The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-01-11
Use Jersey C.W.A.
Funds to Garry on
War Preparations
Factories and
Airports Being Built
With Relief Funds
BY BILL STEWART

NEWARK, N. j., Jan. 1O.-Under
the gtise Of G.. w. A. unemployment
relief, $36O,000 more was apprcpri-
ated for war purposes during the
last two weeks in December The
Raritan Arsenal previous Civil Works
allotment of $1,000 was augmented
by an additional 100000 for grading
and repair Of tracks. The Tuckerton
new airplane base received its first
allotment of $4,000, and at Lake
hurst AZ acres of woodland is to be
cleared for an airplane factory and
air base.
When completed, the airplane fac
tory at Lakehurst will be the largest
on the Atlantic coast. The first
government order will be for 1000
planes.
P. w. A. Funds Added
Although the exact amount Of
money already allotted TO Lakehurst
Naval Reservation has not yet been
made public, over a thousand acres
of land are being cleared for a land
ing field by a large force Of G. w, A.
workers from Ocean County.
These war grants to New Jersey
do not include over 100000 of pub
lie works funds, which has been
granted by Washington and only
awaits the Presidents signature.
Roosevelt's avowed policy of mill
tary expenditures assures the grant,
ing of this sum Departmental jeal-
ousies and the Presidents favor to-
wards the more subtle arm of the
American imperialist machine are
held accountable for the present de-
lay Of this million dollar grant.
New Jersey Airports
The $4,000 600 plan for network
of federal airports throughout the
nation has not been abandoned, but
has, in reality, been enlarged upon.
Instead Of the government building
these airports, as was first decided
upon, the government has urged the
states to build them and apply to
the C. W. A. for funds. This better
enables the Roosevelt government to
hide its war preparations.
Following the announcement Of the
abandonment of the planned ma
tional network, John Colt, State C.
w. A. administrator, appointed Ma
jor Robert L. Chopsey, commanding
officer of the aviation division of the
National Guard, to Coordinate
projects with the general program
and assure a standard Of operation
in keeping with the state and ma
tional aviation regulations. State
Director Of Aviation, Captain G. R.
Wilson, was appointed by the G. w.
A. as assistant to Chopsey.
Complete New Jersey Network
Plans are now being drawn up for
airports at Morristown, Ocean City,
Vineland, Hammontown, Bayonne,
Wanaque, Princeton, Tuckerton, Phil
lipsburg. Newton, Dover and Linden
valid. This is certainly far more
than the $1o,o0o,0o0 national plan
would have allotted to New Jersey
Jim Crow in Jersey Work Camps
The work camp at Sim Place, not
far from Warren Grove, and about
nine miles from Barnegat is for Ne
groes only. 1t is more like shambles
than camp. Work and living con-
ditions are very bad; medical care
is inadequate.
At New Gretna and at Chatsworth
camps are maintained for whites
only. 1t is not necessary to go below
the Mason and Dixon line to find
segregation and jim Grow.
Other War Preparations in Jersey
New Jersey is also an important
state in the manufacture of chem
icals, powder and munitions. The
Hercules Powder Plant near Parlin
is more busy now than ever before
in recent times
New Jersey is a great war prep
aration laboratory, and, under the
guise of relief, thousands of workers
are being made to prepare the
ground for the future war.