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Show II SWITCBMEN BEMAD I EIGHT-HOUR BASIS j II WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Tho prac- 'U )M tlcabilitv of establishing during the 2 ffifj war an S-hour day for railroad work- mt ers who do not come under tho Adam- jl n son law or of penalizing overtime with z Wt a view of compelling close adherence GH to an eight hour basis was questioned fcj Hi today by members of the railroad wage X M commission after S. E. Hcberling, A Bffl' president of the. Switchmen's union, 9 had asked a penalty on overtime be- c m yond eight hours in any twenty -four. A El "I sympathize with you as to the rj H desirability of a standard eight hour c Hi day," Secretary Lane said. "But when A Jfi industries are short of men who have (j jjfl been sent to the front would it be do- c 3l sirable to come to that Idea or give an iffl increase in pay without disturbing (j jgf hours?" I gU Mr. Heberllng said tho switchmen A M did not ask an aibitrary eight -hour day - jH If overtime work was necessary. c "We want enough to make both ends a if meet," Heberllng continued, "but we j ffi do not want tho principle of the eight- U hour day destroyed because of other A M conditions." n ul Secretary Lane assured him there nm was no danger of that. A |