Evening star., 1918-04-16
BILL IS !.
PASSED BY SENATE.
Carries Raises for Clerks and
Lump Sum Employees Be-
fore January, 1916.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY Rejected.

The Senate today passed the legislas
tive, executive and judicial appropria-
ton bill after voting to strike out the
Borland eight-hour amendment, under
which employees of the government would
have been compelled to work mini
muhR of eight hours day without ad-
ditional compensation for overtime
work.
AS amended by the Senate. increases
of $120 a year in salaries Of govern.
ment employees are made to apply 10
those receiving salaries up to and iR-
cluding $2,500. Under the House bill
the increases stopped at the two-thou-
sand-do1lar mark
Employees paid from lump sum appro-
prtations. as the bill finally passed. Will
receive the $120 increase except in the
case Of those paid from lump sum ap.
propriatfons in the various bureaus and
agencies In the government established
since January /, 1915.
The appropriation bill carries in the
neighborhood of $70,000.000 and wao
passed without a roll call.
The Senate appropriations COMMITTEES
to modify its amendment which would
nave prevented employees of the gov
ernment paid under lump sum appro.
priation from receiving the proposed
$120 a yea rincrease IN SALARY
The change proposed by the commit.
Zee would eliminate frocI the benefits.
of the increase those employees paid un-
der lump sum IN bureaus established
by Law since January /, 1916. This
means that the war workers who have
come 10 VI ashinYton by :he thousands
will not receive the :i20 increase. 10
applies to the food and fuel admins.
tration~.
It is contended that these employees
who have come here recently have
been started at salaries considerably
in excess of those paid ordinary BE-.
ginners in the government service.
The language Of the amendment pre-
sented by Senator Martin today pro.
vides that no increase shall be given
to "employes paid from lump sum ap-
propriations in bureaus. divisions
commissions, agencies or other gov-
erument agencies created since JAM
uary 1, 1916"
Senator Thomas objects.
When the provision granting $40
each to government employes W. ~,
senator Thomas Of Colorado entered an
objection on the grounds that durin9
the war the government shouid econo,
mice He asked Senator Martin how
much the increases allowed under this
| bill for salaries would cost the gov.
I ernment Senator Martin replied that
| II modified the increases would c0sS
/ the government about $50. 100000.
Senator Thomas argued that under
the post office appropriation bill as re<
ported by the Senate committee on post
offices salary increases were allowed
which would cost the government about
$33eooo00. These. together with in
creases which would have to come
under other bills. would mean that the
government planned to increase salaries
about $75.000,000 this year, Senator
Thomas said.
Prohteering Spirit Manifest.
Senator Townsend of Michigan saio
that the spirit of profiteering is more
manifest in Washington than any other
place in the country. He declared him
self in favor of giving an increase In
nay to the clerks even more than is car
ried by the bill. but hoped that the in.
crease would not Immediately be ab.
sorbed by the landlords.
He said that widespread notice has
been given of a proposed further In
crease of rentals May l. and said this
increase was not warranted by the ad-
vancing expenses of property holders.
He said that patriotism and sacrifice
hp ho of he Mia