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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R
F rances P e rk in s, Secretary
B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Isa d o r L u b in , Commissioner

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A Selected L ist o f the Publications
o f th e B u reau o f Labor Statistics
1936 Edition

Compiled by
E L IZ A B E T H A . JOH NSON
o f th e

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bulletin T^o. 624

U N IT E D S T A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G OFFIC B
W A S H I N G T O N : 1936

F or sale b y t h e S u p erin ten d en t o f D o cu m e n ts, W a sh in g ton , D . C.




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E m p lo y m e n t a g e n c ie s a n d th e ir w o r k _______________________________________________

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I n t e r n a t io n a l la b o r c o n d it io n s a n d r e la t io n s _______________________________________

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L a b o r b u r e a u s a n d th e ir a c t i v i t i e s __________________________________________________

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L a b o r D a y _____________________________________________________________________________

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L a b o r t u r n -o v e r __________________________________________________________________
L e g a l a i d ________________________________________________________________________________
L ife a n d g r o u p in s u r a n c e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------M in im u m w a g e ________________________________________________________________________
N a tio n a l R e c o v e r y A d m in is t r a t io n _________________________________________________
N e g r o in in d u s t r y _____________________________________________________________________
O c c u p a t io n s a n d o c c u p a t io n a l c h a n g e s _____________________________________________

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Unemployment insurance_______________________________________________
Unemployment relief___________________________________________________
Vacations and sick leave_______________________________________________
Wage executions for debt_______________________________________________
Wages and hours of labor---------------------------------------------------------------------Wholesale prices_______________________________________________________
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United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Selected L ist o f the Publications o f the Bureau
o f Labor Statistics
Introduction
The references given on the follow ing pages have been selected
with the view o f listing only the publications o f the Bureau of Labor
Statistics which seem to be of most general present-day interest.
A lso, only the most recent publications are noted in those cases where,
over the period o f its existence, the Bureau has issued several re­
ports on the same subject. The entries are grouped by topics, and
where a particular publication deals with more than one topic the
entry has been repeated. References to articles in the M onthly Labor
Review (indicated by the letters M . L . R .) cover the issues down to
and including October 1936.
The Bureau has a limited number of its bulletins for distribution,
and as long as the supply lasts they are furnished free upon request.
T h is also applies to the Labor Information Bulletin and to single
copies o f the M onthly Labor Review. Regular distribution o f the
Review, however, is on a subscription basis, the subscriptions being
handled by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, W ashington, D . C. M any of the articles in the M onthly Labor
Review have been reprinted as separate pamphlets in order to avoid
the necessity of sending out copies o f the complete Review in re­
sponse to requests for information on particular subjects only, and
also to make the material available in more convenient form. F or
the same reasons, individual chapters of some of the bulletins have
likewise been reprinted, as, for example, in the case o f the 1936 edi­
tion o f the Handbook o f Labor Statistics (Bui. 61 6 ). These re­
prints are furnished free by the Bureau, upon request.
Although the free-distribution supply o f some o f the publications
noted in this list is exhausted (indicated by an asterisk), most if
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not all o f them, except the pamphlet reprints, can be purchased at
a nominal charge from the Superintendent of Documents, or con­
sulted in local libraries, many of which are depositories for publica­
tions of the Federal Government.
A complete list of all bulletins and special reports of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, and of the other Bureaus and Divisions of the
Department of Labor, is given in a pamphlet issued at frequent in­
tervals by the Department. A detailed index to the articles in the
Monthly Labor Review is published for each volume (6 numbers).




Child Labor and Child W elfare
C h ild la b o r u n d er N . R . A ., a s sh o w n b y e m p lo y m e n t ce rtificates issu e d , 1 9 3 4 .
P re p a re d in U n ite d

S ta te s C h ild re n ’s B u r e a u .

M . L . R ., D ec. 1 9 3 5

(re ­

prin t, S e r ia l R . 3 1 9 ) .
C h ild la b o r re co m m e n d a tio n s o f W h i t e H o u s e C o n fe re n ce on C h ild H e a lth an d
P ro te ctio n .

M . L . R ., J u n e 193 1 .

♦ V o c a tio n a l g u id a n c e re co m m e n d a tio n s
H e a lth an d P ro te ctio n .

o f W h ite

H ou se

C o n fe re n c e

on

C h ild

M . L . R ., Jan . 193 2 .

S o c ia l se c u rity an d th e ch ild .

L a b o r I n fo r m a tio n B u lle tin , J u n e 193 6 .

Since the creation of the C hild ren’s B ureau o f
all original investigations of m atters pertain in g
U nited S tates, conducted by the D ep artm en t o f
w hich w ill be glad to fu rn ish lists of publications

th e U nited S ta tes D ep artm en t o f L abor,
to child labor and child w elfare in the
L a bor, have been m ade by th a t B ureau ,
upon request.

Com pany Stores
C o m p a n y sto re s a n d th e scrip system .

M . L . R ., J u ly 1935.

L a w s re la tin g to p a y m e n t o f w a g e s in scrip, p ro tectio n o f em p lo ye es a s tr a d e rs ,
e tc., c o m p an y sto re s, J a n u a r y 1, 1 93 6 .

M im e o g r a p h e d .

Conciliation and A r b itr a tio n
M o n th ly rep orts on th e co n cilia tio n w o rk o f th e U . S. D e p a r tm e n t o f L a b o r are
p u b lish ed in each issu e o f th e M o n th ly L a b o r R e v ie w .
♦ N atio n al W a r L a b o r B o a r d : H is t o r y o f its fo r m a tio n an d a c tiv itie s , etc.

B u i.

2 87, 1921.
K a n s a s C o u rt o f In d u s tr ia l R e la tio n s.

B u i. 3 2 2 , 1923.

R e s u lt s o f a r b itr a tio n c a se s in v o lv in g w a g e s a n d h o u rs, 1 8 6 5 -1 9 2 9 .

M . L . R .,

N o v . 1929.
A r b itr a tio n

in

th e

d re ss

in d u str y ,

N ew

York

C ity.

M.

L.

R .,

D ec.

1931

( r e p r in t ) .
I n d u s tr ia l co u n cil in e le c tric a l c o n stru ctio n in d u str y .

M . L . R ., A u g . 192 3 .

♦J oint in d u str ia l c o n trol in book an d jo b p r in tin g in d u s tr y .
A n a ly s is o f la b o r p ro v isio n s o f T r a n s p o r ta tio n A c t.

B u i. 4 8 1 , 1 92 8 .

M . L . R ., A p r . 192 0 .

♦ U se o f F e d e ra l p ow er in se ttle m e n t o f r a ilw a y la b o r d isp u te s.

B u i. 3 0 3 , 1922.

R e s u lts o f a r b itra tio n p ro ceed in gs un d er R a ilr o a d L a b o r A c t o f 1 926.

M . L . R .,

O ct. 1927.
♦ H is to r y o f S h ip b u ild in g L a b o r A d ju s tm e n t B o a rd , 1 9 1 7 -1 9 .

B u i. 2 83 .

O p e ra tio n o f I n d u s tr ia l D isp u te s In v e s tig a tio n A c t o f C a n a d a .
♦ J oint in d u str ia l cou n cils in G r e a t B r ita in .

B u i. 2 33 , 1918*

B u i. 2 5 5 , 191 9 .

Cooperative M o v e m e n t
C o n su m e rs’ , credit, a n d p ro d u c tiv e co op eration , 193 3 .
T h e co op erative m o v e m e n t— a selected b ib lio g ra p h y .

B u i. 612.
M . L . R ., S ep t. 1930.

♦ R e v ie w o f co op erative m o v e m e n t th ro u g h o u t th e w o rld , 1 934.
1936
D ir e c to r y

M . L . R ., J a n .

(re p r in t, S e r ia l R . 3 3 7 ) .
of

c o n su m e rs’

c o o p e ra tiv e

a sso c ia tio n s

in

U n ite d

S ta te s .

M im e o ­

gra p h e d , 1 9 3 4 .




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P U B L IC A T IO N S

OF

BUKEAU

OF

LABOR

S T A T IS T IC S

Synopsis of consumers’ cooperative laws [January 1936]. Mimeographed.
♦Cooperative burial associations in North Central States. M. L. R., Oct. 1931.
(Later data on this subject are given in Bui. 612.)
Sales by local consumers’ cooperative societies, 1934. M. L. R., Dec. 1935 (re­
print, Serial R. 321*).
Consumers’ cooperation in California, 1934-35. M. L. R., May 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 388).
♦Cooperative credit societies (credit unions) in America and in foreign countries.
Bui. 314, 1922.
♦Cooperative credit movement, 1934. M. L. R., Oct. 1935.
Why workers borrow: A study of four thousand credit union loans. M. L. R.,
July 1927.
Cooperative societies under rural electrification program. M. L. R., Sept. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 442).
Activities of cooperative housing societies, 1933. M. L. R., *April 1935; also in
Bui. 612.
Condition of labor banks, June 30, 1935. M. L. R., Feb. 1936.
Activities of consumers’ cooperative wholesale societies, 1935. M. L. R., June
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 401).
Organization and management of consumers’ cooperative associations and dubs
(with model bylaws). Bui. 598, 1934.
Organization and management of cooperative gasoline and oil associations
(with model bylaws). Bui. 606, 1934.
Organization and management of cooperative housing associations (with model
bylaws). Bui. 608, 1934.

Cost of Living, Family Budgets, etc.
Data on changes in cost of living are published quarterly by the Bureau,
preceded by a press release giving summary figures. The printed report
includes index numbers of cost of living in certain foreign countries.
Studies of family budgets have been made from time to time by the
Bureau. The latest general study for which complete results are avail­
able was made in 1918-19 (published in Bui. 357*). A similar country­
wide investigation was undertaken late in 1934 and the results are being
published in a series of articles in the Monthly Labor Review.
Money disbursements of wage earners and clerical workers in specified locali­
ties :
Boston and Springfield, Mass. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 448).
Michigan (4 cities). M. L. R., June 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 404).
New Hampshire (11 communities). Mar. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 357).
Richmond, Birmingham, and New Orleans. M. L. R., May 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 392).
Food consumption at different economic levels. M. L. R., Apr. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 375).
Nutritive value of diets of families of wage earners and clerical workers in
North Atlantic cities, 1934-35. M. L. R., July 1936 (reprint, Serial R.
409).
Revision of index of cost of goods purchased by wage earners and lowersalaried workers. M. L. R., *Sept. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 289).
Cost of living of Federal employees in five cities. M. L. R., Aug., Sept., Oct.,
Nov. 1929 (reprint*).
Measuring changes in cost of living of Federal employees living in Washing­
ton. M. L. R., Mar. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 86*).




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Changes in cost of living of Federal employees in District of Columbia, 192833. M. L. R., July 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 116*).
Cost of living of Federal employees living in Washington, D. C., 1933-36.
M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 453).
Standard of living of employees of Ford Motor Co. in Detroit. M. L. R., June
1930 (reprint*).
International cost-of-living inquiry. M. L. R., *Jan. 1932 (reprint).
Standard of living of professional man’s family in 1816-17 as compared with
1926-27. M. L. R., Dec. 1929.
Use of cost-of-living figures in wage adjustments. Bui. 369, 1925; M. L. R.,
Mar. 1928.
Dismissal Com pensation
♦Dismissal compensation: A list of references. M. L. R., Feb. 1932 (reprint).
Dismissal compensation in American industry.
M. L. R., *Nov. 1934 (reprint,
Serial R. 179).
Dismissal compensation for railway employees displaced by railroad consolida­
tions. M. L. R., June 1936.
Dismissal compensation in foreign countries. M. L. R., *Apr. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 232).
Education and T rain in g
Educational qualifications in engineering profession. M. L. R., June 1986
(reprint, Serial R. 400).
*Adult working-class education in Great Britain and United States. Bui. 271,
1920.
Workers’ education: A list of references. M. L. R., June 1922 (reprint*).
Workers’ education under F. E. R. A. Labor Information Bulletin, June 1935.
Workers’ education under Federal Government. Labor Information Bulletin,
June 1936.
Minnesota plan for reeducation and placement of cripples. M. L. R., Jan. 1920
(reprint).
Apprenticeship in building construction. Bui. 459, 1928; summary, M. L. R.,
♦June 1928.
Organization and scope of vocational education in United States. M. L. R.,
July 1931.
Vocational training in industrial plants. M. L. R., Mar. 1936.
♦Vocational guidance recommendations of White House Conference on Child
Health and Protection. M. L. R., Jan. 1932.
F o r recen t in fo rm a tio n on v o c a tio n a l ed u ca tion and gu idan ce, co n su lt th e U. S. Office
o f E d u ca tio n and th e U. S. N a tion a l Y o u th A d m in is tra tio n .

E m p loym en t Agencies and T h e ir W o r k
Operations of United States Employment Service.
M on th ly rep orts o n the w ork o f th e U. S. E m p loy m en t S ervice are published in th e
M on th ly L a b or R eview .

Federal act creating national employment service. M. L. R., July 1933.
Development of public employment services. M. L. R., June 1935.
Development of junior placement services. M. L. R., Oct. 1936.
Public employment services. M. L. R., *Jan. 1931 (reprint).
♦How labor can use the Employment Service. Labor Information Bulletin, Nov.
1934.
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BUREAU

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LABOR

S T A T IS T IC S

A day in a public employment office. Labor Information Bulletin, May 1936.
Age of persons using services of public employment offices, year ending June
1935. M. L. R., Mar. 1936.
Industrial classification of placements in private industry by public employment
offices, year ended June 30, 1935. M. L. R., Apr. 1936.
Length of unemployment of new applicants at public employment offices.
M. L. R., Mar. 1936.
Occupational classification of new registrants and persons placed in employ­
ment by public employment offices, June 1935. M. L. R., Feb. 1936.
*Laws relating to employment agencies in United States, as of January 1, 1933.
Bui. 581.
Laws relating to employment agencies in United States, enacted in 1933. Serial
R. 80.
Proceedings of International Association of Public Employment Services.
Some of the proceedings of this association have been published in bulletin form
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the latest bulletin (No. 538) published by this
Bureau containing the proceedings of the 1929 and 1930 meetings. The proceed­
ings of the 1935 meeting were published by the Division of Labor Standards of
the U. S. Department of Labor.

E m p loym en t and U n e m p lo y m e n t
Employment and payrolls: A monthly report, issued in printed pamphlet form,
showing trend of employment and pay rolls in private industry; employ­
ment in the Federal Government services; and employment created by
public-works projects. Also contains data on average hourly and weekly
earnings. Summary data on employment are issued in a press release in
advance of the printed report.
Report of Advisory Committee on Employment Statistics. Bui. 542, 1931.
Revised indexes of factory employment and pay rolls, 1919-33. Bui. 610.
Employment, earnings, production, and prices, 1932 to January 1936. M. L. R.,
Apr. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 353).
Variation in man-hour employment per worker between spring and fall of
1933. M. L. R., Oct. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 374).
♦“ Spotty” character of employment changes in manufacturing industries.
M. L. R., Mar. 1931.
Man-hours of employment in 35 manufacturing industries, 1933. M. L. R.,
*Oct. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 296).
Man-hours of labor per unit of output in steel manufacture. M. L. R., *May
1935 (reprint, Serial R. 240).
Labor requirements in cement production. M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 358).
Labor requirements on railroad electrification program. M. L. R., Sept. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 441).
Employment created by P. W. A. construction. M. L. R., Oct. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 454).
♦Employment in construction of an apartment house, 1931-32. M. L. R., Oct.
1932.
Employment, wages, and hours in corrugated and solid fiber shipping-container
industry. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 447).
Wages, hours, employment, and annual earnings in motor-vehicle industry,
1934. M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 356).
Employment, wages, and hours of labor in petroleum industry, 1933-34.
M. L. R., July 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 263).




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Productivity, hours, and compensation of railroad labor [including data on
employment]. M. L. R., Dec. 1038, *Jan. and Feb. 1934 (reprint, Serial
R. 75).
♦Earnings and employment in retail trade, 1933. M. L. R., Apr. 1035.
Fluctuation of employment in Ohio, 1914-29. Bui. 558.
Fluctuation of employment in Ohio in 1934 and comparison with previous
years. M. L. R., *Jan. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 349).
Fluctuation of employment in automobile manufacturing and related indus­
tries in Ohio, 1923-28. M. L. R., July 1930 (reprint*).
Fluctuation of employment in mining and quarrying in Ohio, 1914-29.
M. L. R., Aug. 1930 (reprint*).
*Causes of seasonal fluctuations in construction industry. M. L. R., Sept. 1931
(reprint).
Effects of technological changes upon employment. (See Productivity of labor
and technological unemployment.)
♦Unemployment in the United States, 1930 and 1931 [U. S. Census]. M. L. R.,
Apr., 1931.
♦Unemployment, April 1930, by industry groups, age, reasons for idleness, and
family relationship [U. S. Census]. M. L. R., Sept. 1931.
Unemployment surveys in specified localities:
♦Baltimore, Md., February 1930. M. L. R., Apr. 1930 (reprint).
Bloomington, Ind., February 1930. M. L. R., July 1930 (reprint*).
Bridgeport, Conn., 1934. M. L. R., Mar. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 226).
Buffalo, N. Y., November 1933. M. L. R., Mar. 1934.
♦Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1934. M. L. R., Sept. 1934.
Columbus, Ohio, 1921-25. Bui. *409 ; summary, M. L. R., July 1926.
♦Kansas, 1930-34. M. L. R., Sept. 1934.
Lancaster, Pa., 1934. M. L. R., *May 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 243).
♦Lincoln, Nebr., 1933. M. L. R., Sept. 1934.
Louisville, Ky., March-May 1933. M. L. R., May 1934.
♦Massachusetts, January 1934. M. L. R., Dec. 1934 and Apr. 1935.
♦New Haven, Conn., May-June 1933. M. L. R., Oct. 1933.
♦Pennsylvania, February 1934. M. L. R., Sept. 1935.
♦Philadelphia, May 1935. M. L. R., Aug. 1935.
♦Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, Pa., February 1934. M. L. R., Oct.
1934.
♦Springfield, Ohio, 1934. M. L. R., Apr. 1935.
♦Syracuse, N. Y., November 1931. M. L. R., Apr. 1932,
♦Washington (11 cities), December 1934. M. L. R., Aug. 1935.
Study of unemployed men who applied for work at a Boston agency during
January 1930. M. L. R., Sept. 1930.
An analysis of the Buffalo, N. Y., unemployment surveys, 1929-32. M. L. R.,
♦Feb. 1933 (reprint).
Family unemployment in Buffalo, N. Y., November 1931. M. L. R., May 1932.
Family unemployment in Syracuse, N. Y., November 1931. M. L. R., *June 1932
(reprint).
Unemployment as a cause of family dependency. M. L. R., Dec. 1929
(reprint*).
Social and economic character of unemployment in Philadelphia, April 1930.
Bui. *555; summary, M. L. R., July 1930.




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♦Unemployment survey of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
1931 (reprint).
Unemployment in foreign countries.

M. L. R., Mar.

Statistics of unemployment in foreign countries are published at frequent intervals
in the Monthly Labor Review.

F am ily A llo w a n ce s
Family allowances in foreign countries. Bui. 401, 1926; summary, M. L. R.,
♦May 1926.
Family allowances in civil service of foreign countries. M. L. R., Dec. 1928.
Developments in family allowance systems. M. L. R., July 1930.
F iv e -D a y W e e k
Extent of 5-day week in American industry in 1932. M. L. R., Nov. 1932
(reprint).
Five-day week and other proposals for a shorter work week: A list of ref­
erences. M. L. R., Feb. 1931 (reprint*).
H e a lth Insurance
British health insurance system. M. L. R., *Oct. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 174).
♦Sickness insurance in various countries M. L. R., June 1928.
H ousing and C on stru ction A ctiv itie s
Data on building permits issued in principal cities of the United States are
collected and published monthly by the Bureau. This report shows num­
ber and cost of construction projects and the number of families provided
for in new dwellings. It also includes figures on the value of contracts
awarded for construction projects financed from Federal funds. Similar
data, in summary form, are published for semiannual and annual periods.
Trend of building construction in groups of cities of classified size, 1921-32.
M. L. R., July 1933.
Trend toward apartment-house living in American cities, 1927. M>. L. R.,
♦June 1928 (reprint).
Apartment-house construction in American cities, 1930. M. L. R., May 1931.
Relation of repairs to total building construction, 1921-32. M. L. R., May 1933.
Costs of dwelling units in various cities, as shown by building permits, 1929
and 1931. M. L. R., Dec. 1932.
Relative cost of material and labor in building construction, 1931-32. M. L. R.,
♦Oct 1932 (reprint).
Relative cost of material and labor in P. W. A. construction (building and
water and sewerage construction). M. L. R., *Jan. and July 1935 (re­
print, Serial R. 249).
Material and labor costs involved in the construction of a large apartment
building. M. L. R., *Sept. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 282).
Causes of seasonal fluctuations in the construction industry. M. L. R., *Sept.
1931 (reprint).
Elapsed time in building construction, 1929 and 1931. M. L. R., Jan. 1933
(reprint).
♦Experiments in Negro housing in New York and Cincinnati. M. L. R., Jan.
1932.




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Housing of Negroes in Washington, D. C. M. L. R., May 1930.
Housing conditions in American cities, 1933-34. M. L. R., Mar. 1985.
♦European housing policies since the war. M. L. R., Nov. 1931.
Workingmen’s housing in Vienna. M. L. R., May 1931.
♦Labor and the Tennessee Valley experiment [including information on hous­
ing]. M. L. R., June 1934.
♦Federal aid to housing in the United States. M. L. R., Nov. 1934.
Status of federally aided low-cost housing, as of November 8, 1935. M. L. R.,
Dec. 1935.
Work of District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Authority. M. L. R., Oct. 1936.
Housing by employers in the United States. Bui. 263, 1920.
Housing activities of labor groups. M. L. R., Aug. 1928 (reprint*) ; also in
Bui. *465, Beneficial activities of American trade-unions.
Activities of cooperative housing societies, 1933. M. L. R., *Apr. 1935; also
in Bui. 612, Consumers’, credit, and productive cooperation in 1933.
♦Organization and management of cooperative housing associations (with
model bylaws). Bui. 608, 1934.
Industrial Accidents and A cciden t P rev en tio n
♦Statistics of industrial accidents in United States to end of 1927. Bui. 490.
Industrial injuries in United States, 1917-32. M. L. R., May 1934 (reprint,
Serial R. 113).
Accidents in 30 manufacturing industries, 1933, 1934. M. L. R., Oct. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 455).
Accident experience of Federal civilian employees, 1933-35. M. L. R., Aug.
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 425).
Accident experience in iron and steel industry, 1933, 1934. M. L. R., June
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 399).
Causes and prevention of accidents in iron and steel industry, 1910-19. Bui.
298.
♦Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. Bui. 256, 1919.
♦Accidents to telegraph messengers, 1931. M. L. R., Jan. 1934.
Industrial accidents to employed minors in California, 1932. M. L. R., *Nov.
1934 (reprint, Serial R. 180).
Proceedings of Industrial Accident Prevention Conference, held at Washing­
ton, D. C., July 14-16, 1926. Bui. 428; summary, M. L. R., Aug. 1926.
Standardization of industrial accident statistics. Bui. 276, 1920.
♦Cost of industrial accidents to the State, the employer, and the man. M. L. R.,
Nov. 1930 (reprint).
Cost of accidents to railroad employees, 1932. M. L. R., *Sept. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 283).
Incidental cost of accidents to the employer. M. L. R., Aug. 1927.
♦Causes of death, by occupation. Bui. 507, 1930; summary, M. L. R., Mar. 1930.
Duration of wage earners’ disabilities. M. L. R., *Mar. 1920 (reprint).
Hazards from dust explosions in industrial plants. Labor Information Bulle­
tin, Aug. 1935.
Minimum standards for safety and health of workers in manufacturing in­
dustries. Serial R. 117, 1934.
♦Safety and health standards for mercantile establishments. M. L. R., Dec. 1934.
Protection to life and health of union members provided for in collective agree­
ments. M. L. R., Mar. 1934.




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♦Safety standards in industry. M. L. R., Nov. 1930.
Status of industrial safety codes and regulations in the various States.
M. L. R., Nov. 1933 (reprint, Serial R. 50*).
Safety codes for :
Abrasive wheels, use, care, and protection of. Bui. 527, 1930.
Dust explosions, prevention of. Bui. 562, 1931; supplement, Bui. 617, 1936.
Forging and hot-metal stamping. Bui. 451, 1927.
♦Foundries. Bull. 336, 1923. (A revision has been published by American
Standards Association.)
Gas-mask canisters, identification of. Bui. 512, 1930.
♦Headlighting devices for motor vehicles, rules governing approval of. Bui.
350’, 1924.
♦Ladders, construction, care, and use of. Bui. 351, 1923. (A revision has
been published by American Standards Association.)
♦Laundry machinery and operations. Bui. 375, 1924.
Lighting:
Factories, mills, and other work places. Bull. 556, 1931.
School buildings. Bui. 382, 1928. (A revision has been published by
American Standards Association.)
Paper and pulp mills. Bui. 410, 1926. (A revision is in process of publica­
tion by American Standards Association.)
♦Power presses and foot and hand presses. Bui. 430, 1926.
Power-transmission apparatus, mechanical. Bui. 463, 1928.
Rubber mills and calenders. Bui. 447, 1927.
Textile industry. Bull. 509, 1929.
Woodworking plants. Bull 519, 1930.
Many papers on industrial accidents and accident prevention appear in the annual
proceedings of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Com­
missions and of the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials. Some
of these proceedings have been published in bulletin form by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.

Industrial Disputes
A monthly report on strikes in the United States is published in each issue of
the Monthly Labor Review. A report covering the calendar year is also
carried in the Review, the one for 1935 being in the May 1936 issue
(reprint, Serial R. 389).
Anti-injunction laws in labor disputes. M. L. R., July 1932 (reprint*).
♦Injunctions in labor disputes: Select list of references. M. L. R., Sept. 1928
(reprint).
The use of injunctions in labor disputes. Labor Information Bulletin, Feb.
1936.
Industrial H o m e w o r k
♦Industrial homework, 1934. M. L, R., Apr. 1935.
Home work in Connecticut lace industry. M. L. R., May 1934.
♦Industrial home work in Connecticut. M. L. R., Sept. 1935.
Effect of N. R. A. codes on industrial home work in Pennsylvania. M. L. R.,
June 1935.
Industrial home work—a menace to* labor standards. Labor Information Bul­
letin, Jan. 1936.
♦Laws relating to industrial home work. M. L. R., Apr. 1930.
Later legislation regulating industrial home work has been given in the bulletins
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Industrial H y g ien e and Occupational Diseases
Occupation hazards and diagnostic signs: A guide to impairments to be looked
for in hazardous occupations. Bui. 582, 1933.
♦Causes of death, by occupation. Bui. 507, 1930; summary, M. L. ft., Mar. 1930.
Occupational diseases: Definition, cause, prevalence, and prevention. M. L. B.,
July 1929 (reprint).
Anthrax as an occupational disease. Bui. 267, 1920.
Mule spinners’ cancer. M. L. It., *Sept. 1928 (reprint).
Phosphorus necrosis in manufacture of fireworks and in preparation of phos­
phorus. Bui. 405, 1926.
♦Mortality from respiratory diseases in dusty trades (inorganic dusts). Bui.
231, 1918.
The problem of dust phthisis in the granite-stone industry. Bui. 293, 1922.
Protection against silicosis in granite and foundry industries of Massachusetts.
M. L. It., May 1934.
♦Prevalence of anthraco-silicosis in Pennsylvania. M. L. It., Oct. 1935.
Silicosis—an occupational hazard. Labor Information Bulletin, Mar. 1936.
Effects of the air hammer on the hands of stonecutters. Bui. 236, 1918;
summary, M. L. It., Apr. 1918.
♦Preventable death in the cotton-manufacturing industry. Bui. 251, 1919.
Survey of hygienic conditions in the printing trades. Bui. 392, 1925.
Health survey of the printing trades, 1922 to 1925. Bui. 427.
Final report on benzol poisoning by National Safety Council committee.
M. L. R., Sept. 1926.
♦Carbon-monoxide poisoning. Bui. 291, 1921.
♦Industrial poisoning in making coal-tar dyes and dye intermediates. Bui. 280,
1921.
♦Industrial poisons used in the rubber industry. Bui. 179, 1915.
♦Industrial poisons used or produced in manufacture of explosives. Bui. 219,
1917; summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1917.
♦Lead poisoning in potteries, tile works, and porcelain-enameled sanitary ware
factories. Bui. 104, 1912.
♦Lead poisoning in smelting and refining of lead. Bui. 141, 1914.
♦Lead poisoning in manufacture of storage batteries. Bui. 165, 1914.
A new test for industrial lead poisoning. Bui. 460, 1928.
Deaths from lead poisoning, 1925-27. Bui. 488.
Hygiene of the painter’s trade. Bui. 120, 1913.
Spray-painting. M. L. R., May 1929 (reprint).
Radium poisoning. M. L. R., June 1929 (reprint*).
Duration of wage earners’ disabilities. M. L. R., *Mar. 1920 (reprint).
Health of the workers. M. L. R., Jah. 1925 (reprint).
Health of working boys in New York City. M. L. R., July 1927 (reprint*).
♦Incidence of illness among adult wage earners. M. L. R., Apr. 1931.
Effect of noise upon efficiency. M. L. R., June 1930.
♦Work environment as a factor in general health of workers. M. L. R., Jan.
1932.
General health work of labor organizations. M. L. R., Dec. 1928 (reprint) ;
also in Bui. *465, Beneficial activities of American trade-unions.
Guarding the Nation’s health. Labor Information Bulletin, July 1935.
Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926. Bui. 458;
summary, M. L. R., Apr. 1928.
Physical examinations in industry. M. L. R., Apr. 1926.




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Protection to life and health of union members provided for in collective
agreements. M. L. R., Mar. 1934.
Minimum standards for safety and health of workers in manufacturing
industries. Serial R. 117, 1934.
♦Safety and health standards for mercantile establishments. M. L. R., Dec.
1934.
Occupational-disease legislation in United States, 1936. Bui. 625.
Proposed outline o f industrial medical course for medical schools [including
list of references on industrial hygiene]. M. L. R., ♦Nov. 1930 (reprint).
T h e s u b ject o f o ccu p a tion a l diseases ha s been cov ere d b y papers and discu ssion s a t
th e a n n u al m eetin gs o f th e In te rn a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n o f I n d u s tria l A c cid e n t B o a rd s
an d C om m issions. T h e p roceed in g s o f these m eetin gs fro m 1 91 6 to 1933, in clu siv e , w ere
published in b u lletin fo rm b y the B ureau o f L a b or S ta tistics ; the proceed in gs o f the 1934
a n d 1935 m eetings w ere published b y th e D iv ision o f L a b or S ta n d a rd s o f th e U. S.
D ep a rtm en t o f L a b or.

Industrial R elation s
Extent and characteristics of company unions—preliminary report. M. L. R.,
♦Oct 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 290).
Types of employer-employee dealing. M. L. R., Dec. 1985 (reprint, Serial R.
317).
♦Selection of employees’ representatives. M. L. R., Jan. 1935 (reprint, Serial
R. 201).
Employee elections conducted by National Labor Relations Board, up to June
16, 1985. M. L. R., *Oct. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 800).
Employee elections conducted by Petroleum Labor Policy Board, up to February
28, 1935. M. L. R., *Oct. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 299).
♦Trade agreements, 1927. Bui. 468; summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1929.
♦Collective bargaining by actors. Bui. 402, 1926; summary, M. L. R., May 1926.
♦Collective bargaining in anthracite coal industry. Bui. 191, 1916.
Collective agreements in brewery industry, 1935. M. L. R., Apr. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 379).
Collective bargaining in glass industry, 1935-36. M. L. R., May 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 387).
Collective bargaining in hosiery industry, 1936. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 438).
♦Collective agreements in men’s clothing industry. Bui. 198, 1916.
♦Collective agreements in newspaper composing rooms. M. L. R., Jan. 1936.
Trade agreement in silk-ribbon industry, New York City. Bui. 341, 1923.
Standard agreement in textile dyeing and finishing industry. M. L. R., Oct.
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 457).
The check-off in collective agreements. M. L. R., Jan. 1930.
Legalization of collective agreements in foreign countries. M. L. R., Aug.
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 429).
♦Collective bargaining practices in France. M. L. R., Oct. 1935.
Labor relations in Fairmont (W. Ya.) bituminous-coal field. Bui. 361, 1924.
Provisions of code for bituminous-coal industry. M. L. R., *Jan. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 335).
Labor relations in lace and lace-curtain industries in United States. Bui. 399,
1925.
♦Industrial relations in West Coast lumber industry. Bui. 349, 1923.
Joint industrial control in book and job-printing industry. BuL *481, 1928;
summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1929.
Labor conditions in shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920-24. Bui. 384.




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Conditions in shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass., 1928. Bui. 483.
Union-management relations in women’s clothing industry, New York City
industrial area, 1936. M. L. R., July 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 410).
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations. Bui. 322, 1923.
Works council movement in Germany. Bui. 383, 1925.
In ternation al Labor Conditions and R elation s
International labor conventions. M. L. R., Apr. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 94*).
The International Labor Organization. M. L. R., Dec. 1935 (reprint, Serial R.
318).
Results of International Labor Conference, June 1936. M. L. R., Aug. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 423).
S im ilar rep orts fo r e a rlier con feren ces h a ve been p ublished in the M on th ly L a b or
R eview .

Labor program of International Conference of American States, 1933. M. L. R.,
Oct. 1934.
Labor Conference of American States, Santiago, Chile, 1936. M. L. R., Mar.
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 364).
Improvement of labor conditions on ships by international action. M. L. R.,
May 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 373).
Labor Bureaus and T h e ir A ctiv itie s
The Bureau of Labor Statistics: Its history, activities, and organization. Bui.
319, 1922.
♦Methods of procuring and computing statistical information of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Bui. 326, 1923.
Activities and functions of a State department of labor. Bui. *479, 1928; sum­
mary, M. L. R., Nov. 1928.
Labor offices in the United States and in Canada. Bui. 621, 1936.
History of Association of Governmental Officials in Industry [now Interna­
tional Association of Governmental Labor Officials]. M. L. R., Oct. 1929
(reprint).
Personnel research agencies, 1930 edition. Bui. 518.
Work of State labor offices in behalf of wage claimants, 1932. M. L. R., *Oct
1933 (reprint, Serial R. 39).
(See also Employment Agencies and Their Work.)
Labor C onditions in Special Industries and A reas
The wage earner in agriculture [various countries]. M. L. R., Feb. 1936.
Labor relations in Fairmont (W. Ya.) bituminous-coal field. Bui. 361, 1924.
Provisions of code for bituminous-coal industry. M. L. R., *Jan. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 335).
Cargo handling and longshore labor conditions. Bui. 550, 1932; summary,
M. L. R., *Oct. and *Nov. 1930 (reprint), Feb. 1931 (reprint*).
Longshore labor conditions and port decasualization in the United States.
M. L. R.. Dec. 1933.
♦Industrial relations in West Coast lumber industry. Bui. 349, 1923.
Labor conditions in onion fields of Ohio. M. L. R., *Feb. 1935 (reprint, Serial
R. 212).




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Protection of railroad workers against removal of railroad shops and terminals.
M. L. R., June 1929.
Labor in the shirt industry, 1933. M. L. R., Sept. 1933 (reprint, Serial R. 29).
Labor conditions in shoe industry in Massachusetts, 1920-24. Bui. 384.
Conditions in shoe industry in Haverhill, Mass., 1928. Bui. 483; summary,
M. L. R., Feb. 1929.
Contract work in Paterson, N. J., silk industry. M. L. R., Aug. 1929.
Labor conditions in sugar-beet fields, and suggested remedies. M. L. R., July
1934 (reprint, Serial R. 132).
Labor camps. M. L. R., Sept. 1930.
Labor through the century, 1833-1933. Bui. 605.
Labor conditions in Territory of Hawaii, 1929-30. Bui. 534; summary, M. L. R.,
♦Apr. 1931.
Labor conditions of women and children in Japan. Bui. 558, 1931.
Drought refugee and labor migration to California, June-December 1935.
M. L. R., Feb. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 346).
Labor D a y
Origin and significance of Labor Day.
408).

M. L. R., Aug. 1936 (reprint, Serial R.

Labor Legislation (O th e r T h a n W o r k m e n ’s Com pensation)
Labor laws of United States.

Bui. 370, 1925.

Basic volume containing all legislation up to and including 1924.

Labor laws of United States, 1925 to 1932.
*552, 590.

Buis. *403, *434, 470, 486, 528,

No complete presentation of State labor legislation has been made since the publi­
cation of Bui. 590, covering the year 1932, but summaries of legislation for each
subsequent year have been published in the Monthly Labor Review.

Federal labor legislation, 1936.

M. L. R., Aug. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 427).

Similar articles summarizing Federal labor legislation of 1933—34 and 1935 were
published in the Monthly Labor Review.

♦Comparative digest of labor legislation for States of Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee. Bui. 603, 1933.
♦Laws relating to employment agencies in United States, as of January 1, 1933.
Bui. 581.
Laws relating to employment agencies in United States enacted in 1933.
Serial R. 80.
Laws relating to prison labor in United States, as of July 1. 1933. Bui. 596.
Laws relating to prison labor in United States enacted in 1933 and 1934.
M. L. R., *Nov. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 183).
Federal legislation concerning railroad employees. M. L. R., Apr. 1929 (re­
print *).
Later Federal legislation regarding railroad employees has been summarized in the
Monthly Labor Review in articles on Federal labor legislation.

Federal law establishing labor standards in Government contracts. M. L. R.,
Aug. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 426).
Legal restrictions on hours of labor of men in United States, as of January 1,
1936. M. L. R., Apr. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 385).
Laws regulating hours of labor of motor-bus drivers, as of January 1, 1933.
M. L. R., Jan. 1933 (reprint).
Laws relating to payment of wages on public works, as of January 1, 1936.
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Laws relating to payment of wages in scrip, protection of employees as
traders, etc., and company stores, January 1, 1936. Mimeographed.
Anti-injunction laws in labor disputes. M. L. R., July 1932 (reprint*).
National Labor Relations Act. M. L. R., *Aug. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 272).
Labor standards under Davis-Bacon Act. Labor Information Bulletin, Apr.
1936,
Labor laws and their enforcement in Connecticut. Labor Information Bulle­
tin, Mar. 1936.
*Enforcement of labor legislation in Massachusetts. Labor Information Bulle­
tin, Nov. 1935.
Labor legislation in New Hampshire. Labor Information Bulletin, July 1936.
Interstate compacts affecting labor. Labor Information Bulletin, Sept. 1935;
M. L. R., June 1935.
*Labor laws that have been declared unconstitutional. Bui. 321, 1922.
Proceedings of National Conference for Labor Legislation, Washington, D. C.,
February 14 and 15, 1934. Bui. 583.
National Conference on Labor Legislation, Asheville, N. C., October 4 and 5,
1935. M. L. R., *Nov. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 309).
Provisions of code for bituminous-coal industry. M. L. R., *Jan. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 335).
Rights of employees to their inventions. M. L. R., June 1926.
Decisions of courts and opinions affecting labor, 1931, 1932 [with cumulative
index to all previous volumes]. Bui. 592.
Labor legislation of Uruguay. Bui. 494, 1929.
Labor legislation of Argentina. Bui. 510, 1930.
Labor legislation of Venezuela. Bui. 549, 1931.
Labor legislation of Paraguay. Bui. 554, 1931.
Labor legislation of Ecuador. Bui. 559, 1931.
Labor legislation of Mexico. Bui. 569, 1932.
Many papers on labor legislation appear in the proceedings of the annual meetings
of the International Association of Governmental Labor Officials.
The proceedings
of these meetings from 1920 to 1933, inclusive, and in 1935 were published in bulletin
form by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; those of 1934 were published by the Division of
Labor Standards of the U. S. Department of Labor.

(See also Minimum wage; Old-age care, insurance, and pensions; Workmen’s
compensation, etc.)
Labor Organisations and T h e ir A c tiv itie s
Handbook of American trade-unions, 1936 edition. Bui. 618.
Historical review of trade-union incorporation. M. L. R., *Jan. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 203).
♦Trade-union organization and membership in United States, 1934. M. L. R.,
Feb. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 213).
Action of American Federation of Labor convention [1935] on internal policies.
M. L. R., *Nov. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 308).
International Federation of Trade Unions. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 439).
♦International Seamen’s Union of America: A study of its history and problems.
Bui. 342, 1923.
The passing of the National Window Glass Workers. M. L. R., Oct. 1929.
Labor organizations in Chile. Bui. 461, 1928.
♦Beneficial activities of American trade-unions. Bui. 465, 1928; summary,
M. L. R., Jan. 1929 (reprint).




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General health work of labor organizations. M. L. R., Dec. 1928 (reprint) ;
also in Bui. *465.
Housing activities of labor groups. M. L. R., Aug. 1928 (reprint*) ; also in
Bui. *465.
Recreational activities of labor organizations. M. L. R., *May 1928 (reprint) ;
also in Bui. *465.
Trade-union old-age pensions and homes for the aged and tubercular. M. L. R.,
Feb. 1928; also in Bui. *465.
Trade-union provision for sick, aged, and disabled members and for depend­
ents. M. L. R., Jan. 1928 (reprint) ; also in Bui. *465.
Trade-union benefit system. M. L. R., *Jan. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 334).
♦Laws governing trade-marks of trade-unions. M. L. R., Apr. 1932.
Labor Statistics (G eneral)
Handbook of labor statistics, 1936 edition.

Bui. 616.

T h is is th e fo u r th H a n d b o o k o f L a b o r S ta tistics t o be pu b lish ed b y th e B u rea u o f
L a b o r S ta tistics.
T h e first, issu ed in 1927 as B u i. 439, b ro u g h t to g e th e r in sum m ary
fo r m su ch o f th e e a rlier pu b lish ed m a teria l o f th e B u rea u as seem ed t o b e o f p erm a n en t
va lu e. T h e 1929, 1931, a n d 1936 e d ition s (B u is. 491, *541, 6 1 6 ) p resen t sim ila r sum m ariza tion s fo r th e In terv en in g in tervals.
T he m aterial con ta in ed in these volu m es
rep resen ts in la rg e p a rt th e o rig in a l w ork o f th e B u rea u o f L a b o r S ta tistics, b u t th is is
n o t e n tire ly th e case, as th e B u rea u does n o t a ttem p t t o co v e r certa in fields o f la b o r
in terest w h ic h a re a lre a d y a d eq u a tely cov ered b y oth er officia l agen cies. D ig e sts o f som e
o f th e published rep orts o f these oth er agencies, th erefore , as w ell as o f certa in resp onsible
p riv a te bod ies, h a v e been in clu d ed t o g iv e a w ell-rou n d e d p ictu re o f la b o r and rela ted
co n d ition s.
T h e free-d istrib u tion su p p ly o f the H andbook is v ery lim ited , but it can be purchased fo r
$1.25 from th e S u p erin ten d en t o f D ocum ents, G overnm ent P rin tin g Office, W ash in g ton ,
D . C.

*What are labor statistics

fo r ?

Bui. 599, 1933.

Labor T u r n -O v e r
Monthly labor turn-over rates for a number of manufacturing industries are
published in each issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
Monthly turn-over rates from January 1932 to November 1934. M. L. R.,
*Feb. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 215).
Special studies for individual industries:
Automobile and automobile parts, 1931-35. M. L. R., May 1936.
♦Boot and shoe, 1931 and 1932. M. L. R., Oct. 1933.
Cotton manufacturing, 1931 and 1932. M. L. R., Nov. 1933.
Foundries and machine shops, 1931 and 1932. M. L. R., Feb. 1934.
Furniture, 1934 and 1935. M. L. R., July 1936.
Iron and steel, 1934 and 1935. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint, Serial
R. 445).
Men’s clothing, 1932 and 1933. M. L. R., Mar. 1935.
♦Sawmills, 1933 and 1934. M. L. R., May 1935.
♦Slaughtering and meat packing, 1932 and 1933. M. L. R., Nov. 1934.
Hiring and separation methods in American factories. M. L. R., Nov. 1932
(reprint).
Standard procedure for computing labor turn-over. M. L. R., Dec. 1935 (re­
print, Serial R. 330).
Labor turn-over: A selected bibliography. M. L. R., Apr. 1927 (reprint).




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Legal A id
Growth of legal-aid work in United States. Bui. 607, 1936; summaries, M. L. R.f
July and Aug. 1936 ( reprint, Serial R. 421).
Life and G roup Insurance
Life insurance and old-age pensions established by collective agreement.
M. L. R., Feb. 1980.
Massachusetts system of savings-bank life insurance. Bui. 615, 1985; sum­
mary, M. L. R., *Aug. 1985 (reprint, Serial R. 269).
Group insurance experience of various establishments. M. L. R., June 1927;
also in Bui. 458, Health and recreation activities in industrial establish­
ments, 1926.
Group insurance. M. L. R., July 1932.
Legal status of issuance of group life insurance policies to labor unions.
M. L. R., Nov. 1928.
M in im u m W age
*Minimum-wage legislation in various countries. Bui. 467, 1928.
Minimum-wage legislation in United States as of January 1, 1936. M. L. R.,
Mar. 1986 (reprint, Serial R. 362).
Minimum-wage legislation in Latin America. M. L. R., Sept. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 443).
Interstate compact for establishing uniform minimum wage. M. L. R., July
1934 (reprint, Serial R. 133).
N ation al R e c o v e ry A d m in istra tio n
Summaries of labor provisions of the N. R. A. codes were published in the
Monthly Labor Review, beginning with the September 1983 issue, and
reprinted in pamphlet form. Other developments under the “ recovery”
program have also been followed in each issue of the Review.
Analysis of labor provisions of N. R. A. codes. M. L. R., Mar. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 223).
National Industrial Recovery Act. M. L. R., July 1933.
Decision of Supreme Court on National Industrial Recovery Act. M. L. R.,
June 1985 (reprint, Serial R. 260).
N egro in In du stry
*The Negro: A selected bibliography. M. L. R., Jan. 1926 (reprint).
'’'Economic status of the Negro. M. L. R., Apr. 1931.
The Negro in the industrial depression. M. L. R., June 1931 (reprint).
Negro workers in Allegheny County (Pa.) industries, 1934. M. L. R., July
1935.
Occupational distribution of Negroes. M. L. R., Apr. 1936.
Interstate migration of Negroes. M. L. R., Apr. 1986.




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Occupations and Occupational Changes
Changes in occupational character of immigration since the war. M. L. R.,
Feb. 1927.
Occupational trends in immigration to United States, 1928-32. M. L. R., Mar.
1933.
Occupational changes since 1850, as shown by census reports. M. L. R., Nov.
1933 (reprint, Serial R. 49*).
Shifting of occupations among industrial-insurance policyholders. M. L. R.,
Apr. 1924 (reprint).
♦Effect of technological changes upon occupations in motor-vehicle industry.
M. L. R., Feb. 1932.
♦Occupations of gainful workers on urban relief. M. L. R., May 1935.
The “white-collar workers.” M. L. R., Mar. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 84).
The problem of fitting workers to jobs. Labor Information Bulletin, Feb. 1936.
O ld -A g e Care, Insurance, and Pensions
Public service retirement systems, United States, Canada, and Europe. Bui.
477, 1929; summary, M. L. R., Apr. 1929.
Public old-age pensions and insurance in United States and foreign countries.
Bui. 561, 1932.
Public old-age pension legislation in United States, as of October 15, 1935.
M. L. R., *Nov. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 307).
Public old-age pensions in United States: References, 1929-31. M. L. R., *Mar.
1932 (reprint).
Experience under State old-age pension acts, 1935. M. L. R., Oct. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 435).
Financing old-age assistance in United States prior to Federal Social Security
Act. M. L. R., Oct. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 435).
♦Extent and distribution of old-age dependency in United States. M. L. R., Jan.
1934.
♦Occupational distribution of old-age pensioners in New York. M. L. R., Feb.
1933.
Industrial pensions for old age and disability. M. L. R., *Jan. 1926 (reprint).
♦Problem of old-age pensions in industry. M. L. R., Mar. 1927.
♦Industrial pension plans in the depression, United States and Canada. M. L. R.,
May 1933.
♦Care of aged persons in United States. Bui. 489, 1929; summary, M. L. R., Jan.
1930.
Church pension and relief plans for ministers. M. L. R., May 1929; also in Bui.
*489.
Homes for the aged, operated by fraternal organizations. M. L. R., Mar. 1929
(reprint, under title “Care of the aged in the United States” *) ; also in
Bui. *489.
Homes for the aged, maintained by religious organizations. M. L. R., Mar. 1929
(reprint, under title “ Care of the aged in the United States” *) ; also in
Bui. *489.
Old people’s homes maintained by various nationality groups. M. L. R., Apr.
1929 (reprint*) ; also in Bui. *489.
Private benevolent homes for the aged. M. L. R., Apr. 1929; also in Bui. *489.
Old people’s homes for certain occupational groups. M. L. R., Sept. 1929.
Homes for aged colored persons. M. L. R., Aug. 1929.




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Administration and conditions of old people’s homes. M. L. R., July 1929; also
in Bui. *489.
Problem of idleness in old people’s homes. M. L. R., Dec. 1929 (reprint).
Trade-union old-age pensions and homes for the aged and tubercular. M. L. R.,
Feb. 1928; also in Bui. *465, Beneficial activities of American trade-unions.
Trade-union provision for sick, aged, and disabled members, and for depend­
ents. M. L. R., Jan. 1928 (reprint) ; also in Bui. *465.
Directory of homes for the aged in the United States. Bui. 505, 1929.
*Cost of American almshouses. Bui. 386, 1925; summary, M. L. R., Nov. 1925.
Older W o rk e r in In du stry
The older worker in industry: List of references. M. L. R., July 1929 (re­
print*).
Age and employability. (Reprint from Bui. *530, Association of Governmental
Officials in Industry, seventeenth annual convention, 1930.)
*The age factor in employment. M. L. R., Apr. 1930.
Age distribution of workers in a small group of establishments. M. L. R.
Nov. 1929.
Age limit for hiring. M. L. R., Nov. 1932, in “ Hiring and separation methods
in American factories” (reprint).
Age limits in industry in Maryland and California. M. L. R., Feb. 1931.
*Employment of older persons in Springfield, Mass., department stores. M. L.
R., Oct. 1932.
New York report on age as related to unemployment. M. L. R., July 1933.
Personnel A c tiv itie s and Policies
Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926. Bui. 458;
summary, M. L. R., Apr. 1928.
Establishment funds for benefit of disabled workers. M. L. R., July 1927; also
in Bui. 458.
Lunch rooms in industrial establishments. M. L. R., *Mar. 1927; also in Bui.
458.
Medical and hospital service for industrial employees. M. L. R., Jan. 1927;
also in Bui. 458.
Encouragement of thrift by employers. M. L. R., Oct. 1927; also in Bui. 458.
Welfare work in company towns. M. L. R., Aug. 1927; also in Bui. 458.
Personnel policies in cotton-textile industry. M. L. R., June 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 398).
Prison Labor
Prison labor in United States, 1932. Bui. 595, 1933; summary, M. L. R., July
1933 (reprint, Serial R. 1).
Laws relating to prison labor in United States, as of July 1, 1933. Bui. 596.
Laws relating to prison labor in United States enacted in 1933 and 1934. M.
L. R., *Nov. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 183).
P ro d u ctiv ity o f Labor and Technological U n em p lo ym en t
Digest of material on technological changes, productivity of labor, and labor
displacement. M. L. R., Nov. 1932 (reprint).
^Productivity of labor in 11 manufacturing industries. M. L. R., Mar. 1930
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♦Hand and machine labor. Thirteenth annual report of United States Commis­
sioner of Labor, 1898.
♦Growth in use of power equipment in United States, 1849 to 1923. M. L. R.,
July 1928.
Significance of nonmechanical factors in labor productivity and displacement.
M. L. R., Nov. 1933.
Employment, earnings, production, and prices, 1932 to January 1986. M. L. R,,
Apr. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 353).
Effects of depression conditions upon farm-labor productivity. M. L. R., Jan.
1934.
♦Mechanization of agriculture as a factor in labor displacement. M. L. R., Oct.
1931 (reprint).
Progress and limitations of farm mechanization in United States. M. L. R.,
Mar. 1933.
Effects of technological changes upon employment in amusement industry.
M. L. R., Aug. 1931 (reprint).
♦Effects of technological changes upon employment in motion-picture theaters
of Washington, D. O. M. L. R., Nov. 1931 (reprint).
Labor productivity in automobile-tire industry. Bui. 585, 1933; summary,
M. L. R., Dec. 1932.
Bread making in the modern bakery. M. L. R., Dec. 1923.
Productivity of labor in merchant blast furnaces. Bui. 474, 1928; summary,
M. L. R., Dec. 1928 (reprint*).
Man-hour productivity in blast-furnace industry, 1929. M. L. R., Aug. 1932.
Productivity costs in common-brick industry. Bui. 356, 1924.
Labor productivity and costs in certain building trades. M. L. R., Nov. 1924.
Cargo handling and longshore labor conditions. Bui. 550, 1932; summary,
M. L. R., Feb. 1931 (reprint*).
Technological changes in cigar industry and their effects on labor. M. L. R.,
Dec. 1931 (reprint*).
♦An analysis of coal-mine labor productivity. M. L. R., Dec. 1930 (reprint).
Employment in relation to mechanization in bituminous-coal industry. M. L.
R., *Feb. 1933 (reprint).
Labor productivity and labor costs in cotton manufacturing. M. L. R., Sept.
1926.
Productivity of a New England cotton mill, 1838 to 1925. M. L. R., Oct. 1926.
Technological changes and employment in electric-lamp industry. Bui. 593,
1933; summary, M. L. R., *June 1933.
Labor productivity and displacement in electric light and power industry.
M. L. R., Aug. 1932.
Productivity of labor in glass industry. Bui. 441, 1927; summary, M. L. R.,
Apr. 1927.
♦Displacement of labor by installation of automatic grade-crossing devices.
M. L. R., Apr. 1932.
♦Productivity of labor in sheet department of iron and steel industry. M. L. R.,
Jan. 1932.
♦Labor productivity and displacement in leather industry. M. L. R., Sept 1932
(reprint).
♦Man-hour productivity in lumber industry in Pacific Coast States, 1929. M. L.
R., Oct 1932.
♦Effect of technological changes upon occupations in motor-vehicle industry.
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Productivity of labor In newspaper printing. Bui. 475, 1929; summary, M. L.
R., May 1929.
Labor cost of production and wages and hours of labor in paper box-board
industry. Bui. 407, 1926.
Man-hour productivity in petroleum-refining industry, 1929. M. L. R., Dec. 1932.
Technological changes and employment in United States Postal Service. BuL
574, 1932; summary, M. L. R., *Oct. 1932 (reprint).
♦Wages, hours, and productivity in pottery industry, 1925. Bui. 412.
Productivity of railroad labor. M. L. R., *Mar. 1927 (reprint).
Productivity, hours, and compensation of railroad labor. M. L. R., Dec. 1933.
♦Jan. and Feb. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 75).
Labor efficiency and productiveness in sawmills. M. L. R., Jan. 1923 (reprint).
Time and labor costs in manufacturing 100 pairs of shoes, 1923. Bui. 360.
Labor productivity and displacement in slaughtering and meat-packing in­
dustry. M. L. R., Nov. 1932.
Productivity of labor in street and road building and in ditch digging. M. L. R.,
Dec. 1931 (reprint).
Productivity of labor in building of concrete roads in Illinois. M. L. R., Nov.
1932.
♦Displacement of Morse operators in commercial telegraph offices. M. L. R.
Mar. 1932.
Displacement of Morse telegraphers in railroad systems. M. L. R., May 1932.
♦Effects on employment of printer telegraph for handling news. M. L R.,
Apr. 1932.
Productivity and displacement of labor in ticker telegraph work. M. L. R.,
♦June 1932 (reprint).
Productivity and labor displacement in private-wire systems. M. L. R., July
1932.
The dial telephone and unemployment. M. L. R., *Feb. 1932 (reprint).
Time and labor cost of production in woolen and worsted industry, United
States, England, France, Germany. M. L. R., *Sept. 1928 (reprint).
Production control in Belgian coal industry. M. L. R., Mar. 1936.

Recreation and Leisure-Time Activities
Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926. Bui. 458;
summary, M. L. R., Apr. 1928.
Indoor recreation for industrial employees. M. L. R., Sept. 1927; also in Bui.
458.
Outdoor recreation for industrial employees. M. L. R., May 1927 (reprint*) ;
also in Bui. 458.
Park recreation areas in United States, 1930. Bui. 565; summary, M. L. R.,
July 1932.
♦Recreational activities of labor organizations. M. L. R., May 1928; also in
Bui. 465, Beneficial activities of American trade-unions.
♦Italian National Leisure Time Society. M. L. R., Feb. 1935.

Resettlement and Subsistence Homesteads
♦Subsistence homesteads for industrial and rural workers at end of 1934.
M. L. R., Jan. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 202).
Status of Resettlement Administration construction program at end of 1935.
M. L. R., Feb, 1936.
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Retail Prices
Retail food prices are issued monthly by the Bureau in a printed pamphlet
preceded by a press release giving summary figures; prices of coal, gas,
and electricity are collected and published quarterly. Index numbers of
retail food prices for certain foreign countries are also published quarterly.
Retail prices, 1890 to 1928. Bui. 495. (The data in this bulletin are not
entirely comparable with the revised figures on retail prices now being
published.)
Revised indexes of retail food costs, 1929--35. Serial R. 384.

Self-Help Activities of the Unemployed
Cooperative self-help activities among unemployed. M. L. R., Mar., Apr.,
*May 1933 (reprint*).
Cooperative self-help activities among unemployed—general summary. M. L.
R., *June 1933 (reprint).
Production by self-help organizations of unemployed. M. L. R., July 1934
(reprint, Serial R. 130).
Activities of federally aided self-help cooperatives, 1935. M. L. R., Mar.
1936 (reprint, Serial R. 361).
Self-help among unemployed in California. M. L. R., Dec. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 320).
Cooperative self-help movement in Utah. M. L. R., Aug. 1936 (reprint, Serial
R. 424).
Self-help activities among unemployed in Washington, D. C. M. L. R., Mar.
1935 (reprint, Serial R. 224*).

Social Security (General)
♦Report and recommendations of U. S. Committee on Economic Security.
M. L. R., Feb. 1985 (reprint, Serial R. 211).
Federal Social Security Act, August 1935. M. L. R., * Sept. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 285).
The Social Security Board. Labor Information Bulletin, Feb. 1936.
Public pensions for the blind, 1935. M. L. R., Aug. 1936 (reprint, Serial
R. 422).
Reorganization of French social-insurance system. M. L. R., Feb. 1936.
Progress of social insurance in Japan. M. L. R., Mar. 1935.
(See also Health insurance; Life and group insurance; Old-age care, in­
surance, and pensions; Unemployment insurance, etc.)

Tennessee Valley A uthority
♦Labor and the Tennessee Valley experiment. M. L. R., June 1934.
♦Labor policies of Tennessee Valley Authority. M. L. R., Nov. 1935.

Unemployment Insurance
♦Operation of unemployment-insurance systems in United States and foreign
countries. M. L. R., June, July, Aug., Sept. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 166).
Unemployment insurance and reserves in United States: A selected list of
references. Bui. 611, 1935.




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Unemployment compensation in Wisconsin. Labor Information Bulletin,
August 1936.
♦Cost of German unemployment-insurance system. M. L. R., Jan. 1936.

Unemployment Relief
“'Federal Work-Relief Act of 1935. M. L. R., May 1935.
*Works program under relief act of 1935. M. L. R., Aug. 1935.
*Selection of men for Civilian Conservation Corps. M. L. R., May 1935
(reprint, Serial R. 241).
Two years of C. C. C. work. M. L. R., July 1935.
Operation of idle factories by Ohio relief authorities for benefit of unem­
ployed. M. L. R., *Dec. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 191).
Unemployment relief census, October 1933. M. L. R., July 1934.
Measures to combat unemployment in Europe. M. L. R., Apr. 1928 (reprint).

Vacations and Sick Leave
Sick leave with pay for factory workers. M. L. R., Apr. 1927; also in Bui. 458,
Health and recreation activities in industrial establishments, 1926.
Vacations with pay for wage earners. M. L. R., *May 1926; see also Bui. 458.
Vacations with pay under collective agreements. M. L. R., Apr. 1929.

Wage Executions for Debt
Wage executions for debt.

Bui. 622, 1936.

Wages and Hours of Labor
In specified industries, etc.:
Air transportation, 1933. M. L. R., Mar. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 74).
Airplanes and aircraft engines, 1929. Bui. 523; summary, M. L. R.,
June 1930.
Aluminum, brass, and copper utensils and wares, 1927. M. L. R., Aug.
1928.
Automobile tires, 1923. Bui. 358; summary, M. L. R., Nov. 1923.
Bakeries, 1933, 1934. Bui. 623; summary, M. L. R., Dec. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 325).
Batteries and small motors, 1927. M. L. R., Nov. 1928.
Blacksmiths, union, 1933. M. L. R., Aug. 1933.
Boots and shoes, 1932. Bui. 579; summary, M. L. R., *Sept. 1932
(reprint).
Brick, 1922, Bui. 356.
Building trades, union scales, 1934, 1935. M. L. R., *Nov. 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 306).
Cement, 1932. M. L. R., Mar. 1933 (reprint).
*Cereal beverage workers, union, 1932. M. L. R., Feb. 1933.
Common labor, entrance rates, 1935. M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 365).
Common street labor, 1932. M. L. R., July 1933 (reprint, Serial R. 2).
Compositors, book and job, union, 1934. M. L. R., June 1935.
♦Cotton compresses, 1927. M. L. R., June 1928.
♦Cotton gins, 1927. M. L. R., May 1928.




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•Cottonseed-oil mills, 1927. M. L. R., July 1928.
•Cotton goods, 1938-34. Special study made in accordance with Presi­
dential order of Sept. 26, 1934 (mimeographed) ; summary, M. L. R.,
Mar. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 225).
Cotton goods— Historical review of wage rates and wage differentials in
cotton-textile industry. M. L. R., *May 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 242).
Dyeing and finishing of textiles, 1933, 1934. M. L. R., May and Oct.
1936 (reprints, Serials R. 391 and R. 458).
Farming, July 1, 1936. M. L. R., Sept. 1936. (Based on quarterly re­
port on wages of hired farm labor issued by Bureau of Agricultural
Economics of U. S. Department o f Agriculture.)
Fire departments, 1934. M. L. R., •Nov. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 305).
Fishing, 1933. M. L. R., Sept 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 437).
Foundries and machine shops, 1933. M. L. R., Dec. 1933 (reprint, Serial
R. 62).
Furniture, 1931. Bui. 571; summary, M. L. R., *Mar. 1932.
Gasoline-filling stations, 1931. Bui. 578; summary, M. L. R., *June 1932
(reprint).
•Glass, 1932. M. L. R., Oct. 1933 (reprint, Serial R. 42).
Hosiery and underwear, 1932. Bui. 591; summary, M. L. R., Nov. 1932
(reprint).
•Hosiery, boys’ golf, 1934. M. L. R., Dec. 1934.
Hotel and restaurant workers, union, 1983. M. L. R., Aug. 1933.
Iron and steel, 1933, 1985. M. L. R., Apr., June, July, Aug., Sept., 1936
(reprints, Serials R. 380, 403, 415, 430, 446).
Leather, 1932. Bui. 589; ^summary, M. L. R., Oct. 1932 (reprint).
Longshoremen, 1924-30. Bui. 550; summary, M. L. R., *Oct. and *Nov.
1930 (reprint).
Lumber, 1932. Bui. 586; summary, M. L. R., *Oct. 1932 (reprint).
Men’s clothing, 1932. Bui. 594; ^summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1933 (reprint).
•Metal trades workers, union, 1983. M. L. R., June 1933.
Milk distribution, commercial, 1929-34. M. L. R., July 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 416).
•Millwork (sash, doors, etc.), 1915. Bui. 225.
Mining:
Coal, anthracite, 1931. M. L. R., *Apr. 1932 (reprint).
Coal, bituminous, 1933. Bui. 601; summary, M. L. R., Sept. 1933
(reprint, Serial R. 8).
Metalliferous, 1931. Bui. 573; summary, M. L. R., *June 1932.
•Motion-picture machine operators, union, 1933. M. L. R., May 1933.
Motorbus and truck transportation. 1933. M. L. R., June 1934 (reprint,
Serial R. 121).
Motor-vehicle manufacturing, 1934. M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint, Serial
R. 356).
Motor-vehicle repair garages, 1931. Bui. 578; summary, M. L. R., July
1932 (reprint).
Motors, small, 1927. M. L. R., Nov. 1928.
Newspaper editorial employees, 1934. M. L. R., *May 1935 (reprint,
Serial R. 239).
Paper box:
Corrugated and solid fiber (shipping container), 1933-35. M. L. R.,
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Folding, 1933-35. M. L. R., June 1936.
Set-up, 1933-35. M. L. R., Aug. 1936.
Paper box-board, 1925. Bui. 407; summary, M, L. R., *Oct. 1925.
Paper and pulp, 1923. Bui. 365; summary, M. L. R., *Mar. 1924.
♦Pulp, sulphite, and paper mill workers, union, 1933. M. L. R., Oct. 1933.
Park recreation areas— superintendents, 1925-26. Bui. 462, 1928.
Petroleum, 1934. M. L. R., July, *Sept., *Oct., *Nov., 1935 (reprints,
Serials R. 263, 284, 295, 311).
Police departments, 1934. M. L. R., *Oct. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 294).
Potteries, 1932. M. L. R., Apr. 1933 (reprint).
Public Works Administration construction. M. L. R., June 1935.
Quarry workers, union, 1933. M. L. R., Apr. 1933 (reprint).
Radio sets, speakers, and tubes, 1927. M. L. R., *Sept. 1928 (reprint).
Railroads:
Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-27. Bui. 514.
Railroads (14 Class I ), 1924r-33. M. L. R., July 1935 (reprint, Serial
R. 262).
Productivity, hours, and compensation of railroad labor. M. L. R.,
Dec. 1933, *Jan. and Feb. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 75).
Earnings and standard of living of 1,000 railway employees during
the depression. Pamphlet, 1934; summary, M. L. R., *Oct. 1934.
Rayon and other synthetic yarn, 1932. Bui. 587; summary, M. L. R.,
Mar. 1933 (reprint).
♦Retail trade, 1933. M. L. R., Apr. 1935.
Roadwork, public, Aug., 1933. M. L. R., Nov. 1933.
Seamen on American vessels in overseas trade, 1934. M. L. R., ♦Jan. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 332).
Shirt industry, 1933. M. L. R., Sept. 1933 (reprint, Serial R. 29).
Silk and rayon goods, 1933-34. Special study made in accordance with
Presidential order of Sept. 26, 1934 (mimeographed) ; summary,
M. L. R., June 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 252).
Silk and rayon weavers on 4-loom basis, April 1934. M. L. R., July 1934
(reprint, Serial R. 135).
Slaughtering and meat packing, 1931. Bui. 576; summary, M. L. R.,
♦June 1932 (reprint).
♦Stove foundries—molders and mounters, 1934. M. L. R., Dec. 1934.
Sugar refining, cane, 1930. Bui. 547; summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1931.
Sugar-beet fields, 1933. M. L. R., July 934 (reprint, Serial R. 132).
♦Taxicab drivers, Ohio, 1934. M. L. R., Dec. 1934.
Taxicab drivers, Washington, D. C., 1931-33. M. L. R., Mar. 1934 (re­
print, Serial R. 85).
Theater stage employees, union, 1933. M. L. R., May 1933.
Tobacco:
Cigarette, snuff, and chewing and smoking tobacco, 1933-35.
M. L. R., May 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 390).
♦Cigarette and smoking and chewing tobacco, Virginia and North
Carolina, July 1934. M. L. R., Oct. 1934.
♦Cigars, York County, Pa., 1934. M. L. R., Nov. 1934.
Union scales, 1933. Bui. *600 ; summary, M. L. R., Sept, and Nov. 1933
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Union scales, 1934r-35 (bakery, building, printing trades; longshoremen,
truck drivers, street-railway employees). M. L. R., Apr. 1936 (reprint,
Serial R. 376).
Upholsterers, and carpet and linoleum mechanics, union, 1933. M. L. R..
Sept. 1933.
Wood carvers, union, 1933. M. L. R., Sept. 1933.
Woolen and worsted goods, 1932-34. Special study made in accordance with
Presidential order of Sept. 26,1934 (mimeographed) ; summary, M. L. R.,
June 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 253).
Summary of wage surveys by Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1928-32. M. L. R.,
July and Aug. 1933 (reprints, Serials R. 3 and R. 10).
Index numbers of average earnings per hour, 1840-1934. M. L. R., Mar. 1936
(reprint, Serial R. 366).
Trend of real wages per hour, 1913-34. M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint, Serial
R. 366).
Employment, earnings, production, and prices, 1932 to January 1936. M. L. R.,
Apr. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 353).
Man-hours of employment in 35 manufacturing industries, 1933 [including
wages]. M. L. R., *Oct. 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 296).
♦History of wages in United States from colonial times to 1933. Bui. 604.
♦“ High wages” in colonial America. M. L. R., Jan. 1929.
Wages of early American building-trades workers. M. L. R., Jan. 1930.
Salaries of school teachers in colonial America. M. L. R., Apr. 1929.
Average annual wage and salary payments in Ohio, 1916-32. Bui. 613.
Supplementary data for 1933 and 1934 have been published in the Monthly Labor
Review.

Occupational distribution of wage and salary payments in Ohio, 1916-33.
M. L. R., Dec. 1935.
Wages and other conditions in government and in private employment. M. L. R.,
Aug. 1929 (reprint).
Labor conditions in Territory of Hawaii, 1929-30 [including wages]. Bui. 534;
summary, M. L. R., *Apr. 1931.
Wages in foreign countries. Compiled by Bureau of Labor Statistics; published
as Senate Doc. 9, 71st Cong., 1st sess., 1929. (Not available from Bureau
of Labor Statistics.)
More recent data on wages in foreign countries have been published in various
issues of the Monthly Labor Review.

Use of cost of living figures in wage adjustments. Bui. 369, 1925; M. L. R.,
Mar. 1928.
♦Average working hours per week in American industry, May 1932. M. L. R.,
Sept. 1932.
Legal restrictions on hours of labor of men in United States, as of January 1,
1936. M. L. R., Apr. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 385).
Laws regulating hours of labor of motor-bus drivers, as of January 1, 1933.
M. L. R., Jan. 1933 (reprint).
Laws relating to payment of wages on public works, as of January 1, 1936.
Mimeographed.
Laws relating to payment of wages in scrip, protection of employees as traders,
etc., and company stores, January 1, 1936. Mimeographed.
D a t a on a v e r a g e h o u r ly a n d w e e k ly e a r n in g s a n d on w a g e r a te c h a n g e s in
v a r io u s in d u s tr ie s a r e in c lu d e d in tb e m o n th ly r e p o r t o n e m p lo y m e n t an d

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Wholesale Prices
The Bureau collects wholesale prices and compiles index numbers for 784
individual commodities. Index numbers for groups of these commodities
are issued weekly in a press release; indexes for groups and subgroups
of commodities are published monthly in a printed pamphlet, which also
includes data on purchasing power of the dollar at wholesale; actual
prices of the 784 items are issued monthly in mimeographed form and
printed semiannually, in the June and December pamphlets on wholesale
prices. Index numbers of wholesale prices for certain foreign countries
are published quarterly. The latest report on wholesale prices published
by the Bureau in bulletin form (No. 572) gave actual prices and index
numbers for 1981 and earlier years.
♦Revised index numbers of wholesale prices, 1923 to July 1927. Bui. 453.
Revised index of wholesale prices of farm machinery. M. L. R., ♦Aug. 1935
(reprint, Serial R. 274).
One hundred and thirty-four years of wholesale prices. M. L. R., July 1935
(reprint, Serial R. 268).
Two years’ rise in wholesale commodity prices, February 1933 to February
1935. M. L. R., July 1935 (reprint, Serial R. 268).
Weekly fluctuations of wholesale commodity prices, 1932-35. Mimeographed.
The purchasing power of the wholesale-price dollar, 1801 to July 1935.
M. L. R., Sept. 1935.
Estimated value in exchange and relative importance of commodities included
in weighted index number of wholesale commodity prices for the year
1935. Mimeographed.
Specifications of commodities entering into the composite weighted index of
wholesale prices. Mimeographed, September 1935.

Women in Industry
W. P. A. puts women to work. Labor Information Bulletin, July 1936.
The household worker and her job. Labor Information Bulletin, May 1936.
Since the creation of the Women’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor,
all original investigations of matters pertaining to women workers in the United States,
conducted by the Department of Labor, have been made by that Bureau, which will be
glad to furnish lists of publications upon request.

Workmen’s Compensation and Legislation
♦Workmen’s compensation legislation of United States and Canada, as of July 1,
1926. Bui. 423.
Basic volume containing all legislation up to July 1, 1926.

♦Workmen’s compensation legislation of United States and Canada, as of Janu­
ary 1, 1929 (with text of legislation enacted in 1927 and 1928). Bui. 496.
No complete presentation of workmen’s compensation legislation has been made
since the publication of Bui. 496, but summaries of the legislation for each subse­
quent year have been published in the Monthly Labor Review, and tabulations of
the principal provisions of the workmen’s compensation laws of the various
* States, as of January 1, 1936, are given in the Handbook of Labor Statistics,
1936 edition, Bui. 016.

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PUBLICATIONS OF BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Cooperation of workmen’s compensation administrations with rehabilitation
agencies. M. L. R., Feb. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 345).
Methods of financing workmen’s compensation administrations and funds.
M. L. R., Mar. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 360).
Ontario procedure in settlement of workmen’s compensation claims. M. L. R.
*Jan. 1936 (reprint, Serial R. 331).
Provisions for “ second injuries” under workmen’s compensation laws. M. L. R.,
♦June 1932 (reprint).
Status of relief, etc., workers under workmen’s compensation laws. M. L. R.,
♦Sept. 1934 (reprint, Serial R. 169).
Settlements for accidents to American seamen. Bui. 466, 1928; summary,
M. L. R., *June 1928 (reprint).
Occupational-disease legislation in United States, 1936. Bui. 625.
Workmen’s compensation legislation of Latin-American countries. Bui. 529,
1930; summary, M. L. R., Feb. 1931.
New workmen’s compensation legislation in Mexico. M. L. R., Dec. 1931 (re­
print) ; also in Bui. 569, Labor legislation of Mexico.
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions: Its
accomplishments, 19L4-28. M. L. R., Nov. 1928 (reprint).
Many papers on workmen’s compensation and legislation appear in the proceed­
ings of the annual meetings of the International Association of Industrial
Accident Boards and Commissions. The proceedings of these meetings
from 1916 to 1933, inclusive, were published in bulletin form by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics; the proceedings of the 1934 and 1935 meetings were
published by the Division of Labor Standards of the United States De­
partment of Labor.
Decisions of courts on workmen’s compensation are included with the decisions
on other topics of legislation in a special series of bulletins. The most
recent of these compilations was published in Bui. 592, which contains a
cumulative index to all previous volumes.




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