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Forty-Fourth List of Doctoral Dissertations in Political Economy in Progress in AmericanUniversities and CollegesSource: The American Economic Review, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Sep., 1947), pp. 772-792Published by: American Economic AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/689 .

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FORTY-FOURTH LIST OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN POLITICAL ECONOMY IN PROGRESS IN AMERICAN

UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

The first list of this kind was dated January 1, 1904, and was sent to all members, but not regularly bound in the publications. A notation as to the earlier lists, extending from 1905 to 1927, may be found in the Review for September, 1927, page 574. Annual lists thereafter are to be found in the September number of the Review for each year.

The present list specifies doctoral degrees conferred, doctoral dissertations completed and accepted by the various universities, and the theses still in preparation. The last date given is the probable date of completion. In cases where the publishers of completed dissertations were given, this information has been reported.

The list represents the status of the several theses on June 15, 1947, except for a few items later reported as completed or published.

Economic Theory; General Works

Degrees Conferred ARTHUR HERTEL LEIGH, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. Studies in the theory of capital and interest

before 1870. JAMES W. LONGLEY, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The economic system of Simonde de Sismondi. JAMES NEWTON MORGAN, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The elimination of gains and losses resulting

from the operations of governments: a theoretical and empirical study in welfare economics. MELVIN WARREN REDER, Ph.D., Columbia, 1946. The theory of welfare economics. (Pub-

lished as No. 534, Columbia Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law.) HENG-KANG SANG, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The mechanism of capital formation. BERNICE SHOUL, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The Marxian theory of capitalist breakdown. ALVA MoRRIS TUTTLE, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. The marginal productivity theory of dis-

tribution and the Cobb-Douglas function. HERBERT BALLANTINE WOOLLEY, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Theory of administered price: Part

I: change in consumer good prices.

Thesis Completed and Accepted MOTHER JEANNETTE KIMBALL, R.S.C.J., B.A., Barat, 1937; M.A., Marquette, 1942. The

economic doctrines of John Gray (1799-1850). Catholic.

Theses in Preparation KATHARINE ALLEY BEYER, B.A., Vassar, 1944. The economics of multiple products. 1948.

Columbia. JOSEPH CROPSEY, B.A., Columbia, 1939; M.A., 1941. The concept of economic expansion.

1948. Columbia. RICHARD M. DAVIS, B.A., Colgate, 1936. Some aspects of profits theory. 1948. Cornell. HAROLD S. DIAMOND, B.S., College of City of New York, 1937; M.A., Columbia, 1939.

Studies in innovation theory. 1948. Columbia. JOSEPH FRANCIS FLUBACHER, B.A., La Salle, 1935; M.A., Temple, 1938. The concept of

ethics in the history of economics. 1947. Temple. ARTHUR FREEDMAN, B.A., Toledo, 1938; M.A., Cincinnati, 1939. Current issues in the theory

of interest. 1947. Pennsylvania. JAMES BERNARD GILES, B.B.A., Texas, 1936; M.A., 1937. Influence of wage costs upon rates

of technological progress. 1949. Columbia. WENDELL DEADY HANCE, B.S., Northwestern, 1935; M.A., Harvard, 1942. Price and wage

behavior and employment theory. 1947. Harvard. W. LAWRENCE HEBBARD, B.S., Northern State Teachers, Michigan, 1934; M.A., Michigan,

1935. A suggested restatement of the postulates of the price theory of economics. 1948. Michigan.

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WILLIAM CLARENCE HoOD, B.A., Mount Allison, 1941; M.A., Toronto, 1943. Some problems in the theory of employment in an open economy. 1948. Toronto.

YING HSIN, B.A., Peking, 1939. The theory of industrial development in economically unde- veloped countries. 1947. Michigan.

CARL KAYSEN, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1940; M.A., Harvard, 1947. Analysis of expectations and future prices in some commodity markets. 1947. Harvard.

IRVING B. KRAVIS, B.S., Pennsylvania, 1938; M.A., 1939. The theory of varying returns. 1947. Pennsylvania.

ARTHUR E. MACE, JR., B.A., Amherst, 1938. Economics of wage differentials. 1947. Chicago. ALBERT RAYMOND MILLER, JR., B.A., George Washington, 1940; M.A., 1941; M.A., Harvard,

1946. Classical theory of capital formation. 1948. Harvard. L. M. MORRISON, B.Litt., Pulitzer; M.A., British Columbia. Studies in the literature of

political economy 1750-1850 1948. Toronto. RICHARD E. MULCAHY, B.A., Gonzaga, 1939; M.A., 1940. The economic theories of Heinrich

Pesch. 1949. California. AUSTIN MURPEY, M.A., Fordham, 1940. The concept of progress in contemporary economics.

1948. Fordham. DON PATINKIN, B.A., Chicago, 1943; M.A., 1945. On the consistency of economic models: a

theory of involuntary unemployment. 1947. Chicago. CLARENCE EDWARD PHILBROOK, B.A., Chicago, 1936. The policy implications of the theo-

retical controversy over the effects of rigid wages. 1947. Chicago. M. WINIFRED POTTS, B.S., State Teachers, Shippenburg, 1941; M.Ed., Temple, 1944. Business

and economics: their relationship at the collegiate level. 1947. Chicago. GALEN B. PRICE, B.S., Arkansas, 1938; M.S., 1939. A restatement of the theory of price

measurement. 1948. American. ALAN LOCKHART RITTER, B.A., De Pauw, 1935. The application of the theory of imperfect

competition to the determination of wages: with a statistical analysis of wage differentials. 1948. Wisconsin.

EUGENE ROTWEIN, B.A., M.A., Wisconsin, 1939. The political economy and economic philosophy of David Hume. 1947. Chicago.

WILLIAM EARL SCHENK. Technology and economic progress. 1948. Illinois. GEORGE SCHULLER, B.S., New York, 1931; M.A., 1934. Bargaining power and its effects on

prices and income. 1948. Columbia. IRVING H. SIEGEL, B.S., College of City of New York, 1934; M.A., New York, 1935. The

measurement of production and related concepts. 1948. Columbia. ALLEN M. SIEVERS, B.A., Chicago, 1939; M.A., Columbia, 1941. A critique of the anti-

capitalist thesis of Karl Polanyi. 1949. Columbia. PAUL SIMPSON, B.A., Reed, 1936. Monetary implications of classical economics. 1947. Cornell. RALPH CLINTON WOOD, B.A., Wesleyan, 1934; M.A., 1935. National economic development

and the theory of international specialization. Columbia.

Economic History

Degrees Conferred JAMES HARoLD EASTERBY, Ph.D., Chicago, 1945. The South Carolina rice plantation. JOSEPH LYMAN FISHER, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The development of our Arctic frontier. ABRAHAm LOUIS GITLOW, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. Stone age economics of the Mount Hager

tribes. (To be published as Monog. No. 12 of the American Ethnological Society series.) MELVIN Dow KENNEDY, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. The suppression of the African slave trade

to the French colonies and its aftermath, 1814-48. ELSIE MAE LEWIS, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. From nationalism to disunion: a study in the

secession movement in Arkansas, 1850-61. GALE WILLIAM McGEE, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. The founding fathers and entangling alliances. WILLIAm HARVEY MAEHL, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. The German socialists and the foreign policy

of the Reich, 1917-22. PETER JOSEPH PAUL, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. The social philosophy of Charles Carroll of Car-

rollton.

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DAVID GRAY POSTON, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. The city of Soochow (585 B.C.-1912 A.D.) as portrayed in the Wu-Hsien Chronicles.

HARRY ROBERT STEVENS, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. The old Northwest of the middle period in American historical writing from 1865 to 1944.

Theses in Preparation AARON MOREY Boom, B.A., Nebraska, 1940; M.A., 1941. The development of sectional

attitudes in Wisconsin, 1820-40. 1947. Chicago. DAVID BRADFORD, B.A., Michigan, 1930; M.A., 1931. The development of sectional attitudes

in Ohio, 1945-1860. 1947. Ckicago. WILLIAm D. CLARK, B.A., Oxford, 1938. The political thought of the Anglican clergy, 1642-

1660. 1947. Chicago. ELEANOR GODFREY, B.A., Smith, 1935; M.A., Chicago, 1936. Government regulation of in-

dustry in the reign of James I as illustrated by the monopolies. 1947. Chicago. H. L. HITCHENS, B.A., Chicago, 1935; M.A., 1936. The United States and the Isthmian

routes, 1823-1878. 1947. Chicago. FRANCES CORNWALL HUTNER, B.A., Middlebury, 1940; M.A., Columbia, 1943. Business

history of the Farr Alpaca Co., Holyoke, Massachusetts. 1949. Columbia. BERNARD G. MATTSON, B.A., Oberlin, 1222. Radicalism in the United States, 1787-1800.

1947. Chicago. HowARD A. MERRITT, B.A., Northland, 1933; M.A., Wisconsin, 1937. Agrarian attitudes

toward the Chicago Board of Trade, 1870-1925. 1947. Chicago. MARTHA C. MITCHELL, B.A., Alabama, 1943; M.A., Chicago, 1944. A history of Birmingham,

Alabama. 1947. Chicago. HoWARD VERNON, B.A., Chicago, 1937; M.A., 1940. The effect of the French Revolution on

lower Canada. 1947. Chicago. ELGIN WILLIAMS, B.A., Texas, 1942; M.A., 1944. An economic interpretation of the annexa-

tion of Texas. 1948. Columbia.

National Economies

Degrees Conferred WALTER ABRAHAM, Ph.D., Yale, 1947. A theory of Indian economic development. WILLIAM CHARLES CHAMBERLIN, Ph.D., Columbia, 1946. Iceland in World War II. (Published

as No. 531, Columbia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law.) SAMUEL LURIE, Ph.D., Columbia, 1946. Private investment in a controlled economy: Germany

1933-1939. (Columbia University Press.) JACK BEAUMONT PFEIFFER, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. The development of manufacturing in-

dustry in Chile, 1820-1940. CoY HOYT PRICE, Ph.D., Virginia, 1947. A study in the economic control of Germany.

Theses in Preparation DOUGLAS S. BROWN, B.A., Michigan, 1939; M.A., 1940. The administration of British colonial

policy in the Illinois country 1763-1772. 1949. Michigan. NEIL BUTLER DUNLAP, B.A., Alabama, 1941. Expansion of the Soviet-Asian economic frontier.

1947. Chicago. EDWARD MARZ, Dipl. Bus. Adm., Vienna, 1933; Dipl. Pol. Econ., 1937; M.A., Harvard, 1943.

From monarchy to republic: an economic analysis of the early years of the Austrian Re- public. 1947. Harvard.

JOHN EARL OAKES, B.A., Fisk, 1928. A recent economic history of the Philippines. 1947. Chicago.

LEONA S. TROTTA, B.A., New York, 1931; M.A., Columbia, 1935. The labor situation in Italy at the close of the First World War and how it paved the way for fascism. 1948. Columbia.

MAURICE TROTTA, B.S., Fordham, 1930; LL.B., Fordham Law School, 1932; M.A., Colum-

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bia, 1932. The relationship between the labor situation and political events in Italy after World War II. 1948. Columbia.

NORMAN MCQUEEN WARD, B.A., McMaster, 1941; M.A., Toronto, 1943. Development of government activity in Nova Scotia. 1948. Toronto.

Economic Systems; Postwar Planning Theses in Preparation

RENZO BIANCEI, B.A., Chicago, 1936; M.A., 1938. Guild proposals for economic organization. 1947. Chicago.

HENRY HOLDSHTP WARE, B.A., Pomona, 1932; M.A., Columbia, 1939. The Soviet consumer: a theoretical approach to the problem of consumer satisfaction under the Soviet set-up. 1948. Columbia.

Statistical Methods; Econometrics; Economic Mathematics; Accounting

Degrees Conferred WILLIAM JOSEPH VATTER, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. The fupd theory of accounting and its

implications for financial reports. (Journal of Business, University of Chicago, Studies in Business Administration, July, 1947.)

JOHN THOMAS WHEELER, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947. Use of cost accounting by economists.

RUFUS WIXON, Ph.D., Michigan, 1945. Accounting for corporate capital.

Theses Completed and Accepted DUMAS LEON MCCLEARY, C.S.V., B.S., St. Viator, 1935; M.A., Catholic, 1945. Uniform

accounting systems for parishes. 1947. Catkolic. LEO ROSENBLUM, B.S., Columbia, 1926; M.S., 1927. Adjustment of insurance loss claims on

merchandise: accounting problem and procedure. 1947. Columbia.

Theses in Preparation NORMAN S. CANNON, B.S., Utah, 1938; M.S., Columbia, 1939. Accounting facts for collective

bargaining. 1948. Columbia. THOMAS GREGORY CHARTERS, B.A., Manhattan, 1927; M.A., Canisius, 1929. Financial

statements. 1949. Columbia. WILLIAm HERBERT CHILDS, B.A., Morningside, 1927; M.A., Michigan, 1935. Consolidated

financial statements. 1947. Columbia. HANS R. FADUm, M.A., Yale, 1945. Inventory: valuation and economic implications. 1948.

Yale. GEORGE B. GARVY, Licence es-lettres, Paris, 1937. The use of debits and clearing statistics in

economic analysis. 1948. Columbia. LEE GLOVER, B.S., Alabama, 1922; B.A., 1922; M.A., Chicago, 1928. Fixed and variable costs

and their application in cost analysis. 1948. Columbia. HENRY AUGUST KRIEBEL, B.S., Lehigh, 1932; M.A., 1937. Special purpose financial state-

ments. 1949. Columbia. DANIEL LIPSKY, B.A., Columbia, 1931; M.S., 1934. A reexamination of accounting principles.

1949. Columbia. PROBODHI C. MITTRA, B.S., 1940; M.A., Columbia, 1946. Studies in the theory, measurement,

and comparisons of cost of living index numbers. 1948. Columbia. C. ROLLAND NISWONGER, B.S., Miami, 1929; M.S., Illinois, 1931. Accounting for surplus

reserves. 1948. Ohio State. WASHINGTON SYCIP, B.S.C., Santo Tomds (Manila), 1939; M.S.C., 1940. The formulation of

accounting principles. 1949. Columbia. EDGAR FRANCIS TABER, JR., B.A., Amherst, 1938; M.A., Columbia, 1940. Statistical cost

curve for a power laundry. 1948. Columbia.

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WENDELL PIGGOTT TRUMBULL, B.S., Illinois, 1937; M.A., Michigan, 1941. A study of recent cost accounting problems as related to principles of cost analysis. 1948. Michigan.

National Income and Product; Income Distribution; Consumption Statistics

Degrees Conferred GEORGE MERVYN KLEINER, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. Income and employment in the Fifth

Federal Reserve District, 1930-1944. JAMYES TOBIN, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. A theoretical and statistical analysis of consumer

saving.

Theses in Preparation WENDELL M. ADAMSON, B.A., Indiana, 1928; M.A., 1937. The measurement of income in

small geographic areas. 1948. Columbia. JANET AUSTRIAN, B.A., Bennington, 1939. An analysis of consumer income and expenditure

by age groups, 1935-36. 1948. Columbia. CHARLES E. BRADLEY, B.S., James Millikin, 1942; M.S., Illinois, 1945. Statistical analysis

and measurement of demand. 1947. Illinois. GEORGE F. DIMMLER, B.A., California, 1936; M.A., Columbia, 1941. Consumers' savings in

the United States. 1949. Columbia. THOMAS A. KELLY, B.A. and M.A., Vanderbilt. Employment and wage changes in the

Southeast, 1939 to 1945. 1948. Vanderbilt. DANIEL BURBIDGE SUITS, B.A., Michigan, 1940; M.A., 1941. Capital formation and its

relation to productivity and employment in selected industries, 1919-1939. 1948. Michigan.

Business Cycles and Fluctuations

Degrees Conferred EVSEY DOMAR, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Essays in economics of expansion. FREDERICK ALFRED EKEBLAD, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1947. Government lending to railroads

in the decade of the 1930's. JAMES HIRSCH LORIE, Ph.D., 1947. Causes of annual fluctuations in the production of live-

stock and livestock products. LEONARD HENRY RALL, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. A critical analysis of the population aspects

of the secular stagnation thesis. PAUL WIERS, Ph.D., Michigan, 1947. Theories of the business cycle and international trade.

Thesis Completed and Accepted SIDNEY D. MERLIN, B.A., Chicago, 1937; M.A., 1939. The theory of fluctuations in modern

economic thought. 1947. Columbia.

Theses in Preparation QUINCY ADAMS, B.A., New York, 1941; M.A., American, 1945. Business mortality in the

United States. 1949. Columbia. KENNETH J. ARROW, B.S., College of City of New York, 1940.; M.A., Columbia, 1941. Meas-

urement of economic stability. 1948. Columbia. ARTHUR GARWOOD ASHBROOK, JR., B.S., Haverford, 1941. A federal wage-price policy for a

full employment economy. 1947. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ARTHUR GLEN AUBLE, B.A., Hastings, 1938; M.A., Nebraska, 1940; M.A., Harvard, 1942.

The depression of 1873. 1947. Harvard. MELVIN DAVID BROCKIE, B.A., California, 1942; M.A., 1944. The recovery of 1934-37 and

the recession of 1937-38. 1947. California. RICHARD V. CLEMENCE, Ph.B., Brown, 1934; M.A., 1936; M.A., Harvard, 1940. The theory

of economic maturity. 1947. Harvard.

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GENE LLOYD ERION, B.A., Doane, 1939; M.A., Wisconsin, 1940. The probable effects of the future use of the federal debt in cycle policy. 1948. Wisconsin.

RENDIGS T. FELS, B.A., Harvard, 1939; M.A., Columbia, 1940. History of American business cycles, 1865-1939. 1948. Harvard.

WILLIAM HAMOVITCH, B.Com., McGill, 1943; M.P.A., Harvard, 1945; M.A., 1946. Wages in the business cycle. 1948. Harvard.

RALPH E. HOLBEN, B.A., Dartmouth, 1939; M.A., Columbia, 1940. Swedish economic policy and economic stability. 1948. Columbia.

LEONID HURWICZ, LL.M., Warsaw, 1938. Basic postulates of the theory of economic fluctua- ations and their relation to empirical evidence. 1947. Chicago.

FRANCES HOLMES LEACY, B.A., British Columbia, 1941. Price behaviour in Canadian business cycles. 1949. Columbia.

PAUL WINSTON MCCRACKEN, B.A., William Penn, 1937; M.A., Harvard, 1942. Cyclical im- plications of liquid asset function. 1947. Harvard.

ALEXANDER NORMAN McLEOD, B.A., Queens, 1933; Honor B.A., 1940; M.P.A., Harvard, 1946. Full employment in an open economy. 1947. Harvard.

MARTIN MASTER, B.S., Temple, 1939; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1942. Stabilization of employment in automobile industry: a study of the problem of reducing seasonal fluctuations in em- ployment. 1948. Pennsylvania.

ALFRED C. OSTRUM, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1930; M.A., 1946. The theory of under-consumption. 1947. Pennsylvania.

SHOU-SHAN Pu, B.A., Michigan, 1943; M.A., Harvard, 1944. Technological progress and employment. 1947. Harvard.

KENNETH D. ROOSE, M.A., Yale, 1943. Recession of 1937-39. 1948. Yale. WILMA G. SMITH, B.A., British Columbia, 1944. The specific cycle approach in business

cycle analysis. 1948. California. DAVID G. TYNDALL, B.Com., Toronto, 1940; M.A., 1941. The interest rate and secular un-

employment. 1948. California.

Public Finance; Fiscal Policy; Taxation

Degrees Conferred ROSEMARY WILEY BRADLEY, Ph.D., Radcliffe, 1947. The public debt of Mexico. ROBERT MILLS CLARK, Ph.D., Harvard, 1946. Some aspects of the development of the per-

sonal income tax in the provinces and municipalities of Canada up to 1930. ARTHUR LEE CUNKLE, Ph.D., Virginia. The impact of World War II on state finances. LUCILE DERRICK, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. Exemption of security interest from income taxes

in the United States, an economic and statistical analysis. (Journal of Business, Uni- versity of Chicago, Sttldies in Business Administration, October, 1946.)

GROVER WILLIAm ENSLEY, Ph.D., New York, 1947. The nation's budget and the federal government's budget.

RICHARD BENJAMIN GOODE, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. An economic analysis of the federal cor- poration income tax.

GABRIEL HAUGE, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Banking aspects of treasury borrowing in World War II.

BYRON LINDBERG JOHNSON, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. The principle of equalization applied to the allocation of grants-in-aid.

RANDALL T. KLEMME, Ph.D., Iowa State, 1947. The graduated land tax. WILLIAM DONALD KNIGHT, Ph.D., Michigan, 1947. Subsidization of industry in forty selected

cities of Wisconsin, 1930-46. NORMAN H. LEONARD, JR., Ph.D., Yale, 1947. Public debt management. REX J. MORTEIAND, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. Bonded indebtedness of local governments in

Illinois, 1927-40. ROBERT A. RENNIE, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Federal-provincial aspects of Argentine fiscal

policy. WILLIAM E. SCENK, Ph.D., Illinois, 1947. Technology, capital and government fiscal policy. MICHAEL SCHIFF, Ph.D., New York, 1947. State business taxation.

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RALPH IRA THAYER, Ph.D., Stanford, 1947. A comparative study of the tax system of the state of Washington.

ALICE JOHN VANDERMEULEN, Ph.D., Radcliffe, 1947. A case history in New England town finance.

WILLIAM SPENCER VICKREY, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. Agenda for progressive taxation.

Theses Completed and Accepted J. WHITNEY HANKS, B.A., Utah, 1939. Interrelationships of state and municipal financing in

Utah. 1947. Indiana. GEORGE E. LENT, B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1934; M.B.A., 1935. The impact of

the undistributed profits tax. 1947. Columbia.

Theses in Preparation LOWELL DEWITT ASHBY, B.A., Hastings, 1936; M.A., Nebraska, 1938. The development of

the national economic budget. 1947. Wisconsin. GERARD M. BRANNON, B.A., Georgetown, 1943; M.A., 1944. Uncertainty in fiscal policy

planning. 1947. Harvard. C. N. BRENNAN, B.Com., British Columbia, 1933; M.S., Columbia, 1939. Taxation of cor-

porate income in the British Empire. 1949. Columbia. JACOB COHEN, B.A., Manitoba, 1940; M.A., Cincinnati, 1941. Governmental techniques of

interest saving on the public debt. 1947. Chicago. CLARENCE COLTON DAWSON, B.S., Kentucky, 1927; M.A., G. Peabody College for Teachers,

1931. History of tax administration in Kentucky since 1850. 1948. Kentucky. CHARLES HENRY DUFTON, B.A., Yale, 1934; M.A., Michigan, 1936. The federal budget as an

economizing instrumentality-a study of techniques in budgeting recently advocated for full employment fiscal policy. 1947. Harvard.

ROBERT DEWITT ELLIOTT, B.A., Chicago, 1942; M.A., 1943. Taxation of corporate invest- ment income. 1949. Columbia.

J. S. FLOYD, B.S., Florida, 1943; M.A., North Carolina, 1944. A fiscal policy for the south- eastern states. 1948. North Carolina.

JOHN AUSTIN GRONOUSKI, B.A., Wisconsin, 1942. United States government bonds. 1948. Wisconsin.

ELINOR RUTH HARRIIS, B.A., Mt. Holyoke, 1944; M.A., Radcliffe, 1945. The influence of the national debt on the rate of interest. 1947. Harvard.

WILLIAm F. HELLMUTH, B.A., Yale, 1940. National debt management in the United Kingdom. 1948. Yale.

HARRY PERCY BELL JENKINS, B.A., Acadia, 1927; M.A., Chicago, 1947. Deficient public services in Nova Scotia. 1947. Chicago.

RIENZI WILSON JENNINGS, B.S.C., Iowa, 1927; M.A., Kentucky, 1928. The taxation of thor- oughbred racing and pari-mutuel betting in the United States. 1948. Kentucky.

CARL P. N. JENSEN, B.S., California, 1934; M.A., Columbia, 1946. The administration of the federal income tax. 1949. Columbia.

JAMES RUDOLPH KAY, B.A., Birmingham-Southern, 1938. Fiscal and monetary policy in the war period. 1948. Virginia.

LEONARD KENT, B.S., Georgia Teachers, 1935; M.B.A., Chicago, 194Q. Effects of death taxes on the pattern of investment. 1947. Chicago.

LAWRENCE BRUMFIELD MYERS, B.S., Temple, 1945; M.A., Wisconsin, 1947. Public finance in Sweden. 1949. Wisconsin.

DONALD WILLIAM O'CONNELL, B.A., Columbia, 1937; M.A., 1938. The impact of the federal fiscal program on the banking system. 1948. Columbia.

LERoY L. QUALLS, B.A., Illinois Wesleyan, 1932; M.A., Illinois, 1936; B.S., 1939. Financial support of public libraries in Illinois. 1948. Illinois.

EDWARD W. REED, B.Ed., Southern Illinois Normal, 1936; M.A., Illinois, 1937. Federal- state tax relations. 1947. Illinois.

GORDON J. E. STEINER, M.S., Columbia, 1940. An analysis of federal disbursement procedures. 1948. Fordham.

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TRUMAN G. TRACY, B.A., Illinois, 1939; M.A., Virginia, 1940. Valuation of Illinois oil property for property tax assessment. 1947. Illinois.

ORBA F. TRAYLOR, B.A., Western Teachers, Kentucky, 1930; M.A., Kentucky, 1932. State distilled spirits taxation with special reference to Kentucky. 1948. Kentucky.

EARL K. TURNER, B.A., Berea, 1931; M.A., Kentucky, 1937. An assessors' manual for Kentucky. 1947. Kentucky.

ROLF A. WEIL, B.A., Chicago, 1942; M.A., 1945. Federal aid to achieve state-local co- operation in a counter-cyclical fiscal policy. 1947. Chicago.

J. FREDERICK WESTON, M.B.A., Chicago, 1942. The meaning and measurement of excess profits. 1947. Chicago.

MELVIN I. WHITE, B.A., Cincinnati, 1943. Counter-cyclical potentialities of the federal in- come tax. 1948. Columbia.

Money and Banking; Short-Term Credit

Degrees Conferred JOSEPH A. KERSHAW, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. A history of ration banking. WILLIAM LIDDON MCPETERS, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Credit in southern agriculture. WILBUR T. MEEK, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. A monetary history of colonial Mexico. HERBERT VICTOR PROCHNOW, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1947. Term loans in practice and their

place in banking theory. SHOU-HAI PU, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Banking reform in China.

Thesis Completed and Accepted SISTER MARY ALEXINE BEATTY, S.S.J., B.A., Boston, 1939; M.A., Catholic, 1942. Bank fail-

ures in the District of Columbia, 1900-1945. Catholic.

Theses in Preparation WILLIAM 0. ANDERSON, B.S., Ohio State, 1938; M.A., 1941. An analysis of bank deposits.

1948. Ohio State. DANIEL K. ANDREWS, B.A., Wisconsin, 1935; M.A., 1942. Commercial banking and the public

debt. 1948. Ohio State. GEORGE ARCHIBALD BISHOP, B.A., New Brunswick, 1941; M.A., Toronto, 1946. Studies in

the treasury control and banking policy with special reference to Canada. 1948. Toronto. WILLIAM CASTLE BRADFORD, B.S., Syracuse, 1942; M.A., 1944; M.A., Harvard, 1946. Secular

trends in the velocity of money. 1947. Harvard. ARTHUR BRICKNER, M.S., Columbia, 1941. Monetary controls. 1947. Columbia. C. K. CHOW, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1941; M.B.A., Ohio State, 1943. Factors determining the

monetary unit. 1948. Ohio State. HSIN-MIN CHOW, B.A., National Tsing Hua (China), 1936; M.S., Columbia, 1945. China's

monetary reforms, 1929-1948. 1949. Columbia. JAMES S. CROSs, B.A., Pennsylvania State, 1940; M.B.A., Ohio State, 1942. The mercantile

credit structure and its function as purchasing power. 1947. Ohio State. JAMEs M. DAWSON, B.A., Wooster, 1939; M.B.A., Pennsylvania, 1940. Causes and effects of

the decline in interest rates, 1920-1945. 1948. Pennsylvania. HowARD S. DYE, B.A., Cornell, 1941; M.A., 1942. Federal banking legislation of the 1930's,

its consequences and related issues. 1948. Cornell. WINTHROP E. EVERETT, B.S., Franklin and Marshall, 1927; M.A., Chicago, 1932. Bank

earnings, behavior and significance. 1948. Pennsylvania. DONALD A. FERGUSSON, B.A., Dalhousie, 1932; M.B.A., Chicago, 1945. A reconsideration of

the functions and organization of the Federal Reserve System. 1948. Chicago. BURTON H. GILDERSLEEVE, B.S., Iowa, 1926; M.B.A., New York, 1933. Problems involved in

the financing of commercial banks. 1948. Ohio State. ALBERT EUGENE GORDON, C.PP.S., B.A., St. Charles Seminary, 1935; M.A., Catholic,

1945. Historical development of the weekly Federal Reserve statement and its interpreta- tion. 1948. Catholic.

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ARTHUR KEMP, B.S., Buffalo, 1939; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1940. Legal concepts of money. 1948. New York.

AVRAm KISSELGOFF, Licence en Droit, Toulouse, 1929; Dipl6m6 de l'Institut de Statistique, Paris, 1938. Demand for instalment sales credit. 1948. Columbia.

WILLIAm E. KOENKER, B.A., North Dakota Teachers, 1934; M.B., North Dakota, 1938. A study of bank failures in North Dakota, 1920-35. 1948. Ohio State.

JOAB MAULDIN LESESNE, B.A., 1919; South Carolina, 1932. The bank of the state of South Carolina, 1812-1865. 1947. South Carolina.

JOHN PIPER LUTZ, B.A., Amherst, 1936; M.B.A., Pennsylvania, 1938. Some problems of com- mercial bank reserves. 1948. Pennsylvania.

RUSSELL CRAIG McIvoR, B.A., Western Ontario, 1937; M.A., Chicago, 1939. Monetary ex- pansion in Canadian war finance, 1939-1945. 1947. Chicago.

GORDON W. McKINLEY, B.A., McMaster, 1938; M.A., Ohio State, 1940. The Federal Reserve System, 1930-1947. 1947. Ohio State.

GEORGE WESLEY MCKINNEY, JR., B.A., Berea; M.A., Virginia, 1947. War loan accounts of commercial banks as an aspect of war financing. 1949. Virginia.

FRED W. MOYER, B.S., Ohio State, 1938; M.A.) 1946. The development of monetary theory since 1900. 1948. Ohio State.

GARDNER PATTERSON, B.S., Michigan, 1938; M.A., 1939. Greek financial experience. Harvard. ANTHONY LOUIS SANCETTA, B.A., Western Reserve, 1937; M.S., Columbia, 1939. The de-

velopment of central banking in Italy: a study of structural growth and credit control. 1948. Columbia.

ANNA JACOBSON SCHWARTZ, B.A., Barnard, 1934; M.A., Columbia, 1935. State banking be- fore the Civil War; a study of Pennsylvania banking. 1947. Columbia.

RICHARD TULOSS STEVENS, B.A., Ohio State, 1926; M.A., 1931. Economic implications of the changing character of bank assets. 1948. Ohio State.

ROBINSON MILLER tJPTON, B.B.A., Tulane, 1938; M.B.A., Harvard, 1940. The importance of direct costs in the granting of consumer instalment credit. 1948. Northwestern.

ROBERT C. WEEMS, B.S., Mississippi State, 1931; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1934. The bank of the state of Mississippi, 1809-1834. 1948. Columbia.

FRED M. WORLEY, B.S., Pennsylvania, 1921; M.A., 1924. Behavior of currency and demand deposits. 1949. Pennsylvania.

International Trade, Finance and Economic Policy

Degrees Conferred DOUGLAS RUDYARD ANNETT, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. British imperial preference in Canadian

commercial policy. GEORGE HAY BROWN, Ph.D., Chicago, 1945. The international economic position of New

Zealand. (Published by Journal oj Business, University of Chicago, Studies in Business Administration, Vol. XVI, Nos. 1 and 2, April, 1946.)

RALPH ELBERTON SMITH, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. Customs valuation in the United States: a study in tariff administration.

STANLEY SZU-YEE Tsou, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The world tea industry and China. YUNG-SHUN WU, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. The wool tariff in the United States economy.

Thesis Completed and Accepted MOTHER DEAN ELIZABETH TRAYNOR, R.S.C.J., B.A., Barat, 1937; M.A., Marquette, 1942.

International monetary and financial conferences, 1900-1945. 1946. Catholic.

Theses in Preparation ROYALL BRANDIS, B.A., Richmond, 1940; M.A., Duke, 1947. International fiber competition.

1948. Duke. SHIH-CHU CHIANG, B.S., National Chiao-Ting, 1940; M.A., Harvard, 1946. The stability of

the external value of money. 1947. Harvard.

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MIKHAIL V. CONDOIDE, B.S., Ohio State, 1941; M.A., 1944. International trade and foreign policies of Soviet Russia. 1948. Ohio State.

ALEXANDER ECKSTEIN, B.S., California, 1939; M.S., 1941. Trade relations between central European countries and UJ.S.S.R. 1948. California.

H. P. GREENWOOD, Vienna, 1926; M.A., Nebraska, 1941. Adjustment processes in the Cana- dian balance of payments, 1926-38. 1948. Cornell.

HUGH KYLE HAWK, B.A., Birmingham-Southern, 1941; M.A., Virginia, 1943. United States foreign trade policy for the aluminum industry. 1948. Virginia.

CLYDE HEWITT, B.A., Aurora, 1937; M.A., Chicago, 1939. Venezuela and the origins of dollar diplomacy. 1947. Chicago.

NATHANIEL JACKENDOFF, B.S., College of City of New York, 1938; M.A., Illinois, 1939. Some aspects of the problem of international economic adjustment. 1948. Illinois.

ROBERT WARREN JAMES, B.Com., Toronto, 1938; M.A., 1939. Canada's wartime economic co- operation with the United Kingdom and the United States. 1947. Chicago.

HENRY IRVIN JORGENSEN, B.A., Stanford, 1937; M.A., Columbia, 1940. International shipping policy of the United States. 1949. Columbia.

ERVIN MILLER, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1941. Criteria of equilibrium in international exchange rates. 1949. Pennsylvania.

SEYMOUR J. POMRENZE, B.S., Lewis, 1936; M.A., Chicago, 1938. The United States and Central America, 1893-1907. 1947. Chicago.

FRANCISCO R. SAENZ, B.S., Columbia, 1942; M.S., 1943. Monetary policy and exchange stabilization. 1949. Columbia.

EMIL GEORGE SPITZER, LL.D., Vienna, 1927; M.A., Harvard, 1943. The effect of synthetic production on world trade in basic raw materials. 1947. Harvard.

JOHN A. STOVEL, B.A., McGill, 1940; M.A., 1941; M.A., Harvard, 1943. Canadian balance of payments, 192641. 1947. Harvard.

BORIS CYRIL SWERLING, B.A., Toronto, 1941; M.A., Harvard, 1947. The international control of sugar. 1948. Harvard.

BEATRICE TREIMAN, B.A., Chicago, 1939; M.A., 1943. Franco-American commerce, 1778-89. 1947. Chicago.

PHYLLIS A. WALLACE, M.A., Yale, 1944. International aspects of sugar control. 1948. Yale. JAY W. WILEY, B.A., Lawrence, 1935; M.A., 1936. Foreign exchange control in Argentina.

1947. Illinois. CHEE-HSIEN Wu, B.A., Customs College, Peiping; M.A., Wisconsin, 1945; M.A., Harvard,

1946. Russia's foreign trade and her economic development,1917-1941. 1947. Harvard. PAu-LIEN YOUNG, B.S., Chiao Tung, 1939; M.B.A., Wharton, 1943; M.A., Harvard, 1945.

Japanese maritime industries. 1948. Harvard.

Business Finance; Insurance; Investments; Securities Markets

Degrees Conferred

WINFRED 0. BRYSON, Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1947. Negro life insurance companies-a com- parative analysis of operating expenses of Negro legal reserve industrial life insurance com- panies.

MARY RAY BURNS, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1947. A comparative study of four recent railroad reorganizations: Great Western, Milwaukee, Northwestern and Soo.

FRANCIS J. CALKINS, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1947. The Securities and Exchange Commission and corporate reorganization.

JOEL B. DIRLAM, Ph.D., Yale, 1947. Regulations of security issues under the Public Utility Holding Company Act.

Theses in Preparation

JOHN F. ADAMS, B.A., Linfield, 1940; M.A., Puget Sound, 1942. A comparison of British and American life insurance. 1948. Pennsylvania.

JOSEPH F. BRADLEY, B.A., Penn State, 1939; M.A., 1940. Protective provisions of issues of preferred stock by selected industries 194447. 1948. Pittsburgh.

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RONALD C. CALLANDER, B.S., New York, 1933; M.B.A., Texas, 1936. Historical development and analysis of risks in hedging cotton. 1948. American.

T. EMERSON CAMMACK, B.S., Oklahoma, 1940; M.A., 1941. The rehabilitation of life insurance companies. 1948. Pennsylvania.

JOHN M. CRAWFORD, B.A., Reed, 1935. Valuation in corporate reorganization. 1948. Cornell. ALBERT H. DEHNER, B.S., Ohio State, 1936; M.B.A., 1939. Relation of the speed of stock

market movements and the extent of fluctuations in stock prices. 1948. Ohio State. SERGEI PAVLOVITCH DOBROVOLSKY, Dipl. Harbin, 1930; M.A., Columbia, 1942. Retention of

corporate earnings. 1948. Columbia. HERSHON FREEMAN, B.A., Amherst, 1933; M.B.A., Michigan, 1936. Life insurance and or-

ganized labor. 1948. Pennsylvania. HERBERT C. GRAEBNER, B.S., Valparaiso, 1930; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1931. Appraising

the economic value of the human life. 1948. Pennsylvania. FRANK MAXWELL GRANER, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1939; M.A., Kent State, 1941. Investment

outlets for the future. 1948. Wisconsin. DAVIS W. GREGG, B.B.A., Texas, 1939; M.B.A., Pennsylvania, 1940. An analysis of group

life insurance. 1948. Pennsylvania. EDWIN HUGHES, B.A., Williams, 1919; M.A., 1934. The St. Paul organization. 1947. Columbia. DAVID IVRY, B.S., Johns Hopkins, 1944; M.B.A., Pennsylvania, 1945. A study of special

policies in life insurance. 1948. Pennsylvania. JACOB OSWALD KAMM, B.A., Baldwin-Wallace, 1940; M.A., Brown, 1942. Theory of stock

market operations; national and international. 1947. Ohio State. RICHARD DER. KIP, B.S., Pennsylvania, 1936. Do the education efforts of academic institu-

tions and insurance companies meet the needs of those in the insurance business? 1948. Pennsylvania.

LEwiS EDWARD KNOLLM1EYER, B.A., Yale, 1930; M.A., Wisconsin, 1939. Housing as an outlet for investment. 1947. Wisconsin.

FRANK LANG, B.B.A., Tulane, 1940; M.B.A., Ohio State, 1943. Public relation program for insurance companies. 1949. Columbia.

DAN M. McGILL, B.A., Maryville, 1940; M.A., Vanderbilt, 1941. An analysis of government life insurance. 1947. Pennsylvania.

ARTHUR F. MESSENGER, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1927. Liquidity in the security markets. 1947. Ohio State.

SAMUEL AUSTEN REEP, B.B.A., Minnesota, 1935; M.A., 1940. The investment company as an agency for financing new business enterprises. 1947. Chicago.

VIRGIL SCHARRER, B.A., De Pauw, 1935; M.A., Chicago, 1944. Investment outlay, profit and the rate of capital growth. 1947. Chicago.

DONALD SCOLES, B.S., Northwestern, 1916; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1943. Development and application of the annuity principle by United States legal reserve life insurance companies. 1948. Pennsylvania.

NATHAN SEITELMAN, M.B.A., New York, 1932. A case study of self financing of corporate expansion. 1948. Fordham.

ROLLIN SIMONDS, B.S., Northwestern, 1935; M.A., 1936. Development of a method for esti- mating the cost to producers resulting from their industrial accidents. 1948. Northwestern.

PING-HoU-WANG, B.A., Tsing Hua, 1932; M.A., Columbia, 1941. Fair return on equity capi- tal. 1948. Columbia.

EDWARD T. P. WATSON, B.A., Princeton, 1936; M.A., Harvard, 1941. Case studies in railroad reorganization. 1947. Harvard.

MU PIN YEN, B.A., Nankai, 1938; M.A., Michigan, 1939; M.A., Iarvard, 1941. The role of development loan in postwar industrialization. 1947. Harvard.

Public Control of Business; Public Administration; National Defense and War

Degrees Conferred HARVEY T. DEINZER, Ph.D., Michigan, 1947. Adaptation of World War II price control to

national economic programs in the United States.

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GEORGE CHARLES GRosscuP, JR., Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. Wartime food subsidies. ERNEST JOHN HAMILTON SPENCE, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1947. Canadian wartime price con-

trol 1941-1947.

Thesis Completed and Accepted S. STERLING McMILLAN, B.A., Princeton, 1929; M.B.A., Harvard, 1932. Adjustments of

individual firm prices under wartime price control. 1947. Indiana.

Theses in Preparation EDWARD L. ALLEN, B.S., Columbia, 1946; M.A., American, 1946. The aluminum industry

as a case study in government controls of the aluminum producing industry. 1948. American. RALPH A. BEARD, B.A., IHram, 1931; LL.B., Pennsylvania, 1936; M.A., 1946. Economic im-

plications of the stock piling policy of the United States. Pittsburgh. LEON ARTHUR BoSCH, B.A., Hope, 1929; M.A., Illinois, 1930. Meat rationing in World War

II. 1948. Northwestern. KARL ADOLF BOEDECKER, Ph.B., Wisconsin, 1937; M.A., 1940. A critical appraisal of the

anti-trust policy of the United States government 1933-1944. 1947. Wisconsin. RICHARD M. BOURNE, B.S., Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical, 1931; M.S., Illinois, 1932.

The theory of price control under the OPA. 1948. Nebraska. JAMES CHRISTOPHER, B.A., Chicago, 1944; M.A., 1945. United States aid to Japanese aggres-

sion. 1947. Chicago. JAmEs L. DUFFY, M.A., Clark, 1941. The legislative, judicial and administrative development

of anti-trust procedure, 1938-41. 1948. Clark. JAMES M. GWIN, B.S., Connecticut State, 1931; M.A., American, 1941. An economic analysis

of the methods used by the U. S. Army in securing and distributing its perishable food. 1948. American.

RALPH CARL HOEBER, B.A., Oregon, 1921; M.A., 1923; J.D., Stanford, 1927. Development of public utility regulation in Oregon. 1948. Wisconsin.

JULIUS A. ROLLER, B.B.A., Washington, 1944. State price legislation and public policy. 1948. Michigan.

ELIZABETH MARIE ROSENGREN, B.A., Alberta, 1940; M.A., Toronto, 1942. Wartime controls in Canada. 1947. Columbia.

GILBERT N. SmiTH, B.A., Oklahoma City, 1936; M.B.A., Boston, 1938. Changing policy of the federal government toward competition since 1911. 1948. Nebraska.

ROBERT JAMES SUTHERLAND, B.Com., Toronto, 1941; M.A., 1946. The economics of air power. 1948. Toronto.

MILTON W. TOMBER, B.A., Columbia, 1942; M.A., 1943. Rate of return in public utility regu- lation. 1949. Columbia.

HowmAR W. WISSNER, B.A., Pittsburgh, 1938; M.A., 1939. The evolution of forces producing changes in the control of some aspects of economic activity. 1948. Pittsburgh.

Industrial Organization; Price and Production Policies; Business Methods

Degrees Conferred RICHARD M. ALT, Ph.D., Harvard, 1946. Department store price policies. CHARLES MOORE ELKINTON, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. The meat industry: economic charac-

teristics revealed by price control. WALTER E. HOADLEY, JR., Ph.D., California, 1947. Pricing and competition in the distribu-

tion of refined petroleum products: a comparison of the Midwest-Great Lakes and Pacific Coast regions.

FREDERICK JULIUS KNIGHTS, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1947. The growth and technical efficiency of rubber manufacturing in the United States and the distribution of real income derived from their increase.

HERmAN E. KROOSS, Ph.D., New York, 1947. Business opinion between two wars. HARoLD GREGG LEWIS, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. Studies in the elasticity of demand for steel.

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EVAN OWEN ROBERTS, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. Modern industrial purchasing: its practice and economic implications.

JoHN A. SHUBIN, Ph.D., Southern California, 1947. The economic significance of industrial technology.

Theses in Preparation THOMAS E. MICHAEL BRAND, B.A., Colorado, 1943; M.A., Harvard, 1944. The regulation of

industrial locationl. 1949. Columbia. CHARLES T. BRODERICK, M.A., Fordham, 1940. An appraisal of the frozen food industry in

the United States. 1948. Fordham. JESSIE SUE BYNUM, B.A., Huntington, 1939; M.A., Chicago, 1941. The United States packing

companies and the meat-packing industry of South America. 1947. Chicago. DORSEY FORREST, B.S., Northwestern, 1933; M.B.A., Southern California, 1940. The eco-

nomic and technical aspects of small dealer advertising. 1947. Ohio State. EDWARD BERKELEY HIGGINS, B.A., Toronto, 1932; M.A., 1933. A comparative study of

public relations policies, domestic and foreign, of a group of Canadian firms. 1948. Toronto. GEORGE B. HURFF, JR., B.A., Pennsylvania, 1927. Corporate stewardship: a study of enter-

prise functions in the large corporation. Pennsylvania. DONALD MALCOLM LANDAY, B.S., Pennsylvania, 1936; M.A., 1938. Rationalization in the

men's clothing industry. 1947. Chicago. JOSEPH D. PHLLIPS, B.A., California, 1937. The position of small enterprise in the American

economy. 1947. Columbia. ROYAL H. RAY, B.A., De Pauw, 1927; M.A., Wisconsin, 1935. Integration in the American

newspaper industry. 1948. Columbia. WILLIAm A. REYNOLDS, B.A., William and Mary, 1938; M.A., New York, 1940. The eco-

nomics of demand for floorcoverings. 1949. Columbia. LLOYD B. SAVILLE, B.A., Pennsylvania, 1935; M.A., Columbia, 1936. Pricing methods in the

foundry industry. 1949. Columbia. WILLIAM VERNON WILMOT, JR., B.A., Syracuse, 1937; M.A., 1939. Some theoretical consid-

erations of the restrictive practices of cartels. 1948. Wisconsin. ROBERT A. WINTERS, B.A., Princeton, 1935; M.A., Tufts, 1937; M.A., Harvard, 1941. Price

control in certain rubber industries. 1947. Harvard.

Marketing; Domestic Trade

Degrees Conferred RAYMOND GEORGE BRESSLER, JR., Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. City milk distribution. JAMES H. DAVIS, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. The use of job analysis and time and duty study

as basis for more effective selection and training of wholesale drug salesmen. ALBERT BENJAMIN FISHER, JR., Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. An analysis of warehouse operations

of service wholesale druggists. RALPH W. SHERMAN, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. Development of the cold storage locker industry

in Ohio.

Thesis Completed and Accepted JAMES ALLAN COOK, B.A., William and Mary, 1928; M.B.A., Harvard, 1936. Marketing of

surplus war property. 1947. Columbia.

Theses in Preparation FRANCIS A. BABIONE, B.S., Miami, 1931; M.A., Ohio State, 1932. Marketing equipment by

leasing. 1948. Ohio State. GEORGE A. BALLENTINE, B.A., Colgate, 1922; M.B.A., Harvard, 1924. Sales quotas-their

use in planning sales activities. 1948. Coluimbia. SEYMOUR BANKS, B.S., Iowa State, 1939; M.B.A., Chicago, 1942. Some applications of prefer-

ence measurements to market research. 1948. Chicago.

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CARL CLARK, B.S., Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical, 1928; M.S., 1929. The marketing of tobacco through the loose leaf auction system. 1948. Wisconsin.

CHARLES DORSEY FORREST, B.S.C., Northwestern, 1933; M.B.A., Southern California, 1940. The economic and technical aspects of small retailer advertising. 1947. Ohio State.

HAROLD ERNEST HARDY, B.A., Pomona, 1925. The integration of manufacturing and chain- store distribution-with special reference to food products. 1947. Minnesota.

LELAND ELMER HESS, B.A., Ripon, 1938; M.A., Chicago, 1940. Mail order business. 1947. Chicago.

MILAN R. KARAS, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan, 1937; M.A., Kent State, 1942. Economic aspects of wholesaling. 1948. Ohio State.

ISRAEL RAY KOSLOFF, B.A., Chicago, 1943; M.A., 1945. Gasoline marketing in Minnesota. 1947. Chicago.

LEWIS F. MANHART, B.S., Bowling Green State, 1929; M.A., Ohio State, 1936. Department store credit management-a case study. 1948. Ohio State.

JAMES F. MILES, B.A., South Carolina, 1938; M.A., 1939. Economic analysis of New England fluid milk marketing. 1948. American.

F. BYERS MILLER, B.S., Baldwin Wallace, 1934; M.B.A., Ohio State, 1940. Place of whole- saling and the wholesaler in the United States. 1948. Ohio State.

ROBERT B. MINER, B.S., Ohio, 1938; M.S., 1940. An analysis of marketing costs with special reference to variations in operating expenses in selected lines of business. 1948. Ohio State.

SCHUYLER F. OTTESON, Ph.B., Wisconsin, 1939; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1940. Marketing research techniques. 1947. Ohio State.

MINNIE B. TRACEY, B.A., Michigan, 1924; M.S., Denver, 1935. The marketing of frozen food products. 1948. Ohio State.

ROBERT W. TWYMAN, B.A., Indiana, 1940; M.A., Chicago, 1942. A history of Marshall Field and Company. 1947. Chicago.

G. MAXWELL ULE, M.B.A., Chicago, 1937. An empirical study in maximizing the productivity of the advertising appropriation. 1948. Chicago.

FRANCIS A. WINGATE, B.A., Bowdoin, 1931; M.B.A., Harvard, 1933. Principles and methods of price determination in retailing. 1948. Ohio State.

Mining; Manufacturing; Construction

Degrees Conferred LAWRENCE GREGORY HINES, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1947. The economics of the Great Lakes ore

industry. MAYNARD A. PECK, Ph.D., Colorado, 1947. Some economic aspects of the coal industry in

Boulder County, Colorado. DANIEL C. VANDERMEULEN, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Technological change in the paper in-

dustry: the introduction of the sulphate process.

Theses in Preparation PHYLLIS BATE, B.A., Omaha, 1943. Development of the iron and steel industry in Chicago,

1900-1920 . 1947. Chicago. LOUIS EDWARD BLOETJES, B.S., Columbia, 1945; M.A., 1946. Technological changes in the

textile industry. 1949. Columbia. SIEGFRIED GARBUNY, Diplomvolkswirt, Berlin, 1936. The synthetic rubber industry. 1948.

Columbia. WILLIAm BYRAM GATES, JR., B.A., Williams, 1939. An economic history of the Michigan

copper mining industry. 1947. Chicago. HERMAN D. GRAHAM, B.Ed., Illinois State Normal, 1938; M.A., Illinois, 1939. The economics

of strip coal mining with special reference to Knox and Fulton Counties, Illinois. 1947. Illinois.

ANNE PITTS GRoSSE, B.A., Queens, 1945; M.A., Radcliffe, 1946. Steel scrap. 1948. Harvard. ROBERT GROSSE, B.A., Columbia, 1944; M.A., Harvard, 1946. A study of the determinants of

the size of iron and steel firms in the United States, 1820-1880. 1947. Harvard.

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DONALD JOHN HART, B.A., Lake Forest, 1938; M.A., Wisconsin, 1941. The economics of the aircraft industry. 1949. Wisconsin.

CHARLEs H. HESSION, B.A., College of City of New York, 1932; M.A., Columbia, 1933. The economics of the food container industry. 1948. Columbia.

G. H. HOBART, B.A., Michigan, 1908; M.A., North Carolina, 1941. The pottery industry in the United States. 1948. North Carolina.

WILLIAM T. HOGAN, S.J., M.A., Fordham, 1940. Changes in productivity in the steel industry with special reference to blast furnace operations. 1948. Fordham.

HARRIET JANE HOLM-ES, B.A., Vassar, 1938; M.A., Radcliffe, 1945. Profits in wool and fabric manufacturing industry of Massachusetts, 1941-1946. 1947. Harvard.

H. E. KLONTZ, B.A., Berea, 1935. The Southern furniture industry. 1947. North Carolina. MILTON LIPTON, B.A., Rutgers, 1939. Statistical analysis of construction activity in San

Francisco, 1906-1946. 1947. Stanford. OSCAR WARREN MAIN, B.A., McMaster, 1938; M.A., Toronto, 1943. The mining industry of

Canada. 1948. Toronto. P. BERNARD NORTMAN, B.S.S., College of City of New York, 1934; M.A., Columbia, 1935.

Economics of the scrap iron and steel industry. 1948. Columbia. RICHARD B. TENNANT, B.A., Yale, 1937. American cigarette industry. 1948. Yale. MARCUS VOSK, B.S., College of City of New York, 1929; M.A., Columbia, 1931. A contribution

to the history of the machinery industry. New School for Social Research.

Transportation; Communication; Public Utilities

Degrees Conferred

JOHN P. CARTER, Ph.D., California, 1947. Transportation rates and their relation to the location of production. California.

E. LAWRENCE DECRINGER, Ph.D., New York, 1947. An analysis of the seasonal variations in the sizes of the audiences to evening network radio programs with applications to summer talent policy.

VAL BLAINE LEHNBERG, Ph.D., Southern California, 1947. Motor transport cost: the dis- tribution of motor freight line expenses on the basis of freight rate classifications.

DANIEL MARX, JR., Ph.D., California, 1946. The United States Maritime Commission, 1939- 1940.

Thesis Completed and Accepted PAUL LAURELL AMBELANG, B.A., Illinois, 1928; M.A., Catholic, 1942. A history of employ-

ment on railways of the United States to 1945. Catholic.

Theses in Preparation FORREST C. BLOOD, JR., B.S., Nebraska, 1938; M.A., 1939. State production and distribution

of electrical power in Nebraska. 1949. Nebraska. JAMES EDMOND COLLINS, B.A., Syracuse, 1940. Cost conditions in air transportation. 1947.

Stanford. WALDO CRIPPEN, B.A., Washburn, 1927; M).A., Chicago, 1932. The Kansas-Pacific Railroad:

a cross section of an age of railroad building. 1947. Chicago. JAMES DOSTER, B.A., Alabama, 1932; M.A., Chicago, 1936. Railroad regulation in Alabama.

1947. Chicago. JAY GORDON HALL, B.A., Western Ontario, 1934; M.A., Chicago, 1944. A history of the

automobile and of new highways in Latin America. 1947. Chicago. HERBERT FREDERICK KLINGMAN, B.A., Wisconsin, 1929; M.A., 1930; M.B.A., Harvard,

1932. The physical integration requirements of the Public Holding Company Act of 1935: development of SEC policy. 1948. Wisconsin.

AUGUST W. KNAUBER, B.S., College of City of New York, 1939; M.S., 1940. The economics of air freight transportation. 1948. Fordham.

JoHN BELCHER LANSING, B.A., Hobart, 1940; M.A., Harvard, 1947. Long-run cost curve in generating electricity in steam stations. 1947. Harvard.

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A. W. PIERPONT, B.A., Washington and Lee, 1928; M.B.A., Harvard, 1931. History of the industrial development of Burlington, North Carolina. 1948. North Carolina.

R. B. SAYLOR, B.S., Lebanon Valley, 1938; M.A., Illinois, 1940. Analyses of distribution of selected railway ratios and their relation to the rate level problem. 1947. Illinois.

MARIo ANTHONY SONNINO, University of Rome, 1939; M.A., George Washington, 1946. Cost elements of international air transportation with special reference to the transatlantic air service. 1948. American.

ALBERT G. SWEETSER, B.A., Harvard, 1937; M.B.A., New York, 1942. The economics of sea- plane operations in scheduled air carrier service. 1948. American.

PmLIP H. TREZISE, B.A., Michigan, 1936; M.A., 1939. The role of modern transportation in China's economic development. 1948.

Ross MYRON TRUWP, B.S., Ohio State, 1937; M.B.A., 1938. The port of New Orleans with special reference to its free zone. 1947. Ohio State.

FREDERICK JAMES TURNER, B.Com., Toronto, 1943; M.A., 1946. Some economic problems in the history of the Ontario Hydro-Electric. 1948. Toronto.

Agriculture; Forestry; Fisheries

Degrees Conferred GORDON L. BURTON, Ph.D., Iowa State, 1946. Price policy for Canadian agriculture. RAYMOND PETER CHRISTENSEN, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. Efficient use of food resources in the

United States. ALVIN E. COONS, Ph.D., Iowa State, 1946. Certain conflicts in United States agricultural and

foreign trade policies. CLIFFORD HILDRETH, Ph.D., Iowa State, 1947. A study in production functions from farm-

record data. HASTINGS DUDLEY HUGGINS, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The economics research programme of

British Guiana, 1933-1945. WILLIAM ORVILLE JONES, Ph.D., Stanford, 1947. The Salinas Valley: its agricultural develop-

ment, 1920-1940. MAXINE ENLOw KIEFER, Ph.D., Radcliffe, 1947. National food policy. JAMES H. LORIE, Ph.D., Chicago, 1947. Causes of annual fluctuations in the production of

livestock and livestock products. (Journal of Business, University of Chicago, Studies in Business Administration, April, 1947.)

PAUL MCCOMAS, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The New England dairy industry with special reference to interregional competition.

JAMES E. McNULTY, JR., Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Agricultural credit and land tenure in the United States.

GEOFFREY H. MOORE, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Harvest cycles. RICHARD POWERS, Ph.D., Virginia, 1947. Government policy in agriculture. LEONARD H. SCHOFF, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. One farm or two: a statistical survey of the

requirements of mechanized farming. R. W. SHERMAN, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. Some economic and financial aspects of the operation

of cold storage locker plants in Ohio. WEBER PETERSON, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1946. Economics of flaxseed production in the United

States.

Theses in Preparation R. H. BAKER, B.S., Ohio State, 1930; M.S., 1938. The cost of producing milk in Ohio. 1948.

Ohio State. WILLIAm BREDO, B.A., Alberta, 1942; M.S., Iowa State, 1943; M.A., Harvard, 1946. The

theory of seasonal milk pricing. 1947. Harvard. JAMES HENRY BRYCE, B.A., San Jose State, 1938; M.A., California, 1939. The effects upon

grower returns of grade and size regulation of California plum shipments. 1948. California. WINFRED KEITH BURKETT, B.S., Illinois, 1936; M.A., Michigan State, 1940. Acquiring farm

ownership by 100 percent loans. 1948. Wisconsin.

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RAYMOND DOLL, B.S., Kansas State, 1936; M.S., 1938. Agricultural policy in relation to the beef cattle industry. 1948. Minnesota.

WINN FINNER, B.S., Wisconsin, 1934; M.S., 1945. The dry skim milk industry and marketing agreement. 1947. Wisconsin.

HAROLD GRAHAm HALCROW, B.S., North Dakota Agricultural, 1937; M.S., Montana State, 1938. Theory of crop insurance-plan of procedure. 1947. Chicago.

R. C. HEADINGTON, B.A., Kenyon, 1937; M.S., Ohio State, 1938. Father-son farming plans and arrangements. 1948. Ohio State.

HANS GEORGE HIRSCH, B.S, Minnesota, 1941; M.S., 1942. The effects of inheritance by testi- mentary disposition and intestacy on farm land tenure. 1948. Minnesota.

MARTHA CRAMPTON HOWARD, B.A., Goucher, 1934; M.A., Radcliffe, 1936. History of the margarine industry. 1948. Columbia.

JoHN LENLEY LILES, B.S., Alabama Polytechnic, 1936; M.S., Illinois, 1937. The effect of state price control on changes in the dairy industry in Alabama. 1947. Wisconsin.

CHARLES WILLIAm LOOMIER, B.S., South Dakota State, 1936; M.S., 1937. Group tenure in the administration of public lands. 1947. Wisconsin.

RONALD LESTER MIGHELL, B.S., Iowa State, 1925; M.S., Minnesota, 1926. Interregional com- petition in agriculture in the United States. 1947. Harvard.

FREDERICK W. SHORT, Honors B.A., MacMasters, 1943; M.S., Minnesota, 1944. Marketing of fruit with special reference to the Niagara Peninsula, 1947. Minnesota.

SOLOMON SINCLAIR, B.S.A., Saskatchewan, 1932; M.S., 1937. The role of subsidies in farm credit. 1948. Minnesota.

GEORGE E. TOBEN, B.S., Illinois, 1936; M.S., 1938. An analysis of machinery costs on farms in southeastern Minnesota. 1948. Minnesota.

CH[EH TSIANG, M.S., Minnesota, 1946. An economic study of some problems of Chinese agriculture. 1948. Minnesota.

HENRY JAMES VAUX, B.S., Haverford, 1933; M.S., California, 1935. Factors affecting lumber consumption in California. 1948. California.

ROBERT W. WILCOX, B.S., Oregon State, 1938. An appraisal of the farmer's home administra- tion farm ownership program. 1947. Iowa State.

HOEL HUBERT WOOD, B.S., Mississippi State, 1940; M.S., 1941. Economic benefits of soil conservation in the Thomas Jefferson District. 1948. Virginia.

V. A. WOOD, B.S.A., Alberta, 1934; M.S., 1946. Public land policy for Alberta. 1949. Minne- sota.

JOHN A. ZIVNUSKA, B.S., California, 1938; M.S., 1940. Business cycles, building cycles, and the development of commercial forestry in the United States. 1948. Minnesota.

Economic Geography; Regional Planning; Urban Land; Housing

Degrees Conferred ARMAND PETER RUDERMAN, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. A study of American low cost housing

problems with special emphasis on rural areas. LEONARD S. SILK, Ph.D., Duke, 1947. Social housing policy in Sweden.

Thesis Completed and Accepted DONALD F. TURNER, B.A., Northwestern, 1941; M.A., Harvard, 1943. Industrial change and

the housing problem. Harvard.

Theses in Preparation CARSON A. AUXIER, B.A., Berea, 1940. History of urban land prices in Washington, D.C.

1947. Duke. HOWARD NAYLOR FITZHUGH, B.S., Harvard, 1930; M.B.A., 1933. Harlem's medium rental

housing marketing in 1940. 1947. Columbia.

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DAIE WEEKS, B.A., Iowa, 1938; M.A., 1940. Economic aspects of the development of Missouri Valley resources. 1949. Nebraska.

Labor and Industrial Relations

Degrees Conferred

RAYMOND TERRY BURDICK, Ph.D., Chicago, 1946. A new technique of field crop labor analysis. FRANCIS LEO BURNS, Ph.D., Michigan, 1947. The needs factor in wage determination. DORIS DUFFY, Ph.D., Catholic, 1947. The role of government in labor-management production

committees. (Published by Catholic University of America Press.) CHARLES CLINTON KILLINGSWORTH, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. The state Labor Relations Acts. ROBERT DAVID LEITER, Ph.D., Columbia, 1947. The foreman in industrial relations. A. J. PENZ, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1947. Survey of industrial relations in Louisiana. KIRK RUSSELL PETSHEK, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. The role of employment in union decisions. PAULINE SCHWICKERT, D.S.Sc., New School for Social Research, 1947. Concepts of domestic

service in German legal sources from the middle ages to 1918. MYRNA SIEGENDORF, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1947. The Montgomery Ward case: a case of industrial

conflict. JoHN GUDERT TURNBULL, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947. Management,

labor, and the concept of control. FRED WITNEY, Ph.D., Illinois, 1947. Wartime experiences of the National Labor Relations

Act (1941-45).

Theses Completed and Accepted

EDITHA HADCOCK, B.A., Mt. Holyoke, 1927; M.A., Brown, 1931. Labor problems in the Rhode Island cotton mills from 1790 to 1940. 1946. Brown.

JOSEPH E. KEIPER, Ph.B., Muhlenberg, 1936; M.B.A., Pennsylvania, 1937. Guaranteed wages-theory and practice. 1947. New York.

REVEREND JAMES JOSEPH McGINLEY, B.A., Woodstock, 1933; M.A., 1934; M.A., Fordham, 1937. Rapid transit in New York City: industry and worker, 1904-1944. 1947. Columbia.

ANTON J. PENZ, B.E.E., Fenn, 1933; M.A., Western Reserve, 1936; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1943. Industrial relations practices in Louisiana. 1947. Ohio State.

Theses in Preparation

ROBERT J. AIEXANDER, B.A., Columbia, 1940; M.A., 1941. Collective bargaining in Chile and the problem of government intervention in labor affairs. 1948. Columbia.

DAVID HARRY ANGNEY, B.A., Idaho, 1933; M.A., Brown, 1934. Recent collective bargaining developments and wage bargaining changes in theRhode Island textile industry. 1947. Brown.

ROBERT SCOTT BOWERS, B.A., Kansas Wesleyan, 1933; M.A., American, 1938. The labor policies of the National Association of Manufacturers. 1948. Wisconsin.

GERHARD BRY, Faculty of Law, Berlin and Heidelberg. History of German wages. 1948. Columbia.

HENRY THEODORE BUECHEL, B.A., Washington State, 1929; M.A., 1937. Compulsory ar- bitration in Australia. 1948. Wisconsin.

ARUN C. CHHATRAPATI, B.C., Bombay, 1944; M.B.A., Michigan, 1945. Organization of the labor market under a planned economy. 1947. Michigan.

JoHN LOUIS CORRIGAN, S.J., B.A., Gonzaga, 1933; M.A., 1934. Management's right to manage: a study in transition, 1919 and 1945. 1948. Catholic.

LEON ANDREW DALE, B.A., Tulane, 1946; M.A., Wisconsin, 1947. French labor history since 1940. 1949. Wisconsin.

JAMES H. DAVIS, B.S., Missouri, 1937; M.B.A., Ohio State, 1940. The use of job analysis and time and duty study. 1947. Ohio State.

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WALTER L. EISENBERG, B.S., College of City of New York, 1941; M.A., Columbia, 1946. Trade union democracy. 1948. Columbia.

ENNIS KINGMAN EBERRART, B.A., Simpson, 1928; M.A., Columbia, 1929. The job oppor- tunities of racial minorities in America. 1948. Wisconsin.

ROBERT H. FERGUSON, B.A., Union, 1938; M.A., Brown, 1940. The unionization of foremen. 1947. Cornell.

CYRiL LLOYD FRANCIS, B.A., Toronto, 1940; M.A., 1946. Government seizures of privately owned industries as a result of collective bargaining disputes. 1948. Wisconsin.

WILLIAM JOSEPH GORDON, O.S.A., B.A., Villanova, 1941; M.A., Catholic, 1944. Some state labor relations acts in operation. 1948. Catholic.

HERBERT GERHARD HENEMAN, JR., B.B.A., Minnesota, 1938; M.A., 1943. Family participa- tion in the labor force. 1947. Minnesota.

JAMES CHRISTIAN HILL, B.A., Swarthmore, 1935. Wage stabilization in the reconversion period. 1948. Columbia.

THOMAS ELFRED HOGAN, B.A., Washington, 1938; M.A., 1940. The wage policy of the National War Labor Board. 1948. Wisconsin.

JOHN JEUCK, B.A., Chicago, 1937; M.B.A., 1938. Profit sharing: a case study of Sears Roe- buck and Company. 1948. Chicago.

THOmAS A. KELLY. Employment and wage changes in the southeastern states during World War II. 1948. Vanderbilt.

WiLIAm HENRY KNOWLES, B.S., Iowa State, 1940; Ph.M., Wisconsin, 1942. Labor and efficiency-the newer phase. 1948. Wisconsin.

DAVID LEVINSON, B.A., Scranton, 1942; M.A., Syracuse, 1943. The unionization of super- visory and technical employees. 1948. Wisconsin.

HAROLD MYER LEVINSON, B.A., Michigan, 1941; M.B.A., 1942. A study of wage trends of selected union and non-union groups, 1900-1940. 1948. Michigan.

SAR A. LEVITAN, B.S.S., College of City of New York, 1937; M.A., Columbia, 1939. The New York War Labor Board: review and appraisal. 1949. Columbia.

SAMUEL LISS, B.S.S., College of City of New York, 1930; M.A., Columbia, 1932. Mobilization of agricultural labor during World War II. 1949. Columbia.

ANTHONY STANISLAUS LucHEK, B.A., Michigan, 1930; M.A., 1932. Labor relations in the automobile industry. 1948. Michigan.

MOSES LUKACZER, B.S., Columbia, 1932; M.A., 1935. The National Wage Stabilization Board, January 1, 1946-February 24, 1947. Columbia.

THOMAS JOSEPH McDONAGH, C.S.C., Ph.B., Gregorian, Rome, 1939; M.A., Wisconsin, 1945. The Catholic social viewpoint in the labor movement. 1948. Wisconsin.

MARTHA JANE MARSHALL, B.A., Chicago, 1939; M.A., 1945. Guaranteed annual wages. 1947. Chicago.

THOMAS KENNEDY MAYNARD, B.A., Swarthmore, 1934; M.A., Pennsylvania, 1938. Labor arbitration in the full fashioned hosiery industry. 1947. Pennsylvania.

JOHN F. MEE, B.A., Miami, 1930; M.A., Maine, 1933. Contribution of personnel develop- ments in the Air Transport Command to the science of personnel management.

MARIAN RICHARDS MEINKOTH, B.Ed., Southern Illinois Teachers, 1935; M.A., Illinois, 1936. Changes in standard provisions of collective bargaining agreements 1940-1945. 1947. IUinois.

JOHN TAIT MONTAGUE, B.A., Western Ontario, 1943; M.A., Toronto, 1946. Industrial rela- tions in the packing house industry. 1948. Toronto.

IRVING PASTER, B.A., Wayne, 1931; M.A., 1938. Economic aspects of minimum wage regu- lation. 1948. Michigan.

HARRY CLARE PENTLAND, B.A., Manitoba, 1940; M.A., Oregon, 1943. History of labour in Canada to 1867. 1948. Toronto.

THOMAS EDWARD POSEY, B.A., Syracuse, 1923; M.A., 1925. The history of the labor move- ment of West Virginia. 1948. Wisconsin.

DWIGHT E. ROBINSON, B.A., Yale, 1936; B.A., Oxford, 1941. Joint labor management ac- tivities in the New York coat and suit industry. 1948. Columbia.

SIDNEY RUBIN, B.A., Washington, 1937; M.A., 1938. Collective bargaining units. 1948. California.

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MAE KATZEN SALZER, B.A., Brooklyn, 1934; M.A., Columbia, 1935. The hours question. 1948. Columbia.

BENJAMIN SOLOMON STEPANSKY, B.A., Wisconsin, 1939; M.A., 1942. The effect of government agencies on the internal processes of the labor movement. 1948. Wisconsin.

FREEMAN FLOYD SUAGEE, B.A., Oklahoma, 1943; M.A., Wisconsin, 1946. Management rights in labor relations. 1948. Wisconsin.

ROBERT TANNENBAUM, B.A., Chicago, 1937; M.B.A., 1938. The area of managerial discretion -with special reference to selected management-union problems. 1947. Chicago.

MOHAmmAD AMIN KHAN TAREEN, F.A. and M.A., Punjab. Comparative studies of industrial relations in Canada and India. 1948. Toronto.

JOSEPH WALTER TOWLE, B.A., Lehigh, 1932; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1938. Department store personnel relations. 1948. Northwestern.

VIDKUNN EUGEN ULRIKSSON, B.S., Minnesota, 1937; M.A., 1943. The history of the labor relations of the American commercial telegraph industry. 1948. Wisconsin.

AARON W. WARNER, B.A., New York, 1929; LL.B., Harvard, 1932. International labor and the United Nations. 1949. Columbia.

WILLIS D. WEATHERFORD, B.A., Vanderbilt, 1937; B.D., Yale, 1940; M.A., Harvard, 1943. North-South wage differential. 1948. Harvard.

LEO WEITZ, B.S.S., College of City of New York, 1928; M.A., Columbia, 1932. The role of the intellectuals in the American labor movement (1865-1944). 1947. Columbia.

HUGE EDWIN YOUNG, B.S., Maine, 1940; M.A., 1942. The role of leadership in American labor history. 1949. Wisconsin.

Social Insurance; Relief; Pensions; Public Welfare

Degree Conferred DAMEL SCHEINMAN, Ph.D., Chicago, 1945. Central versuts local responsibility for unemploy-

ment relief.

Theses in Preparation WESLEY GLENN CAMPBELL, M. A., Western Ontario, 1944; M.A., Harvard, 1946. The financ-

ing of social security in relation to taxable capacity in Canada. 1947. Harvard. LEWIS CROSBY, B.A., Pomona, 1927; M.A., Columbia, 1934. Health and welfare developments

under collective bargaining in selected California industries. 1949. Columbia. WILLIAM C. GREENOUGH, B.A., Indiana, 1935; M.A., Harvard, 1938. Retirement and survivor

benefit plans for college staff members. 1947. Harvard. A. G. GRIFFIN, B.A., North Carolina, 1921; M.A., 1923. Some economic aspects of social in-

surance. 1948. North Carolina. ELIZABETH HARWELL JACKSON, B.A., Swarthmore, 1941; M.A., Radcliffe, 1946. Unemploy-

ment and disability in Puerto Rico. 1948. Harvard. GEORGE MASON KEITH, B.A., Wisconsin, 1924; M.A., 1931. Economics of old age assistance

as exemplified by the experience in Wisconsin. 1947. Wisconsin. W. W. PATE, B.A., Henderson Brown, 1936; M.A., Louisiana State, 1938. Social security in the

South. 1948. North Carolina. ARTHUR HALLAm REEDE, B.A., Penn State, 1931; M.A., 1932. The Italian system of family al-

lowance. 1947. Columbia.

Consumption; Cooperation

Degree Conferred JANE AGNES OGLE, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. Nutritional assessment of populations.

Theses in Preparation ARTHUR L. BEKENSTEIN, B.A., West Virginia, 1941; M.A., Columbia, 1942. The origins and

distinctive nature of consumer cooperation. 1949.

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BooN-LuP CHEN, M.S., New York, 1945. An appraisal of the cooperative movement in China. 1948. Minnesota.

DONALD ALBERT SCHWARTZ, B.Ed., Minnesota State Teachers, 1933; Ph.M., Wisconsin, 1943. Consumers' cooperatives in the evolving economic structure of America. 1947. Wisconsin.

Population; Migration; Vital Statistics

Degree Conferred DAVIS MCENTIRE, Ph.D., Harvard, 1947. An economic and social study of population move-

ments in California, 1850-1914.

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