The Washington times., 1922-05-12
INDUSTRY
DIVIDED
D n PLA n
Government Printing Office
and Bureau Of Engraving Ad-
here to Regular Schedule.

DayHgnC Saving VIII HOL De
general in Washington. for. it
was estimated today. about TO-
900 men and women, employees of
Government bureaus ard private
firms. viii not officially recognize
the change of hours.
George S. Carter. public printer.
announced that the 4,200 employees
of the Government Printing Of
flee would continue under the
same hours. He said to change
the hours would cost the Gov
ernment $4,000 and result in con-
siderable confusion.
Louis A. Hill, director of the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
irg. announced that the Secretary
of the Treasury had dire ted that
the hours of the $500 employees
of the bureau be not changed.
Employees voted nearly four to one
against a change.
No Change ut Postoffice.
N'NS viii COIllHUt
und'r he same hours, said the office
OF CT master Chance.
o \ RS who will not change hours
mex eek are: Piggy Wiggly stores,
mov.nT picture theaters, fire depart
ment, several private night schools.
Glen i]cho, Arlington Cemetery, and
the House and Senate.
ThO'e who reported today that they
wore Undecided were: Theaters, the
Union Station temployes of the depot
and MT rain employesl. druggists,
Cr0c"'- stores, churches. community
cente, =. dentis's.
Schools Observe New Time.
Announcements Of change in time
were made by the following:
Public schools. public night
schools. all correspondence schools
rSso"l4ted with the National Asso-
cation of Correspondence Schools,
Chesu peake Beach (train schedules
being rearranged, every store con-
nected with the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, all Gov
ernment departments except the
printing office and bureau, the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
- ~" nol;ce department. Arcade
l~""e Hall, Sanitary Grocery Com.
p; e. street railway companies,
d Dad companies which have COM
nj t.rg lines to Washington, Wash
inStOn Tlap'd Transit Company, pri-
va day schools. banks, and courts.
These three lists are only partial.
MANY more firms are said to be
onprsed to the new plan. but have
deferred their announcement until
tomorrow.
The law provides that employees
OF the Government Printing Office
must be paid 20 per cent an hour
e''tra for working outside of the
fOu"s of to > and Public Printer
Carter said this figured in his de.
cision not to change hours.
impossible at POstOffice.
The POstOffice Department said
that daylight saving was impos-
sihle for them. h"cause it was neces.
sary 20 catch the trains on time.
George S. Watson, chief of the
Fire Department. said there was
no necessity at this time for
change. but said that If the pr cent
hours worked hardship or inconven-
fence on the men the hours would
be changed.
The failure OF the printing office
anu bureau 10 cndnEe lnelT nOurS
presents serious problem for the
railway companies. At present all
OF these employees are taken down
between and o'clock. This en-
ebles the cars to return to the out
lying sections to carry the Govern.
nent clerks and others who report
al o'clock. Beginning Monday
the street cars must take all OF
these employees down between and
o'clock.
The special committee appointed
by Chairman FOCht of the House Dis.
triCt Committee to consider the bill
of Congressman Hammer Of North
Carolina. providing for daylight saw
inga in Washington between May ID
and the las, Sunday in October, held
short meeting today but came to
no conclusions as to the advisability
b., OF reporting out the measure.
On account of lack of a quorum
no action could be taken by the
special committee, and II was agreed
that the members should sit again
on Monday morning