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Labor Problems in the United States During the War

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I. Spontaneous evolution of a government labor policy, 333. — II. British precedents, 336. — The Munitions of War act, 337. — The Ministry of Labor, 338. — III. The Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 339. — Settlements at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, 340. — IV. The Industrial service department in shipbuilding, 344. — V. Longshoremen, 347. — VI. Munitions and Supplies, 348. — Board of Control of Labor Standards, 350. — Army clothing contract, 352. — Sanitation and inspection, 353. — VII. The Industrial Service Section in Army Ordnance, 354. — General Orders No. 13, 355. — VIII. Housing, 356. — Situation at munitions centers, 358, — IX. Other adjustments and tendencies. Threatened strike of railway mechanics, 359. — Active service of trade union leaders, 362. — Lumber settlement in the Inland Empire, 365. — X. The President's Mediation Commission, 367. — Settlement at Arizona, 369. — Other settlements, 371. — XI. The Department of Labor, 373. — Appropriation for labor exchanges, 375. — General program of labor policy officially stated, 377. — XII. A Federal war labor administration, 379. — Conclusion, 382. — Appendix, Documents, 384. — 1. Agreement for the Columbia River District, 384. — 2. Agreement in the harness and saddlery trade, 386. — 3. General Orders No. 13, of the Ordnance Department, 387. — 4. Chicago packers' mediation, 390.

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  • Louis B. Wehle, 1918. "Labor Problems in the United States During the War," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 32(2), pages 333-392.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:32:y:1918:i:2:p:333-392.
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