Evening star., 1921-05-27
POLICE WORK 440 DAYS A:.YEAR,,
il. CONGRESS COMMITTEE IS TOLD
Compute Time on Eight-Hour Day-Mail
Shop and Bureau Women Also Urge
Better Pay at Hearings.

mission for the information of the classi-
fcation agency.
Eysry tsouIS shsft ,esn Of
ting. feeding. receiving. tissVing. ex-
aninins, ,assorting, pressing, trim
ming. numbering and sealing. perfo-
rating. stitching. canceiing. drying
and cumming. some Of which require
each process. We nave attempted to
Eroup these processes into as few
claSsincations as is consistent with
the great variety OF positions and we
submit that there must be at least
eighteen titles in order to fairly de-
scribe our work
I'm the event the wage board pro-
vision is rejected. We submit for con-
sideration by the committee the fol-
lowing rates: Mechanical processes
cents an hour: mechanical and cleri-
cal (non-supervisory). IS cents an
hour: supervisors, SO cents an hour to
$4,000 per annum.
I'VE wish to declare in favor Of the
extra pay for nigh. work and leave
bill. Although We are engaged in
work that is a strain on tho nervous
system. We are not allowed any sick
leave. and We believe that a provi-
sion Of this kind ought to be reported
by the committee"
ter pay the woman guides in the
bureau.
Man: shop Petition.
On behslf oh the women employed
in the mail equipment shop of the
Post once. Department. Miss Annie E.
Harvey Of the Post ONCE Branch of
Federal Employees Union No. &: said:
'The mail equipment shop employs
at present, about 1870, sometimes
nnarly 200 women, to make and to
rcpair..the canvas mail bags which
are used in the. postal service. The
women who. make the bags, new
work .xs we call it, are machine oper-
ators.' Those who do the repairing
are patchers., hand darners and ma
chipe 6arners. The work is of differ
ent degrees Of skill, but all of the re-
pair work is trying and subject to the
hazard Of disease from dust. because.
although the heaviest part of the
out of.the bags, by the 'tumblers.' or
cleaning machines. SO much rem ains
that'i it is necessary to wear caps on
our heads and TO change our cloth
ing or the workroom.
With the exception Of very few
who put the strings in the bags. the
women employed in the shop arc all
engaged in sewing processes. on can
vas. Under the Sterling or Lehlbach
! bills they should be included. we
| urge in the skilled trades group. Tn
der the Lchlbach bill they would come
| under the jurisdiction Of the federal
wage commission. We are in favo,
| of such a wage commission. and hope
| that Congress will adopt that provi-
sion.
! We ask that the skill Of our work
be recognized by classifying the mai
! bag workers at the following rates
| Mail bag workers engaged in max
| ing or repairing mail bags. JUNO,
| grade. IS cents to 60 cents per hour
senior grade. IS cents to Is cents pei
| hour"
Policemen Urke Better Pay.
| The Policemen's Association of tn,
| District Of Columbia, represented b,
G. j. Dalrympte. president: w. J
Kerns. chairman Of the ways ant
means committee, and f.. NJ. Seaman
| OF that committee. submitted a Piles
| that the policemen Of the District b,
paid moro adequate salaries. The,
laid before the joint committee sch ed
ules OF salaries paid policemen in New
York, Boston, Chicago. Buffalo,. Con
cord. NJ H.: Detroit. Mich, and man,