A dispatch from Washington, 8.C., states that the United States Government is losing many valuable clerks owing to the lure of high wages paid to bricklayers. Bricklayers in Washington receive from £2 8s to £4 a day, while most Government clerks' do not obtain more than £1 4s. Bricklaying has become so attractive that evening schools have been opened. It is estimated that hundreds of clerks are learning how to lay bricks. "Men of many vocations are- taking up bricklaying," says Mr A. E. Drumm, principal of the local Young Men's Christian Association trade school, which has started brickl?ying classes. They include carpenters, contractors, architects, marble setters, and Government clerki."
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 13
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