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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... appointed as chief Carroll D. Wright , a former State legislator who was not associated with the labor reform- ers , and Wright soon put the bureau on solid ground . Other States followed suit , and , within 10 years , 12 more States ...
... appointed as chief Carroll D. Wright , a former State legislator who was not associated with the labor reform- ers , and Wright soon put the bureau on solid ground . Other States followed suit , and , within 10 years , 12 more States ...
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... appointed by the Presi- dent for a 4 - year term , whose mission was to " collect information upon the subject of labor , its relation to capital , the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women , and the means of ...
... appointed by the Presi- dent for a 4 - year term , whose mission was to " collect information upon the subject of labor , its relation to capital , the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women , and the means of ...
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... appoint a chief of the Labor Bureau of Statistics . " 13 The New York Times declared that the work " ought to be in the hands of some man of a judicial turn of mind who has no interest in the results to be shown other than that of ...
... appoint a chief of the Labor Bureau of Statistics . " 13 The New York Times declared that the work " ought to be in the hands of some man of a judicial turn of mind who has no interest in the results to be shown other than that of ...
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... appointed him Chief of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor , which , under earlier leadership , had become embroiled in con- troversy . Wright moved quickly to put the Bureau on a solid founda- tion of objectivity and ...
... appointed him Chief of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor , which , under earlier leadership , had become embroiled in con- troversy . Wright moved quickly to put the Bureau on a solid founda- tion of objectivity and ...
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... appointed by the President . As early as 1884 , during his service as Chief of the Massachusetts Bureau , Wright had testified before Congress on the benefits to be gained from the creation of a permanent census agency . Prominent ...
... appointed by the President . As early as 1884 , during his service as Chief of the Massachusetts Bureau , Wright had testified before Congress on the benefits to be gained from the creation of a permanent census agency . Prominent ...
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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