The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-20
JANITOR WANTED;
20 APPLIC ANTS
AFTER EACH JOB
Lucky Men Put on Half
Rations
~ a W0rker Correspondentl

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LOS ANGELES, Cal. (By mail) -
A little army of $50 men will be en-
ployed as janitors in the new city
hall. The salary rate calls for 500
to $115 per month Official reports
show that 5000 applications had been
received a week ago. Undoubtedly,
the number Of candidates has greatly
increased by this time.
For examinations before the civil
service commission, the applicants
will be assigned to various places, in
GLIDING a number of school buildings,
for the two hours Of written work.
To be eligible, the applicant must
be between 81 and SIS years Of age,
citizen and voter. He must be
physically fit. He must have resided
in Los Angeles at least one year, sol
diers, sailors and marines excepted,
and must have had a years expert
ence at janitor work cor aggregate,
including work in marble, tile, fur
niture or vacuum cleaner jobs" or
similar work.
Well, $50 jobs and 5000 job-seek-
ers. That means 20 men in line for
each job. The number of applicants
may be doubled before the examina-
ton takes place. In that case 40 work
ers will compete for each of the $50
jobs, When the qualifications, men
toned above, are taken under consid
GRAFTON, 40 to l or even 20 to is a
very high percentage against the
workers and in favor of wage-cutting
interests of every description Sup
pose, for the sake of argument, that
every man in this city between the
age of 81. and 55 was given a chance
to try his or her luck before the civil
service commissioners, the number of
applications would no doubt be so
times 5000 or 100000 Such a figure
would give a fair illustration of the
labor situation in this city of fallen
angels, invisible government and the
greatest crime center in the world,
according to a vice-crusading morning
paper.
| Janitors on Half Rations.
The so-called living wage in this
country is about $4,000 a year. So
this Mayor Cryer's oasis of album
dance" places it's $500 to $115 a month
! ianitors on little more than half ra-
! tions-the starvation point.
The invisible government isswell or
gained. Janitors and other victims
of the present day society of special
interests ought to do the same. The
i process of cleaning up rotten So
ciety is far more important job than
the polishing of marble and brass,
ETC., in master class institution like
the new $9,000,000 city hall--with it's
400 feet high tower pointing, hypocrit-
ically, towards the heaven of our mis-
sionized soup-house keepers, too nu-
merous to mention.
City Jobs to Pay More.
On May IS the city council raised
the salaries of PAT city employees of
"higher" class. On May 81 came
the turn for a raise to 800 technical
men and 100 laborers. The latter
were granted a raise from $5.75 to
$500 day. The lowest paid workers
were forgotten altogether by the
mayor and the efficiency director.
The city council, however, increased
their wages, on June l, from $4.75 to
$500 day. So this class of workers
are now better off than the janitors.
How long will the "dust-eaters" in
the city hall stand for it?
Fear was expressed in the city coun-
Ecil that the lowest paid city workers
may join the forces of organized la
Dor. The Los Angeles Times is keep
Z ing a close watch on the Dangerous"
situation L. P. RlNDAL.