The Washington times., 1922-05-11
WORKERS PLAN
FIGHT AGAINST
DAYLIGHT PLAN
Law Fixes Hours Of Govern
ment Printers-New Scheme
Means Overtime Pay.


Bureau OF Engraving and PrintinI
and the Government Printing Office
may not adopt daylight savings Mon
day morning.
In the case OF the printing office
II will cost the Government $500
each day the new plan is effective.
The employees, 4.200 in all, have
voted nearly four to one against the
earlier reporting hour.
Employees of the bureau have voted
more than two to one against tho
plan, and have also passed resolu-
ton appealing to Treasury Depart,
ment officials to make the bureau
exempt from President Harding S
daylight savings order.
Approved In House.
The House District Committee to-
day shortly after disposing OF it's
report approving the bill for the
extension of the Ball rent act, de-
cided to draft joint resolution for
daylight saving in the District Of
Columbia to be effective between
May Is and the last Sunday in
october, which is in conformity
with President Harding's wishes.
At the request OF Congressman
Hammer, of North Carolina, who
introduced a bill for this purpose
Yesterday, Henry II. Mckee, rep
resenting the District OF Columbia
Clearing House. appeared before
the committee and asked enactment
of immediate legislation to bring
about daylight saving in the Dis
trict.
Chairman Focht said that it was
necessary TO draft joint resolu-
ton. and il is expected that
subcommittee OF the committee Will
ask the House Rules Committee for
a special dispensation to consider
the proposal on the floor OF the
House next Monday or Tuesday, on
account OF the Importance OF the
measure.
George II. Carter, Public Printer,
said today that the law provides that
per diem employees of the big print
shop shall work between and .
o'clock. and that when they work
outside these hours they must he
paid 20 per cent extra for each hour
Law Fixes Hours OF " ork.
THE law is specific anc there Is
no way Of getting around Il, said
Carter. "Thirty-five hundred EN-.
ployes OF the printing Office come
under the scope of the law. IL We
make them report at instead OF
o'clock we must pay them ~ per
cent extra an hour"
Louis A. Hill. director OF the
bureau, said his $500 employees we're
vigorously opposed to reporting 10
work an hour earlier.
New hours will work a hardship
on bureau employees, especially those
who live in the suburbs. said J)i-
rector Hill. Most of the employees
start to work at O'Clock, but they
reach the bureau fifteen minutes he
forehand in order to be ready TO
start Immediately at s. II we make
them report an hour earlier II means
a quarter to I.
II have not yet received the 1p-
peal from the employees, and until
do so decision will be reserved.
Public Printer Carter said today
that he expected to reach a decision
some time today
The failure of these departments
to rearrange their hours will pre-
vent the daylight savings plan from
becoming universal throughout the
city 1t will Gauge street railways
TdllTOduS W INai N'iN
schedule.
Firemen's Hours to Stand.
George S. Watson, chief Of The
Fire Department, said this NOR hing
that for the present the hours tol
firemen would remain the same.
He said that IL the continuation OF
the present hours worked = hhrdship
or inconvenience on the firemCn, the
hours will be rearranged. ElnpioNGs
of the Fire Department office. how
ever. will be affected by the chlnSc
No changes are cont emplatcd in
the Police Department, except in ne
executive office.
Several offices in the Federal Re-
serve Board will con''uu" IN the
same hours, but only Il few en-
ploYes will he affected.
The Arcade Market announced to-
day that il would open and close
an hour earlier. Glen Echo, which
opens Saturday, announces no
change in hours.
The possibility of Congressional
legislation to make daylight savings
universal in Washington loomed to-
day. Congressman William c. Ham
mer Of North Carolina has introduced
a bill setting the clocks ahead one
hour. Early consideration of the
mea sure is beinV v sought.