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lfl (iv<' ·f!·,w ~.. l[]) 1ray iLJ -A; ~ ti <UL ll v .u · \1 C 3 /l c) · Funds are not now avail able either to shorten Atlanta firemen's workweek or r aise their pay, lhe aldermanic finance committee dec ided Fri day. The action came after som e 400 firemen, their wives and ' supporters had overflowed th e aldermanic ch ambe r at a public hearing. They asked that the fire departm ent 's workweek be cut to 5G hours from the present 60 hours and that time and a half be paid for all hours o,·cr 1 4d. The fin ance committee look up the requests in executi,·e session and wound up dec iding that neither could be granted immediately without r aising By l\IAR IO!\' GAJ:i\ES board salary r aises in any delaxes or the city's find ing some partmen ls. new source of rcn!nuc. All members of the fi nance Th e aldermen made two con- commi ttee stressed that they cessions, however, by adopting ~rer~ in sy~1path~ v:ilh the fireresolutions prom .sin g th at: mern ob J e c ~ r v cs . But a_ll (1 ) Tim e and a half ,rill agreed, too, mth .- Id . Charlie henceforth be paid for firem an L,ef ~ncl,1, _th at !_} t c rrre~t c'.ty called b;.ick lo dut,· in emer- 1b.1d .,.,~~ is as ti <>h. as its e, er gency situations aft.er compLt- 1be~n . . 11 .,~ • ... ,,. , • , ing their regu lar GO-h our wee ·. . ,complro .._'-' ,ch:t!·~~? .a , ;~ lt was estimated thi s \':ill cost lOJd the co,n_n.1t ce l ·"' imp.e only some $5 000 to Sl0.000 a Dl l'illlll g th e ~6- lOllr week \',OU!ci · ' · · rcq 11l!"e abr,ut 72 ac!cl1t1onal fireycc1r. men at an ,rnn ua l cost ( based (2J Th e 5G-hour week for fire- o_n lop pay s ca I CJ of some men ,1·ill be given "The fi rst $526,052 . consideration·• in clra\\· ing up Paying lime and a half over next year 's city budget o\·er any r e q u e s t s for across-the- Conlinucc on Page 5, Col umn 1 for ~·e \'ver Hours Continued From Page 1 40 hours for a 56-h ou r week would co.;t about $704,618 a year· and for a CO-hour week abou $310,331 a yea r. Davis sa id. At the publiC' hear ing. Capt. J. C. Whitl ey told the aldermc th at lhe city l':as practicing "false economy" to train youn mr n K firefighters and the losr lh crn a short ti me later to job wi th shorter hours ar. wee ,ench anc holidays off. I S6 t. J. D. Garr ett pleaded fr-!' irnplem cnt .1tion of the fi remen· requests, dec laring: "\Ve can·t strike ag;iinst you; all we can do is quit and look for someth ing el , c." Longtime Allanla businc. c man Sam Rothberg urged aldenmn to give the fireme n a wage "that is just, fair a right" even if it meant increasing laxes . Insuranrrman l\T. M. (l\f gg,-;y) Smith sai d an imporlant factor is '·the life hazcird- -\ · n th ese mPn answer a fire ~ J they nt\. r kw,w if they 'll c ~ back." I �