The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor StatisticsU.S. Department of Labor, 1985 - 321 sider This book describes various aspects of the historical development of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The first chapter, entitled "Origins," sketches the factors leading up to authorization of the BLS in June 1884. A chapter entitled "Carroll Wright: Setting the Course" discusses the views and contributions of the BLS's first commissioner. The next chapter covers the studies for economic and social reform that were undertaken during the administration of the bureau's second commissioner, Charles Neill. The BLS's history during the pre-World War I recession and war years, when Royal Meeker headed the bureau, are examined next. The fifth chapter is devoted to Ethelbert Stewart's term as commissioner of the BLS, which lasted from 1920 to 1932. The BLS's efforts to meet the emergency demands imposed on it first by the Great Depression and then by the New Deal agencies that were created to deal with the Depression are discussed against the framework of Isador Lubin's term as BLS commissioner. Ewan Clague's term as BLS commissioner (from 1946 to 1965) is discussed in terms of the expanding role that economic indicators began to play in the BLS. The eighth chapter summarizes the limited terms of the next three BLS commissioners, Arthur M. Ross, Geoffrey H. Moore, and Julian Shiskin, as well as the term of Janet L. Norwood, who was well into her second term as commissioner when the book was published. A brief discussion of the BLS's continuing mission, an appendix describing BLS publications, source notes for each chapter, and an index conclude the book. (MN) |
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... commission as colonel in the fall of 1864. Ill health , which was to plague him periodically the rest of his life , cut short his service , and he returned to his old neighborhoods in Massachusetts and New Hampshire . Wright established ...
... commission as colonel in the fall of 1864. Ill health , which was to plague him periodically the rest of his life , cut short his service , and he returned to his old neighborhoods in Massachusetts and New Hampshire . Wright established ...
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... commission be grafted onto the existing Bureau . Congress , however , adjourned without taking action . Powderly persevered , and , at the Knights of Labor convention in October 1887 , he urged establishment of a Department of Labor ...
... commission be grafted onto the existing Bureau . Congress , however , adjourned without taking action . Powderly persevered , and , at the Knights of Labor convention in October 1887 , he urged establishment of a Department of Labor ...
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... Commission in 1898 to investigate the Nation's many social and eco- nomic problems , including the growing role of corporate trusts , rising labor unrest bordering on class warfare , agricultural discontent , the vast influx of ...
... Commission in 1898 to investigate the Nation's many social and eco- nomic problems , including the growing role of corporate trusts , rising labor unrest bordering on class warfare , agricultural discontent , the vast influx of ...
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... commission consisting of Wright , John D. Kernan of New York , and Nicholas E. Worthington of Illinois . The commission took extensive testimony in Chicago and Washington before reporting in Novem- ber , 68 Samuel Gompers , along with ...
... commission consisting of Wright , John D. Kernan of New York , and Nicholas E. Worthington of Illinois . The commission took extensive testimony in Chicago and Washington before reporting in Novem- ber , 68 Samuel Gompers , along with ...
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... commission- ers for their lucid and conscientious report on the Chicago strike of 1894. " 71 The commission's recommendations became the basis for legisla- tion dealing with railroad disputes that had a major impact on the public ...
... commission- ers for their lucid and conscientious report on the Chicago strike of 1894. " 71 The commission's recommendations became the basis for legisla- tion dealing with railroad disputes that had a major impact on the public ...
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Administration Advisory agencies American Annual Report Appropriations Association Board budget Bulletin Bureau of Labor Census changes child labor cities Clague Commerce Commission Commissioner of Labor conducted Conference Congress congressional consumer expenditure survey Consumer Price Index continued cooperation cost of living cost-of-living index Department of Labor Dept developed earnings employees employment statistics Erdman Act established expenditures Federal funds Hearings Hinrichs House improve included increased index numbers industry investigation issued January July June Labor Statistics legislation Lubin measure Meeker ment Monthly Labor Review NARG National National Civic Federation Neill Norwood occupational Office Perkins President problems productivity recommended release Research retail price revision Roosevelt Royal Meeker Schwellenbach Secretary of Labor Senate Sept Service Shiskin social staff standard Stewart tion U.S. Congress union United wholesale price Wholesale Price Index Wilson women workers Wright wrote York