Show 7 Items From I Topaz 0 00 o o o O o o o RELOCA RELOCATION TION Many V RA employment o offices r are expected to be established very soon in n various parts of or the Midwest Midwest Mid Mid- west v st and the East to assist In the carrying out of the WRAs new national naC na- na C policy which calls for the t resettlement of eva- eva ees into normal American communities communities com corn declared Project Director Charles F. F Ernst last Wednesday ina in ina a statement to the Times These offices will wm cooperate with V various national churches and so social so- so cial welfare organizations which are taking active Interest in the program the statement the statement continued Charged with the responsibility of carrying out the policy Thomas V. W. Holland chief chiet of the national Employment Division has recently recently recently re re- re- re set up in Chicago the first of these offices He is now visiting the thc relocation centers to coordinate coordinate coordinate nate the resettlement work with outside e employment I LABOR POLICY OF p pol policy 0 1 1 icy C y on oil employment within and outside the Project was clarified by Project Director Charles F. F Ernst in a public statement this week Certain rights resident workers may expect from the administrative tive staff have been assured Among these are the guarantees that Any worker removed fro from frog a ajob ajob job for tor a cause is due a fair hearing hearing nearing hear near ing on a basis equal to that of his foreman the physical working conditions conditions conditions con con- shall be as safe and agreeable agreeable agree agree- able as the theYRA YRA can provide training and actual experience in assignment to skilled positions at atthe atthe the preference of the worker will willbe willbe r. r be fUll fully recognized treatment In matters of outside employment reclassifications re- re re-I re pi classifications to higher grade project project project jobs and assignments to desir desir- able jobs will be impartial and closest cooperation will be maintained main main- tamed between the Community Council and other resident groups and the staff start The work record of residents is isone isone one of the first items of review when we consider requests for travel travel travel tra tra- tra- tra vel permits educational furloughs Indefinite leaves or similar privileges privileges L leges within discretion of our staff start Ernst continued Opportunities f fr r private ate employment within the center or on the outside are filled on the basis of qualifications from among the working residents and I those returning from temporary I outside work must re-enter re Project employment before they ore are again I eligible for such work RECRUITING Captain J J. J P. P Tobin Staff John Green Charles Ford and M. M McGrath arrived December I 3 from Pueblo Colo Cob to induct j I qualified nisei men volunteering Inthe in inthe the Military Intelligence Service I I Enlistees will be sworn into the Army by Capt Tobin Recruiting I I was cO conducted at B. 9 i I HAWAII EVACUEES Jerome's population was swelled by when evacuees from Honolulu Honolulu Honolulu Hono Hono- lulu Hawaii arrived there Nov 23 They were vere the first of the Hawaiian Hawaiian Hawaiian Ha Ha- families who will be evacuated evacuated evacuated eva eva- to the mainland The contingent leaders despite the scarcity of palm trees and salt ocean breezes found Jerome a welcome welcome welcome wel wel- come sight after the long journey Most of the Hawaiians are clerks clerics salespersons school teachers and office workers Jerome i- i UNIVERSITY HEADS AT TOPAZ Headed by Dean Arthur I. I L. L Beeley five representatives from the University University University Uni Uni- of Utah in Salt Lake City participated with the resident educational educational educational edu edu- social welfare and comI com com- I y activities divisions in an ana annon a non seminar at the Topaz C High School last Saturday The I dt dc gation included Dr Ladru Jensen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen Dr Elmer R. R Smith Dr George Pierson and LeGrande Belnap mgr of S. S L.-Delta L. Freight Lines The visiting educators were to submit the results of their Project ct observations and activities to the University board on their return to F. F Salt Lake City I 3 I 4 TREES PLANTED In connection with the City's Arbor Arbor Arbor Ar Ar- I bor Week celebration last week willow saplings were distributed distributed distributed to residents in the 33 occupied blocks by landscapers of the AgrIcultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri AgrI- cultural Division and members of the Community Activities Division Each block received saplings of which two were allotted to each apartment and the remainder distributed dis- dis r In the surrounding areas of the block 4 4 4 j Continued on Page B 8 Ij d I Topaz Items I Continued from Page 1 RADISHES ARKANSAS BOUND Three carloads of radishes tur turnips turnips tur- tur tur-I tur nips and beets left Rivers last week for the Arkansas relocation center The major portion of these three shipments was 1000 sacks of oC ra radishes radishes radishes ra- ra dishes pulled up by Min 1 Omata and his odd 50 workers Gila Gila News Courier TRUCK CROPS I In spite of the policy of re relocation relocation relocation re- re location at an early date the truck crop section of oC the Agricultural Division Di Division Division Di- Di vision plans to meet the minimum requirements for Topaz by planting acres of vegetables Plowing began on Monday and will continue continue continue con con- from 7 am a.m. to 7 pm p.m. with two shifts in order to cover the necessary area before frost hardens the ground |