| Show PAY PAY CUTS FACE RELIEF FORCES S. S L. L County Workers A Await vait Projects While national labor chiefs scored wage scales proposed under the federal led fed eral era work program on Tuesday Salt Lake county relief workers waited beginning of projects I cots on short compensation Since May 1 the county program I has been reduced 86 per cent owing to diminishing ng f funds funds' n Hu Hugh h C. C Lewis wis county work relict director saia sala Of the normal staff of 1500 menon menon men menon on work relief only about bOul were engaged Tuesday Direct relief is the resource to which others must turn and arid Ross G. G Worsley county manager man ager said aid that it would be necessary to pare direct relief Average monthly expenditures expenditure n In 11 Salt Lake county since January 1 have been Mr Worsley said This month the county allotment allotment allot allot- ment was cut by approximately and the total for operations was less than An additional allotment of subsequently made was almost offset by an April overdraft of at the manager explained News of the cut was not received here until the second sec see cod and week in May Ma- and at that time timea a weeks week's work had already been done at full strength It cost and left only for the remainder of To make maUers n May is a nl liv week five week month Mr Worsley said Enid No reductions in direct relief budgets will be made he add ed Social workers however are attempting attempting attempting at at- tempting to make temporary cuts in Continued on Pass Pace PUB Two r L PAY CUTS FACE FACEs s RELIEF FORCES Continued from Page Pace One t individual budgets to me meet t the tra situ at atlon L on I Meanwhile relief clients apparently F fearing a general budget reduction reduction tion have objected strongly to the reductions A committee representing 1 the clients client met with Mr Worsley on Tue Tuesday day afternoon for an tion I Mr Worsley explained that diminishing dimin dimin- diminishing funds for F FER E R A work Is I due to exhaustion of the reserve set aside In the national appropriation for tor its conclusion I Of ot the federal appropriation of at 4 4 set aside to wind up the II F FER E R A setup tup pending the beginning begin beginS ning ring of at the new work program only I about remains for the 1 entire nation I During the winter it was l sary for F FER E R A authorities to barT borrow bor bar T r row from the Reconstruction tion Finance corporation That had to be repaid when the appropriation became available and since then relief re re- lief Inroads have reduced the thc total till further For May the Utah state slate allotment ivas tas almost cut in half halt Mr Mi Lewis explained that only work relief and administrative divisions di t for tor that section of the county program pro gram have been cut Personnel on work relief relict timekeeping safety in in- inspection and placement staffs have been cut 86 per cent The county organization Is concentrating concen concen- i on direct food relief relict he he sa id Projects remaining under work arc chiefly those relating to safety of life lie and property They Include the Bingham sewer ewer installation of 01 manholes manholes man- man holes loles in the west side drainage tern tern cm moving of the the- power line Jine near the th he airport and others I Removal of scaffolding ng from the University of at Utah administration Building surface dressing project is being completed and some sewing projects for the manufacture of gar gar- garments garments I ments for relief clients are arc still under under un der way vay on reduced scale it was said Social service general bookkeeping ing ng and other clerical staffs have not been reduced because the actual administrative ad ad- administrative d- d load is the same Same if it not greater with the reduction o of work relief |
