(The statement referred to follows:) Enrollment as of July 7, 1950 Centers giving service to white children: 314 D Street SE Ludlow Public School, Sixth and G Streets NE.. Truesdell Public School, Ninth and Ingraham Streets NW.. Centers giving service to Negro children: Mott Public School, Fourth and W Streets NW. Harrison Public School, Thirteenth and V Streets NW_ Accounts receivable (we will probably not collect $50 of the $73)... Mr. SHEA. The third item includes a further breakdown of the child day-care centers including the average enrollment cost per child per week and the cost in comparison with other cities in this country. I would like to submit that for the record. (The statement referred to follows:) The costs of day care per child have been reduced in spite of the fact that there has been a civil service increase of salary during the year, i. e., Classification Act of 1949. The figures The most recent figures we have concerning costs for similar programs in other cities were supplied by the Children's Bureau in November 1949. per child per week follow: Analysis of occupations, parents child day-care centers, as of Mar. 24, 1950' 1 These 203 families have 381 children, of which 275 attend child day-care centers. EXAMPLES OF DOUBLE-INCOME FAMILIES 91.63 8.37 NOTE. In counting double-income families we have included those families where the father is in the home, is incapacitated and is receiving a pension. Examples of all types of double-income families follow: Family A: Father is waiting for a bed at Glendale for tuberculosis. He expects to receive $60 per month from Veterans' Administration. Mother works at a small store as an elevator operator at $25.50 per week. One child in the day-care center. Family B: Father is going to medical school under GI bill. Mother working as an office worker making $45 per week. One child in the day-care center. Family C: Father makes $150 per month or $1,800 per year. One child is living with and supported by grandparents leaving three children in the home. Mother is making $18 per week ($936 per year) as a maid for an elderly lady. Two children in the day-care center. Mr. BATES. Thank you very much, Mr. Shea. I think that is sufficient. METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT WITNESSES INSPECTOR CLARENCE H. LUTZ LT. JAMES H. COX ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FIVE-DAY WORK WEEK Mr. FOWLER. At the committee's request I have sent for Inspector Lutz. He will be here but while we are waiting, Lieutenant Cox is in a position to go ahead. Mr. BATES. All right. Lieutenant, will you give the committee information on additional requirements of the Police Department which will be necessitated by the pending legislation authorizing a 5-day workweek in the Department? Lieutenant Cox. Mr. Chairman, it seems almost a certainty now that the Department will be authorized to go on a 5-day week, since this legislation has progressed to the point where it is almost a surety. Our estimate is worked up on the basis of hiring 300 additional men to take the place of manpower lost through reduction in the workweek. It is Major Barrett's plan to hire these men at the rate of a hundred a month in the months of September, October, and November, incurring a total cost of $615,456 in salaries for the fiscal year 1951. In addition, we are requesting $30,000 for equipment to equip these men at the rate of $100 per man, a total of $645,456. Mr. BATES. Do you have a statement that you would like to place in the record? Lieutenant Cox. Sir, this computation shows the formula on which the cost is worked out. It is in the form of a letter addressed to Mr. Fowler, but the introductory part could be eliminated. (The document referred to follows:) The estimated cost of this program is based on the salary of a class I private and is outlined as follows: Anticipated recruitment and cost 100 men in September (9 months). 100 men in October (8 months). 100 men in November (7 months). Uniforms and equipment at $100 per man.. Total cost 1951. Formula: $3,077.35 × 100÷12=$25,644 per month. It will be noted that because of the staggered recruitment program no lapses have been deducted from this estimate. It is felt that the Department is quite capable of replacing separated personnel on very short notice and that the lapses shown in the original 1951 estimates are sufficiently large to absorb any saving in the processing of the proposed additional personnel. Mr. BATES. What turn-over have you had in personnel among men with 1 or 2 years' service? Lieutenant Cox. We terminated 39 with less than a year's service during the 18 months beginning January 1, 1949. Of course, they have been replaced by other recruits. Mr. BATES. Could you furnish for the record your recruitment per month for the past 18 months, showing the men who qualified and who refused to accept the job? Lieutenant Cox. Yes, sir, I have that available and will furnish it for the record. (The information referred to follows:) Mr. FURCOLO. This is just a situation where you have to have money to pay for these men because there is nothing you can do about it. It is no extra protection, it is the same situation but fewer hours. Lieutenant Cox. That is right. Mr. BATES. What has been the recruitment during recent months? Lieutenant Cox. During the month of August we recruited 21 from New York, 9 from Washington, D. C., 7 from Pennsylvania, and 1 each from New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. That is August 1949. The reason I selected the month of August in 1949 is that at that time our recruitment was at a peak. RESTRICTION OF RECRUITMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA Mr. BATES. I understand that one of the chief reasons for this program is to secure better policemen. Will this enable you to restrict recruitment to the metropolitan area? Lieutenant Cox. Sir, at this time I would like to introduce Inspector Clarence H. Lutz. I think Inspector Lutz would like to answer that question. Inspector LUTZ. It is our hope, sir, that we will have sufficient applicants from the metropolitan area to satisfy the needs of the Department in replacements. I might state that on this date we have sworn in 11 men and of that number, 3 lived in the District of Columbia or the metropolitan area and 8 are out-of-town. One additional man was approved by the Board of Commissioners for appointment. He was from out-of-town but failed to show up. That would have been nine men from out of town as against three in this area. I do believe that the 5-day week will attract sufficient applicants from the metropolitan area to fill all the needs for replacement. PLAN TO BEGIN 5-DAY WEEK Mr. FOWLER. May I ask about the Department's plan in reference to starting the 5-day week? Do you intend to start the 1st of July, the 1st of August, September, October, or November? Inspector LUTZ. Of course it is dependent upon the final enactment of the enabling legislation, as soon as it becomes effective we hope to be able to start out at the rate of a hundred men each month. Mr. FOWLER. September, October, or November? Inspector LUTZ. If it is ready by that time. Of course that will depend upon what the Civil Service Commission can furnish the Department and whether or not we can process them. I just started on the training school today. I wanted to find out how many men it took to process in order to get this 11 that were sworn in. They said they started out with 50 applicants as certified by the Civil Service Commission. Of that number, about 35 showed up at the clinic. Some of them did not pass the physical and out of the 35 we were left with about 17 that passed the physical. Then character examination eliminated all except 12. Mr. FURCOLO. Only 50 applied in all? Inspector Lutz. That was the number we started out with who had passed the mental test by the Civil Service Commission and a screening physical examination. Mr. FURCOLO. Out of curiosity, do you have any idea how many applied in all in the beginning? Inspector LUTZ. To the Civil Service Commission? Mr. FURCOLO. Yes. Inspector LUTZ. I could not tell you how many applied and were eliminated by their entrance examination and their screening physical examination. Mr. BATES. If the money you request for the 5-day week is appropriated, when will you be able to put it into effect? Inspector LUTZ. There is no intention on the part of the Department to reduce the protection presently afforded the citizens of the District of Columbia through the enactment of this legislation. There are at present 12 vacancies in the authorized strength of 1,954 members for the fiscal year 1950, and the 1951 appropriation act now awaiting signature provides for an additional 30 privates. We plan to fill these 42 vacancies before September 1 and further plan to process an additional 100 applicants and have them ready to be sworn in on September 1. This will give us an immediate increase of 142 privates and under the program outlined previously we should recruit an additional 100 privates by October 1. The prospect of the enactment of the 5-day week has apparently had it's effect on recruitment, since the last 53 applicants who were certified by the Civil Service Commission produced 17 appointees and 5 additional who were temporarily rejected because of correctable physical defects. The Civil Service Commission has been advised of the requirements outlined at this hearing and has expressed confidence in its ability to supply sufficient applicants to meet this program. Mr. BATES. Do you plan to put all members of the Department on a 5-day week simultaneously or do you plan to institute it for individuals as they may be spared? Inspector LUTZ. Subject to the approval of the Commissioners, it is proposed to institute the 5-day week whenever it is felt that the same can be put into effect without reducing the protection presently afforded. It will be necessary to continue the force on a 6-day week until at least 200 men are recruited and trained. It is not felt that this policy will cause the accumulation of an undue amount of compensatory overtime, since the powers under existing law governing |