Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-08-03
q NAVY CONTRACTS
FOR SHIPS ARE LET
As BIDS ARE o.K.'D
TrammeI Charge of Collision
on Estimates Unfounded,
Probe Shows.
Is ALSO TO BE BUILT
AT GOVERNMENT YARDS
Five-Day Week at All Shore Sta
tions Decread in Line With
shipbu;liing Coae.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The Navy Department today awarded
contracts TO the lowest responsible bid
der" for new naval vessels. The de-
partment also allotted 16 vessels to be
constructed in navy yards.
Blds for the vessels awarded private
yards were opened July 26.
Announcing the awards. officials said
charges by Chairman Trammell Of the
Senate Naval Committee of COLLISION
between the bidders had not been sub
stantiated. President Roosevelt had
approved the Navy plans at Hyde Park,
N Y last night.
Meanwhile, in view Of the shipbuild-
ing code as to wages and hours in
private yards the Navy today ordered
a five-day week of 40 hours for civilian
employees at all shore stations.
Will Replace 5la-Day Week.
The new work week will replace the
present 81. day week for which days
pav is given.
Pay will now be on the basis of 5
davs' wages for the 5-day week.
Some $4,000 emplcyes will b. affected.
The awards to the Navy Yards for
construction were one light cruiser and
two destroyers to the Philadelphia Navy
Yard. two deTt- Cye~S ID 30 ar.
two Gestroyers to the Puget Sound
yard and two destrcyers to the Mare
Island yard, -,
The department announced it would
carry fo-~ard its previoucly indicated
plan to have two submarines con-
structed at Portsmouth Navy Yard
two des5royers a the Bc1ton yrrd; one
Ight cruiser and o3e gun boat at the
New York yard and one gun boat at
the Charleston, S. c.. Navy Yard.
Gets Aircraft Carrier Job.
The contract for two aircraft car
riers was awarded to the Newport
News Shipbuilding g. Dry Dock Co,
for $4,000 900 each. subject to ad-
justment for cost of direct labor and
material within definite limitation.
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora
ton. Quincy, Mass. w"s awarded for a
fixed price of s1l,72o.oco the con-
tract for a heavy cru ser which can.
not be laid down before .Ienuary l.,
1884. or completed before 1927, under
the London treaty. 3.
Contracts for two light cru GERS were
awarded the New York Shlpbmldlng
Co. Camden, N j., for Sl1 SIT 900 each
The Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn,
was awarded contracts for two sub
marines at O fixed price OF $2,770,OOo
each.
Contracts for all eight of the 1850
ton destroyers were awarded on flxed
price basis, without adjustments lot
labor costs and material.
The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpo-
ration also was awarded four OF them
for So, $4,000 each and a similar num-
be- was awarded the New York Ship
building Co. for s3,775,000 each.
Six Destroyers Ordered.
Six 1,50O-ton destroyers were awarded
on the basis of price subject to adjust
mants within indefinite limitations for
labor and material cost changes as
follows:
The Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me,
two for S3,429,0OO each; the Federal
Shipbuilding g. Dry Dock Co., Kearney,
N. j., two for S3,410800 each and the
United Dry Docks, Inc. of New York
City. two for s3,40O,Oo0 each.
All except five of the vessels for
which contracts were awarded are to
be built out of the S230,000,000 fund
allotted to the Navy by the Public
Works Administration.
The five are the heavy cruiser to
be built by the Bethlehem Corpora
ton and the four destroyers to be
built by them.
These vessels are being built with
regularly appropriated funds, which
are also being used to carry on present
construction.
The order placing Navy Yard workers
on a five-day basis affects $500 en-
ployes at the Washington Navy Yard.
The order becomes effective Sunday
and the new work week will be from
Monday to Friday, inclusive. The $500
workers here include many that nave
heen fIrlOuphed