Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-03 | Page 4 | An Important Mission

S AN IMPORTANT MISSION 1 appearance of Governor Blood and his T THE associates before Secretary of Agriculture Agriculture ture Wallace in behalf of the the- Utah reclamation reclamation tion ion projects urged for immediate immediato undertaking undertaking ing lug by the Utah Public Works Yorks board is already seen cen to b be a n vital part of the states state's recovery program It is highly important that public works get under way with the least possible delay and in order that this may be bc realized it appears that much must be bc done at Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington to make clear to officialdom the nature nature na na- na- na ture ure of some of our problems After all the same feame ame plans and specifications for recovery will not fit equally well in New NeV England the middie middle middle mid mid- dle die west the south and the intermountain country There are those in Washington who seem to have some difficulty in getting this into their hea heads s. s Winter is close at hand There are many thousands still out of work Either they must have jobs or doles By far most of them prefer jobs There is no sense in wasting wasting wast wast- ing lug time arguing why jobs are better than doles loles But unless we can see some of the much about works actually getting into into into in in- to action we ve will be forced to resort to the dole system again It is the worst possible form relief can take Throughout the state i it 11 appears that ordinary ordinary or or- linary business and Industry have gone about as 38 far as possible for some time to come in inthe inthe inthe the matter of putting additional labor at w work rk and increasing wages under th the N NB R A pro pro- pro pro- gram If we are not to halt public works must be undertaken A A- rational plan has been approved for installations of undoubted utility Their cost will be returned not only in the service they will render but the he distribution dis tribu on of money for labor and materials will manifestly improve local conditions Evidently recognizing these facts the Utah Taxpayers association has constituted a special committee to work with officials to speed the beginning of these public works It is greatly to be hoped that this will result in work being started It is work that is needed There here has lIas been plenty of talk