Evening star., 1922-02-17
navy YARD DROPS
| 81 MORE EMPLOYEES
Majority Of Men Worked in
Supply Shops-Clerks Also
Slated to Go.


one more employees Of the Washing
ton navy yard would be laid OF at
the close of work today was made
this afternoon by Capt. j.. H. Dayton,
commandant of the navy yard. With
the furloughing of the additional
thirty-one men, the total number of
navy yard workers laid or since last
week. will be close to 1.400.
Twenty-three Of the men to be
dropped from the pay rolls this after
noon are employed in the supply shop.
The remainder are in the public works
division. 1t is believed that a. few
more workers will be laid or at. the
close of this month.
Capt Dayton also announced that
clerical personnel of the navy yard,
which, it is said, has been made neces-
sAry on account of the drastic reduc-
ton in the mechanical force. How
many clerks will be laid off has not
been determined.
Labor Leaders Renew Efforts.
With a further reduction of the
navy yard force, increasing the seri-
BUSINESS of the unemployment situa-
tion in Washington, labor leaders to-
day are making strenuous efforts to
provide work for the furloughed men.
N. P. Alias. president of District A.
International Association Of Machin-
lists, announced that the organiza-
ton will appeal to Congress to in
clude provision in all appropriation
bills to be passed requiring that work
Of the governments departments be
done at the navy yards instead of by
private firms.
Mr.. Atlas said he appeared this
morning before the Senate post office
committee which has the post office
appropriation bill under considera-
ton and urged that a clause be in
work Of the post Office department
be turned over to the navy yards.
He pointed out that the navy yard
employees can do virtually all the re-
pair work of the post Office depart
ment, such as making motor truck
parts and repairing mail boxes, etc.
Other plans for relieving the gen.
eral unemployment situation are un-
der consideration by labor leaders,
according to Mr.. Alifas. Although
he declined to disclose the plans un-
til completed, he said they were
pl 0SSiId4 d4Au al . oCol6uSA " 6lu III
remedying the unemployment condi-
|tions throughout the country.
Hope for Renewed Activity.
Reports in labor circles to the ef-
feet that the engineering experts Of
the Navy favor the immediate ex-
penditure Of $1s.o0o,00o for repairs
said to be essential to the mainte-
nance of efficiency gave rise to hopes
Of renewed activity in government
yards. Mr.. Atlas pointed out that
If the government should decide to
make these repairs and would have
the work done in the government
plants it would be possible to retain
the normal forces at most Of the
yards for q. few months at least.
This, he said, would be a temporary
respite and would at. least give the
men ttm6 to make other connec-
tions. and possibly would provide
employment for them until the Navy
Department was ready to proceed
with its auxiliary building program.
Some response from Secretary of
the Navy DENLY to the program of
relief submitted to him Wednesday
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
other labor leaders is expected to be
Forthcoming by tomorrow or early
next week, it ts believed in labor
circles.