The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-24
All Complaints
AS ToCWA Going
To County Boards
"Trouble Shooting" Mach
inery Gets Under Way
Tuesday
By J. c. BASKERVILL
The Times-NeSs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH. Jan. "a. Begin
ming yesterday, all complaints
with regard to the administration
and operation of Civil Works
projects or of the National Re-
employment Service are being re-
ferred to the county complaint
boards, one of which has already
been set up in every county, &C
cording to Mrs. Thomas O'Berry;
state CWA administrator and
Capus NJ. Waynick. state director
of the National Unemployment
Service. The personnel OF these
committees or boards was select
ed over the weekend by Mrs:
O'Berry and Mr.. Waynick and
this morning clerks in both Of
fees were busy mailing TO these
boards all the complaints that
have been received so Tar. Win
instructions for a careful and
thorough investigation of each
complaint. Blanks for making
out the required report on each
complaint are also being inclos-
ed and the report will be MADE
out in duplicate, with one copy
to be sent to Mrs. O'Berry and
oneto Mr.. Waynick.
When these reports are recelV-
ed here, they will be gone over
personally by Mrs. OBerry and
Mr.. Waynick, who will decide
what action shall be taken, II
any, or whether additional III
vestigation by a special investiga-
tor, with no local connections,
shall be made. 1t is believed
that on the basis Of the reports
received from these county cont
plant boards, Mrs. O'Berry ana
Mr.. Waynick will be able to de-
eide on the disposition or most
of the complaints without addl-
tional investigation.
The county complaint boards
are composed of the county CMA
director, the manager of the
county Unemployment Service Of
flee, one member of the county
CWA advisory committee and
one member of the county Re-
employment committee. This set
up is expected to prevent any
buck-passing between the two
agencies and to compel this
board or committee to definitely
fix the blame for each complaint
on either the CWA or the Re-
employment Service.
1t is being pointed out, how
ever, that these complain oo,r.'S
have absolutely no Authority ~
DISPOSE Of any compiI.ntS, Rno
that they are only IuEeStlEatocE'
and fact-finding bodies 10 as
semUle information on the COM
plants received. This lnforma-
ton is then referred back to Mrs.
o'Rerry and Director WaynlcE,
who are the only ones with auth
ority to take action.
Neither Mr.. Waynick nor |
are relinquishing any of our
authority or RELOCATING any of It
to others" Mrs. O'Berry said to-
day. "But We de believe that
these county boards will enable
us to decide who is to blame,
where violations of regulations
are found to exist, and also to
furnish US q detailed investiga-
ton of each complaint. We also
think they can do this with great
er speed and fairness to all con-
cerned than if we should attempt
to employ outside Investigators.
With this new machinery IN
operation, it is believed that
every complaint can now be
thoroughly investigated and act
ed upon within a week to ten
days.
Most of the complaints so far
received fall largely into two
classes, as follows:
/. Those from persons who
have become peeved because they
did not get jobs or because some
one they dislike got a job and
some friend did not.
2. Those from persons who
are not familiar with the rules
and regulations governing the
selection and placement of work
ers on CWA jobs.
A good many complaints also
have been received involving the
administrative discretion of the
CWA or MRS managers, or cri-