Show t CUT MADE IN UTAH PAYROLL Hours Per Week R Reduced Be Because j Be-j cause of of Dwindling Dwindling- Federal Funds Federal Funds r f ACTION N CAUSES PROTESTS PROTESTS All All Work Must Stop Feb 10 Unless Congress Acts Acts Curtailment of Utah's C W A program program pro pro pro- gram including a 10 O O weekly payroll slash provoked a storm st rm of 01 l protest from all parts of the state Friday Telegrams were were sent to President Roosevelt hs congreSSi congressional nai de delegation dele ega e- e ga gation ion and Harry L. L Hopkins Hopkins' C W A administrator by chambers of ot com corn com commerce merce in Salt Lake Ogden n Provo and md nd Logan civic officials and clubs The people of Utah are shocked by the curtailment of C W A projects eeLs read the telegram signed by the Salt Lake eke chamber units of the Utah Federation of Women's Clubs labor industrial and civic c C CV W V A work has done more to fo re relieve relieve lieve unemployment improve business business business busi busi- ness and the gene general ol optimistic attitude atti atti- t tude de than any other section to date dote Please se use your influence to obtain ob ob obtain tam tain the appropriation ne necessary essary to carry carryon on the present rate rale of work Dispensing with C W VT A works will mean a chaotic c condition in the entire social structure Backman Asks Support Suppo t Gus P. P Backman Backmon secretary of ot the chamber of commerce appealed to public spirited citizens to foll follow w this action with telegrams and letters protesting protesting pro pro- protesting testing tile the work curtailment nt M Meanwhile hUe an messages from county and nd city cHi officials ls in Jill all parts of Utah del deluged ged C CV W W. b A. A at at the theca ca l. l Many M n officers rs point pointed d to the amount of un unemployment nl in their districts and asked exceptions be bem m made de in their regions Robert H. H Hinckley relief administrator administrator adminis adminis- replied to one one and all however how jV ever that his hands were vera tied I am n merely carrying out out- orders from Washington and unless J con congress Con on gress greES appropriates m more r money there Is nothing I can d do dohe he he said News of ot th the cut in the program reached Utah's C W A committee late Thursday Hours lIours Reduced The maximum hours hour's of work in cities of more than 2 2500 OO population was cut from 30 to 24 hours per week and in cities and districts of less Jess than 2500 persons persons' the hour 30 w week k was halved to 15 hours In addition no new workers can be employed on C CV W V A projects except ex cx- to replace those who have been released Cut in the working hours will represent represent represent rep rep- resent a slash slosh of from the states state's W we weekly kly payroll nearly one one- third rd of the total Pay checks distributed distributed January 11 totaled The loss to Salt Lake Lake City and county workers will be per week Pay checks for the week ending Thursday will not be affected but bul the new schedule will apply to checks for tor next w week k it was explained Clerical Hours Cut Clerical supervisory and professional professional workers will be limited to 30 hours per week but no change will wiIl willbe willbe be made in the hours of the C W A administration Utah officials were told that the appropriated for C W A work throughout the country is nearly exhausted and the remaining funds are being conser conserved ed to carry the projects to February 10 the date originally set to close C W A work |