Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-07 | Page 18 | Labor Assails Curb on P W A

LABOR ASSAILS CURB ON P W Wi 1 Copyright 1935 by United Pr hi WASHINGTON Sept Sept Sert De 7 7 7 r of work relief officials to t most of the public wo WOT construction program drew drev he hei fire lire today from political divisions and organized labor 5 Six hundred North Carolina pa palie lie lic officials organized a commit of two U. U S. S senators senator one cong man and governor to come here hei protest the action j Labor leaders have openly agi cd ed strikes against the wages ranging from 19 to 85 U month offered workers in lieu prevailing rates paid pard on- on on P PW W projects Dissension with the arose when It became that Work relief Harry L. L Hopkins who holds holds' purse strings to the employment fund lund would allot allot- more than to P W W Declaring that per job costs coats I too high on construction work vetoed 2032 applications from sta sa counties and cities for lor and allowed only pr prof j amounting to In P W A received requests U f fInstead Instead Hopkins has been p ping ping poi ing his works progress which average from to year for lor every man employed empl 1 eluding 12 months' months wages and 4 for tor materials t Ji Program officials said Bald the they i action North Cai linas lina's from other political n divisions who have had P W WY applications disapproved Tin Thi needy according to present fou in will be put to lo work Hopkins' Hopkins W V P A projects 3 Labor Labo does not present such uch difficult problem President R ROM vest velt quashed the New York Yorks 1 on W V P A A- work recently by de deci r. r ing that any person refusing to a the administrations administration's wage sa would be struck from the iros i r rolls ros 3 i