This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BD63B6.EFB04A80 BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1998 Beginning with the questionnaires that have been mailed to households in three communities, the census "dress rehearsal" will unfold over the next nine months. This is to provide the first hard evidence on whether the Census Bureau is on track with its plans for the national head count two years from now. Already, there are signs of one potential problem -- low unemployment in South Carolina has forced the agency to raise wages there in order to recruit enough workers ....(Washington Post, "The Federal Page", page A21). Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at the Bookings Institution, "takes exception" on the op. ed. page of The Washington Post to Sen. Moynihan's proposals to "fix Social Security. In his article, he states, that "the proposed reduction in COLAs [one percentage point] is excessive. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has already made changes in the consumer price index that slow its increase by an estimated 0.3 percentage points, and it is planning further changes that will shave an additional 0.4 percentage points starting this year. The Boskin commission recommended cuts of 1.1 percentage points ...." The percentage of workers in the civilian labor force by age group for 1976 and projected 2006 is shown in a Washington Post graph (page C14) titled "Aging Workers." The graph shows that 24 percent of all workers were 16 to 24 years old in 1976, with only 16 percent in that age group in the year 2006. Workers 25 to 54 years of age were 61 percent in 1976, but 68 percent in the year 2006. Workers 55 to 64 years of age were 12 percent in 1976, but 15 percent in the year 2006. Workers 65 years of age and older were 3 percent in 1976 and projected to be the same in the year 2006. The number of workers who test positive for drugs continues to decline, SmithKline Beecham Drug Testing Index announces, from 5.8 percent in 1996 to 5 percent in 1997 ....The positive rate is the lowest since SBCL started doing the test index in 1987, when 18.1 percent of tests were positive ....(Daily Labor Report, page A-4). 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