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Show PREFERENCE GIVEN TO MOAB MOABMEN MOABMEN I MEN ONIATERSES1ER ON \ WATER-SEWER WATER SEWER \IATERSES1ER IATERSES1ER - - JOBBy JOB JQl JQlBy ! - , ( By Leslie Lesl1e T Foy , ManagerNational Manager ManagerNational National Reemployment ServJce Service ) I Who is 15 entitled to work on the localwater loca locawater local localwater water and sewer se\.er se.er se .er er \ . project7 proJect ? ' ) This quesj quesI ques j j I tion hon has been asked so frequently that thatI thatthe thatthe ' j the Reemployment Srvice SrV1ce has conclud- conclud concludi conclud- conclud concluded concluded - i I ed to quote the contract between ; tin the thefcderal thefederal ! federal fcderal government and the town of ofI ofMoab o oj ' j I Moab in m order that working men ma may mayhave mayhave ; ' have a better undrstanaing undrstanowg undrstanamg of labo labor laborI laborP1 : ' I Ipiovisions pI P1 0\ 0 0ISIOns 0 \ % ISIOns In Section D under laboi labor laborI laborpreferences laborpreferences ' I ) I preferences we quote\ quote quoteI quote quote"Preferences quote"Preferences I "Preferences Preferences " shall shaU be given gIVcn wher where wherethey wherethey < ' I they are qualified qual1fied to ex service mery menI men menwith menwith with dependents , and then in the fol- fol folIlOWmg ollowing - - I lowing order order'Ii IlOWmg "I-To "I I To 'IiTo 'Ii Ii ' " 1 -To To - To citizens of ot the United Umted State States StatesI Statesand ; I and aliens who have declared their in- in intentions in m intentlons . - I ( ItenUons tentlons tenUons tentions of becoming becommg citizens citlzens , who arebans are areI arebona bona bans . fide residents of the Town of ofMoab ofI o : I I Moab and I | or Grand County , in the thestate theState th < , state of fUtah _ Utah _ i I I ' * 2-To 2 To - 2 - To citizens cltlZPns of the United Umted ; i j jand and aliens who have declared their in-I in I InI inItentlOns In- In Intentioris - l I tentions tentlOns tentioris of becoming citizens cltizens , who arebona are areI arebona I ) ' bona fide residents reS1dents of the State ofUtah of IUtah I IU U Utah h " Thus I in the future in m order that the theReemployment theReemployment theReemployment I II Reemployment office shall be in theclear the theI theclear I Iclear clear , we deem it it ; our duty to referI referonly refer referonly I I Ionly I I ' only qualified quaIlfied workmen who live hve with Wlth- Wlth with- Wlthm within within - in m the town of Moab , and this , accordingto accordmgto accordmg according accordmgI I to an opinion opimon given g1Ven by Mitchell Melichcity Mel1ch Melich . , , city attorney , means the corporate corporateI corporatelimits corporatelimits corporatelimits I limits of the town We shall , however how how- however howI howi however - I ever , request an opinion opmlon from the stateP state stateP I IP , P W A office offlce , interpreting Interpretmg what Ismeant is ismeant ismeant meant by ' , the Town of Moab and 1 I orGrand or orGrand orGrand isI I " . thecontract the thecontract thecontract i Grand County , , ' in the terms lerms of contract , under which the job is bem being beingdone beingdone beingdoneThis ! ; I Idone done I IThts I doneThis This Thts office desires to be as fair aspossible as I Ipossible ipossible l possible , . but it js is humanly hmnanly impossible impossibleI Impossiblefor I for us to refer the 200 eligible workng work work- working working - ing ng men to ro the one job This is obvious ob obI obVIOUS obvious I VIOUS when one realizes thai that thal the mostmen most mostI mostmen mostmen men who have been used to date totals tOtalsonly totalsonly I Ionly I only sixteen The sixteen out of twohundred two twohUndred twohundred hundred got jobs leaving leavmg many othersequally others othersequally othersequally /hUndred hUndred / equally qualified qual11ed ! , but whom this othersI officehas officehas office I has been unable to place . We shaU shail . follow the past custom of referring referringexscmcc referringexservice : referringex-service referringex service ex-scmcc ex scmcc ex-service service - men with dependents , , and andthen andthen 1 1then then heads of families with depen depen- dependents dependents dependents - - dents , keeping in mind as per our in- in instructions InI in instructions - I structions that these men MUST BE BEQUALIFIED BEQUALIFIED BEQUALIFIED QUALIFIED , , as the thc federal govern govern- government government government - - ment Insists that P W . , A jobs are arenot arenot arenot not ; relief rellef jobs , , but at aie ate e make work workprojects workprojects workprojects projects destined to furnish work for forqualified forqualified forqualified qualified workmen At this point we wedesire wedesire wedesire desire to make mention of the fact factthat ! lactthat factthat that during the week three ex cx semce service semcemen servicemen servicemen men with v.1th v1th 'cith cith . ' dependents waived their theirright theirright theirright right in lieu of men with larger fam- fam familtes fam fam- famI famUles families - - I ilies Ules iltes , , which act v . we e consider commend commend- commendable commendable . - able and in keeping keepmg with wlth the spirit sp1rlt of ofthe ofthe ofthe the N . R A . We solicit the cooperation of the thegood thegood thegood good citizens cltizens of Moab in our end endeavor endeavorto avor avorto to act justly jus-tiy jus tiy - in tho the distribution CJf of CJfthese ofthese ofthese these jobs which at this time Is doubly doub doubly doubly I ly difficult dlf1cult ! owing to tho the scarcity scarc.lty scarclty scarLity . ; of ofjobs ofjobs ofjobs , jobs Two months from now no doubt doubtwlll doubtwill doubtwill I wlll will see a different picture as it loob books loobas booksas looksas , as though southeastern Utah Is In Une line Une'for lineor linefor 'for for ' or considerable public publio pubhlo work . . "Work Work Work- WorkIng "Working " . - ing men who can are asked to take takecare takecare takecare care of ot themselves as well as possible possiblethus , thus leaving the few jobs to those in inglearest ingieatest Ingicatest glearest gieatest need _ 1 . |