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were given a contract for $12,320 for
the construction OF radio towers, to
be used in experimental work, at the
Bellevue, D. c.. laboratory.
Ira T. Brant of ga Fourteenth street
southeast was given contract for
1884 for alteration to bachelor off1-
GERS quarters at the Marine Barracks
at Quantico.
A contract for 81 ,101 was awarded for
work at the Naval Air Sta ion at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii.
Meanwhile, the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the trst time set aside
its regulations on railroad accounting 10
enable the Chicago g. Northwestern
Railroad to spend half million dollars
in unemployment relief.
The commission allowed the railroad
tn undertake the expenditure during
November and December for heavy re-
pairs to equipment not in service or
likely to be in service, in order that It's
employees might be given opportunity to
work.
Item Listed rs Suspense"
The charge on the railroad books
will enter the expenditure as "a sus-
pense" item, which will not necessarily
20 into charges gainst operation. The
railroad will BE- permitted to spend
the money and wait until 1892 before It
determines how the outlay shall be re-
garded from the accounting standpoint,
and whether 1t will ultimately be
charged against the capital OF the en-
terprise or included in operating costs.
This was the first case In winch
any carrier asked for setting ASIDE
of accounting rules. Inc grant was
made without comment.
A report from Fred c. Croxton OF
Columbus Ohio, q regional advisor on
the Presidents Relief Committee. SAID
employees in many plants in large ONO
cities had been given assurance tnat
their Jobs would be secure throughout
the Winter.
Stagger System Is Used.
Taken as indication OF the response
in Eastern sections, letter from
Nathan M. Ohrbach, an employer OF
, New YORK and Newark, said plan
had been adopted for a stagger system
which will provide employment LOT
MANY nersons without reducing wages
THE plan provides that 1850 persons
viii receive one-half day OIL each week
without reducing wages. inns means
that the workers as q whole Will o.
beneficiaries of $50 half days or oZo
days of additional freedom each week
Extra employees will be hired TO MI tnls
gap. ..s,t. If "A
public employment offices in Ohio re-
mort fewer transit or migratory appii-
cants for work than usual at this sea-
son of the year.
: Local Labor Ia Hired.
This condition" the report salo
grows out of the practice almost uni
yersally observed in the State this yeal
/ of giving preference IN employment oo u
| local people. The plan OF hiring loca
| people will be rigidly followed through
/! out the Winter as matter OF 1ustlce
to local residents"
Croxton said one of the Ohio commit
tees suggested the Presidents Commit
tee appeal to all employers who have
men on 12-hour shifts TO DIVIDE tn'
hours and provide three elgnt-noul
shifts If the work is continuous.
Col. Woods announced the appoint
ment Of Sewell Avery of Chicago, presi
dent of the United States Gypsum Cor
poration, as adviser with industries
particularly those between Chicago ant
New York Avery will suggest plan
to increase the number Of employees.
Cleveland Offers Help.
WOODS mace pubic OueIs VI "
operation from the City of Cleveland
Mrs. John Huston Finley, nationa
board Of the Young Women's Christian
Association; Chamber Of Commerce o
Chester, Pa; National Negro Business
League. Bergen County Chamber o
Commerce of New Jersey and Arch w
Shaw of Chicago, chairman OF tn
Committee on Recent Economi
Changes of the Presidents Conference
on Unemployment
Woods also received assurance from
the A. s. Beck Shoe Corporation O
New York, which operates nine fac
tories and 100 retail stores, that
would keep its full personnel through
cut the Winter.
Following on the heels of the Nav.
Departments announcement came
statement from the National Federation
of Post Office Clerks characterizing tn
Post Office Departments decision u
give overtime employment to need
workers as an empty gesture"
Thomas F.. Flaherty. secretary-treas
urer of the National Federation Of Pos
ONCE Clerks. said in his statement tn
postal service was undermined, tn
workers forced to labor under speed
up systems that extend them beyon
reasonable limits and that petty econ