"c           VAR 0346      08215 CHEM ALL R 947-960               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0346         LOC  348 WIDTH  9             DK   6 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCT         "
"c              MANUFACTURING, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS                     "
"c              -----------------------------------------------------         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  08215                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER HOUR                                        "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  1947-1960                                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1947-12/1960                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1947-1952, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS,           "
"c             "EMPLOYMENT, HOURS AND EARNINGS, MANUFACTURING DIVISION,       "
"c              NONDURABLE GOODS SUBDIVISION, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS,  "
"c              RELEASES LS 53-2660 (FEBRUARY, 1953) AND (MAY, 1955); FOR     "
"c              1953-1960, JUNE, 1956 AND JULY, 1958 RELEASES (PP. 145-146A   "
"c              OF SUMMARY TABLES IN BINDER), MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW,           "
"c             "EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS" (ADVANCE ESTIMATE IN MIMEOGRAPHED    "
"c              MONTHLY RELEASE).                                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 08215 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1920-1942 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1947-1960.                                                    "
"c                   THE NICB SERIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED COMPARABLE WITH THE   "
"c              PRESENT ONE BECAUSE THE NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE BOARD  "
"c              TREATS FERTILIZERS AS A DIFFERENT INDUSTRY WHEN THE BUREAU    "
"c              OF LABOR STATISTICS INCLUDES THEIR MANUFACTURE IN THE         "
"c              CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; THE BLS DATA ALSO COVER NEW INDUSTRIES     "
"c              SUCH AS PLASTICS, SYNTHETIC RUBBER, SYNTHETIC FIBERS, ETC.    "
"c                   FROM 1951 ON, THE FIGURES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED AND NO       "
"c              FRACTIONS OF CENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SOURCE.               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "