The 35th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE Monthly JULY 1950 VOL. 71 NO. 1 Wesk PERIODICAL ROOM A Special Section Tracing 50 Years' Progress of American Labor UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR MAURICE J. TOBIN, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS EWAN CLAGUE, Commissioner ARYNESS JOY WICKENS, Deputy Commissioner Assistant Commissioners HERMAN B. BYER HENRY J. FITZGERALD CHARLES D. STEWART H. M. DOUTY, Chief, Division of Wage Statistics W. DUANE EVANS, Chief, Division of Interindustry Economics BORIS STERN, Chief, Division of Industrial Relations SAMUEL WEISS, Chief, Division of Employment Statistics FAITH M. WILLIAMS, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor Conditions WITT BOWDEN, Chief Office of Labor Economics PAUL R. KERSCHBAUM, Chief, Office of Program Planning HD 8057 478 The printing of this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (July 25, 1947) For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price 50 cents a copy Monthly Labor Review UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS II Thirty-five Years of Service 3 The Anniversary Issue-An Editorial Note 5 The American Worker and American Industry 31 The Worker's Quest for Security 38 A Half Century of Economic Growth 40 The Worker and His Organizations 48 Labor, Legislation, and the Role of Government 62 The Worker and His Civic Functions 70 The Old and the New in Labor Statistics Special Articles and Summaries of Reports 106 Regional Shifts in Industry and Population, 1899-1949 109 Public Works and Employment 113 Size of Labor Unions in the United States 115 Salaries of Office Workers: Three Midwestern Cities, Early 1950 118 Salaries of Office Workers: Boston, Mass., January 1950 120 Employment Outlook in Iron and Steel Industry 122 Unit Man-Hour Trends, 1939-48, Household Electrical Appliances 125 Status of Labor Banks in 1949 |