Trends

The National Labor Relations Board reported that employe 'elections during the quarter ended March 31 showed: 1) a new high record of votes (33%) cast against unions; 2) C. I. 0., though it captured more votes than either A. F. of L. or independent unions, won the smallest percentage of votes it has ever polled (not reported: the sweeping C. I. 0. victory in General Motors Corp. plants on April 17); 3) independent unions received the largest percentage of votes they ever polled during a three-month period. Other trends:

>Figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that in 1939 there was an increase of 8,664,000 "man-days of idleness" over 1938's total as a result of strikes and lockouts, but 159 fewer strikes than in 1938. (Big reason: the strikes in the bituminous coal industry, WPA and Chrysler Corp.)

>FORTUNE'S Survey reported that 58.9% of people polled answered Yes to the question whether the Government should regulate labor unions; 20.8 answered No; 20.3 admitted they did not know. The Yes vote: among executives, 62.3%; among factory workers, 66.7%.

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