The Washington times., 1910-12-12
Scores of Letters, Telephone
Calls, and Visits Received
This Morning.
"GIVES US HEARING"
DECLARES WRITER
Ballot Boxes Will Be Placed AT
Exits Of All Government
Buildings
Continued iron First PaseJ

II
my shopping arrangements. anu =
addition I do not think additional
hours of labor shOId be added with
out additional pay
Voting Arrangements
As announced in The Sunday Evening
Edition OF The Times. ballot boxes viii
be placed II the exits Of ali the Gov
eminent buildings The location Of the
boxes viii be as follows
State, War and Navy g boxes:
Immediately in 'front.' on Pennsyl-
vania avenue
On corner Of Seventeenth and Penn
sylvania avenue, 70 accommodate
employees from Mills building and
those leaving by Seventeenth street
On Jackson place in front Of center
entrance 70 building
Treasury g boxes
AT Pennsylvania avenue front
On Fifteenth street, north door.
Executive avenue center door
POstofnCe q boxes.
Corner Pennsylvania avenue and
Twelfth street
Corner Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street
Commerce and Labor Il box.
At Fourteenth street front
Pension Office = boXes)-
At northeast corner, outside Of build
At southwest corner outside Of build
ing
Interior Department a boxes)-
F street east OF main entrance 70 &C
CommOdaJe those leaving by that
entrance and also those IN Land
and Indian office
Seventh and G streets
Seventh and Z streets
Agricultural Department = boxes
Morn front Of old building
= street southwest. at end OF Thir-
teen-and-a-half street.
Clerks Only Chance
The rules and regulations Of the Gov
eminent prevent the employee from Pc
titioning his employer IN the matter OF
greater pey OF shorter hours The Gov
eminent eTlplOye cannot call mass meet
dngs 10 debate these questiOns-most
vital to himself. Neither can the Gov
ernmerL emplOye 90 TO Congress for re-
lief All the ordinary avenues Of an en-
ploye's appeal are shut of TO him The
Government empiOye must accept IN
silence what may be offered him.
The Government emplOye car have no
union, n organization 70 take Up big
uUeSJlOIS With the system OF which ne
IS par His position is JeOpaTdfZed If
he appeals 20 the President or the
United States II he feels that an in
Justice has been done OF VIII be done,
IL is not his 20 complain There has
never been Government employees
lobby at Congress
The Times believed that the tIlousan ts
Of men and women most vitality at
fected should have something TO say
about the PROPOSAL 10 change the Gov
ernnents working day from 40 to 3
o'clock The change might suit the one
other
Perhaps there are hundreds who
would prefer TO 60 10 work an half
hour earlier, rather than To remain at
the desk until darkness begins TO fall
Perhaps there are many who do not
think the hours should be heightened at
al, without additional compensation:
and there may be Q small army Of
Uncle Sans workers who are willing
NOR FC Hrsa~rr- lon III
provided the SATURDAY. half holiday is
Enade effective the year round
No "StuffingD Anticipated.
The Times. therefore, has prepared a
ballot and VIII furnish the ballot
boxes at 40 tomorrow afternoon It
IL not required that the voter sign
his or her name It is not anrfCfDdted
that there VIII be any "Stufing" Of the
bsUc- Ho~ee. on account Of this rather
unusual manner Of ballOtiug, for the
Cove. -IIr--, e--.ploye Is trained 70 keep
trust and 10 respect a confidence
The method of expressing ones choice
VIII be simple
There is printed on this page the sew
eral different propositions which II is
understood the Administration Is now
cons deriLg- The voice Of the great
body OF Government employees TO be
most vitality affected, may have some
thing 10 do with the ultimate decision
concerning the adding Of an additional
half hour 70 a days work
There IS ample time today and to-
morrow for the voter to make Up his
mind which Of the several proposals
he prefers At 4;30 tomorrow after
noon there viii be stationed at the
entrances TO the large Government
buildings a ballot box, in charge OF
q competent manager
Just Drop Ballot In
All the Government employee has to do
Is 10 drop his ballot in passing. It re-
QUires less time than it would 70 buy
an afternoon paper or a magazine
To those who have not clipped the
ballots from The Times. a special ballot
VIII be furnished tomorrow noon at the
luncheon hour a simple y mark and
the ballOtfn SIS done The ballots viii
II they are sufficient in numbers, the
result VIII be printed as indicative OF
the preferences Of tSe body OF Gov
eminent employees
Ballots also may be left or mailed TO
The Times Office
Il IS up 10 YOU, Mr. Government En-
ploys, TO vote for your preference along
the line indicated by the ballot printed
herewith.
THE proposed closing Of the depart
ments at o'clock is arousing consid-
cradle comment. both favorable and IN
favorable writes one empfoye- Il
would welcome such a change If il gives
a Saturday half holiday the year
round
Another Govern ment emplCye writes
If the President and his Cabinet de-
sire to infuse courage and manhood into
the departmental clerk. with the idea OF
securing the larger amount OF efficient
work Il can best be done BY making the
TIE year round. abolishing the Saturday
hair holiday ii July. august and Sep
esRRer."