Evening star., 1925-11-03
FEWAT NAVY YARD
GET PAY INCREASES
Less Than 10 Per Cent Rec
commended for Raises in Re-
port of Wage Board.

Less than 10 per cent OF the work
ers in the Washington navy yard and
other naval stations in the Potomac
and Severn River section included in
the local district have been recommend
ed for wage increases, it was reveal
ed today in a report of the Naval
Wage Board made public at the navy
yard. If the increases recommended
are approved by the Secretary Of the
Navy, they Will become effective Jan
uary l.
Those crafts ignored in their ar
guments for higher hourly wages are
expected to appeal before the Navy
General Wage Board of Review, soon
to convene
Six gardeners and 105 ordnancemen
were most favored in the recon
mended wage increases. The gardeners
are slated to receive fiat hourly III
creases of 10 cents or a rate of 20, S.
and 60 cents per hour where they are
now getting so. 80 and 80 cents PEI
hour. The ordnance men are recon-
mended TO receive 70, 20 and 81 an
hour, an increase Of 5 cents per hour
over their present wages of 10, So ana
60 cents per hour.
Many Passed Over.
The machinists, electricians. pat
ternmakers and sheetmetal workers.
strong claimants Of a. salary increase
who generally asked a minimum in
crease of 10 cents an hour, are nor
among the tradesmen named for
raises
The raises of salary recommended
are as follows:
Helpers cksmiths. other than
heavy fires. boilerTnakers copper
hS al IaI
lists, molders, sheet metal workers
are recommended for raises from 81
40 and a cents an hour to 56. 81 and
46 cents an hour; janitors, from As.
43 and 50 cents an hour 10 52, Al and
A. cents an hour: stablekeepers and
teamsters. from 54, 49 and "A cents
an hour TO Sc, 81, and 46 cents all
hour.
Rlacksmiths, heavy fires, from 90. S.
and so cents an hour TO %, 81 and
81 cents an hour: blaCksmiths. other
fires. from so. - and 20 cents al,
hour to s.. - and II cents an hour.
blue printers, from 81, % and Al cents
an hour TO 60. 30 and 30 cents an
hour; buffers and polishers. from rs.
70 and 6S cents an hour TO so. -
and 20 cents an hour, canvas workers
from 20. Go and so cents an hour u
70, 68 and 63 cents an hour; chauf
leuTS, from t3. US ana % cents All
hour to 90, 90 and 50 cents an hour
drop forgers from so. Is and 20 cents
an hour 10 81, Il and - cents an
hour; gardeners, from co, 50 and 80
cents an hour to 20, Go and 50 cents
an hour; leather workers, from 20, s.
and so cents an hour to 73, SO ana
t3 cents an hour: metal cartridge cas-"
makers. from e., 81 and % cents an
hour Ia 90. 60 and - cents an hour
ana moIders from 90, 50 and so cents
an hour 70 g.. 81 ana 81 cents an hour
Laborer quarteTmen are recon
mended for an increase of 80 cents an
hour over the maximum pay rate OF
their respective trades. labor leading
men are recommended for an increa -
OF ) cents an hour over the maximum!
paw of their respective trades
Chief telephone operators are rec
omended for increases from S4.4S .
day TO S4S0 a day, while telephone
operators are recommended for in
creases from 81 to S4.40 a day. Mes
sengers are recommended for in
creases from $3.50 q day TO S4l6 and
sass a day: messenger boys and girls
from S224 to $40 and $2.72.
Laboratorians are recommended Tor
increases from Sc, S5.44 and 500 a
dav TO Sc 40. Sc and S5.44 a day in one
group and from $4.72 and $4.32 day
10 S5.04 and S4.72 a day in another
grOup.