Arbitration of outstanding pecuniary claims between Great Britain and the United States of America. The Frederick Gerring, jr.

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The continued salience of religious voting in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain

Conventional wisdom on party systems in advanced industrial democracies holds that modern electorates are dealigned and that social cleavages no longer structure party politics. Recent work on class cleavages has challenged this stylized fact. The analysis performed here extends this criticism to the religious-secular cleavage. Using path analysis and comparing the current electorates of the United States, Germany, and Great Britain with the early 1960s, this paper demonstrates that the religious-secular cleavage remains or has become a significant predictor of conservative vote choice. While the effects of the religious-secular cleavage on vote choice have become largely indirect, the total of the direct and indirect effects is substantial and equivalent to the effects of class and status.

Bringing Japanese manufacturing systems to America: the feasibility of implementing just-in-time production in the United States

This paper addresses the feasibility of implementing Japanese manufacturing systems in the United States. The recent success of Japanese transplant companies suggests that Just-In-Time (JIT) production is possible within America's industrial environment. Once American workers receive proper training, they have little difficulty participating in rapid setup procedures and utilizing the kanban system. Japanese transplants are gradually developing Japanese-style relationships with their American supplier companies by initiating long-term, mutually beneficial agreements. They are also finding ways to cope with America's problem of distance, which is steadily decreasing as an obstacle to JIT delivery. American companies, however, encounter Significant problems in trying to convert traditionally organized, factories to the JIT system. This paper demonstrates that it is both feasible and beneficial for American manufacturers to implement JIT production techniques. Many of the difficulties manufacturers experience center around a general lack of information about JIT. Once a company realizes its potential for setup-time reduction, a prerequisite for the JIT system, workers and managers can work together to create a new process for handling equipment changeover. Significant results are possible with minimal investment. Also, supervisors often do not realize that the JIT method of ordering goods from suppliers is compatible with current systems. This "kanban system" not only enhances current systems but also reduces the amount of paperwork and scheduling involved. When arranging JlT delivery of supplier goods, American manufacturers tend to overlook important aspects of JIT supplier management. However, by making long-tenn commitments, initiating the open exchange of information, assisting suppliers in reaching new standards of performance, increasing the level of conununication, and relying more on suppliers' engineering capabilities, even American manufacturers can develop Japanese-style supplier relationships that enhance the effectiveness of the system.

The cost of living in the United States

"Addendum": 1 leaf laid in.

Workmen's compensation acts in the United States: the medical aspect

National Industrial Conference Board.

Labour laws for women in the United States

by Josephine C. Goldmark.

Second International Conference of American States : Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State, submitting the report, with accompanying papers, of the delegates of the United States to the Second International Conference of American States, held at the City of Mexico from October 22, 1901, to January 22, 1902.

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Symposium on Physical-Mechanical Treatment of Wastewaters, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5th and 6th, 1977.

At head of title: USA-USSR Working Group on the Prevention of Water Pollution from Municipal and Industrial Sources.

Insecurity, a challenge to America; a study of social insurance in the United States and abroad,

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The role of the national laboratories in local economic development [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Resources and Competitiveness of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundredth Congress, second session, April 9, 1988.

CIS Microfiche Accession Numbers: CIS 89 J841-5

Labor-management relations at the Postal Service : hearing before the Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, November 30, 1994.

Shipping list no.: 95-0099-P.