Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-16
SKILLED WORKERS
PAY RAISE ASKED
lehlbach RecIassifcation
Bill Would Advance Gov
ernment Trades Classes.

ernment Trades Classes.
Substantial increases in the rates
Of basic pay for many skilled trades
classes in government employ VIII
be recommended by the Lehlbach re-
! vised reclassifcation bill it was
learned today from reliable author1-
ties. The rates will be virtually the
same as the scale recognised outside
the; government service. It is be-
lieved that the following basic rates
viii be recommended:
Bricklayer. $1.25 per hour: plas-
terer. $1.25 per hour; foreman brick
layer, $3.50 annually; fireman and
assistant electric substation operator,
from $1,000 to $500 per Annum :
portable boiler fireman. from $3.50
to 1880 per annum. and boiler clean
er and refrigerator operator, $1,32e
to $1,440 per annum
Electrician, 81 per hour: foreman
electrician. $3.50 per annum; dynamo
tender, oiler, water tender, assistant
gas engine operator, from $1.3So to
81, 500 per annum: assistant engine
man, $1,S80 per annum; electric sub
station operator, 81 $50 per annum;
electric switchboard operator. $1.sSe
per annum; gas engineman, cfema-
tortum engineman, refrigerator en-
gineman. $3.50; power plant. central.
man, $3.50; hoisting engineman, 81
per hour; steam roller engineman.
6S 3-4 cents per hour; supervising en-
gineman, 1890 to $3.50 per annum:
assistant chief engineman, ESQ to
$3.50 per ennum: chief engineman,
from $z'9Vv 10 $s.060 per annum.
Bookhanaers and Enxravers.
In the bookbindery of. the govern
ment printing Office and in the bp.
reau Of engraving and printing IL in
understood the following ..ai,ar.,.
recommended. t-t
Btndery man. e5 cents per hour;
bindery supervisor. 65 cents Per hour;
folding or gathering machine onef-
ator. 20 cents per hour, leather cut
ter, 20 CENTS Per hour: slYnsxpre
preaaan. IS cents per hepS; hoax
bt9deE s. cents per hour; pt1adpal
ator. S6>cents per hour; principaI sig
nature pressman. IS cents per hour;
ruling machine operator. IS cents PEI
houri btndery 0f1ce man, gUvefnmon1
[pifhHne odIce: bookbindef n clAfy6,
government printing onice, ai3d f0S6-
man OF section, binding diSi6iSn b.
reAn OF engraving and printing, 90
cents per hour: assistant foreman,
binding section, government printing
once, &1.10 per hour; assistant super
intendent. binding division. bureau Of
enkraying and printing, 81 per hour:
printing office. $50 to $3.50; super-
intendent. binding division. bureau OF
engraving and printing, $3.50 and
$3.SSO: superintendent. binding diyt-
SION. government printing ONCE.
$500. $3.50 and $4.oso: appreciates
hour: Junior copper plate enEraver,
1850 to 1920; master copper plate
engraver. 5000 to $2,400; senior con-
per plate engraver, $3.50 to So, 2,7SO:
electrotyper helper. Is cents per hour:
electrotyper, 80 cents per hour; elee-
Gro nnIaher, 80 cents per hours foun-
ory ONCE man, government printing
office, 80 cents per hour: stereotyper.
80 cents per hour. Each Of these
classes cents per hour extra for
man in charge Of work
hthographic apprentice, 30 cents
per hour; lithographic press feeder.
x1.200 to $1.s20; lithOgraphic press
helper. s1.0S0 to $1,000; Ithoeraphic
stone and plate preparer. 1890 to
$1.440; lithographic multi-color rotary
pressman. IS cents per hour; htho-
graphic rotary or hatbed pressrnan,
&5 cents per hour; lithographic proc-
ers plate maker. from 81. $50 to 81, $50:
photo negative cutter, $1.S0O to $2,o40:
nthographic junior craftsman. from
$1,44o to $500; lithographic drafts
man. from 1880 to $3.50; senior
lithographic craftsman, from $2,53O
to $2.S80; apprentice steel and copper
plate printer. - cents per hour; plate
printers assistant. As cents per hour;
steel and copper plate printer, $1.o5
per hour: steel and copper plate
printer. hand press, 95 cents per hour:
Dressman apprentice 80 cents per
hour; press feeder. SO cents per hour;
pressman's assistant. $500 to $1,6so;
natbed pressman. S5 cents per hour:
rotary pressman, S5 cents per hour;
Office pressman. 95 cents per hour:
web pressman, IS cents per hour;
presswork, Office man, IS cents per
hour; glass blowers, glass foundry
men and optical workers. $2,1oo.
In the journeymen helpers group.
tradesmen's helper in the government
service the salary rates are set on q
sliding basis from $1,000 to $500 per
annum. The wage rates are set for
per hour work at from so cents to 80
cents per hour. sliding upward ip s.
cent unit groups
MeehaAics' GROUP. -----.--
One Of the largest groups under the
skilled trades classification 10 tho
mechanic group. Under this the fol-
lowing rates are expected to be set:
Machinist, general. 80 cents per
hour; automobile machinist, 50 cents
per hour; printing Office machinist,
81 per hour: mechanic, office appli-
ances, from 81 500 to 1880; ANTONIO
bile repairman, from SIS cents to IS
cents per hour; blacksmith, rs cents
per hour: tinsmith and sheet-metal
worker. 81 per hour: foundryman. IS
cents per hour; motor truck driver,
from $1,140 to $1.260 per annum:
chauffeur, from $3.50 to $3.50.