The Washington herald., 1922-02-14
UNION LEADERS
ND0RSE PLANS TO
AIDNAVYYARDMEN
Workers Laid Off Await
Result Of Conferences
With Mr.. DENLY.


Resolutions unanimously passed
BY the Central Labor Union last
night at Musicians Hall. 1909 =
street. fonorthwest. declared that
body. IN full accord with plans sub
mitted'z by william II. Johnston.
president. I. A. NJ. to relieve Navy
Yard Unemployment e.
Representatives of practically
every tSade union in the District of
Colam kta are members of the Gen.
tralEf7asor Union. Furloughed navy
yard employees will receive full eo~
operation from the central body, II
was Announced. .-..
Hopes to save s10.0Oo,oOe.
s essSary Denby,s speech before
- NOT Expected to affect directly the
loeaI situation. Navy Department
officials point out. however. that
eurtailnent in appropriations for
the department probably would be
felt ia navy yards. as funds 70
their maintenance are included in
the department budget. BY advising
reduction OF 10000 men In the en-
listed personnel. the Secretary esti-
nlated' the Navy Departments ap-
preparation could he cut $4,000. 900.
Passage OF the amendment to the
independent offices appropriation
hill ny the Senate Saturday makes
probable the repairing of the
Steamship Leviathan in = Covn-n-
ment yard Private corperat1ES
have submitted Dids on this job.
which. il is estimated. will cosI
nearly s1e.o0o.obo. Union dficials
urge passage Of the bill to relieve
the Boston yard
Await Cssferesre wfth De~by.
Navy yard employees are snxiousiy
awaiting results of toRorrow's con-
ference between hgion ofscials and
Secretary Derby. II is not expected
that President Harding will reply
tot the letter of wIrlisn II. John
stjn. presdent International Asse-
cIstioS Of Nackis1Ns. until after
this conference.
4 Pending the aeetiaS toporroU
local union oficials arc taking steps
to car. fc- cases IF soHerinE among &
famiIies OF furloushed employees.
Practically all of the nen released
have Cue weeks back pay coming
10 them tomorrow. After that time
union officials predict actual suffer-
ing in hundreds Of families unless
remedial action is taken by the
government.
Announcement was made last
night that a meeting of furloughed
employees will be held tomorrow
night at the Garden Theater. Ninth
and r. streets northwest. to con-
slider results Of the conference be-
tween the mems representative.
sand Secretary DENLY. The meeting
will Be under the auspices of the
International Association of Ma
chinists.
\ meeting Of the legislative and
executive committee OF Local 17i
will be held tonight at ANaval
e. Lodge Hall.
capt. ]. n. Dayton. commandsnt
Of the Washington Navy Yard. said
Yesterday that no more immediate
dismissIls are contemplated. Re-
ports that additional men were fur
loughed Yesterday were denied by
navy yard, officials.
VIII Rectfy Mistakes
capt. Dayton reaffirmed that ef-
fciepcy ratings and service records
ofth.,1.400 furIoughed men would
he reviewed. IF any mistakes have
been made they will be rectified.
said the commandant.
According to officials OF the Navy
department, the Washington plant
suffered a greater reduction than
any other yard. 1t is estimated
that approximately IS per cent of
the local yard force was laid on.
The, governments action in dis
chSrging its oldest employees with
out warning has almost completely
DESTROYED the morale of the remain
ing workers. union officials claim.
I'm talking with the men," said one
oficisl, ~ find a universal distrust
of thu government. The men were
so completely surprised at the sud
den reIes&k that they don't know
what to #pect in the future. 1t is
unthinkaSN that men who have
given twenty to forty years In
faithful service to their government
should be cut on without any warn
ing whatever. We had the finest
morale in the Washington yard
have ever seen. but it will take .
long time to get over this blow"
The following is the rating scale
used in determining efficiency OF
navy yard employees: Initiative and
skill. 80 per cent: workmanship. 80
Per cent: conduct. 10 per cent; at
tendance. 20 per cent.
Under the above rating the fol-
lowing men were furloughed Thurs-
day:
In east gun carriage shop-N. o.
Kelley. 90 years service: n. Han
cock, 2SSears; r. l. knott, IL years;
p J. Sullivan, 1i Years:.T. r. Mead.
ls years.
In the wreckiag saop: r. Sanders.
es years service: ]. c. Koontz, II
years: w. W. Davis. Is years; F.
SsryelI. IS years. A. Altorfer. IS
years; c. Pickers. 2s years; z. J.
Brosnsa. IL years: A. X. Hall. II
years; F. A. Kennedy. 16 years;
Irwin. Is years; W. II. Newcomb. Is
years: r. e witer, 81 years; J. NJ.
Cambridge. IS years; z. s. Wohl-
fsrths rs years: c. E. Culp. 16 years;
A. z. Kendrick. 10 years J.. Ia
Bassett. - years; W. Reese. 20
years: ]. W. Trushein. Is years: J.
W. Briggs. 16 years: Borgess., 20
years: o. A. Ketchner. II years;
n. L. Summers, IL years: s. J.
Eiovannetti, IL years; W. J. Muir
ply, III years; H p. o'Mallory, II
years: W. c. Fuller. IL years. II.
". Dennison. 16 years; S. K. WILL
Jams. - yesss.
Efforts to find employment for
men released from the navy yard
are being made by the Emergency
Committee on Unemployment. of
which Col. Arthur Woods is chair
man. A letter from President
Harding to department heads on
January IS. urging that all work
which might possibly be held until