| Show Probe Ordered in Charges of Unfair Handling of Jobs Committee Alleges Contractors Contractors Contractors tors Break U. U S. S Road Regulations Investigation was vas ordered Tuesday Tues Tues- day by the state road commission o of charges that unfair methods of hiring workers are arc being used on the Tooele Tooele- Erda highway project in Tooele county The order was issued after a meeting between the commission and a citizens citizens' committee from Tooele I representing unemployed of the thc coun county ty The committee laid charges before the commission that the contractors Christensen Gardner Inc Salt Sal Lake are arc breaking government reg governing the length of the working week It also asked dismissal dis missal of the unemployment committee commit commit- tee appointed by the commission to direct the hiring of men In a sworn statement presented the ro road d commission the committee charged that the contractors are working men on two shifts and are not rotating labor as recommended by the commission It also charged that workers arc are being employed 10 hours daily in violation of the federal regulation governing federal aid funds requiring hour five shifts and a hour 30 week Some men are arc hired hird as skilled workers workers work work- ers era when they are known to be Unskilled unskilled unskilled un un- skilled laborers it is also charged ASKS COOPERATION Although there is no federal regulation regula regula- tion lion requiring rotation of labor Mr Peterson told the committee the road commission has asked that contractors contractors contractors tors cooperate by following this tice He declared the commission will Investigate the charge thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- and arid take corrective steps i if the charges are found true The Tooele group also charged that some workers on the thc road job are receiving direct relief funds in viola viola- tion Jon of federal regulations which exclude ex cx clude elude men employed on federal road aid projects from receiving such re- re lief The road commission referred the he committee to the governors governor's state central committee on relief relic on this matter Another charge was that Mr Hig lug bee jee as a member of the commissions commission's unemployment committee was not Continued on Page Pace Fifteen I PROBE ORDERED IN JOB CHARGES Continued from Page pue Nine cooperating with wih the distribution of work where needed and that many married men of Tooele county are not given employment on the project while single men are SPEAKS FOR GROUP Mr Roe a merchant merchant acting as spokesman for the group declared I I 1 am not unemployed but as a citizen and in the interests of civic pride I cannot stand by and see sec nearly nearly near nearS ly needy persons denied some employment em employment on a relief project project Mr Roe informed the road commission commission commis commis- sion son the She committee committe of which he Is Isa Isa I a member was appointed at a n meeting meet ing in Tooele last lat week of more than unemployed men Road Commissioner Preston G. G Peterson Peterson Pe terson ordered a n hearing at 2 p. p m. m Inthe in inthe inthe the Tooele courthouse which the te Tooele committee members of ot the unemployment committee E. E C. C C Knowlton assistant assist en engineer ineer of the commission and C. C E. E Higbee resident resident resi dent engineer will attend The Te unemployment committee appointed ap up pointed b by the road commission comprises com Mr Higbee arid and the three Tooele county commissioners The delegation Included A. A F. F MaUet George Roe J J. J E. E Day and John Thc They decla declared ed they I represented unemployed men of the the he county w After meeting with wih M M. Logan Rich deputy attorney general the commit commit- tee ce conferred with Mr Peterson Mr Knowlton Kowlon H. H S. S Kerr chief engineer of the road commission and K K C. C Wright assistant engineer Immediately after the meeting with wih the Tooele group Mr Peterson and Mr Wright left lef for Millard lUlard county cout to investigate reports report of dissension on the method of hiring workmen on ona ona ona a federal aid project in that county Meanwhile the road commission ordered ordered or or- dered Christensen and Gardner Inc to cease immediately the practice oj ot compelling workmen on the Tooele Tooele- Erda project to pay the federal tax tx of 2 cents on on each paycheck ck instructing instructing in the contracting firm to make refunds of such charges The state industrial commission not notified ed the road commission that tat complaints complaints- had reached it ta that thai the te workers were being made t to pay payte the te tax tx and the road rad commission immediately immediately im im- im mediately instructed Mr Higbee to carr carry out the order to stop such payments pay ments and to make refunds ment Governor Doris Dern said Pierce Wiliams Wi Wil Wil- Hams iams traveling representative of the Reconstruction Finance corporation T. T L. L L Holman chairman of the executive ex cx committee of oC the governors governor's relief committee committe a and d Brigham H. H Robinson newly appointed traveling supervisor of relief work in Utah were in Tooele Tuesday and doubt doubt- doubt less ICs ess would investigate the char charges cs j |
