The Hire of Firemen and Policemen

IN the spring of 1923 the policemen, firemen and park guards of Philadelphia opened a campaign for higher salaries. Requests immediately came to the Bureau of Municipal Research for information on rates of pay of similar groups of employes in other cities. In order to obtain and furnish this information, the Bureau addressed a questionnaire, in May, 1923, to police and fire officials in the 21 largest cities in the United States. Returns were received from both sets of officials in the following 17 cities: New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Buffalo, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Washington, Newark, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Mo., and Seattle. Besides these, returns were received from the police officials in Pittsburgh and from the fire officials in Indianapolis. The questionnaire, it should be stated, was not confined to rates of pay, but called for information on other closely related conditions of employment. With reference to each rank of service the following questions were asked

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