
1949. Apr. 869-373.
Injuries, industrial. ( See Accident statistics.)
Insurance. (See specific type of insurance.)

Journalists. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.

Immigration:
Aliens admitted, United States, years ending June
30, 1945-49 (table). Feb. 166.
Fiscal year 1949. Feb. 165-166.
Immigrants admitted, distribution, by occupation,
year ending June 30, 1949 (table). Feb. 166.
Income, United States :
Dentists. Average net income, 1929-48 (chart).

Labor, Department of:
Federal. Government reorganization orders affecting,
sent to Congress, March 1950, summary. Apr. IV.
State. Legislation establishing, 1949. Jan. 44.
Labor force, United States:
Employment. (See Employment statistics.)
Growth, 1948-50. June 621-622.
Total, estimated, by employment status, hours worked,
and sex, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-1, each issue.)
Unemployment. (See Unemployment.)
Women in manufacturing. Number and percent of
total employment, by industry group, September
1949. Feb. 159.
Labor force, Soviet Union. Estimated 1926 and 1940-49.

Apr. 397.
--Number and average net income by major source
of dental income and by region, 1948 (table).
Apr. 399.

May 534.
Labor Legislation, National Conference on, Washington,
November 1949. Standards advocated and resolutions
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Labor-management disputes, United States:
Bell Telephone Co. and workers. Developments December 1949-May 1959. Jan. 54; Feb. Ill-IV, 167;
Marr. IV, 302; Apr. Ill, 411; May IV, 536; June
656-65'1.
Building service employees, New York City apartment
houses, 4-day stoppage over increased wages and
40-hour week terminated May 1, 1950. Dispute
submitted to fact-finding board. June 657.
Building trades. AFL workers, Buffalo, N. Y., May 1,
1950. Stoppage over wage ·increases. Agreements
reached May 21; terms. J une 657.
- - Southern California. Jurisdiction and grievance
arbitration, 1941-49. Jan. 16-17.
Chrysler strike, 90,000 employees, January 25-May 4,
1950. Developments and provisions of settlement.
F eb. Ill, 167; Mar. IV, 302; Apr. III, 410-411; May
III-IV, 535; June III, 65,5-656.
Cleveland transit strike, December 1949. Jan. 54,·
May 503.
Coal workers and operators. Developments, December 1949-March 1950. Provisions of strike settlement. Jan. III, 54,· F eb. Ill, 166-167; Mar. III,
301-302 ,· Apr. Ill, 410; May 501-502.
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York and Utility
Workers Union (OIO) covering 30,000 workers.
Agreement on welfare plans, March 1950. Apr. 411.
Continental Baking Co. and Bakery and Confectionery
Workers International Union of America (AFL).
Dispute submitted to National Labor Relations
Board May 9, 1950. May IV; June 651.
Continental Paper Co., Ridgefield Park, N. J , and
United Paper Workers (C'IO), 8-month work stoppage settled March 1950. Apr. 411.
East and Gulf Coast Shipowners and Masters, Mates
and Pilots Union (AFL), contract of April 21, 1950,
provisions. May IV, 536.
Federation of Glass, Ceramic, and Silica Sand Workers (CIO) and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Oo. and
Libbey-Owens-Ford Co., January 1950. Feb. 168.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and United Rubber
Workers (CIO) covering 20,000 workers. Agreement on welfare plans, March 1950. Apr. 411.
General Motors Corp. agreement with United Automobile Workers (OIO), May 24, 1950. Provisions.
June 655- 656.
- - NLRB elections, employees authorize United
Auto Workers to bargain for a union shop. Mar. IV.
International Harvester Co. employees and UAW
(CIO), agreement, May 1950, provisions. June 657.
Maritime unions. Mutual-aid pact, March 1950, to
continue fight to retain union hiring practices declared in violation of Taft-Hartley Act by courts.
Apr. III.
National Labor Relations Board disposition of cases,
report, fiscal year 1949. Summary. Apr. 402-403.
New Jersey Public Service Electric & Gas Co. facilities
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Labor-management disputes, United States-Continued
Railroads. Grievance cases; backlog, June 30, 1949;
agreements reached to help reduce backlog, summary. Apr. 403-404.
- - Threatened stoppages; mediation; settlements.
Jan. 54; Feb.167; Mar. 302, April III, 411,· May III,
536; June Ill-IV, 655-656.
Steel strike terminated, December 1949. Jan. 53; May
502.
Teamsters, Southern Conference of, and Central
States Drivers Council (AFL) covering 30,000 truck
drivers in 18 States. Agreement on welfare plans,
March 1950. Apr. 411.
Textile Workers Union ( CIO) and three rug companies employing 12,000 workers. Agreement on
welfare plans, March 1950. Apr. 411.
Transport Workers' Union and New York City's Board
of Transportation, January 1950. Feb. 167-168;
Mar. 302.
United Auto Workers (CIO) strike against Chrysler
Corp. over implementation of pension and social
insurance plans, January 25-M.ay 4, 1950. Developments and provisions of settlement. Feb. III, 1'61 ,·
Mar. IV, 302,· Apr. III, 410-411; May Ill-IV, 535;
June III, 655-656.
Work stoppages. General features of strikes and
national emergency disputes, 1949. May 497-499.
--Major issues, industry groups, States, and unions
involved, 1949. Ma.y 503-5'05.
- - Monthly trends, 1945-49, and idleness due to
work stoppages, 1939-49. May 4,99-503.
- - Number, workers involved, and man-days idle,
1935-39 average, annual averages, 1945-49, monthly,
(See Current labor
November 1948-April 1950.
statistics, table E-1, each issue.)
Labor-management disputes, Great Britain. Coal industry. Man-days lost-number and percent of lost time,
all industries-1936-49. Jan. 22.
Labor-management relations :
National Labor Relations Board order for 51 employeerepresentation elections among Westinghouse Electric Corp. in 13 States, March 1950. Apr Ill.
Strikes and union developments in 1949, summary.
F eb. 129-130.
Labor markets. Major areas, number, with substantial
labor surpluses, by geographic division, selected
months, 1948-50 (table). June 628.
Labor organizations, United States :
Cooperatives. AFL and CIO sponsorship;
ment, 1949. Mar. 286.
Labor unity, developments toward, January-February
1950. Feb. IV.
No-raid agreement between UAW (CIO) and International Association of Machinists, January 1950.
Mar. 278-279.
Trade-unions, development of, 1949. F eb. 130.
Transportation and communications industries.
Labor unions, by industry branch, affiliation, and
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Labor organizations, United States-Continued
--Percent of vv_orkers employed belonging to labor
unions; age of unions. Mar. 275-276.
Labor organizations, foreign countries:
Ireland. National unions; trade-union federations;
membership 1938-1949; domestic and international
programs; relations with political parties; and
unification efforts. Apr. 3n-396.
Trizonal Trade-Union Federation established in West
Germany October 1949. Membership and dues,
structure and distribution of functions, and statement of policies. Mar. 279-281.
Labor organizations, international. Iron and Steel Committee recommendations on guaranteed wage plans.
Mar. 281-282.
Labor recruiting. (See Recruitment of labor.)
Labor turn-over :
Manufacturing. Monthly rates, by class of turn-over,
1939, 1945-50. ( See Current labor statistics, table
B- 1, each issue.)
--Monthly rates (per 100 employees), selected
groups and industries, September 1949-March 1950.
( See Current labor statistics, table B-2, each
issue.)

Series, shown in tables B-1 and B-2 of Current Labor
Statistics section of the Monthly Labor Review,
revision of coding and weighting, 1950. Summary.
May 535.
Labor unity. Developments, March 1950. Apr. III-IV.
Laundries. Production workers. Weekly earnings, gross,
in current and 1939 dollars, annual averages, 1947-49,
monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor
statistics, table C-2, each issue.)
Lawyers. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Leave. (See specific types of leave.)
Legislation, United States, Federal and general :
Benefits, OASI, increases in, extension of coverage,
liberalization of eligibility and other requirements,
and permanent and total disability payments provided by H. R. 6000, bill pending in Congress, J anuary 1950. Jan. 8.
Classification Act of 1949 (Public Law 429, 81st Cong.)
classifying and grading positions in Classified Federal Service and setting forth salary scales for the
jobs; summary. Mar. 295-296.
Fair Labor Standards Act, 75-cent minimum wage
amendment, 1949. F eb. 128.
Housing and Rent Act of 1949, effective April 1, 1949.
Summary of provisions and extent of decontrol.
Mar. 255-256.
Military personnel. Minimum and maximum rates
of basic annual compensation ( Public Law 351, 81st
Cong.); summary. Mar. 296-298.
Postal field service employees. Additional compensation ancl other benefits provided (Public Law 428,
81st Cong.); summary. Mar. 296.
Proposed. Legislative objectives outlined by Secretary of Labor in annual report to Congress for
fiscal year 1949. Summary. May 519-520.
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Unemployment insurance, State laws, January 1950,
significant provisions. Jan. 46-48.
Unemployment Tax Act, Federal, formerly title IX
of the Social Security Act, and title III of the Social
Security Act, unemployment insurance provisions.
Mar. 257.
Wages. Federal legislation raising salaries of Government employees, 1949. Feb. 129.
Legislation, United States, by State:
Alabama. Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44,
Alaska. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 42; Feb. 131.
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45-46.
- - Employers recruiting labor from outside the Territory required to pay return transportation upon
termination of employment, 1949. Jan. 46.
--Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb. 131.
Arkansas. Regulation of employment agents who hire
workers in Arkansas for work outside the State,
1949. Jan. 46.
California. Disability compensation, 1949. Jan. 45.
--Discrimination in employment, 1949. Jan. 45,•
Feb. 131.
- - Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 45.
--Safety, 1949. Jan. 43.
- - Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb. 131.
Connecticut. Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44-45.
--Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb. 131.
Delaware. Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb.
131.
Florida. Private-employment-agency act amended,
1949. Jan. 46,
Idaho. Compulsory school attendance, 1949. Jan. 43.
- - Department of Labor established, 1949. Duties.
Jan. 44,· Feb. 131.
Indiana. Child labor, 1949. Feb. 131.
Kansas. Discrimination in employm.ent, 1949, committee to study. Feb. 131.
Labor legislation, 1949. Summary. Jan. 42-46; Feb.
131.
Maine. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 4f-43; Feb. 131.
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
- - Industrial home-work law, 1949. Jan. 46.
--Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 43-44; Feb. 131.
Massachusetts. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43.
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
- - Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 45.
--Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Michigan. Compulsory school attendance, 1949.
Jan. 43.
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
- - Health, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
--Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb.131.
- - Safety, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Missouri. Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb.
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Montana. Separate agency to enforce labor laws,
1949. Jan. 44; Feb. 131.
Nebraska. Discrimination in employment, 1949, committee to study. Feb. 131.
- - Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 45.
New Hampshire. Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44;
Feb. 131.
--Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
New Jersey. Amendment to Fair Employment Practice Act, 1949. Jan. 45; Feb. 131.
--Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44New Mexico. Discrimination in employment, 1949.
Jan. 45; Feb. 131.
NP.w York. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
- - Disability compensation, 1949. Jan. 45; Feb. 131.
- -· Powers and duties of Industrial Commissioner
changed, 1949. Jan. 44; Feb. 131.
Ohio. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
--Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
Oklahoma. Compulsory school attendance, 1949.
Jan. 43.
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
- - Health, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
- - Safety, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Oregon. Discrimination in employment, 1949. Jan.
45; Feb. 131.
Rhode Island. Disability compensation, 1949. Jan. 45.
- - Dis<!rimination in employment, 1949. Jan. 45;
Feb. 131.
South Carolina. Safety, 1949. Jan. 43.
South Dakota. Cost of medical examination required
for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.
--Division of Labor created, 1949; duties. Jan. 44;
Feb. 131.
Tennessee. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb.131.
- - Wages and hours, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Private-employment-agency act amended,
Texas.
1949. Jan. 46.
Utah. Cost of medical examination required for
employment, 1949. Jan . 45.
--Voluntary apprenticeship program under State
agreements, 1949. Jan. 46.
Vermont. Cost of medical examination required for
employment, 1949. J an. 45.
--Health. 1949. Jan. 43; F eb.131.
- - Safety, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Washington. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
--Disability compensation, 1949. Jan. 45 ,· Feb.
131.
- - Discrimination in employment, 1949. Jan. 45 ,·
Feb. 131.
West Virginia. Health, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
- - Safety, 1949. Jan. 43.; F eb. 131.
Wisconsin. Child labor, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
- - Compulsory school attendance, 1949. Jan. 43,
- - Cost of medical examination required for employment, 1949. Jan. 45.


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- - Health, 1949. Jan. 43.
- - Industrial relations, 1949. Jan. 44.
--Safety, 1949. Jan. 43,
Wyoming. Wages and-hours, 1949. Jan. 43-44; Feb.
131.
Life insurance :
Dietitians, 1949. Feb. 152.
Dress-shirt and work-clothing establishments, plans
August 1949. Mar. 295.
Scientists, industrial research, 1949. Apr. 372.
Longshoremen, Pacific. ( See Docks and Harbors.) ~
Low-income families :
Characteristics, 1948 (chart). Jan. 50.
Effect on national economy, 1948. Jan. 51.
Machine-tool accessory manufacture. Hourly earnings,
men, selected occupations, 10 cities, November 1949
(table). May 529.
Machine-tool industry:
Employment, 1942-49 ; prospects, 1950 ; hours and
earnings, 1947-50. June 645.
Unit man-hours, 1947-48. Number required, factors
influencing; indexes and trends, by type of product
and type of labor. June 645-648.
Machinery manufacture :
Hourly earnings. Men, selected occupations, 28 cities,
November 1949 (table). May 528.
- - November 1949, compared with November 1948,
and related wage practices. May 527-529.
--Women, selected office occupations, 28 cities, November 1949. May 529 (table).
Workweek, length of, November 1949. May 529.
Man-hours. (See Productivity.)
Manufacturing :
Employees. By industry group, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
- - By States, annual average, 1947, monthly, December 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-10, Feb., May 1950.)
Labor turn-over. Monthly r ates, by class of turn-over,
1935, 1945-50. ( See Current labor statistics, table
B-1, each issue.)
--Monthly rates (per 100 employees ), selected
groups and industries, September 1949-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table B-2, each issue.)
Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under
old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group
and sex, 1944-47 (table). June 610.
Production workers. By industry, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. ( See
Current labor statistics, table A-3, each issue.)
- - Hourly earnings, gross and exclusive of overtime, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table C-4, each issue.)
- - Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 194749, monthly October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table C-1, each issue.)

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Manufacturing-Continued
- - Hours and gross earnings, selected States and
areas, monthly, December 1948-March 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table 0-5, Feb., May 1950.)
- - Indexes, employment and weekly payroll, annual
averages, 1939-49, monthly, November 1948-April
1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-4, each
issue.)
- - Weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, in
current and 1939 dollars, annual averages, 1939-49,
monthly, January 1941, January and July 1945,
June 1946, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current
labor statistics, table C-3, each issue.)
- - Weekly earnings, gross, in current and 1939
dollars, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table C-2, each issue.)
Medical and hospital service, industrial:
Dietitians, 1949. Feb. 152.
Women's coats and suits manufacture, September
1949. Feb. 155.
Medical care :
Cooperative associations. Development, 1949. Mar.
285.
Industrial research scientists, late 1949. A.pr. 373.
Medical examination of employees. Cost. State legislation, 1949. Jan. 45-46.
Meetings. (See Conventions, meetings, etc.)
Men's and boys' dress-shirt and nightwear establishments.
Hourly earnings and wage structure, plant workers,
selected occupations, by sex and by region, August 1949
(table). Mar. 294.
Migration. Population shifts, 1947. Unemployment and
economic factors affecting, April 1948. May 495-496.
Migratory labor. Recommendations of National Conference on labor Legislation, Washington, November 1949.
Jan. 41.
Mining, United States:
Bituminous-coal. Production workers. Weekly earnings, gross, in current and 1939 dollars, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table C-2, each issue.}
--Taft-Hartley Act invoked in work stoppage, January-February 1950. F eb. III, 166-161.
Employees, by industry group, annual averages, 194749, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under
old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group
and sex, 1944-47 (table). June 610.
Production workers. By industry, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-3, each issue.)
--Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 194749, monthly, October 1948-Ma_rch 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table C-1, each issue.)
-Mining, Great Britain:
Coal. Effect of nationalization upon unions, collective bargaining, productivity, and wages; prospects
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- - Industry position, 1947, 1948, and 1949. Jan.
22-23.
- - Nationalization, January 1, 1947; background.
Jan.19, 21.
- - Output, manpower, productivity, and time lost in
deep-mined coal industry, 1936-49 (table). Jan.
22.
- - Weekly earnings of miners compared with other
industrial workers, 1935, 1938, i946, and 1949
(table). Jan. 23.
Moving and travel expenses. Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. A.pr. 373.

National Labor Relations Board:
Ann_u al report, fiscal year 1949. Injunctions ; election-union-shop and representation ; unfair labor
practices. A.pr. 402-403.
Assignment of work, disputes over, not under jurisdiction of NLRB. Feb. 190.
Decisions. Agricultural workers not "clear organization." Mar. 310.
- - Check-off not "unfair labor practice." May 542.
- - Commerce. Policies of amended NLRA effectuated by asserting jurisdiction over chain of local
restaurants located in several States. A.pr. 421.
- - Craft-union petitions dismissed, aluminum processing, basic steel producing, and lumber industries, May 1950 ; Board policy defined. May IV.
- - Discharge, employee tendering union initiation
fees and accrued dues protected from by amended
NLRA, if valid union-shop contract with employer,
Feb. 188-189.
- - Discrimination by employer in granting retroactive wage increases. A.pr. 428.
- - Discriminatory discharge, complaint dismissed
because employee was not union member in good
standing as required by the contract, May 1950.
May IV.
- - Distribution of union literature during employees' nonworking time; outside plant gates but
on company's property, company's prohibition held
interference in violation of amended NLRA. June
659.
- - Employer's conduct violation of NLRA. Mar.
311.
- - Farm workers union not labor organization.
Jan. III.
- - Jurisdictional strikes. May 542_,543_
- - Non-Communist-affidavit and filing provisions
of amended NLRA, employer under no duty to bargain with union failing to comply. Feb. 190-191.
- - Refusal to bargain but not discrimination in
violation of amended NLRA, employer's trucking
operation shut-down, after union had won consent
election. Mar. 311.
- - Refusal to bargain collectively, employer's, violation of amended NLRA. Mar. 310.

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National Labor Relations Board-Oontinued
- - Refusal to bargain, company's denial of union's
request for full information regarding merit increases. June 659.
- - Refusal to bargain, employer. A.pr. 428; May
543.

- - Refusal to bargain, employer's, after temporary
plant shut-down not discrimination against employees. Mar. 310-311.
- - Representation and elections. Jan. IV, 61; Feb.
IV~· A.pr. 426-421; May 543-544; June 659-660.

- - Right to strike for modification of work contract
before expiration date, provided "no-strike" clause
is not included in contract and union gives company 60 days' notice, May 1950. May IV.
- - Secondary boycotts. Feb. 189-190; Mar. 308310.

- - Unfair labor practice cases, statue of limitations
in. May 542.
- - Unfair labor practice, employer. Based on activities preceding filing of charges by more than 6
months held violation of NLRA. June 660.
- - Unfair labor practices. Employer. Jan. 65.
- - Unfair labor practices. Union. Jan. 65-6"1.
- - Violations of Taft-Hartley law, 1949, summary.
Feb. 130-131.
- - (See also Court decisions.)

Disagreement between NLRB and its General Counsel
over powers and duties of latter office, February
1950. Mar. IV.
Electrical manufacturing industry, rulings on union
representation, December 1949. Jan. IV.
Government reorganization order affecting, sent to
Congress, March 1950, summary. A.pr IV.
Non-Communist affidavit requirements, interpretation of "union officer" changed. Jan. III.
Union-shop election requirements, construction industry. Jan. Ill.
Nationalization, Great Britain. Coal mines. Effect upon
unions, collective bargaining, proauctivity, and wages.
Jan. 19-25.

Negroes:
San Francisco Bay area. Income, household, sources
of, 1948; distribution of households, by total income
received, 1947 (tables). June 61"1.
- - Industrial distribution of principal wage earners, by migration status, selected periods, 1940-48
(table). June 616.
- - Occupational distribution of workers, by group,
selected periods, 1940-48. June 614-616.
- - Status of workers, 1940-48 ; selected age comparisons, 1947; educational distribution of persons
aged 25 and over, by group, 1948. June 612-613.
Nonagricultural industries:
Employees, selected States, annual average, 1947,
monthly, December 1948-March 1950. (See Current
labor statistics, table A-9, Feb., May 1950.)
Employment, increase in, November-December 1949.
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No-raid agreements. United Automobile Workers and
the International Association of Machinists, January
1950. Mar. 218-2"/9.
Nurses. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Office workers. (See under Wages and hours.)
Old-age and survivors insurance. (See ·under Social Security, United States.)
Older workers. Life expectancy, financial security, gainful employment, and handicaps of aging. May 506-509.
Overtime:
Premium. Adjustment factors for eliminating from
gross average hourly earnings (table). May 540.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. A.pr. 369310.

Transit, local, operating employees, October 1, 1949.
Mar. 289.

Payrolls and pay scales. (See under Employment statistics, and Wages and hours.)
Pensions:
Company plans, contributory and noncontributory, by
type of funding and company size, 1949 (table).
Mar. 298.

Dietians, 1949. Feb. 152.
Dress-shirt and work-clothing establishments, August
1949. Mar. 295.
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. J ·une 632.
Plans adopted, December 1949. Jan. IV.
Railroad employees, private plans for, 1949. Eligibility requirements and benefits; financing; vested
rights of employees. June 639-641.
Scientists, industrial research, plans in late 1949~
A.pr. 3i2-s313.

Steel companies, December 1949. Jan. 53.
Veterans'. Payments under public programs, 1948.
Jan. 49.
Personnel workers. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Petroleum industry :
Consumption trend, 1919-50 (chart). A.pr. 3"/5.
Employment in crude petroleum and natural gas production, 1939-50 (chart). A.pr. 371.
Production, growth of, and reserves, 1903-50 (chart).
A.pr. 376.

Refining.

Capacity and output, 1920-50 (chart).

A.pr. 378.

- - Employment outlook, factors affecting, and job
prospects, 1950. A.pr. 374-378.
Pharmacists. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Physicians. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Policemen. Salary rates and hours, 91 large cities; in•
dexes, 1924-50 ; increases in salary scales, 1945-50
(tables). June 633-634.
Prices:
Changes. Fourth quarter and year 1949, summary.
Mar. 263-265.

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Prices-Continued
Consumers' price index, moderate-income families.
Large cities, by group of commodities, selected years
and months, 1913-49, monthly, November 1948April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table
D-1, each issue.)
- - Selected cities and groups of commodities,
monthly, October 1949-April 1950. ( See Current
labor statistics, table D-3, each issue.)
- - Selected cities and periods, August 1939, June
1946, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table D-2, each issue.)
Foods, retail. Indexes, by city, August 1939, June
1946, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table D-5, each issue.)
- - Indexes, by group, selected years and months,
1923-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table D-4, each issue.)
- - Selected. Average prices, November 1949-April
1950, and indexes, August 1939, monthly, November
1948-April 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table D-6, each issue.)
Gas and electricity. Percent changes in 1949. June
649.
Retail, 1949, summary. Mar. 264.
Trend, 1949 (chart). Mar. 263.
Wholesale. Indexes, by commodity groups and subgroups, August 1939, June 1946, monthly, November
1948-April 1950. ( See Current labor statistics,
table D-8, each issue.)
- - Indexes, by commodity groups, selected years
and months, 1913-49, monthly, November 1948April 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table
D-7, each issue.)
- - 1949, summary. Mar. 264-265.
Printing trades. Union wage scales and weekly hours.
Indexes, 1939-49 ; percent increase in wage rates, by
city and industry branch, January 1948-July 1949;
hourly wage scales, by region, and standard workweek,
July 1, 1949. Feb. 155-159.
Productivity, United States:
Machine tools, industrial equipment, and construction machinery manufacture ; indexes by type of
product and labor; trends, 1947-48. June 645-648.
Man-hour requirements. Measurement. Limitations
of productivity measures; methods, sources, and
calculation procedures of industry indexes, and reports. Feb. 169-176.
Radio receivers, home. Unit man-hours expended in
manufacture. Indexes of trends, by type of labor,
by type of radio receiver, and by size of plant, 193947. May 511-519.
Statistical methods of computing indexes of unit manhours expended in industries, BLS survey. Feib.
169-116.
Productivity, Great Britain. Coal industry. Output in
tons, weekly average, and per man-shift, 1936-49. Jan.
22.
Psychologists. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510-511.


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Public assistance :
Extent of assistance, 1949, 1944, 1942, and 1948. Feb.
134-135.
Financing programs. '.rype of program, number of
recipients, and expenditures for payments. Feb.
136-13"1.
Persons dependent upon, annual cost, use, types,
origin, history, and amount of assistance needed.
Feb. 132-134.
Program changes under discussion and future role
of assistance. Feb. 131-139.
Recipient rates and average payments, June 1949, and
average assistance ( expenditures payment) per
inhabitant, fiscal year 1949, by program and State
(table). Feb. 133.
Trends in assistance, 1946-49. Feb. 135-136.
Public welfare. American Public Welfare Association.
Annual conference, Washington, D. C., December 1-3,
1949. Summary of discussions. Jan. 51-52.
Publications. Labor. Jan. "13-19; Feb. 19.5-201; Mar.
817-323; Apr. 433-439; May 548-553; Jwne 664-610.
Radio receivers, home. Unit man-hours, requirements
and trends, indexes of, by type of labor, by type of radio
receiver, and by size of plant, 1939-47. May 517-519.
Railroads:
Grievance cases docketed during year, closed, and
pending, of National Railroad Adjustment Board,
June 30, 1949. Apr. 403-404.
Pension plans, private, for employees, 1949. Eligibility requirements and benefits; financing; vested
rights of employees. June 639~41Unemployment insurance. Rates of benefit exhaustions among beneficiaries, by occupational group
and by age and sex, 1939-40 to 1948-49. Mar.
299-301.

Recruitment of labor :
Alaska. Employers recruiting labor from outside the
Territory required to pay return transportation
upon termination of employment, 1949. Jan. 46.
Arkansas. Regulation of employment agents hiring
workers in Arkansas for work outside the State.
Jan. 46.
Rehabilitation, reeducation, and reemployment. Recommendations for improved services at Workmen's Compensation and Rehabilitation Conference, 1950. May
511-513.
Rents:
Area decontrol and decontrol actions by type of
authority, July 1, 1947-January 15, 1950; effects of
decontrol. Mar. 256.
Decontrol. Extent, by population and number of
cities, February 17, 1950 (table). Apr. 401.
- - Large cities, February 1950. Apr. 401.
Increase (percent and amount) in residential units
after decontrol rent act of 1949, by rent and income
group in Knoxville, Dallas, Spokane, Salt Lake
City, Jacksonville area, Topeka, and Houston area,
1949. Mar. 253-256.

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Representation elections. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
employees, May 1950. May IV.
Retirement (see also Pensions) :
Older workers, problems. May 506-508.
Payments under public programs, 1948. Jan. 49.

Safety:
Industrial. National Conference on Labor Legislation, Washington, D. C., November 1949. Recommendations. Jan. 40.
Provisions, scientists, industrial research, late 1949.
Apr. 3"13.
State legislation, 1949. Jan. 43; Feb. 131.
Sampling. Occupational wage surveys. Technical procedures used in selecting samples, weighting, and
determining error. Apr. 410-417.
School attendance. State legistlation, 1949. Jan. 42-43.
School enrollment. • Grades 1 through 12. Forecasts,
1947-60. Feb. 146.
Service establishments :
Employees. By industry group, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
- - Nonsupervisory. Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,- table
0-1, each issue.)
Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under
old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group
and sex, 1944-47 (table). June 610.
Servicemen's readjustment allowances. Payments to un·
employed and self-employed veterans under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act (GI Bill of Rights), 1948.
Jan.

49.

Shift differentials. Machinery manufacture, November
1949. May 529.
Sick leave:
Dietitians, 1949. Feb. 152.
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. June 632.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. Apr. S"/0371.
Sickness and accident benefits:
Furniture plants, September 1949. Mar. 292. ,
Union agreements, 1949. Prevalence and costs, by industry, amount, and time covered. June 636-639.
Social insurance. Payments under public programs, 1948.
Jan.

49.

Social ·security, United States:
Beneficiaries and monthly benefits in current-payment
status, by type of benefit, fiscal years 1940-49
(table). Jan. 6.
Blind, aid to. Average assistance payment and expenditure per inhabitant by State, June 1949. Feb.
133-13"1.
Children, dependent, aid to. Average payment per
child and per family, recipient rate, and expenditure per inhabitant, by State, June 1949. Feb.
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Social security, United States-Continued
Coverage, extent of, old-age and survivors insurance
program, in terms of workers, wages and salaries,
and firms, 1937-48 (table). Jan. 5.
Old-age and survivors' insurance. All workers and
four-quarter workers under, percentage distribution of, by annual wages and sex, 1947. June 606.
- - Annual earnings data, nature of, by industry.
Summary. June 608-609.
- - Benefits, monthly, increase in, 1940-49. Jam,. 6.
- - Earnings statistics and their uses. Aggregate
wage statistics, wage size distributions, sources of
annual data, and development of statistics for additional uses. Apr. 421-425.
- - Federal program. Historical developments ; provisions and experience under present program;
relation to other programs ; adequacy of present
program; legislative developments. Jan. 1-8.
- - Four-quarter w.orkers under. Comparison of
annual covered earnings in textile and food manufacturing industries, 1945-47 (table). Apr. 423.
- - - - Distribution of, by annual wages, 1939 and
1943-48. June 608.
- - - - Median annual wages, by age and sex, 1947.
June 60"/.
- - - - Median annual wages, by industry group
and sex, 1944-47. June 609-611.
- - Number and percentage distribution, estimated,
all workers and four-quarter workers, by amount of
annual covered earnings, 1939, 1944, and 1948
(table) . Apr. 422.
- - Payments, 1948. Jan. 49.
- - Workers under. Median annual wages
indexes, by sex and number of quarters employed,
1939-48. June 60"1.
- - - - Number and percentage distribution, estl- .
mated, by number of quarters employed and by
prior activity and sex, 1947. June 601.
- - - - Purchasing power of median annual wages
of, 1939-48. June 608.
Old-age assistance. Average payment, recipient rate,
and expenditure per inhabitant, by State, June 1949.
Feb. 133-140.
Payrolls, total annual, civilian employment, comipared with three types of payrolls covered by OASI,
1937-47 (table). Apr. 422.
Programs, by type of benefit, January 1949; comparison with 1939. June 641-643.
Protection, extent of, old-age and survivors insurance
program, in terms of number insured and average
primary benefit to insured persons, 1939-48 (table).
Jan. 5.
Retired workers, benefits due, under OASI; State programs, voluntary retirement. May 506.
Unemployment insurance. State and Federal, sum. mary. Contributions and benefits, 1938-49, selected
years. Mar. 257-262.
- - Statistics ( State programs) ; source, coverage,
duration of benefits, benefit year, and operational
factors, January 1950. Apr. 382-383.

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Social security, United States-Continued
Wage credits, living persons, percent distribution, by
insurance status, J'anuary 1, each year (chart).
Jam,,

4.

Social security, foreign countries. Programs, by type of
benefit, January 1949; comparison with 1939. June
641--643,
Social workers. Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Statistics:
Bureau of Labor Statistics series. (See Technical
notes.)
Labor, current. List of tables. Jan. 80-81; Feb.
202-203; Mar. 324-S25; Apr. 440-441; May 554-555;
June 611-612.
OASI earnings, and their uses. ( S ee Technical
notes.)
Teachers:
Elementary and high-school. Supply and demand,
1949, and number trained in 1949 compared with
estimated peak need. Feb. 141-149.
Employment outlook, 1950. May 510.
Trends in number of teaching positions, forecasts of
school enrollment, and estimated demand. Feb.
146-141.
Technical notes :
Employment, industrial measurement. Limitations
of data, survey sources and methods, and calculation procedures. Jan. 55-58.
Expenditures, new construction, estimating. Limitations; methods, sources, and adjustment procedures.
Feb. 1"/1-185.
Hours and earnings of workers in industry, calculating. Survey sources and methods, calculation procedures, and interpretation and limitations. Jan•.
59-63.
Industrial-injury statistics, compilation, Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Categories, standardization of
methods, and definition and measurements of work
injuries. Mar. 303-S04.
- - Limitations of series, sources and methods of
surveys, and computation procedures. Ma,r, 30430"1.

OASI earnings statistics and their uses. Aggregate
wage statistics, wage size distributions, sources of
annual data, and development of statistics for additional uses. Apr. 421-425.
Unit man-hour requirements, measurement. Limitations of productivity measures ; methods, sources,
and calculation procedures of industry indexes and
reports. Feb. 169-116.
Wage rates, manufacturing. Overtime, premium,
eliminated from hourly earnings data. Adjustment factors, evaluation, limitations, and use in
estimating wage trends; method of computing factors, 1947. May 531-540,
Wages. Sampling procedures, collection of information, compilation of data, weighting, and calculation of sampling error. Apr. 412-420.


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Textile industries. OASI coverage. Percentage distribution of workers, by annual covered earnings, 1945-47
(table). Apr. 423.
Trade, international. Stabilization measures recommended to foster full employment; report to United
Nations, December 1949. Apr. 319-S81.
Trade establishments :
Employees, by industry group, annual averages, 194749, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-2, each issue.)
Wholesale and retail. Median annual wages, fourquarter workers under old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group and sex, 1944-47 (table).
June 610.
- - Nonsupervisory employees. Hours and gross
earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly,
October 1948-March 1950. ( S ee Current labor
statistics, table C-1, each ·i ssue.)
Trade-unions. (See Labor organizations.)
Transit, local, operating employees. H ourly wage rates,
indexes, 1929-49; wage rates, by population of city and
by region, October 1, 1949; standard workweek. Mar.
281-28.9.
Transportation and communications industries:
Labor unions, affiliation and employees to whom _
membership is open in air, street and road, water,
and rail transportation, wire and radio communications, and postal service. Mar. 216-218.
Workers employed, number, and percent belonging to
labor unions; membership range and age of oldest
unions. Mar. 215-216.
Transportation and public utilities :
Employees. By industry group, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, November 1948-April 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-2, each i ssue.)
- - Nonsupervisory. Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948March 1950. (See Current la.bor statistics, table
0-1, each issue. )
Median annual wages, four-quarter workers under
old-age and survivors insurance, by industry group
and sex, 1944-47 (table). June 610.
Truck driving, city. Union wage rates and standard work•
week, July 1, 1949. JOJn. 36--.39.
Unemployment:
Analysis of, 1929-48. May 486-489.
Annual averages in percent of age groups of civilian
labor force, by sex, 1948 (chart). May 493.
Changes in and trend of, 1948-50. June 618-622.
Duration of unemployment, by percent of total unemployed, 1940 and 1948 (chart). May 488,
Experienced. Unemployment rates, by industry, compared with employment changes, 1948 (table). May
492.
Geographic aspects, April 1947 and April 1948. May
494-496.
Geographic differences in, 194S-:50. June 626-628.
Impact of long-term unemployment, 1948-50, and
rates, by age and sex (charts). June 624-625.

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Unemployment-Continued
Labor force. Employment, and unemployment, 193050 (chart). May 487.
- - January 1948-April 1950 (table). June 620.
Males, aged 20-34 years, rates by veteran status, selected months, 1946-48, and for workers, by occupational group, 1948 (tables). May 494.
Prospective trends, factors in, April 1950. June 628629.
Sources of and characteristics of the unemployed,
1946-48. May 489-494.
Wage and salary workers. Unemployment rates by
major industry and occupational group, 1948 and
1949 (table). June 623-625.
Unemployment compensation. President's recommendations for increased benefits, April 6, 1950. May III.
Unemployment insurance, United States:
Contribution rate, employer, and total benefits paid,
by percent of taxable wages, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1947
and 1949. Mar. 259.
Employers' experience rating, summary. Mar. 258260.
Financing provisions for under Federal legislation ;
relationship with State laws. Mar. 257-258.
Nation-wide system adopted by Congress, 1935. Con•
ditions of Federal-State program; operating experience ; value of program ; current problems.
Jan. 9-13.
Operating· experience of program, 1948. Jan. 11.
Payments under public programs, 1948. Jan. 49.
Program in 1949 compared with 1939. June 643.
Railroad. Rates of benefit exhaustions among beneficiaries, by occupational group and by age and
sex, July 1948-June 1949. Mar. 300--301.
- - Trends in rates of benefit exhaustions among
beneficiaries and benefits received, 1939-40 to 194849. Mar. 299-300.
Rates and rate schedules, trends in. Mar. 260.
Rates of income and benefit expenditures, 1940-49
(chart). Jan. 12.
Solvency of State funds. Mar. 261-262.
State laws. Criticism of experience rating in. Mar.
261.
- - January 1950, significant provisions. Jan. 46-48.
- - Provisions of, 1936-49. Jan. 10-11.
State programs, statistics. Insured unemployment,
by geographic division and State, monthly, January-March 1948, January 1949-March 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table A-11, Apr.-June
1950.)
- - Use, source and derivation of data, comparability \yith Census estimates, and limitations. Apr.
382--383.
War-risk insurance. Mar. 260.
Unemployment insurance, foreign countries. Programs
in 1949 compared with 1939. June 643.
United Nations. Employment report. International
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Vacations with pay :
Dietitians. Annual paid vacations, selected fields of
specialization, 1949. Feb. 152.
Dress-shirt and work-clothing establishments, August 1949. Mar. 295.
Furniture plants, September 1949. Mar. 292.
Machinery manufacture, November 1949. May 529.
Office workers, Atlanta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City,
January-February 1950. June 631-632.
Provisions for in guaranteed employment and wage
plans. Jan. 29.
Scientists, industrial research, late 1949. Apr. 370.
Women's coats and suits manufacture, September
1949. Feb. 155.
Wage chronology. Paciflc-longshore industry, 1934-50,
changes in wage rates and related wage practices. May
521-526.
Wage earners, foreign countries. Wage and salary earners
in the Soviet Union, 1950. Summary. May 534.
Wage structure:
Cotton garment industries plant workers, August
1949. Mar. 293-295.
Federal Government employees; salary minimum and
maximum under Classification Acts of 1923 and
1949. Mar. 295-296.
Hosiery. Men's seamless; percentage distribution of
plant workers by hourly earnings and sex, United
States and selected regions, October 1949. A.pr.
407.
Wages and hours, United States:
Agricultural child workers, New York State, 1948.
Legal and illegal employment. June 650.
Airframe industry employees. Hourly wage rates
and related wage practices, May-June 1949. Jan.
30--33.
Baking industry. Union wage scales and standard
workweek, July 1, 1949. Jan. 33-36.
Building trades, southern California. Hourly rates,
6 basic trades and 13 subtrades, 1941-49. Jan. 14.
Changes, and legislation, summary for 1949. Feb.
127-129.

Cotton garment industries. Hourly earnings and related wage practices, August 1949. Mar. 293-295.
Construction, contract. Production workers. Hours
and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49,
monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current
labor statistics, table 0-1, eaoh issue.)
Dentists. Number and average net income by source
and by region, 1948. Trends and factors influencing. A.pr. 398-400.
Dietitians, hospital. Annual salaries and hours, by
region and living arrangements, 1949. Feb. 150151.
Federal employees. Civilian. Basic annual salary
rates of Federal positions in and in other than
crafts, protective, and custodial service under
Classification Act of 1923, as amended through July
1949, and under Classification Act of 1949 (tables).
Mar. 296.

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Wages and hours, United States-Continued
- - Military. Basic annual compensation prior to
and beginning October 1, 1949 (table). Mar. 291.
- - Pay scales, civilian and military, effects of Public
Laws 429, 428, and 351 (81st Cong.), October 1949;
summary. Mar. 295-298.
Finance establishments. Nonsupervisory employees.
Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 194749, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (Se.e Current labor statistics, table C-1, each issue.)
Firemen. Indexes 1924-50, distribution in 91 cities
by increase in salary rate, 1945-50. June 633634,
Footwear manufacturing. Earnings, hourly, selected
occupations, by process, area, and sex, October
1949; related wage practices. Apr. 408-409.
Furniture, wood and upholstered. Earnings, hourly,
selected areas, by occupation and sex, September
1949, and related wage practices. Mar. 290-292.
Glassware industry. Selected occupations and
areas; related wage practices, January 1950. Jwne
634-635.
Government contract work, wage rates, 36 industries, adjusted to FLSA minimum wage, January
1950, by order of Secretary of Labor under the
Public Contracts (Walsh-Healey) Act. MM. 283.
Guaranteed wag~ plans in collective bargaining
agreements. Definition, history, limitations, and
provisions of plans. Jan. 26-29.
- - Eligibility requirements, effect of absences, and
provisions for holidays, vacations, and transfers.
Jan. 29-30.
H9siery manufacture. Full-fashioned and seamless.
Earnings, hourly, selected occupations and areas,
by sex, October. 1949; related wage practices. Apr.
405-401.
- - Men's seamless. Percentage distribution of
plant workers, by hourly earnJngs and sex, United
States and selected regions, October 1949 (table).
Apr. 401.
Laundries. Production workers. Weekly earnings,
gross i:i;i current and 1939 dollars, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table C-2, each issue.)
Lawyers, nonsalarie.d. Average net income and influences governing, 1929-48. Apr. 396-398.
Legislation. Recommendations, National Conference
on Labor Legislation, 1949. Jan. 39-42.
- - State, 1949. Jan. 43-44; Feb. 131.
· Machine-tool accessories manufacture. Hourly earnings, men, selected occupations, 10 cities, November 1949 (table). May 529.
Machine-tool industry, 1947-50. June 645,
Machinery manufacture. Hourly earnings. Men, selected occupations, 28 cities, November 1949 (table).
May 528.
- - - - November 1949, compared with November
1948, and related wage practices. MOIJJ 521-529.
- - - - Women, selected office occupations, 28 ·
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Wages and hours, United States-Continued
- - Workweek, length of, November 1949. May 529.
Manufacturing. Overtime, premium, eliminated from
hourly earnings data; factors in and method of
computation, 1947. May 531-540,
- - Production workers. Earnings, hourly, gross
and exclusive of overtime, annual averages, 194749, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table G-4, each issue.)
- - - - Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table C-1, each issue.)
- - - - Hours and gross earnings, selected States
and areas, monthly, December 1948-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table C-5, Feb., May
1950.)
- - --Weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, in
current and 1939 dollars, annual averages, 1939-49,
monthly, January 1941, January and July 1945,
June 1946, October 1948-March 1950. (See Cur•
rent labor statistics, table C-3, each issue.)
- - - - Weekly earnings, gross, in current and
1939 dollars, annual aveTages, 1947-49, monthly,
October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table C-2, each issue.)
Men's and boys' dress-shirt and nightwear establishments. Hourly earnings and wage structure plant
workers; selected occupations, by sex and by region,
August 1949 (table). Mar. 294.
Methods of calculating used in BLS series. (See
Technical notes.)
Minimum wage of 75 cents. Amendment to Fair
Labor Standards Act, Jan. 25, 1950. Feb. 128.
- - Government contract work, adjustment to. Mar.
283.

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Mining. Production workers. Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. ( See Current labor statistics,
table C-1, each issue.)
Mining, bituminous-coal.
Production workers.
Weekly earnings, gross, in current and 1939 dollars, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table C-2, each issue.)
Motortruck drivers and helpers, city. Indexes, 193649, intracity and intercity wage differentials, six
cities, and hourly rates, by population of city and
by region, July 1, 1949. Jan. 36-39.
Negroes, San Francisco Bay area. Median household income and source, 1948. June 617.
Office workers. Atlanta and Memphis. Salaries and
hours, weekly, women clerk-typists and- general
stenographers, by industry, January-February 1950
(table). June 632.
·- - - - Salaries, weekly, selected occupations, by
sex, January-February 1950 (table). June 631.
- .- Oklahoma City. Salaries and hours, weekly,
women clerk-typists and general stenographers, by
industry January-February 1950 (table). June
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Wages and hours, United States-Continued
- - - - Salaries, weekly, selected occupations, by
sex, January-February 1950 (table). June 631.
Office workers, women. Salaries and hours, weekly,
selected occupations, Atlai;_i.ta, Memphis, and Oklahoma City, January-February 1950, and related
wage practices. June 630-632.
Old-age and survivors' insurance. Comparison of
annual covered earnings of four-quarter workers
in textile and food manufacturing industries 194547 (table). A.pr. 423.
- - Earnings statistics and their uses. Aggregate
wage statistics, wage size distributions, sources of
annual data, and development of statistics for additional uses. A.pr. 421-425.
- - Median, averages, and indexes of workers covered, 1939-48, by sex, age, and industry group. June
607-610.

- - Number and percentage distribution, estimated
all workers and four-quarter workers, by amount of
annual covered earnings, 1939, 1944, and 1948
(table). A.pr. 422.
Policemen. Indexes, 1924-50; distribution in 91 cities
by increase in salary rate, 1945-50. June 633-634.
Postal service employees, Federal. Annual salary
rates of permanent employees, selected positions,
prior to and after November 1, 1949 (table). Mar.
296.

Printing industry. Indexes, 1939-49; percent increase
in wage rates, by city and industry branch, January
1948-July 1949; hourly wage _scales, by region, and
standard workweek, July 1, 1949. Feb. 155-159.
Scientists, industrial research. Work schedules and
related wage practices, late 1949. A.pr. 369-373.
Service establishments. Nonsupervisory employees.
Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 194749, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table C-1, each issue.)
Trade establishments, wholesale and retail. Nonsupervisory employees. Hours and gross earnings,
annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948March 1950. (See Current labor statistics, table
0-1, each issue. )
Transit, local, operating employees. Hourly wage
rates, indexes, 1929-49; wage rates, by population
of city and by region, October 1, 1949; standard
workweek. Marr. 28"1-289.
Transportation and public utilities. Nonsupervisory
employees. Hours and gross earnings, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950.
(See Current labor statistics, table 0-1, each issue.)
Truck driving, city. Hourly wage rates and weekly
hours, motortruck drivers and helpers, indexes,
1936-49: Jan. 37.
- - Wage rates, drivers and helpers. Intracity and
intercity differentials, six typical cities, and hourly
rates, by population of city and by region, July 1,
1949. Jan. 38-39.
Weekly factory earnings at highest point, March 1950.
A.pr. IV.

Wages and hours, United States-Continued
Women's coats and suits manufacture. Hourly earnings, selected occupations and areas, September
1949, and related wage practices. Feb. 153-155.
Work-clothing establishments. Hourly earnings and
wage structure, plant workers, selected occupations,
by sex and by region, August 1949 (table). Mar.
294.

Workweek, dress-shirt and work-clothing establishments, August 1949. Ma1r. 295.
Wages and hours, Great Britain. Coal industry. Weekly
earnings of miners compared with other industrial
workers, 1935, 1938, 1946, and 1949. Jan. 23.
Wages, real, United States:
Laundries. Production workers. Weekly earnings,
gross, in current and 1939 dollars, annual averages,
1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March 1950. (See
Current labor statistics, table 0-2, each issue.)
Manufacturing. Production workers. Weekly earnings, gross and net spendable, in current and 1939
dollars, annual averages, 1939-49, monthly, January 1941, January and July 1~45, June 1946, October 1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table C-3, each issue.)
- - - - Weekly earnings, gross, in current and 1939
dollars, annual averages, 1947-49, monthly, October
1948-March 1950. (See Current labor statistics,
table 0-2, each issue.)
·
Median annual, workers under old-age and survivors'
insurance, 1939-48. June 608.
Mining, bituminous-coal. Production workers. Weekly
earnings, gross, in current and 1939 dollars, annual
a verages, 1947-49, monthly, October 1948-March
1950. ( See Current labor statistics, table 0-2,
each issue.)

Wages, real, Great Britain. Purchasing power by type of
income for selected years, 1938-48 ; summary of factors
affecting. M ay 530-534.
Women workers :
Manufacturing. Percent of total employment. September 1949. Feb. 159.
Office. (See Wages and hours: Office workers,
women.)
Women's coats and suits manufacture. Hourly earnings,
selected occupations, and areas, September 1949, and
related wage practices. F eb. 153-155.
Work-clothing establishments. Hourly earnings and wage
structure, plant workers, selected occupations, by sex
and by region, August 1949 (table). Mar. 294.
Work injuries. (See Accident statistics.)
Workmen's compensation, United States:
National Conference on Workmen's Compensation and
Rehabilitation, Washington, D. C., March 1950.
Needs for improved services and recommendations,
summary. May 511-513.
Payments under public programs, 1948. Jan. 49.
Program in 1949 compared with 1939. June 643.
State legislation, 1949. Feb. 131.
Workmen's com\pen:saton, foreign countries. Programs
in 1949 compared with 1939. June 643.
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