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Show Survey Shows Few Jobs for WPA Men; Oppose Reduction General opinion in Provo is that the time to make slashes in Works Progress Administration Administra-tion appropriations has not arrived, ar-rived, and that industry is not ready to take up the slack if W.P.A. rolls are cut. according to results of a survey recently taken by Workers Alliance members mem-bers of Provo. All public officials and most of the private business houses were contacted, according to John R. Edwards, president of the Al- i liance. They were asked if they had work for any additional men and if they were in favor of discontinuing dis-continuing W.P.A. or curtailing it at this time. Almost unanimously the answers an-swers were that there were no iofc'3 available, and that some of the men contacted are employing employ-ing more men than necessary. Practically every person contacted con-tacted agreed it would be a calamity to cut down or discontinue discon-tinue W.P.A. at this time. Some industries in Provo would be seriously curtailed by W.P.A. reduction because their products are used in W.P.A. projects, forcing lay-offs if W.P.A. funds are discontinued. Twenty-five men worked on the survey. The letters obtained have been forwarded to the national headquarters of the Alliance. |