The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-13
NO SOFT JOBS
IN CIVIL WORKS.
Some Thinking Otherwise
Are Said Due for Rude
Awakening
By J. c. BASKERVILL
The Times. Sews Bureau
Sly WnlrCr Hotel

Sly Walter Hotel
RALEIGH, Dec. 10. - Some
people would rather believe fairy
tales than true stories. AS re-
suit a good many people seem to
hold the belief that the Civil
Works Administration is a gravy
train and that jobs on CWA prof.
ects are going to be soft snaps at
good pay-a loafer's he'd Of roses.
But these are duo to have rude
and sudden awakening, according
to Mrs. Thomas O'BeTy, CWA
administrator for the state, who
is in direct charge Of providing
jobs for 10000 unemployed in
North Carolina before Christmas.
For Mrs. O'Berry has a firm con-
viction and belief, even though it
may be considered quaint by
some. that if worker is paid a
good wage he should do a good
days work for the money he is
paid.
Mrs. O'Berry further believes
that since the jobs created through
the CWA are solely for the pur-
pose of putting men and women
long unemployed back to work at
q living wage. no one should be
given a CWA. job who does not
deserve it. This means. of course,
that in order to be eligible for a
job on a CWA project man or
woman must either have been on
the relief lists prior to November
Is or be actually unemployed
now and registered with the Ma
tiOnal Accomplishment Service Of
fees. To a bona-fidc unemployed
person. the records in the recent
! ployment offices must show that
such q person is not only unem-
! plDyed now but that he must have
been unemployed for sufficient
=! period of time to indicate that he
has not quit one job in order TO
get another on a CWA project.
For under no condition will a per-
son who has deliberately quit
either regular or temporary job
| in the hope of getting a CWA JOB,
be given such a Job. c. NJ. Way
nick, state director Of the Nation
al Unemployment Service has re-
/ peatedly said.
Both Mrs. O'Berry and Director
Waynick both realize, Of course,
that there are always some people
who refuse to believe what they
are told, with the result that there
tare some who are quitting their
jobs and registering as unemploy-
ed. in the belief or hope that they
can get by" This is believed TO
be one reason why the registra-
tionS in the unemployment office
have already jumped to more
than 100000 with indications that
they may go to 100000, although
Director Waynick does not believe
that the actual number of unem-
| ployed in North Carolina exceeds
f25,O0O. 1t is also agreed that
some Of these improperly regis
teredrBeFsons have been able to
get jobs or may be able to get
some in the future. due to the
speed with which the new CWA
program has been launched and
the lack of time in which to make
Investigations and registrants
But Waynick has said that when
ever any of these cases are found
thew will Immediately he fired and
their Jobs given to those who are
definitely known to be unemploY-
ed and eligible for these CWA
jobs.
One case came to the attention
of Director WaXnick in which a
man had been employed on 4
| CWA Job. He was apparently
regularly registered and entirely
eligible. But this man went 10
work on the job the first day only,
and then did not come back to
work, without Offering any ex-
PLANTATION. The man went back to
the unemployment office. how
ever. and asked to he assigned to
anothere Job. The office manager
referred the case to Waynick, VINO
Immediately ruled that the man
had been placed on one job. re-
fused to work, hence was not eligi-
BILE for assignment CT employment
on anv other JOB and instructed
the office manager to put his reg
istration card in the inactive files
which means that this man is
just out of luck.
Mrs. O'Berry is also putting
forth every effort to see that only
those who are actually in need
and entirely eligible for Jobs are
assigned to CWA projects. She
held a meeting here Monday aft
ernoon with county CWA super
visors and disbursing agents in