"c           VAR 0681      08208 HOURWRK 3R 932-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0681         LOC  690 WIDTH  9             DK  11 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE ACTUAL HOURS OF WORK PER WEEK, IRON AND STEEL         "
"c              MANUFACTURING, BLS                                            "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08208                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  HOURS                                                 "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1932-10/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS:  FOR 1932-1952,          "
"c             "EMPLOYMENT, HOURS, AND EARNINGS," MANUFACTURING DIVISION,     "
"c              PRIMARY METAL INDUSTRIES GROUP: BLAST FURNACES, STEEL WORKS   "
"c              AND ROLLING MILLS, UNNUMBERED RELEASES OF FEBRUARY 1953 AND   "
"c              MAY 1955; FOR 1953-1956, JUNE 1956 RELEASE, THE MONTHLY       "
"c              LABOR REVIEW AND"EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS."                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08208 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1932-1956.                                                    "
"c                   THIS SERIES IS BELIEVED TO BE ROUGHLY COMPARABLE TO THE  "
"c              PREVIOUS ONE IN INDUSTRY COVERAGE SINCE"DATA FOR THE IRON     "
"c              AND STEEL INDUSTRY COVER BLAST FURNACES AND ROLLING MILLS     "
"c              ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PIG IRON AND ROLLED STEEL       "
"c              PRODUCTS."  (NICB RESEARCH REPORT NO.  69,"WAGES, HOURS,      "
"c              AND EMPLOYMENT IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES," P.      "
"c              49).                                                          "
"c                   DATA FOR FEBRUARY, 1946 AND OCTOBER-NOVEMBER, 1952       "
"c              REFLECT WORK STOPPAGES.                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "