The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-11-23
new CIVIL WORKS BOARD
ADDS TO PAYROLL HERE
500 Men Throughout Garrett
County Get Jobs At Increased
Wage Rate
OVER $1,000 WEEKLY PAY

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Returning to Oakland Monday night
from a FASTENED call to Baltimore,
Miss Ethel Miller, relief director for
the county, issued a call for all dis
trict investigators to meeting at her
office here Tuesday morning, when she
announced an entirely new program
for emergency relief.
In Garrett county alone the sum of
$7,046 weekly will be paid in salaries
to men who are now doing relief work
or who have been on direct relief in
the county.
New Program Gigantic
The Baltimore meeting was called
by Federal officials there in order to
hasten 'work and pay by Thanks
giving" program and was attended by
all relief directors and county chair
men from all sections of the State and
by Charles w. Ream, F. E. Rathbun,
and Delbert Davis of the local commit
tee, who were there in company with
Miss Miller, and according to the di-
rector the program is gigantic and I'M
like anything ever before attempted.
Work projects in the county may be
carried on under this plan and the re-
modelling of public buildings, school
houses, the Court House and other
such edifices about the county may be
reconditioned, but it is pointed out
that no new building may be erected
under this plan. Road work will be
the main project here.
For work done under the direction
of the new plan, controlled by the
Civil Works board, the wage scale in
Garrett county is expected to be about
30 cents per hour, or the existing
scale of State road workers.
Washington officials set the price of
skilled laborers at $1.10 per hour,
with unskilled laborers at As cents
per hour, but this was for work on
remodeling of buildings, ETC., and not
for road work, according to Miss Mil
Ter.
Wages will be paid with Treasury
notes, never before used for any such
purpose, and such notes are transfer
able and redeemable at any bank. The
amount due the workman is written
into the note by the local paymaster,
who will be heavily bonded.
Garrett county's quota under the
Civil Works board is 500 men, and
while there are now number of men
in excess of that figure doing R. F. C.
work, or who are on direct relief, it is
estimated by the local director that
elimination under several new require
ments set forth in the new plan will
automatically cut the roll of workmen
down to approximately that quota.
At meeting of the Board on Tues
day evening, 500 men were author
lied to be taken from the relief roll
and placed on the Civil Works fund,
and plans were made for continuing
the work projects now under way.
The remaining 400 or more who were
on R. F. C. work will be placed on di-
rect relief. Everybody is to be taken
care Of" Miss Miller stated.
All workmen are covered by COM
pensation under the new plan and
transportation will be furnished those
who are required to travel any great
distance to their work.
81 think the plans are just great"
Miss Miller replied when asked her
opinion of the new setup, and con-
tinuing, she said, 'it is the first real
bright ray of hope have seen during
my relief work experience"
The new plan went into operation
Monday following the close of the
meeting held in Baltimore.
The district Investigators present at
the meeting held in Oakland Tuesday
included Mrs. Cora M. Lohr, James
Frame, Miss Ida V. Engle, Miss Doro-
thy Edwards, Miss Vera Ream, Miss
Helen Townshend, Mrs. Friend, Miss
Kathryn O'Donnell, Mrs. Harry I.
Wilson. Others present were Miss
Helen Jones and Miss Beryldine Fulk,
of the local office, and representative
of The Republican.