Evening star., 1920-09-05
NAVY YARD AWARD
|GlVES ) PER CENT
INCREASE IN WAGES
Readjustment Makes Bigger
Raise for Some Classes
! of Workers.
FOUR HOURS SATURDAY
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Pay on Final Day of Week Will Be
for Actual Time at Work, But
Employees Approve.

approximately 5000 civilian en-
ployes Of the Washington navy yard
will have their salaries raised per
cent, in accordance with the new pay
schedule for civil employees of the
navy yards and stations. approved
yesterday by Secretary Daniels. The
new schedule will go into effect .'on
the nearest pay day to September Is"
it was announced.
The increase will affect more than
2S6,000 naval employees throughout
the country. The raise is based on
tho difference in the advance in the
cost of living and the congressional
bonus authorized since the last re-
adjustment Of wages.
While all classes OF civil employees
in those branches will benefit by the
increase. several classes Of employees
including practically all the clerical
forces and four mechanical trades
will receive increases considerably
above the general per cent advance
through a readjustment Of the entire
wage schedule to correct inequalities
in the present scale.
Net Yet Made Public.
The scale Of wages, submitted to
Secretary Daniels for his approval,
was not made public yesterday, but
will be announced early this week.
In discussing the award, Mr.. Daniels
said he believed the resulting in
crease in pay roll would not necessi-
tote q no<ariol r>arc<fon - %o.oo.
He expressed assurance that the
schedule would be acceptable.
Outside of the increase, the most
important provision of the new wage
schedule is 4 reduction of working
hours to four on Saturday the year
round, the employees to be paid for the
halliday work at the hourly rate.
white this provision aw1lls cfkSst rs
some extent the increases applying
on hourly pay. It was said the en-
ployes had approved the provision
through their representative ON the
wage Recommendation board. who
Joined in submitting q unanimous re-
port to Secretary Daniels.
Tho basic per cent increase does
ployes. which ranged from IS cents an
hour as a minimum general increase
to 45 cents for mechanics. but. 1t was
said. the employees have expressed
satisfaction at the recommendation of
the wage board.
Under the terms of the original
award of the Macy board, readjustinx
Navy pay. the Navy is pledged to
workers to make a decision on the
basis Of the change in the cost Of
living" In this connection, the board
recommended that future readjust-
ments be made 'in accordance with
the law Of 1852. upon the basis Of
current wages in similar private as.
tablishments."
The report reads, in part, as follovs.
Aside from many obvious minor In
Justices. tho correction Of which is
recommended BY this board, the most
nagrant instance where an OCCUPATION
has been underpaid is that Of the
clerks. These workers have not here
tofore had their pay adjusted similarly
to mechanics and as q result they are
now receiving what is relatively too
low a wage for the duties, responsi.
bilities and skill required Of them
Particular attention is invited to the
case OF supervisory and chief clerks.
The board has found that chief clerks
should be- classified generally as Of
the same status as quartermen; SUPER
visory clerks should be classified as
Of the status Of leading men and.