Voice of action. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1933-1936, 1934-09-14

| order To be placed on the walt,
ing list for work. to be created
under the PWA.
| was unable to obtain any OF
the CWA work, so | resolved Ia
be one of the first to comply with
the new investigation order so
that ! would be one OF the first
to be hired under the new PWA.
So | registered and was "investi-
gated
Makes Inquiries
After waiting for nearly three
months to be called for work
ard yet no call was received |
felt that | should determine
what had gone wrong. reported
to the headquarters OF the WE
RA and spoke with my home
visitor" Mr.. CD Marvin Castor
petty bourgeois and Negro.
asked him just what did a worker
have to do to get some of the
work that was to be provided UNI
der the PWA
He confessed that he did not
know but felt that a Mr.. LawcS
over there in that private of
flee might tell me how one
might obtain some of the work.
| talked with LaweS, and found
him shifty and evasivc. finally
demanded work so loudly and We
hemcntly that he told me to come
back the next day, and he would
assign me to Il job.
| reported the next day ex-
pCcting to go to work. was not
sent to work, however, but was
told that | would go to work on
the 10th of July. | was assigned
to the job on July 70. | worked
six days and was laid off on July
23-was paid in part and was I'M
able to get the balance due UNI
til August 9.
Asks Work Again
On August l6 asked that /
be given more work, At that time
was told that | would be in
eligible for work until August
~. | reported to the headquar- |
ters again on August 10, and in
stead of being given work, was
greeted with the hautiest kind |
Of fascist hostility.
Not only was | denied work,
but was prohibited and prevent
ed from even entering the build
ing where the offices are housed, |
Unsuccessful in my attempt to
obtain additional work, ! asked
that my food voucher be renew
ed. BY this time the relief chiefs
had been summoned to the door
Of the building.
When they heard of my re-
quest for voucher renewal, they
answered by saying that my
Voucher would be renewed when
was eligible for work again. |
demanded that they definitely
state when | would be eligible
Tor work again. After confer
ance and recaleulatiOn of my
budget" their verdict on my eli
was set at August 25.
Reports to VERA
August % fell on Saturday
/ day when relief people are
Oathe to deal with workers.
Knowing this, | reported to the
VERA headquarters on Mon
lay morning, August p.
Without asking, | was told my
voucher could not be had until
1890 p. III. | told the tyrant who
had addressed me that | sought
10 vOucher-that | had come to
De assigned to work. The official
who assigns workers to jobs told
me that | was eligible for work
and he COULD send me out on
a job but would not.
Inquisitiye, / asked why. Then
he told me, in the most dOmineer-
ing manner, reports from the
foreman of the last job | was on,
stated that | talked too much,
hat | was an agitator. He said
hat he had also consulted Mr..
who takes care of all
the colored folks" and he too,
had said that | was an agitator.
CASTOR Deceives Workers
Many Negro workers are false
y made to believe Gaston's pres
ence in the relief offices assures
he Negro workers a square deal
and treatment equal to that of
Jther workers. The truth is, Gas
on, as far as the relief people
ire concerned, is not unlike the
others of his office. All are as one
or humiliating, terrorizing and
tarving the workers.
All are united in their desire to
upprcss freedom of speech and (
lssemblage- for the shameless I
md most braZen Jim-Crowing OF
he Negro people. They are the
nstigators and advocates of
Black Thursday" Negro lines"
md Negro food" All of these
'utrages Mr.. CASTOR advocates
nd accepts without reservation.
This policy of terrorism, starv-
Ition and discrimination is the
lOlicy of the Federal government