Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-25
PHONE COMPANY
ASKS EXEMP TON
OF g. HOUR LAWS
Officials At Senate Hearing
Tell How Strict AppIiCa-
ton Would Cripple Its
Service In State.
(By Staff CORRESPONDENCE

Santa Fe, Jan. 24-Amendment
of the eight-hour law for women
Ito permit maximum of sixty
hours. a week with time and a half
for more than fifty-six hours. and
special provision to care for the
telephone industry in small towns
where the number of phone calls
are extremely low, were possible
results of the public hearing con-
Quoted this morning by the judici'
airy committee of the senate. Orio
l.. Phillips chairman of the COM
mittee, presided over the hearing,
Another similar hearing at which
it is hoped the telephone case will
be settled will be held Tuesday
morning.
To show the delicacy Of the
phone situation. J. B. Reynolds,
district manager of the Mountain
States Telephone and Telegraph
company, pointed out chat the Ber-
nalillo exchange had only seventeen
subscribers, that the exchange was
in the operators home and that the
operator handled an average of 179
calls a day. He declared that
! handling 230 calls was an average
hours work at u busy exchange.
Thus the entire days work of the
Bernalillo operator is less than Il
normal hours task.
How 1t Would Work.
ne also CIteu the case ol tIe
aYoi a6e HIont oPeid 'ol' Who 6oc7
IN guy at U cloch anu leaves az
,lie HeAV lllot INNS otlouIu 'i ~
eisiIe~'!oul law become opelaSiye ~
these, II Woulu pc necessary lor tL'e
operator ~ stail Worh at II . cloe = =
ailu qult az q VI 10 70 aldr' d. a'i .a
lilllsn at am, these ho9ts aLe
Hot very deSlfaple ones at Willcii ~
go ana come from an eACllallse.
IL was SHOWN that IN ti!t odiita
re eNchange' the total cans RON
p; III 70 I d. H. aoeF"6eu ~ estCn
nlght' VI tnese' Tvs come petweGil
the hours OF ana IL WINE Ihelo
are only fQfty-thfee Calls net"tei
~ and :. rms lnuicated tlat IN. ~
longer shlft at hlght dld not meets
sarlly mean more work put ia la a.
meant less work. altnouSh tle
nlght operators are pala d ponl '1s
Mrs. rupert r. Asplullo uiSeu
that girls working Ten hourS d
hlght pc given extra Iliile OIL - -
compensate Tor longer hours on
INSISTED mat the pFlhclp'e ol a
Ilfty-slN houf week De not saol i
llceu.
shortage Oh operators
Mr., Reynolds agreed mat thS
prlnclple or a Illty-siA- hour WeeN
was acceptaple 10 inc leiepiluh'
company Vhefe thfee or more ope'
rators were empioyeo' put tilaI "
margin must pc alloWed 70 eiiaO''
the company TO handle ehlefbeli
cleS, SGcn as IRE, lioou VI epi.
dehllc, AS trained opelaVol9 a ,
scarce 1t ~ HeccSE'sly ~ M'i =. ~
aValiapie opeldloi loliS i.ogi . -
oroef tIaG tlle pune siio"l" ii0'
sullef uhuulS' H.. H..
y. D. 1dcopS' rep e3elit1ii5 ~
fred harNey cllalI oI note'o alV
eatlhG houses eApldllGu tllal 'il,
harvey system was "llllhS 70 pay
Tor overtime az an auVanre" l"1t
II they might nave the privilege ~
working their girls extra hours ~
handle a banquet or similar event
He felt that an amendment extend
Ing the limit Tor week TO slNtS
hours with time and a nan LOT tle
last tour hours Would SUIT ms "uSl,
ness. Such an Amendment seemed
generally agreeable TO the hleitipel
Of the committee except IN the case
of telephone work.
Might lie up astahea' H.
senator Ayfes SUGGESTED tllat ''le