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Office of the Secretary-Continued.
War Labor Administration-Continued.
Woman in Industry Service...............
Origin and functions.
Activities during the war, July 16 to November 11, 1918.......
Council on Women in Industry-Recruiting women for new
occupations Standards governing the employment of
women in industry-Hazardous occupations-The problem
of night work-State labor laws during the war-Wages and
industrial relations-Training relations with employers and
workers-Public interest in women's work-Lack of statis-
tics concerning women in the war industries.
Activities after the signing of the armistice on November 11......
Labor legislation-Wages after the war The Federal Gov-
ernment as an employer of women-Negro women in in-
dustry-Displacement of women workers-Home work in
Bridgeport-Public interest-Permanent status for Women's
Bureau.
Investigation and Inspection Service.
Page.
139
140
154
159
United States Training Service.
163
Origin and functions-Organization-Activities of the service.
Information and Education Service......
171
Origin and functions-Organization.
War period.....
173
Educational Division-Method of distribution-Extent of
distribution-Information Division--Conference of speakers
-Motion pictures-Industrial Plants Division-Division of
Economics-Poster Division.
Reconstruction......
Effect upon building-Employers' Industrial Commission-
Conference of governors and mayors.
Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation....
Organization-Purpose-Utilization of existing facilities-
Commandeering of vacant houses-Assistance in private
construction of houses-Solving the problem through trans-
portation-Measures preceding house construction—Ac-
quisition of land-Planning the house and environs-Letting
of contracts-Field organization and procurement of ma-
terials-Effect of the armistice on the housing program-
Rental policy.
Statistics of operation...........
Disposition of materials-Reduction of personnel-Cancella-
tion and modification of contracts—Adjustment of claims.
Preparation of the final report.
Commission on Living Conditions.....
177
187
193
195
Disposal of the records of the Housing Corporation.
196
Origin and functions-History-Special work in Washington-
The Community Service-Postwar activities-Finances.
198
199
Working Condition Service.
War work.....
Organization.
Working Condition Service-Continued.
Peace-time work.......
200
Division of Industrial Hygiene and Medicine-Division of
Labor Administration-Division of Safety Engineering—
Discontinuance of the service.
Canada-Mexico-West Indies and Central and South