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INDEX FOR VOLUME XX (1940)
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A

D

Accidents. See Health and safety.
Age: Injured women, Mar. 15. Older woman worker,
Jan. 12, 14. Young women, July 16.
Apprentices. See Minimum wage, substandard.

Defense jobs (see also War labor standards): Necessity
of training, Nov. 4. Nursing, Nov. 5. Standards
for, Jan. 3, July 3-4, Sept. 16. Women available,
Sept. 3, Nov. 3-5.

B
Budgets. See Cost-of-living.

G
Census. See Federal agencies.
Children in a Democracy. See Conferences, White
House.
Clerical workers, Jan. 7,11, Mar. 11, May 7,11,13, July
4, 5, 12, Sept. 13, Nov. 8, 12, 13, 14.
Compensation and insurance: Sick benefits, Nov. 13.
Unemployment, July 11, Nov. 8, 15-16.
Conferences:
International Association of Governmental Labor
Officials, Nov. 15. International Association of
Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, Mar.
15. International Labor Organization: see Second
Conference. Ninth Minimum Wage Conference,
Jan. 5. Second Conference of American States
Members of International Labor Organization, Jan.
14. Sixth National Conference on Labor Legis­
lation, Jan. 4, Mar. 16. Tenth Minimum Wage
Conference (announced), Nov. 7. White House
Conference on Children in a Democracy, Jan. 15,
Mar. 12-13. Women’s Centennial Congress,
July 13.
Cost-of-living budgets, various States, Jan. 7, Mar. 5,
May 4, 15.
Court action:
Constitutionality—Ill., Jan. 8; Mass., Mar. 14;
Mich., Jan. 16, Nov. 15; N. Y., May 15.
Other—Calif., July 14, Sept. 10, 14; Conn., Sept. 14;
Del., Sept. 15; Ill., Sept. 10; La., July 5; N. J.
Jan. 7; N. Y., Jan. 9, Mar. 8, July 8, Sept. 14;
Ohio, Mar. 13; Pa., Nov. 9; P. R., Nov. 9; various,
Sept. 10.
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E
Employment trends (see also Seasonal employment and
Unemployment): Manufacturing and service indus­
tries—Ohio, Nov. 12-13; R. I., Sept. 14; semiannual
reports, 12 States, Mar. 4-5, Sept. 5-6.
Equal pay for equal work, Jan. 16, Mar. 6, Nov. 6, 15.

F
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Jan. 8-9, Mar. 7-8,
16, May 8-9, July 5-8, Sept. 4, 9-10, Nov. 7, 9-10.
Interpretations of Administrator, summary, Nov.
9-11.
Family incomes, Jan. 13-14, Mar. 16.
Family responsibilities, Mar. 16.
Federal agencies (see also Fair Labor Standards Act and
Public Contracts): Bureau of the Census, Mar. 1112, May. 5. Bureau of Employment Security, Nov.
3, 4. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mar. 4—5, 16, May
12, 13, Sept. 5-6. Children’s Bureau, Jan. 8.
Employment Service (see also Bureau of Employ­
ment Security), Jan. 12-13. National Defense
Advisory Council, Nov. 4. Social Security Board,
Jan. 13-14, Mar. 3, Nov. 15. Work Projects
Administration, Jan. 12, July 15.

H
Health and safety: Dangerous trades in Latin America,
Nov. 5. Safety fashions for women in industry,
July 16. Industrial hygiene division, Mont., July 15.
Injuries, Mar. 14-15, May 14, Nov. 16. Occupa­
tional diseases, Mar. 14-15. Unions and health,
May 6, Nov. 13.
Home work, industrial, Jan. 9, 15-16, Mar. 8, 16, May
12, 13, 15, July 14-15, Sept. 14, Nov. 6, 9.
Hotels and restaurants. See Industries, Service.

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II

Hours of work {see also Fair Labor Standards Act,
Minimum-wage orders, Public Contracts, Union
activities):
Hours worked, changes March 1939 to March 1940,
12 States, Sept. 6.
Laws and orders, Jan. 16, May 12, 13, Nov. 5-6.
Night work, Sept. 14.
Overtime, May 11, July 6, 14, Sept. 9, 10, Nov. 7,
10-11, 14.
Recent surveys, Mar. 9, May 12, July 9, Sept. 11,
14-15.
Rest periods {see also Vacations), Sept. 10.
Shortened hours, effects, Jan. 3-4.
Waiting time, July 8, 9, 11.
Household employment. See Industries, Service.

Mar. 13, Sept. 6-7. Laundries, dry cleaning
{see also Cleaning and dyeing), Jan. 6, 7, 11, Mar.
5, 9, May 11, July 4, 5, 8-9, 12-13, Sept. 11, Nov.
8-9,12-13,14.
Telephone and telegraph, Mar. 10, Nov. 4.
Textiles {see also Apparel—Hosiery, Knitwear), Jan.
10, Mar. 4, 5, 10, May 7, July 11, Sept. 5, 6, Nov.
9,14.
Tobacco, Mar. 5, 7-8, July 6-7, 10, Sept. 5, 6, 13.
Trade, Jan. 6, Mar. 9-10, May 7, 9, 11, July 4-5, 7,
10,12, Sept. 12, Nov. 8,12,14.
Various, defense, Nov. 3-5.
Injuries. See Health and safety.
International Labor Organization, Jan. 14-15, May 16.

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I
Industries:
Agricultural products {see also Food, processing),
Sept. 7-8.
Apparel: Boots and shoes, Mar. 5, May 8, 13, Sept.
5, 6, Nov. 10, 12. Caps, hats, millinery, Mar. 7,
10, May 7, 9, July 6, Nov. 11. Children’s and
infants’ outerwear, May 3. Cloaks, suits, Nov. 13.
Gloves, Mar. 11. Hosiery, Mar. 5, May 7, 13,
Sept. 5, 6. Knitwear, Jan. 9, Mar. 4, 5, May 8,
13, Sept. 5, 6. Men’s clothing (cotton garments,
neckwear, overcoats, suits, underwear), Mar. 5,
May 4, Sept. 5, 6, Nov. 12. Underwear, Mar. 4,
5, 11, May 3, Sept. 5, 6. Women’s clothing
(blouses, coats, corsets, dresses, neckwear, night­
wear, suits, underwear), Mar. 5, 11, May 3, Sept. 5,
6. Apparel not specified, Jan. 7, 11, May 7, 10,
July 6, 9, Sept. 11, 12, Nov. 4, 9-10, 11, 13.
Artificial flowers, Jan. 15-16, May 15.
Automotive, Sept. 13.
Electrical products, Jan. 11, Mar. 4, 5, May 12, 13,
Sept. 5, 6, Nov. 12, 14.
Food: Candy, confectionery, Mar. 5, May 9, Sept.
6. Canning, Mar. 3-4, May 10, Sept. 4, 12-13.
Nuts, Mar. 7, July 12. Packing, fish, May 11.
Processing of agricultural products {see also Can­
ning, Packing), Sept. 9. Food not specified,
Nov. 4.
Glass and pottery, Mar. 5, Sept. 5, 6.
Leather goods {see also Apparel—Boots and shoes),
May 8, Nov. 9.
Metals, Mar. 4, 5, Sept. 5, 6, Nov. 3, 12, 14.
Mining (Japan), Mar. 7.
Paper and its products, Mar. 4, 5, May 8, Sept. 5, 6.
Printing and publishing, Sept. 5, 6.
Rubber goods {see also Apparel—Boots and shoes),
Mar. 4, July 12, Sept. 5,6.
Service: Beauty shops, Jan. 6-7, Mar. 9, May 9, 11,
July 4, 5, Sept. 11, 15. Cleaning and dyeing {see
also Laundries), Mar. 5, May 11, July 8-9, Sept.
11, Nov. 7. Hotels and restaurants, Jan. 7, Mar.
8-9, 11, May 7, 10-11, July 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, Sept. 10,
13, Nov. 7-8, 9, 12, 13. Household employment,




Laws and legislation {see also Compensation, Court
Hours, Minimum wage): Bills introduced, May 1213, July 13-14, Nov. 15. Conference on labor legisla­
tion, Jan. 4. Latin-American countries, Nov. 5-6.
Recent legislation, May 12,13, July 13, Sept. 14—15.
Learners. See Minimum wage, substandard.
Legal status of women {see also Women officials and
Women’s Bureau publications), Jan. 15.
Localities:
Foreign countries: Finland, Mar. 7. France, Mar.
6-7, May 16. Germany, Mar. 6, 7, Sept. 15.
Great Britain, Mar. 6, Sept. 15-16. Japan, Mar.
7. Latin-American countries, Jan. 14, Nov. 5-6.
Poland, Mar. 7. Rumania, Mar. 7. South Amer­
ica {see Latin-American). Soviet Union, May 16.
Sweden, Mar. 7. Switzerland, Mar. 7,15.
United States and Territories: Ala., Mar. 16. Alaska,
Jan. 6, 7. Ariz., Jan. 7. Ark., Sept. 4. Calif.,
Jan. 6, 7, Mar. 3, 4, 7, May 4, 10, 11, July 14-15,
Sept. 4, 8, 10, 14, Nov. 7, 13, 14. Colo., Jan. 6, 7,
July 8, Sept. 8, 10. Conn., Jan. 6, 7, Mar. 4, 8,
May 4, July 8, Sept. 8, 11, 14, Nov. 3, 4, 7. Del.,
Sept. 15. D. C., Jan. 6, 7, Mar. 8, May 9, July 15,
Sept. 11, 13, Nov. 7, 15. Fla., July 10, Sept. 8.
Ga., May 4, Sept. 10, 15. Ill., Jan. 6, 7, Mar. 3, 4,
7, 8, 11, May 4, 7, July 12, Sept. 4, Nov. 3, 4, 7-8.
Ind., Mar. 3, 4, May 4, 5, July 11, 14, Sept. 4.
Iowa, Mar. 3. Kans., Nov. 15, 16. Ky., Jan. 6,
May 10, July 13, Nov. 8. La., Mar. 16, May 12,
Sept. 8, 14. Maine, Jan. 6, Mar. 14, 15, May 11,
July 4—5. Md., Mar. 3, 4, May 14, Sept. 4, Nov.
14, 15. Mass., Jan. 6, 7, 16, Mar. 4, 14, May 11
July 12, Nov. 3, 4, 8. Mich., Jan. 16, Mar. 4,
Nov. 3, 4, 14, 15, 16. Minn., Mar. 3, 11, May 10,
Sept. 4, 10, 11, Nov. 14. Miss., May 12, July 13,
Nov. 15. Mo., Mar. 4, May 14, Nov. 14. Mont.,
July 15. N. H., Jan. 6, May 11, July 8, Nov. 8.
N. J., Jan. 7, Mar. 3, 4, 8, 11, May 4, 10, 12, July 8,
11, Sept. 8, 11, 14, Nov. 3, 4, 8. N. Y., Jan. 6, 7,
15-16, Mar. 3, 4, 8-9, 10-11, 15, May 3-4, 6-7, 9,
10-11, 13, 15, July 8-9, 11, 12-13, Sept. 4, 6, 11,
14, 16, Nov. 3, 4, 8, 13, 14, 16. N. C„ Jan. 8,

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Mar. 4, Sept. 6, Nov. IS, 16. N. Dak., Jan. 6.
Ohio, Jan. 6, Mar. 3, 4, 9. 13, 14, May 10, 11, July
9,15-16, Sept. 11, Nov. 3,4,12-13, IS, 16. Okla.,
Jan. 7. Oreg., Mar. 7, May 10, Sept. 4. Pa.,
Jan. 6, 7, Mar. 3, 4, 8, May 4, 14, July 9, Nov. 3,
4, 8-9. P. R., Jan. 6, 7, 16, Mar. 8, July 6, Sept.
9-10, Nov. 9-10. R. I., Jan. 6, 7, 8, Mar. 9, May
11, 13, July 9, 13, Sept. 14, Nov. 3, 4, 9. S. C.,
Mar. 14, May 14, July 14, Sept. 6, Nov. IS, 16.
Tenn., Jan. 8. Tex., Mar. 14,15, Sept. 4, Nov. 13.
Utah, Jan. 6, 7, 16, Mar. 9-10, 14, 15, July 9-10,
Sept. 12, Nov. 9. V. I., Sept. 9. Va., Jan. 8,
Mar. 3, 4, 14, July 12, Sept. 4, 10, 14-15, Nov. 15.
Wash., Mar. 3, 7, 10, May 10, Sept. 4. Wis.,
Mar. 3, 8, May 7, Sept. 4.

M
Married women {see also Family responsibilities), Mar.
13, May 12, 14-15.
Maternity leave. See Sick and maternity.
Migrants, Mar. 3, 4.
Minimum wage {see also Fair Labor Standards, Public
Contracts, Union activities):
Administrators, conferences of, Jan. 5, Mar. 8, Nov.
7.
Boards: Ariz.: Restaurants, Jan. 7. Colo.: Hotels
and restaurants, Jan. 7. Conn.: Laundry, Jan. 6,
Mar. 8. D. C., Mar. 8. Ill.: Restaurants,
Nov. 7. Mass.: Clerical, May 11. N. H.: Dry
cleaning, May 11. N. Y.: Hotels, July 9; Res­
taurants, Jan. 7, Mar. 8-9. Ohio: Beauty cul­
ture, Sept. 11. Pa.: Laundry, Jan. 6. R. I.:
Hotels and restaurants, Nov. 9. Utah: Retail
trade, Jan. 6, Mar. 9-10.
Collection of wages: Calif., Jan. 6, Nov. 7. Conn.,
Mar. 8. D. C., Jan. 6. Ill., Mar. 8. Ky., May
10, Nov. 8. Minn., May 10, Sept. 11. N. J.,
Mar. 8, May 10, Nov. 8. N. Y., Jan. 6, Mar. 8,
9, May 9, Nov. 8. N. Dak., Jan. 6. Ohio, Jan. 6,
Mar. 9, May 10, July 9. Pa., Mar. 8. P. R.,
Mar. 8. Va., Sept. 10. Wis., Mar. 8.
Court decisions: Calif., Sept. 10. Ill., Jan. 8. La.,
July 5. N. J., Jan. 7. N. Y., Jan. 9, Mar. 8,
July 8.
Effects of: Conn., Sept. 11. D. C., May 9. Ill.,
Sept. 4. Ind., Sept. 4. Ky., Nov. 8. Md., Sept,
4. Minn., Sept. 11. N. J., Nov. 8. N. Y.,
Mar. 9, July 8-9, Sept. 4. Ohio, Nov. 12-13.
R. I., July 9. Wis., Sept. 4.
Guaranteed wage, N. Y., Mar. 9, July 8, Nov. 8.
Learners. See Substandard.
Legislation: Latin-American countries, Nov. 6.
New law, S. C., July 14. Pending bills: N. J.,
May 12. R. I., May 13.
Orders: Apparel and allied lines: N. J., Sept. 11.
Beauty shops: Colo., Jan. 6, 7; Conn., N. H.,
Jan. 6. Cleaning and dyeing: Conn., Nov. 7.
N. J., July 8. Fish packing: Maine, May 11.
Laundries, dry cleaning: Conn., N. H., July 8;



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N. Y., Sept. 11; Pa., July 9. Restaurants, public
housekeeping: Colo., Sept. 10; N. Y., May 10-11;
Utah, July 10, Nov. 9. Retail trade: N. H.,
Nov. 8; R. I., May 11; Utah, July 9-10, Sept. 12.
Procedure, suggested standards, Jan. 5, July 16.
Substandard workers (Learners, handicapped, etc.),
Jan. 8, 9-10, Mar. 7-8, 10, May 8-9, July 7-8, 9,
10, Sept. 10, Nov. 7, 11.
Surveys: Colo., Jan. 7. Ill., Jan. 6, 7, Nov. 7-8.
N. Y., Jan. 7, Mar. 9. R. I., Jan. 6, Mar. 9.
Wash., Mar. 10.
Tips not wages, ruling of administrators, May 11.
Munitions, British experience, Jan. 3.
N

National organizations {see also Conferences and Wom­
en’s organizations): Federal Council of Churches,
Mar. 13. National Child Labor Committee, Mar.
13. National Consumers’ League, Mar. 13. Na­
tional Council on Household Employment, Mar. 13.
National Industrial Conference Board, May 14-15.
National Resources Committee, Mar. 15. National
Urban League, Mar. 13.
Negro women workers, July 12, Sept. 8, Nov. 15, 16.
Night work. See Hours of work.
Nurses, Nov. 5.

O
Office workers. See Clerical.
Older workers. See Age.
Output and hours, Jan. 2-3.
Overtime. See Hours of work and Fair Labor Stand­
ards Act.

P
Pan America. See Conferences—Second, and Locali­
ties—Latin American.
Persons referred to: Anderson, Mary, July 16, Sept. 16.
Bellanca, Dorothy, Jan. 14. Brown, Jean Collier,
July 16. Broyles, Eunice, Mar. 8. Coffin, Muriel
E., July 15-16. Craton, Flora Beals, Mar. 16,
Sept. 15. Dickerman, Marion, Jan. 8. Dunbar,
Sadie Orr, Mar. 13. Elson, Alex, Sept. 10. Folks,
Homer, Mar. 12. Geach, Gwen, Mar. 8. Gilson,
Mary B., Jan. 8. Hagood, Margaret Jarman, May
16. Hamilton, Alice, July 16. Holly, Judge Wil­
liam H., Jan. 8. Johnson, Ethel M., Mar. 15.
Kittle, Mrs. William, Mar. 8. Klein, Philip, Mar.
12. Laskey, Jno. E., Sept. 11. Lewis, Kathryn,
Jan. 14. Magee, Elizabeth S., May 8. Matyas,
Jane, Jan. 8. McConnell, Beatrice, Jan. 14. Morrissy, Elizabeth, May 8. Norton, Mary T., July 6.
Perkins, Frances, Jan. 15. Raushenbush, Elizabeth
B., May 8. Robinson, Mary V., Jan. 14, Sept. 16.
Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin Delano, Mar. 13, July 15.
Roosevelt, President, Mar. 13. Schneiderman, Rose,
Jan. 14. Shallcross, Ruth Enalda, Mar. 16. Steckel,
Minnie, Mar. 16. Stewart, Mildred, Mar. 13.
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Strain, Geo. A., May 11. Winslow, Mary N., Jan.
14. Woodward, Claude H., Sept. 11.
Productivity, wages, and hours, Jan. 3—4, Sept. 15.
Professional workers, Jan. 11, Mar. 11, July 7, 12,
15-16, Nov. 5, 9, 13.
Public Contracts: Board, Jan. 9-10, May 12. Defense
contracts let, Nov. 3-4.

R
Reviews: Alabama Women and Their Employers,
Minnie Steckel, Alabama Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs and Alabama College, Mar. 16.
Cost-of-Living and Wage studies, Utah Industrial
Commission, Jan. 16. Household Workers, Jean
Collier Brown, Science Research Associates, Chicago,
July 16. Industrial Home Work, Ruth Enalda Shallcross, Industrial Affairs Publishing Co., N. Y., Mar.
16. Mothers of the South—Portraiture of the White
Tenant Farm Woman, Margaret Jarman Hagood,
University of North Carolina Press, May 16. Roster
of Women Officials of the State of Louisiana, Flora
Beals Craton, Louisiana Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, Mar. 16. Safety Fashions for
Women In Industry, National Safety Council, Inc.,
Chicago, July 16. Story About 50,000 New York
Women, New York State Department of Labor,
Sept. 16. Studies of Family Income and Expendi­
ture, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mar. 16.
Vocational Information, National Federation of Busi­
ness and Professional Women’s Clubs, Mar. 16.

S
Seasonal employment, Mar. 3-4, July 5.
Service industries. See Industries, Service.
Sick and maternity leave with pay, Mar. 11, July 12,
Nov. 14.
’
Social security. See Compensation and Federal
agencies.
Southern tenant farm woman, May 16.
Standards, maintenance of, Jan. 3-4, July 3.
States. See Localities.
U
Unemployment {see also Compensation and Seasonal
employment), Jan. 12-13.
Union activities, Jan. 10-11, Mar. 10-11, May 6-7,
July 11-13, Sept. 12-13, Nov. 13-14, 16.
Union label, Mar. 10, July 11.
V
Vacations with pay, Mar. 10, 11, July 11, 12, Sept. 12,
13, Nov. 14.
Vocational information and training, Mar. 16, Nov. 4,
11.




W

Wage collections. See Minimum wage.
Wage deductions (recent interpretations of Wage-Hour
Act), Nov. 10-11.
Wage differentials: Men and women, Mar. 5. Women
factory workers, May 13.
Wage-Hour Administration. See Fair Labor Standards
Act.
Wage supplements. See Industries, Service.
Wage trends, Mar. 4-5, Sept. 5-6, Nov. 12-13.
Wages {see also Minimum wage): Conn., Sept. 11.
D. C., May 9. Fla., July 10. Ill., May 7, Nov. 7.
Maine, July 4—5. Mo., May 14. N. H., May 11-12.
N. Y., Jan. 7, May 9, 13, July 9. Ohio, Nov. 12-13.
R. I., July 9. S. C., May 14. Utah, Jan. 7, July 10.
Various States, Mar. 3, 5, May 3-4, Sept. 5-8, Nov. 5.
Also Agriculture, Sept. 8. Apparel, May 3-4. Can­
ning, Mar. 3, Sept. 4. Various industries, Mar. 4-5,
Sept. 5-6.
War labor standards {see also Defense jobs), Jan. 3-4,
Mar. 6-7, May 16, July 3-4, Sept. 15-16.
Women officials, Mar. 16, Sept. 15.
Women’s Bureau exhibit, Jan. 16.
Women’s Bureau publications, recent: Apparel, Jan. 16,
Sept. 16. Canning, packing, Mar. 16, July 16,
Nov. 16. Discriminations against women, Sept. 16.
Household employment, July 16, Sept. 16, Nov. 16.
Hawaii, Nov. 16. Job histories, Jan. 16. Legal
status, Jan. 16, Mar. 16, May 16, July 16. Married
women, July 16. Minimum wage: Conferences,
Mar. 16, July 16; Laws and orders, July 16, Sept. 16,
Nov. 16; Standards of procedure, Jan. 5, July 16.
Occupational progress (reprint), Nov. 16. Reports
to Government Labor Officials, Nov. 16. Service
and trade industries, July 16. Women in defense
industries, Jan. 16, Sept. 16, Nov. 16. Women
workers, Jan. 16, Mar. 16, July 16. Women workers
in United States (in Spanish and Portuguese), Mar.
16. Young women, July 16.
Women’s Bureau studies: Canning, Mar. 3-4. Service
and trade industries in Maine, July 4-5. Women’s
and children’s apparel, May 3-4.
Women’s organizations: Inter-2\merican Commission
of Women, Nov. 5. League of Women Voters, May
11. National Council of Catholic Women, May 11.
National Council of Jewish Women, Mar. 13, May 11.
National Federation of Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, Mar. 16. National Organization for
Public Health Nursing, Nov. 5. National Women’s
Trade Union League, Jan. 16, Mar. 13, May 6, July
13. Nursing Council on National Defense, Nov. 5.
Young Women’s Christian Association, Mar. 13,
May 11.

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