Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-14
14S REQUESTED
TO ACT ON JOBLESS
COMMITTEE HERE
Commissioners Announce 10
More Citizens, and Others
viii Be Added.
LABOR URGES LOCAL
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Protests Against Contract Last
Summer Involving Outside
Workmen Recalled.

Letters went out this morning to 148
citizens requesting them to serve on
the Commissioners Unemployment Com
mite, headed by Frederic A. Delano
Ten names were added to the original
1913 submitted by Mr.. Delano wednes-
day.
They are John r. Costello, Edward r.
Colladay, Samuel j. Prescott, Mrs. Vir-
ginia White Speel, DR.. Cloyd Marvin,
J. Thilman Hendrick, Sidney F. ITALIA
ferro, Garnet C. wilkinson, Mrs. j.
Borden Hartman and Gen. John A.
Johnston. The Commissioners are ex-
pected to add other names at their own
suggestion later.
The unemployment situation locally
injected itself today into consideration
Of bids submitted for construction of
the new Business High School, 10 of
which were submitted Wednesday.
committee of local labor men ac-
companied by representatives Of Dis
trtct trade bodies called upon the Com
missioners this morning and urged
them to award the contract to q local
hrm, II possible. Out of the 10 bids
submitted, ranging from $1,249,OO0 to
81, 4S3 900, there is q doubt as to whether
the w. X. Rose Co. OF GoldSboro, N. c.,
or the National Construction Co. Of At
lanta, Ca, is the low bidder. The Ma
tional Construction Co. submitted the
low bid, but no consideration is taken
Of certain alternative schedules. II one
OF these, calling for the use Of marble
instead OF limestone in certain portions
OF the structure, Is taken into consid-
GRAFTON it is said that the Rose Co. be-
comes the low bidder. The figures have
not yet been officially checked, however.
Contract Protest Hearing.
The prospective award Of a contract
to build grade school in the north
east section Of the city to the Rose con-
Of protest that the Commissioners held
an open hearing on the matter. Local
labor interests objected on the ground
that the Rose concern uses North Car
DINA labor and materials in its Jobs.
The bid was given to the Rose Co. as
the lowest responsible bidder, the Com
missioners holding that under the law
they had no choice.
Although o Georgia company. It has
O Washington Office, and Is said to en-
ploy Washington labor and to buy ma
terial from Washington subcontractors.
It Is now building the Alice Deal Junior
High School in the Reno section Of the
city.
Those who called upon the Commits
sioners this morning to urge considera-
ton for Washington workmen in the
award Of this and other contracts were
Rudolph Jose, president Of the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce: 4. j.
Murphy, chairman of the Buy-in-
secretary Of the Board Of Trade;
Charles Young. executive secretary of
the Building Trades Council; Michael
McDonough, president Of the Building
Trades Department Of the American
Federation of Labor, and John B. Col
poys, secretary Of the washington Gen.
trail Labor Union.
Wage Scale ct Stake.
Thomas A. Lane, representative of
the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers'
International Union, In a conference
with Engineer Commissioner Gotwals
pointed out not only the fact that the
principle of the wage scale Is at stake,
but that the Commissioners, in select
ing limestone trim for the Roosevelt
High School, can save more than $780,
10 ubmitted-which would at the same
time assure work for local men.
Mr.. Lane referred to the policy advo-
Gated November by Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon in discussing the Fed
eral building project In Washington, in
which Mr.. Mellon said: I'm line with
the departments desire to have local
labor employed on Federal buildings
to the greatest extent possible, consid-
GRAFTON is now being given to the In
cluSion OF paragraph in the Speciflca-
tons for public building construction
which would notify bidders that the
department will look with disfavor upon
any departure by the contractor from
the well known policy of the Govern
ment to maintain existing rates Of
wages"
The W. p. Rose Co., Mr.. Lane pointed
out. is paying so and 20 cents an hour
to carpenters engaged on the Eliot
School construction work, when the
agreed rate for carpenters in the Dis
trict Of Columbia Is $1.37iz cents per |
hour. With about 500 workmen en-
ployed on the Roosevelt Building alone, |
Mr.. Lane said, the same conditions |
would prevail II the North Carolina firm |
Is awarded the contract.
more Than Union Fight"
This is more than a union fight" he |
explained. 1T involves the welfare of |
labor at a time when unemployment |
conditions in washington are such as to |
direct the attention of the District Com |
missioners themselves 1t is a public |
welfare protest and mas the support not |
only of the trade bodies of Washington, |
but of such welfare organizations as the |
Associated Charities, the Catholic Char |
titles, Jewish Welfare Council and others |
who are as anxious as the unions to see |
that local conditions are maintained |
wherever possible whether in building /
projects or in other INES"
The same. protest made to Commits |
sioner Gotwhls was made on behalf Of |
organized labor in joint letter to Sec |
rotary Of Labor James J. Davis. In adj !
dition to Mr.. Lane the protest was sign 1
the Brotherhood Of Carpenters, and |
Charles E. Young. executive secretary Of |
the washington Building Trades |
Council.
The bid of the Rose Co., 81 ,287, 900, |
for the Roosevelt School with limestone !
trim plus 500, 500 for marble trim was |
found the lowest when the bids we're |
opened yesterday. The Commissioners
in this particular case can exercise |
their discretion in selecting limestone, |
and by so doing, Mr.. Lane pointed out /
to Secretary Davis, can save over $780,
600, and at the same time make an |
award to q contractor who will carry |
out the policies of the President and |
yourself are advocating"
The bid Of the National Construction
Co., including limestone trim was for
81 ,249, 900, and that submitted by the |
Wark Co. Of Philadelphia was for |
81, 1856, 900, both companies, it was said,
being willing to pay the existing rates
of wages.
The Unemployment Committee which |
Is ftiuctioning under the leadership OF /
M. Delano. pending the appointment
e he CHER members Of the committee