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Show E.R. A. SUPPLANTS CWj. ACTIVITIES With the condition of the road improved im-proved to a great extent with the small appropriation available, all C. W. A. workers on the airport-Read county . highway were pulled off the job Saturday and the four local women workers, employed on nursing, nurs-ing, school lunch and sewing projects, pro-jects, were likewise released Tuesday in compliance with orders from emergency relief headquarters pending pend-ing the getting underway of the new plan which is designed to supplant sup-plant C. W. A. activities. Further preliminary information, furnished from Washington in connection con-nection with the cessation of C. W. A. work, is given below in part: The first phase of the program is the removal from relief rolls of all persons who can support themselves them-selves from other sources. To this end, as of April 1, 1934, case records of persons in rural areas will be closed, and persons desiring assistance assist-ance will be required to register at the nearest relief office. It is believed that there are now arising many opportunities for employment em-ployment in rural areas, and that when relief and civil works are discontinued, dis-continued, a large proportion of persons now receiving aid from the government will be able to secure employment in crop preparation and kindred activities as well as on road jobs and in the increasing public works projects. Those now on the relief rolls who are not able to obtain such employment should be subjected to re-investigation. Before granting relief, administrative administra-tive officials should definitely assure themselves of each applicant's inability in-ability to utilize any other resources, and should see that it is clearly understood that relief is extended only in the transitional period pend- ( Continued on last page) o E.R.A. Supplants (Continued from first page) ing the applicant's becoming self-supporting. self-supporting. Every resource possible to the applicant ap-plicant should be examined, the following fol-lowing being given specific attention: atten-tion: (a) The availability of a job at a living wage in either private or public pub-lic enterprise. (b) The availability of credit, either from private sources or from government agencies. (c) Status of the applicant as to receipt, or prospective receipts, of government benefits accruing from crop reduction contracts. In no event should relief be extended extend-ed for1 a period longer than one month without complete re-investigation. Work projects, which may be a continuation of unfinished preferred civil works projects now under way shall be provided as a means of affording af-fording work in exchange, either for advances "of food andor other consumable con-sumable items or for capital goods furnished for self-sustenance purposes. pur-poses. In exceptional cases, approved ap-proved by state emergency relief administration, ad-ministration, payment for work may be made in cash instead of in kind. Work on these projects should be performed cun ently in exchange for consumable items, but where capital goods are being worked out, work may be credited .either in whole or in part as performed against the assigned as-signed value of such capital goods, title to which will be retained by the state or other properly constituted public body until fully paid out. No interest shall be charged. Instances where state administrators administra-tors may permit payment in cash instead of in kind should be confined to workers who, for any valid reason, rea-son, cannot be properly aided by grants in kind to rehabilitate themselves. them-selves. Examples would be clerks and other workers in small towns who could not be adapted to the self-subsistence self-subsistence program. All projects will be approved by the rotate Emergency Relief administration admini-stration and shall be of a public character, of economic and social benefit to the general public or to publicly owned institutions. They should be carefully planned to be of the greatest efficiency and the great- est benefit to the community or the state. They should be coordinated with larger plans for local and state improvement. All projects must be carried on by force account (day labor), and not by contract. All projects shall be undertaken independently of work under a contract con-tract or for which an annual appropriation ap-propriation has been made and must be, in general, apart from governmental govern-mental enterprises. It will not be allowable al-lowable to include projects such as garbage collection, snow removal, street cleaning, and lawn maintenance mainten-ance in parks. The hours of labor, earnings and other working conditions, shall be fixed in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Federal Emergency Relief administrator admini-strator as follows: The hours of employment shall not be more than 24 hours per week. Time lost because of inclement weather, unavoidable delays, national and state holidays, or through conditions condi-tions beyond control of the employee may be made up in the succeeding 20 days. Wages will be at the prevailing rate for the occupation and the locality lo-cality in which work is done, and in no case will pay be less than will yield thirty cents per hour, provided, however, that the hours shall be limited so that the maximum weekly earnings shall not in any case exceed the amount necessary to meet budgetary bud-getary requirements. These restrictions as to rates of pay and hours of employment shall not apply to administrative and supervisory personnel. Prevailing rates for each locality shall be determined for various classifications of employment by a committee appointed by the local Emergency Relief administrator consisting con-sisting of one representative each from organized labor, business, and the local Emergency Relief administration. admini-stration. Complete information concerning wage rates established in each locality lo-cality shall be forwarded to the State Emergency Relief administration office of-fice as a matter of record. Adequate provisions for hearing grievances and for appeals shall be made through suitable adjustment boards or committees appointed by the local Emergency Relief administration. admini-stration. It is intended that work divisions j shall maintain as high a standard of professional, technical and engineering engineer-ing procedure, inspection, and labor I relations as possible, and full organi- 1 zation and competent personnel for these phases of the work program ' shall be continued and kept at a high point of efficiency. Separate instructions concerning I records, accounting, auditing, dis- I bursing and reporting will follow. j o |