Evening star., 1941-03-30
Changed Hours
Start Tomorrow
In u. 5. Bureaus
Transit Head Tells
Of Plans for Longer
Rush-Hour Service

The Capital recasts its transporta-
Son habits tomorrow.
With the new staggered-hour plar
going into effect for $4,000 of the
10000 Federal workers, E. D. Mer-
rill, president of the Capital Transit
Co. announced last night that every
effort had been made to cope with
ny eventuality in the vast shifting
of car and bus schedules over the
entire city, but that it was realized
that I'VE must cut and try the
service to some extent before we get
q good 1t"
Urging the riding public to CO.
operate, Mr.. Merrill said that all
surplus street cars and buses would
be held in readiness to care for de-
Velopments that cannot now be fore
seen.
"In general" he said, "the fire.
ouency of service which has been
operated at the height of the morn
ing and evening rush hours will be
extended over earlier and later
periods so that patrons may go to
the stopping places where they have
usually boarded cars or buses with
the assurance that they will get at
the new hours substantially the
same frequency of service to which
they have been accustomed.
Work Day Starts at 7:30.
"There will be some 100 employees
of the Capital Transit Co., including
special traffic checkers and the reg
ular supervisory staff, on the street
Monday morning, and they will con-
tinue on the street both morning
and evening for several days to OBJ
serve conditions. and reports will be
analyZed Immediately by schedule
makers to make such changes as
observations indicate are necessary"
Under the new arrangement, the
work day for official Washington
will start at 7:30 when the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing opens
with the last shift of workers coming
to their desks at 9:15. Quitting time
will be changed accordingly.
Designed to meet the ever-groW-
ing congestion caused by the 9
o'clock starting hour which has pre-
vailed generally, the plan has met
with some objection from employees.
The point also has been raised that
1t will create situation twice a day
where the various agencies will be
handicapped in the conduct of busi-
ness because other establishments
are closed.
Schedule of Starting Times.
The starting time under the new
schedule is as follows:
Executive Office of the
President
The White House Office 500 am.
Bureau of the Budget 800
National Resources Plan
ming Board --------- 900
Office of Government
Reports - 900
Liaison Office for Per-
sonnel Management 900
Office for Emergency
Management ---- 9:15
Departments:
Agriculture
AL except Farm Credit
Administration ~ 8:15
Farm Credit Admins
tratlOn ---------- goo
Commerce - $3.50
Census 800
Interior INSTRUMENTATION 800
Justice 8:45
Labor 900
NAVY 800
Post Office - 900
State 900
Treasury
Except as otherwise
provided --------- 800
Bureau of Engraving
and Printing - 1880
Bureau of Internal
Revenue
Commissioner and
Miscellaneous Unit s:15
Chief Counsels Of
flee - 900
Income Tax Unit 8:45
Miscellaneous Tax
Unit - 8.15
Procurement Division $3.50
Independent Agencies
Alley Dwelling Authority .8:30
American Battle Monu-
ments Commission 900
Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System 900
Board of Tax Appeals 9:l5
Civil Service Commission 8:45
Employees Compensation
Commission ---- 8:45
Federal Communications
Commission -- 9:15
Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corp. -- 300
Federal Loan Agency
Administrator Office 900
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nance Corp. and
afhliates ----------- 900
Export Import Bank 900
Electric Home and
Farm Authority 900
Home Owners Loan
Corp. ---------- 9:l5
Federal Home Loan
Bank Board ---- s:15
Federal Savings and
Loan Insurance
Corp. -------------9 9:15
Federal Housing Ad-
ministration ------- 8:45
Federal Power Commits
sion " 9:15
Federal Security Agency 9:l5
Federal Trade Commis-
sion - 900
Federal Works Agency
except w. P. A. $3.50
Works Project Admins
tration - $3.50
General Accounting Of
flee ------------- S:45
Interstate mmerce
Commission -------- 9:15
Maritime Commission 9:15
Maritime Labor Board 900
National Advisory Com
mittee for Aeronautics $3.50
National Archives --- 900
National Capital Park
and Planning Com
mission ------- 900
National Labor Relations
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