Recent Publications of Labor Interest APRIL 1941 Gross farm income and indices of farm production and prices in the United States, 1869-1937. By Frederick Strauss and Louis H. Bean. Washington. U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1940. 153 pp., charts. (Technical buil. No. 703.) The plantation South, 1934-1937. By William C. Holley, Ella Winston, T. J. Woofter, Jr. Washington, U. S. Work Projects Administration, 1940. xxii, 124 pp., charts, illus. (Research monograph XXII.) Seeking an explanation of some of the causes of economic insecurity and labor displacement in plantation areas in the southeastern part of the United States, the WPA repeated, for the year 1937 and for the same 246 plantations, a survey covering the crop year 1934, which was analyzed in its report on "Landlord and tenant on the cotton plantation." The present report reviews the changes between 1934 and 1937 in plantation organization and operation, in labor and power, and in labor requirements for cotton production (to 1938); the credit situation; and plantation, operator, and tenant income. Living conditions, relief needs, and programs and policies are also considered. From 1934 to 1937 the average size of the plantations and the proportion of cropland in cotton per plantation increased. Although there was improvement in the financial status of both tenants and landlords, cropper and share-tenant net income, including home-use production, averaged only about $400 per family. While croppers operated nearly half the acreage in both 1934 and 1937, there was a significant increase between these years in the acreage operated by wage labor at the expense of share-tenant and renter labor, and the use of mechanized power was expanded. Rural America lights up. By Harry Slattery. Washington, D. C., National Home Library Foundation, 1940. xiv, 142 pp. Story of the rural electrification program-conditions that led to it, legal basis for it, long struggle with the private utilities, development of cooperatives under the system, and the program from the social and defense standpoints. They live on the land! Life in an open-country Southern community. By Paul W. Terry and Verner M. Sims. University, Ala., University of Alabama, Bureau of Educational Research, 1940. 313 pp., illus. The study describes the economic and social life of a rural community in Alabama. Democracy comes to a cotton kingdom: The story of Mexico's La Leguna. By Clarence Senior. México, D. F., Centro de Estudios Pedagógicos e HispanoAmericanos, 1940. 56 pp., illus. This account of the communal system of land tenure in operation in the Leguna cotton-growing region of Mexico includes information about compensation of members for their work and on cooperative stores. Cooperative Movement Annals of Collective Economy, May-July 1940. Geneva, Switzerland. Pp. 193-334. Collection of articles on various phases of the cooperative movement. These include: Cooperatives versus cartels and trusts-the experience of Sweden; EDITOR'S NOTE: The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not distribute the publications to which reference is made in this list, except those issued by the Bureau itself. For all others, please write to the respective publishing agencies mentioned. Educational work of the British Cooperative Union; The commandite-cooperative work in the French printing industry; The farmers' retail petroleum cooperative societies and the first cooperative oil refinery in the USA; Agricultural cooperation in the Eastern States of the USA; Education and the success of the cooperative movement in Nova Scotia and the neighboring regions; and Cost of living in the cooperative villages of Palestine. The cooperative movement in Bengal. By J. P. Niyogi. London, Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1940. 267 pp. Most of this study deals with cooperative credit associations, but there are also sections on agricultural cooperative marketing and purchasing associations and on consumers' associations, as well as on various types of workers' productive and other producer cooperatives. El cooperativismo. By Luis Thorin Casas. (In Anales de Economía y Estadística, Contraloría General, Dirección Nacional de Estadística, Bogotá, Colombia, Discusses the origin of the cooperative movement, its underlying theory, and classification of cooperatives, and gives a brief history and description of each class. An appendix contains some statistics of cooperatives in Colombia through December 31, 1939, a statement of national policy in regard to cooperatives, and a bibliography. The people's year book, 1941. Manchester, England, Cooperative Wholesale Society Ltd., [1941?]. 268 pp., illus. Contains detailed data on the various phases of the consumers' cooperative movement of Great Britain and summary material on cooperation in various other countries of the world. A considerable portion of this yearbook is given over to discussion of war matters and the effects of the war on cooperative business. There is the usual section on labor, social, and economic conditions. Wages and hours in consumers' cooperatives in Great Britain and the United States. By Glenn W. Miller. (In Quarterly Journal of Economics, Cambridge, Mass., February 1941, pp. 294–305.) Data on working conditions in consumers' cooperatives in the countries named, compiled from various sources. Report of Cooperative Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Reconstruction, Newfoundland. By Gerald Richardson. St. John's, 1940. 28 pp. Describes the development of cooperatives in the Province of Newfoundland and shows what they have meant in improved economic conditions. The organizations include credit unions, fishermen's marketing associations, and consumers' associations. Cost and Standards of Living Family income and expenditure in nine cities of East Central Region, 1935-36: Volume II, Family expenditure. By A. D. H. Kaplan, Faith M. Williams, Marjorie S. Weber. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941. 390 pp., charts. (Bull. No. 644, Vol. II: Study of consumer purchases, Urban series.) Family income and expenditure in selected New England cities, 1935-36: Volume II, Family expenditure. By A. D. H. Kaplan, Faith M. Williams, Ruth E. Clem. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941. 251 pp., charts. (Bull. No. 645, Vol. II: Study of consumer purchases, Urban series.) Family income and expenditure in four urban communities in Pacific Northwest, 1935-36: Volume 11, Family expenditure. By A. D. H. Kaplan, Faith M. Williams, Walter Durham. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1940. 201 pp., map, charts. (Bull. No. 649, Vol. II: Study of consumer purchases, Urban series.) Food and cotton stamp plans- a selected list of references. Compiled by Mamie I. Herb. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, November 1940. 26 pp.; mimeographed. (Economic library list No. 18.) An article on the effect of the stamp plan on living levels was published in the November 1940 Monthly Labor Review (p. 1060) and reprinted as Bureau of Labor Statistics Serial No. R. 1210. Report of Chief of Bureau of Home Economics, 1940. Washington, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1940. 21 pp. The report gives brief outlines of studies carried out during the year dealing with family economics, foods and nutrition, textiles and clothing, and housing and household equipment. A list of recent publications on these subjects iš included. Economic and Social Problems The bottlenecks of business. By Thurman W. Arnold. New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. 335 pp. Discussion of restraints of trade in relation to prices and standards of living. The author's views of the relationship of the antitrust legislation to labor organizations is set forth in some detail. The control of business cycles: A study of methods for achieving and maintaining prosperity. By John Philip Wernette. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1940. 197 pp. Concise analysis of the problem of controlling business cycles, with tentative suggestions. The author refutes the traditional or classical theories of employment and money associated with business cycles but retains the basic assumption of private enterprise. By Walton H. Hamilton. New York, Columbia The pattern of competition. The author contrasts the complexities of the Nation's economic problems with the actual and possible remedial actions under the antitrust laws. The limitstions of the existing laws, or "ramparts of restraint," are set forth in some detail. It is stated that antitrust procedure may not be best suited to handling the economic problems of certain industries and the author suggests the establishment of "an industrial court," whose members should be "as competent in the usages of business as they are learned in the law," for handling cases under the antitrust laws and for combining with antitrust procedure a different type of economic remedy, namely, governmental regulation. Public ownership of Government. Collected papers of Edward P. Costigan. New York, Vanguard Press, 1940. xvi, 347 pp. These papers afford a record of the outstanding views and public services of Senator Costigan, ranging from his part as champion of the coal and iron workers of Colorado in the early part of the present century to his part in the legislative drive for public-works programs, public responsibility for unemployment, the Social Security Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and various other laws of the past decade. The papers have more than a personal or temporary interest because of their clarity in giving expression to basic conceptions commonly associated with liberalism. Public policy: A yearbook of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1940. Edited by C. J. Friedrich and Edward S. Mason. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1940. 391 pp. Chapters are devoted to price policies and full employment; pricing of bituminous coal-some international comparisons; industrial markets and public policy; public policy of industrial control; and labor-market control. The landscape of rural poverty: Corn bread and creek water. By Charles Morrow Wilson. New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1940. 309 pp., illus. In this study the writer sought "to group, to view, and in some measure to evaluate outstanding symptoms of rural poverty and some of the more notable forces of its remedy.' Some aspects of German social policy under the national socialist regime. By P. Waelbroeck and I. Bessling. (In International Labor Review, Montreal, Canada, February 1941, pp. 127-152.) Covers employment policy, including control of labor distribution, mobilization of labor reserves, and vocational training; organization of industrial relations; and regulation of wages and hours of labor. Employment and Unemployment Survey of employment and wages in Kentucky during 1989. Frankfort, Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Commission, 1940. 62 pp., charts; mimeographed. (Research report No. 23.) Trend of employment in New York State factories from 1914 to 1939. Albany, New York State Department of Labor, 1940. 198 pp., charts. bull. No. 206.) (Special The data are presented by industry and by industrial district. Index numbers of pay rolls and average weekly earnings are included. (In American Federationist, Washington, D. C., Febru Unemployment in 1941. ary 1941, pp. 28, 29.) The article includes a tabulation of American Federation of Labor estimates of unemployment by year from 1929 to 1940, inclusive, and by month for 1939 and 1940. A preliminary estimate for the year 1940 is set at 9,388,000, as compared with 10,220,000 for 1939. The figure for December 1940 is placed at 7,906,000, against 9,248,000 at the end of 1939. The end of unemployment: A balance wheel for industry, the nation's greatest asset. By George H. Maxwell. Phoenix, Ariz., [the author], 602 North First Avenue, 1940. 134 pp. Plan for settlement on the land for the workers of the country through flood control and reclamation of waste land. Health and Industrial Hygiene The prevalence of disability in the United States, with special reference to disability insurance. By I. S. Falk and B. S. Sanders. (In Social Security Bulletin, U. S. Social Security Board, Washington, January 1941, pp. 2-8; charts.) Sick absenteeism in non-ferrous mining industry. By Andrew Fletcher. (In Mining Congress Journal, Washington, D. C., December 1940, pp. 39-41; illus.) This paper, presented at the American Metal Mining Convention at Colorado Springs in September 1940, discusses the reduction in costs in the mining industry through safety programs which have greatly reduced time lost from accidents, and the need for better reporting on absenteeism on account of sickness in the effort to secure a similar reduction. Fifth annual meeting of members of Air Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc., Pittsburgh, November 12 and 13, 1940. Pittsburgh, Pa., Air Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc., [1941?]. 106 pp. In addition to the annual reports, there are papers on industrial diseases and various health problems connected with the national defense. The control of tuberculosis: III, Management of the employee with pulmonary tuberculosis. By Ada Chree Reid. (In Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, Baltimore, Md., January 1941, pp. 35-44.) Third of a series of articles describing methods used by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, at the home office in New York, for the control of tuberculosis among its employees. Through these methods the incidence of tuberculosis was reduced from 40 per 10,000 in 1930 to 10 per 10,000 in 1939. Among applicants for employment, however, the incidence of clinically significant cases was 80 per 10,000 persons in 1939, there having been no decrease in rate similar to that among the persons already in the employ of the Company. These findings, the author states, warrant the conclusion that pulmonary tuberculosis can be profitably controlled by methods which are simple and economical. [Pamphlets on industrial poisons, Nos. 1 to 32.] Columbus, Ohio, Department of Health, 1940. Various paging. These brochures on various poisons contain general information on their uses, industries and occupations in which they are hazards, industrial health aspects, and selected abstracts and selected references. List of respiratory protective devices approved by Bureau of Mines. By H. H. Schrenk. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1941. 11 pp., illus.; mimeographed. (Information circular 7030 R.) Housing Family housing and facilities, five regions. By Hazel Kyrk, Day Monroe, Maryland Y. Pennell, Edith D. Rainboth. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Home Economics, 1940. 223 pp., charts. (Consumer purchases study, Urban, village, and farm series; U. S. Department of Agriculture miscellaneous publication No. 399.) Housing legislation in the United States. Washington, U. §. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941. (Serial No. R. 1198, reprint from October 1940 14 pp. Monthly Labor Review.) Housing and regional planning. By Herman Kobbé. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1941. 233 pp., diagrams, plans, illus. Advocates regional authority and outlines a plan for extensive housing operations, without increasing taxes, by means of good planning and public adminis tration. Post-war housing problems. By O. E. W. Olsen. Geneva, Geneva Research Centre, 1940. 69 pp., bibliography. (Geneva studies, Vol. XI, No. 6.) Reviews the history of low-cost housing from 1941 to 1939 and outlines the problems that will arise after the present war. Brownsville must have public housing. By Milton J. Goell. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Brooklyn Committee for Better Housing and Brownsville Neighborhood Council, 1940. 30 pp. Drawing upon statistical evidence, the author makes a case for public housing in this location. Real property and low income housing surveys of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1939. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Housing Authority and Work Projects Administration of Pennsylvania, 1940. 151 pp., maps, charts, illus. First Texas conference on housing, April 12 and 13, 1940-transcript of proceedings. Austin, University of Texas, Department of Architecture, 1940. 70 pp mimeographed. Industrial Accidents and Safety Relation of age to industrial injuries. By Max D. Kossoris. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941. (Serial No. R. 1191, reprint from 16 pp. October 1940 Monthly Labor Review.) Causes and prevention of accidents in construction industry, 1939. By Swen Kjaer and Max D. Kossoris. Washington, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1941. 12 pp. (Serial No. R. 1199, reprint from October 1940 Monthly Labor Review.) Summary and analysis of accidents on steam railways in the United States subject to Interstate Commerce Act, calendar year 1939. Washington, U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission, 1940. 122 pp., charts. (Accident bull. No. 108.) Data on railway accidents in the United States, 1930 to 1939, based on Interstate Commerce Commission statistics, were published in the November 1940 Monthly Labor Review (p. 1171). Are new hazards being introduced in coal mines faster than existing hazards are Safety in handling and use of explosives. New York, Institute of Makers of Papers were presented on the industrial safety work of the Virginia Department of Industry and Labor, dust hazards in industry, protection from industrial toxic gases and vapors, and protection of the eyes in industry. |