Evening star., 1935-03-18
STAGGERED HOURS
TO BEGIN APRIL Is,
AFFECTING 27,O[O
$4,000 Federal Employees
Will Continue Reporting
at 9 AM.
13 DEPARTMENTS JOIN
IN REVISING SCHEDULE
Street Car and Bus Shifts Will Be
Made to Meet Spread in
Traffic Flow.

Thirteen divisions of the Govern
ment, employing approximately $1,000
workers, will go on staggered hours"
OF duty April Is under a schedule
approved by department heads. it was
announced today by Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen.
In move of major importance. de-
signed to relieve rush-hour traffic
congestion. the details of which we're
prepared by Traffic Director William
A. Van Duzer. this army of Govern
ment employees will be reporting for
work after April Is at various periods
between $50 and 9:15 am. Some
l4,OCO other Government workers en-
ployed at buildings in the congested
downtown section will continue to re-
port at 9 O'Clock.
President Roosevelt recently ap-
proved the objectives of such a pro-
gram, which was championed months
ago by Commissioner Hazen, but left
details of the plan to be worked out
by the various Federal department
heads in negotiations with Van Duzer.
Executives Of the l3 affected depart
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have approved the hours in the new
schedule
Transit Problem Studied.
All that remains to be done is for
the various transportation companies
to work out a revision of the schedule
of buses and street cars to take care
CT the shift in transportation move
ments. officials say nearly a month
should be allowed for this study. For
this reason April Is has been set as
| the effective date.
The Department of Commerce. en-
ploying approximately 4,l00. will be-
gin work at 9:15 am. under the new
plan and will cease work at 4:45 pm.
Forty-one employees Of the Emer-
gency Conservation Commission. housed
in the new Post ONCE Building. and
the 200 workers of the Federal Com
munications Commission. housed in
the same building. will report at $50
am. and be dismissed at pm.
The Federal co-ordinator of trans
portation having 154 employees housed
in the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Building, has agreed to q new
schedule for starting work at $50
am, with pm. as quitting time.
Farm Credit Staff Affected.
The 1,5O0 employees of the Farm
Credit Administration, housed in the
old Southern Railway Building on
Pennsylvania avenue at Thirteenth
street. are to report to work at els
am. and will have 4;45 pm. as quit
ting time.
The 644 workers in the General
Accounting Office quarters in the old
Post Office Building, will report at
9:l5 am. and quit at 4:45 pm.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, employing 100 persons. will have
$50 am. to 4 pm. as the new work.
ing hours
The $500 employees of the Navy De-
partment. who are housed in the Navy
Building on Constitution avenue. will
report at 8:45 am. and leave at Ais
o'clock.
Employees of the National Industrial
Recovery Administration, most of
whom are housed in the Department
of Commerce Building, will report at
/ . 80 dslll. anu AuAJ at TsTO Psllls 4AlCAC
are 1900 such employees in all, with
about 800 housed at New York avenue
and G street.
Revenue Staff Split.
The employees of the Internal
Revenue Bureau have been split into
| two divisions. A total of $500 are TO
report at $3.50 am. and quit at 4 pm,
while approximately 1000 others will
| report at 8:45 am. and leave at Ais.
The 4,700 employees Of the Veterans
Administration are to report at $50
am. and quit at 4 pm.
The $500 employees of the War De-
partment are to report at 8:45 am.
and leave at AIS. The Van Duzer
schedule listed 3072 of these workers
as being housed in the Munitions
Building, $50 in the State. War and
Navy Building and 240 at Virginia
avenue between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets.
The 861 employees of the District
Government who work at the District
Building already report at 8:45 am.
with Ais as quitting time and this ar
III NC NOAllAAAhCA &c O paw
of the new plan.
$4,000 on 8 AM. Schedule.
An analysis by Van Duzer Of the
staggered hours program shows that
approximately 8,700 Government en1-
ployes after April Is will be reporting
at $50 am, that 10000 will be due
at work at 8:45 am and that 5000
will have 9:15 am. as reporting time.
The 14000-odd workers in the af-
fected area. who will continue to
report at am. and work until 4:30
o'clock. are employed by such de-
partments as Post once, Justice,
Treasury and Agriculture.
In giving his general approval
sometime ago to the proposed stag
gered hours plan, President Roosevelt
called attention to the need Of CO.
operation on the part of business
houses. Van Duzer reports that the
larger institutions Of this kind, which
either have a large number Of en-
ployes or which draw a large num-
ber of customers. already are on a
different schedule.
Banks on New Schedule.
Van Duzer said today the banks
are operating on an $3.50 am. TO
pm. basis, except on Saturdays and
Government pay days. The large
department stores and the larger spe-
cialty shops are opening at 9:15 am.
and closing at 6 pm. and some Of
the mems furnishing stores and other
speciality shops open anywhere be-
tween $50 and 8 am. and close from
6 to $50 pm.
The Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, having some $500 workers,
already has a schedule Of 8 am. to