Show WP A Will ILL OUST JOB SKIPPERS Big Redu Reduction tion Slated in Project Rolls I. I WASHINGTON April 30 UP UP- UP Withdrawal of federal aid from bodied able-bodied men who refuse private employment as farm hands in agricultural agricultural I agri-I agri agri- cultural states this summer was was was' planned today by V Works Progress Administrator Harry L. L Hopkins i The situation became acuto in inthe inthe inthe the midwest last 0 The The pr ls present again North Dakota farm operators asserted asserted asserted as as- they could not compete with wages hours bours and nd type of labor offered offered offered of of- on works progress and rural resettlement projects The state states director of W V P A employment employment employment em em- announced federal aid would be withdrawn from any work relief worker refusing a bona fide tide farm job Hopkins planned to make certain a plentiful supply of farm labor this summer Since mid March he has bas been paring W P A work rolls at a rate to reduce project employment employment employ employ- ment meat from about to 2300 persons by July 1 Hopkins estimated of the discharged would be cared for either cither through farm labor or from food grown on their own plots of land The other Hopkins believed believed be be- could find employment on heavier work relief projects starting starting start start- ing this spring Unless private in industry industry industry in- in permanently employs a a. major major major ma ma- jor portion of the number however they probably will b bo be seeking government government gov gov- jobs again next fall faU Reports to W P A revealed state relief relie administrators were followIng following following follow follow- ing Hopkins' Hopkins example Hopkins also must decide soon whether about veterans on relief who receive government bonus bonus bonus bo bo- bo- bo nus bonds June 15 may continue on work-relief work projects He said he would decide cases cases' on their merits Ho He intimated that if It a needy soldier ex-soldier used his money to pay back debts and had nothing left over he ho would be allowed allowed al al- al- al lowed to remain on oOn the federal payrolL pay pay- payroll roll i |