WHEN "DESTRUCTIVE" BECAME "CONSTRUCTIVE"
Evjue, William T.
HUMAN SCRAP HEAP GROWS AS MEN ARE FIRED Forty Per Cent of Middle Aged Men in Far West Dismissed From Work SAN FRANCISCO—"The age limit in industry is serious and tne problem of relegating...
...The tendency towards such age limits is more evident in establishments which have pension plans or both group insurance and pension plans...
...This means that nearly fouMenths, cr 40 out of ever}' 100 workers, are employed with the certainty that ttiey will lose their jobs when they are 40 or 45 years of age...
...is- fcund the 11 per cent employ 39 per cent of the total employes reported in the 2.808 establishments...
...Grcup life insurance alone has not , been found to influence maximum hir-' 'ng age limits," said Mr...
...FATALITIES DROP AS MEN LOSE JOBS WASHINGTON — Fatalities in coal mine accidents dropped to 1,132 for the first seven months of the year, according to the united States Bureau of Mines...
...Maximum hiring limits have a demoralising effect not only upon those who are refused employment because of their ages, but also upon workers employed in these establishments...
...This tendency is also evident in establishments having physical examinations of applicants for employment...
...HUMAN SCRAP HEAP GROWS AS MEN ARE FIRED Forty Per Cent of Middle Aged Men in Far West Dismissed From Work SAN FRANCISCO—"The age limit in industry is serious and tne problem of relegating middle-aged workers to the scrap heap must be soived.' said Will J. French, director State Department of , Industrial Relations...
...This does not appear startling until it...
...There was lers production and less men employed in the seven months, but the numbej of fatal accidents were higher than last year when based on the amount of coal mined...
...I This State unit made a study of I maximum age limits in Calif jmia and 1 reached the conclusion that if managers of industry maintains their present policy there will be a demand for the lowering of age limits to which California old-age pensions apply...
...This is less than the corresponding period of 1929...
...but the death rate per 1.000,000 tons of coal mined Is higher...
...Public utilities are among the worst offenders: in displacing middle-aged workers...
...The department's survey shows that out of 2.808 reporting establishments, there were S06 or 11 per cent, that had age limits...
...French...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 40
