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RESEARCH. STATISTICS AND RECORDS
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CATALOG OF PUBLICATIONS
1933 - 1937
Oc tober,JL237
M-1040
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION
OF
RESEARCH. STATISTICS AND RECORDS
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CATALOG OF PUBLICATIONS
1933 - 1937
October, 1937
M-1040
HARRY L. HOPKINS
Administrator
CORRINGTON GILL EMERSON ROSS, Director
Assistant Administrator Division of Research,
Statistics and. Records
The publications listed In this catalog except
those marked thus (*) and (***) are available without
charge upon request.
To: Division of Research, Statistics and Records
forks Progress Administration
1734 New York Avenue
Washington, D. C.
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CONTENTS
Page
Cash Relief 1
Construction Statistics 1
Employment on WPA Projects
Age of Persons ..... 2
Wage Rates and Occupations ...... 2
Women 4
Library Publications 4
Miscellaneous Publications 6
Monthly Reports 7
Progress Reports ... 9
Projects
FERA 10
WPA 10
Relief Financing 12
Relief Statistics 12
Resettlement Administratior ........ 14
Skill of Workers Employed on
WPA Projects ....... . 15
Statistical Problems and Procedures of
the Works Program 15
Wage Rates 16
One asterisk (*) signifies that titles to
which affixed are exhausted.
Two asterisks (**) signify that titles to
which affixed are publications of the
Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
Three asterisks (***) signify that titles to
which affixed are exhausted publications
of the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis¬
tration.
CASH RELIEF
•♦Cash relief and relief in kind. Prepared by David Weintraub,
March 15, 1935. 2 p.l.. 5 pp., 6 leaves, including 3
charts. Mimeographed.
A rearrangement of a part of the text of this
monograph with the omission of one chart was
published in the Monthly report, F.E.R.A. for
January 1935, pp. 16-23.
CONSTRUCTION STATISTICS
Construction expenditures and employment, 1925-1936.
Prepared by Peter A. Stone, Construction Statistics Section.
Revised June 1, 1937. Govt. Prtg. Office, 1937. 44 pp.
2 charts, tables A, 1-7, la-5a. 27 x 20 cm.
Contents:
Pages 1-20. Introduction: Classifications and
definitions: Sources: Estimates of volume of
construction; Estimates of employment in
construction.
Pages 21-44. Apoendix. Sources and methods of
computation: Tables I-V.
Table A. p. 14. Total construction by owner¬
ship and by sources of funds, 1925-1936.
Table I, la. p. 39. Private building con¬
struction by types; by sources of funds,
1925-1936.
Table II, Ila. p. 40. Private utilities
construction by types; by sources of
funds, 1925-1936.
Table III, Ilia. p. 41. State and local
public works by projects; by sources of
funds, 1925-1936.
Table IV, IVa. p. 42. Expenditures for
Federal construction by types of work;
by types of appropriations, 1925-1936.
Table V, Va. pp. 43-44. Range of estimated
employment in construction by ownership
and types of funds, 1925-1936; estimated
employment in construction from emergency
funds by months and by agencies, July 1933
to 1936.
Note: This revision, dated June 1, 1937, had been preceded by
an edition of 49 pages, dated November 20, 1936. This
earlier edition was preliminary and was not put into
general circulation.
EMPLOYMENT OF WPA PROJECTS
Ml 91 P«Yf9BT
—Age of pereone from relief rolle employed on WPA projects in
June, 1936. Oort. Prtg. Office, 1937. xi, 115 pp.
33 x 24^ cm.
Prepared under the direction of Dwight B. Yntema
and Martin Taitel from tabulations submitted by
Area Statistical Offices.
Contents:
Introduction, pp. Tii-xi. Tables 1-60. 115 pp.
Tables 1-8. United States summaries.
Tables 9-57. State!/summaries. Number of men
and women by age at time of certification,
by urbanisation groups, and by wage classes.
Tables 58-60. Summaries - work camp projects.
Wage Rates and Occupations
•An analysis of employment on Works Progress Administration
projects in October, 1935. Dated January 29, 1936.
12 (13) pp. Mimeographed.
Contents:
Introduction: distribution of workers by occu¬
pational classes, relief - non-relief dis¬
tribution; monthly wage rates; employment
of women, actual earnings. Appendix Tables
A-G on subjects discussed in the narratire
part of this Analysis.
A similar Analysis was issued for
December, 1935.
\J for each of the 48 States and the District of Columbia.
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EMPLOYMENT ON WPA PROJECTS (contd.)
Wage Rates and Occupations (contd.)
•An analysis of employment on Works Progress Administration
projects in December, 1935. 20 (2), 21 pp.
Contents:
Introduction; wage rates and earnings of security
wage workers; employment of workers from
relief rolls; employment of men and women;
WPA camp projects; employment of youths on
WPA projects under NYA regulations. Statis¬
tical Appendix, comprising 21 tables on
subjects discussed in the narrative part of
this Analysis.
A similar Analysis was prepared
for October, 1935.
-Employment on projects in March, 1936, WPA including NYA.
Prepared by the Special tabulations Unit under the
direction of Thomas B. Rhodes. 4 p.l., iii, 133 pp.
32 x 24§ cm.
Contents!
Introduction, pp. i-iii. Tables 1-138.
pp. 1-133.
Tables 1-18. Regular WPA workers United
States summaries. .
Tables 19-118. State®' summaries. Number
of persons by types of projects, by
sex and by wage classes. Number of
persons by assigned occupations, by
relief status and by sex.
Tables 119-122. Owner - operators of
equipment.
Tables 123-129. Persons employed at WPA
work camps.
Tables 130-132. Youths employed on WPA
projects.
Tables 133-138. Persons employed on NYA
work projects.
1J For each of the 48 States, the District of Columbia and for
New York City.
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EMPLOYMENT ON WPA PROJECTS (contd.)
Women
—.♦An analysis of employment of women on Works progress administra¬
tion projects December 1935 through May 1936. Prepared by
Wilhelmina Luten under the direction of Thomas B. Rhodes.
12 pp., 6 leaves. 3 maps. 5 tables.
LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS
-•Digest of welfare laws.
—♦•Enacted 1935. Issued Sept. 15, 1935, 3 parts.
—Part I. Alabama - Kansas. 79 pp.
—Part II. Louisiana - North Dakota. 80 pp.
"—Part III. Ohio - doming. 61 pp.
—Enacted Sept., 1935 - Sept., 1936.
Issued Oct. 1, 1936. 136 pp.
•
Library accessions, wkly., 1934 to date. Mimeographed.
—Recent laws enacted by state legislatures relation to Works
progress and social welfare, Oct. 15, 1936 - Aug. 15, 1937.
Issued semi-monthly on the 1st and 15th of each month
with exception of August 1.
Issues from April 15 to June 15, 1937 are out of print.
♦♦Relief notices; reviews of new literature. Sept. 4, 1934 to Nov.
18, 1935. No. 1 - 76. Mimeographed with the exception of
a few early numbers which were typewritten. Discontinued.
Continued as "Research library abstracts."
A
The following issues are out of print: nos. 5, 8, 13
supp., 40 - 46, 49, 51 - 56, 61 - 62, 64, 66 - 67,
69 - 74, 76.
""Research library abstracts. Jan. 15, 1936 to date. Semi-mo.
with occasional interruptions. Mimeographed.
A continuation of Relief notices. This publication
abstracts foreign material only, and attempts,
briefly, to indicate significant current litera¬
ture in the fields of relief, unemployment and
social security. This serial was unnumbered
until the issue of July 1, 1937, when a continu¬
ous numbering of items, counting from the first
issue, Jan. 15, 1936, was begun.
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LIBHART PUBLICATIONS (contd.)
A check list of Research library abstracts was published
in the July 1, 1937, issue of the Abstracts, pp. 23 -
24.
On two occasions a whole number of the Notices and of the
Abstracts has been devoted to a single subject, viz.
Nov. 11, 1935 "World of youth". 36 pp. and Jan. 15,
1936 "Unemployed employables". 39 pp.
Issues for April 1, 1936, Jan. 1 and 15, March 15, April
1 and 15 are out of print.
"""••Non-institutional relief measures of the states and territories. A
mimeographed series, published during 1934, viz.
•Alabama
(1803-1933).
May,
1934.
14 pp.
—Alaska
(1913-1933).
May,
1934.
16 pp.
—Arizona
(1912-1933).
May,
1934.
15 pp.
—Arkansas
(1836-1933).
May,
1934.
16 pp.
—California
(1852-1933).
May,
1934.
38 pp.
—Illinois
(1819-1933).
May,
1934.
77 pp.
—Pennsylvania
(1920-1933).
July,
, 1934.
74 pp.
—♦•Old-age security. Selected references, 3 parts. Mimeographed.
— No. 1. Foreign countries. Feb., 1935. 80 pp.
—No. 2. United States. Feb., 1935. 44 pp.
—No. 3. United States:
Ala. - Wyoming. March, 1935. 189 pp.
•**01d-age security: U. S. Massachusetts. Selective list of refer¬
ences. Feb., 1935. 46pp. Mimeographed.
— ♦ Public welfare organization in the U. S. A synopsis of opinion.
March 1937. 275 pp. Mimeographed.
•••Recreation and the use of leisure. Sept. 29, 1934. 16 pp.
Mimeographed. Supplement to "Relief notices" No. 13.
••Social recovery plan: Shifting of industry and population groups.
3 parts. Mimeographed.
1. Feb. 1, 1934. 27 pp.
2. Feb. 8, 1934. 23 pp.
3. Feb.20, 1934. 9 pp.
••Transients. April 1934. 26 pp. Mimeographed.
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MISCELLANEOUS
""Report of the President of the United States to the Congress of
the operations under the Emergency relief appropriation
act of 1935 and the Emergency relief appropriation act of
1936 as of December 31, 1936. January 9, 1937. Washington:
Govt. Prtg. Office, 1937. 685 pp. 8 graphs. 21^ x 30 cm.
Contents:
pp. 1-12. Letters of transmittal.
pp. 13-69. Report on the employment provided and the
projects operated under the Emergency re¬
lief appropriation acts-of 1935 and 1936.
January 6, 1937. Signed Harry L. Hopkins,
Administrator, Works progress administra¬
tion. 8 tables. 4 charts.
This is the only part of this document
prepared by Works progress administration.
pp. 71-685. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury
to the President showing the financial
status of funds provided in Emergency
relief appropriation acts of 1935 and
1936 as of December 31, 1936. 12 tables.
8 graphs.
•Unemployment in the United States. Dated November 1936. 27 pp.
26| x 20 cm.
Unemployment relief and insurance. By Emerson Ross. 14 pp.
A paper read before the joint meeting of the
American Association for labor legislation
and the American Economic association, Bee.
28, 1936, at Chicago.
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MONTHLY REPORTS - ? E R A
••♦Monthly reports of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration,
May, 1933 to June, 1936, Washington; Govt. Prtg, Office,
1933 - 1937. 22\ cm.
- Checklist -
1933
May 22 through June 30, iii, 21 pp.
July. ii, 14 pp., 4 tables.
Aug. 1 p.l., 23 pp., 6 tables.
Sept. ii, 27 pp., 11 tables.
Oct. ii, 25 pp., 11 tables.
Nov, ii, 21 pp., 9 tables.
Dec. v, 104 pp., 18 tables, 5 charts.
Index. See below.
1934
Jan.
ii, 44 pp.
15
tables, 5
charts.
Feb.
ii, 41 pp.
13
tables, 3
chart8.
Mar.
ii, 36 pp.
13
tables, 3
charts.
Apr.
ii, 29 pp.
12
tables, 1
chart.
May
ii, 54 pp.
12
tables
June
ii, 32 pp.
13
tables, 2
charts.
July
ii, 36 pp.
13
tables, 4
chart8.
Aug.
ii, 28 pp.
9
tables, 1
chart.
Sept.
ii. 41 pp.
9
tables, 2
charts.
Oct.
iii, 28 pp.
11
tables.
Nov.
iv, 68 pp.
16
tables, 1
chart.
Dec.
ii, 33 pp.
9
tables, 3
charts.
Index. See below.
1935
Jan.
ii, 52 pp.
13
tables, 7
charts.
Feb.
ii, 45 pp.
9
tables, 2
charts.
Mar.
ii, 66 pp.
10
tables, 3
charts.
Apr.
ii, 58 pp.
10
tables, 2
charts.
May
ii,105 pp.
9
tables, 3
charts.
June
ii, 61 pp.
9
tables, 2
charts.
July
iv,100 pp.
10
tables, 6
charts.
Aug.
iv,116 pp.
9
tables, 7
charts.
Sept.
iv, 66 pp.
9
text tables, 1 2-sheet folding
table, 5 charts.
Oct. iv, 65 pp. 11 text tables, 1 3-sheet folding
table, 3 charts.
Nov. iv, 70 pp. 9 tables, 10 charts.
Dec. v,120 pp. 24 tables, 6 charts.
Index. See below.
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MONTHLY HEPORTS - F 1 8 A (contd.)
1936
Jan.
iii,
69 pp.
6 tables,
5
charts.
Feb.
iii.
42 pp.
6 tables,
4
charts.
Mar.
iii.
105 pp.
6 tables,
3
charts.
Apr.
iii,
60 pp.
7 tables.
3
charts.
May
iii,
88 pp.
6 tables,
2
charts.
June
iv.
191 pp.
6 tables,
7
charts.
Index.
See below.
Discontinued. Basic statistics which
had been included in this publication
were hereafter continued in "General
Relief Statistics".
- INDEXES ~
■June, 1933, through Dec,, 1933.
Jan., 1934, through Dec., 1934.
Jan., 1935, through Dec., 1935.
Jan., 1936, through June, 1936.
Ja&., 1933, through June, 1936.
15 pp.
This is a collection of the four preceding Indexes
bound together and supplied with a covering title
page.
Washington, 1937. ii, 20 pp.
Washington, 1937. iii, 25 pp.
Washington, 1937. iii, 26 pp.
Washington, 1937. iii, 15 pp.
Washington, 1937. 20, 25, 26,
Note: The editor of the Monthly Reports was Arthur E. Burns and the
editorial staff was composed of H. H. Castle, E. A. Williams
and P. A. Kerr. During the years 1933 and 1934 the Monthly
Reports contained no signed articles, although they did in¬
clude considerable independent narrative material as well as
narrative material explanatory of the numerous statistical
tables in these Reports.
The practice of printing signed articles was begun in 1935.
PROGRESS REPORTS
Report (1-10) on the progress!/ of the Works Program. March,
1936 - June, 1937. Monthly 1st to 6th, thereafter ap¬
proximately quarterly and "beginning with the 10th report
to he issued semi-annually. 35 x 26^ cm.
- Checklist -
•1st. Mar. 16, 1936. 5 p.l., 113 pp.
-1st. Mar. 16, 1936. Washington; Govt.
Prtg. Office, n.d. ▼, 106 pp., incl.
14 tables, 8 maps, 10 charts.
29 x 23 cm.
Apr. 15, 1936. 2 p.l., 65 pp.
May 15, 1936. 2 p.l., 71 pp.
June 15, 1936. 2 p.l., 63 pp.
July 15, 1936. 2 p.l., 84 pp.
Aug. 15, 1936. 2 p.l., 91 pp.
Oct. 15, 1936. 3 p.l., 146 pp.
Dec. 15, 1936. 3 p.l., 69 pp.
Mar. 1937. 3 p.l., 145pp.
June, 1937. 5 p.l., 117 pp.
INDEX
-Index of Reports on progress of the Works Program, 1936.
1 p.l., 5 pp. 32^ x 24| cm.
if This word does not occur in the title of the first report.
-2d.
-3d.
-4 th.
—5th.
-6 th.
—7 th.
—6 th.
—6 th.
-10th.
PROJECTS, F.I.B.A.
ncy work relief program
projeete
. Mimeographed.
35 x 2l£ cm.
Alabama.
1
p.l
11
tables
Dated
May
22, 1937
Georgia.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Aug.
5, 1937
Indiana.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
May
7, 1937
Kentucky.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
June
8, 1937
Louisiana.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Sept
. 8, 1937
Nebraska.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Oct.
12, 1937
Ohio.
1
p.l
9
tables.
Dated
Aug.
27, 1937
Pennsylvania.
1
p.l
9
tables.
Dated
Sept
. 1, 1937
South Carolina.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Oct.
5, 1937
South Dakota.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Aug.
16, 1937
Vermont.
1
p.l
11
tables.
Dated
Aug.
24, 1937
Tables show I.R.A, Emergency work relief
program costs by types of projects and by
soturces of funds. Not for publication.
PROJECTS, f.P.A.
Physical accomplishment on VPA projects through September 15, 1936.
Dated March 26, 1937. 4 pp. 27 x 20 cm. Mimeographed.
__________ United States, by type of construction activities.
Dated March 17, 1937 . 5 pp. Mimeographed.
35 x 2l£ cm.
Alabama - Wyoming. Dated March, 1937. Mimeo¬
graphed. 35 x 2l£ cm.
Each State is separately paged, running
from 3 to 4 pages per State, and the
States are variously dated during the
month of March, 1937.
A brief re-statement of the above title dated March 26, 1937,
is to be found in "Heport on progress of the Works program,
December 15, 1936'', pages 1-2.
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PROJECTS, W.P.I, (contd.)
WPA Projects. Analysis of projects placed in operation through
December 31, 1936. Prepared under the direction of Malcolm
B. Catlin from tabulations submitted by Area Statistical
Offices. Govt. Prtg. Office, 1937. xii (1), 1 1., 83pp.
32| x 25 cm.
Contents:
Introduction p. ix. Tables 1-101. pp. 1-83.
Tables 1-14. United States summaries.
Tables 15-64. Statel/summaries of the number
and estimated cost by types of projects
and by operating status.
Tables 65-101. Selected counties arranged
according to name of largest city in the
county. "Number and estimated cost, by
major types of projects and by operating
status.
WPA projects selected for operation through April 15, 1936. Pre¬
pared by Special Tabulation Unit under direction of Thomas
B. Rhodes. 2 p.l., 122 pp. charts and maps. 32 x 24^ cm.
Dated May 25, 1936.
Contents:
Introduction. Part I. U.S. Summary, pp. 7-24;
part II. State summaries, pp. 25-122.
Maps:
Highway, road and street projects as percent of all
projects in State, crosshatched U.S. State map.
p. 30.
Parks and other recreational facility projects as
percent of ajl projects in State crosshatched
U.S. map by States, p. 38.
Goods projects, as percent of all projects in State,
crosshatched U.S. map by States, p. 44.
Sewer systems and other utility projects, cross-
hatched map of U.S. by States, p. 98.
White collar projects as percent of all projects in
State, crosshatched map of U.S. by States.p.106.
Public building projects as percent of all projects
in State, crosshatched map of U.S. by States,
p. 112.
There are two editions of this publication. They are identir
cal as to contents and pagination. Ihe only distinguishing
feature is the black vertical strip on the front cover con¬
taining the letters "WPA". This is not found on the cover
of the original edition.
XJ for each of the 48 States, the District of Columbia and Hawaii
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RELIEF FINANCING
••Digest of State legislation for the financing of emergency relief,
January 1, 1931 - June 30, 1935. Washington: Govt. Prtg.
Office, 1935. iii, 57 pp.
Reprinted from Monthly report of F.E.R.A. for May, 1935, pp.
39-60.
This digest was prepared under the direction of L. L4szl6
Ecker-R. hy Robert C. Lowe, with the assistance of other
members of the Municipal finance section.
- Financing relief and recovery. Edited by L. L£sz1o Ecker-R.
1 p.l., pp. 372-493. 32 tables. 6 charts.
Contents:
I. Reconstruction finance corporation. By Donald S.
Watson, pp. 375-381.
II. Federal emergency relief administration. By
Arthur E. Burns, pp. 382-418.
III. The Civil works administration. By Corrington
Gill. pp. 419-432.
IV. The Works progress administration. By Emerson
Ross. pp. 433-454.
7. The Federal emergency administration of public
works. By B. W. Thoron. pp. 455-472.
71. Public assistance under the Social security act.
By Geoffrey May and Zilpha C. Franklin, pp. 472-
493.
Reprinted from the Municipal year book for 1937.
RELIEF STATISTICS
»•♦Trend of urban relief. Monthly; June/July, 1933 (origin) -
Feb./March, 1937. Mimeographed. 35 x 21^cm.
Publication hereafter taken over by the Social security
board.
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EELIEf STATISTICS (contd.)
""Emergency relief. Monthly, April, 1934 to May 1936. Mimeo¬
graphed.
Succeeded by "Summary of emergency relief statistics";
which see.
from April to July, 1934, the title reads "Unemployment
Belief". In August, the title reads "Net number of
resident families and persons receiving unemployment re¬
lief" and in September the title reads "families and
persons receiving emergency relief".
""Summary of emergency relief statistics. Monthly, June to Decem¬
ber, 1935. Mimeographed.
In December, 1935, the title reads: "Emergency relief
rolls".
Preceded by "Emergency relief"; which see.
"Trend of relief in the continental Uhited States; monthly, October,
1935 to August, 1936. 26 x 20 cm.
- Checklist -
1935
Oct.,
Nov. 2 pp. 1
table.
Nov.,
Dec. 5 pp. 1
1936
table.
-Jan.,
feb. 2 p.l.,
10 pp.
3
tables.
—feb.,
Mar. 2 p.l.,
10 pp.
3
tables.
—Mar.,
Apr. 1 p.l.,
14 pp.
4
tables.
-Apr.,
May 1 p.l.,
13 pp.
6
tables.
"May,
June 1 p.l.,
15 pp.
7
tables.
—June,
July 3 p.l.,
17 pp.
7
tables.
—July,
Aug. 4 p.l.,
19 pp.
7
tables, 2 charts,
1 m
sp.
Discontinued in this form. Title changes to "General Belief
Statistics", which see.
Note: The first two issues carry the authority "Works Progress
Administration" on the title page; the following issues
that of "federal Emergency Belief Administration".
from the Jan./fob. to the June/July issues these reports
were prepared under the direction of T. E. Whiting and
Thomas B. Bhodes, and the July/August issue was prepared
by Thomas B. Bhodes.
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HELIX? STATISTICS (contd.)
••General relief statistics, August to March, 1937. Monthly.
- Checklist -
Aug., Sept. 4 p.1., 20 pp. 7 tables, 2 charts.
Sept., Oct. 4 p.l., 21 pp. 7 tables, 1 chart.
Oct., Hot. 4 p.l., 20 pp. 7 tables, 1 chart.
Hot., Dec. 4 p.l., 36 pp.10 tables, 2 charts, 1 map
Dec. 1936-Jan. 1937 1/ 4 p.l., 24 pp. 7 tables,
2 charts.
Jan., Feb., 1937 1/ 3 p.l., 23 pp. 7 tables, 2 charts.
Feb., Mar. 1937 1/ 3 p.l., 22 pp. 7 tables, 2 charts.
Discontinued. Publication was taken oTer by the
Social Security Board.
Hotet This series was preceded by "Trend of Belief in the Conti¬
nental United States", which see. "General Belief Statistics"
was prepared under the direction of Thomas B. Shodes.
••Statistical summary of emergency relief statistics, January 1933
through December 1935. Prepared under the direction of T. X.
Whiting. Ti, 44 pp. 32|r x 24jfc cm.
••Statistical summary of emergency relief in territories and posses¬
sions of the United States. Prepared under the direction of
T. X. Whiting. April 1, 1936. 1 p.l., 3 pp., 16 lea-res. 16
tables. 32 x 2l£ cm. Mimeographed.
BESETTLEMENT AEMTNISTBATIOH
•Work of the Besettlement Administration in the Works program. Pre¬
pared by Conrad Taeuber. December 1, 1935. 1 p.l., 14 pp.
and appendix of 7 leaves.
1/ These were issued jointly by the F.X.B.A. and the Social Security
Board.
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SKILL OP WORKERS EMPLOYED ON WPA PROJECTS
The skill of brick and stone masons, carpenters, and painters
employed on Works Progress Administration projects in
seven cities in January, 1937, Washington: Govt. Prtg.
Office, 1937, v., 76 pp.
Prepared in the Section on Labor Research by William R.
Curtis, Walter C. Keim and Edward Berman.
The study covers the crafts indicated in the title
in the following cities, vis.: Baltimore, Birmingham,
Hartford, Memphis, Minneapolis, Scranton and Toledo.
STATISTICAL PROBLEMS AND PROCEDURES OP THE WORKS
PROORAM
•Research and statistical program of the Pederal Emergency Relief
Administration. By Emerson Ross. pp. 288-294.
Reprinted from the Journal of the American Statistical
Association, September, 1934.
Statistics needed for administration of a National Works Program.
By Emerson Ross. 12 pp. Mimeographed.
A paper given before the National Conference of Social
Work, Indianapolis, May 25, 1937.
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WAGE HATES
Local wage rates for selected occupations in public and private
construction 1936. Govt. Prtg. Office, 1937. ix, 83 pp.
29^ x 39 era.
Prepared under the supervision of Edward Benraan in the
Section of Labor Research.
Detailed tables for each of the 48 States and for the
District of Columbia. Rates are shown for over 1,000
localities. The publication includes a preliminary
statement describing the agencies assembling wage rate
data as well as a summary of the information contained
in the detailed tables.
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