Evening star., 1924-12-21
NAVAL WORKERS
GET SOME RAISES
Number of Decreases Also
Listed for Employees at
Washington Yard.

Some small increases in the wages
OF hte mechanical forces at the
Washington navy yard and gun fac
tory, and several reductions, the
greatest of which Is that OF heavy
drop forgers who are reduced 30
cents an hour, are provided for in the
new wage scale which IS to go into
effect January /, next. The new
scales which are contained in the re
port of the departmental wage board
of review, have been approved by the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and
were made public last night by the
Navy Department.
The report contained the schedules
for all the yards and stations. and
with IL was statement from the
Navy Department. which declared:
Some Rates Unchanged.
las compared to the present sched-
ule Of wages, no change was made IN
the pay rates for the clerical, admin
istratiye and fiscal service, excepting
an increase for supervising telegra-
pher and telegraphers. No change in
pay rates was made in the scientific.
professional, technical, drafting, in
| spection, custodial, planning and es
tfmatfng services or the supervisory
mechanical service, except certain
who are carried up by the increase in
their respective trades. The rates
| for hospital service remain the same
except that the pay of chief mechan-
les at hospitals was increased Is cents
per hour. A few increases in pay
were made in the clothing workers
service affecting the Marine Corps
and the naval clothing factory at New
| York. Several additional rating
| were provided for this service.
Increase for Builders.
The upward trend of wages in the
building industry was recognized TO
| a limited degree by increasing ths
| rates for the several building trade
ratings. such as mason, joiner, cleo
| trician. sheet-metal worker. plasterer,
etc, although the established policy
was continued Of also recognizing By
a similar increase the Importance of
| the trades of various kinds employed
/ in the several yards upon which reii-
ance must be placed in ship and en-
gine building and repair"
In addition to the forgers. the
! packers and welders at the Washing
| ton yard were given reductions
The rates announced for the Wash
| ington yard also apply to the follow
| ing sta lions: Naval Medical SchGoi,
Naval Hospital and Marine Barracks
| in this city; Naval Magazine ard
| Naval Research Laboratory. Bellevue,
D. c.: Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Nd: naval Hospital, Annapolis, Nd;
Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. c;
Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head
! Nd; Naval Proving Grounds. Dahl
gren, Va; Naval Torpedo Station.
! Alexandria, and the Marine Barracks
| Quantico, Va.
Increases Mt Local Yard.
The increases and the amounts per
| hour In the Washington yard follow:
I Laundryman, cents: molGer's
helper, cents; laborer. classified,
cents, except laborers at the naval
powder factory, Indian Head. Md,
/ and naval proving ground, Dahlgren.
Va, who remain at the old scale OF
so cents an hour; sandbIaster,
! cents: stablekeeper. cents; team
ster. cents; blueprinter, 2 cents:
boilermaker, cents; brakeman,
cents; buffer and polisher, cents;
butcher, 3 cents; cement worker,
cents; cement f1nisher, cents; chauf-
feur cents, railroad conductor,
| cents; coppersmith, cents; die
sinker, cents; electrician, cents;
| electroplater, 3 cents; engineman,
I cents; locomotive engineman, cents:
I
| cents; foundry clipper, . cents; foun-
| dry furnaceman. 2 cents; furnacenan'
| heater, 2 cents; forge heater, othe-
| than heavy, cents; instrument
maker, 9 cents; joiner 3 cents: ship
! joiner, cents; IettereF and grainer,
| cents; lineman, 5 cents; machinist. :
cents; metallic cartridge-case maker,
2 cents; millman, cents; model
maker, wood, 5 cents; painter,
| cents; patternmaker. cents; pine
! coverer and insulator, cents; pipe
! filter, cents; plumber. cents; s."
! fler, cents; sewer, cents; shee-
metal worker, cents: temperer,
! cents; toolmaker. 2 cents: uphol-
J sterer, cents, and wharf builder, +
| cents.
| In the optical instrument shop a
| the Washington navy yard, several
| new divisions were made in the desig
nation of employees, and the pay fi&ec.
per hour, as follows; Optical glass
I worker, fine, so cents; optical glass
! grinder and polIsher, so cents; optica'
parts inspector, so cents: optical In
! strument assembler, 20 cents; optical
| polisher and wax mixer, so cents.
! The designations of wireworker ana
| slater were abolished
The new scale also provides, the
same as last year. the provision for
! SO per cent increase in pay for
| civilian employees engaged In airplane
/ testing, during actual flying time.
However, this year it takes into &C
! count the lighter-than-air craft and
provides that work on these ships
while at the mast shall not be con-
| sidered flying time.