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Show REDUCE FORGE AT SI SIPS Order Announced Today Gives Over 225 Men Five Days Before Lay Off Acting on order from the general offices of the Southern Pacific com-pany com-pany In Knn Francisco, approximately 226 empolyes In the Ogden shops were notified this morning of a layoff lay-off effective Friday, December 10. The order is one which Includes all divisions of the systein, anil tails for a 30 per cent reduction in all crafts on the Salt Lnke dhislon. In the Shops al Sparks, Nee, nearly 12-t men wore rendered Idle. officials here are told that similar cuts in maintenance Of Way and transportation transporta-tion departments are also being con-sldsred. con-sldsred. The present layoff In the Ogden shops is the fourth of Its kind In the past few weeks. Three suggestions to reduce expenses were followed by the removal of aboul 75 men In each in- This time, however, direct orders or-ders rnme for a drastic reduction in operating expenses. The move is one of financial retrenchment, as there Is plenty of work to keep the entire force busy, officials said. Half of those released are mechanics and the remainder helpers. Apprentices Appren-tices and "step-rate" men, according to Master Mechanic David Hlckey, arc not affected, as (hey arc regarded as having no seniority and it was upon this basis that the removals were mads According to national acieements. five days' notice mUSt be given, thus making the order effective on Frl-dny. Frl-dny. This agreement, it was said, also prohibits working the entire force four or fivo days a week as has happened in Ogden in past years. 00 a |