The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
Cabinet member
BACKS employees
Secretary Wilson Scores Bor-
land Plan at Department
Of Labor Banquet.
"a STEP BACKWARDS"
Speaker Opposes Setting Minimum
Length for Workday-Argues
for Maximum.
"a STEP BACKWARDS

while In favor of clerical efficiency
of the highest degree, 1 trust that those
who are advocating efficiency will not re-
verse the traditional ideas of those who
have made life study Of efficiency"
said Secretary of Labor Wilson in an
address before the members of the De-
partment of Labor at their third annual
banquet at Rauscher's last night.
Indirectly referring to the Borland
rider, which arbitrarily proposes to
lengthen the Federal workdsy here, the
Secretary said:
Il sincerely hope that there will not be
established a theory based on a minimum
OF hours which a government clerk must
work. The true theory is the maxi
mum number OF hours.
THE proposed legislation, TO increase
the working hours of the day will be a
step backwards and for this reason /
trust that the members of Congress. in
their efforts to increase the efficiency OF
the clerical force, which in my opinion
Is OF the highest at this time, will not
make minimum of the number Of hours
which until now have been a maximum"
Eliminating the feature of a number
OF speakers, the committee on arrange
ments for this years banquet immedi-
ately after the speech of Secretary Will
son. had the banquet hall cleared and
announced that dancing would be in
order.
Among those present were: n. c.
Adams. H. L. Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. C.
E. Baldwin. Miss Bertha Barr L. w
Bartlett. Charles A. Bell, r. d. Beard,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Becker, Dr. and Mrs
William A. Bevard. Francis Bird, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Bixler, Mr.. and Mrs William
Blackman. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Bowen,
Paul F. Brissenden. Mrs f. NJ. Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs G. A. Burchfeld. C. E Bur
ner. H. r. Burrill. Mr.. and Mrs, "A. Can't
netti, r. X. Campbell. Miss Elma B. Carr,
Lucian w. CLANCY. r. C. Chase, Dana z.
Clark. Julia F. Cole. p. Collins, Nellie f.
Colman, John B. Colpoys, Miss NJ X
Conyngton, Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Crist E.
]. Cunningham. Miss Hattie Cutler, A.
w. Davis. DR.. F. G. Davis. Arthur H
Deibert. Miss Mary V. Dempsey. Mr. and
]. B. Densmore. DR.. J. A. Dickinson.
Miss Doherty. Frank s. Down, Miss
Emma Duke. Miss Anna T. Dunn,
NJ C. Everett, Miss Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs
w. w. Fowler. William A. Fuller, Miss
Elizabeth Funk, Miss Louise Gardner,
Miss NJ. A. Geer, G. Gilbert Jacob B
Glazer. Miss Florence NJ. Gompers, Mr.
and Mrs. S. ]. Gompers, J. c. f. Gordon,
E. E. Greenawalt, Of Philadelphia; Fran
els G. Gregory. Mr.. and Mrs. A. Hamp-
ton, Thomas J. Hanlon, H. s. Hanna,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hsrsch, James r.
Hawkins, Of New York; James A. Healy.
Miss Carlene Held, Richard NJ. Hill, Miss
Katherine Hillman, Frederic c. Howe, of
New York; Miss Elizabeth A. Hyde, DIR.
Lawrence NJ. Hynson. Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Jacob, Miss Margaret C. Janicula,
John E. Jenkins, Miss Florence E. Johns
ton, Miss Helen NJ. Johnston, P. L. Jones,
v. P. Kslmbsch, Mr.. and Mrs. H. l.
Kerwin, E. c. Keyser, Miss Kim
mel. Miss c. B. King, Miss X
Klager. B. R. Landes, ]. E. Larson.
Miss Julia c. Lathrop, H. B. Latting,
A. M. Leary, Miss Katherine Lenroot,
Miss Lillian NJ. Lewis. Miss Margaret
Loughran, Miss Emma o. Lundberg.
Miss Sara McGarvey, Edward s. Nc
Graw, J. L. McGrew, Anna T. Nc
Nulty, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Magnusson,
F. E. Marvin, Fred Manglos, Miss NJ.
Alice Matthews. Alfred Maylander.
Bennett L. Mead, DR.. and Mrs. Royal
Meeker, DR.. Grace L. Meigs, Miss May
E. l. Messner. W. T. Miller, John A.
Moffat, Miss Moody. Mrs. Sara ].
Moore. Miss Hilda Muhlhauser, E. J.
Nagele. A. P. Norton, c. F. Osborn,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Oertel. Miss Viola
Paradise, A. Warner Parker, A. v
Parsons, Miss Ida NJ Peck. Miss Ethel
D. Pitney. NJ. E. Pollock Mr.. and Mrs
Louis ID Post, T 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, ]. H
Sheppard, Thomas B. Shoemaker, H. J.
Skeffington, of Boston; Mr. and Mrs
Wade H. Skinner, Miss Isabel Sloan, Miss
Harriet NJ. Smith, DR.. Peter A. Speek. r.
c. Starr. Miss Hattie Stein. Miss Glenn
Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. Ethelbert Stewart
]. J. Sullivan. Miss Helen L. Sumner,
Jesse Thomas, Miss Gertrude Tibbetts,
c. Van Driesen, c. II. Verrill. Miss Jose
phine Waggaman, Miss NJ. T. Wagga-
man. J. H.. Wagner. Charles F. Warren
Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Washington, 1r., Rob-
ert Watson, Jesse c. Watts, r.. B. Weld
man. Miss Agnes Wilson, Mr.. Jay Will
son. Miss Virginia Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs.
william B. Wilson, n. B. Wilson. jr.. E.
c. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Works.
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