Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-21 | Page 11 | W P A Officials in State Plan to Trim Rolls

wp A OFFICIALS IN ST ATE PLAN TO TRIM ROLLS ROLLS' Ouster of Set as September Quota Is Received State W P A officials Monday prepared to rim their rolls by persons as announcement of the of made by Colonel F. F C. C HarrIngton administrator ad- ad at Washington D C. C Lay ofIs wIll be taken up mostly by those given 30 y furloughs for having been on W P A rolls for 18 months or longer Darrell J. J Greenwell state d. d A total of persons were scheduled to be dropped from the lists by Se r 1 on the basis of their having been employed for 18 months or Of that number num- num ber 1900 had been dIscharged up to Monday Mr reen ell said Many v A it Pl ces Their places vere iken by persons per per- sons on the waiting list as fast as I the q ota wIll permit Mr Green Green- said Approximately 2000 workers on the waiting list Ill e those furloughs while those first dropped e ed to be rehired by September 15 I A rotation of workers from ct to waIting list is expected ex- ex under the leave of absence plan Mr Greenwell said With coming of cold weather W P A s ar expected to increase County Project Congressional proponents of the new emergency relief aCt which set up the regulations for hirIng W P A workers expect those given to find prIvate employment employ employ- ment and Indicate that the meas-I meas ure is to prohibIt W P A I from becoming a career I Reduction of W P A labor rolls In Salt Lake county Monday resulted re- re in the county commission approving consolIda ion of work forces and temporary shut down of the Magna sidewalk project Workers employed on the Magna project wIll be transferred to the Great Salt lake boat pier project and another sidewalk project In Inthe the southeast section of the county It was explaIned Commissioners In approving the plan acted on a alett lett r received from Mark R. R G rd- rd ner nerV V P A zone engIneer