April 1947 Economic and Labor Conditions on West Coast California looks ahead. Edited by Dean E. McHenry. (In The Annals, American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 248, Philadelphia, November 1946, pp. 199-267. $2 (paper) or $2.50 (cloth) to nonmembers.) Papers presented at a joint meeting of the Pacific Southwest Academy and the Southern California Economic Association, Occidental College, Los Angeles, June 15, 1946. An introductory article on "California in perspective" is followed by three papers each on social prospects (including housing of minority groups in Los Angeles County), political prospects, and economic prospects (including industrialization in southern California). Postwar adjustment of aircraft workers in southern California. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1946. 6 pp. (Serial No. R. 1864; reprinted from Monthly Labor Review, November 1946.) Free. Report of the California State Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission for the period from August 1943 through December 1945 and for the year 1946. Sacramento, 1947. 103 pp. In addition to summarizing the activities of the Commission and its recommendations, the report reviews the status of California's economy with particular reference to population, employment, income, industrial and commercial growth, and construction, and discusses immediate and long-range prospects. Small business and the community: A study in Central Valley of California on effects of scale of farm operations. Report of Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business, United States Senate, 79th Cong., 2d sess., prepared by Walter R. Goldschmidt. Washington, 1946. 139 pp., maps, charts. (Senate committee print No. 13, 79th Čong., 2d sess.) Detailed comparison of a small-scale farming area and a large-scale area, with conclusions favorable to former as regards number of people supported per dollar volume of agricultural production, labor requirements, standard of living, physical and cultural services, and other factors. Summary of California statutory provisions conferring quasi-legislative functions upon State administrative agencies. Prepared for California Legislative Committee on Administrative Regulation. Sacramento, State Printing Office, 1946. 128 pp. Functions touched upon include those of agencies dealing with labor matters. Individual incomes of civilian residents of California, by counties, 1939-46. San Francisco, California State Chamber of Commerce, 1947. 35 pp., charts; processed. Union labor in California, 1945. San Francisco, Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Statistics and Research, 1946. 38 pp. Characteristics of union locals shown in part I include distribution of union members by industry, number of women members, and changes in male and female membership, 1944-45. Part II deals with collective-bargaining agreements and reproduces selected clauses on holidays, paid vacations and sick leave, severance notice and pay, and night-work differentials. EDITOR'S NOTE.-Correspondence, regarding the publications to which reference is made in this list should be addressed to the respective publishing agencies mentioned. Where data on prices were readily available, they have been shown with the title entries. Wage rate differentials comparative data for Los Angeles and other urban areas. By Ruth Macfarlane. Los Angeles, Haynes Foundation, 1946. 164 pp., bibliography; processed. (Research memorandum No. 1.) $1.50. The report is described as an effort to bring together available data on the wage-rate structure of Los Angeles County for comparison with other urban areas of the United States. Emphasis is placed upon the detailed occupational wage-rate data compiled during the war by the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The study indicated higher wages in the Great Lakes region and the Pacific Coast region than in other sections, but generally lower rates in Los Angeles County than in the other three major Pacific Coast urban areas of San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle. Differentials in cost of living over the country were found to be much smaller than differentials in wages. Digest of Oregon labor laws, 1945. [Salem], Bureau of Labor, [1946?]. 71 pp. Twenty-second biennial report and industrial directory of the Bureau of Labor and Wage and Hour Commission of the State of Oregon, from July 1, 1944, to July 1, 1946. Salem, [1947?]. 73 pp. The industrial directory takes up 53 pages of the pamphlet, and lists 4,655 firms by type of business and county. The brief Bureau of Labor report contains data on work permits for minors, collection of wage claims, and apprenticeship. Labor force and employment. Seattle, Office of Unemployment Compensation and Placement, 1946. 11 pp., maps; processed. Estimates of the labor force and employment, by industry groups, in Washington State, April 1940, July of 1944 and 1945, and January, April, and July of 1946. Child Labor State child-labor standards: A State-by-State summary of laws affecting the employ ment of minors under 18 years of age. By Lucy Manning and Norene Diamond. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards, Child Labor and Youth Employment Branch, 1946. 182 pp. series, No. 2.) Free. (Child-labor 8 pp. Child labor laws of Georgia. Atlanta, Department of Labor, 1946. Family Allowances Family allowances. Washington, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Family Life Bureau, [1946]. 19 pp. The discussion is in the form of answers to specific questions as to the nature and extent of family allowances, their potential usefulness, and other points. Some observations on the Canadian family allowances program. By Edward E. Schwartz. (In Social Service Review, Chicago, December 1946, pp. 451-473. $1.25.) Account of operation of the program, which became effective in July 1945, based on information obtained by the author (member of staff of U. S. Children's Bureau) from administrative officials, together with a review of results of and attitudes toward the program as reflected in interviews with a variety of observers, including social workers, school officials, and representatives of employer and labor groups. Memorandum on the effect of the Family Allowances Act [of Great Britain], 1945, on the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1925 to 1945. London, Ministry of National Insurance, 1946. 9 pp. 2d. net, H. M. Stationery Office, London. Housing Housing. (In Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. XII, No. 1, Durham, N. C., winter 1947, pp. 1-208, charts. $1.) This special issue devoted to different phases of housing includes articles on the housing shortage, the housing program for veterans, technical potentialities in home construction, and legal aspects of cooperative housing. Housing and construction. Report of chairman of complaints subcommittee to Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business, United States Senate, 79th Congress, 2d session. Washington, 1947. 33 pp. (Senate subcommittee print No. 15, 79th Cong., 2d sess.) The report is divided into three parts. Part I presents findings and recommendations; Part II deals with the original veterans' housing program and the new national housing program; Part III gives information on noteworthy housing activities of several local groups. A housing program for America. By Charles Abrams. New York, League for Industrial Democracy, 1947. 32 pp., bibliography. 25 cents. A 10-point program for slum clearance and the provision of decent, modern homes for all through public and private enterprise. The author states there is need for 4 million dwelling units immediately and 12 to 18 million in the next 10 years. The American Legion housing program. Indianapolis, American Legion, 1946. 28 pp. Contains the findings of the American Legion's special national committee on veterans' housing, and a program, based on these findings, which has been adopted by the national executive committee of the Legion. Report of the United States Advisory Housing Mission to the Commonwealth of the Philippines. Manila, 1946. 40 pp.; processed. Limited free distribution by U. S. National Housing Agency, Washington. Critical examination of legislation and policies with respect to housing and related problems in the Philippines, and recommendations concerning steps to be taken in the formulation and execution of a long-range housing program. Report of inquiry into the housing of the working classes of the city of Dublin, 1939-43. Dublin, Government Publications Sale Office, [1945?]. 279 pp. 3s. 6d. Bilan intermédiaire de la politique suisse en matière de logements. A propos de la politique suisse en matière de logements: Un bilan intermédiaire qui est plutôt un règlement de comptes. (In Revue Syndicale Suisse, organe mensuel de l'Union Syndicale Suisse, Berne, May 1946, pp. 227–236; July-August 1946, pp. 273-289.) Survey of housing in Switzerland during World War II with some comparison with World War I, including statistics of new units built from 1914 to 1919 and 1939 to 1945. Policies followed by Federal and communal governments are evaluated. Industrial Accidents and Workmen's Compensation Work injuries in the United States during 1945. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1947. 23 pp., charts. (Bull. No. 889; reprinted from September 1946 Monthly Labor Review, with additional data.) 10 cents, Superintendent of Documents, Washington. Annual report on industrial accidents in Illinois for 1945: Part I, Summary of industrial injuries reported in 1945 as compensable under the Workmen's Compensation and Occupational Diseases Acts. Chicago, Illinois Department of Labor, Division of Statistics and Research, 1946. 89 pp.; processed. A statistical study of all accident and occupational disease claims filed with the Industrial Commission of Ohio during the calendar year of 1945 with a summary of the years 1936-45, inclusive. Columbus, Industrial Commission of Ohio, Division of Safety and Hygiene, 1946. 27 pp. Estadística de accidentes del trabajo. Buenos Aires, Dirección de Estadística Social, 1946. 65 pp., charts; processed. Statistical analysis, with text discussion, of accidents in Argentine industry, transportation, services, etc., 1939 through 1944. There is also a summary of the principal legislation in regard to workmen's compensation for industrial accidents and occupational diseases. Report of the 1946 convention and annual meeting of the Industrial Accident Prevention Associations, Toronto, April 8 and 9, 1946. [Toronto?]. Industrial Accident Prevention Associations, [1946]. 152 pp. Oklahoma City, Department of Labor, Bureau of Factory Inspection, [1946?]. 130 pp., diagrams, illus. (Book No. 11-A.) Petroleum industry safety standards, 1946 edition. Industrial Relations 10 cents, Collective bargaining with associations and groups of employers. Washington, Examines and evaluates, from the standpoint of management, the important issues in collective bargaining for 1947, and makes suggestions as to the position that should be taken by management in regard to them. Industrial peace and the Wagner Act: How the act works and what to do about it. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1947. By Theodore R. Iserman. 91 pp. $1.50. The author states that the National Labor Relations Act has not promoted industrial peace but has fostered unionization. In his opinion, a policy of more collective bargaining and less striking should be the aim. Industrial relations policy: Proposals to modify the law and practice of industrial relations, and analysis of selected bills. By Gustav Peck. Washington, U. S. Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, 1947. 94 pp.; processed. (Bull. No. 48.) Available (free) only to libraries. Analytical background intended to clarify 1947 Congressional proposals on labor relations. Includes sections on national experience with collective bargaining, changes suggested in Federal and State bills, and discussion of major bills of the 79th Congress pertinent at present. The labor crisis-its causes and cures. (In Factory Management and Mainte nance, New York, January 1947, pp. 67-88, chart, illus. 35 cents.) Contains a statement of labor problems faced, an evaluation of certain existing labor laws and their shortcomings, and proposals that have been made for revision of these laws. Polls as to the wishes of factory workers on labor legislation are summarized and the views of management and labor leaders are quoted. The article closes with a summary of the action Congress is likely to take. The question of outlawing the closed shop. (In Congressional Digest, Washington, 50 cents.) February 1947, pp. 35-64. Reviews briefly the history of the closed shop, Federal and State action against it, and anticlosed-shop bills pending in Congress, and presents pro and con statements by representatives of Government, management, and labor. Reconversion in industrial relations. By Bryce M. Stewart and Walter J. Couper. 70 pp. (Industrial New York, Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc., 1946. relations monograph No. 13.) $1.75. The writers distinguish between the reconversion of the Nation's industrial plant to a peacetime basis and the reconversion of industrial relations, which, they assert in the foreword (dated November 15, 1946), has only begun. It is stated that the study "is designed as an aid to management in this phase of reconversion." Union agreements in the cotton-textile industry. Washington, U. S. Bureau of 20 cents, Classified provisions of 40 collective bargaining agreements for wage earners in the iron and steel industry. Classified provisions of 24 collective bargaining agreements for white collar workers in the iron and steel industry. New York, American Iron and Steel Institute, 1946 and 1947. 737 and 294 pp. Labor dispute settlements in the telephone industry, 1942-45. Edited by Pearce Davis and Henry J. Meyer. Washington, Bureau of National Affairs, 1946. 300 pp. $6. Statement on the economic considerations affecting relations between employers and workers. London, Ministry of Labor and National Service, 1947. 9 pp. (Cmd. 7018.) 2d. net, H. M. Stationery Office, London. This official statement was issued with the endorsement of the National Joint Advisory Council, representing British employers and trade-unions. It outlines the serious economic position of Great Britain, and stresses the need for the most economical and efficient use of manpower and the necessity for keeping costs and prices steady. It calls upon both sides to raise output, increase the efficiency of industry, eliminate restrictive practices, and extend and develop joint consultation between management and work people on production problems. International Labor Conditions International Labor Conference, 28th session, Seattle, 1946-record of proceedings. Montreal, International Labor Office, 1946. xxviii, 411 pp. $3 (paper) or $4 (cloth). Distributed in United States by Washington Branch of Î. L. O. Third labor conference of the American states which are members of the International Labor Organization, Mexico, April 1946: Record of proceedings. Montreal, International Labor Office, 1946. 308 pp. $3. Distributed in United States by Washington Branch of I. L. O. International labor legislation. By Henri Binet. (In Canadian Bar Review, Ottawa, December 1946, pp. 847-860; also reprinted.) While national laws based on international agreements were enacted many years before the International Labor Organization came into existence, the writer points out, the nearest approach to international labor legislation today consists of the conventions or recommendations of the International Labor Conferences. Early labor laws and agreements and certain early international conferences are discussed briefly, but the article deals mainly with the International Labor Organization and its work. Suggested charter for an international trade organization of the United Nations. Washington, U. S. Department of State, 1946. 47 pp. (Publication No. 2598; Commercial policy series, No. 93.) The proposed charter includes employment provisions which recognize the duty of member states to promote full domestic employment and to avoid measures which would create unemployment in other countries. Detailed suggestions are made concerning trade policies, business practices, and organizational arrangements. The world parliament of labor: A study of the International Labor Organization, its past achievements and potentialities for the future, and proposals for its reorganization. By R. J. P. Mortished. London, Fabian Publications, Ltd., and Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1946. 41 pp., bibliography. (Fabian Society research series, No. 113.) 2s. Labor Organizations and Conferences Directory of labor organizations in Kansas. Topeka, Department of Labor, October 1946. 84 pp. Report of the proceedings of the 61st annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, Windsor, Ont., September 18-26, 1946. Ottawa, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, [1947?]. 444 pp. Thirty-fifth annual report on labor organization in Canada (for the calendar year 1945). Ottawa, Department of Labor, 1947. 90 pp., charts. Report of the 45th annual conference of the Labor Party, Bournemouth, June 10-14, 1946. London, Labor Party, 1946. 2s. 6d. 255 pp. |