Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-30 | Page 11 | Fera Project Speed Ordered

FERA PROJECT SPEED ORDERED Cou County Courty ty Headquarters Given ivert i V r Word to Rush Start of Program I Word was flashed to F FER E R A headquarters head quarters in 17 Utah counties Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day to speed the start of the program designed to provide work for or 2100 men a and d women on 85 prof eels The program was WiS announced Wednesday from state F FEn FERA E H A head head- quarters In Salt Lake county preparations were being made at offices at Motor avenue to put persons to work on 30 projects at an approximate approximate approximate mate cost of The Thc program according to state F FERA FER E R A officials is designed to fillin fill fillin fillin in the slack period before the contemplated contemplated contemplated con con- federal winter work program program pro pro- gram opens and is to tp be completed with v all possible sp speed speed- d. d All workers are to be taken from F FERA FER E R A rolls roUs and will receive wages of from 40 cents to per hour The projects are varied providing employment for white collar workers work work- ers ens as well vell as as' manual laborers Work Vork also was being carried forward forward forward for for- ward on a secondary program soon to be presented to the state F FEn FERA E H A for approval A major item on this program it is understood will be predatory animal control work A depleted state bounty fund and curtailed federal budget for lor predatory preda tory animal control work have hav allowed al aJ lowed an alarming increase of wildcats wildcats wild wild- cats wolves mountain lions lions and and other animals it was was said and efforts are being made to include the work in inthe inthe inthe the next program