TABLE 2.-Estimated Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment, by Age and Sex, in April and May 1943 and May 1942 1 [Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census] 1 All data exclude persons in institutions. Persons on public emergency work projects are included with the unemployed. Less than 50,000. .2 .3 .3 62123 CO 1.0 02222 JULY 1943 Absenteeism Absenteeism-a_coal industry problem. By R. R. Sayers, M. D. (In Mining Congress Journal, Washington, May 1943, pp. 23–27; bibliography. 20 cents.) Abstract of an address, at seventh annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation, in which the volume of and reasons for absenteeism are shown, with particular reference to British wartime experience with absenteeism in the coal industry. Absenteeism-realities and remedies. New York, National Association of Manufacturers, Industrial Relations Department, 1943. 30 pp. Single copies free. Shows the extent of absenteeism in different industries and discusses reasons for it and measures taken to reduce unjustified absenteeism. Agriculture and Agricultural Labor Agricultural labor in the United States, July 1941-February 1943: A list of references. Compiled by Ruby W. Moats and John M. McNeill. Washington, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Library, April 1943. 59 pp.; mimeographed. (Library list No. 4.) Cultural factors which result in artificial farm labor shortages. By Arthur Raper and F. Howard Forsyth. (In Rural Sociology, Raleigh, N. C., March 1943, pp. 3–14. 75 cents.) The writer describes how some of the barriers to the full use of rural manpower are being broken down, and points out the need for local, State, and Federal programs for the fullest use of all available farm labor, based on an understanding of the cultural factors which have accounted for the "traditional unequal distribution and under-use of the Nation's rural manpower." Farm prices, farm costs, and farm production. Washington, U. S. Office of Price Administration, Division of Research, February 1943. 30 pp., charts; processed. It is stated that high farm prices do not guarantee an increase in farm production but that it is the relation between farm prices and farm costs that matters. The study indicates that from 1939 to 1942 farm prices increased 2.5 times as much as wage costs per unit of output and 4 times as much as total cost per unit of output. Estimates of cost are given for all farm products combined and for main types of products. Farm wage rates, farm employment, and related data. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, January 1943. 193 pp., charts; mimeographed. This publication brings together data heretofore available only in scattered publications of the Department of Agriculture. The first section gives farm wage rates and index numbers for the United States as a whole, for geographic divisions, and for individual States, some of the information going back as far as 1866. Another section gives piece-work rates for recent years for cotton picking, threshing and combine harvesting, sugar beet and sugarcane work, and various other jobs in particular localities. Estimates of employment of both family workers and hired workers are given for the period beginning in 1909. The final section gives miscellaneous information on farm income and related subjects. 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. The amounts do not include postage, and also they are subject to change. Investigation of western farm labor conditions. Hearings before Special Committee to Investigate Farm Labor Conditions in the West, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, on S. Res. 299, a resolution to investigate agricultural labor shortages in the western States in connection with the prosecution of the war, Part I. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1943. 140 pp. These hearings will be presented in four volumes. The first volume, noted above, contains the text of a decree by President Avila Camacho of Mexico, and the agreement between the Mexican Government and the United States Government, concerning the use of Mexican agricultural labor in the United States, in addition to statements regarding the agricultural labor situation in California. Truck farming in the United States: A study of the industrialization of agriculture. By William Michael Gilmartin.. [Berkeley, University of California, 1942?]. 195 pp.; mimeographed. A doctoral dissertation, submitted to the University of California, dealing with the historical development and contemporary problems of vegetable production for the fresh-vegetable market. Labor problems are considered and one chapter is devoted to the position of the agricultural laborer. Child Labor and Child Welfare Children and war-a selected list of references. Compiled by Helen F. Conover. Washington, U. S. Library of Congress, Division of Bibliography, February 1943. 56 pp.; mimeographed. Revised edition. Limited free distribution. References on child labor in various countries are included. Community action for children in wartime. Washington, U. S. Children's Bureau, 1943. 9 pp. (Publication No. 295.) 5 cents, Superintendent of Docu ments, Washington. Among the subjects covered are care for children of employed mothers and employment safeguards for every boy and girl. Day care of children of working mothers. By Dorothy Campbell Tompkins. Berkeley, University of California, Bureau of Public Administration, October 1942. 9 pp.: mimeographed. (War bibliography No. 2.) Economic and Social Problems Brothers under the skin. By Carey McWilliams. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1943. 325 pp. $3. Deals with the various minority groups in the United States-Indians, Chinese, Mexicans, Japanese, Hawaiians, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, and Negroes-and suggests certain governmental policies and procedures as possible aids in eradicating the problems these groups present. Economic freedom-a democratic program. By Charles E. Noyes. New York and London, Harper & Bros., 1943. 234 pp. $2.50. The author calls attention to those phases of the world-wide struggle for freedom that are not connected directly with the war against the Axis Powers. The book outlines some of the major problems that will call for solution after the war and states that an understanding of these problems and preparation to meet them is a necessary part of the preparation for peace. Sections of the book most directly of labor interest are the chapters on social planning, the function of management, and wages and the standard of living. Economic mobilization and manpower problems in Brazil. (In International Labor Review, Montreal, June 1943, pp. 721-730. 60 cents.) Account (through January 8, 1943) of measures taken in Brazil looking toward the fullest utilization of economic resources and manpower, with particular reference to vocational training and the transfer of workers from one region to another. The Chilean Popular Front. By John Reese Stevenson, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1942. 155 pp., bibliography. $1.50. Survey of the political evolution of Chile with considerations of social and economic factors influencing this evolution. Describes socio-economic progress and operations in the fields of aid to industry, agricultural development, wages and standard of living, and labor, with some discussion as to future problems. The tragedy of European labor, 1918-1939. By Adolf Sturmthal. New York, Columbia University Press, 1943. 389 pp. $3.50. In this book the writer hopes to explain in part the catastrophe which has engulfed European labor and freedom since World War I. He firmly believes that the lesson of the European experience is, with modifications, in many details applicable to America, and that American labor "has to face its political responsibility as a powerful part of the Nation if democracy and free labor organizations are to survive." Education and Training Apprentice training for America's youth. Washington, U. S. War Manpower Commission, Apprentice-Training Service, 1943. 12 pp. Outlines the reasons for providing apprentice training and lists the regional offices having charge of the program. The national apprenticeship program. Washington, U. S. War Manpower Commission, Apprentice-Training Service, 1943. 8 pp. The pamphlet provides a brief nontechnical explanation of the national apprenticeship program, intended to answer most of the inquiries received from teachers, persons in vocational guidance work, employment offices, employers and employees, and young persons interested in learning a trade. Vocational rehabilitation during and after the war. By J. L. Amos. (In Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, Toronto, May 1943, pp. 164174. $1.) Describes the growth and accomplishments of the rehabilitation movement in the United States and in Canada, with particular emphasis on the work of the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board, which is particularly well developed. Employment and Unemployment Employment in manufacturing, 1899-1939—an analysis of its relation to the volume of production. By Solomon Fabricant. New York, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc., 1942. 358 pp., charts. $3. This volume supplements an earlier study made under the auspices of the National Bureau of Economic Research-"The output of manufacturing industries, 1899-1937." The present volume is a study of trends of employment and their relation to corresponding changes in production and unit labor requirements, or, inversely, labor productivity. Estimates are made for manufacturing as a whole and for separate industries and groups of industries. The author, in discussing the significance of an estimated reduction of over two-thirds in the amount of labor per unit of product, measured in man-hours, and of one-half in terms of men employed, states that this marked transformation of American industry must be interpreted as reflecting the cooperative action of many factors both within manufacturing and outside it. Employment outlook in the full-fashioned hosiery industry. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1943. 13 pp. (Serial No. R. 1518; reprinted from March 1943 Monthly Labor Review, with additional data.) Free. The trend of employment and unemployment [in the Irish Free State] in the years 1940 and 1941. Dublin, Department of Industry and Commerce, [1942]. 27 pp. (P. No. 5433.) 6d. Analyzes the official statistics of employment and unemployment. Family Allowances Protección a la familia Argentina. By Francisco Casiello. (In Revista de Economía Argentina, Buenos Aires, February 1943, pp. 46–53.) Contains a study of the general scheme of family allowances in Argentina; outline of a proposed scheme; a list of official and private agencies in Argentina having family-allowance plans in operation, with the years in which they began; and the most recent available statistics of operation of family allowances in 8 other countries. Régimen Chileno de subsidios familiares para empleados. By Armando Mallet S. (In Previsión Social, Ministerio de Salubridad, Previsión y Asistencia Social, Departamento de Previsión Social, Santiago, November 1941-February 1942, pp. 149-170.) The article contains an analysis of existing Chilean legislation providing family allowances for salaried employees of private concerns, with some statistics through May 1941; an evaluation of the present scheme; and an analysis of proposed legislation concerning family allowances. 534879-43-13 Food and Nutrition Feeding workers for health and efficiency. By Quindara Oliver Dodge. (In In dustry, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Boston, February 1943, p. 18 et seq., illus. 35 cents.) Discusses the need for better nutrition among war workers and the role of the plant cafeteria in initiating a sound nutritional program. Nutrition in wartime Britain. New York, British Information Services, 1942. 14 pp. (I. D. 351.) Free. Account of the organization of supplies, control of distribution, consumer rationing, communal feeding, price control and subsidies, and food education and advice. Rationing of food in Great Britain. New York, British Information Services, 1943. 14 pp. (I. D. 333.) Free. Summary of the regulations governing food rationing in Great Britain, administration of the system, and restaurant and canteen facilities. There are tables showing the food allowances as of February 1943. War emergency nutrition guide. Boston, Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety, 1943. 36 pp. Gives values of different foods and sample menus and recipes. Income Income size distributions in the United States, part II. New York, National Bureau of Economic Research, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, 1943. Various paging. (Studies in income and wealth, vol. 5.) $1. The Conference on Research in Income and Wealth set itself the task, in 1938, of making available in convenient form a fairly detailed description of the various bodies of data in this field. This volume gives detailed reports on 16 important studies, including studies of consumer purchases. The concluding chapter is devoted to the 1940 population census in its bearings on the study of income and wealth. National income and national product in 1942. By Milton Gilbert and George Jaszi. (In Survey of Current Business, U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, March 1943, pp. 10-26; charts. 15 cents, Superintendent of Documents, Washington.) Deals with the impact of the war upon the national income and national product in the United States. National wealth and national income in the United States and foreign countries, 1935-1942; selected list of references. Compiled by Wanda Mae Johnson. Washington, U. S. Treasury Department, Library, January 1943. 79 pp.; mimeographed. Industrial Accidents and Workmen's Compensation Accident hazard, by size of plant. By Max D. Kossoris. Washington, U. S. 4 pp. from April 1943 Monthly Labor Review.) Foremanship and safety. By C. M. MacMillan. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1943. 101 pp., illus. $1. Manual for use in foreman training and to help solve the foreman's daily safety problems. A guide to the prevention of weight-lifting injuries. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards, 1943. 20 pp., diagrams, illus. (Special bull. No. 11.) 10 cents, Superintendent of Documents, Washington. Safety speeds production—a message for supervisors. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards, 1943. 21 pp. (Special bull. No. 10.) Free. Administrative adjudication in the State of New York: Volume VI, Supplementary report on workmen's compensation. Report to Honorable Herbert H. Lehman, Governor of the State of New York, by Robert M. Benjamin. [Albany?], 1942. 380 pp. |