Show 1946 Sels Peak In Strike Loss of Time WASHINGTON Jan 11 UP The The labor department reported Saturday that 1916 1946 broke all records records records rec rec- rec- rec for for forthe the number of ot workers Involved in strikes and the resultIng resultIng result result- Ing loss 1055 of ot man It predicted however that during dur dur- dur- dur lug ing 1947 1941 there will be fewer work stoppages and a substantial drop In scale large-scale controversies The department said an estimated estimated estl esti- esti- esti mated workers left the their Jobs In strikes last t year re ic- re suiting In the direct loss of ot man-days man Idleness The number of ot strikes in 1946 did not s set t a record There were more strikes In m 1937 1944 an and and 1945 The figures were compiled b bythe by bythe the bureau of labor statistics The labor department said th the year most moat comp comparable rable to 1946 was wu 1919 the 1919 the first full year followIng following following follow follow- ing World War I when rising prices and union recognition or se security security se- se co confronted nr 0 n t e d American workers In that year it said workers were Involved In strikes The next year 1920 th the number of workers Involved in strikes dropped about Thus the department said If 1 the industrial disputes pattern o ot of 20 1919 constitutes a parallel fo for forthe the period following the recent I Ithe war the nation may expect somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- someI I what fewer work stoppages in I 1947 The bureau of labor statistics reported that February 1946 which saw scale large-scale strikes ii in steel electrical manufacturing ant and automobiles marked the crest o of labor management disputes with work loss reaching about days December was the years year's low month with only new work stoppages involving work work- era ers Idleness for the month was wa estimated at man days a a. postwar record low |