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Show J ational W.P.A. Director y Gives Outline of Work t letter to the State Administration de-3 de-3 rSryL. Hopkins, admin-pCr admin-pCr madTthe following report U"e?!: .progress Administra-pSefu-styearof S second year of opera-.versary opera-.versary offers an op- tnsider again the un- Jms and philosophy cf fand to restate them in ; equivocal terms for the oTour staff and for the Si-Twstablished rial Government to mee 11 , the funds appropriated 'if JrU the problems growing spread unemployment. ,lt of these problems was the AT? ' ' demoralization and; de-1 de-1 Sof'e unemployed thfcm-of thfcm-of their families. The rilem was the loss to the X stress of the purchasing t of the unemployed. This notably resulted in imuitu Lotion of the delicate balance 3LJ 1 production- and consump- X aggravating the total un- "situation. The thrrd "MP L, was the loss to our econ-m econ-m of to talents, energies and iices of the unemployed them- 1 a work program can answer 7- m of these aspects, of the undent un-dent problem. Only a job 2;. r answer the problem of the job-man' job-man' only a wage will increase S basing power, for a basket of Series starts no dollars circulat-r circulat-r only through work can these "7 ople make their contribution to vice r' national well-being. 185 oar responsibility is, threefold. aent !are responsible first to the un-es un-es iployed whose very livelihood de-i de-i lids upon this program, second to fu public for the disbursement of funds, and third to those pub-,nL pub-,nL agencies which undertake to lcl3 iride projects for the utilization Value; this labor. to first responsibility is to the epioyed. To them we owe an m Stient, just and disinterested adaptation ad-aptation of this program. We ft them, moreover, the respect, ' nsideration and fair treatment Oie any workers together with a I cognition of their right to organ- and to present their grievances nd petitions through representa-3s representa-3s of their own choosing. Our second responsibility is to 5 bet p public. To the public we owe In honest and efficient administra-Jbn administra-Jbn of its funds together with an SwWiate accounting of our steward - lip. We owe to the public full Lfli'Hily in the relief of unemployment , it also in the actual value created TMl 11 the PUc by the labor of proj-ct proj-ct workers. jquipp)! third responsibility is to the ffi and ; tate and local agencies for whom 6 & TOrk is performed. It is they Estiis (m accept the ultimate responsibly responsi-bly for the character and integ- I . t of projects prosecuted under rjJP Program. Upon their apphca-. apphca-. ; tot we make them, a grant of labor, B1 tether with certain stipulated ma-jjjjijF ma-jjjjijF trials and supervision for specific. jgptable projects. As one partner Hf1 a joint enterprise, the Federal Sfeemment, represented by the fcts Progress Administration owes the state and localities in return ''r their acceptance of responsibil-efficient responsibil-efficient management, gtood mananship, and the fulfillment of tit obligations. n us falls, at this time, the ma-w ma-w responsibility for relieving and fai' jMizing the most serious dislo-"n dislo-"n of our economy, mass unem-3. unem-3. ''nt, with its heavy toll of in-;;al in-;;al suffering and social loss. :es is a heavy responsibility but also a great opportunity which ,v of 118 associated with this work - 'juld recognize and accept with 1 1 (Cf understanding, and all of I V Wsion which we can bring to it. |