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Maritime Labor Unions And Certain Other Factors Affecting The Shipping Industry In The Port Of San Francisco, 1931-1952, George Tway Jan 1953

Maritime Labor Unions And Certain Other Factors Affecting The Shipping Industry In The Port Of San Francisco, 1931-1952, George Tway

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose or this paper. is to show that the decline in the Volume of tonnage handled by the Port of San Francisco from 1931 to 1952 is chiefly attributable to the tremendous economic growth of California since 1940. Other economic, as well as non-economic causes of this decline which are in the investigator's opinion, significant enough to warrant consideration, will be analyzed.


The California Canning Asparagus Industry Under Government Sponsored Controls, Weldon Walter Lucot Jan 1947

The California Canning Asparagus Industry Under Government Sponsored Controls, Weldon Walter Lucot

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study is an analysis of the attempts to control the marketing of asparagus by federal license under the Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1934 and 1935; by state license under the California Marketing Agreement Act in 1936 and 1937; by proration program under the California Agricultural Prorate Act in 1938 to 1941; and by marketing orders under the California Agricultural Code from 1941 to 1945.

Among the questions considered are the following:

What was the economic position of the Asparagus Industry in 1934, when the programs were first instituted?

What were the effects of some previous attempts at controlled marketing …