Evening star., 1922-11-17
800 FACING Loss
Of. NAVY YARD Jobs
|NFURTHER CUTS
Resumption of Six-Day Week
Schedule Will Affect
Many. "
employees TO PROTEST
PLANS FOR REDUCTIONS
Sweeping Curtailment Of Present
Schedule Will Extend to
Many Sections of Country.

Further sweeping reductions will
be made in the forces at the wash
ington navy yard and navy yards and
stations throughout the country
when the six-day week Is resumed
on December l. it was learned today.
Capt. j. H. Dayton. commandant OF
the naval gun factory here. said
that he is working out now the
plans for the reduction at the local
plant. These reductions will be in
addition to those taking place No
vember 23.
1t was learned at the same time
that employees of the local yard are
preparing a general protest against
the resumption of the six-day @ Week.
on the ground that it will throw
many employees out of work at a
time when the industrial situation is
slowly getting back to normal. Pro-
tests in behalf of the other yards
will be filed by n. p. Alias. president
sociation of Machinists, which takes
in the employees of all navy yards
and arsenals throughout the country.
kilograms of protest against the
resumption of the six-day schedule
were received at the union headquar-
ters here today from the employees at
the Puget Sound. Washington; Mare
Island. California. and League Island
Philadelphia, yards.
500 May Lose Out.
While Capt Dayton has not worked
out the figures indicating the number
of men who will be discharged from
the local navy yard. it was said todav
that it probably will be about one
sixth of the local force, or approxi
mately 500 employees. The planned
reduction will take place on Decem-
Der l.
Union officials base their estimates
on the fact that each yard has a GER
tain allotment of money for the year
and their forces are now right down
to the bone to keep within that ap-
propriation. II the yards add an
within this allotment of appropria-
tions. a corresponding cut must be
made in the number Of employees.
The forty-hour or hve-day week
was put in force. it was pointed out,
in order not to throw . large number
OF employees on the already saturated
Unemployment market. It was point
ed out by union officials that the or
der of the Navy Department. directing
a resumption of the six-day or forty
eighthour week at navy yards and
stations Is contrary to the last wage
award.
While the addition of another work
ing day at the yards will increase the
pay which can be earned by the men,
nevertheless the unions take the po-
sition that in view of the present con-
dition of unemployment nothing
should be done which would throw
more men on the market. The en-
ployes would rather work five days In
order to give theft fellow employees
work.
Protests at Hearing.
Vigorous protests will be entered
by representatives of the employees of
all the navy yards and stations when
they appear at the public hearings on
wages which will be conducted by the
general wage board Of the Navy De-
partment. beginning at 10 o'clock on
the morning of November 81. At that
time the general wage board of re-
view, headed by Rear Admiral Joseph
Sthauss, a member of the general
board, will listen to the evidence to
be adduced by the employees repre-
sentatives to show the conditions
warrant an increase in pay. At that
time the representatives of the WASH
ington navy yard emplo,-es will enter
their protest against the resumption
of the six day week.