by the author. Illustrations are given of the use of this index. Getting the Right Job. Cleveland, Ohio, Glidden Co., 1950. 16 pp. The Department Store Buyer. Boston, Simmons College, 1951. 3 pp. (Simmons College Bull., Vol. XLIV, No. 5; Vocational Guidance Series for Young Women.) Your Career in Television. By William I. Kaufman and Robert S. Colodzin. New York, Merlin Press, Inc., 1950. xx, 206 pp., illus. $3.50. Older Workers and the Aged Age With a Future. By Wilma Donahue. Services Offered Older People. By Peter Kasius. (In Social Work in the Current Scene, 1950: Selected Papers, 77th Annual Meeting, National Conference of Social Work, Atlantic City, N. J., April 23-28, 1950, pp. 70-86, 87-95. New York, Columbia University Press, 1950. $4.75.) Education for a Long and Useful Life. By Homer Kempfer. Washington, Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, 1950. 32 pp., bibliography, illus. (Bull. No. 6.) 20 cents, Superintendent of Documents, Washington. The bulletin deals primarily with education for the aging, telling what can be done and is being done in this field by schools and other agencies. My Time is My Time. By John Willard Reed. [Detroit], General Motors Corp., Employee Relations Staff, 1950 and 1951. 7 pamphlets, variously paged. In this series of pamphlets (called "books"), a retired man urges working people to lay plans for satisfactory retirement, while still employed, citing experiences of different individuals to emphasize his recommendation. He also includes suggestions on what to do after retirement. Your Second Career. (In The Lamp, New York, March 1951, pp. 2-5, illus.) Describes the program adopted by the Standard Oil Co. (N. J.) to help employees develop a "workable plan" for their lives after retirement. The Ageing Worker [in Great Britain]. By F. Le Gros Clark. (In Scope, London, March 1951, pp. 48–59, illus. 2s. 6d.) Prices and Price Control Food Price Subsidies. By Robert L. Taylor. Washington (1205 19th Street NW.), Editorial Research Reports, 1951. 17 pp. (Vol. I, 1951, No. 7.) $1. Interim Adjustment of Consumers' Price Index. By Doris P. Rothwell. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1951. 23 pp.; processed. Free. An abridgment of this report was published in the Monthly Labor Review for April (p. 421). Wholesale Prices, 1949, Including Index Numbers of 900 Different Commodities. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1951. 60 pp. (Bull. No. 1007.) 30 cents, Superintendent of Documents, Washington. Price Control in Britain. (In Labor and Industry in Britain, British Information Services, New York, March 1951, pp. 16-22. Free.) Wages, Salaries, and Hours of Labor Contribution of Manufacturing Wages to Regional Differences in Per Capita Income. By Frank A. Hanna. (In Review of Economics and Statistics, Cambridge, Mass., February 1951, pp. 18-28. $1.50.) Criteria in the Making of Wage Decisions by "Neutrals": The Railroads as a Case Study. By Frederic Meyers. (In Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Ithaca, N. Y., April 1951, pp. 343–355. $1.25.) The author concludes that "neutrals" determining wage changes in the railroad industry "have given almost overwhelming consideration to the criterion of comparative wage trends. Evaluation of other criteria has found them to be either impossible of application or subsidiary to the desirability of maintaining wage relationships between the railroad and other industries." Salary and Wage Data, Michigan Cities and Villages Over 4,000 Population-Hours of Work, Overtime Pay Ann Practices, and Holiday Pay Practices, 1950–51. Arbor, Michigan Municipal League, 1951. 96 pp.; processed. (Information Bull. No. 65.) $3. Clerical Salary Survey, October 1950. New York, National Industrial Conference Board, Inc., 1951. 31 pp. (Studies in Labor Statistics, No. 4.) Wage Chronology No. 12: Western Union Telegraph, 1945– 50. By Albert A. Belman. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1951. 10 pp. (Serial No. R. 2023; reprinted from Monthly Labor Review, February 1951.) Free. Wage Chronology No. 18: Federal Classification Act Employees, 1924-50. By Albert A. Belman. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1951. 15 pp. (Serial No. R. 2025; reprinted from Monthly Labor Review, March 1951.) Free. Payment by Results in the Building Industry, [Various Countries]. (In International Labor Review, Geneva, January 1951, pp. 64–78. 50 cents. Distributed in United States by Washington Branch of ILO.) Miscellaneous Strengthening the Economy: Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Secretary of Labor, Fiscal Year 1950. Washington, U. S. Department of Labor, [1951]. 320 pp., charts. Recommendations made in the report are given in this issue of the Monthly Labor Review (p. 693). Proceedings on Economic Mobilization Short of War. By Albert G. Hart and others. (In American Economic Review, Menasha, Wis., March 1951, pp. 51-76. $1.50.) Papers and discussion in a session on this subject at annual meeting of American Economic Association, Chicago, December 29, 1950. Another paper, "The Strategy of Direct Control in Economic Mobilization," by J. K. Galbraith, was presented at the meeting but not reproduced with the others mentioned here, because of prior publication in Review of Economics and Statistics, February 1951 (p. 12). Ninth Semiannual Report of the Atomic Energy Commission. Washington, January 1951. 158 pp. A chapter on "Contractor labor relations and AEC" reviews the development of labor policy and safety precautions on atomic energy projects. The ninth semiannual report was also issued under the title of "AEC Contract Policy and Operations." Readability and Human Interest of Management and Union Publications. By James N. Farr, Donald G. Paterson, C. Harold Stone. (In Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Ithaca, N. Y., October 1950, pp. 88–93; also reprinted by University of Minnesota Industrial Relations Center in Reprint Series, No. 7.) The author rates publications of the two groups according to the Flesch formula of readability and interest, and finds that management house organs have a more favorable rating than union newspapers in both instances. Caracteristicas Fundamentales de la Economía Cubana. By Julian Alienes y Urosa. Habana, Banco Nacional de Cuba, Biblioteca de Economía Cubana, 1950. 405 pp., charts. Löhne Preise-soziale Hilfe. By Viktor Agartz. (In Gewerkschaftliche Monatshefte, Bundesvorstand des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes, Köln, February 1951, pp. 62-67.) Deals with wage-price relationships, income distribution, and economic planning in western Germany. Der westdeutsche Arbeitsmarkt und der soziale Wohnungsbau. By Valentin Siebrecht. (In Gewerkschaftliche Monatshefte, Bundesvorstand des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes, Köln, February 1951, pp. 83–90.) Discussion of the labor market in Western Germany with special reference to labor mobility, refugees, and housing. An Outline of the Social and Economic Structure of Iran. By M. A. Djamalzadeh. (In International Labor Review, Geneva, January 1951, pp. 24-39; February 1951, pp. 178-191. 50 cents each. Distributed in United States by Washington Branch of ILO.) Economic Fluctuations in South Africa, 1910-1949. By J. C. Du Plessis. Stellenbosch, University of Stellenbosch, Bureau for Economic Research, [1950?]. 75 pp., charts. (Publication No. 2.) Current Labor Statistics A.-Employment and Payrolls 725 Table A-1: Estimated total labor force classified by employment status, hours worked, and sex 726 Table A-2: Employees in nonagricultural establishments, by industry division and group 730 Table A-3: 732 Table A-4: 733 Table A-5: 734 Table A-7: Table A-8: Production workers in mining and manufacturing industries 1 Federal civilian employment and payrolls, by branch and agency group Personnel and pay of the military branch of the Federal Government 2 735 Table A-9: 737 Table A-11: Insured unemployment under State unemployment insurance programs, by geographic division and State B.-Labor Turn-Over 738 Table B-1: 739 Table B-2: C.-Earnings and Hours 741 Table C-1: Monthly labor turn-over rates (per 100 employees) in manufacturing industries, by class of turn-over Monthly labor turn-over rates (per 100 employees) in selected groups and industries Hours and gross earnings of production workers or nonsupervisory employees 756 Table C-2: Gross average weekly earnings of production workers in selected industries, in current and 1939 dollars 757 Table C-3: Gross and net spendable average weekly earnings of production workers in manufacturing industries, in current and 1939 dollars 757 Table C-4: Average hourly earnings, gross and exclusive of overtime, of production workers in manufacturing industries 758 Table C-5: Hours and gross earnings of production workers in manufacturing industries for selected States and areas 8 1 Beginning with the January 1951 issue payroll data in table A-6 have been combined with table A-5. • Beginning with September 1950 issue, omitted for security reasons. • This table is included quarterly in the March, June, September, and December issues of the Review. 723 D.-Prices and Cost of Living 763 Table D-1: Consumers' price index for moderate-income families in large cities, by group of commodities 764 Table D-2: Consumers' price index for moderate-income families, by city, for selected periods 765 Table D-3: Consumers' price index for moderate-income families, by city and group of commodities 766 Table D-4: 767 Table D-5: 768 Table D-6: 769 Table D-7: Indexes of retail prices of foods, by group, for selected periods Average retail prices and indexes of selected foods Indexes of wholesale prices, by group of commodities, for selected periods 770 Table D-8: Indexes of wholesale prices, by group and subgroup of commodities E. Work Stoppages 771 Table E-1: Work stoppages resulting from labor-management disputes F.-Building and Construction 772 Table F-1: Expenditures for new construction 773 Table F-2: Value of contracts awarded and force account work started on federally financed new construction, by type of construction 774 Table F-3: Urban building authorized, by principal class of construction and by type of building 775 Table F-4: New nonresidential building authorized in all urban places, by general type and by geographic division 776 Table F-5: Number and construction cost of new permanent nonfarm dwelling units started, by urban or rural location, and by source of funds |