Press translations [Japan]. Economic Series 0079, 1945-12-17.
Date17 December, 1945
translation numbereconomic-0389
call numberDS801 .S81
Persistent Identifier
ECONOMIC SERIES: 79
ITEM 1 Labor Disputes - Nippon Sangyo Keizai - 15 Dec 45. Translator: K. Sato.
Full Translation:
Freed from what is called the "Industrial Patriotic Spirit", we are now up against
a crisis of industrial revolution. How is
the recovery of the activities of unions progressing and what is the present status
of labor disputes? The following table is
a summary of the actual conditions of labor unions organized after the termination
of the war, classified according to types
of labor:
25 November 1945
| TYPES OF LABOR | NUMBER OF UNIONS | NUMBER OF MEMBERS | NUMBER OF BRANCHES | MEMBERS OF BRANCH |
| 1. Metal Industry | 1 | 119 | 1 | 2,650 |
| 2. Machinery and Industrial Tools | 2 | 1,644 | ___ | ____ |
| 3. Chemical Industry | 1 | 425 | ___ | ____ |
| 4. Gas, Electricity, and Water Works | 1 | 2,080 | 2 | 113 |
| 5. Timber and Wooden Tools Industry | 1 | 20 | ___ | ____ |
| 6. Printing and Book-Binding Industry | 3 | 3,500 | ___ | ____ |
| 7. Architectural Industry | 1 | 2,700 | ___ | ____ |
| 8. Communications | 5 | 29,438 | 1 | 15 |
| Total | 15 | 39,926 | 4 | 2,778 |
Pastwar labor troubles have been gradually increasing since the end of September.
There have been 40 desputes with 16,000
participants during this period. This shows an increase of four times as many disputes
and eighty times as many participants
as there were during the eight months preceding the war. The causes of the disputes
are based primarily on the shortage of
necessary goods, the rise in prices, and the loss of jobs. The reaction to this is
becoming apparent in demands for increased
wages and for an increase in retirement allowance, as well as opposition to dismissal.
The following is a classification of
kinds of labor disputes after the termination of the war:
ECONOMIC SERIES: 79 (Continued)
ITEM 1 (Continued)
| Number of Disputes after the War | 40 | Workers affected 16,089 |
| Number of Closed Factories due to Strikes | 20 | Workers affected 9,639 |
| Demands Made by the Strikers | ||
| Raise in wages | 10 | |
| Opposition to the Regulation of the Factories | 1 | |
| Opposition to Dismissal | 5 | |
| Establishment of Retirement Allowances | 8 | |
| Rejection of Supervisors | 6 | |
| Others | 10 |
ITEM 2 8,300,000 Tons of Available Coal is Estimated for Tar Products - Nippon Sangyo Keizai - 15 Dec 45. Translator: Z. Konishi.
Full Translation:
In order to obtain a certain quantity of tar products, basis raw materials are peace
time industry an estimated, 8,300,000
tons of coal is required. Such is the estimate by the Tar Products Section of the
Chemical Industry Control Association. That
figure is a conservative estimate compared with the ten million tons which were required
in 1943 and nine million tons in 1944
the critical condition of coal production influence of the present conservative estimate.
This is a statement of the supply and demand of the following tar products during
a year's time. (in unit tons):
| Pure Benzine | |
| Production schedule | 24,000 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Dyestuffs | 7,800 |
| Interim products of medicine | 4,800 |
| Solvents and extractors for medicines | 2,980 |
| Organic gums | 700 |
| Photographic chemicals | 140 |
| Organic pigments | 50 |
| Synthetic spieces | 50 |
| Synthetic resin phenol | 4,000 |
| Extractor for oil | 1,000 |
| Succime acid | 1,200 |
| Agriculture chemicals | 340 |
| Insecticide | l40 |
| Others | 600 |
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ECONOMIC SERIES: 79 (Continued)
ITEM 2 (Continued)
| Pure Toluol | |
| Production schedule | 5,440 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Dyestuffs | 2,000 |
| By-products of medicine | 470 |
| Other by-products | 50 |
| Solvents and Extractors | |
| for medicines | 400 |
| Organic pigments | 250 |
| Synthetic spices | 50 |
| Saccharin | 2,000 |
| Solvent for paints | 100 |
| Others | 120 |
| Solvent Benzine | |
| Production schedule | 19,650 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Middle products | 100 |
| Solvents and Extractors | |
| for medicines | 30 |
| Synthetic resin | 80 |
| Agriculture chemicals | 280 |
| Solvent for gums | 6,140 |
| Solvent for paints | 5,220 |
| Fuel oil for motor-car | |
| (Public use) | 4,000 |
| (Personal use) | 3,000 |
| Others | 800 |
| Coal Tar | |
| Production schedule | 450 000 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Distillation and Refinement | 360,000 |
| Solvent for paints | 14,000 |
| Fuel at factories | 40,000 |
| Dyestuff for fishing-nets | 8,000 |
| Electrodes | 6,000 |
| Furance materials | 11,000 |
| Fuel for shipping | 10,000 |
| Others | 1,000 |
| Creosote Oil | |
| Production schedule | 90,000 |
| Allotment Schedule | |
| Absorbant for light oil | 6,000 |
| Solvent for gum | 800 |
| Fuel for shipping | 35,000 |
| Fuel at factories | 30,000 |
| Dyestuff for fishing-nets | 4,000 |
| Antiseptic for Lumber | 12,000 |
| Cover of electric line | 900 |
| Selection for mine ores | 220 |
| Others | 1,080 |
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ECONOMIC SERIES: 79 (Continued)
ITEM 2 (Continued)
| Pitch | |
| Production schedule | 220,000 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Electrodes | 12,000 |
| Furnace materials | 10,000 |
| Pavements | 2,000 |
| Briquettes | 28,000 |
| Pitch-coke | 110,000 |
| Exports for KOREA | 50,000 |
| Others | 8,000 |
(NOTE: The foregoing 110,000 tons of pitch-coke may eliminated since the interim
report of the reparations committee prohibits
the manufacture of aluminum metal.)
| Phenol | |
| Production schedule | 3,960 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Solvents and extractors for medicines | 2,400 |
| Synthetic resin | 1,000 |
| Agriculture chemicals | 100 |
| Selection for mine ores | 360 |
| Others | 100 |
| Raw Naphthalene | |
| Production schedule | 18,900 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Distillatim and refinement | 12,000 |
| Cover of electric line | 400 |
| Carbon black | 6,500 |
| Refined Naphthalene | |
| Production schedule | 7,400 |
| Allotment schedule | |
| Dyestuff | 800 |
| Interim products of medicines | 640 |
| Other interim products | 250 |
| Organic gum | 700 |
| Organic pigments | 350 |
| Synthetic spices | 50 |
| Agriculture chemicals | 200 |
| Solvent for paints | 620 |
| Deodorizers | 2,000 |
| Explosive powder for industrial use | 120 |
| Napthole chloride | 500 |
| Decomposition for oil | 100 |
| Others | 1,070 |
DISTRIBUTION: "X"
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