Show national reemployment employment Re official explains setup set up N 7 B R S has has no connection with W P A in approval of projects or assignment of men to work A letter received by this office from E W crocker of duchesne district manager of the national Re employment service reads as follows there seems to be a general misunderstanding upon the part of the public including county officials fici als project foremen and W P A cien clients ii ts as to the national re ile employment m service its functions policies and purpose considerable confusion has arisen duo due to the fact that in the early stages of the W P A original assignments to works progress administration projects was a duty of the national reemploy ment service contrary to fact the majority of the people still believe that this work is tart part tf of our daily routine this misapprehension entails a lot of needless and expensive correspondence and at times results in unnecessary delay in the placing of men statistical nature for the benefit of those par sons who persist in pres presenting presentia entin m their troubles to the N R S including W P A clients act sponsors and county and city officials we wish to call their attention to the fact that this service has absolutely no conne connection clion with W P A so far as the approval of 0 projects or the assignment of men are concerned our connection with W P A is essentially senti ally of a cooperative statistical nature only all clients of W P A must te registered with the national re employment service for statistical purposes all W P A clients placed by us on prevailing wage jobs or private employment must be reported to W PA P A immediately for the same reason W P A foremen and other non rel relief ef cases working on W P A projects are nominated by the sponsors to W P A and cleared ba b the national Re employment on requisition from the district office of W P A which in this district is at provo on the other hand our duty Is s to act as a cl clearing earin house for labor serving both employer anti and employee wo we have no authority for the creation of jobs nor have we any authora authority ty to police jobs already created employer names qualifications on receipt of an order for men from either public or private employer we attempt to refer such qualified labor as may be available in our files political antecedents ce co dents religious beliefs or personal relations are not considered the qualifications set forth in the employers order is the only consideration should the employer insist upon the referral of a cross eyed chinaman with curly hair it would be our duty duly to try to fill his requisition we especially solicit the patronage of private employers we believe wo we can assist them in solving their labor problems this year our objective is to place as many persons person as possible in private employment in accordance with the program outlined by president roosevelt in concluding tale the personnel of the office of district no 7 wish to express their appreciation for the courtesies extended to the service by the newspapers of the uintah basin and to our clients both employers and employees our best wishes for a more prosperous and profitable year to come sincerely national reemployment employment Re service by E W crocker dist manager |