The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-20

with requests that certain political
favorites be given the better jobs.
You're out of luck; there is 60
ing to be no politics in this" the
politicians we're told, works board
members said. Nothing counts but
finding work for as many men as
possible to relieve suffering among
the needy"
1000 More to Get Jobs
City council session tonight will
be devoted almost exclusively to the
transferring of money from va
rious funds into one emergency fund
for the purchase of small tools and
other equipment for the workers.
Besides the 1000 men who went
to work today and the 1000 sched-
uled to start Wednesday, more than
5000 joblesS men who have not been
on poor relief rolls were registered
today at civil works headquarters,
308 North Meridian street.
This latter group must be placed
at work not later than Dec. l, I'M
der the agreement with the gov
eminent.
All to Be Checked
All men working on the city
made-Work projects will be checked
in the morning, at noon and at the
close of their work, to be sure none
slip away from the job and are paid
for work they do not do.
All men starting today were clas-
sified as unskilled laborers, being
paid so cents an hour for six hours,
five days a week.
During the week, skilled laborers
will be segregated, those with GER
tain trades begging paid $1.2O an
hour
Before starting to work today,
the men met with their foreman and
pledged themselves not to drink
while on duty, or spend any of their
earnings for liquor
Brandt Is in Charge
Louis c. Brandt, works board
member and a contractor has been
placed in charge of all construc-
ton work on the projects.
He will direct construction work
on the new Flower Mission build
ing to be constructed at city hos
pital as part of the unemployment
project, Tomlinson hall repairs, and
several other projects.
The Flower Mission building.
sought for several years by the mis-
sion, will have 100 beds capacity.
The Flower Mission will provide
$50 900 for material and equipment.
Walter P. Boetcher, works board
president, assumed charge of all
finances for the projects. Regular
of the board are oeing
used as foremen and checkers.
Blanket Policies Taken
Blanket compensation insurance
policies have been taken out by the
government for protection of the
First checks will be given the
groups starting work today and
on next Saturday, it was
announced
The workers were transported to
their assignments this morning in
trucks provided by the city park and
works boards.
Thirteen hundred workers were
taken over by the park department
in improvement projects at city
parks, Fairgrounds and golf courses.
About 500 were assigned to Bruce
Short, county highway superin-
tendent, for county road work.
Clean Stream Beds.
Other projects on which the men
are employed include cleaning White
river and Fall creek stream beds,
repairs to city hospital buildings.
washing school walls, extension Of
street, painting city mar
ket interior, cleaning courthouse,
county ditch cleaning, grubbing,
filling, road grading and similar
projects.
indianapolis and Marion county
work programs having been APP
proved Saturday, business of pass
ing on those submitted from
throughout the state continued yes
terday at the statehouse.