Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-22
NAVY WAGE BOARDS
1 TO Be APPOINTED
Present Issue Thought Dead,
h Although More Discussion
Planned.

While talk of the tariff and unem
Aioyment goes ON space, commandant!
81 the various naval shore establish
nnents are getting ready to appoint II
Dcel wage boards to assess the wage
scales in various sections of the eoun.
wy. so that the Secretary of the Navy
may be advised what salary workers II
navy yards and other shore station!
should. be paid during the calendar
year 1881.
In naval circles the proposal ad.
Anced earlier in the year by labor lead
ers TO have the Secretary reopen the
wage question for the current year is
now considered dead. Secretary Adams
dissolved the Navy Wage Board of Re-
view and directed that the same wages
be continued at naval shore stations
this year as prevailed in the last CAL
endar year.
The local wage boards in the Is dis
tricts are due to convene about the mid
Ole OF August. and they will confer
nth various committees to ascertain
the wage scale being paid in other in
dustries in their own localities. Data
will be collected on wage in representa-
tive lines of work. to be presented later
TO the Navy Department for study by
the Nays Wage Board Of Review.
Local Board. Powers Wide.
The wage board to be appointed by
Capt. Claude C. Bloch, the new COM
nandsnt of the Washington Navy Yard.
will investigate wage conditions, not
only in Washington. but in this vicin-
ity-at the Naval Torpedo Station at
Alexandria, Va; at the Naval Proving
Ground at Dahlgren. Va; at the Naval
Powder Factory at Indian Head, Nd:
at the Naval Research Laboratory at
Bellevue, D. c.; at the Naval Air Sta
ton at Anacostia: at the Marine Bar
racks at Quantico Va, and at the
Naval Hospital here Information on
salaries of Office workers, as well as the
skilled trades and unSkilled workers.
will be ascertained for this section of
the country and forwarded later to the
Navy Department for perusal by the
Navy Wage Board of Review which will
hear spokesman for the various trades
present their cases, to supplement writ
ten information.
Secretary Adams will name this Navy
Wage Board Of Review to advise him
on wage conditions over the country.
and this group will go over the Is
boards reports and determine the scales
In various sections of the Nation.
The Navy Wage Board of Review,
which will convene about November /,
will likely consist of Capt Yancey S.
williams. aide to the Secretary of the
afavy, with relation to navy yards. as
the naval oficer; F. S. Curtis, chief
clerk of the Navy Department.; William
d. Bergman. chief of the appointment
division. Navy Department. and John
p. Frey secretary-treaSurer of the
Metal Trades Union of the American
Federation of Labor. as the labor men,
Der. As Capt. williams has been in
Washington for long time and is rep
resented as being anxious to get ship,
It Is doubtful at this time If he will be
In the National Capital during the lat
ter part of the year to take part in the
boards deliberations.
: Plan Prevailing Wage.
The review board will lay before Sec
fetary Adams information on the vari-
Gus wage scales, so that the cabinet
ofncer may determine what should be
paid to civilian personnel at naval
shore stations during the coming year.
There are some $4,000 civilian en-
ployeS Of navy yards IN the naval serv-
ice, and while some reduction in num-
berS are taking place. the wages of the
great majority Of these will be affected
by the deliberations of the boards that
are to convene shortly. Officials at the
Navy Department explained yesterday
that the policy is to make sure that
the Navy will pay the wage scale pre-
vailing in each locality, so that the
Government will not be taking men
away from private industry, due to a
higher wage level, and vice versa.