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REPORT
OF THE
Department of Labor and Printing
OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1928-1930
FRANK D. GRIST, COMMISSIONER
F. D. GRIST, COMMISSIONtR
Se|rafttttc»U of
Februsry 27, 1951.
Miss Mary L. Thornton,
The University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, N.G.
Dear Miss Thornton:
I &m in receipt of your letter of i'ebruary 26th
and I regret to advise you t lat owing to insufficient funds the
De-nartment of Labor and Printing did not issue a report for 1926-
1928.
Yours very truly,
FDG/G
F. D. Grist
Commissioner
REPORT
OF THE
Department of Labor and Printing
OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1928-1930
FRANK D. GRIST, Commissioner
REPORT
OF THE
/
Department of Labor and Printing
OF THE
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
1928-1930
FRANK D. GRIST, Commissioner
Index
Page
Letter of Transmittal 3
Division of Service to World War Veterans 5
Public Printing and Co-operative Supplies 5
Maintenance Account—Disbursements 1928-1929 5
Maintenance Account—Disbursements 1929-1930 6
Institutions—Printing for 6
Departments—Printing for 7
Public Employment Service—Female 9
Public Employment Service—Male 10
Bureau of Labor for the Deaf—Male 11
Bureau of Labor for the Deaf—Female 12
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To His Excellency, (). Max GaudntvU,
Governor of North Ctirolina.
Sir:
I, herewith, transmit the rcjiort of the Deiiartnicnt of Labor and Printing for the
two year period encUng June 30, 1930.
I regret that on account of the 1927 and 1929 Legislatures faihng to appropriate
sufficient funds that I cannot give more comprehensive information of the activities
of this department.
The following recommendations nrv made for the consideration of the 1931
General AssemMy.
Statistics
During the recent industrial disturbances and strikes in the State, it has been very
embarrassing to this department not to have statistical information regarding labor
and its relation with industry, in so far as working hours, wages and other problems
surroumling our economic conditions are concerned.
The State has been greatly misrepresented in man}' cases but we ha\'r! not had
official information to give out to combat these misrepresentations. Newspaper and
magazine articles have been written and published siimmarizing industries as being
from one extreme to the other and as this department had no authentic information,
the pubhc has not been informed of the facts or the conditions, regardless of what
they may be. I urge upon you and the General Assembly the importance of legislation
which will jmake possible the gathering of statistical information so that the pubhc
may know what the facts are surrounding our industrial conditions.
Public Employment Office
During the two year period covered by tliis report, this department maintained
pubhc employement offices at Ashe\dlle, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro,
Raleigh and Wilmington. Tlais was done tlirough the cooperation of the V. S.
Employment Service, U. S. Department of Labor and the counties and cities
in which these offices were located. At the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1930,
it was necessary to discontinue the employment offices at Greenboro and Winston-
Salem. You \\\\] find in this report, statistics of the activities of the offices, above
referred to.
It is very important that the offices at Greensboro and Winston-Salem be reopened
on a permanent Ijasis as quickly as possible and tliat the public employment service
be extended to other industrial centers, especially Durham, High Point, Salisbury,
Piocky Mount and Gastonia. With the unemployment conditions existing throughout
the country, as it is today, I earnestly urge the General Assembly to make pro\nsions
for the extension of the employment service.
Private Employment Agencies
The general practice of a private employment agency is usually that of the
parasite. Although we have very few doing business in this State, at the present
time, I urge that this department be given absolute supervision over all private
em]:)loyment agencies that may now exist or that may open up at any time in the State.
S.\NITATION AND SaFETV
North Carolina is fast becoming one of the leading industrial states of the Union
and it becomes necessary that an organization of the State be formed for the ])urpose
(3)
of safe guarding the health and security of it's workers and I recommend that a
Division of Sanitation and Factory Inspection be authorized in this department.
Working Hours
The present law provides that sixty hours of work shall constitute a week's work
but make provisions for additional work by special contract and additional pay but
the Statute does not give anyone authority to see that the law is enforced or even
respected.
A reduction in the number of hours required by statute is a matter for the legislature
to deal with but in so doing they should certainly place upon the Department of Labor
and Printing authority to see that tlie law is carried out.
RespectfuUjr submitted,
Commissioner.
Raleigh, N. C.
November 20, 1930.
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DIVISION OF SERVICE TO WORLD WAR VETERANS
Report of State Service Officer fhoai July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1930
Number of old cases handled 5,425
Number of new cases handled 3,391
Total number of cases handled 8,816
Number of letters v.Titten 12,920
Number of examinations secul-ed 536
Number of hospitalizations secured 299
Number of office interviews 1,974
Number of a})pearences before Rating Board 356
Number of Adjusted Compensation cases 1,413
Increased monthly compensation (315 cases) S 10,691.88
Back compensation- (347 cases) " $199,804.91
PUBLIC PRINTING AND CO-OPERATIVE SUPPLIES
Statement of Disbursements for Fiscal Year July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1929
Paper Stock purchased for Printing $36,631.84
SuppUes purchased for Departments and Institutions 23,836.29
Drayage and Express 729.24
Contingency and Emergency Fund 238.42
Personal Service 5,570.00
Insurance on Paper Stock 450.00
Total spent during the year $ 67,455.79
Paper Stock and Supplies on hand June 30, 1928 $42,239.66
Paper Stock and SuppUes purchased 60,468.13 102,707.79
Paper stock and Supplies sold during year 70,073.30
Paper Stock and SuppHes on hand Jime 30, 1929 $ 32,634.49
Statement of Disbursements for Fiscal Year July 1, 1929 to June 30, 1930
Paper Stock Purchased for Printing $41,184.37
Supplies Purchased for Departments and Institutions 15,297.44
Drayage and Express 482.37
Personal Ser\dce 5,225.00
Miscellaneous expenses 50.00
Total spent during the year $ 62,239.18
Paper Stock and Supplies on hand June 30. 1929 $32,634.49
Paper Stock and SuppUes purchased 56,481.81 89,116.30
Paper Stock and SuppUes sold during yrar 02,609.81
Paper Stock and SuppUes on hand June 30, 1930 $ 26,506.49
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT—STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS
July 1, 1928 to June 30. 1929
Executive Salaries $ 7,161.76
Office and Field Force 16,234.88
SuppMes and Materials 16.78
Postage, Telephone, Telegrams and Express -I 370.60
Travel, Expense:
Hotel and Meals $740.60
Mileage 800.40
Railroad Fare 520.46
Miscellaneous Expense 142.96 2,204.42
Printing and Publicity 259.97
Repairs 1.30
Contingency and Emergency Fund 485.85
Equipment 148.19
Bonds 19.17
Personal Service (Veterans Service Officer) 4,581.66
Travel and Office (Veterans Service Officer) 2,196.62
Total Disbursements $33,681.20
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT—STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS
July 1, 1929 to June 30, 1930
Executive Salaries $ 7,200.00
Office and Field Force 15,925.88
Supplies and Materials 19.05
Postage, Telephone, Telegrams and Express 293.69
Travel Expense:
Hotel and Meals $640.88
Mileage 720.30
Raikoad Fare 398.00
Miscellaneous Expense 122.56 1,881.74
Printing and PubUcity. 65.83
Repairs 7.85
Equipment 98.95
Personal Service (Veterans Service Officer) 5,685.00
Travel and Office (Veterans Service Officer) 3,162.63
Total Disbursements $34,339.62
The following is the printing cost for each institution ordering printing under the
State Printing Contract through the Department of Labor and Printing for the
fiscal years 1928-29 and 1929-30.
INSTITUTIONS: 1928-29 1929-30
Agricultural and Technical College $ 137.57 $ 1,030.51
Appalachian State Normal School None 38.25
Blind and Deaf, State School of 101.77 185.39
Caswell Training School .' 82.27 28.13
Confederate Soldier's Home 16.68 37.57
CuUowhee State Normal School 53.38 141.39
*Deaf, State School of None None
East Carolina Teachers College $ 57.89 S 87.83
Eastern Carolina Training School None None
Home and Industrial School for C.irls, State 9.13 128.97
Industrial Farm Colony for Women, State 21.30 7.84
Morrison Training School None None
tNegro Education 539.69 30.71
North Carolina College for Women ' 53.99 75.58
Orthopedic Hospital, N. C 17.44 17.54
Prison, North CaroUna State None None
Sanatorium, N. C. State 21.74 None
State College 7,920.82 4,037.11
State Hospital, RaU^igh None None
State Hospital, ISIorganton 62.68 48.04
State Hospital, Goldsboro 10.29 None
*Stonewall Jackson Training School None None
Univensitv of North CaroUna 140.18 36.00
Total S 9,246.82 $ 5,930.86
Operates their own printing plants.
tincludes several negro educational institutions.
The foUowng is the printing cost for each department ordering printing under the
State Printing Contract through the Department of Labor and Printing for the
fiscal years 1928-29 and 1929-30.
DEPARTMENTS: 1928-29 1929-30
Adjutant General's Department S 966.51 $ 375.64
Agriculture Department 6,796.77 7,805.77
Attorney General's Department 955.65 51.83
Auditor's Department 555.33 4,698.11
Budget Bureau None 732.93
Buildings and Grounds 47.98 28.56
Charities and Pubhc Welfare 1,362.59 920.82
Child Welfare Commission 2,396.29 1,565.02
Conservation and Development Department 17,546.14 8,553.26
Corporation Commission 4,480.60 9,226.52
County Printing 15.70 None
County Government Advisory Commission 313.29 37.65
Elections, State Board of . .
.
'. 6,919.11 5,621.51
Equalization, State Board of 288.11 167.50
Fair, N. C. State 52.78 61.85
Governor's Mansion None 21.32
Governor's Office 2,498.89 . 538.79
Highway Commis.sion None None
Historical Commission 5,209.93 3,739.39
Health, St.ate Board of 18,655.04 20,550.12
Industrial Commission 9,280.67 1,412.75
Insurance D.-partment 4,001.04 2,018.25
Laboratory of Hygiene 942.05 752.70
Labor and Printing $ 204.17 $ 170.38
Legislative Department .' 20,695.94 None
Library Commission 886.77 744.11
Library, State 1,152.27 825.75
Motor Vehicle Bureau 5,419.95 8,177.58
*Pardon Commission None 29.18
Public Instruction, Department of 18,901.82 11,954.22
Revenue Department 10,612.34 7,841.98
Secretary of State 2,860.42 521.89
Sinldng Fund Commission, State 29.92 345.68
Supreme Court 90.50 6.92
Tax Commission 7,211.44 712.28
Transportation Advisory Commission 19.65 None
Treasurer, State 618.50 203.05
Veteran's Loan Fund 170.17 268.33
Vocational Education None None
Total $152,157.63 $100,681.64
^Printing cost included in Governor's Office.
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
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Sex: Kemale
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476
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102
169
399
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312
355
191
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Totals 11,544 1,412 2,516 9,017 522 768 9,831 699 970 8,368 509 718
Grand Totals Registrations, 15,472 Help Wanted, 10 307 Referred, 11,500 Reported Placed, 9,595
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
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Sex: Female
Registrations Help Wanted Referred Reported Placed
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Asheville 1,529 173 470 1,290 151 90 1,301 152 97 1,291 151 90
Badin 6 44 3 36 5 38 3 38
Charlotte 2,220 418 788 1,206 289 1,497 376 1,173 261
Greensboro 3,041 709 411 1,774 324 48 2,239 424 06 1,670 308 50
Raleigh 1,461 66 320 808 2 106 1,005 2 103 825 2 95
Wilmington 446 36 154 188 41 61 304 32 85 182 21 01
1,715 140 185 1,490 11 14 1,500 14 16 1,458 11 14
Total 10,424 1,542 2,372 6,891 529 644 7,917 024 781 6,602 493 609
Grand Total Regist rations, 14.33S Help Wanted, 8,064 Ref?rred, 9 322 Reported Placed, 7, 704
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Asheville 1,797 1,464 228 1,833 1,248 36 1,833 1,202 33 1,833 1,179 33
Badin 1,606 50 13 1,082 37 8 1,105 39 13 989 38 14
Charlotte 3,525 1,286 921 1,762 575 318 2,180 794 469 1,571 498 263
Greensboro 3,022 1,112 376 1,432 317 55 1,954 483 90 1,251 264 49
Raleigh 2,011 457 253 1,091 224 105 1,298 283 104 1,035 195 83
3,558 521 274 3,409 255 52 3,365 307 72 3,259 266 52
2,947 521 219 2,034 182 28 2,149 197 31 2,033 175 28
Total 18,466 5,411 2,284 12,643 2,838 602 13,884 3,305 812 11,971 2,615 522
Grand Total 26,161 Help Wanted. 16,083 Referred, 18 001 Reported Placed. 15,108
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
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Asheville 779 1,657 267 300 1,541 52 301 1,542 52 301 1,539 51
Badin 1,113 49 7 688 19 5 610 25 7 497 24 7
Charlotte 3,421 1,727 876 1,130 761 271 1,353 671 400 1,025 500 244
Greensboro 2,015 627 282 700 202 25 948 297 34 708 195 21
Raleigh 2,012 674 247 848 257 73 1,082 344 116 821 220 67
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Total 15,619 5,651 2,052 7,695 3,113 465 8,483 3,303 670 7,382 2,806 434
Grand Total ... . Registrations. 23,322 Help Wanted, 11.273 Refc rred, 15 ,456 Reported Placed, 10,622
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Registrations. 109 Help Wanted, 23 Referred, 110 Reported Placed, 79
JvLY 1, 1929 TO June 30, 19.30
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Grand Total Registrations. 62 Help Wanted. 11 Referred. 62 Reported Placed. 41
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Grand Total Registrations, 19 Help Wanted, 7 Referred, 19 Reported Placed, 12