Small plant health and medical programs / Margaret C. Klem and Margaret F. McKiever.

  • United States. Public Health Service. Division of Occupational Health
Date:
1952
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Credit: Small plant health and medical programs / Margaret C. Klem and Margaret F. McKiever. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    inquiry are planning substantial further modernization, that 48 percent will need more capacity to make their present products, and that 33 percent plan additional capacity to make new products. Most companies reported that they would allow from five to ten years to pay off the cost of additional plant and equipment. Faced with these obligations, they will have an additional interest in providing employee health services and other programs which make it possible for employees to produce at their highest efficiency. Manpower Requirements In a national economy based on conservation and expansion during an indefinitely long period of time, the need for carefully protecting and wisely using our manpower is self-evident. Manpower is our major national resource, and without a labor force producing at top level, facilities and equipment are useless. Robert C. Goodwin, director of the Bureau of Employment Security, predicts that in 1952 the defense labor requirements, together with demands from civilian industries, should bring civilian employment to a midsummer peak of 63 million, the highest in the Nation’s history. “The manpower problems of 1952,” Mr. Goodwin said, “will be con- siderably greater than those of 1951 and will be more acute in a growing number of areas. To handle civilian manpower needs it will be neces- sary to bring work to the worker to the utmost possible extent, to use to the full the skills and abilities of our work force, and to attract large numbers of additional workers into the labor force in those areas where demand exceeds local supply.” (177) The following tabulation prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. 8. Department of Labor, gives the labor force in the fourth quarter of 1951 and the projected labor force for the similar period in 1952 and 19538. (179) Fourth quarter Net change, fourth quarter Employment status 1951 1952 1953 (actual) | (projected) | (projected) | 1951-52 1952-53 | | | nn | tn | | ee | 1 Total labor force and armed forces figures are not entirely comparable with Census Bureau estimates available through 1950, which exclude approximately 150,000 members of the armed forces. Increased manpower may be obtained by lengthening the workweek, but the projections of labor needs have been based on the assumption that average hours of work in manufacturing plants will rise gradually
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