Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-18
DUNGAREES HEADED
BY MR.. DANIELS IN
| CHEAP TOGS DRIVE
Navy Employees to Buy U. S
Garb; 0veraI|s Appear
in Congress.

"dungaree club" with Secretary
| Rear Admiral MCGOWAN Of the bureau
| OF supplies and accounts as active
president, was organized in the Navy
Department yesterday.
Dungarees" are the symbolic dress
| OF the f1remen and below deck"
artisans about warships. They are
similar to the electricians coat-and-
trousers overalls.
At least 1000 employees are to wear
| the Navy dungaree suits, while others
VIII wear white trousers and MILDLY
blouses. with the women In white
"middies" and skirts.
This movement Is the Navy Depart
! ments substitute for the overall or
ganization forming in the other
government departments and was
| started in the bureau of construction
and repair. according to reports, by
II. H. Hare and Frederic A. Coolidge
On April Is all members are to be
oAtntted from government supplies at
the navy yard.
We have enough of these suits,
which we are securing at cost. to last
eleven years. and we are going to
wear them until the cost Of other
clothing comes down." declared Mr..
SOOllQge.
Speaks to House In OveraIls.
Representative 'Ipshaw of Georgia,
democrat. created a sensation by APP
pearing in the House of Representa-
tives and making a speech while clad
In overalls yesterday. He announced
that other representatives have prom
1sed support Of the overall movement.
He addressed the House on the high
cost of living.
The movement spread to the govern
ment printing Office late yesterday
afternoon. Petitions were sent
around requesting members to join
the overall class. More than one hun
dred signatures were secured inside
or half an hour. it was reported and
the petitions will wend their course
through the building Monday, setting
tomorrow week as the date for APP
pearance of the force in overalls
Treasury Department employees Of
the division of loans and currency and
OF the registers Office will hold an
overall and bungalow apron mass
meeting" Tuesday night at o'clock.
to secure signatures to a pledge to
wear the simple dress in combating
the high cost of clothing
A notice sent to employees yesterday
stated
II you are willing to pledge your
self to don overalls and bungalow
aprons at date in the. near future.
" hich Will be determined at a mass
melting to. be held Tuesday. until Oc-
tober l, kindly sign your name here
under. However, it must be under
stood that every one acts in good
faith In this matter and that he or
she Will live up to the letter of the
pledge. Names may be signed below
and on the back Of this paper
District Employees Plan "BriEade.-
/ Ten employees of the property office
Of the District building yesterday
signed the following petition:
Since clothes do not make the man,
and to more thoroughly convince the
clothing Industry, from maker to
| seller, of that fact, it is proposed that
such employees of the District of Co.
lumbia who are earnestly DESTROYS Of
defeating the outrageous prices be-
! Ing charged for wearing apparel aft X
their signature hereto as evidence of
| their Willingness to become members
of an overall brigade
II a sufficient number show inter-
est in the defeat of.the high prices a
meeting will be called, plans ar
ranged and a definite time set for an
appearance upon the streets in a clean,
lcomfortable. inexpensive outfit
The ladies are earnestly requested
to join in this movement, and the
adoption of some simple, inexpensive
garment will be equally convincing
that we mean business"
The Blue Jean and Patched Shoe
Club and the MILDLY Blouse and Skirt
Club were organized by man and wom-
an employees, respectively, at the De-
partment of Agriculture yesterday
Several hundred members have Joined.
it was reported.
Members of the first named organ
izations promised to provide them
selves with at least one suit of blue
jean overalls and jumper. to cost less
than 30 suit. and to wear same to
work until the price of store clothes
has been reduced to within the means
Of the average clerks income"