Evening star., 1933-04-10
LOCAL RECRUITING
IN FORESTRY GAINS
Approximately 100 Men Are
Expected to Be Cleared
Today.

Local recruiting for the forestry army
was proceeding little faster today.
Approximately 100 men are expected
to be cleared today through the Bureau
Of Public Welfare and the Army re-
cruiting station, it was stated at the
ONCE Of Leroy Halbert, director Of un-
employment relief here This morning
27 went through the Army station.
It Ia necessarily q slow process, 1t was
explained ut Mr.. Halbert's Office. There
is no shortage Of applications. The
Districts quota of 500 could have been
filled the first day in that respect. But,
in the first place, the qualifications are
rather marrow. Recruiting Is limited to
men between the ages Of 18 and IS, in
good health, who are unemployed and
have dependents. In the second place
the local oflce Is trying, so far as pos
sible, to - that the money assigned
to depent goes to relieve It's own
budget.
Needy Given First Choice.
Applicants belonging to families who
are ON the relief roles are given first
choice. Workers are going through the
At the requirements, Such men do
Every applicant is investigated by q
social worker and this may take con-
siderable time-especiaIly where relief
has been given by some other agency
such as the Associated Charities, or
the Catholic or Jewish charities. The
welfare workers have taken on this
burden in addition to their other work.
Admittedly the method Is slow and
cumbersome and is throwing out, for
the present, deserving cases. A worthy
single man who has not applied TO a
social agency for relief, however badly
OF he may have been, must wait. Thus
little is being accomplished, at present.
toward getting of the streets the
vagrant young men who may have been
driven from home by economic stress.
Any who have not applied for relief
are considered, for the present at least.
to have more resources than those who
have.
Later, it is expected, the local re-
quirements will be liberalized But, 1t
was stated at Mr.. Halbert's ONCE, there
probably will be no difficulty in filling
the Districts quota of 500 this week
from cases which meet all the require
ments. There Is constant line Of
prospective recruits waiting.
Meanwhile, the army Is impatiently
awaiting its recruits. With extra
personnel on duty, the recruiting Office
here Is able to send the men to the
training quarters at Fort Washington
as fast as they come along and could
put through from 200 to 800 day.
State foresters meeting here are ex-
pected to turn in to the chief forester
this afternoon q complete work sched-
ule, listing hundreds of projects upon
which the men can be used. This will
be turned over for approval to Robert
Fechner, director Of the emergency
conservation work.
Locations have been selected for so
camps in the Eastern national forests,
/; new New hampshire az s !; % Vermont. a' !;
Pennsylvania, S: Virginia, 10; West
Virginia, S; North Carolina, 6; South
Carolina, /; Georgia, 4; Alabama, l.;
Tennessee, S; Arkansas, Z, and Okla
homa, /.
The State projects call for many
more camps. For Pennsylvania alone
q list Of 54 camps in the State forests
has been prepared. Mr.. Fechner today
indicated President Roosevelt was con-
sidering larger Federal land utiliza-
ton program.
Plans Being Mapped.
The director said the White House was
now mapping out plan to purchase
for private owners land abandoned to
flood and erosion at prices not to ex-
ceed $3.50 an acre.
Fechner said 1t has been estimated
that 100000 acres Of land are now
available at very low prices.
ONLY phiIadaIphfo TO-DAY hod {fa f1,Il
quota, 1t was reported. In one large
Eastern city relief organizations in
charge OF selecting men from their rolls
knocked of work at l pm. Saturday
until this morning. The director said
from now on pressure would be brought
to keep these relief groups active "a
hours a day If necessary
During the week representatives Of
State unemployment relief agencies,
which will handle the selection of the
They will receive final in
Structions from Fechner and the Labor
On Saturday q meeting
Of representatives from North Dakota,
Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia Is scheduled
From kilograms received today, Fech-
ner said New York had sent the largest
number to camp, 1,102. He said Phila-
delphia had sent 1000. Newark, 254;
Baltimore, 1855; Pittsburgh, go, and
26.
He said the War Department had re-
ported to him that the men so far re-
ceived In camps have been "high-class, I"
many college graduates and
other men who once had held good jobs.