The average monthly contribution in 1935 was
RM 1.57 and in 1937, RM 1.885, the increase it is
stated, reflecting the rise in national income
which had taken place in the interval. It is
claimed that the latter figure of RM 1.885, even
though it is an average based on the contributions
of employers as well as workers, is less than the
amount paid by the worker to the former trade unions.
Members of the Labor Front apparently receive nothing per se for their contributions other than the
privileges of membership, which among other things
entitles them to participate in Strength through
Joy and, in some deserving cases, vouchsafes workers
or their families certain subsidies should they become destitute through no fault of their own.
 
 The writer was told that in February 1937,
RM 28,600,000 were received in contributions, and
that the monthly total thereafter ran at about
RM 30,000,000 until December when RM 35,200,000
were collected. It was explained that the exceptional rise in December was based upon income increases due to Christmas and year-end bonuses.
 
 The sum of RM 300,000,000, representing contributions for ten months of the year, added to the
amount of RM 63,800,000 received in January and December, would therefore yield a grand total income
in contributions of well over RM 363,000,000 for
1937.