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Subject Index to Volume 76
Monthly Labor Review
January to December 1953


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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
James P. Mitchell, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Ewan Clague, Commiuioner


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Subject Index to Volume 76
January to December 1953

[Issues and page numbers in italics]

ABSENCE due to death in family:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Provision, effective Oct. 20, 1940. Aug. 859.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 409.
Absence pay. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Long Lines. Provision, effective in 1940. Aug. 859.
Accident and sickness insurance:
Aluminum Co. of America. Provision, effective Aug.
1, 1952. Feb. 154.
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Provisions, effective in 1940. Aug. 858.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions, effective in 1945 and 1947. July 747.
Chrysler Corp. Provision offering option of new
plan, agreement of May 27, 1953. Nov. 1202.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1947. Apr. 410.
Cotton textiles (northern associations), agreement,
effective Nov. 30, 1951. Feb. 149.
Hosiery industry, full-fashioned and seamless, November 1952. July 732, 735.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale;
linen supply and flatwork. Agreements dated
1948 and 1950. Jan . 44Laundries, power. Degree of worker coverage, mid1953. Dec. 1309.
Machinery industries. Provisions in effect in general
and by city, October 1952-February 1953. July
739-740.
Printing (commercial), Chicago. Compositors. Sickness and occupational and nonoccupational injuries.
Provision, effective Apr. 1, 1954. Nov. 1206.
Accident prevention. See Safety.
Accident statistics:
Boiler-shop products industry. Injury rates, 1951,
by operation, size of plant, and plant departments.
June 621-624.
Industrial injuries in 1952, preliminary estimate, by
industry division. Mar. 283.
Manufacturing. Injury-frequency rates, first quarter
1953, selected industries, compared with first and
fourth quarters of 1952. Aug. 865-868.
- - Injury-frequency rates, third and fourth quarters, 1952; cumulative rates, first 9 months 1952;
and annual averages, 1951 and 1952. Feb. 138141; May 501-1504.
Milk (fluid) industry. Injury frequency and severity
rates, by type of trade and department, 1952.
Dec. 1295-1299.
"Agency shop." Requiring nonunion employees to pay
dues to union; Western Union contract with telegraphers'
union, 1952. '.Apr. 384.
Agreements. See Collective bargaining and agreements.
Aircraft industry. Wage chronologies (supplements)
of North American Aviation, Inc., and Lockheed Aircraft Corp., changes, 1952 and 1953. May 514-515;
Oct. 1089- 1092.
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Aluminum industry. Wage chronology (supplement) of
Aluminum Co. of America. Changes, 1952 and 1953.
Feb. 153-154.
American Federation of Labor. See under Labor organizations, United States.
Apprenticeship. Test selection of apprentices, recent
trends in. (Findings of U. S. Bureau of Employment
Security, 1953 study). Oct. 1068-1070.
Arbitration :
Awards. Longshoremen,PortofNewYork. Nov.28, ;
1952 . J an. 64 .
- - Maritime industry, autumn 1952. Jan . 63.
- - Railroad industry. Productivity wage increase
granted under special referee's award, Mar.18, 1953.
May 530.
Collective-agreement provisions for1 in effect in 1952.
Frequency of provisions, types ot machinery, selection and jurisdiction of arbitrator, cost. Mar.
261-266.
Textile industry, panel decision. Wage-reduction
request of Botany Mills denied, July 1953. Background, and reasons given by panel. Sept. 981.
·
Atomic Energy Commission Labor-Management Relations
P anel. Discontinuance, spring of 1953, and substitution of panel under Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service, organized July 24, 1953. May IV, 535;
Aug. I V.
· Automobile industry. Wage chronologies (supplements)
of Chrysler and General Motors Corporations, changes,
1952 and 1953. Aug. 845-847; N'ov. 1201-1203 .
Away-from-home allowance. Bus system (P ennsylvania
Greyhound Lines). Provisions of agreements, 1945-48.
J uly 746.
BAKING industry. Union scales July 1, 1952, and
changes during the preceding year. Jan. 29-32.
Benefits and benefit funds (see also specific types of) :
Clothing industry . Women's and misses' dresses
industry as of August 1952. Employer-contributed
funds, ILGWU contracts, jointly administered.
May 517.
Health and welfare benefits. See Accident and sickness benefits; Health and welfare; Hospitalization;
Life insurance; also Wage chronologies (related wage
practices) .
Retirement pensions under collective bargaining (300
plans in effect in autumn 1952) . Benefit types and
amounts. J uly 714-722.
Benefits, "fringe." See specific type of benefit.
Board and lodging:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Provisions,
effective in 1940 and 1942. Aug. 860.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 409.
Boiler-shop-products industry. Injury rates, year 1951;
variations by operations, size of plant, and plant departments. June 621-624.
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Bonus, nonproduction:
Plant and office employees in major labor-market
areas . Prevalence of plans,
1951-52. Mar.
271-272.
Sawmills, West Coast .. Extent to which practice was
followed as of February 1952. Mar . 275.
Building trades:
Hourly rates a nd weekly hours, rate ranges in 6 cities,
July 1, 1953 (union scales). Dec. 1311- 1314.
Union scales, July 1, 1952, and changes during the
preceding year. Jan. 32-35.
Bus systems. Wage chronology of P ennsylvania Greyhound Lines, 1945-52. J uly 741-751.
CALL-BACK pay. Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago.
Provision, effective in 1945. Apr. 408.
Call-in pay:
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions of agreements 1945 and 1946. J uly 745.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale;
linen supply and flatwork. Agreements, 1945 a.no
1946. Jan. 43.
Shipyards, Bethlehem Steel Atlantic. Provision,
effective Aug. 27, 1952. Sept . 964.
Call-out pay, minimum. American T elephone & T elegraph Co . Provisions, effective in 1940, 1947, and
1948. Aug . 859.
Candy and other confectionery products. P ercent distribution of production workers, by hourly earnings,
r egion, and sex, April 1953. Oct. 1082-1083.
Checkoff. T ype of payment covered in over 1,100 collective agreements, 1952. Apr. 387
Chronologies :
Labor events. See Chronology of Recent Labor
Events each issue.
Wage. See Wage chronologies .
Civil Aeronautics Board, U . S. Government. Decision .
Compensation for injuries . Carrier's tariff rule varying
ordinary s tatute of limitations held unjust and unreasonable and therefore unlawful. Mar. 285-286.
Cleaning and dye p lants. See under Wa~es and hours.
Clothing industry . Women's and misses dresses. Earnings, August 1952, and related wage practices. May

515-517.
Coal mining. S ee Mining.
Co-determination:
Germany (Western Zone). Law effective November
1952 covering all enterprises except coal, steel,
government, and public . Methods used; attitude
of trade unions. Apr. 393-395.
- - Objectives, and status in 1952 . J an. 3-4.
Collective bargaining and agreements:
Aircraft industry. Lockheed Corp. contract with
International Association of Machinists ratified
Nov. 9, 1952 ; provisions . Jan. 64.
- - North America n Aviation with United Auto
Workers (CIO). Union opinion poll of employees.
Oct. 1100.
- - R epublic Aviation Corp . agreement with International Association of Machinists reached Feb. 19,
1953; provisions. Apr. 419.
- - United Aircraft Corp . with Machinists (AFL)
and United Automobile Workers (CIO). Proposed negotiations under unions' mutual assistance
agreement. Oct. 1100.
Airlines . International Association of Ma chinists
(AFL) and 6 airline companies. J une 640; Sept.
981.
Aluminum Co. of America and 3 unions-CIO Steelworkers and AFL Aluminum Workers and Trades
Council, contracts of July 1953. Sept. 980.
Arbitration provisions included in contracts, as of
1952. Mar. 261-266.
Automobile industry. United Auto Workers (CIO).
Agreement with Kohler Corp ., February 1953.
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Collective bargaining and agreements-Continued
- - - - General Motors . Negotiations, February
to May 1953; agreements with General Motors,
Ford, and Chrysler, May and June 1953, liberalizing
5--year contracts. Mar . IV; Apr. 418; June IV;
J uly 763.
Baking industry. Contract provisions in effect,
July 1, 1952 . Jan . 29-32.
Building service workers and realty board, New York
City. Agreement of D ecember 1952 . Feb. 184.
Cannery Workers Union, contract with California
Processors and Growers, Inc ., Aug. 4, 1953. Oct.
1101.
Clothing industry. Ladies' Garment Workers' Union,
International. Contract ratified Apr. ,2; 1953,
with National Association of Blouse 1v1anufactu ers, provisions . J une 638.
- - - - egotiations under contractual escalator
provisions, and agreements effective July 27, and
Sept. 1, 1953 . J une 638; Sept. 980--981 .
- - Men's and boys'. Amalgamated Clothing
Wor kers (CIO) and Clothing Manufacturers
Association of the U . S. A ., December 1952 to
March 1953. Apr. 419; May 530 .
Copper industry . Contracts of 3 major companies
with several unions summer 1952, and approval by
Wage Stabilization 'Board of 8-cent increase granted.
Jan . 65 .
- - 1Jnions (18) r epresenting Anaconda Co. employees. Cooperation in bargaining and objectives
announced. J uly 765 .
Electrical products industr y . D ecember 1952 to
s ummer 1953. Feb. 182-183; Apr. 419; May 532;
Sept. 980.
- - General Electric Co . wage offer, spring 1953, to
about 80 unions (AFL, CIO, and independent),
followed by stalemate. Feb . 182-183; May 531532; J une 637.
- - Westinghouse Corp ., s ummer 1953, with one
CIO, one AFL, and two independent unions.
May 532; June 638; Sept. 980; Oct. 1101 .
Farm equipment industry, Nov. 16-17, 1952, to
September 1953. Jan . 64-65; Aug. 875-876; Nov.
1217.
Hosiery industry. Proposals for changes in contract
agr eed upon by AFL union at its annual convention,
1953. J uly 765 .
Hotel industr y. New York H otel Trades (AFL)
agreement with Hotel Association of New York
City . Oct. 1101 .
Lumbei.- and wood-products industries, P acific Northwest, F ebruary 1953. J une 640 .
Maritime industry. Autumn 1952 to autumn 1953.
Jan. 63-64; Feb. 184-185; Mar. 293; Apr. 420; July
765; A ug. 876; No'II. 1217.
Maritime industry {West Coast) . Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union (Ind.). Contract
extended with P acific Maritime Association; contract made by San Francisco local with Distributors
Association of Northern California. Aug. 877.
Meatp acking industry . Agreements, October-December 1952, between leading companies and two
unions ; subsequent negotiations. Jan . 63; Feb .
183; J uly 765; Sept . 982.
Metal products, fabricated. UAW (CIO) and Kohler
Corp . Agreement ending negotiations begun in
August 1952, signed Feb. 24, 1953 . Apr. 420.
Metals, nonferrous. Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
(Ind.) and American Smelting an.d Refining Co.
2-year contract made August 1953 . Oct. 1101.
Out look l.n character of labor relations, period following early 1953 (fro m Slichter address to Wharton
School Labor Management Conference, April 1953).
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Collective bargaining and agreements-Continued
Paper and pulp industry, West Coast. Agreements1
September 1953, between two AFL unions ana
Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper
Manufacturers . Nov. 1217.
Petroleum industry. Oil Workers Union (CIO) and
Sinclair Oil Co. Sept. 982; Oct. 1101.
Public utilities. Gas and Electric Co ., Pacific.
Agreement with International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (AFL), northern California,
autumn 1953. Nov. 1217-1218.
R ailroads. Agreement, mid-September 1953, on
method of conversion from old to revised CPI.
Wage increase as result, effective Oct. 1, 1953.
Nov. 1216.
- - Annual improvement-factor wage increases.
Drive for by 15 nonoperating and 4 operating
unions. Referee's decision, Dec . 30, 1952, hearings
Jan . 6-23, 1953. Feb. 184; Mar. 290.
- - August 1950 to end of 1952, brief summary.
Feb. 123-124.
- - Escalator clauses. Union's request concerning,
in early summer; agreement, mid-September 1953.
Aug. 876; Nov. 1216.
- - Nonoperating unions (15). Request, May 22,
1953, for reopening of contracts; counter-proposals
by carriers involving changes in rules. July 765;
Aug. 876.
- - - - Fringe benefits, request for. July 765;
Aug. 876; Nov. 1216; Dec. 1327-1328.
- - Operating unions' propositions concerning rules
and provisions, summer 1953. Aug. 876.
- - Union shop. Nonoperating employees; agreements, by 17 unions with 3 major carriers, Jan . 1,
1953 ; agreements during January, with numerous
western and 2 southeastern carriers. Jan . IV; Feb.
III-IV, 184; Mar . 290 .
- - - - Nonoperating employees; Washington
Terminal with Railway Carmen, lodge 364 (AFL),
resulting in abandonment by lodge of segregation
policy excluding Negro carmen. Feb. IV.
- - - - Prevalence of agreements providing for,
by April 1953. Apr. IV.
Retirement pension provisions. Extent and nature of
employee vested rights in; compulsory retirement
plans; types and amounts of benefits. Mar. 237245; May 484-489; July 714-722.
Rubber industry, February to August 1953. Apr.
418-419; May 531; June 639; Sept. 981; Oct. 1101.
Rubber Workers, United (CIO). Agreements with
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. (Feb. 1953); General Tire and Rubber Co. (Mar. 1953) ; United
States Rubber Co. (Apr. 1953); Firestone Tire and
Rubber Co., and B. F. Goodrich Co. (Aug. 1953).
Apr. 418-419; May 531; June 639; Oct. 1101.
Shipbuilding. Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
(CIO). Negotiations with 3 major companies
concerning wage reopen in gs of contracts; agreements reached with Bethlehem Steel Co. and Todd
Shipyards, June 26, 1953. July 765; Aug. 875.
Shoe workers' unions. Agreements with International Shoe Co. in October 1952, and with eastern
Massachusetts manufactures, Dec. 31, 1952. Mar.
290.
Steel industry. United Steelworkers (CIO). Negotiations with American Locomotive Co.; separate
agreements for Dunkirk, Auburn, and Schenectady
plants, March 1953. Apr. 419; May 531.
- - - - Negotiations with major companies, May
to June 1953; agreements, June 12 and shortly thereafter. July 763; Aug. 875.
Teamsters union (AFL). Negotiations on nationwide rather than local basis announced as policy
by union president. Nov. 1218.
Telephone industry. November 1952 to September
1953. Jan. 65; May 532; Jun e 639; Oct. 1100;
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Collective bargaining and agreements-Continued
Textile industries. Cotton and rayon manufacturers
with Textile Workers Union of America (CIO),
Apr. 9, 1953, 2-year agreement. June 638-639.
- - Negotiations, early 1953. Mar. 291-292; Apr.
419-420; June 638-639.
Transit, city, New York and Philadelphia. Agreements reached, January 1953. Mar. 291; Apr. 420.
Trucking unions (AFL and Ind.) and trucking associatibns (Chicago). Agreement of Jan. 7, 1953, including pension and welfare provisions. Mar. 290.
Union security and checkoff provisions as of 1952,
in agreements in manufacturing and nonmanufacturing, by industry group. Apr. 383-387.
Union-shop agreements. S ee under Railroads, this
section.
Weekend-work premium pay. Saturday and Sunday
(or sixth- and seventh-day) provisions, 1,674 contracts, in effect in 1952. S ept. 933-939.
Year 1952, in aircraft, building trades, communication, maritime, mining (coal), rubber, steel, and
textiles industries. Feb. 119-1 22.
Collective bargaining and agreements, Germany:
Eastern-Soviet-Zone. Type of, under Soviet control.
Jan. 6.
Western Zone. Law authorizing extension of collective agreements by Government agencies under
certain conditions. Jan . 4,
Commission payment. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines), ticket agents. Agreement effective Nov.
1, 1945. July 747.
Commonwealth Edison Co . of Chicago. Wage chronology, 1945-52, and related wage practices. Apr.
404-411 .
Communications in employment relations. Subject of
Minnesota University Conference on Industrial Relations, April 1953. Mar. 296.
Communications industries. Telephone, telegraph, radiotelegraph, and ocean-cable carriers. Hourly earnings,
selected occupations, October 1951. Jan. 36-38.
Communists in unions. Infiltration into certain unions
charged; charges against union official of swearing falsely.
Nov. 1218; Dec. IV, 1325-1326.
Conciliation. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
1952 experience summarized. Feb. 122.
Congress of Industrial Organizations. See under Labor
organizations, United States.
Constructicn:
Building, urban, authorized. Nonresidential, and privately and publicly financed residential, annually,
1942 and 1946-52; monthly, October 1951 to Sept ember 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
F- 3, each issue.
- - Nonresidential, new, by type and by region,
annually, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951 to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
F-4, each issue.
FederRlly financed. New. Value of contracts awarded and force-account work started, by type. Annually, 1950, 1952; monthly, October 1951 to October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
F-2, each issue.
Nonfarm dwelling units started. Urban and rural,
privately and publicly financed. Number and
estimated cost. Annually, specified years 1925 to
1944, each year 1946-52; monthly, January 1950 to
October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
F-5, each issue.
Puhlic and private. New, by type. Expenditures,
years 1951 and 1952; monthly, December 1951 to
November 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table F-1, each issue.
Construction industry. Military airfields. Labor requirements for constructing. Feb. 130-135.
Consumer expenditures. Federal Reserve System eighth
annual survey, preliminary findings from, 1953. July
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Consumer Price Index. See under Prices.
Consumers' cooperatives. See Cooperatives .
Contracts, union. See Collective bargaining and agreements.
Conventions, meetings, etc.:
American Federation of Labor. Executive Council.
Problems facing meeting d Aug.IO, 1953. Aug. III.
- - 72d annual convention, St. Louis, September
1953. Account of actions and discussions. Oct.
Ill; Nov. 1165-1170.
American Federation of Teachers (AFL). 36th annual, 1953. Action to ban racial segregation.
Sept. IV; Oct. 1102.
American Management Association. New York City1
September 1953. Personnel executives' work ana
problems discussed . Dec. 1302-1307.
American Statistical Association. 1952 annual meeting, Chicago, Dec. 28. Excerpts from papers.
Feb. 161-1 75.
Communications Workers of America (CIO). 1953
convention, resolutions and discussions. Aug.
830-832.
Congress of Industrial Organizations. Annual conventions. Atlantic City, De c. 1-4, 1952. Statement of policies and objectives; speakers heard.
Jan. 13-17.
- - - - Cleveland, Nov. 16-20, 1953. Brief rep ort
of certain features. Dec. Ill-IV.
- - Economic Policy Committee. Conference on
Taxation, Oct. 16, 1953 (Washington). Excerpts
from papers delivered. Dec. 1285-1288.
Hosiery Workers (AFL) . Annual convention. Instructions vot.ed to union officers concerning wage
negotiations. J uly 765.
Industrial Relations Conference, University of Minnesota. Apr. 14 and 15, 1953 (11th annual). Mar.
296.
Industrial Relations Reseaicb Association . Meetings,
Pittsburgh, December 1952 and April 1953. .Excerpts from papers. Feb. 136-138; J une 589-695.
Inter-American Regional Workers' Organization
(GRIT-regional body under ICFTU) . U.S. delegation to conference of D ecember 1952, Rio de
Janeiro, affiliation by Mexican and Brazilian unions.
Jan . Ill- IV.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.
July 1953 meeting. Proceedings, policies, relations
with other international bodies; general secretary's
report. Oct. 1055-1062; Nov. 1191- 1196.
- - Report of 1953 meeting to AFL executive council meeting, August 1953. Aug. Ill- IV.
- - Inter-American Regional Workers' Association.
Rio de Janeiro.I.. Dec. 12- 18, 1952. U.S. delegation ;
affiliation by .tlrazilian and Mexican unions. Jan .
III-IV.
Labor Arbitration Conference, Iowa State University.
May 15, 1953. Apr. 423.
Labor Legislation, 19th National Conference on.
Dec. 2 and 3, 1952. Discussions and objectives .
Jau. 18-22.
,
Minnesota, University of. 11th annual Industrial
Relations Conference, Apr. 14 and 15, 1953-subject, Communications in Employment Relations.
Mar. 296.
National Training Laboratory in Group Development. Human relations training. Summer session, June-July 1953, Gould Academy, Bethel,
Maine. Apr. 423.
New York University, Institute of Labor Relations
and Social Security. 6th annual conference on
labor, May 6-8, 1953. Apr. 423.
President's Committee on Employment of Physically
Handicapped. Spring 1953. July 754-755.
United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (CIO) . 14th constitutional convention, March 1953. Apr. Ill; May
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Coopers.tives:
Consumer. Retail sales, farm, 1950-51; farm and
nonfarm, by type of operation, 1948, showing comparison with "all stores"; general discussion. A ug.
862-863, 865.
- - Wholesale operations, farm and nonfarm, 194151. Aug. 863-864.
Credit unions. Operations, assets, and earnings, by
State, 1950 and 1951. Feb. 155-158.
Cost of living, United States. New York City. Worktime, approximate, required to buy selected commodities,
Mar. 15, 1953, compared with worktime required in
Moscow, Apr. 1, 1953. July 708.
Cost of living, foreign countries:
I ndexes prepared, since end of World War II;., in
Aust ria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West uermany, Italy, etherlands, Norway, Sweden, United
Kingdom. May 492-495.
Soviet Union (Moscow). Purchasing power of real
earnings, 1928 and 1953, in money and worktime;
comparison with purchasing power in New York
City, 1953. July 705-708.
Court decisions :
Bankruptcy Act. Back-pay a.wards of NLRB not
entitled to priority as debt owed United States.
(U. S. Sup. Ct.) Jan. 58.
- - Severance pay due discharged employees constitutes wages ent itled to priority under the a.ct.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Mar. 285.
CollectJ,;e-agreement violation. Acceptance by 3
machinists of promotion to foremen, not "voluntary
quitting," under seniority clause; union request to
discharge held unjust interference. (Pa. Sup. Ct.)
M ay 524.
Damage suit against common carriers whose union
employees by contractual agreement refused to
cross Teamster union picket lines upheld. (U. S.
Dist. Ct.) Aug. IV.
Damage suit, employee's, against union, State court
jurisdiction over. (Ala. Sup. Ct.) Jun.e 630-631.
Damages, punitive, against union for threats and
intimidation causing construction contractor's employees to cease work; compensatory damages
red.uced. (Va. Sup. Ct. of App.) Oct. 1094.
Fair Employment Practice Act (New York State).
Enforcement of Commission's order concerning
employment agency 's application form upheld. (N.
Y. Sup. Ct. App. Div. ) Oct. 1093- 1094.
Fair Lab or Standards Act. Acceptance by employee
under certain circumstances of employer's payment
of wage claim held to constit ute waiver of total
claim. (U. S. D ist. Ct.) Apr. 412.
- - Books and records of employer. Authority to
compel employer to produce for wage-hour investigat:ion held within scope of law. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
Sept. 974.
- - - - Coverage cf employees by act need not be
inquired into by Federal district court in a proceeding by Secretary of Labor requiring employer to
produel.l for examination. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
Ma-r. 284.
- - Bu:lding-maintenance employees, in structure
not ueed in commerce nor in production for commerce, not covered. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Oct. 1093.
- - Building-maintenance employees, in structure
occupied by national banking corporation and
insurance firms, held cj.irectly essential to production
of goods for interstate commerce. (U. S. Dist. Ct.)
July 758.
- - Construction workers on ordnance plant for
Federal Government not covered, but entitled to
overtime as provided by contract. (Sup. Ct. of
Ark.) Jan. 58.
- -- Course of conduct, single illegal held not to
constitute more than one offense for purpose of
prosecut ion under criminal provisions of act.
(U.S. Sup. Ct.) Mar. 284.

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Court decisions-Continued
- - Contractor producing material to repair interstate roads; employees covered. (U. S. Sup. Ct.)
May 523.
- - Determination of coverage and dismissal of
complaint by trial court on pleadings alone held
erroneous, detailed knowledge of all pertinent facts
being necessa1y to reach conclusion. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Oct. 1093.
- - Guards and night watchmen employed by
independent detective agency to protect warehouses of company producing goods for interstate
commerce covered. , (U. S. Dist. Ct.) June 630.
- - Injunction. Employer may not maintain action
for, to restrain regional Wage and Hour director
from acting in official capacity. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Apr. 412.
- - - - Employer who fai1ed to comply found
guilty of civil and criminal contempt. (U. S.
Dist. Ct.) Jan. 58.
- - Printing company supplying forms, stationery,
etc., to firms engaged in inters ta tecommerce;employees
covered. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) June 630.
- - Repairing and enlarging segment of Mississippi
River levee. Work held under coverage of act.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Sept. 97 4.
- - River-terminal employees operating facilities
for movement and reception of goods in interstate
commerce, and those repairing and operating eq uipI ment used in interstate commerce, held covered by
act. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) July 758.
- - "Seamen" exemption not applicable to employees
in workweeks in which more than 20 ~ercent of
time is s~nt as "mechanics in terminal s machine
shop" . (U.S. Dist. Ct.) Jul y 758.
- - Stone-quarry operation in connection with concrete products for roads, etc., used for interstate
commerce; employees covered. (U. S. Sup. Ct.)
May 523.
- - Telephone switchboard operators employed by
telephone-answering service and handling interstate
calls covered. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) Feb. 176.
- - Time spent in changing clothes and taking
showers as necessary part of business held work
t ime under act. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) May 523.
Federal-State jurisdiction in labor relations. U. S.
Supreme Court 1'\Jlings in various cases, 1820-1952,
referred to by NLRB assistant general counsel.
J an. 47-50.
I ndictment against Harry Bridges and two others on
perjury and conspiracy charge diemissed under
statute of limitations. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) July IV;
Aug. 877-878.
Labor Management Relations Act. Back-pay
awards. After order against employer enforced by
court, NLRB can conduct supplemental proceedings to determine precise amount due employee.
(U.S. Ct. of App.) Apr. 414.
- - - - NLRB awards held not entitled to priority
as a claim under Bankruptcy Act as debt owed to
United StD.tes. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) Jan . 58.
- - - - NLRB held authorized to compute back
pay of wrongly discharged employees on qua rterly
instead of continuance basis, for entire period concerned. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) Mar. 284.
- - Certification of union as bargaining agent.
Change in ownership of business did not destroy.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Feb. 177.
- - - - Revocation effective when "will of the
employees" to revoke "clear and unquestioned."
Reversal of NLRB ruling that certification be
enforced 1 year upheld. (U. S. Sup. Ct. refusal to
review Ct. of App. decision.) Dec. 1326.

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- - Certification of CIO union, contract with unaffiliated union \\ith 7 months to run held no bar,
as members of unaffiiliated union unanimously
voted for affiliation with CIO. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
J uly 758.
- - Closed-shop contract made before passage of
act, with provision to continue from year to year
if no action taken to terminate, held still effective.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Jan. 59.
- - Collective agreement containing no-strike clause
affecting right to cross picket line upheld. (U. S.
Sup. Ct.) May 525.
- - Collective bargaining, when unit has been found
appropriate by NLRB, cannot be superseded by
individual contracts under FLSA. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Nov. 121 1.
- - Committee of employees, informal, discussing
employment conditions with employer held "labor
organization" under section 2 (5). (U. S. Ct. of
App.) June 630.
- - Company housing. NLRB order, directing
employer to bargain collectively concerning rent,
reversed-such rents held comparable to other
rents in locality . (U. S. Ct. of App., 5th Cir.)
Oct. 1094.
- - - - NLRB order, directing employer to bargain
collectively concerning rent, upheld-such rents held
lower than other rents, thus affecting employment
conditions. (U.S. Ct. of App., 4th Cir.) Oct. 1094.
- - Credibility findings of trial examiner, which
NLRB had affirmed, upheld by U. S. Ct. of App.
Mar. 285.
- - Damages, punitive, against union, awarded by
jury to company injured by secondary boycott,
upheld. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) Nov. 1211.
- - Direct dealing by employer with employees who
had bypassed union, not violation of act, as employer had not sought to undermine union. (U. S.
Ct. of App.) June 631.
- - Discharge by broadcasting company of employees for disloyalty to employer.
LRB ruling that
employees' tactics indefensible reversed; case remanded to Board for finding whether conduct was
unlawful. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Feb. 176-177.
- - Discharge of employee. Complaining about
working conditions and need for a union, ruled not
discriminatory; NLRB ruling reversed. (U. S. Ct.
of App.) Mar. 284.
- - - - Non union worker refusing, because of religious belief, to contribute to fund for retired union
members under union-shop contract, held lawful.
(U.S. Ct. of App.) Sept. 974-975.
- - - - Obtaining information improperly from
employer's files held justified. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
J uly 758.
- - - - Refusing to accept employer offer of $100
to settle $700 back-wage award. NLRB order
for reinstatement upheld. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
Oct. 1095.
- - - - Soliciting signatures on his petition to
recover wages under FLSA, held violation of
LMRA. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Nov. 1209-1210.
- - - - Under union-shop contract, for refusing to
pay amount asked by union for his reinstatement
as member, held discriminatory. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Jan. 59-60.
- - - - Union officer declining to execute nonCommunist affidavit, in effort to prevent union
participation in election. Reinstatement with
back pay ordered by NLRB, denied by court.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Sept. 974.
- - Discharge of strikers. Using "insulting and
profane language . . . intended to publicly
humiliate and degrade" employees attempting to
work. NLRB order for reinstatement overruled.
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LMRA. Discrimination by union against Negro members. Charge ruled not in jurisdiction of Federal
district court. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Feb. 176.
- - Election (NLRB) Ballot showing partial erasure
held valid. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Jan. 58.
- - - - Employee quitting with "no reasonable
expectation" of returning to work "within a reasonable time," held ineligible to vote. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Feb. 177.
- - - - Holding of, not enjoinable by employer.
(U. S. Dist. Ct.) June 631.
- - "Featherbedding." Certain practices of musicians' and printers' unions held not violations of
section 8 (b) (6) of act, because no demands made
for payment for work not done. (U. S. Sup. Ct.)
Apr. III- IV; 422; May 524, 533-534.
- - Foreman dividing time equally between supervisory and other work, held su pervisor under section
2 (11) of act. (U. S. Dist. Ct.) Nov. 1210.
- - Incidental beneficiary (owner of ship) of contract
not entitled to sue union for its violation of contract
with stevedoring association to unload cargo.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) July 758.
- - Injunctions. Against picketing by union at rear
entrance to retail stores to prevent delivery of nonunion manufacturers, baking products, upheld.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Apr. 413.
- - - - Against steelworkers' union striking at
plants producing products for atomic energy industry, under national emergency pro ision of act.
(U. S. Dist. Ct.) Mar. 285.
- - - - Against union's circulation of "unfair list"
showing employer's name when union's object is
unlawful. (N. Y. Sup. Ct.) Apr. 414.
- - - - Longshoremen's dispute affecting Atlantic
ports, Federal Government held entitled to,,, under
National emergency strike provision. (U. i::i. Dist.
Ct.) Dec. 1318.
- - Interrogation of employees concerning union
activity held not violation when no evidence that
company had antiunion background. (U. S. Ct.
of App.) Apr. 414.
- - Investigating as to truth of non-Communist oath
held not to be administrative function of NLRB.
(U. S. Dist. Ct.) Apr. 412.
- - Non-Communist affidavit provision. Union not
in compliance when it filed unfair labor practice
charge; hence, NLRB order against employer without authority. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Sept. 97 4.
- - Party making charge of violation must be given
opportunity to be heard on his objections to any
settlement arranged between the NLRB and other
party. Court review can be obtained. (U. S. Cir.
Ct. of App.) May 524.
- - Picketing public entrances to retail stores selling
products of man ufacturer who employed nonunion
labor ruled violation of act. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
Apr. 413.
- - Pre-election offer by employer of wage increase,
if union lost election, not protected . NLRB order,
setting election aside, upheld. Employer's circularization opposing union, prior to second election,
likewise unprotected. Dec. 1319.
- - Question on application blank concerning union
membership, held not violation by company having
good labor relations record. (U. S. Ct. of App.)
Nov. 1210--1 211.
- - Reinstatement of 11 employees discharged for
1-day strike for wage increase (during which they
were not replaced). NLRB order upheld. (U. S.
Ct. of App.) S ept. 975.
- - Reinstatement of 5 workers not reemployed
after temporary shutdown; court reversed NLRB
order, holding that company refused 3 because of
economic changes and 2 because they had violated
contract. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Dec. 1318.

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- - Secondary boycott, State court temporary
injunction not reviewable by U. S. Supreme Court
because not final. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) Feb . 176.
- - Solicitation by union organizers barred in certain
areas of department store-modification of NLRB
finding. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Jan . 59.
- - Wage and job classification data r equested by
union . NLRB order, directing employer to furnish
data, upheld. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Dec. 1319.
Perjury and conspiracy charge in connection with
naturalization proceedings. Indictment of Harrr,
Bridges dismissed because " too late to be effective'
under applicable statute of limitations.
(U. S.
Sup. Ct.) Aug. 877-878.
Per mits for use of loud speakers on vehicles on highway!:>. Requirement by county ordinance upheld.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Aug. 869.
Picket line. " Ritualistic recognition of," by common
carrier, because of union pressure, held to be nonfulfillment of legal duties and responsibilities.
CC'. S. Dist. Ct.) Aug. IV; Sept. 983-984.
"Preemption of field" of r egulation, by Congressdoctrine first stated by U. S. Supreme Court in
1820 and reiterated "through the years." Jan. 47.
Public contracts (Walsh-Healey) Act. Cotton-textile
industry, minimum-wage determination of $1 an
ho1:1r. Injunction {temporary) against enforcement,
and requirement fo r filin g of bond under certain
circumstances. (U. S. Dist. Ct., D . C.) May 523.
State court jurisdi ction over employee's damage suit
against union. (Ala. Sup. Ct.) J une 630--631 .
Unempnoyment compensation.
Benefits paid for
weeks subsequently covered by back-pay award.
Repayment not required. (R. I. Super. Ct.
ruling.) Feb. 178.
- - Disqualification; availability limited. Claimant
specified hours when no normal labor market existed.
(Pa. Super . Ct. ruling.) Apr. 414-415.
- - - - Claimant's reservation to be on call for
special occasions at country club held not justified.
(Conn. Super. Ct., New Haven Co.) Apr. 415.
- - - - Retired 67-year-old industrial insurance
agent specifi ed $40 a week lowest wage acceptable. (N. Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div., ruling.) Aug. 869.
- - D isqualification; discharged for "voluntary and
willful" misconduct. (Pa. Super. Ct.) Apr. 415.
- - D isqualification ; labor dispute.
Claimants
remained employees of struck company regardless
of part-time or temporary work during strike.
(Sup. Jud. Ct. of Mass. ruling.) Mar. 286.
- - - - Claimants struck and, after etrike settlement, remained unemployed until employer could
secure raw materials and orders. (N. C. Super. Ct.
ruling; upheld by N. C. Sup. Ct. ruling.) May 526;
Jul y 760.
- - - - Lockout not involved when plant open for
work but offering employment under less advantageous conditions than formerly. (Conn. Sup. Ct.
of Errors.) Jun e 633.
- - - - Mine (tipple) workers refusing to work
overtime as in past to maintain production and also
to work 3 shifts as an alternative. (W. Va. Cir.
Ct. of Kanawha Co.) Dec. 1320.
- - - - No exemption provided by State law for
claimant's not being union member and not being
interested in dispute. (Ala. Ct. of App. ruling.)
Feb . 177-178.
- - - - Seamen under hiring-hall arrangement held
ineligible because union members, by group action,
had rP.fused to work. (Calif. Super. Ct. ruling.)
J uly 760.
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- - - - Union ordered strike after rejecting agreement between employer and local ; no lockout, as
unacceptable conditions of employment not imposed.
(Conn. Sup. Ct. of Errors ruling.) Mar. 286.
- - Disqualifications; physically unable to perform
customary work. Butcher unable to perform customary duties even though able to do other kinds
of work. Eligible, available for work, because
employment sought in good faith . (Ky. Cir. Ct.
ruling ; reversed by Ky. Ct. of App.) Jan . 60;
Sept. 975.
- - Disqualification; refusal of work. Claimants reicction of jobs with Military Sea Transportation
Service, because they preferred privately operated
ships, held not justified. (Calif. Super. Ct.) Mar.
286-287.
- - - - Temporary work, rulings by Pa. Super. Ct.,
Ark. Sup. Ct., and N. Y. Sup. Ct. Apr. 415; July
761.
- - - - State Board's justification of legal stenographer's rejection of ~50-a-week jo_b reversed.
(N. Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div.) Mar. 28?.
- - Disqualification; retirement pension held compensatory for loss of wages. Retired worker receiving $155 from retirement fund and $102 in
social security benefits not eligible. (Conn. Sup.
Ct. of Eirors ruling.) July 760.
- - Disqualification; unemployment voluntary. Assembly-line worker refusing transfer to position
starting at lower pay but with better prospect for
future held responsible for own unemployment.
(Wis. Sup. Ct. ruling.) Sept ..975-976.
- - - - Cafeteria employees refused to work for new
owner. (N. J. Sup. Ct. rulin g.) Jul y 761.
- - - - Claimant struck and after settlement of
strike failed to reapply for former work. (Mass.
Mun. Ct. for Dorchester Dist.) Dec. 1320.
- - - - Quitting without good cause disqualifies as
often as it occurs. (Ohio Ct. of Com. Pleas.) May
626.
- - - - Refusal to meet conditions for maintenance
of union membership held not proper guarding of
job. (Pa. Super. Ct. ruling.) Oct. 1095.
- - - - Women claimants left work to join their
husbands (servicemen) in other States. (Iowa
Dist. Ct. ruling.) Jan. 60.
- - Disqualification; after end of one disqualification period (voluntary unemployment) because
suitable job with former employer refused. (W.
Va. Cir. Ct.) Feb. 178.
- - Disqualification : compulsory retirement (with
$25 monthly pension) due to contract negotiated
by union as claimant's agent. (Super. Ct. of N . J.,
App. Div.) Apr. 415.
- - Eligible. Available for work. Claimant last
employed in aircraft industry at $1.33 hourly held
justified in refusing work elsewhere at 75 cents
an hour. (Wash. Super. Ct.) Sept. 1976.
- - - - Claimant requesting retirement at 68 and
receiving pension of $10.90 a month not disqualified.
Leaving employment held justifiable because place
of work unhealthful. (Super. Ct. of N. J., App.
Div.) Apr. 415.
- - - - Facts not misrepresented to State Bureau
by failure of claimant to state that she occasionally
assisted her husband in managing a hotel. (Ohio
Ct. of Com. Pleas.) Feb. 178.
- - - - Misconduct. Alleged misbehavior of bus
driver held not misconduct disqualifying him for
benefits. (N. Mex. Dist. Ct.) Aug. 869-870.
- - - - Misconduct not shown. Discharge occurred 2 yea.rs after acts questioned, and employer
failed to show supervisor did not have authority.
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- - - - Misconduct not shown. Refusal to work
temporarily at operation of hoist inside mine, by
miner who had contracted silicosis and had for
several years been working outside mine, held
justifiable. (Ida.ho Sup. Ct.) J uly 760.
- - - - Mother arranging for babysitters in case
she obtained employment. State industrial commissioner's disqualification reversed on appeal.
(Appeal Board and N. Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div.)
Mar. 287.
- - - - Nonstriking workmen at plant where strike
was in progress held justifiably unemployed.
(Beaumont Ct. of Civ. App., T ex.) Dec. 1320.
- - - - Quitting because health was endangered
held leaving work for just cause. (Ohio Ct. Com.
Pleas.) June 632.
- - - - Refusal by claimant, because of religious
belief, of job requiring some Saturday work ruled
for "good cause." (Ohio Ct. of App.) Aug. 870.
- - - - Restriction of availability to second or
third shift, by mother needed at home time of first
shift, held justifiable, as opportunities normal in
second and third shifts. (Pa. Super. Ct.) Apr.
414-415.
- - - - Search for work, held active seeking, without
"frantically or futilely" rushing "from door to door
of employers daily or weekly." (Ohio Ct. of Com.
Pleas.) July 760-761.
- - - - When all employees out because of strike
permanently replaced and normal operations resumed, unemployment of former employees no
longer due to labor dispute. (Ill. Sup. Ct.) June
633.
- - - - Worker denied union membership, preventing him from obtaining work as rough carpenter,
held entitled to benefits. (Ohio Ct. of App.) May
526.
- - Fraudulent misrepresentation by claimant who
sought work in independent-contractor capacity,
verdict reversed. (Ohio Ct. of Com. Pleas.) June
633.
- - Illegality of State agency procedure held not
entitling employer to refund since no proof benefits
pa.id were not "intrinsically meritorious." (Tex.
Ct. of Civ. App.) June 633-634.
- - Libel action, employer furnishing State industrial commissioner of reason for worker discharge
held not basis for. (N. Y. Sup. Ct.) Aug. 869.
- - Michigan Employment Security Act. Provision
that service performed for employing unit with respect to which Federal tax is payable shall be
deemed employment, held constitutional. (Mich.
Sup. Ct.) F'eb. 178.
- - Misdemeanor charged against claimant who, by
making false statements, drew benefits for period
he was joint operator of a summer resort. (Newburgh, . Y., City Ct.) Jan. 60.
- - Nonunion office workers held eligible, union
office workers disqualified because of labor dispute;
"volitional test" applied. (Calif. Dist. Ct. of App.,
2d Appell. Dist.) May 525-526.
- - Termination and vacation pay (lump sum to
cover 21 weeks following layoff) subject to pro re.ta
deduction from unemployment benefit during
period. (Ind. App. Ct.) Aug. 870.
- - Union rule requiring worker to quit his job not
by itself good cause for quitting. Case remanded.
( . Y. Ct. of App.) Aug. 870.
U. S. Supreme Court rulings affecting labor in 1952.
Feb. 125.
Veterans' reemployment laws. Reemployment sections of Selective Training and Service Act of 1940
and Service Extension Act of 1941 held not terminated prior to passage of a.ct of June 24, 1948.
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Court decisions-Continued
Veterans' seniority. Retroactive seniority date crediting veterans newly hired with time spent in milita.r:y service;, collective agreement providing, held
valid. (U. i:5. Sup. Ct.) June 631-632.
- - Statutory right to be restored to position held
on induction (or a like position) plus accumulated
seniority held not to include right to a promotion
which depends upon qualifications other than mere
length of service. (U . S. Ct. of App.) July 759.
Virginia "right to work" law. Picketing which conflicted with State law 1J.gainst compulsory unionism
legitimately banned. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) May 534.
Workmen's compensation. Election between compensation benefits and any "salary, pay, or remuneration whatsoever except in return for services
actually performed" held a requirement under
section 7, Federal Employees' Compensation Act.
(U. S. Ct. of App.) Sept. 976.
- - Exclusive remedy provided by Maryland law.
(U. S. Ct. of App. for D . C.) June 632.
- - Fall of worker from dry-docked tug to shore
below held not to present jurisdictional issue
between Federal and State laws. (U. S. Ct. of
App.) Jan. 60.
- - Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Gang foreman's knowledge of injury
to worker held not sufficient to meet requirement
of bringing knowledge to employer or to his local
agent. (U. S. Ct. of App.) Aug. 870-871.
- - - - Injury or death of railroad employee on
navigable waters covered. (U. S. Sup. Ct.) May
525.
- - - - Subcontractor's employee injured in prime
contractor's truck held entitled to compensation.
(U. S. Ct. of 'App.) Aug. 871.
See also Civil Aeronautics Board-Decision; National
Labor Relations Board-Decisions.
Court-duty pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
. Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 747.
Credit unions. Operations, assets, and earnings, 1950 and
1951; real-estate loans reported by State-chartered
credit unions, 1951; development of State- and Federalchartered credit unions, 1937-51. Feb. 155-158.
Current labor statistics. S ee under specific subject.

DEADHEADING pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July
745.
Death benefits. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Long Lines. Provisions, effective in 1940 and 1946.
Aug. 858.
Decisions of boards. See under title of specific board.
Decisions of courts. See Court decisions.
Defense mobilization.
Accomplishments, June 1950December 1952 ; remaining tasks summarized. Feb.
159- 160.
Delayed-run pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 746.
D etour pa:y.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 746.
Dirty work, premium pay for. Shipyards, Bethlehem
Steel, Atlantic. Provision made effective Aug. 27, 1952.
Sept. 965.
Disability benefits:
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines) . Provisions, effective in 1945. July 747, 748.
Total and permanent. Older workers. Discussion
of need of adequate provision. Sept. 956-957.
Discrimination, work to combat:
Barriers against Negroes in training plans for health
services. Recommendation for removal of. (In
report by President's Commission on Health Needs
of Nation, 1952.) Mar. 276.
Federal contract~ fair employment practice clause.
Government uontract Committee created by
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and advisory committee appointed December 1951.
S ept. IV; Oct. 1101-1102.
Navy civilian emp1oyees. "Barriers to free use of
facilities on Government-owned shore stations" to
be completely eliminated by request of Secretary
of Navy. Sept. IV.
Railway Carmen, Lodge 364. Union-shop contract
with Washington Terminal resulting in abolition
of segregation policy againt Negro carmen. Feb.

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State laws of educational type (4) and mandatory
type (9), as of 1953. Nov. 1188.
Teachers, American Federation of. Racial segregation
in 4()0 local unions banned by 1953 convention.
Sept . lV; Oct. 1102.
Down-time pay. Laundries (New York City). Family
and wholesale and linen supply and flatwork divisions.
Agreements, 1945 and 1946. Jan. 43.
Dual loyalty. See Loyalty, dual (to employer and union) .

EARNINGS. See Wages and hours.
Economic conditions, United States:
Consumer financial positions as reflected by Federal
Reserve Board, 1953 annual survey. July 729.
Council of Economic Advisers, points stressed in
Annual Economic Review, January 1953. Mar.
278-280.
Income distribution, changes 1913-48. Reasons for
lessem.ng of inequality between upper and lower
incomes, and importance of Government in
process. Jan . 50-52.
Indications in succeeding periods, November 1952 to
late 1953. Jan. TV; Feb. TV; Apr. IV, 420-421;
Aug. III; Dec. lll.
National prosperity, maintenance of. Views of
Congress of Industrial Organizations and U. S.
Chamber of Commerce; programs r ecommended,
1953. Oct. 1072-1075 .
Productivity, 1900--50, and resulting progress. Apr.
391-392.
Puerto Rico. Labor costs, migration, Government
policy. June 625-627.
Textile industry, New England. Report, 1952, of
Committee appointed in 1951 by Conference of
Governors. Summary. Aug. 832-834.
Economic conditions, China (Communist). Government
controls, productivity drives, unemployment. Aug.
821-825.
Economic policies:
Economic Report to Congress, January 1953, by
President Truman; and budget recommendations.
Mar. 278- 280.
President Eisenhower's recommendations in first
message to Congress, Feb. 2, 1953. Apr. 392-393.
Electric and gas utilities. Hourly earnings by plant and
office occupations and by regions, July 1952 ; and related
wage prnctices. Apr. 398-402.
Electric power industry. Wage chronology (No. 34),
Commonwealth Edison Co., 1945-52. Apr. 404-411.
Electronics manufacturing. Industries and products included; employment trends; hours and earnings;
occupational composition of labor force. Oct. 10491054.
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board (U. S. Government). Created, 1946, to review decisions of Bureau
. of Employees' Compensation. May 480.
Employment , full. CIO suggestions for Government
program to provide. Oct. 1075.
Employment, industrial. Measurement of, by Bureau of
Labor Stat istics, on National, State, and area basis;
scope, methods, uses of statistics, publications, and
revisions. Sept. 968-973.
Employment
opportunities. Handicapped
persons.
"Roadblocks to" pointed out by President's Committee,
April 195:3 meeting. July 754-755.

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Employment statistics, United States:
Civilian workers, Federal. Executive (Defense, Post
Office, and all other agencies), legislative, and
judicial branches, in continental United States, and
total including outside area. Annual averages,
1950, 1!)51, and 1952; monthly, ovember 1951 to
September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table A-5, each issue.
Civilian workers, Government. Executive (Defense,
Post Office, and all other agencies), legislative and
judicial branches, total for Washington, D . C., and
District of Columbia government. Annual averages. 1950 and 1951; monthly, November 1!)51 to
February 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table A-6, Jan . to Apr. issues.
Construction industry. Airfields, military. Expansion and contraction of work force on 4 selected
projects. Feb. 133-134.
Construction workers, in year 1952. Feb. 118.
Electronics ind ustry. Trends, 1947-52. Oct. 10501054.
Insured unemployment, under State un employment
insurance programs, by geographic division and
State, October 1950, and monthly, October 1951
to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table A-9, Jan. to Apr. issues,· table A-8, May to
Dec. issues.
Labor force. Civilian. Estimated total, by employment status, hours worked, and sex, by month,
November 1951 to October 1953. S ee Current
Labor Statistics, table A-1 , each issue.
- - Total (civilian and Armed Forces) . Estimated
tot.al by month, February 1952 to April 1953. See
Current Labor Statistics, table A-1, A pr. to Dec.
iss1ies.
Manufacturing industries. By States, annual averages, 1947, 1951, and 1952; monthly, December
1951 to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, tab le 8, Mar. issue, table A-7, J une, Sept.,
and Dec. issues.
- - Production workers, by industry group and
industry. Annual averages, 1950, 1951, and 1952;
monthly, November 1951 to October 1953 . See
Current Labor Statistics, table A-3, each issue.
- - Production workers (with weekly payrolls).
Indexes (1947-49= 100). Annual averages, by
year, 1939 to 1952; monthly, November 1951 to
October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
A-4, each issue.
Mining industries . Production workers, by industry
group and industry. Annual averages, 1950, 1951,
and 1952; monthly, ro vember 1951 to October
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table A- 3,
each issue.
Negro workers . Men and women, by industry group
and occupational group, April 1950 and March
1940. J une 597-599.
onagricultural establishments. By industry group
and indu t ry . Annual averages, 1950, 1951, and
1952· monthly, November 1951 to October 1953.
See Current Labor Statistics, table A-2, each issue.
- - B y selected States (45). Annual averages, 1947,
1951, and 1952 ; monthly, December 1951 to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
A-7, Mar. issue; table A-6, J une, Sept., and Dec.
issues.
Shipbuilding industry, 1950-53. Sept. 941-942 .
Trends during 1952 in ma jor industries. Feb. 117.
Watch and clock industry. Expansion since 1939 in
connection with need for precision instruments.
J une 618-620.
Watch, jeweled, industry . Occupational distribution
of workers, September 1952. Jun e 619.
Employment statistics, forei gn countries. D ata issued,
since end of World War II, in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, N etherlands,
Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom. May 492-494.
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Escalator clauses :
Changes in wage rates resulting, early in 1953, from
changes in "Old Series" and revised CPI. Apr. IV.
Cost of living, in collective agreements. Growth and
status of practice, t rade-union attitude toward, outlook for effectiveness of use. Feb. Je6-129.
FARM -equipment industry. Wage chronology (supplement), International Har vester Co., changes in 1952
and 1953. Sept. 965-967.
Federal employees:
Classified. Increases, by legislation, in basic pay
scales, 1939-52; comparison with cost-of-living increase according to CPI. Sept. 958-960.
- - Salary changes, 1951-52 (from merit or in-grade
raises). Sept. 958-960 .
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service:
Director . Resignation of David L. Cole, June 30·
appointment of Whitley P . McCoy. May IV;
July IV.
Labor-relations panel to be established to operate in
Government-owned privately operated atomicenergy installations. May IV, 535.
Federal seizure. S ee Labor-management disputes-Government seizure of industrial facilities.
Federal-State jurisdiction. Labor-management relations.
Effect of various U. S. Supreme Court decisions, 18201952. Jan . 47-50.
Firemen . Salaries, January 1952, and increase since
January 1951, in cities of various size groups over
100,000 population. J uly 723-726.
Field duty pay. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision,
effective ov. 9, 1952. Oct. 1091.
Flight pay bonus. Lockheed Aircraft Corp . Provision
'
effective Nov. 9, 1952. Oct. 1092.
Footwear industry. See Shoe manufacturing industry.
Forced labor:
United Nations study of conditions in Soviet Union
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Rumania . Report
at Geneva ILO Conference, 1953. J uly III.
U and ILO joint committee's fi ndings in study of
24 countries. Sept . 944-951.
Foreign Economic Policy, Commission on. United Steelworkers' president and I nland Steel Co.'s chairman
appointed to. Oct. 1102.
Fringe benefits. S ee under specific type of benefit .
Wage chronology. (Supp.
1 to Chron. 22.) Changes in 1952. Aug. 848-850.
Gas utilities. See Electric and gas ut ilities.
General Aptitude T est Battery (GATB). Use and study
of in selection of apprentices by U. S, Employment
Service and State agencies. Oct. 1068-1070.
Government employees. See Federal employees.
Government seizure of plants or industries. S ee under
Labor-management disputes.
Guaranteed time:
Armour and Co. Provision, effective Oct. 27, 1952.
Aug, 841,
Swift and Co. Provision, effective Oct. 27, 1952.
Aug. 844Guaranteed wage :
Endorsement by UA W-CIO March 1953 convention.
Apr. III.
U. S. Steel Corp. rejection of union-proposed joint
committee for study of. J uly IV.
Guaranteed wage, annual:
Electrical Workers Union (CIO) plan for negotiation
at local level. Provisions suggested . Dec. 1328.
Industrial R elations Counselors and U.S. Chamber of
Commerce reports on subject 1953. Dec. 1329 .
Laundries ( ew York City). Family and wholesale,
and linen-supply and flatwork divisions . Minimum
weekly. Agreements, 1945-52. Jan . 41.
Longshoremen's Union, International (Ind.). Coverage of agreements with sugar refining companies,
P hiladelphia, September 1953. Dec. 1329.
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Guaranteed wage, annual-Continued
Steelworkers (CIO), United. Features of plan to be
proposed to companies in 1954. Dec. 1328.
U .S. Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Relations
Counselors, Inc. Reports issued in 1953 urging
thorough study of subject. Dec. 1329.
Warehouse and Distribution Workers local (St. Louis) .
Extent of coverage under collective agreements,
August 1953. Dec. 1328-1329.

HANDICAPPED persons:
Employment of. Ford Motor Co. plan and results in
past 6 years. Dec. 1299-1301 .
Older . Industry's problems in employment policies.
July 756-757.
President's Committee on Employment of Physically
Handicapped, April 1953 conference. Needs for
community organization and public information;
special problems and obstacles. July 754-755,
756-757.
Health and welfare:
Clothing industry. Women's and misses' dresses
industry.
Funds, usually including sickness,
hospitalization, surgical, maternity, and death
allowances, in August 1952 . May 517.
Mining.
Coal, bituminous. Operators' increased
contribution, 1952, to fund under amendment to
national wage agreement of 1950. S ept. ,962.
Shipbuilding, Pacific Coast.
Provision, effective
July 1, 1953. May 513.
Health insurance:
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952 . Apr. 402 .
International Association of Machinists (AFL).
Program to assist local and district lodges in organizing voluntary plans . lvlar . 295.
Laundries, power.
Extent of worker coverage,
mid-1953. Dec. 1309.
Plant and office employees in major labor-market
areas.
Prevalence of plans, 1951-52.
Mar.
270-271.
Sawmilling and logging industries, West Coast.
Extent of use of health and welfare plans, February
1952. Mar. 275.
Health services:
President's Commission on the Health Needs of the
Nation, 1952 report. Summary of findings and
recommendations. Mar. 275-278.
Shortages (1952) of doctors, dentists, and nurses, and
of educational facilities for training such workers.
Mar. 275-276.
Holiday pay:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines .
Provisions, effective, 194Q-48. Aug. 855.
Laundries (New York City) . F amily and wholesale ;
linen-supply and flatwork. Agreements, 1945-52.
Jan. 43 .
Lockheed Aircraft Corp . Provision effective Dec. 5,
1952. Oct. 1091.
P acific Gas and Electric Co. Additional provisions,
including holidays falling on workdays in vacation
period, effective Sept. 1, 1952. Aug. 850.
Printing (commercial and newspaper), Chicago.
Provisions taking effect in 1952 and 1953. lvov.
1205.
Holidays, paid :
Clothing industry. Men's and boys'. Woolen.
Guaranteed pay for 6, regardless of day of week
on which they fall, under agreement effective Sept.
15, 1952. May 530.
- - Men's shirt and cotton garment. Guaranteed
pay for 6, regardless of day of week on which they
fall, agreement, effective Mar. 27, 1953. May 530.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1946. Apr. 407.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952. Apr. 402.
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International Shoe Co. Substitution made for 2 holidays falling on Saturday in 1953. Apr. 403.
Laundries, power. Practices prevalent in mid-1953.
Dec. 1308-1309.
Machinery industries. Plans in effect, October 1952February 1953. Types of provisions, by city.
Ji.ty 739-740.
Plant and office workers in major labor-market areas.
Prevalence of plans and provisions, 1951-52.
Mar. 269, 271.
Sawmilling and logging industry, West Coast, extent
to which practice had been adopted by February
1952. Mar. 275.
Shipy&rds, Bethlehem Steel Atlantic. Provision,
effective Aug. 27, 1952. Sept. 964.
United States Steel Corp., agreement, effective Aug.
15, 1952. Feb. 152.
Hosiery industry. Full-fashioned and seamless. Hourly
earning:;;, selected occupations and areas, and related
wage practices, November 1952. J u ly 730-735.
Hospital insurance. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July
747.
Hospitalization:
Aluminum Co. of America. Provision, effective Aug.
1, 1952. Feb. 154.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945, 1947, 1951, and 1952. Apr. 410.
Cot.ton textiles (northern associations), agreement,
effective Nov. 30, 1951. Feb. 149.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952. Apr. 402.
Hosiery industry, full-fashioned and seamless, November 1952. July 732, 735.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale;
line::i supply and flatwork. Provisions of agreeme ts, 1946-50. Jan. 44- - _ ower. Degree of worker coverage, mid-1953.
Dec. 1309.
Machinery industries. Provisions in effect in general
and by city, October 1952-February 1953. July
739-740.
Plant and office workers in major labor-market areas.
Prevalence of plans, 1951-52. Mar. 270, 271.
P rinting (commercial), Chicago. Compositors. Provision, effective Apr. 1, 1954. l{ov. 1206.
Shortage of facilities for country's needs. Mar. 276.
Hospitalization insurance. Retired persons, desirability
of coverage for. Discussion of problem.;;. Sept. 957-958.
Hospitalization insurance or benefits:
Clot.bing industry. Men's and boys'. Woolen. Provision for benefits to employees' wives and dependent children, in agreement effective Sept. 15, 1952.
May 530.
- - Men's shirt and cotton garment. Provision for
benefits to employees' wives and dependent children
in agreement reached Mar. 27, 1953. May 530.
Hotels. Set' under Wages and hours.
Hours of work (see also Wages and hours):
Baking industry, in effect July 1, 1952. Jan. 32.
Building trades, in effect July 1, 1952. Jan. 35.
- - Prevalence in July 1953 of 40-hour or shorter
workweek. Dec. 1314.
Construction industry. Airfields, military. Weekly
hours on selected projects. Feb. 135.
Electrie and gas utility workers, July 1952. Apr.
401-402.
Hosiery industry, full-fashioned and seamless, November 1952. July 732, 735.
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, International.
Action of May 1953 convention concernmg 35-hour
week. July 764.
Laundries, power. Practices prevalent in mid-1953.
Dec. 1308.
Machinery industries. Prevalence of 40-hour week
as shown by survey October 1952-November 1953.
July 740.

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Hours of work-Continued
Sawmilling and logging industry, West Coast, February 1952. Mar. 274.
IMMIGRATION:

Annual rates of. Foreseeable effect of various .rates
upon economy and work force of United States in
present decade, outlined by BLS Commissioner.
Jan. 45-47.
Mexicans entering illegally to seek work. June IV.
President's Committee on Immigration and Naturalization . Report, January 1953, and recommendations, summary. June 628-629.
Special quotas to meet surplus-population and
political-refugee problems of Western Europe
advocated by Secretary of Labor and AFL economist, October 1952i. to President's Commission
on Immigration and .Naturalization. Jan. 45.
Incentive methods of pay:
China (Communist).
Characteristics of system
modeled on Soviet plan ~ Aug. 822.
United States. Manufacturing. Proportion of plant
workers paid by incentive methods in 40 areas,
1951-52. Jan. 23, 24, 26.
In-charge pay. American Telephone & Telegraph Co .Long Lines. Provisions, effective in 1940 and 1947.
Aug. 856.
Income, United States:
Changes in distribution, 1913-48; origin of process
d iminishing inequality between upper and lower
incomes. Jan. 50-52.
Workers' families (white and nonwhite, urban and
rural). By year, 1945-49. June 600.
Income tax. S ee Tax, income.
Industrial Relations Research Association:
Annual meeting, Pittsburgh, April 1953. Summaries
of papers presented. June 589-595.
Award contest, closing May 1, 1953. Announcement.
Mar. 295-296.
Panel session, Cleveland, Sept. 5, 1953. Review of
five papers on dual loyalty in industrial society.
Dec. 1273-1280.
Industrial relations workshops . California Institute of
Technology, April, May, and June 1953. Announcement.
Mar. 296.
Injunctions:
Minimum-wage order after determination for textile
industry under Walsh-Healey Act temporarily
enjoined. Feb. IV, 185; Mar . IV, 292; Apr. 421 .
National Labor Relations Board enjoined by U. S.
Dist. Ct. from denying its services to unions with
officers under indictment for falsely swearing in
non-Communist affidavits. Dec. IV.
Resultinp: from Labor Management disputes. See
under Labor-management disputes.
State court temporary injunction in secondary
boycott case ruled not reviewable by U.S. Supreme
Court because not final. Feb. 176.
Injury-frequency rates. See under Accident statistics.
Instruction pay . Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 747.
Insurance. See specific types of.
International Labor Organization. Soviet Union's announcement of intention to rejoin after 11 years'
absence. Nov. IV.
International Shoe Co. Wage chronology (supplement),
changes and related practices, 1952. Apr. 402-403.
JURY duty:

American Telephone & T elegraph Co.-Long Lines .
Provisions for pay for such duty or summons,
effective Oct. 20 1940. Aug. 857.
Commonwealth Edison Co.
Provision for pay,
effective in 1945. Apr. 409.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision for pay, effective
Nov. 9, 1952. Oct. 1091 .


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Swift and Co. Provision for pay, effective Feb. 2,
1952. Aug. 845.
Jury service. Armour and Co. Provision, effective Feb.
2, 1952. Aug. 842.
LABOR and industrial conditions, United States. Review

of, year 1952. Feb. 117-125.
Labor and industrial conditions, foreign countries:
China (Communist) . Controls over wage policies and
labor market. Aug. 821, 823.
Europe. Implications of strikes in East Germany and
in France, 1953 (from address before AFL convention). Nov. 1160-1162.
France. Political problems of Free French labor
movement, 1953 (from address before AFL convention). Nov. 1162-1164.
Labor and industrial relations (see also Collective bargaining and agreements):
Dual loyalties of workers to employer and union.
Discussion and findings of studies. Dec. 1273-1280.
Early 1953 situation, and outlook for period following.
(Sumner H . Slichter address to Wharton School
labor-management conference, April 1953, resume .)
J une 609-611 .
Federal-State jurisdiction. Summary of address by
NLRB assistant general counsel, April 1952, to
New York University Fifth Annual Conference on
Labor. Jan. 47-50.
Mining industry. Bituminous Coal Operators' Association. Petition, with United Mine Workers, to
Economic Stabilization Administrator, for reversal
of War Stabilization Board decision. Jan. 65 .
- - - - Resignation of Indiana and Illinois stripmine operators, December 1952, to be in more
favorable position for bargaining with United Mine
Workers. Feb. 184-185.
- - Bituminous coal. Operator's plan to establish
new organization to bargain with United Mine
Workers. May 535.
Union members' attitudes. Research on, objectives
and procedures. June 592-595.
University research. Nature of research unit, appropriate type of project, applicability of subject,
usefulness of findings . Feb. 136-138.
Labor Department of (U.S. Government):
Advisory Committee. Special, 15-member, tripartite.
Objectives and suspension of discussions, Mar. 6,
1953, afte; failure to agree upon methods. Apr.
423.
Assistant secretaries . Spencer Miller, Jr., H. C.
Hobart, and Rocco C. Siciliano nominated. J uly
IV; Aug. IV.
Secretary of Labor. Designation of Martin P.
Durkin Dec. 1 1952, resignation Sept. 10, 1953;
James P. Mitch~ll sworn in Oct. 9, 1953. Feb. 124,·
S ept. IV; Oct. IV; Nov . 1215.
Labor departments State. Strengthening of, methods
discussed by 1952 Conference on Labor Legislation.
Jan. 19-20 .
Labor exploitation, Germany (East) and Czechoslovakia.
Uprisings against Communist control, June 1953.
July III.
Labor force, United States:
Civilian. Estimated, by employment status, hours
of work 1 and sex; monthly November 1951 to
October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table
A- 1, each issue.
Total (civilian and Armed Forces). Estimated,
February 1952 to April 1953. See Current Labor
Statistics, table A-1, Apr. to Dec. issues.
Labor force foreign countries. Data issued concerning,
since end 'of World War II, in D enmark, France, Italy,
United Kingdom . May 491-494.
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Labor-management cooperation:
A steel company's view of the local union and its
contribution (data from Chicago University research
project). Oct. 1075-1077.
Anthracite Board of Conciliation, Fiftieth ann iversary
celebrated (Mahonoy City, P a., 1953) . Oct. IV.
Garment industry. Technological changes, adjustments to at plant level, condensation of BLS
studies . Apr. 387-391 .
U. S. Steel Corp. and president of CIO Steelworkers
Union. Joint visits to company plants . S ept. 983.
Labor-management disputes:
Aircraft industr y . General Electric and Westinghouse jet engine plants, March to May 1953. May
532; J u ly 765-766.
- - Lockheed Corp ., 3 weeks, September 1952.
J an . 64.
North American plants. Strike OctoberD ecember , by United Automobile Workers (CIO).
Nov . IV; Dec. IVd 1326.
Atomic Energy
ommission, Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Strike by production employees, July 27 and 28,
which affected construction workers. Oct. 1100.
Atomic energy installations. Construction workers'
strike, Joppa, Ill., powerplant, September 1953 .
Nov . 1216, 1217.
Automobile industry. Unauthorized 5-weeks strike
against Ford Co. by UAW members at Canton,
Ohio. J uly 763.
Clothing. Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, International (AFL), and emplo yer associations. Arbitrator's award May 13, 1953. J uly 764.
Conciliation . Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service activities in 1952. Feb. 122.
Construction industry. November 1952 and February
1953. J an. 65; Apr. 420.
- - T eamsters union against buildin g-materials
dealers, New York metropolitan area, JulySeptember 1953. Oct. 1100- 1101.
Electrical industry. Technical Engineers (AFL).
Brief walkout, May 1953, at GE Massachusetts
plant. J uly 766.
Electric products. General Electric Co. with IUECIO and UE-Ind., March to June 1953. May 531532; Jun e 637; July 766; Aug. 875.
Farm equipment industry. August to November
1952, Summer 1953. Jan. 64; Sept. 982.
Government seizure of industrial facilities. Railroads.
Federal operation ended May 23, 1952; p ower of
Government to seize, except in time of war, not
renewed by Congress. Feb. 124.
- - Steel industry, basic, April 1952. President's
action overruled by U. S. Supreme Court, June 2,
1952. May 507.
- - Years 1917-52. Industries and unions involved,
periods covered, causes, and major issues. Jun e
611-616.
Hat industry. Strike of United Hatters, Cap and
Millinery Workers (AFL), July 1953, a gainst Hat
Corp. of America (So. Norwalk, Conn.). Nov.1 218.
Injunctions. See Court decisions-LMRA, injunctions: also under specific subject, this section.
Longshoremen . Eastern ports, Autumn 1952 to
October 1953. Jan. 64; Mar. 293; Apr. 420; Ma y
Ill, 534-635; June III, 641; J uly 766-767; Aug.
877; Sept. IV, 983; Ocl. III, 1099; Nov. III- IV,
1215; Dec. IV, 1318, 1324.
Maritime industry. Autumn 1952 to Summer 1953.
Jan . 63-64; Mar. 293-294; Apr. 420; Jul y 766.
Meatpacking industry. Rejection by "Big Four" of
AFL and CIO unions' request for joint bargaining
meetings. Sept. 982.
Metals, nonferrous. Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Union (Ind. ) with American Smelting and Refining
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Musicians. "Unfair list" showing employer 's name,
union circulation of, held enjoinable when object
unlawful under Labor Management R elations Act.
(N. Y. Sup. Ct.) Apr . 414.
Oil and natural gas. Controversy, Ma rch to May
1952, concernin g wages. May 507.
Phot oen gravers' strike (New York City) against major
daily n ewspa pers, Nov. 28 to D ec. 8 1 1953, and
setthment. Dec. IV.
Railroad industry. Affecting steel plants, Pittsburgh
area, Mar. 30 to Apr . 4, 1953. Youngstown area,
Apr. 8 t o 14, 1953. May 532; Jun e 639 .
- - "Annual improvement" wage increases ruled
permissible under wage stabilization policy. Jan.
IV; P'eb. 184.
- - Developments in 1952, summary . Feb. 123- 124.
- - Direct negotiation between parties considered
most effective mode of settlement (National Mediation Board in its annual report). Apr. 422-423.
- - Nonoperating employees. Suit by roads asking
declaratory judgment as to propriety of bargaining
collectively on health and welfare plans and pass
privileges. Nov. IV; 1216.
- - Operatin g employees.
Union demands in
September 1953 for wage adjustments. Nov . 1216.
Retail stores. Picketing by union at rear ent ran ce to
prevent delivery of nonunion manufacturer 's baking
produ cts.
Injunction against upheld by U. S.
Court of Appeals. Apr. 413.
Rubber industry. February to August 1953. Apr .
418-419; J une 639; Sept. 981; Oct. 1101.
Shipbuilding industry . Bethlehem Steel. Controversy with Marine and Shipbuilding Workers (CIO)
set tled June 26, 1953, with wage increase. Aug . 875.
Steel, basic, industry, first 7 months of 1952. Summary of developments . Feb. 119- 120.
Steel industry. American Locomotive Co., Dunkirk
plant, and United Steelworkers (CIO). Controversy
from late 1951J cont~nuing through 195~ to March
1953. J an. I1I , 65, Feb. 122, 182-183, Mar. I V,
285, 290-291; Apr. 419; May 508-509, 531.
- - Autumn 1952-Summer 1953. Jan. III, 65;
Feb. 183-184; Mar. IV, 290-291; Apr. 419, 420;
May IV; J une 637; Jul y 763-764; Aug. 875.
- - Inland Steel Co. Brief wildcat strike ending Feb.
4. Apr . 420.
- - November 1951 to July 1952: summary of developments. Ma y 506-,507.
T eamsters union. Drivers' strike against buildingm&terials dealers, New York metropolitan area,
July-September 1953. Oct. 1100- 1101 .
T elephone industry , July to September 1953 (2
strikes); Oct. IV, 1098, 1100; Nov. 1218.
- - Strike against New Jersey Bell T elephone Co.
by T elephone Workers Union (Ind.), Mar. 26 to
Apr. 29, 1953. May 532; Jun e 639.
Textile industries. By periods, prior to 1916; 191630 ; and 1933-52. Apr. 367-371.
- - Woolen and worsted. Wage d ecreases proposed
by emplo yers; not permitted by arbitrators. Apr.
419-420; May 534; July 764-765; S ept. 981.
T extile-machinery industry. Arbitrator's decision as
to date wage decrease became effective. Aug. 877.
Tra nsit. city. Philadelphia and New York, January
and F ebruary 1953. Mar. 291; Apr. 420.
Work stoppages caused by. Workers involved and
man-days of idleness resulting. Averages for
p eriods 1935-39 and 1947-49, yearly data 1945-52,
monthly November 1951 to October 1953. See
Current Labor Statistics, table E-1, each issue.
- - - - By year 1.916-52; t hose involving 10,000
workers or more, 1935-52, by period; year 1952, by
major issues involved, industry group, State, and
union affiliation. Feb. 119; May 505-506, 508-512.

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Labor-management relations (see also Labor and industrial
relations) :
Recommendations of President Eisenhower in first
message to Congress, Feb. 2, 1953. Apr. 392-393.
Taft-Hartley Act. Amendments proposed. Consideration of, by labor and management, and bills
drafted by 83d Congress. Mar. Ill, 294; Apr. Ill,
421-422; June 641-642; July 767-768; Sept. 111-IV.
Labor markets, major. Occupational wage differentials,
related wage practices, 1951-52. Mar. 266-272.
Labor mobility. Restrictive effect of retirement-pension
plans on change of jobs; various means for mitigation.
Mar. 241-245.
Labor movement, American. Power motivations; motives
and aims; accumulation, use and logic of power. Mar.
258-260.
Labor organizations, United States:
Airline Pilots union. Death (Apr. 14, 1953) of David
Behncke, founder. May Ill.
American Federation of Labor. Building Trades
Department. Denouncement of Iron Workers
local for violation of no-strike pledge in work on
construction for atomic energy installation. Oct.
Ill.
- - Convention, 72d annual, St. Louis, September
1953; actions taken and discussions. Oct. Ill;
Nov. 1165-1170.
- - Death (November 1952) of William L . Green,
president since 1924. Feb. 124.
- - Foreign Operations Administration staff representatives declared no longer representing AFL (by
convention resolution). Oct. Ill.
- - International Association of Machinists and International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Joint organizing drive. June 640.
- - No-raiding agreement with Congress of Industrial Organizations announced June 2, 1953 (ratified
by CIO executive board June 5, 1953, by AFL
annual convention September 1953). June Ill;
Aug. Ill; Nov. 1165.
Atomic energy installations. American Federation of
Labor, Metal Trades Department, attitude toward
no-strike pledge. Nov. 1216.
- - Machinists, International Association of (AFL),
plan to organize industry. Nov. 1217.
Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement
Workers of America, United (CIO). Fourteenth
constitutional convention, March 1953; proceedings.
May 496-501.
Automobile Workers, United (AFL), New York local
193. Revocation of charter ordered by parent
union, February 1953. Apr. 423.
Carpenters, United Brotherhood of. Withdrawal
from AFL and reaffiliation with AFL, autumn 1953.
Sept. III; Oct. 1099; Nov. 1165-1166.
Communications Workers of America (CIO). 1953
convention, summary of proceedings. Aug. 830832.
Communism in. Non-Communist oath. Charges
against union official of swearing falsely. Nov.
1218; Dec. IV, 1325-1326.
_
Congress of Industrial Organizations. Convention,
14th annual, Atlantic City, Dec. 1-4, 1952. Statement of policies and objectives; speakers. Jan.
13-17.
- - Death (February 1953) of Alan S. Haywood,
executive vice president. Mar. IV.
- --Death ( ovember 1952) of Philip Murray, president, and tribute paid by 14th annual convention.
Jan. 16-17; Feb. 124.
- - Views on means of maintaining national prosperity, 1953. Oct. 1072-1075.
Craft severance. Importance to unions of NLRB
decision to be made in American Potash and
Chemical Corp. case. Nov. III; Dec. 1325.
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Electrical Workers, International Union of (CIO).
Program and policies for negotiating guaranteed
annual wage agreements at local-union level. Dec.
1328.
- - Vote by Minneapolis-Honeywell local to shift to
Teamsters (AFL). Mar. IV.
Foreign policy roles in postwar period; policies and
problems of representatives sent to Europe from
AFL and CIO. (From paper read before Industrial
Relations Research Association, September 1953.)
Nov. 1157-1160.
Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, International (AFL).
Investigator appointed to maintain vigil against entrenchment of dishonest persons in unions. June
IV; Aug. 878.
Longshoremen's Association, International (AFL). AFL
executive council, order to "clean house" by April
30; report to May meeting of executive council.
Feb. III; Mar. 293; May III, 534-535; June III,
641; July 766-767.
- - Charges against president Joseph A. Ryan
in early 1953; later developments including expulsion of union from AFL and chartering of new union,
disturbances, New York waterfront; and injunctions
issued. May III, 534- 535; J une 641; J uly 766-767;
Aug. 877-878; Sept. Ill, 983; Oct. III, 1098, 10991100; Nov. III, IV, 1166-1167, 1215-1216; Dec.
IV, 1324.
Longsboremen's Union, International (Ind.), Philadelphia. Continuation, September 1953, of guaranteed annual wage plans started Sept. 1, 1952,
with sugar refining companies. Dec. 1329.
Management attitude toward unionism in steel plant
after 16 years of relations. Oct. 1074-1077.
Members' attitudes, research on, objectives and procedures. June 592-595.
Members' dual loyalty to employer and union, discussion and findings of studits. Dec. 1273-1280.
Merger negotiations. Distributive, Processing, and
Office Workers and Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. June III, 640; J uly 766.
- - Masters, Mates, and Pilots (AFL) and Marine
Engineers' Beneficial Association (CIO). Feb. 185;
J uly 766; Oct. 1099.
No-raiding pacts. See Unity, this section.
Officers, local union, factors in selection of. July
752-753.
Outlook for increase in membership and for chan~es in
bargaining methods; characteristics of unions (from
S!ichter address to Wharton School Labor-Management Conference, April 1953). June 609-611.
Power motivations of American labor movement.
Mar. 258-260.
Relations with international confederations in 1952.
Feb. 125.
Retirement of workers, compulsory. Union attitudes
toward. May 489.
Rubber Workers, United (CIO). Contract bargaining
program adopted, March 1953. May 531.
Seafarers' International Union (AFL) received Marine
Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, and Wipers Association (Pacific Coast), as chartered affilie,te, autumn
1953. Nov. 1217.
Steelworkers, United (CIO). P ension and insurance
agreements, changes, and annual wage guarantee
plans of wage policy committee as of October 1953.
Dec. 1328.
Teachers, American Federation of (AFL). Vote at
36th annual convention (1953) to ban racial
segregation. Oct. 1102.
Teachers' unions. Development of; strike experience.
May 475-479.
Teamsters' union. Negotiation of national ratb er than
local or regional agreements announced as policy
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Labor organizations, United States-Continued
Textile industry, development 1850--1952.
Apr.
367-368.
Unity between AFL and CIO. Movement for, in
1953, and no-raiding pact. Mar . 294; Apr. III,
423; May III; June III, 641; Jul y IV, 766; Aug.
878-879; Sept. III, 982-983; Oct. III, 1098- 1099;
Nov. 1166, 1218; Dec. III-IV.
Unity program of Masters, Mates, and Pilots (AFL)
and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (CIO),
1953. Feb. 185; Apr. 423; June III ; July 766;
Oct. 1099.
Warehouse and Distribution Workers, Local of
Teamsters (AFL), St. Louis. Annual wage plan
effective in 1953. Dec. 1328-1329.
Year 1952, summary of developments. Feb. 124.
Labor organizations, foreign countries:
Australia. Arbitration system established by law and
its effect; dissatisfaction with Labor Party. (Discussion at annual meeting of Industrial Relations
Research A~sociatiGn.) . June 591-592.
- - Unions' dependence upon politi cal measures.
Effects upon arbitration system and industxial
efficiency. June 591-592.
British Trades Union Congress. "Go slow" policy on
nationalization of industries voted by September
1953 convention . Sept . IV; Oct. IV.
Europe. Implications of strikes in East Germany and
in France in 1953 (from address before AFL convention). Nov. 1160-1162.
France. Communist domination of and frustration
of workers' objectives.
(From paper given in
panel discussion of Industrial Relations Research
Association.) June 589-591.
- - Political problems of Free French labor movement, 1953. (From address before AFL convention.) Nov. 1162-1164.
- - Unions in French industries, role of. (From
paper given at annual meeting of Industrial Relations and Research Association, Pittsburgh, April
1953.) June 589-591.
Germany. Christian Democratic Union. Demand by
former labor leaders for more representation in
unified West German trade union movement
(DGB), autumn 1953. Oct. JV.
- - (Eastern-Soviet-Zone.)
Government policy
and union role in plan, "Free German Trade
Unions Federation," Soviet-type collective agreements labor productivity. J an. 4-7.
- - (West.) Goals, economic and political background, structure, activities, unity, co-determination, anti-Communist methods, legislation.
Jan. 1-4.
- - - - Attitudes toward co-determination law
of Oct. 11, 1952. Apr. 395.
- - (Western and Eastern Zones.)
Contrasting
roles under free and totalitarian systems. Jan. 1-7.
Great Britain. See British Trades Union Congress,
this section.
Labor organizations, international:
Inter-American Regional Workers' Organization conference Dec. 12 to 18, 1952; United States delegat ion; action taken. .Tan. III- IV.
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU). Operations 1951-53 (including locations
and types of offices and organizations maintaining
them), as shown in general secretary's report to
July 1953 congress. Nov.1191-1196.
- - Relations with International Trade Secretariats
(ITS), and need for continued cooperation. Apr.
372, 377-380.
- - Third World Congress, Stockholm, July 1953.
Proceedings, distribution of membership, policies,
Oct.
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International Trade Secretariats (ITS).
Development, nature, headquarters, and membership,
1952; relations with International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Apr. 372-380.
- - 'Cnited States affiliates of member organizations. Apr. 373.
Wor1d Federation of Trade Unions (Communist
dominated). "Contrived" representation at October 1953 convention (Vienna). Nov. IV.
Labor requirements. Construction industry. Airfields,
military. Labor costs, man-hours, characteristics of
projects, occupational distribution of workers, level
and duration of employment, weekly hours, and earnings. Fe/J . 130-135.
Labor statistics, Western Europe. Development since
end of World War II; cooperation by ILO and 6rganization for European Economic Cooperation; points
covered, 10 countries. May 490-495.
Labor turnover:
Communications (telephone and telegraph). Monthly
rates per 100 employees, by cause of leaving,
September 1952 to August 1953.
See Current
Labor Statistics table B-2, each issue.
Manufacturing. Rates per 100 employees, by cause
of leaving and by month, years 1939 and 1946-53.
See Current Labor Statistics, table B-1, each issue.
- - By industries.
Monthly rates per 100 employees, by cause of leaving, September 1952 to
Se_ t ember 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table B-2, each issue.
Measurement, for economic planning. Scope, continuity, and limitation of Bureau of Labor Statistics
series; method of computation. May 519-522.
Mining, coal and metal. Monthly rates per 100
employees-, by cause of leaving, September 1952
to September 1953. S ee Current Labor Statistics,
table B-2, each issue.
Shipbuilding industry.
Trend during period of
Korean hostilities. Sept. 942.
Laundries. New York City. Wage chronology, 1945-53.
Jan. 39-44.
Laundries, power. Weekly earnings, 33 selected areas,
mid-1953; plant workers, by occupation and sex;
routemen, by length of scheduled workweek; and
related wage practices. Dec. 1307-1309.
Leased equipment, operators' pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania. Greyhound Lines). Provision effective, Nov.
1, 1945. .Tuly 745.
Legislation, United States, Federal and general:
Coal Mi.ne Safety Act, amendment in 1952. Federal
inspectors given authority to close any mine in
imminent danger of fire, flood, explosion, or disaster.
Feb. 125.
Federal Employees Compensation Act (1916). Provisions; comparison with other Federal laws. June
602-608.
F ederal Employers' Liability Act (1908). Rights
given to railway workers and (through amendment
by Merchant Marine Act of 1920) to seamen, to sue
employers under specified circumstances. June
603.
Gains for labor in 1952 through amendments to Coal
Mine Safety Act, Social Security AcJ~ Civil Service
Retirement Act, and Railroad unemployment
Insurance Act. Feb. 124-125.
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarranWalt-er Act). Amendments proposed. Recommendations of Secretary of Labor and AFL economist,
October 1952. Jan. 45.
- - R evision recommended. June 628 .
Labor-Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act.
Amendments proposed early in 1953 (83d Cong.)
and hearings. Mar. III, 294; Apr. III, 421-42£;
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Legislation, United States, Federal and general-Con.
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Act (1927). Provisions; comparison with other
Federal laws. June 602-608.
Merchant Marine (Jones) Act (1920). Provision
extending to seamen certain rights under Federal
Employers' Liability Act of 1908. June 603.
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission established, August 1953 (concerning employment of
dockworkers). Oct. 1099.
Railway Labor Act. Emergency proceedings under.
Appraisal of effectiveness as shown by National
Mediation Board report for year ended June 30,
1952. April 422-423.
"Right to work" laws enacted by 14 States to 1953.
Nov. 1190.
State committees to study laws on workmen's compensation, safety, State organization, or discrimination in employment, created or continued by 16
States in 1953. Nov. 1190.
State laws passed in 1953, summary. Nov. 1185-1190.
For specific State see Legislation, U. S., by State.
Waterfront Commission Compact between New York
and New Jersey. Law passed authorizing, August
1953. Oct. 1099.
Workmen's compensation. Medical benefits. List
of jurisdictions providing full or limited coverage
by statute or administrative authority. Aug.
826-829.
- - Occupational disease coverage (full) by Federal
Employees' and Longshoremen's and Harbor
Workers' compensation acts. July 710.
Legislation, United States, by State:
Alabama. Right-to-work law prohibiting union shop
and other similar union-security clauses, effective
Aug. 28, 1953. Oct. 1102; Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational-disease
coverage of specified dust diseases, as of July 1953.
July 710.
Alaska Territory. Discrimination in employment,
mandatory type law to prevent, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Employment agencies, private. Act of 1953.
Nov. 1187.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised,
coverage extended, vocational rehabilitation provided for, 1953. Nov. 1185-1187.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Arizona. Workmen's compensation. Occupational
diseases covered (36) as of July 1953. July 710.
Arkansas. Industrial health and safety. Fire marshal required to inspect factories employing 10 or
more persons, by 1953 amendment. Nov. 1189.
- - Picketing regulated by 1953 law. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease
coverage (full) as of July 1953. July 710.
California. Hours of women's work. Law amended
1953, to cover women laboratory technologists and
hospital technicians. Nov. 1190.
- - Industrial health and safety. Safety equipment
of trucks for transporting workmen required by
1953 law. Nov. 1190.
- - Voting time. Amount formerly allowed without
loss of pay reduced by 1953 amendment. Nov.
1190.
- - Wage claims. Law authorizing reciprocal agreements for, with Nevada and Oregon, 1953. Nov.
1188.
Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised,
provision for minors injured in illegal employment
amended; labor commissioner authorized to take
assignments of award claims, 1953. Nov. 1185,
1188.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Colorado.
Workmen's compensation.
Benefits
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- - - - Occupational diseases covered (24) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Connecticut. Equal-pay law. Amended to permit
employers to consider length of service and merit
ratin gs as factors in determining ratE:s, and assignment to labor commissioner cf claims for wages
under this law authorized 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Hours of work, women. Law amended 1953, to
clarify exemption for retail store women executives.
Nov. 1190.
- - Wage deductions for union dues. Law permitting when authorized by collective bargaining
contract amended, 1953, to permit also when
authorized by individual employee, and to include
initiation fees under same provision. Nov. 1188 .
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Delaware. Workmen 's compensation. Benefits raised,
coverage extended to illegally employed minors,
1953. Nov. 1185, 1188.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
District of Columbia. Workmen's compensation.
Occupational disease coverage (full) as of July 1953.
July 710.
.
Florida . Child labor. 1953 laws lowering minimum
age to 10 for nonfactory work outside school hours,
and authorizing waiver of minimum age requirement when minor's work needed to help support
family. Nov. 1187-1188.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, provisions for vocational rehabilitation and minors
illegally employed amended, 1953. Nov. 1185,
1187-1188.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Georgia. Workmen's compensation. Occupational
diseases covered (25) as of July 1953. July 710.
Hawaii Territory. Industrial health and safety.
Rule-making power on explosives granted to commissioner of labor and industrial relations, 1953.
Nov. 1189.
- - Minimum wage. Raised by 1953 amendment,
and former provision permitting lower rates for
children under 14 deleted. Nov. 1188.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
second-injury provision broadened. Nov. 11851186.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Idaho. Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (11) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Illinois. Child labor. Compulsory school attendance
law strengthened, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Emergency relaxation, 1953, laws covering hours
of work and days in workweek, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Indu~trial homework. Processing of metal
springs and certain other processing added to coverage of law, 1953. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, 1953.
Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Indiana. Discrimination in employment. Amendment to law, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Emergency relaxation permitting girls 16 and 17
to work until 9 p. m. made permanent, 1953. Nov.
11 89.
- - Workmen's compensation . Benefits raised, coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.

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Legislation, · United States, by State-Continued
Iowa. Workmen's compensation. Occupational diseases (16) covered a s of July 1953. J u ly 710.
Kansas. Discrimination in employment. Antidiscrimination commission creat-ed to use educational
approach to problem, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185, 1186.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage of 12
scheduled diseases adopted, 1953. July 710; Nov.
1185.
Kentucky. Workmen's compensation. Occupational
diseases, limited coverage as of July 1953. Jul y
710.
Louisiana. Workmen's compensation. Occupational
diseases covered (6) as of July 1953. Jul y 710.
Maine. Hours of work, women. Law amended,
1953, to clarify exemption for executives' office
assistants. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
1953. Nov . 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (14) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Maryland.
Workmen's compensation.
Benefits
raised, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Massachusetts.
Emergency relaxation of certain
labor laws extended for 1 year, but minors under
16 excepted, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Minimum wage. Exemption of employees of
nonprofit or charitable organizations and of casual
help and ushers eliminated, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Workmen's compensation. Coverage extended,
1953. Nov. 1185-1186.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Michigan. Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised,
1953. Nov. 11 85.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Minnesota. Child labor. Compulsory school attendance law strengthened, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Industrial health and safety. Use in dusting
molds of materials containing silica dust prohibited
by 1953 law. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
coverage extended, vocational rehabilitation provided for , 1953. Nov. 11 85.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J u ly 710.
Missouri. Voting time. Amount formerly allowed
without loss of pay reduced by 1953 amendment.
Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Montana. M edical examination, employee required
to pay for, as condition of employment, prohibited
by 1953 law. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
1953. Nov. 1185 .
- - - - Occupational disease (silicosis) covered as
of July 1953. July 710.
Nebraska. Child labor. Compulsory school attendance iaw strengthened, 1953. Nov. 1188.
- - Hours of work, women. Application of law
changed, 1953, to employers of more than 25
persons, throughout State. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
1953. Nov. 11 85.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Nevada. Hours of work, women. Spread in which
they may be employed 8 hours reduced from 24 to
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- - I nd ustrial health and safety. Labor commissioner empowered to advise industrial commission
in formulation of safety standards, and to enforce
them, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Minim um wage (women and girls only). Raised
1953, providing rates for experienced workers and
for t:1ose in probationary period. Nov. 1188.
- - Wage claims. Law authorizing reciprocal agreements for, with California and Oregon, 1953. Nov.
1188.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
New Hampshire. Child labor. Minimum age for
boys delivering newspapers after 5 p. m., and for
golf caddies, reduced to 12, compulsory school
attendance laws strengthened, 1953. Nov. 11871188.
- - Industrial healt h and safety.
Scaffolding
requirements established by 1953 law. Nov . 1190:.
- - Minimum wage. Raised by 1953 amendment;
minimum set for theater ushers and bowling alley
pin boys ; and minim um raised for learners and
handicapped persons. Nov . 1188.
- - Workmen's compensation.
Benefits raised,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases, specified, covered
as of July 1953. J u ly 710.
ew Jersey. Workmen's compensation. Benefits
raised, 1953. Nov . 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J ·u ly 710.
ew Mexico. Workmen's compensation. Occupational diseases covered (31) as of July 1953. July
710.
New York. Child labor. Street trades, minimum
age for boys raised to 14 and hours of work limited,
1953. Nov. 1187.
- - Emergency relaxation of certain labor laws
extec.ded 1 year, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Industrial homework. Clerical work exempted
by 1953 amendment. Nov. 11 90.
- - Work by women over 21, between midnight and
6 a. m., in multiple-shift factories. Labor commissioner authorized to permit, 1953 amendment.
Nov . 11 90.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease
coverage, (full) as of July 1953. July 710.
North Carolina. Emergency relaxation of labor laws
under certain conditions, law of 1953. Nov . 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185, 1186.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (26) as of
July 1953. July 710.
North Dakota. Medical examination, employee required to pay for, as condition of employment,
p rohibited by 1953 law. Nov. 1190.
- - Picketing regulation law enacted, 1953. Nov.
1190.
- - Representation a.nd strike election provisions
repealed, filing of financial and other data by unions
required, mediation of labor disputes provided for,
1953. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, vocational rehabilitation provision liberalized, 1953.
Nov. 1185 1187.
- - - - 6ccupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Ohio. Emergency relaxation of certain labor laws
extended in 1953 for 2 years. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease overage (full) as of July 1953. Ju ly '?10.
- - - - Relief fund created to supplement benefi ts, operation of rehabilitation center provided for,
1953. Nov. 1187.

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Legislation, United States, by State-Continued
Oklahoma. Industrial health and safety. Prevention of hazards, commissioners of health and labor
to cooperate in, 1953 enactment. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits raised, second-injury provision amended, 1953. Nov. 1185,
1186.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (of 13
scheduled diseases) adopted, 1953. July 710;
Nov. 1185.
Oregon. Division of labor elections established, 1953;
law of 1947 authorizing labor commissioner to hold
strike elections repealed. Nov. 11 90.
- - Employment agencies, private.
ew law enacted, 1953, repealing former law. Nov. 1187.
- - Industrial health and safety. Industrial accident commission authorized to ban furth er use of
unsafe machines on premises. Nov. 1189.
- - Picketing regulation law enacted, 1953. Nov.
1190.
- - Wage claims. Law authorizing reciprocal agreements for, with California and Nevada, 1953.
Nov. 1188.
- - Workmen's comp ensation. Benefits increased,
coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Pennsylvania. Workmen's compensation. Benefits
increased, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (13) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Puerto Rico. Workmen's compensation. Occupational diseases covered (17) as of July 1953.
J uly 710.
Rhode Island. Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease coverage (full) as of July 1953.
J uly 710.
South Carolina. Emergency relaxation. Law authorizing permits for Sunday work in Government
contract work for national defense. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
South D akota. Workmen's compensation. Benefits
inc,reased, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (25) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Tennessee. Hours of work, women. Law amended,
1953, to include women in telephone offices.
Nov. 1190.
- - Voting time without loss of pay provided for by
1953 law. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases (9 covered, full coverage p ermissible) as of July 1953. July 710.
T exas. Hours of work, women. Law amended,
1953, to include women in banks. Nov. 1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Coverage extended ,
1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (45) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Utah. Industrial health and safety. D epartment of
Health authorized to issue sanitary regulations for
factories and workshops, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease coverage (full) as of July 1953. July 710.
Vermont. Industrial health and safety. Authority
of commissioner of industrial relations to inspect
places of work broadened, 1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
coverage extended, 1953. Nov. 1185, 1186.
- - - - Occupational diseases covered (7) as of
July 1953. J uly 710.
Virginia. Workmen's compensation. Occupati0nal
disease coverage (full) as of July 1953. J uly 710.
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Washington. Industrial health and safety. Attachment to utility poles of signs or other objects that
might endanger electrical workers banned by 1953
law. Nov. 1189-1190.
- - Workmen's compensation. Occupational disease coverage (full) as of July 1953. July 710.
West Virginia. Workmen's compensation. Benefits
increased, 1953. Nov. 1185.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Wisconsin. Industrial health and hazards. Industrial commission authorized to inspect certain plants
and equipment, and to examine plans for buildings;
1953. Nov. 1189.
- - Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased,
second-injury provision amended, safety compliance
enforcement provision added, 1953. Nov. 1185,
1186, 1187.
- - - - Occupational disease coverage (full) as of
July 1953. July 710.
Wyoming. Workmen's compensation. Benefits increased, 1953. Nov. 1185.
Legislation, Germany (Western Zone):
Co-determination (law governing industrial relations
within the plant), Oct. 11, 1952. Coverage and
provisions. Apr. 393-395.
Collective agreements, authority given Government
agencies to extend; management-labor committees'
power to determine minimum wages and employment conditions on approval of Ministry of Labor;
and restoration of laws developed in Weimar p eriod.
Jan . 4.
Legislation, Labor, 19th Annual Conference on, December
1952. Proceedings, s ummary of. Jan. 18-22.
Life insurance:
Armour and Co. Provision, effective Oct. 27, 1952.
Aug. 842.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 747.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective Jan. 1, 1946. Apr. 411.
Electric and gas utilit ies. Prevalence of plans in
July 1952. Apr. 402.
Group extension of protection to workers who retire
after a period of coverage. Sept. 958.
Hosiery industry. Full-fashioned and seamless.
Provisions in effect, November 1952. July 732,
735.
Laundries. New York City. Family and wholesale; linen supply and fiatwork. Provisions, effective in February 1946. Jan. 44.
- - Power. Prevalence of plans for workers in mid1953. Dec. 1809.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision, effective Jan. 1,
1953. Oct. 1092.
Machinery industries. Types of provisions in effect
in general and by city, October 1952-February 1953.
July 739-740.
Plant and office workers in major labor market areas.
Prevalence of plans, 1951-52. Mar. 270-271.
Sawmilling and logging industries, West Coast. Extent of practice, February 1952. Mar. 275.
Longshore industry. Atlantic,
Iorth. General wage
change, 1952, and basic hourly rates, selected ports.
(Wage chron. 17, supp. 2.) Nov. 1207-1208.
Loyalty, dual (to employer and union):
Buchsbaum, S., Co. Mutual "emotional acceptance"
by employer and union. Findings of 1949 study
brought up to date. Dec. 1274-1 276.
Methodology in studying role conflict; theoretical
examination of the concept. Dec. 1278-1280.
Packinghouse workers . Findings of 3-year study in
Swift and Co. plants. Dec. 1276-1277.
Workers, allegiances in 8 Illini City establishments
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Lumber industry. Southern. Characteristics of enterprises; hourly earnings of sawmill and logging workers
by occupation and region, April 1953. Oct. 1077-1081'.
Hourly
MACHINE-TOOL accessory establishments.
earnings, men in selected occupations and selected
cities, November 1952-January 1953. July 738.
Machinery manufacture:
Hourly earnin gs in selected occupations, 29 cities 1 and
related wage practices, winter 1952-53. July
735-740.
Wage trends, January 1945 to January 1953 and
annual rate of increase; hourly earnings by city and
occupation, 1951-53. Dec. 1309-1311.
Manpower. Chemists and chemical engineers. Resources shown by 1951 survey made by National
Scientific Register. Nov. 1196-1198.
Manufacturing industries. Occupational relationships of
earnings between regions and between industries
1952-53. Nov. 1171-1178. See also under Accident
statistics; Employment statistics; Labor turnover; and
Wages and hours.
Maternity benefits. L~undries (New York City). Family
and wholesale, and !men-supply and flatwork divisions.
Agreement, February 1946. J an. 44.
Meal allowance. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Long Lines. Provisions, effective in 1940 and 1947.
Aug. 857.
Meals and mealtime 12_ay:
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago . Provisions
'
effective in 1945 and 1946. Apr. 409.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Provision, effective
Sept. 1, 1952. Aug. 850.
Meatpacking industry. Wage chronologies (supplements)
of Armour and Co., and Swift and Co., changes, 1951
and 1952. Aug. 839-845.
Medical insurance. Hosiery industry seamless branch
'
provisions, as of November 1952. luly_ 735.
Migration. Puerto Rico to mainland. Economic causes
and effects. Jun e 625-627.
Migratcry l~bor. Problems pointed out in dis cussion by
1952 Nat10nal Conference on Labor Legislation . Jan
.
21-22.
Milk (fluid) industry. Injury and severity rates 1952 by
'
type of trade and department. Dec. 1295-1299
·
Minimum wage:
Laws to provide still lacking in many States. Discussion in 1952 Labor Legislation Conference
·
J an. 20-Sl.
Puerto Rico. Sugar industry, under Fair Labor
Standards Act. Mar. IV.
Textile industry. Suit filed challenging $1 hourly
rate ordered by determination of Jan . 15 1953 for
cotton branch, injunctions granted; prot~st ag;inst
$1.20 rate proposed for woolen and worsted branch.
Feb. IV, 185; Mar. IV, 292; Apr. 421.
Mining. Coal, bituminous. Wage chronology (supplement). Changes, effective Oct. 1, 1952. Sept. 961-962.
Missed runs. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. J uly 746.
Motor-vehicle industry. See Automobile industry.
NATIONAL Education Association. Growth; 1857 to
1953, and policies . May 478, 477, 479.
National ~abor Relations Board (U. S. Government):
Appomtment of Guy Farmer, chairman Philip Ray
Rodgers, . member, July 1953. July lv; Aug. IV.
Charge agamst local union officials (New Jersey waterfront) paid by employer though not on his payroll
(stevedoring industry) . Mar. II I.
Decisions. Back-pay order; deprivation of low-rental
company hom!l8 reco~ized when employees' discharge for umon act1v1t y was ruled unfair labor
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- - Cler ical workers, salaried, spending substantial
p~rt o( time in plant areas, and in frequent contact
with p kant employees, held included in production
and maintenance employees' bargaining unit. May
523.
- - Dinner given by employer for purpose of making
anti-union speech not per se violation of Labor
Management Relations Act (LMRA). J uly 758.
- - Discharge, for repeated violation of safety rules,
held lawful, despit e employer's hostility toward
same employee for his union activities. Mar . 285.
- - Discharge (under union-shop contract) for refusal to pay regular initiation fee held ndt unfair
labor practice, although employee 'formerly a union
member, had been expelled for dual unionism. Oct.
1095.
- - Discharge (union-campaign leaders) for violation of rule against posting union stickers around
plant, held discriminatory. J uly 759 .
- - Domination of independent union by employer
held v_iolation of act even though rival union did
not raise charges until after representation election .
Apr . 413.
- - Em]Ployer and union both violated LMRA when
employer granted demand of millwrights' union
that members of other union be replaced by millwri~ht members . Apr . 413.
- - Employer-conducted poll of employees to determine whether they wish union representation held
violation of LMRA. Sept. 975.
Employer's pre-election speech to employees
with implied threats of economic reprisals held
interference, election set aside, and new vote
ordered . Dec. 1319.
- - Em, lo yer who moved (in 1951) from Massachusetts t o North Carolina, ordered to rehire Massachusetts workers discharged or locked out and provide back pay and traveling and moving expenses.
Oct. 1102.
- - Jurisdiction interest in rural electrical cooperative denied because not justified by impact of
cooperative's business upon interstate commerce.
Nov . III.
- - Jurisdictional issues, construction-industry employer's overall operations held to form basis for
determining. Apr. 413.
- - Lockout by all members of certain general contractors' associations, when plumbers' strike affected
some p rojects, held justified. Sept. 975.
- - Making of contract by employer with one of two
competing unions before Board-directed election
wa · held ruled violation of LMRA. Nov . 1211.
- - Motor freight company drivers who purchased
and maintained own vehicles held independent
contractors under LMRA. Nov. 1211.
- - Non-Communist affidavits. Union r epresentatives held not subject to L MRA requirement (of
officers only) to sign. J une IV.
on-Communist oath. Certification of Fur
Workers Union, Local 214 canceled because of
indictment one officer accu~ed of falsely denying
Communist membership and activities; withholding_ of_action on p etitions by unions with officers
so mdrnted announced as Board policy. Nov. III ,
1218; Dec. 1318-1319, 1325-1326.
- - - - R eaffirmation r equired of 12 union officers
who had refused to swear to truth of former affidavit. Jan . IV.
- - P ayment of nonunion employees for time not
worked during strike by CIO union held not violat ion of act, although AFL employees under nostrike contract were not paid. Aug. 889.
- - P lant guards required to be represented only in
homogeneous units, according to 1953 ruling (reversing 1948 ruling). Nov. Ill.

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National Labor Relations Board (U. S. Govt.)-Con.
Decisions. Radio station affiliated with national network held to be "engaging in commerce," within
meaning of LMRA. Dec. 1320.
- - Refusal by employer. To bargain with certified
union because rival union made threats, held violation of LMRA. Nov. 1209.
- - - - To bargain with group of union representatives unless one (not an employee) was excluded,
held unlawful. Dec. 1319-1320.
- - - - To bargain with newly certified labor union
because of long-term contract with another union,
held unfair labor practice. Sept. 984.
- - --- To conclude agreement with union which
was in compliance with non-Communist-oath provision unless additional affidavits were signed, held
refusal to bargain. Aug. 878.
- - - - To hire 8 applicants (during period when
24 others were hired) because of union activity at
another employer's plant, ruled discriminatory.
Mar. 285.
- - Rental of company-owned houses by company's
employees held bargainable issue. Feb. 177.
- - Representation elections. Barred for term of
5-year contract (automobile and farm implements
industries). Mar. III.
- - --- New run-off election granted because of
deception practiced by one of competing unions in
original election. Mar. IV.
- - Slowdown authorized by union afforded employer
ground for r efusing to bargain while slowdown
continued. Feb. 177.
- - Sound-truck use by union to broadcast to workers
during initialAeriod of election found not in violation of LMR . Nov. 1209.
- - Unfair labor practices. Successive employer
held responsible for predecessor's even though
charges (within 6-month statutory p eriod) against
only first employer. J une 631.
- - Union acting as exclusive bargaining agent may
not charge nonmembers for handling grievances
with the company. May IV.
- - Union and its president each held responsible for
the other's acts violating LMRA. Nov. 1210.
- - Union-shop contract cannot be invoked to force
employee to relinquish membership in another local.
July 759.
- - Union-shop contract stipulating it would not
become effective until non-Communist and filing
provisions of act complied with, held valid. Jan.
59.
- - Union which struck in violation of contract held
to have forfeited bargaining rights and justified
contract cancellation and mass discharge of union
members. Discharge of four watchmen and two
nonunion office workers who were wives of members
held unlawful, and reinstatement of the six ordered.
Dec. 1319.
Operations, 1951-52, including r epresentation, unionshop, and unfair-labor-practice cases, Board decisions, and court action. Aug. 834-839.
Policy adopted to "hold in abeyance" representation
cases involving unions whose officers had been
indicted for falsely making non-Communist oath.
Dec. 1318-1319.
R esignation of Chairman Paul M. Herzog, effective
June 30, 1953. May IV.
Role of, as presented by Chairman (Guy Farmer) in
address to a section of the printing industry. Dec.
1324-1325.
Negro workers:
Employment and income, 1940-52. Jun e 596-601.
Old Age and Survivors Insurance status with 1949
earnings, in covered employment . J une 600-601.
Night premium pay. American T elephone & Telegraph
Co.-Long Lines. Provisions, effective, various dates,
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May

See under
Workmen's compensation.
Occupational mobility. Chemists, physicists, and biologists. Oct. 1071-1072.
Occupational wage levels. All industry, 20 labor-market
areas, fall 1952-spring 1953. Weekly earnings, 13 office,
5 professional and technical occupations; hourly earnings,
13 plant occupations. Dec. 1281-1284.
Occupations:
Chemists and chemical engineers. Manpower resources. Median age, military status, education,
fields of employment, functions, and income. Nov.
1196-1198.
Differentials in wages in major labor markets, 1951-52.
Mar. 266-267.
Electronics industry. Percentages of labor force in
specified groups, January 1953; and in selected
occupations, November 1951. Oct. 1053, 1054.
Tool and die makers. Backgrounds; choice of vocation and method of entry; workers' opinions on
their jobs as careers. Jan. 8-12.
Women workers. New areas of employment opened
by mid-century. Apr. 382-383.
Older workers:
Handicapped persons. Special problems concerning
placement of. July 756-757.
Pension and insurance costs of employing. Sept.
955-958.
Old-age pensions. See Retirement.
Overtime pay:
American Telephone & Telegraph-Long Lines. Provisions, effective, various dates, 1940-50. Aug.
854.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines).
Provisions, effective in 1945 and 1946. J uly 743.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 407.
International Shoe Co. Provisions, effective Oct. 1
and Nov. 1, 1952. Apr. 403.
Laundries (New York C,ity). Family and wholesale;
and linen supply and flatwork. Agreement provisions, 1945-51. Jan. 41-42.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Provision, effective Sept.
1, 1952. Aug. 849.
Printing (commercial, Chicago). Provision, effective
Oct. 7, 1951. Nov. 1205.
Western Union T elegraph. Provision, effective Sept.
1, 1952. Oct. 1086.
OCCUPATIONAL diseases, compensation for.

PAPER products, converted. Hourly earnings, by region,
sex, and product worked on. Dec. 1314-1317.

Parachute industry. Hourly earnings, by region, December 1951. Feb. 155.
Pensions. S ee Retirement.
Personnel. Administration techniques discussed at conference of American Management Association, New
York, September 1953, summary. Dec. 1302-1307.
Placement policies. Ford Motor Co. plan for employment
of handicapped, and results. Dec. 1299-1301 .
Policemen. Salaries, January 1952 and increase since
January 1951, in cities of various size groups over
100,000 population. J uly 723-726.
Population:
Puerto Rico. Effect. of migration on population
pressures since World War II. June 626-627.
Trends in United States, discussed by BLS Commissioner, October .1952. Jan. 46-47.
Premium pay. S ee types of.
President Eisenhower's first message to Congress, Feb. 2,
1953. Labor and economic recommendations. Apr.
392-393.
Price control:
Regulations. CPR Nos. 178-186, issued Nov. 12,
1952, to Jan. 30, 1953. Mar. 280-281.

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Price control-Continued
Regulations. Supplementary,; suspending controls,
issued Nov. 20, 1952 to Jan. 29, 1953. Mar. 281282.
Suspended by Office of Price Stabilization, February
and March 1953; list of commodities covered by
various regulations. May 517-518.
Prices United St!ttes:
Consumer Price Index (1947-49= 100). Aircraft and
automobile industries, pay increases following
April-July index rise. Oct. 1098.
- - All items and commodity groups. Annual U. S.
averages, 1947-52; monthly, January 1950 to
October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, tables
D-la, Mar. issue, and D-1, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - All items and commodity groups except food, by
city. Monthly, February 1952 to October 1953.
See Current Labor Statistics, table D-5, Apr. to
Dec. issues.
- - All items and total food. Annual U.S. averages,
1913-52; monthly, January 1950 to October 1953.
See Current Labor Statistics, tables D-lb, Mar.
issue, D-3, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - All items, by city, monthly,,_June 1950, February
1952 to October 1953. See vurrent Labor Statistics, table D-4, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - Continuing program to keep index technically
sound. Need for, and. proposed methods. Feb.
172-174.
- - Evaluation of, as a wage deflator. Feb. 169-:-172.
- - Food, total, and food at home (by groups of
items) . Annual U.S. average, 1947-52; monthly,
January 1950 to October 1953. See Current Labor
Statistics, table D-2, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - Food, total, and food at home (by groups of
items), by city. Monthly, average February 1952
to October 1953. S ee Current Labor Statistics,
table D-6, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - General Motors Corp.-UA W contract. Conversion from "old" to " revised" series. Memorandum. Aug. 846.
- - - - Escalator clause, negotiations. Apr. 418;
July 763.
--Main features; comparison with "old" and
"adjusted" indexes. Feb. 161-165.
- - New features of, appraisal. Feb. 174-175.
- - Objectives of preparation and use; coverage;
formula.; methods used; comparison by population,
city, and commodity coverage, with "old" and
"adj usted" indexes. Feb. 162-165.
- - Reasons for moderate changes from former
indexes; some problems in concept and theory.
Feb. 165-169.
.
--Released late in February 1953 to be "official
index of Government for public policy purposes."
Feb. 161; Mar. 294-295.
- - Taxes, income and other, as related to. J an.
53-57; Feb. 175.
- - Used as Government official index for public
policy purposes, while "old" index continued (to
June 30, 1953). Feb. III .
Consumers' Price Index (1935-39= 100). All items
and total food. Annual U. S. averages, 1913-52;
monthly, January 1950 to October 1953. See
Current Labor Statistics, tables D-lb, Mar. issue ,
D-3, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - All items, by city, selected months in 1952 and
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table D-4,
Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - Moderate-income families. By city and commodity group, m onthly, October to December 1952.
See Current Labor Statistics, table D-3, Jan. to
Mar. issues.
'
- - - - By city, selected periods 1950-52. See
Current Labor Statistics, table D-2, Jan. to Mar.
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- - - - By group of commodities. Annual averages, 1913-51; monthly for 1952. See Current
Labor Statistics, table D-1, Jan. and Feb. issues.
- - Name changed, when revised. See Consumer
Price Index, this section.
- - "Old series" continued by Presidential action
on J an. 30, 1953, for compilation and publication
through June 30, 1953. Feb. III; Mar. 294-295.
- - See also Consumer Price Index (1947-49=100),
this section.
Retail. Indexes (1935-39 = 100). Foods. By city,
monthly, June 1950 and November H}'51 to December 1952. See Current Labor Statistics, table D-5,
.lan. to Mar. issues.
- - - - Foods. By group, annual averages, specified years 1923-39, each year 1940-51; monthly,
November 1951 to December 1952. See Current
Labor Statistics, table D-4, Jan. to Mar. issues.
- - - - Foods. Selected groups and items, June
1950 and November 1951 to December 1952. See
Current Labor Statistics, table D-6, J an. to Mar.
issues, table D-7, Apr. to S ept. issues.
- - Selected groups and items. Average, monthly,
November and D ecem ber 1952, January and JulyOctober 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table D-6, Jan. to Afar. issues, table D-7, Apr. to
Dec. issues.
- - Trends in 1952. Feb. 118.
Wholesale. Indexes (194 7-49= 100). By group and
subgroup of commodities. Monthly, June 1950
and February 1952 to October 1953. See Current
Labor Statistics, table D-8, Apr. to Dec. issues.
- - - - By group and sub11;roup of commodities,
Octobe!'--December 1952. S ee Current Labor Statistics, tables D-7 and D-8, Jan. and Feb. issues.
- - - - S_pecial. Monthly, June 1950 and January
1952 to October 1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table D-8, Mar. issue, table D-9, Apr. to Dec.
issues.
- - Indexes (1926= 100). By group of commodities,
selected years and months, 1913-32, each year
1939-51. See Current Labor Statistics, table D-7a,
Jan. and Feb. issues.
Prices, consumer, Soviet Union. Approximate worktime
required to buy selected commodities in M oscow, compared with worktime required in New York, Mar. 15,
1953, and comparison of real earnings; price cuts in
period 1947-53. July 705-708.
Printing industries. Commercial and newspaper, Chicago.
Wage chronology (supp. 1 to chron. 16). Changes,
1951-53. N ov. 1203-1 206.
Printing trades. Book and job and newspaper. Union
scales of wages and hours, July 1, 1952, and indexes
1939-52. F'eb. 141-145.
Productivity, United States:
Expansion 1900-50, economic progress resulting from.
Apr . 391-392.
Ind ustrial. National Association of Manufacturers'
statement, Apr. 19, 1953, concerning benefits
accruing to all workers through lower prices .
June 642.
Shoe manufacturing. Man-minutes per pair req uired on Goodyear welt shoes, 1950-51, compared
with requirements in French plants, by plant group
and department. J Jtly 727-729.
Productivity, foreign countries:
China (Communist). Use of govern ment-dominated
trade unions in drives. Aug. 822-823.
Fra.nce. Shoe manufacturing. Man-minutes per pair
required, on Goodyear welt shoes, 1950-51, compared with requirements in United States, by plant
group and department. July 727-729.

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Productivity, foreign countries--Continued
Measures ofbsince end of World War II, in Austria,
Belgium, enmark, France, West Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, orway, Sweden, and United Kingdom. May 492-495.
Purchasing power of real earnings. Soviet Union. D ecline since "Five-Year" plans were launched in 1928.
July 705-708.

RACKETEERING. AFL action to combat corrupt elements in labor movement. Aug. 878.
Rehabilitation. Medical aid for, under workmen's compensation systems. Aug. 828-829; Dec. 1291, 12921294.
Related wage practices. See specific type of.
Reporting time. Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago.
Provision, effective 1945. Apr . 408.
Reporting-time pay:
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines) . Provision, effective in November 1945. July 745.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision, effective Nov.
9, 1952. Oct. 1091.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Provision, effective
Sept. 1, 1952. Aug. 850.
Pri nting (newspaper) Chicago. Compositors. Provision, effective Jan. 15, 1952. Nov. 1206.
Rest period, paid:
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 409.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale,
and linen-supply and flatwork divisions. Agreements, 1945 and 1946. Jan . 44.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision, effective Nov.
9, 1952. Oct. 1091 .
Retirement:
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Pension provisions, effective, various dates, 1940-52.
Aug. 857-858.
Armour and Co. Minimum pension, provision,
effective Aug. 1, 1952. Aug. 842.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines) . P ensions. Age; disability. Provisions, effective in
1945 and 1949. July 748.
Chrysler Corp. P ension plan, change made by agreement of May 27, 1953. Nov. 1203.
Clothing industry. Women's and misses' dresses
industry. Pension plans, practices, in effect August
1952. May 517.
Commonwealth Edison Co., of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1950. Apr. 411.
Compulsory. Plans under collective agreements,
provisions of, and attitudes of labor organizations .
May 484-489.
Cotton textiles (northern associations). Separationpay provision, effective Nov. 30, 1951. Feb. 149.
Disability benefits under colle ctive agreements (300),
1952. July 722.
Early (before normal retirement age). Provisions for,
in collective agreements. Mar. 244.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952. Apr. 402.
General Motors Corp. Pension plan change, effective June 1, 1953. Aug. 847.
Hosiery industry, full fashioned and seamless. Pension plans; employer financed, November 1952.
July 732, 735.
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union contracts . System ·adopted by May 1953 convention.
July 764.
Laundries, power. Degree to which pension benefits
were paid, mid-1953. _ Dec. 1309.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale,
and linen-supply and flatwork divisions. Annuity
plan, agreement, April 1951. Jan. 44.
Machinery industries. Plans in effect October 1952February 1953. Extent of, by city and in general.
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Pension plans under collective bargaining. Study of
300 plans in effect in autumn 1952. I-Extent and
nature of vested rights in; II-Compulsory retirement; III-Types and amounts of benefits. Mar.
237-245; May 484-489; July 714-722.
Pension problem in United States. Principles and
policy questions; economics; committee on research,
advisory commission, and collection of data re commended. Mar. 245-248.
Pensions, cost of to employers. Discussion of problems . Sept . 955-956.
Printing (commercial), Chicago. Cylinder pressmen.
5-year pension plan effective Mar. 1, 1952. Nov.
1206.
Severance pay for those not qualified by length of
service for pension . lvfar. 244-245.
"Right to work":
Alabama law prohibiting union shop and other similar
forms of union security, effective Aug. 28, 1953.
Oct. 1102.
Prohibition of closed shops, union shops, and maintenance-of-membershi_p agreements in private industry by laws of 14 States. Nov. 1190 .
Run-around pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provision, effective ov. 1, 1945. July 745.

SAFETY:
Achievements and nature of programs; effects,
generally and in specified States, upon compensation costs. Oct. 1063-1067.
Workmen's compensation laws, appraisal of effect on
accident prevention. Oct. 365-366.
Salaries. See Wages and hours.
Saturday and Sunday work-premium pay. Western
Union Telegraph Co. Provisions, effective in September and November 1952. Oct. 1086.
Saturday work, premium pay:
Armour and Co. Provision, effective Jan. 3, 1953.
Aug. 841.
Swift and Co. Provision, effective Jan. 5, 1953.
Aug. 844Sawmilling and logging industries. West Coast. Hourly
earnings by occupation, February 1952; supplementary
wage practices. Mar. 272-275.
Scientists. Chemists, physicists, and biologists. Of)cupational mobility of, from analysis of 1,122 work histories.
Oct. 1071-1072.
Severance allowance:
Printing (newspaper), Chicago. Web pressmen.
Provision, effective Apr. 3, 1952. Nov. 1206.
Western Union Telegraph. Provision, effective Aug.
1, 1952. Oct. 1086 .
Severance pay (layoffs). American Telephone & Telegraph
Co . -Long Lines. Provision, effective in 1940 and 1947.
Aug. 856.
"Shapeup." Longshoremen's (International) Union directed by AFL to abolish practice; union's action concerning practice. May III, 534-535; June 641.
Shift differentials:
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1947. Apr. 407.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952. Apr. 402.
Hosiery industry[ full-fashioned and seamless, November 1952. Ju y 732, 735.
Machinery industries . Practices in effect, October
1952-February 1953. July 740.
Sawmilling and logging industry, West Coast, February 1952. Mar. 274-275.
Shift premium pay:
Aluminum Co. of America. Provision, effective July
1, 1952. Feb. 154.
Armour and Co. Provision, effective Oct. 27, 1952.
Aug.841.
Laundries (New York City). Linen supply and flatwork. Agreement, 1946. Jan. 42.

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Shift premium pay-Continued
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision, effective Dec. 8,
1952. Oct. 1091.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Change, effective Sept.
1, 1952. Aug. 849.
Swift and Co. Provision, effective Oct . 27, 1952.
Aug. 844,
United States Steel Corp. Agreement, effective July
25, 1952. Feb . 152.
Shifted-tour pay:
American T elephone & T elegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Provision, effective October 1940. Aug. 860.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 409.
Shipbuilding industry:
Employment and production outlook, 1953 ; employment trends and turnover, 1950-53; hours and
earnings, 1947-53. Sept. 940-943.
Pacific Coast. Wage chronology, changes in 1952.
(Supp. 1, Chron. 21.) May 512-513.
Shipyards, Bethlehem Atlantic. Wage chronology, changes
in 1952 and J.953. (Supp. 1, !Chron. 18.) Sept.
963-965.
Shoe manufacturing industry, United States:
Man-minutes per pair required on Goodyear welt
shoes, 1950-51, comparison of plants in United
States and France, by plant group and department.
J uly 727-729.
Wage chronologies (supplements) . International Shoe
Co., (St . Louis), changes in 1952. Apr. 402-403.
- - Lynn-Haverhill-Boston area, Massachusetts,
changes effective in 1953. J uly 751- 752 .
Shoe manufacturing, France. Man-minutes per pair r equired on Goodyear welt shoes, compared with requirements in United States, 1950-51. J uly 727-729.
Sick and injury leave pay. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Provision, effective Feb. 1, 1953. Oct. 1091 . See also
Accident and sickness insurance.
Sick leave:
American T elephone & T elegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Provisions effective in 1940, 1942, and 1945. Aug.
859.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions of agreements, 1945-49. J uly 744Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1947. Apr. 408.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952 . Apr. 402 .
Laundries (New York City). Linen-supply and flatwork division. Agreement, Feb. 4, 1946. Jan. 43.
P acifi c Gas and Electric Co. Provisions, effective
Sept . 1~ 1952. Aug. 850.
Plant ana office workers in major labor-market areas.
Prevalence of p lans, 1951-52. Mar. 269-270.
Sickness insurance. Armour and Co. Provision, effective
Oct . 27, 1952. Aug. 842. See also Accident and sickness insurance.
Special allowances. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July
747.
Speed-up system. Germany (Eastern-Soviet-Zone). Incorporation in collective agreements with result of
worsening conditions. J an. 6.
Standby (protecting time) pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions, effective Nov. 1,
1945 . July 745.
Standby time. Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago.
Provisions, effective in 1945 . Apr. 408.
Statistics, labor:
Current, United States. See section Current Labor
Statistics, each issue.
European. New developments in postwar period, in
10 countries. May 490-495.
Steel industry:
Dispute, first 7 months of 1952, between basic-steel
employers and CIO: role of U. S. Government.
Feb. 119-120.

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United States Steel Corp. Wage chronology (Supps.
4 and 5, Chron. 3). Changes, 1952 and 1953. Feb.
151-152; Oct. 1084.
Strikes. S ee Labor-management disputes.
Subsistence pay. Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound
Lines). Provisions of agreements, 1945 and 1947.
J uly 746.
Sunday premium pay. American Telephone & Telegraph
Co.-Long Lines. Provisions, effective Oct. 20, 1940.
Aug. 855.
Surgical expense insurance. Bus system (Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines). Provisions, effective Nov. 1, 1945.
July 747.
Surgical expense:
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1947. Apr. 410.
Cott on textile (northern associations), agreement, effective Nov. 30, 1951. Feb. 149.
Hosiery industry, full-fashioned and seamless, November 1952. July 732, 735.
Laundries (New York City). Family and wholesale;
linen supply and flatwork. Provision, effective in
July 1948. Jan. 44.
Laundries, power. Extent of worker coverage by insurance, mid-1953. Dec. 1309.
Printing (commercial), Chicago. Compositors. Provision to be effective Apr. 1, 1954. Nov. 1206.
Retired persons, desirability of coverage for. Discussion of problems. Sept. 957-958.
United States Steel Corp., agreement, effective Aug. 1,
1951. Feb. 152.
Survey resea,r ch techniques. Sixth Annual Summer Institute, June-August 1953. Program on theory and application of survey research to various fields. Announcement. Mar. 296.
TAX, income:
Federal, as a factor in diminishing ineq uality between
upper and lower incomes. Jan. 52.
Impact upon worker groups. Reasons for and sugguested remedies. Dec. 1285-1 288.
Progressivity of this form preferable to regressivity of
excise or sales form. Dec. 1288.
Taxes. Income and other, as related to Consumer Price
Index. J an. 53-57; Feb. 175.
T eachers. National Education Association. Growth 1857
to 1953, and policies. May 476, 477, 479.
Technological changes. Garment industry. Adjustments
to, at plant level, condensation of BL& studies. Apr.
387-391 .
T elegraph industry. Western Union. Changes 1952 and
1953. (Supp. 2, Chron. 12.) Oct. 1085-1089.
T elephone and telegraph industries. American Telephone
& Telegraph Co.-Long Lines Department. Wage
chronofogy. Aug. 851-862.
Telephone installation and maintenance. Commonwealth
Edison Co. of Chicago. Cost of increasing class of
service in home allowed, effective Oct. 1, 1945. Apr.
410.
Terminat ion pay (dismissals). American Telephone &
Telegraph Co.-Long Lines. Provision, effective in
October 1940. Aug. 856.
Text ile industry:
Historical background; work stoppages, by period.
Apr. 367-371.
Kew England. Importance of; causes for losses;
recommendations for strengthening (r eport•of committee appointed by New England Conference of
Governors). Aug. 832-834.
Northern Cotton-Textile Associations. Wage chronology (supplement), changes 1950-52. Feb. 148150.
Suit filed challenging $1 an hour rate ordered Jan. 15,
1953, for cotton branch; protest against $1.20 rate
proposed for woolen and worsted branch; background. Feb.
185; Mar. TV, 292.

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Tool and die makers:
Backgrounds and choice of careers. Jan. 8-12.
Training. Methods of qualification; effect on work
experience; manpower implications; percent in
selected industries trained by apprenticeship and
other means (chart). Mar. 254-257.
Tools and equipment.
Shipbuilding, Pacific Coast.
Broken, wornout, stolen, or lost, not through negligence; and transport. Provision of July 1, 1952.
May 513.
Trade unions. S ee Labor organizations.
Training:
Apprentices. Recent trends in test selection of
(Findings of U. S. Bureau of Employment Security
1953 study). Oct. 1068-1070.
Tool and die makers. Methods of qualification; effect
on work experience; manpower implications; percent in selected industries trained by apprenticeship and other means. Mar. 254-257.
Training, Soviet Union. Number trained, by year 1946-52,
in "labor reserves" and on the job; policy shift in training of youth for industrial labor. J une 616-618.
Transit, city. Motormen, conductors, and bus operators.
Hourly rates and weekly hours, Oct . 1, 1952; trend in
rates since 1929. Apr. 395-398.
Transportation privileges. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines.
Provision, effective Nov. 1, 1945. July 747.
Travel allowance. Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago.
Provision, effective in 1945. Apr. 408.
Travel-expense pay. Laundries (New York City) family
and wholesale; linen supply and flatwork. Provisions
of agreements, 1945 and 1946. Jan. 44.
Travel pay. Shipbuilding, Pacific Coast. Provision,
effective July 1, 1952. May 513.
Travel-time pay. American T elephone & Telegraph
Co.-Long Lines. Provisions, effective in 1940 and 1947.
Aug. 857.
Trial trips, pay for. Shipyards, Bethlehem Steel Atlantic.
Provision, effective Aug. 27, 1952. Sept. 965.
Trucking. City, local (77 cities). Drivers and helpers.
Union scales of hourly wages and weekly hours, July 1,
1952; indexes, 1936-52. Feb. 145-148.
UNEMPLOYMENT, United States:
Insured unemployment under State programs, by
geographic division and State, October 1950, and
monthly, October 1951 to September 1953. See
Current Labor Statistics, table A-9, Jan. to Apr.
issues, table A-8, May to Dec. issues.
Level of, in 1952. Feb. 117-118.
Unemployment, China (Communist). Dislocations resulting from economic policies. Aug. 823, 825.
Unemployment benefits. Clothing industry. Women's
and misses' dress industry (Philadelphia).
"l?airincome fund" for eligible union members in slackproduction seasons. Jllay 517.
Unemployment compensation, or insurance, United States:
Postwar low in number of claims, October 1952.
Feb. 118.
Practical aspects of, for Federal workers. Sept.
952-955.
Proposals for legislation to earmark collections under
Federal Unemployment Tax Act. May IV.
Unemployment disability benefits. Lockheed Aircraft
Corp. Hospital expenses; dependents' hospital and
polio benefits. Provision made effective Jan. 1, 1953.
Oct. 1092.
Unemployment statistics, foreign countries. Data issued,
since end of World War II, in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, West Germany, Italy, Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom. May 492-494.
Uniform allowance. Laundries (New York City). Family
and wholesale, and linen-supply and flatwork divisions.
Agreements, 1945 and 1946. Jan. 44.
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Union security:
Provisions for in 1,653 collective agreements, 1952,
by industry and type of union status specified.
Apr. 384-387.
Steel industry. Collective-agreement provision negotiations in 1952. Apr. 384.
Union shop. See Collective bargaining and agreementsRailroads.
Unionization. Extent of, among plant and office workers
in manufacturing and honmanufacturing industries, 39
metropolitan areas, 1951-52. Jan. 26-29.
Unions. See Labor organizations; also Conventions,
meetings, etc.
University research. See under Labor and industrial
relations.
VACATIO NS with pay :
Aluminum Co . of America. Provision, effective
Jan . 1, 1952. Feb. 154.
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines.
Provisions, effective various dates, 1940 to 1947.
Aug. 856.
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions of agreements, 1945-50. July 744Clothing industry. Men's and boys' woolen. Provision of agreement, effective Sept. 15, 1952. May
530.
- - Women's and misses' dress . Practices in effect,
August 1952. May 517.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provision,
effective in 1945. Apr. 407.
Electric and gas utilities, July 1952 . Apr. 402.
Hosiery industry, full-fashioned and seamless. November 1952. July 732, 735.
International Shoe Co. Provisions, effective Oct. 1
and Nov . 1, 1952 . Apr. 403.
Laundries, power. Practices prevalent in mid-1953.
Dec. 1309.
- - New York City. Family and wholesale, and linen
supply and flatwork. Agreements, 1945-52. Jan.
42.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Provision, effective Dec.
1, 1952. Oct. 1091.
Machinery industries . Plans in effect, October 1952February 1953. Types of provisions, by city.
July 739-740.
Plant and office workers in major labor-market areas.
Prevalence of plans, and provisions, 1951-52.
Mar . 268-269, 271.
Printing (commerical and newspaper), Qhicago.
provisions taking effect in 1951, 1952, and 1953.
Nov. 1206.
Sawmilling and logging workers, West Coast. Extent
of practice February 1952. Mar . 275.
Shipyards, Bethlehem Steel Atlantic . Provision,
effective Jan. 1, 1952. Sept. 964.
Shoe manufacturing. Massachusetts (Lynn-Haverhill-Boston area). Provision, effective Jan . 1, 1953.
Ju ly 752.
Swift and Co . Provision, effective Jan . 1, 1953.
Aug. 844United States Steel Corp. Agreement, effective Jan.
1, 1952 . Feb. 152."
Western Union Telegraph. Provision, effective Sept.
1, 1952. Oct. 1086.
Vehicle and vehicle-mileage allowance. Commonwealth
Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions, effective 1945 and
1948. Apr. 408.
Veterans. Seniority in employment. Credit allowable
by agreement of management and union for World War
II military service prior to employment. June 631,
632, 642.
Voting pay. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Long Lines . Provisions, effective in 1940 and 1948.
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WAGE adjustments by escalation. See Escalator clauses.
Wage chronologies:
Aluminum Co, of America. Wage changes, and related wage practices, Mar. 10, 1952-Jan. 1, 1953.
(Supp. 2 Chron. 11 .) Feb. 153-154.
American Telephone & Telegraph Co.-Long Lines
Department, 1940--52. General wage changes,
weekly salary rates for specified groups at specified
dates, operators' progression schedule, by city; and
related wage practices, (Chron. 36.) Aug. 851-862.
Armour and Co. (Supp. 3, Chron. 6.) General wage
changes and hourly rates of common labor, 1951
and 1952; related wage practices, provisions effective in 1952 and 1953. Aug. 839-842.
Chrysler Corp. 1952-53. General wage changes and
r elated wage practices. (Supp. 2, Chron. 5.) Nov.
1201-1203.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Wage
changes, 1945-52, and related practices. (Chron.
34.) Apr. 404-411.
Cotton textile associations, northern. Supplement
Wage changes and related wage practices, 1950--52;
occupational base rates in Fall River-New Bedford
area, 1948-52. (Supp. 2, Chron. 2.) Feb. 148-150.
General Motors Corp. General wage changes, 1952
and 1953 (including memorandum of conversion
from "Old Series" to "Revised" Consumer Price
Index). (Supp. 2, Chron. 9.) Aug. 845-847.
International Harvester Co. General wage changes,
1952-53; hourly rate ranges for day workers, by
labor grade, 1951 and 1952; and change in vacation provision, November 1952. (Supp. 1, Chron.
28.) Sept. 965-967.
International Shoe Co. Changes effective 1952, and
r elated wage practices. (Supp. 1, Chron. 25.)
Apr. 402-403.
Laundries, New York City, 1945-53. Family and
wholesale, and linen-supply and flatwork divisions.
(Chr on. 33.) Jan . 39-44.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. General wage changes and
r elated wage practices, given effect 1952 and 1953.
(Supp. 1, Chron. 23.) Oct. 1089-1092.
Longshore industry. North Atlantic. General wage
changes, and basic hourly rates in selected parts.
(Supp. 2 Chron. 17.) Nov. 1207-1 208.
Mining. Coal, bituminous, changes made Oct. 1,
1952, in rates paid and in operators contribution to
health and welfare benefits, under 1952 amendment
to National Wage Agreement of 1950. (Supp. 2,
Chron. 4.) Sept. 961-962.
North American Aviation, I nc. General wage changes
effective in 1952 and 1953, and hourly rate ranges
by labor grade effective in 1950 and 1952. (Supp.
1, Chron. 24.) May 514-515.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. General wage changes,
weekly rates for selected occupations, and related
wage practices, 1952. (Supp. 1, Chron. 22.) Aug.
848-850.
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc. General wage
changes, related wage practices, minimum guarantees paid operators, mileage and hourly rates
paid operators and stewards, basic hourly rates for
terminal and maintenance employees, 1945-52.
(Chron. 35.) J uly 741-751.
Print ing (commercial and newspaper). Chicago,
1951-53. Changes in rates and related wage practices. (Supp. 1, Chron. 16.) Nov. 1203-1206.
Shipbuilding, Pacific Coast. Changes effective in
1952, and related wage practices. (Supp. 1, Chron.
21.) May 512-513.
Shipyards, Bethlehem Atlantic. Wage changes and
related wage practices, becoming effective 1951-53.
(Supp. 1, Chron. 18.) Sept. 963-965.
Shoe manufacturing, Massachusetts (Lynn-HaverhillBoston area) . General wage change, minimum
plant wage rates and paid vacations. Provisions,
Jan. 1, 1953. (Supp. 1, Chron. 20.) J uly 751-752.


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Swift and Co. General wage changes and hourly
rates of common labor, 1951 and 1952; related wage
practices, 1952 and 1953. (Supp. 3, Chron. 7.)
Aug. 842-845.
United States Steel Corp. General wage changes,
1952 and June 12, 1953; related wage practices,
1952; and agreement to eliminate North-South
differential by July 1, 1954. (Supps. 4 and 5,
Chron. 3.) Feb. 151-152; Oct. 1084.
Western Union T elegraph. General wage changes
and related wage practices, agreements, 1952 and
1953. (Supp. 2, Chron. 12.) Oct. 1085-1089.
Wage controls:
December 1952 to Feb. 6, 1953, date of suspension by
Executive order. Jan. 65; Feb. 182-183; Apr.
420-421; May 517.
(Including salary controls); suspended by Executive
order 10434, Feb. 6, 1953. Apr. 420-421; May 517.
Wage determinations. Walsh-Healey (Public Contracts)
Act. Judicial review authorized by Defense Production
Amendments Act of 1952. Feb. IV.
Wage escalation. Collective-a_g reement . provisions for,
according to cost of living. Growth and status of practice and outlook for effectiveness of use. Feb. 126-129.
Wage escalator clauses. Changes in wage rates resulting,
early in 1953, from changes in "Old Series" and revised
CPI. Apr. IV.
Wage formalization. Extent and nature of, in manufacturing, public utilities, wholesale and retail trade,
finance, and services, 40 major labor markets, survey
September 1951-May 1952. J an . 22-26.
Wage, guaranteed annual. See Guaranteed wage, annual.
Wage practices, related. Industries in major labor markets. Paid vacations, holidays, and sick leave; insurance benefits, retirement pensions, nonproduction
bonuses, 1951-52. Mar. 268-272.
Wage rates, China (Communist). Methods of determining under system modeled on Soviet plan. Aug. 822.
Wage Stabilization Board, United States:
Activities in 1952, termination of original Board by
Defense Production Act Amendments, June 1952
and establishment in July of new tripartite Board
(without disputes settlement authority) to continue
controls to Apr. 30, 1953. Feb. 122-123.
Copper companies' grant of wage increases approved
late 1952, increases retroactive to July 1952. Jan.
65.
Disputes certified to, in 1952 (steel, basic; oil and
natm-al gas); resume. May 506-507.
Industry members' :resignation in protest against overruling Dec. 3, 1952, (by President of United States)
of Board's decision concerning wage increase to
bituminous coal mines. Feb. 18,'J.
Wage structure. Manufacturing industries. Occupational relationships of earnings between regions and
between industries, 1952-53. Nov. 11 71-1178. See
also under Wages and hours.
Wages and hours, United States:
, All industry. Fall 1952 to spring 1953, 20 labor-market areas. Weekly earnings, 13 office and 5 professional and technical occupations; hourly earnings,
13 plant occupations. Dec. 1281-1284 ..;
- - Interarea wage spread, 1952-:,3 sur vey.
Weekly earnings, 6 office occupations, hourly earnings, 3 skilled and 3 unskilled plant occupations.
Dec. 1284.
Aluminum Co. of America. Changes, Mar. 10, 1952,
to Jan. 1, 1953, and related practices. Feb. 1531,54.
Baking industry. Union scales, July 1, 1952, averages
by city size, region, and type of baking; indexes of
hourly rates and weekly hours, 1939-52. Jan. 29-32.
Building trades. Union scales, hourly rates and
weekly hours, July 1, 1952 and July 1, 1953, indexes
by trade, specified years, 1907-53. Jan. 32-35,·
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Wages and hours, United States-Continued
Candy and other confectionery products industry.
Hourly earnings, by region and sex, April 1953.
Oct. 1082-1083.
Changes in rates through collective bargaining,
selected companies and industries. See W11,ge
chronologies.
Chemists and chemical engineers. Median annual .
incomes, by age groups, 1951. Nov. 1198.
Cleaning and dyeing plants. Hours and gross weekly
and hourly earnings. Annual averages, 1950-52;
momhly, October 1951 to September 1953. See
Current Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
Ciothing industry. Women's and misses' dresses.
Hourly earnings, selected production occupations,
by area, and related wage practices, August 1952.
May 515-517.
Commonwealt h Edison Co. of Chicago. Hourly
rates, selected occupations, Oct. 1, 1945, and Mar. 1,
1952. Apr. 406.
Communications industries. (Tdephone, telegraph,
radiotelegraph, and ocean-cable carriers.) Hourly
earnings, selected occupations, October 1951 and
October 1952. Jan. 36-38; Nov. 1198-1201.
Communications workers (telephone and telegraph).
Hours and gross hourly and weekly earnings,
annual averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951 to
September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table C-1, each issue.
Construction. Contract, building, and nonbuilding.
Hours and gross hourly and weekly earnings, annual
averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951 to
September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table C-1, each issue.
- - Military airfields. Hourly rates, selected occupations, and weekly hours. Feb. 134-135.
Cotton-textile associations, northern. Wage chan ges
and related practices, 1950-52; occupational base
rates in Fall River-New Bedford area, 1948-52.
Feb . 150.
Electric and gas utilities. Hourly earnings, July 1952,
by plant and office occupations and by regions;
and related wage practices. Apr. 398-402.
Electronics manufacturing industries, yearl y averages
1947-5 1,i._ monthly averages, January 1952- July
1953. uct. 1050.
Federal employees covered by Classification acts.
Changes, 1951-52 and 1939-52. Sept. 958-960.
Finance (banking, securities, and insurance). Gross
weekly earnings, annual averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951 to September 1953. See Current
Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
Firemen. Salaries, January 1952 and increase since
January 1951, in cities of various size groups over
100,000 population; indexes, 1945-52. July 723726.
Gas utilities. See Electric and gas utilities, this
sect-ion.
Hosiery industry.
Full-fashioned and seamless.
Hourly earnings, selected occupations and areas,
and related wage practices, November 1952. July
730-735.
Hotels, year-round. Hours and gross hourly and
weekly earnings, annual averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951 to September 1953. See Current
Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
International Shoe Co. Increase in weekly earnings,
effective Sept. 29, 1952. AEr. 403.
Knitted-outerwear industry (Philadelphia). Annual
earnings, selected occupations, 1951; distribution of
workers in selected occupations by number of weeks
worked in 1951. Mar. 249-253.
Laundries. Gross hourly and weekly earnings, and
weekly hours, annual averages, 1950- 52; monthly,
October 1951 to September 1953. See Current
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- - Gross weekly earnings. In current and 1947-49
doilars.
Annual averages, 1939, 1941, 1946,
1948-52; monthly, February 1952 to September
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table C-2,
May to Dec. issues.
- - - - In current and 1939 dollars.
Annual
averages, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1948-51; monthly,
October 1951 to January 1953. See Current Labor
Statistics, table C- 2, Jan. to Apr. issues.
- - (New York City) . Family and wholesale, linen
supply and flatwork divisions. Changes 1945-53,
and related wage practices. Jan. 39-44Laundries, power.
Weekly earnings, 33 selected
areas, mid-1953; plant workers, by occupation and
sex; routemen, by length of scheduled workweek;
related wage practices. Dec. 1307-1309.
Lumber industry, southern. Sawmill and logging
workers, hourly earnings, selected occupations, by
region, Apri! 1953. Oct. 1077- 1081.
Machine-tool accessory establishments. Hourly earning,i, men in .selected occupations, 5 cities, winter
1952- 53. July 738.
Machinery industries. Hourly earnings, men in
selected occupations, 29 cities, winter 1952-53,
and related wage practices. J uly 735- 740.
- - Hourly earnings, trend in selected cities and
occupations, 1951-53, percent increases 1945-53
Dec. 1309-1311.
Manufacturing. By industries. Hours and gross
hourly and weekly earnings. Annual averages,
1950-52 ; monthly, October 1951 to September 1953.
See Cu1rent Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
- - Durable and nondurable goods. Hourly earnings, gross and excluding overtime.
Annual
averages, 1941-52; monthly, October 1951 to
September 1953. See Current Laber Statistics,
table C-4, each issue.
- - Gross and net spendable weekly earnings. In
current and 1947-49 dollars. Annual averagesJ
1939-52; monthly, January 1941, January ana
June 1945, June 1946, February 1952 to September
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table C-3,
May to Dec. issues.
- - - - In current and 1939 dollars.
Annual
averages, 1939-51; monthly,,_ January 1941, January
and July 1945, June 1946, uctober 1951 to January
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table C-3,
J an. to Apr. issues.
- - Gross weekly earnings. In current and 1947-49
dollars.
Annual averages, 1939, 1941, 1946,
1948-52; monthly, February 1952 to September
1953. See Current Labor Statistics, table C-2,
May to Dec. issues.
·
- - - - In cur.rent and 1939 dollars.
Annual
averages, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1948-51; monthly,
October 1951 to January 1953. See Current Labor
Statistics, table C-2, Jan. to Apr. issues.
- - Occupational hourly earnings as percentages of
men janitors' earnings, 20 labor markets, 1952-53.
Nov. 11 72.
- - Selected States and areas . H ours and gross
hourly and weekly earnings, averages yearly, 1951,
1952; monthly.., December 1951 to September 1953.
See Current Labor Statistics, table C-5, Mar .,
J une, Sept., and Dec. issues.
Mining. Coal (bituminous). Gross weekly earnings,
in current and 1947-49 dollars. Annual averages,
1939, 1941, 1946, 1948-52 ; monthly, February 1952
to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table C-2 May to Dec. issues .
- - - - Gross weekly earnings, in current and 1939
dollars. Annual averages, 1939, 1941, 1946, 194851; monthly, October 1951 to January 1953.
See Current LaJ?or Statistics, table C- 2, Jan. to Apr.
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Wages and hours, United States-Continued
Mining. Coal, metal, oil and gas, nonmetallic, quarry.
Hours and gross hourly and weekly earnings.
Annual averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951
to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table C-1, each issue.
Motion-picture production and distribution. Gross
weekly earnings, annual averages 1950-52; monthly,
October 1951 to September 1953. See Current
Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
North-South wage differential. United States Steel
Corp. Agreement with United Steelworkers (CIO)
to eliminate by July 1, 1954. Oct. 1084.
Occupational wage differentials in major labor
markets, 1951-52. Mar. 266-267.
Occupational wage levels in 20 labor-market areas,
fall 1952--spring 1953. Dec. 1281-1284.
Paper products, converted. Hourly earnings, by
r egion, sex, and products worked on, April 1953.
Dec. 1314-1 317.
Parachute industry . Hourly earnings in December
1951, by region. Feb. 155.
Policemen. Salaries, January 1952 and increase since
January 1951, in cities of various size groups over
100,000 population; indexes 1945-52. J uly 723726.
Print ing trades . Book and job and newspaper.
Union scales, July 1, 1952 ; regional variations;
weekly hours; 1ndexes of rates and hours, 1939-52.
Feb . 141-145.
Public utilities. Hours, and gross hourly and weekly
earnings; annual averages, 1950-52;_ monthly,
October 1951 to September 1953. i::iee Current
Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
Sawmill and logging-camp workers, West Coast.
Hourly earnings, February 1952, by area and
occupation. Mar. 272-275.
Shipbuilding industry. Weekly and hourly earnings
and weekly hours; yearly, 1947-52; by month,
January 1952 to June 1953. Sept. 942.
Transit, local.
Motormen, conductors, and bus
operators, by region Oct. 1, 1952. Hourly rates and
weekly hours; trend since 1929. Apr. 395-398.
Transportation. Hours, and gross hourly and weekly
earnings; annual averages, 1950-52; monthly,
October 1951 to September 1953. See Current
Labor Statistics, table C-1, each issue.
Trade, retail (by type of stores) and wholesale.
Hours, and gross hourly and weekly earnings;
annual averages, 1950-52; monthly, October 1951
to September 1953. See Current Labor Statistics,
table C-1, each issue .
Trucking, city, local (77 cities) . Union scales, drivers
and helpers, July -b 1952 ; regional differentials;
indexes, 1936-52. Peb. 145-148.
Trend of earnings, upward, in 1952 . Feb. 118-119.
Wages and hour~~Tforeign countries. Data issued, since
end of World war II, in Austri~i Belgium, Denmark,
France, West Germany, Italy, .Netherlands,
orway,
Sweden, United Kingdom. May 492-495.
Wages, real, Soviet Union. Decline since "Five Year"
plans were launched; comparison of purchasing power
of earnings in Moscow, spring of 1953, with that of New
York City. July 705-708.
Watch and clock industry. Importance in defense mobilization program; employment increase since 1939;
jeweled watch manufacture, occupational distribution of
workers, September 1952; and production trends. June
618-620.
Waterfront commission. Compact between New York
and New J ersey, establishment of, subject to approval
by Congress, and later developments. Aug. IV, 877;
Sept. III, 983; Oct. III, 1099; No11. 1215-1216; D ec. IV,
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Waterfro,n t labor conditions. New York City. Investigation begun in late 1951 ; developments. Jan. 64; Mar.
293; May III, 534-535; J une 641; July 766-767; Aug.
IV, 877-878; S ept. 983; Oct. III, 1099; Nov. III-IV,
1215-1216; Dec. IV, 1324.
Weekend work premium pay:
•
Bus system (Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines). Provisions, effective in 1945 and 1949. J uly 7 43.
Collective bargaining agreement provisions in effect in
1952. Sept. 933-939.
Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Provisions,
effective in 1945 and 1947. Apr. 407. .
Lau:adrles (New York City). Family and w.h olesale,
and linen supply and flatwork. Agreements, .194552. Jan. 42.
Welfare. S ee Health and welfare.
Women workers, United States. Occupational opportunities, expansion, and openings in new fields. Apr. 381383.
Women workers, China (Communist). Increase in number
seeking work under pressure by Party policies. Aug. 825.
Work injuries. See Accident statistics.
Workmen's compensation, United States:
Accident prevention. Relationship of compensation
legislation to safety activities. Oct. 1063-1067.
Administration problems.
Hearings, rehearings,
appeals, and operating problems (pay lag, claims
flow, filing system, checking and accounting, personnel) . Nov. 1179-1184.
Airline employees, certain. Coverage by State laws.
June 603.
Civil employees of United States. Coverage under
F ederal Employees Compensation Act. June 602608.
Contractors doing work on U. S. Government property
within States. Employees covered by compensation
laws of said States according to 1936 Federal law.
J ·une 60.''J.
Contractual work by private employers for U. S.
Government outside United States. Employees
included under Longshoremen'sand Harbor Workers'
Act by 1941 amendment. June 602.
Court proceedings in appeals from decisions of compensation administrator or board. May 480-483.
District of Columbia.
Private-industry (except
domestics and casuals) workers within District included under provisions of Longshoremen's and
Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, by May 1928
amendment. June 602, 603.
Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Act. Certain other groups of workers blanketed
under provisions. J une 602, 603-604.
Medical benefits. Statutory provisions, by States.
A u g. 827.
Mot or-transportation, interstate. Coverage of certain
workers by State laws. J une 603.
Negligence liability and damage suits in relation to
workmen's compensat ion system. May 482-483.
Occupational diseases. Coverage (under State and
Federal laws). Costs, and administration, as of
J uly 1953. July 709-713.
- - - - Full or schedule, provided (by 1953) in all
States but Mississippi and Wyoming. Nov. 1185.
- - Limitations, time and benefit amount. Provisions resulting in hardship and changes desirable.
July 712.
Railway workers in interstate traffic. Coverage under
Federal Employers' Liability Act of 1908. June
603.
Rehabilitation, medical and vocational. Importance
and necessity of provision for; progress made; and
need for legislative changes. Dec. 1289-1 294.
Seamen. Coverage under Merchant Marine (Jones)
Act (1920) and Federal Employers' Liability Act
(1908). June 603.

SUBJECT INDEX TO VOLUME 76
Workmen's compensat ion, United States-Continued
Series of articles. Part I, Appraisal; Part II, Court
Proceedings; Part III, Federal Legislation ; Part IV,
Occupational Diseases; Part V, Medical Services;
Part VI, Accident Prevention; Part VII, Problems
of Administration; Part VIII, Rehabilitation. Apr.
359-366; May 480-483; June 602-608; July 709713; Aug. 826-829; Oct.1063-1067; Nov. 1179-1184;
Dec. 1289-1294.
State legislation. Historical summary; appraisal of
administration, benefits; and accident-prevention
value. Apr. 359-366.

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Workmen's compensation, England. Law in effect in
1897, general features. Apr. 359-360.
Worktime required to purchase selected commodities, 1928
and 1953, and real earnings in Moscow compared with
New York City. July 705-708.
X-RAYS. Commonwealth Edison Co. of Chicago. Accident emergency outside hospital, provision, effective in
1952. Apr. 410.
YOUTH, Soviet Union. D ecline in " labor reserves" school
enrollment, and increased attendance at high schools,
1948--52. June 617-618.

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