Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-06
PAY RAISE DEMAND
Of NAVY YARD MEN
TO TOTAL MILLIONS
Flat Increases Of So and
$1.75 Will Be Asked of
Waqe Board at Once.

basic tradeSmen, such as mechanics,
electricians, boilermakers and the
like, and an increase of S1.75 per day
for per diem clerks and employees of
offices are to be asked of the navy
yard wage board before the conclu-
sion of it's wage scale hearing to-
morrow, it was indicated today by
leaders of labor delegations.
An increase of only 81 per day. for
the $4,000 navy yard employees
throughout the United States. and
taking only 800 days as the working
year, would amount TO an increased
annual expenditure on the pay rolls
of So. 500, 900. ,
Many of the delegations have al
ready put in their petitions for 81
la day increase. Among those remain
ing. who will probably be heard this
afternoon. are the representatives of
the Federal Employees Union. en-
bracing clerical forces. Storekeepers
and other similar positions. who will
ask for that rate. Approximately
$4,000 members of this union are en-
ployed in the yards through the
country.
Will he Heard Today.
Luther C. Steward, president of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes; L. c. Major and C. W. Lewis
are scheduled for hearings at this
afternoons session Upon their pres
entat ton of the case for laborers will
be turned the eyes of members of the
District of Columbia's laboring forces,
to whom the Commissioners have an
nounced they will consider the scale
set by the board in a review of Dis
trict salaries on August 20.
At present the average scale for
in RI iG
The increase sought will bring this
hgure up to $5.6S.
More than 1000 clerks of the Wash
ington navy yard will be represented
by Mr.. Steward and members of his
committee. The present scale is
posed by the delegation is $5.43 to
$6.S7
Helpers in the navy yards are to
request an increase from $4.32 per
day to $3.50.
Throughout the morning the board
continued to receive numerous COM
pilations. data and statistics upon the
increases sought. Yesterday the fol-
lowing trades were heard: Black
smiths. represented ny F. c. Boland,
j. M. Guertler; woodworkers, repre-
sented by T. NJ. Guerin, J. c. Drick
|quette, J. r. Steward, r. B. Estey, G.
w. Ronaldo. Richard Shepard; boiler
makers, represented by ]. A. Frank
lin, Thomas Nolan, Robert S. Hopkins
Leo j. Burke, Charles F. Scott, w. A.
Mcdonald, L. F. Savage and Frank J.
Duffy.
Coppersmiths, sheet metal workers,
firemen. pattern makers and machin-
lists were heard yesterday afternoon;
The average increase requested by
all Of these except the machinists
was about 81 per day.
During tday's session. it is expected
that the hearings will include the
master mechanics. of whom there are
800 in the navy yards of the country,
and who were termed by the Secre-
tary of the Navy. our navy yard
managers"
Will Request $40 Per Day.
The master mechanics are to re-
quest $16 per day. The outside scale
is said to range from SIT to $40 per
day and the present rate paid them is
Department Vice President H. T.
Morningstar. representing the Ma
tional Association of Master Mechan-
les at navy yards and stations, will
submit at this afternoons session,
probably, recommendations for the
laborers and other trades 1t is ex-
pected that these recomme pdations
will receive the careful consideration
of the board, which is understood to
adhere to the Navy Departments plan
of placing reliance in the managers.
Their recommendations. it is under
stood. will include the following:
For laborers, a maximum of $4.92
per day.
For helpers. a maximum of 1854
per day.
For mechanics, a maximum of 81 per
hour.
for twenty-five men. $12 per day.
For leading men. $9.44 per day.
For chief clerks, the same scale
as for quartermen.
For supervisory clerks, the same
scale as for leading men.
Technical workers are represented
before the board by a delegation
which will request an increase of
from 90 to 25 per cent in the scale.
At present metallurgical chemists at
the yards-one of the typical tech
meal positions-are drawing a wage
of from 1925 per day to $4,000 a year.
During the session of the board
this morning Capt. Robinson, senior
officer. presiding. told delegation
Of molders that the department hasn
got good molders in sufficient quantity
in the yards
It am talking straight" said he.
THE percentage of men whose work
has to be gone over by one or two
competevt mep is entirely too high
Delegates denied the staten ent.
tency of the class of workers the al
titude of outside concerns toward men
in the government employ.
The hearings this morning included
the following delegations:
T.. O. Keefe William Probert and
Morris Fitzgerald, representing the
molders; John Cofield. c. r. Hodges,
James Higgins and William A. De-
yer. representing the plumbers. pipe
filters, lead burners and helpers, who
asked a 81 per day increase. and Jo-
seph N Armstrong, representing en-
einemen and switchmen.
The morning session closed with
representatives of the polishers. buff
fers and allied crafts before the board.
The sessions will be concluded to-
morrow noon, it was believed today.
More than ninety crafts OF the 16l to
he heard had presented their cases up
to noon today.
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