Smyrna times., 1933-04-05
MEETING ON
EMPLOYMENT
500 Delaware Men May OBJ
tain Employment if FOres-
tatiOn Plan Works Out
APRIL BUDGET FIXED

Approximately 500 Delaware
men without employment will OBJ
tain jobs on the national forestra-
tion plan, suggested by President
Roosevelt, if the request of the
State Temporary Emergency Re
lief Commission, through United
States Senators John G.. Townsend
and Daniel o. Hastings and Con-
gressman Wilbur Adams, have in
fiuence with the national leaders,
should the plan work out as out
lined now This it is estimated
would be DelaWare's portion of the
25O,O00 unemployed men to be Civ
en- work. AS there are no national
forests in this state, the men from
Delaware would, if chosen, be TAX
en- to one of the nearest camps
where the work is to be done. The
nearest national forestry work, it
is stated would be likely to be in
Virginia This action was one of
the many important details of the
meeting of the State Commission
held at Dover on Friday, March 81
attended by the entire State Com
mission and also by several editors
of Delaware newspapers, who were
the invited guest Of the commission
at its meeting. The question of
employing Delaware men was
brought to the attention of the
commission and the secretary
authorized to get into communica-
tion with Delaware's representa-
tives in Congress and put forward
a plea for work for 500 or more
Delaware unemployed, or whatever
ratio the state would be entitled to.
The meeting was most important
one, because the budget for the
month of April was fixed and one
of the surprising features was the
announcement made by Director
Walter Dent Smith, for the Will
mington unit, that the amount
needed for April for Wilmington
and rural New Castle county would
be about $4,000 less than for
March. Kent county will require
S11, 500 and Sussex county S22, 800
Both Mrs. James H. Hughes, Direc-
tor for Kent and Landreth T.. Lay
ton for Sussex county stated they
believed after April the amounts
needed for these counties would be
considerably less. Of the work re-
lief projects completed or under
way it was reported that the Mt.
Pleasant job would be finished
about April IS; University Of Della
ware job completed; State House
ground, April p; Stockley, April
10; Claymont about completed; one
section Of the State Highway about
April III; William Penn school at
New Castle, completed; Stanton
school, April 21. Townsend school,
April 21; William Penn school
grading, June ! Claymont con
tract (second) completed; Clayton
School, April 21; Harrington
school, April p; Bridgeville School
May Il; Marshallton, April 80;
Newark, April %. Recommends
tion for almost $4,000 Of work
about Kent county was referred
until next weeks meeting for en-
gineering estimates. In Sussex
county ten ditch projects authoriz-
ed are underway but 20 similar
g. - 70 ha 81 a ol rir,er
a total Of 80 ditching projects. Di-
rect relief in Sussex, it was stated
is falling off. Three hundred wom-
en- are being given work in Kent
county, in six sewing units at Do
yer, white and colored, Smyrna,
Harrington, Milford, and Freder-
lea. The goods manufactured in
the State are going to aid direct
relief. Twenty-one thousand gar
ments have been made and a spen-
did exhibit of dresses, underwear,
layettes and other needed articles
were exhibited to the commission.
A report on subsistence gardens in
Wilmington revealed that approxi-
mately 1000 unemployed heads of
families were interested. Two hun
dred units of land Of an eighth of
an acre will inaugurate this work
this week, ploughing and seeds be-
ing given and also direction in
planting. Two objects will be ac-
complished, it was stated, work
and the obtaining of excess vege-
tables to those whom the commits
sion cannot give all that might be
desired. The commission discuss
ed a uniform policy for direct re-
lief and this will be taken up at a
later meeting. The manner OF
awarding food orders was discuss
ed and was deferred for later con-