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Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
Engineering 1947 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs

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PARAGRAPHS

Aeronautics :

  • Adhesion, Physics of, 511
  • Air Rally, International, at Derby, Light Aircraft, 493
  • “Argus,” H.M. Aircraft Carrier, 327
  • Belfast-Carlisle-Newcastle Air Line, 546
  • British Corporation Register of Aircraft, 523
  • Carrier, Aircraft, Merchant, Reconversion, 529
  • College of Aeronautics, Two-Year Course, 234
  • Filtration Equipment, Exhibition of, 157
  • Kidbrookc, R.A.F., Depot of Johnson and Phillips, Ltd., 169
  • Metal Aircraft Parts, Cement Bonding, 143
  • Naval Aircraft Discussion, 240
  • Refuelling Tests over Atlantic, 493
  • Royal Aeronautical Society, Prize Awards. 230
  • Tudor I Aircraft, 6, 152
  • Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. 203
  • Alloys. See Mining and Metallurgy

Appointments, Awards and Honours :

  • British Foundrymen, Institute of. Awards. 504
  • Faraday House Scholarships, 360
  • Herbert Jackson Prize Award, L.M.S.R., 204
  • Highfield Shield Prize Awards, 354
  • Mining Engineers, Medal Award, 165
  • Platinum Medal, Dr. J, L. and Mrs. Haughton, 105
  • Royal Agricultural Society, Elliott and Baden Powell Prizes, 230
  • Royal Sanitary Institute, Worth and Owen Prize Offers, 257

Associations :

  • British Association, 360
  • British Cast Concrete Federation, 407
  • British Food Machinery Manufacturers, 542
  • Federation of British Industries, 431
  • Gauge and Tool Makers, 366, 511
  • Incorporated Municipal Electrical, 444
  • Industrial Administration, Institute of, 462 International Bibliography, British Society for, 283
  • Rubber Growers, 360
  • Sheffield Metallurgical, 215
  • Supervisory Electrical Engineers, 354
  • Automobiles. See Motor Cars

Bridges :

  • Forth Bridge Repairs, 379

Buildings and Building Construction ;

  • Architectural Convention, Bossom Gift Lecture, 281
  • Exhibition, Building, 527
  • Housing, Lecture on, 281

Catalogues :

  • Chemistry. See Physics and Chemistry

Coal :

  • Cardiff, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131,169,191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Colliery Planning, 431
  • Generating Stations, Stocks at, 116
  • Oil Burning, Conversion from Coal, 127 Paper Industry, Coal Consumption, 439 Scottish Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 169, 191, 215, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Sheffield, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 191, 239, 293, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 490, 523, 547
  • Colleges. See Education

Education :

  • Chemical-Engineering Design, Refresher Course in, 200
  • College of Aeronautics, Two-Year Course, 234 Elliott Brothers Research Laboratories, 126 Engineering and Technology, History, Study of, 429
  • Examinations, Substitution of Thesis, Institute of Transport, 210 ; Naval Cadetship, 299, 511
  • Gas Turbine, Industrial, Instructional Course on,531
  • Industrial Research, Organisation of, 431
  • Lectures, Television Practice, 31 ; Flow of Metals, 96 ; Wernher Memorial, Silicosis, 258; Quantum Physics, 281; Housing, 281 ; Bossom Gift, 281 ; Hatfield Memorial, 284 ; Coastal Command Work, 291
  • Management, Teachers Summer School, 462 Mathematics, International Union of, 523 Metal Physics, Cambridge Summer School, 191
  • Research Apparatus, Scientific, Exhibition, Li6ge, 429
  • Scholarships, Electrical Engineers’ Awards, 165; Faraday House, 360; American Chemical Society, 366
  • Teaching Posts at Royal Dockyard Schools, 63
  • Universities, Place in the Community, Conference, 360

Electricity :

  • British Insulated Callender’s Cables, Melling Factory, 396
  • Coal Stocks at Generating Stations, 116
  • Condenser, Synchronous, 10,000-kVA, 151
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of. Conversazione, 554
  • Electronics, Introduction to (G.E.C.), 453
  • England, Mid-East, Scheme, 214, 426
  • England, North-West, and North Wales Scheme, 168
  • Front Line Current, 187
  • Gas Turbine, 20,000-kW, Swiss Power Station, 354
  • Great Britain, Generation Statistics, 232, 354, 523
  • Henley’s New Cable Factory at Newton, 504
  • Higgs Motors, Ltd., Motor Manufacture, 402
  • Highfield Shield, Competition Awards, 354
  • Kidbrooke, R.A.F. Depot, 169
  • Lamp, Infra-Red, Internally-Silvered, 474
  • Locomotive, Diesel-Electric, 6,000-h.p., 63 Marconi Jubilee, 318, 377
  • Metal, Buried, Detector for, 140
  • Motor Manufacture, Higgs Motors, Ltd., 402
  • Municipal Electrical Association, Convention, 444
  • Navy, Electrical Branch, Rating Categories, 371
  • Power Stations, Underground, 522
  • Radio Engineers, British Institution of, 400
  • Regulators, Automatic, and, Servo Mechanisms, 396
  • Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve, 288
  • Scholarships, Electrical Engineers’ Awards, 165 ; Faraday House, 360
  • Service Boxes, Pressed Copper, 499
  • Siemens (German Concern) under British Military Control, 155
  • Supply Industry, Organising Committee, 444
  • Swiss Power Station, 20,000-kW Gas Turbine, 354 ? ’
  • Telephone Exchanges, Private Automatic, 166
  • Television Practice, Lectures, 31
  • Television Transmissions, Relaying, 546
  • Transmitter, Frequency-Modulated, for British Broadcasting Corporation, 169

Exhibitions :

  • ” Atomic Age,” 107
  • Building Exhibition, 527
  • Centenary, 1851 Exhibition, 262
  • Die-Casting, Birmingham, 43 *
  • Domestic Heating and Cooking Equipment, 332
  • Engineering, Doncaster, 83
  • Engineering and Marine, 1947, 504
  • Engineering and Metalcraft, 340
  • Filtration Equipment, 157
  • Flanders Fair, 475
  • Hanover Trade Fair, 542
  • Industrial Wales, 360
  • Marconi Jubilee, 318, 377
  • Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, Centenary Exhibition, 470
  • Pasteur, Work of, 312
  • Photography in Industry, 364
  • Roads, 407
  • Scientific Instruments, 479, 536
  • Scientific Research Apparatus, Li^ge, 429 Sussex Industries, 378
  • Town Planning, International, 333
  • Watford Industrial, 431

Gas and Oil Engines :

  • Diesel Generator Sets for Industry, 239
  • German Oil-Engine Industry, Kejiorts, 3(15 Turbine, Gas, Industrial, Instructional Course on, 531

Industries :

  • Adhesive Makers’ Panel, 475
  • Alcohol and Solvents, Prices, 40
  • Aluminium Scrap, Import Sanction, 360
  • Canada, Paper Production, 234, 468
  • Diesel Generator Sets for Industry, 239 Double-Sided Documents, “ Duosight ” for, 148
  • Factory, Cable, Henley’s, 504
  • Fraser and Co., War-Time Chemical Plant Factory, 482
  • Fuel Industries, Materials and Supplies for, 469
  • German Oil-Engine Industry, Reports, 105 German Technical Data, Exchange of, 15 Hanover Trade Fair, 542
  • Industrial Research, Organisation of, 431
  • “ Industrial Wales ” Exhibition, 360 Instruments, Scientific, Exhibition, 479, 536 Japan, Resumption of Private Trading, 400 Liverpool Industrial Development, 148 Management Teachers Summer School, 4G2 Paper Industry, Coal Consumption, 439 Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 168, 190, 214, 238, 262, 286, 310, 334, 358, 382, 406, 430, 452, 474, 498, 522, 546
  • Photography in Industry, Exhibition, 364 Plywood Utilisation in America, 143 Radioactive Tracer Elements, Applications of, 282
  • Rubber Production, World, 360
  • Rubber Stocks, Government, 103
  • Silicon Metal Trading, 371
  • Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 35,59,83,131, 169, 191, 239, 263, 287, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 523, 547
  • Textile Industry, Standards Council, 372 Watford Industrial Exhibition, 431
  • Institutions. See Technical Societies
  • Internal-Combustion Engines. See (Jas and Oil Engines

Iron and Steel:

  • Belgian Steel Exports to Great Britain, 279 Canadian Production, 234
  • Cleveland Basic Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131, 169, 191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Cleveland Iron Markets, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 169, 191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Cleveland Manufactured Iron and Steel, 11, 35, 59, 83,107,131,169,191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Coating, Metallic, Protection of Iron and Steel by, 369
  • Hematite and Low-Phosphorus Iron, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 169, 191, 215, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Middlesbrough Scrap, 35, 83, 131
  • Netherlands Steelworks’ Rolling Equipment, Resumption of Production, 556
  • ” Nickel Cast-Iron for Engineers,” 439 Painting, Pretreating Iron and Steel for, 369 Powder Metallurgy, Symposium on, 423 Scottish Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83, 107, 131, 169, 191, 215, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Sheffield Iron and Steel Trade, 11, 35, 59, 83, . 107, 131, 191, 239, 263, 287, 311, 335, 359, ! 383, 407, 431, 453, 475, 499, 523, 547
  • Steels for Use at Elevated Temperatures, 284 Swansea Steel-Sheet Industry, 35, 59,83,131, 169, 191, 239, 263, 287, 335, 359, 383, 407, 431, 453, 523, 547
  • United Kingdom Production, 270, 343, 481, 539
  • Labour Questions. See Trade Societies
  • Literature. See LITERATURE INDEX
  • Locomotives. See Railways
  • Collars, Distance, Milling Cutters, 499
  • Gauge and Tool Makers* Association, 366
  • Grinder, Hand, Air-Operated, 160
  • Scottish Trade, 335
  • Selling Centres, Government, 55
  • Marine Engineering. See Ships and Shipbuilding

Mining and Metallurgy :

  • Aluminium, M.B.V. Process, 309 Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, Sand-Cast, Erratum, 321
  • Copper, Output, U.K., 324, 555; Consumption, 555
  • Die-Casting Exhibition, Birmingham, 43
  • Flow of Metals under Stress, 96
  • Gear Generation Film, 329
  • Light Metal Production, Great Britain, 304
  • Metal Physics, Cambridge Summer School, 191
  • Platinum Medal Award, Institute of Metals, 105
  • Powder Metallurgy, Symposium on, 423
  • Power from Atomic Energy, Metallurgical Problems, 381
  • Silicosis, History and Prevention of, Wernher Lecture, 258
  • Tin, Supply and Demand Position, 302
  • Welders, Film for Training, 201

Miscellaneous :

  • Adhesive Makers and Forest Products Research, 475
  • Bibliography, International, British Society for, 283
  • Calendars, Etc., 48, 82, 102, 183, 228, 335, 367,396
  • Contracts, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 190, 238, 262, 438, 542, 498, 522, 546
  • Domestic Heating and Cooking Equipment Exhibition, 332
  • Double-Sided Documents, ” Duosight ” for, 148
  • Echo Sounder, Hughes, 189
  • Foreshore and Coast Erosion Order, 391 German Technical Data, Exchange of, 15 Instruments, Scientific, Exhibition of, 479, 536
  • Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Machinery, 343 Mathematics, International Union of, 523 Metal, Buried, Detector for, 140
  • Oil-Burning, Conversion from Coal, 127 Paper, Government Requirements, 458 Personal, 10, 34, 58, 82, 106, 130, 168, 190, 214, 238, 262, 286, 310, 334, 358, 382, 406, 430, 452, 474, 498, 522, 546
  • Plywood, Utilisation in America, 143
  • Regulators, Automatic, and Servo Mechanics Convention, 396
  • Rubber Production, World, 360
  • Rubber Stocks, Government, 103
  • Smokeless Zones, 9
  • Town Planning Exhibition, 333
  • Trucks, Fork-Lift Industrial ” Stacatruc,” Demonstration of, 187
  • Welders, Film for Training, 201

Motor Cars, Etc. ;

  • Diesel Omnibuses, 125-h.p., with Synchromesh Gearboxes, 493
  • ” Engineering Outlook, III—Motor Vehicles,” Erratum, 116
  • Limbless Drivers, Controls for, 170
  • Metamorphosis, Address by F. G. Woollard, 367

Naval:

  • Aircraft, Naval, Discussion on, 240
  • Cadetship Examinations, 299 ; Age Limits, 511
  • Electrical Branch, R.N., Rating Categories. 371
  • Elliott Brothers’ Laboratories, 126
  • Flotilla Leader ** Oslo,” for Norwegian Navy. 332
  • Muirhead ” Magslips ’’for Naval Vessels, 173 Royal Naval Volunteer (Wireless) Reserve, 288
  • Schools, Royal Dockyard, Teaching Posts at, 63
  • Obituary. See GENERAL INDEX
  • Oil. See Miscellaneous

Physics and Chemistry :

  • Adhesion, Physics of, 511
  • Adiabatic Processes, Erratum, 155
  • ” Atomic Age *’ Exhibition, 107
  • Atomic Power, Film on, 26
  • Chemical Engineering Design, Refresher Course in, 200
  • Chemical Society Centenary, 151
  • Electronics, Introduction to, 453
  • Fraser and Co., War-Time Factory Allocation. 482
  • Metals, Flow of, 96
  • Metal Physics, Cambridge Summer School. 191
  • Particle-Sisse Analysis, Conference on, 40 Pasteur Exhibition, 312
  • Quantum Physics, Lectures on, 281 Radioactive Tracer Elements, Applications of, 282
  • Scholarships, American Chemical Society, 366 Stress Analysis Group, Experimental, Conference on,223

Railways and Locomotives :

  • British Railways, Facts and Figures,” 327
  • Great Western Railway, 1947 Programme, 6 ; Extension to L.P.T. Central Line, 469
  • Locomotive, Diesel-Electric, 6,000-h.p.,Union Pacific, 63
  • Locomotive, Old, for Newcastle Museum, 240
  • Locomotives, Tank, for British Guiana Railway, 232
  • London Midland and Scottish Railway, Herbert Jackson Prize Award, 204; Fish Vans, 320 ; Fruit and Vegetable Carrying Vans, 373 ; St. Pancras Track Replacement, 523
  • London and North Eastern Railway, Scottish Branch Line Closed, 30 ; Fuel Efficiency on, 169; Tunnel for Electrified Line, Manchester-Sheffield, 220 ; Woodhead Tunnel, 312 ; Forth Bridge Repairs, 379
  • London Passenger Transport, Women Porters, 264 ; Rust Effect on Track-Circuited Rails, 312 ; Central Line Extensions, 379, 469 : Experimental Coach, 529
  • Yugoslavia, Rolling Stock for, 493

Ships and Shipbuilding :

  • “ Bluebird,” Jet-Propelled Motor Boat, 234 British Corporation Register, 523
  • “Derryheen,” M.S., Reconversion from Aircraft Carrier, 529
  • Foreshore and Coast Erosion Order, 391
  • Launches and Trial Trips, 10, 34, 58, 82,106, 130, 190, 252, 262, 286, 358, 427, 452, 483, 511, 521, 547
  • ” Llandovery Castle,” S.S., Reconditioning of, 484
  • ”Pampas,” M.S., Reconversion of, 484
  • “ Pretoria Castle,” Return to Service, 208
  • Scottish Shipbuilding, 107, 311 Shipbuilding as a Career, 420 ” Stratheden,” S.S., Return to Service, 505 United States Ships, Government Purchase, 309
  • Societies. See Technical and Trade

Technical Societies :

  • Aeronautical Society, Royal, 230, 288 American Society for Testing Materials, 377 Chemical Engineers, Institution of, 200 Chemical Society, 151
  • Civil Engineers, Institution of, 423, 499
  • Electrical Engineers, Institution of, 19, 165, 371, 396, 554
  • Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Institution of, 300
  • Foundrymen, British, Institute of, 504
  • Heating and Ventilating Engineers, Institution of, 523
  • Iron and Steel Institute, 369
  • Mechanical Engineers, Institution of, 96, 367, 470
  • Metals, Institute of, 105, 381
  • Metallurgists, Institution of, 453
  • Mining Engineers, Institution of, 165, 330, 431
  • Mining and Metallurgy, Institution of, 258 Naval Architects, Institution of, 105 Newcomen Society, 429
  • North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, 382
  • Radio Engineers, British Institution of, 400
  • Royal Society, 396
  • Sanitary Institute, Royal, 257
  • Surveyors, Chartered, Royal Institution of, 441
  • Transport, Institute of, 210
  • Telegraphy. See Electricity
  • Telephony. See Electricity
  • Fools. See Machine and Other Tools
  • Trade. See Coal; Industries ; Iron and Steel; Ships and Shipbuilding

Trade Societies :

  • Absenteeism, 44, 320)
  • Agricultural Workers’ Wages Demand, 508 Boot and Shoe Operatives, Democratic Planning of Industry, 416
  • Building Industry, Operatives’ Wages Claims 116, 156, 200, 556 ; Settlement by Negotiation, Time Limit, 116; High Labour Costs in Building, 296; Technicians, Salary and other Conditions, 462; Payment by Result Negotiations, 484 ; Critical Conditions and Unemployment, 556
  • Canada, Trade Union Act Amendments, 92 ; Industrial Disputes, Investigation and Control by Labour Ministry, 296
  • Canteen Workers’ Wages, 156
  • Civil Engineering Industry, Wages, 508
  • Civil Servants, Statistics of, 140 ; Institution of Professional Civil Servants and Affiliation to the T.U.C., 484
  • “ Closed Shop ” Question, 20 Communists, Statement of Aims, 462 Cost of Living. See Living, Cost o/ Cotton Industry, Card-Room Workers and the Future, 92, 320 ; Two-Shift System, Proposed, 140 ; Textile Unions, Views on Production, 140 ; Automatic Looms and Increased Output, 272 ; Report to Cotton Spinners, on Position and Prospects of the Industry, 344 ; Evershed Commission Report, 344; Textile Factory Workers, Objection to “Stop-Watch” Methods of Working, 416
  • Dockers, Decasualisation Scheme, 200 ; Glasgow Strike Inquiry, 416 ; Calculation of Guaranteed Minimum Wage, 416; Lord Ammon on the Press and Unofficial Strikes, 508
  • Electrical Industry, Increased Wage Rates, 140 ; Electrical Trades Union, Payment by Results Resolution, 416
  • Employers’ Federation and Joint Trades Movement Agreement, 44-Hour Week, 68
  • Employment and Unemployment Reports, 92, 156, 176, 320, 440, 556
  • Engineering Union, Amalgamated, Membership and Benefit Data, 68, 176, 223, 320, 440, 532 ; Shorter Working Week Discussion, 68; Apprentices’ Wages, Proposed New Scale, 156; Discussion of White Paper Policy, 176, 223, 556 ; Unrestricted Permits, 223; Amalgamation Question, 320 ; Recruitment, Training and Apprenticeship, 368 ; Training for Directive and Management Posts in the Industry, 392 ; New Wage Structure Question, 462 ; Maintenance Men in Cotton Industry, Conditions, 462 ; Education for Management, Ministerial Report, Labour and Managerial Personnel Selection, 532 ; National Committee, President on Production Drive and Profits, 556
  • Football Pool Proprietors’ Agreement with Labour Ministry regarding Employees, 344
  • Foundrymen, Imported Labour Question, 556
  • France, Absenteeism Inquiry, 320
  • Hours of Work, Mining Industry, Five-Day Week, 20,223,248, 392,440 ; Absenteeism, 44, 320 ; Government Departments, 44- Hour Week, 20 ; Wagon-Repairing Association, 44-Hour Week, 20 ; Shipbuilding Group and Shorter Working Week, 44, 392 ; General Changes in Hours, 68 ; Joint Trades Movement, 44-Hour Week Agreement, 68; Employers and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, Five-Day Week, 92 ; Transport Workers, Municipal, and Shorter Working Week, 92,156 ; Vehicle Builders, Shorter Week, 92 ; Road Haulage Industry, 116; Imperial Chemical Industries Shorter Week, 140 ; Russia, Reversion to Eight-Hour Day, 176 ; Staggering Indus-
  • Trade Societies—continued,
  • trial Hours Discussion, 223, 248 ; Swedish, T.U. Congress, 40-Hour Week Resolution, 248 ; T.U.C. Special Committee on Working Hours, 320; Railwaymen, Working Hours, Proposed Reduction, 462
  • Independent Trade Unions Conference, Resolutions, 248
  • Industry, General, Economic Troubles and Government’s Proposed Remedies, 176, 223, 462; Staggering Hours Discussion, 223 ; “ Man and Metal,” Main Problems in Domestic Economy, 272 ; National Joint Advisory Council, 440
  • Joint Trades Movement and Employers, 44- Hour Week Agreement, 68; Probable Discontinuance of Movement, 140
  • Juveniles, Employment and Education of, 440
  • Labour and National Service, Ministry of. Coal Industry, 44; Reports, 68, 92, 156, 296, 368, 392, 416, 532
  • Labour Notes, 20, 44, 68, 92, 116, 140, 156, 176, 200, 223, 248, 272, 296, 320, 344, 368, 392, 416, 440, 462, 484, 508, 532, 556
  • Labour Party Conference, Employment of Juveniles, 440 ; Labour for Undermanned Industries, Inducement or Authoritative Direction, 484; Equal Pay for Equal Work Question, 484 ; Executive Committee Elections, T.U. Division, 484 ; Publicity and Propaganda Fund, Establishment, 484 ; Mr. H. Morrison on Unofficial Strikes, 484; Association of Scientific Workers’ Opposition to Affiliation, 484
  • Living, Cost of, 20 ; Advisory Committee’s Report, 272, 440 ; Index Revision Question, 344, 532
  • ” Man and Metal,” Standard of Living and Productivity, Interdependence, 200 ; Main Problems in Domestic Economy, 272 ; Cost of Living, Revision of Index, 344
  • Management, Education for. Labour and Management Personnel Selection, 532 i Manpower, Relation to Exports, 140, 556 ;
  • United States and Manpower Shortage, 140 ; Manpower and Staggering Production, 176; Foreign Labour, Government Objection, 176 ; Russian Shortage, Remedial Measures, 508
  • Meat Rations, Heavy Workers’ Claims, 116 Mexico, Union Recognition of Right of Women to Work on Railways, 344
  • Mining Industry, Conciliation Machinery, etc., 20 ; Nationalisation of Mines, 20, 44 ; Five-Day Week, 20, 223, 248, 392, 440 ; Minew’orkers, Absenteeism, 44, 320 ; Opposition to Restrictive Practices, 223 ; Employment of Poles, 92, 440 ; Mr. Horner on Granting Miners’ Charter, 200 ; Plans for Raising Production, 248; Preferential Rationing Question, 248; Fuel Crisis, Views on, 272 ; Production Prospects, 296, 508 ; Proposed Pension for all Miners, 296 ; Coal Board Bureaucracy, 344 ; Manpower Target, 368, 440; New National Wages Structure, 416
  • Nationalised Undertakings and Political Code of Practice, 392
  • Patternmakers’ Association, United, Membership and Benefit Data, 20,140, 272,296, 508 ; Payment by Results Agreement, 20 ; Production, Importance of, 140, 508; Views on Fuel Crisis, 272 ; Precision Fitters Question, 296
  • Poles, Employment in Britain, 92, 140, 320 Post Office Workers, Claim of Union to Negotiate for Smaller Bodies, 44
  • Production, Sir S. Cripps on Urgency of, 116 , Patternmakers and Production, 140, 508; Productivity and Standard of Living, Interdependence, 200 ; Failure of Exports, Production as Remedy, 556
  • Professional Workers’ Federation, Maladjustment of Industry and Nationalisation, 416 Railways, Wages, 20,156, 248, 462, 484, 556 ;
  • Trade Societies—continued.
  • Payment by Results Question, 68, 116 ; Railway Clerks’ Association Conference, Membership Resolution, 440 ; Hours of Work, Proposed Reduction, 462 ; Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Suggested Recruitment by Reduction of Standing Army, 484
  • Russia, Industrial and Agricultural Results over Thirteen Years, 44 ; Aims and Prospects, 44 ; Ministry of Labour Reserves, 116 ; Production, Use of Incentives, 176 ; Reversion to Eight-Hour Day, 176 ; Manpower Scarcity, Government Remedial Measures and Training of Workers, 608
  • Scottish Trade Union Congress, Gainful Employment and Production, 368
  • Shipping Industry, Shipbuilding Group and Shorter Week, 44 ; Merchant Navy Service Scheme, 140; Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions Council, 176, 440; Joint Shop Stewards’ Movement, 176, 440, 462 ; Agreement on New Wages and Working Conditions, 200, 440 ; Employment in, 556
  • Steel, Heavy Industry, 48-Hour Week, 248
  • Strikes, Unofficial, T.U.C. Discussion, 116, 462 ; Data of, 156 ; Proposed Abolition, 368 ; Damage to Trade Unionism, 392; Transport and General Workers’ Union Views, 440 ; Labour Minister’s Denunciation, 462; Contention that Strikes be made Illegal, 484; Lord Ammon on the Press and Unofficial Strikes, 598; Statistics, 68, 156, 296, 368, 392, 416, 532
  • Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions Congress Resolutions, Hours of Work and Wages, 248
  • Trade Protection Act, Pre-War, Restoration of, 20
  • Trade Union Congress, Closed Shop, 20 ; Food Rations, Supplementary, for Certain Unions, 20 ; Employers and Workers, Economic Considerations, 92 ; Machinery of Negotiation Question, 116, 368 ; Unofficial Strikes, 116; Meat Ration Claims by Heavy Workers, 116; Fuel Problem, Committee’s Views, Statement on, 200, 416, 508 ; Committee’s Views and Advice on Government White Paper, 276, 320, 368; Fuel and Power Crisis Plan, 416; Rejection of Affiliation by Professional Civil Servants, 484; Planning Board, National, Nominations, 508
  • Transport Workers, Road Negotiations, 68, 92, 116; Glasgow Dockers* Strike, 344; Transport Union, Membership and Benefit Data, 484
  • Unemployment Fund, Benefit Extension, 44 ; Report, 272
  • Unions, Trade, Responsibility for Industrial Leadership, 368
  • United States, Collective Bargaining and Labour Management, 44 ; Civilian Employees and Wage Earners, 156; Manpower Shortage, 140
  • Wages, Fluctuation of, 68,156,296, 368, 392, 416,532
  • Wages, General, Government Policy, 116, 176, 248; Swedish T.U. Confederation Resolution, 248 ; Wages of Skilled Maintenance Men, Gas and Shipbuilding, and other Industries, 392; Need for Co- Ordinated Policy, 462, 556
  • Women Workers, Equal Pay for Equal Work, 44, 368, 484, 532, 556; Mexican Railway Workers and Right of Women to Work on Railways, 344 ; Recruitment of Women in Industry, 368
  • Wool Textile Industry, Working Party Report, 392
  • Universities. See Education
  • Vehicles. See Motor Cars
  • Warships. See Naval

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