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APPENDIX A 197TAbi.E..IV.-Trend of man-days of idleness due to strikes compared,tvith ,trendof business- activity, January 1935-June 1939Month and yearMan-daysof idlenessIndustrialproductionindexMonth and yearMan-daysof idlenessIndustrialproductionindex193,5 -January 726,778 88 April 3, 377, 223 122February 886,498 91 May 2,982, 735 122March 966,980 91 June a 4, 993, 408 115April 1, 178, 851 89 July 3.007, 819 111May 1, 697, 848 87 August 2, 270,350 115June 1, 311, 278 86 September 1, 449. 94S 109July 1, 297, 730 83 October 1, 181,914 102August - 1, 191,688 87 November 951, .697 90September 3, 027, 010 90 December 674, 205 80October 1, 562, 908 97November 1, 003, 852 97 1938December 660, 911 96 January 473,289 79February 614,111 791936 March 767,856 ' 80April 838, 158 73January 635,519 96 May 1, 174, 052 77February 748,491 95 June 871,002 77March 1, 331. 162 96 July 776,237 81April 699,900 104 August 830, 987 87May - 1, 019, 171 105 September 9S9. 916 91June 1,327.678 104 October 842, 202 97July 1, 105. 480 105 November 557,903 104August 911.216 106 December 512,560 98September 1,083, 100 108October • 1, 053, 878 - III 1939November. - 1, 910, 62 115 January 512, 112 100December 2, 065, 733 114 February 539,196 99March 591, 378 1001937 April 641,967 195January 2, 720, 281 112 May I 805, 686 94February 1, 491, 268 117 June 923,053 98March 3, 288,979 122I Does not include bituminous coal stoppage: there were an estimated 4,226,000 man-days of idleness duringApril and 2,694,000 during May as a result of this stoppage.Source: Strike data: U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Strike Statistics Section-Industrial nrodtiction index: Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. •