The Washington times., 1921-08-16
OVERHEAD, NOT
PAY, SHOULD Be /.
GUT, navy TOLD
Head of Metal Trades Union De-
cIares Expenses In Some
Cases Are LuA;crous.

,,.,, ho,-aor IN ,ha ria,.,,o,. .ho,,a
he cut down before the ses OF
the men who nerform the actual
Ia hor In the oninion m lanes O'Con.
nall nresident NJ Tho MEAL Trade.
JTnion Who smoke todav hefore the
Na,,,, u,a ga hnard ~ ra,,aw
Tbare is on onno,.,,ri,v Tor a b,S
radrct,or In tha oyarhaad no aid
,,,h,oh In .on,a .rds Consist. ~
800 than Inn rawai off,oar. IN al.
aitian 30 r,an,, ni,,,,,a NJ nriyata
sn,or,,,.a a. ~ ,.ar,a oo,,,d s,,r
,,Iye ~ ,hov nod such an oyerbaad
he oia,r,od NJ n,Conna,I aI.o
aa,,od at,an,,on 40 o,a 80 g., which
.t,,,a ,,,orLn,n va .s,,an ho..a.
.'.n his -
"
p'.
r,ara 49, 80 GO, ,ha rscassarv sners
nus .' h, " 81 'v 49, o. a,,,.,at g.,
,hs -, NO ,.,s ,hsn 4, ac,,aIIy tale.
-. 40 ,ho n1nrL
Cant 7 y Robi.on chairman NJ tho
h>a II .aid ,h., no ,vas ,,r,n,a,ilv con.
oernad in nrey.n,ins snsfsrIng neyt
yin,sr due n industrial idIeness and
that no uas held down 70 the letter II
The ,aw In the matter of wages. In
answer 20 question nv Captapin
Rohi.o, Mr. C,ConnalI said that the
nen would no willing To work four or
even three days a week in order that
every man would have some work.
Tha IIniIed state. Government
should he model employer. Mr..
O,connaII said and the cutting of
wages would not make him SO. He
cautioned the committee not to be in
fluenced nv the present hysteria that
is sweepina the country, which has
for it's basis the reduction of wages
in every industry in order that the
cost of living might come down. He
said that the wages paid by the Gov
eminent should be the same through
out the country for similar work and
scored the methods by which the Gov
eminent fixes wages.
Says Comparison Unfair.
In the mattH of fixing wages in the
Washington Navy Yard he said IN
order to obtain statistics on the wages
paid Tor ike work, the inVesteators
went 10 Philadeiphia ana inqureo
into conditions there. ms was not q
isir comparison, ne saio, because coh'
| uluons IN rhilaueipnia WIZ ho' NH -
parable WIN coiioltioiis hele
lnetnous MhiSh nay Do.n Is 81 ~
'oVerhinen' uo hoe -. t'. "a 49, Gnvarn.
Oh lne men, ne sa'u a III, ny ,orai.
h ~ ~ .'a uSo,,,d ~ ., tba higb.
VI VI.
! N p,, ,s .s., &, ,..
p'a.l. ~ So, So. 49, I'D
Wee ~, tne "any sa,-,r,e,t
100 nish lhat ~ ~outu pe ,'
10 the men ior ouls,uo p
couiu 40 'he WORK inucn ~,
mat there was propapinty 'na'
/ the yards would be closed ana .ne
WORK gwen 10 comiherciai Lis"s. u =.
san,e VOL ,,ncb cbeaner II. said
,bat sonna nacbI,tsts vera ycttinp
! 90 oa,,s on 49,. while others var
" ., 90 49,
SLIa .iSsa 90, mo-
inns "iue e"0e' "o sum-
Apiaiiiaoie
Raps Rate Discrepancy.
Mr.. O'Conpell also complained
about the different rates paid he
workers in the navy wards throurn.
o,t the country and said that in
othar iines os ;rd,,.,ry tho waces
baa hon s,anda-diyad nv 6.oyornn,,,nt
hoards H. ,o,,,tad ~, ,ha waeo
soaIa g. ~ raS,rn.d ,ra,,.,,ru =, -
sE., .I 'S 20
Nnu cru SOU '""' nc ""s nv
Ieasoh why Ihe same slanuaru 'nou'o
|
"orkers'
The adoption OF the stop-watch
system In yards where IL was not
In vogue ana It's extension IN YARDS
where IL was already In practice was
cautioned against by Mr.. OConneii as
., , ,ha ~ ue ieaieu ..e r,'o' ue
| also flayed the system of piece work
| in the yards as offering an oppor-
| tunity fordshonesty.
Te,,s NJ "R.xard."
c.,. p., 49,,
Cap.aih hooisoh caileu attention
" lne tac. .na. 'nsIe 10 INV III .ne
y viz s
$500, a,p ,,,,
,'a,'d - - vS % ,n
I'll e. ,.t e., % ,,
nro,orn.n, ., ,use,e o,' nd,,,on. "a
is ~ a,,.,a =. oaon,nS wsn th.
n,,ar ,aIf q, ',n;s. ,,oo 20 ~.
cono,nandar ~ @, tha ,,ard IN c,a ;n,inS
credit Tor The susg.stion ond therehS
be reva rded re said that the noen
| tbronyhout tho country ware not
using the system, and that ~ thew
did tbev tben,aa,ves could ren,edv
complain. Mr.. o'Connell replied that