The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-16
12,750 men in n. D.
TOBE TRANSFERRED
TO FULL-PA|D JOBS
Civil Works Program Contem-
plates Employment Of e.
00O,0 900 in u. S.
PLAN EFFECTIVE AT ONCE
Relief Officials Here Marking
Time Pending Receipt Of
instructions

A toal Of 1880 North Dakotan,
will be transferred from work relief tt
full-paid, 30-hour-week jobs within
the next four days under the new
civil works program, it is hoped BY
Harry L. Hopkins. federal relief
administrator.
North Dakota and Bur!eigh county
relief officials marked time Thurs
day forenoon pending receipt OF def
mite instructions as to how to pro-
coed under the new plan. which was
evolved Tuesday and Wednesday at q
conference in Washington Of relief
officials from throughout the nation
Attending the conference were Su.
preme Court Justice A. M. Christian.
son, chairman of the North Dakota
emergency relief committee, and
John E. Williams. secretary.
Under the plan. the government
hopes to transfer 100000 relief mer
to full-paid jobs.
Hopkins list of the number to be
employed In the various states or
population basis included Minncsots
$500: Montana 1880 ard South
Dakota 1880.
Situation Explained
The situation, as explained by those
In charge of the program, was this:
Four hundred million dollars ha.
been made available to Harry l.. Hop
kins as civil works administrator fo1
expenditure in the next four months
on many kinds Of projects approved
by local civic works agencies .wi1iet
he intends to hold responsible.
The object Is to provide 1000, 000
jobs In four months, the general pub
lie works program taking up the
slack then.
The federal government will retain
money calculated to provi5e 100000
jobs on federal projects. The balance
will be allotted to states. on the basis
of a quota Of the number to be put
to work in each state. These quotas,
already tentatively fixed. were COM
ruted Is per cent on population and
Is per cent on the number Of fam
lilies on relief rolls.
Men now working few hours a
week on relief jobs. financed by local
funds or Jointly with the government,
are to be transferred, beginning
Thursday. to full-time employment,
the additional expense being met
jointly where possible.
Money ALLEGATIONS for approved pro-
jects. such as street or highway con-
struction. sanitation or health pro-
jects, are to be disbursed by federal
officers in each state without WASH
ington approval Of each project
necessary.
Wages are to equal minimums fixed
by the $4,000. 100000 public works
administration.
Politics Is Taboo
In explaining this plan to 500 gov
ernors, mayor. public officials and re-
lief workers. President Roosevelt said:
II want to tell you, very, very simply
that your national government is not
trying to gain political advantage
one way or the other. out Of the needs
Of human beings for relief. We ex-
pect the same spirit on the part OF
every governor Of every one Of the 48
states, and on the part Of every
mayor and every county commissioner
and OF every relief agent"
Hopkins set minimum wages under
his fund for three subdivisions of
the country. These provide that UNI
skilled labor In the southern zone
shall be paid not less than 40 cents
with IS cent maximum in the CEN
trail zone and SO cents In the North.
Skilled labor which may be neces-
sary on the projects will be paid 81
an hour in the southern zone: $l.l0
in the central zone and $40 in the
North.
For purposes Of determining wage
rates. Hopkins. the civil works admin
istrator. outlined three zones. they
include:
Northern zone-Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island, Connecticut. New York. New
Jersey. Indiana. wisconsin. Minne-
sofa. Nebraska. Wyoming. Oregon,
South Dakota. Idaho, Pennsylvania,
Ohio. Michigan. Illinois. Iowa, North
Dakota. Montana and Washington.
The rules call for q 30-hour week
except IN executive, administrative
and supervisory positions insofar Is
practicable.