Show ock to COMMITTEE canvass to be extended to every home in richfield approximately p r 0 forty richfield employers y e r s and members of the unemployment committee here met at a luncheon wednesday noon given without vit bout charge by F X carron proprietor of the johnston hotel to discuss freely the plans for best handling the local unemployment situation vario various us ideas were suggested but the result of the meeting was the unanimous passing of a motion made by judge N J bates that it be the sense of this meeting that the appointment some time ago of a general and executive committee be approved and that this group should get fully behind this committee with the le commendation that they continue their present plans in soliciting li not only business men but everyone in the city with any source of income to give i money work or food supplies to help relieve the richfield needy all of the speakers including mayor W L warner wamer who presided at the meeting judge N J bates dr L A poulson moroni jensen C A mattsson mrs guy lewis percy hanson R D young howard and joseph L asbury acknowledged the dire need here and expressed their willingness to assist in every way possible mrs lewis vice chairman of the executive committee stated that it was planned to do extensive work this summer on the grounds of the city natatorium costing approximately dr L A poulson told of the objections the council had met in their effort to create create street improvement districts in in view of the increase in taxes and the already heavy indebtedness of the city moroni jensen chairman of the county commissioners told of the success in getting the state road commission to allow the hauling of gravel for the stretch of highway 89 south from elsinore to the mouth of sevier canyon done by men with teams instead of trucks furnished by contractors outside the county this will add some to the local payroll mr jensen also announced that he had wired vired senators smoot and king and congressman colton urging that they support bill H R which would appropriate considerable money for road construction st with a view to furnishing employment this summer it is from this fund that the work on the marysvale Marys vale canyon road would be done mr jensen has bas received letters from all three of ahe the above named le legislators stating that they favored the appropriation and would give it their full support the une unemployment ri committee was Is urged to make a house to house canvas with pledge cards to be signed by anyone who would agree to furnish employment to men or women mrs guy lewis stated that she was authorized to say ay that both sections of the richfield ai eld study club would assist in this canvass work the richfield reaper promised pron used to do all printing needed by the committee with any charge whatsoever the meeting ended with a feeling of optimism that rich fields needy families would be speedily taken care of under this plan A wage scale of a lay day for men single hands a day for a man with a team 1 a lay day for women who do general housework and for the harder housecleaning house cleaning tasks was established as fair to both employers and employees the work may be paid for in food supplies or cash as the employer prefers |