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Show MUSCLE SHOALS JOB OFFERS FRAUDULENT WASHTNOTi"N. Marrn 1 R Large numbers of persons have been r -tims of fraudulent advertising for labor la-bor in connection with tho Muscle Shoals project near Florence. Ala.. It Is said in a statement Issued toda h;, the United States civil service commission. com-mission. It Is stated by the commission that there boa been brought to Its attention atten-tion recent advertising throughout the . mintry ln which persons out of work have b.-on promised posit Ion at th Muscle shoals project, conditioned condition-ed upon their paying a registration fee of $1 each It is said that large numbers of unemployed men have responded, paying the required registration regis-tration fee und receiving nothing in return. it is understood that the matter Is to be presented to the department de-partment of justice for Investigation and possible prosecution The civil service commission states that further operations at Muscle Sho.ils depend upon action of congress, con-gress, and tfiat no one .an s:t nt this time uhethtr the government will rc sumo thu work, or whether It win be conducted under prlvme ownership owner-ship or contract In any evnt. (he commission suld. there Is no Justification Justifi-cation fer advertising for I. Lor t be employed at the project. jf ;he ernmenl nndeiiaWes io enmple'e ihe work, such labui mx t- necessary I will be secured In the usual way through government agencies. It Is said, furthermore, that ii la Certain i hnt no private person i com pan '.taking steps to secure labor foi ;M i-- cle Shoals ln tho present uncertainty Tho Civil service commission warns tho public against the paying of money in tho hope of securing employment em-ployment at Muscle Shoals. 1 |