Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-28 | Page 11 | Builders Rap Use of Unskilled Men

BUILDERS RAP USE OF UNSKILLED MEN Utah contractors and A F L representatives Thursday were on i record urging modification of W P A to prevent competition with private Industry. Paul M. Peterson, president of s the Utah State Federation of La- i bor, declared that W P A "tends to tear down private payrolls and by doing so creates an endless i chain of circumstances adding to the relief load." Mark Tuttle, manager of the intermountain branch. Associated General Contractors of America, explained that both the contrac- j tors and craftsmen recognize the necessity for relief work. "We feel, however, that unskilled men should not be called upon to da I the work of trained organizations, " thereby wasting taxpayers' money and causing contractors' equip- ment and personnel to remain 1 idle," he said. 1