Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-05
Secretary Wilson Is Principal
Speaker at Third Anniver-
sary Dinner.
MAXIMUM WORKDAY IS
THE HOPE HELD OUT
Says Best Results From Employees
Can Be Obtained by Shorter Hours
of Actual Employment.

Hope that Congress in the considera-
ton of the proposed extra-hour law
would make a provision for a maxi
mum :yoTK Jay -ssc:N q minimum
was expressed by secretary William
B. Wilson of the Department. of Labor
at the annual banquet of the employees
of that depar given at Rauscher $
las, night 1t was the third ami
versary of the birth of this depart
ment into the government fold.
Il do not know what action Congress
is going to take in connection with the
proposition pending before it to in
crease the hours Of labor of govern
ment clerks. the Secretary said. But
whatever il does hope that it viii not
reverse the philosophy upon which the
short day is based by establishing a
minimum instead OF max imum ! avn
thorough believer in efficiency. but l
am not a believer in that kind of e1tl-
cheney which secures from the workers
larger amount of production through
the expenditure of a larger amount OF
physical and mental energy than theH
can normally give
Congress should establish 4 ma Il :
mum workday instead of q minimum
on the simple theory that to get the
best results it must have the work
day of such short duration that the
worker can leave today, rest tonight
and come back tomorrow thoroughly
rejuvenated and keyed up for good
days work.
Proves Contention by Base Ball.
Telling his hearers that they were
mostly all base ball fans, he took base
ball to prove his case. He asked his
auditors what they would think Ii the
manager of~tte Washington base ball
team should take its star pitcher and
nut him in the pitching box for two or
three hours day. day in and Gay out
to expend his brain and Drawn.
you would say that that manager
: was endeavoring to lose the pennant.
he said because the work required and
the energy needed to be expended by
the player places him in that position
where he cannot come back into the
box with that keen mentality neces-
sary to win the game. If 1t is true Oh
him. why is it not true of others?
IF Congress wants the best. ii must
20 regulate the work day SO that II
will be so short that the employee VIII
come back in the morning keyed up
for better work.
The Secretary took the occasion TO
thank the employees for the splendid
efficiency maintained by them He was
introduced oy John B. Densmore, So
licitor of the department. The commit
tee in charge of the banquet was COM
clerk chairman: Lester c. Schnare. bu-
reau of immigration; Arthur H. Del
bert. bureau of labor statistics: J. Henri
Wagner. bureau of naturalization. and
Arthur V. Parsons. children's bureau.
Dancing followed the banquet.
List of the Guests.
Those present were y. c. adams,
II. L. Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. c. +.
Baldwin Miss Bertha Barr. l.. w Bart
lett, Charles \. Bell. r. d. Beard. Mr..
and Mrs r. S. Becker. DR.. and Mrs.
William A. Bevard Francis Bird. Mr..
and Mrs j. l.. Bixler. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Blackman, Mr.. and Mrs. J. e..
Bowen. Paul F. Brissenden, Mrs. f. NJ.
Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. G. \. Burchfield.
Z. E. Burner. ii. r. Burrill. Mr. and
Mrs. a. Caminetti. r. h. Campbell, Miss
Elma B. Carr, Lucian w. Chaney. r. G..
Chase. Dana f. Clark. Julia F. Cole,
p. Collins. Nellie f. Colman. John b.
Coipoys. Miss NJ. X. Conyngton, Mr..
and Mrs r. F. Crist. f. J. Cunning
haA. Miss Hattie Cutler. \. W. Davis,
Dr. F. c. Davis. Arthur II Deibert,
Miss Mary V. Dempsey. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Densmore, DIR. }. y. Dickinson.
Miss Doherty, Frank :. Drown. Miss
Emma Duke. Miss Anna T. Dunn,
Mrs. W. W. Fowler. William A. Fuller.
Miss Elizabeth Funk. Miss Louise
Gardner. Miss NJ. a. Geer. g. Gilbert,
Jacob B. Giazer. Miss Florence NJ
J. C. F. Gordon. e. f. Greenawalt.
Francis G.. Gregory. Mr. and Mrs. A.
Hampton. Thomas J. Hanlon, II. s.
Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Harsch
II
Miss Carlene Held Richard NJ. HILL
Miss Katherine Hillmsn. Frederic e.
Howe. Miss Elizabeth A. Hyde. Dr.
Lawrence NJ. Hynson. Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Jacob. Miss Margaret e. Jani-
cu1a. John f. Jenkins. Miss Florence E.
Johnston Miss Helen VI. Johnston. p l..
Jones. " p. Kalmbac!:. Mr. and Mrs
n. L. kerwin. E. {. keyser. Miss
kimmei. Miss e. p. King. Miss X.
Klager. b. r. Landes. j. f. Larson
Miss Julia e. Lathrop. H. E. Latting.
A. NJ. Leary. Miss Katherine Lenroot,
Miss Lillian NJ Lewis, Miss Margaret
Loughran, Miss Emma 0. Lundberg Miss
sara McGarvey. Edward s McGraw,
Mr.. and Mrs. l. Magnusson, + E. Mar
vim. Fred Manglos, Miss NJ Alice
Matthews. Alfred Maylander Bennett l..
Mead. DR. and Mrs. Royal Meeker, DR..
Grace l.. Meigs. Miss May Agnes Mel
ling. Miss Ella A. Merritt E L. Mess
ner, W. T. Miller. John A. Monat Miss
Moody. Mrs. Sara J. Moore, Miss Hilda
Muhlhauser, F. J. Nagele. A. p Nor
ton. c. F, Osborn. Mir. and Mrs J. F.
Oertel, Miss Viola Paradise. A. Warner
Parker, A V. Parsons. Miss Ida NJ.
Peck, Miss Ethel u. Pitney. NJ f..
Pollock. Mr. and Mrs. Louis F.
Post. r. V. Powderly. Mr. and Mrs
George Reed, Miss Grace B. Reid,
L. E. Riley. Miss Anna Rochester.
l. B. Russell. Mr.. and Mrs f. r. Rynex,
Lester l.. Schnare. Miss l.. Scully. J. II
sheppard. Thomas y. Shoemaker. II. J.
Skemngton, Mr.. and Mrs. Wade II.
skinner. Miss lisa bel Sloan, Miss Har-
riet NJ. Smith. DR.. Peter A Speek r.
G. Starr. Miss Hattie Stein, Miss Glenn
steele. Mr.. and Mrs. Ethelbert Stewart
j. j. sullivan, Miss Helen L. Sumner
Jesse Thomas Miss Gertrude Tibbetts
g. Van Driesen, c. H. Verrin Miss
Josephine Waggaman, Miss VI. T Wag-
gaman. j. II. Wagner. Charles F. War
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Washington jr
Robert Watson Jesse &. Watts r. B
Weidman. Miss Agnes Wilson Mr.
James Wilson, Miss Virginia Wilson
Secretary and Mrs. William 3. Wilson