Evening star., 1933-02-23
About Half Are Holding Out
for Unions $11 Scale.
Others Take So.
CONTRACTORS EXPLAIN
POLICY IN Statement
Wage Agreement of Last Summer
Cited-Workmen Base Claims on
Aims of Bacon-Davis Law.

Labor troubles between contractors
and the Carpenters Union broke out
again today, with about half the force
of so carpenters on the inaugural
stands south CT the Treasury Building
day and the remainder accepting the
offered So a day.
Bahen & Wright, contractors, today
issued the following statement:
When We got the contract for these
stands We agreed to hire only union
carpenters and pay them So a day.
That was the scale agreed upon last
Summer by the Master Builders Asso-
citation, of which we are members. Dur
ing the first week of the work some
of our men got in trouble with their
union for taking the So a day, and to
keep them from getting into further
trouble we advanced them two days
pay apiece on the second week.
Paid $S a Day Now.
''Now, with the stands completed, we
are paying the men off at SO a day,
the wage agreed upon at the beginning
of the work, and union officials and
some of the carpenters are arguing
about it, some of the latter refusing
to accept the So day.
Some of the workmen expressed them
selves as satisfied with the amount they
had received, but others, and the union
officials, contended that the DECISION of
the Treasury Department, that the pre-
vailing wage for carpenters in the Dis
trict, under the Bacon-Davis law. is
the union scale Of $11 day, and that
while the inaugural stands do not come
within the scope of the Bacon-DaviS
law officially, the principle remains the
same.
The inaugural Committee in its
plans for protection of Mr.. Roosevelt,
when he comes here for his inaugura-
ton, has no place for the world cham
pion girl revolver shot, and has so in
formed the Democratic City Commit
tee of st. Louis.
Thanked for Offer.
The information was sent to Dewey
Godfrey of ST. Louis in answer to the
following letter received today by the
Inaugural Committee:
Hon. Cary T. Grayson,
Chairman Inaugural Committee,
Washington, D. c.:
1.-THE Democratic City Committee
would like to send Arlayne Brown.
world champion revolver shot, st.
Louis girl, to ride back Of President
Roosevelt in the parade If agreeable
to you. Wire answer to me, care the
Democratic City Committee.
DEWEY GODFREY, Chairman"
The Inaugural Committee replied:
''On behalf of our committee, permit
me to thank the Democratic City Com
mittee of st. Louis for the very gracious
offer expressed regarding the partici-
patton of Miss Arlayne Brown in the
inaugural parade.
Protective measures already have
been arranged for this occasion by the
chief of the Secret Service, the Police
Department and the United States
Cavalry. CARY T. GRAYSoN,
Chairman"
G. A. r. Given Place.
The Inaugural Committee announced
today that since its appeal for Union
veterans of the Civil War 1T and will
ing to take part in the inaugural parade,
there have heen number of applicants,
and enough Union veterans have been
secured to fill two cars. In addition to
Rev. H. S. Hull of Belmore N. j., and
John M. Culbertson of 1858 Quincy
street, the following have been desig-
mated for parade positions: Hosea @.
Locke of Clarendon, Va; John w.
LEIGH, doorman at the House side of
t1AC SdH4tO4S L&0WA4 Ss DONSAoOOShs AoA@
Webster street; w. H Smith, 1418 Perry
place, and Orlando Learned, 225 Webster
street A third car of Union veterans
will be filled with colored veterans OF
the Union forces.
Another appeal was issued yesterday
by the Housing and Hospitality Com
nlittee. of which Mrs. Blair Banister
is chairman, for Washington citizens
to notify the committee when rooms
which have been listed by her COM
mittee are to be ready prior to the
Inauguration. officials of the commit
tee said some confusion already has
been caused by the failure of persons
desiring to rent rooms to do this.
The General Entertainment Cons
mittee today announced that Chief
Yowlache, the Indian baritone, who
will sing at the public promenade conf
cert in the Pan-American Building on
the evening of March 2, viii wear q
war bonnet worth $1,000 as part ot
his Indian costume. The bonnet il
made of several hundred feathers oi
the golden eagle.