The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-01-25
COUNTY eva QUOTA
REDUCED 100 men:
WORK FEWER HOURS
County MRS Manager Asks
Employers to Hire From List
at Court House Office
JENKINS HEADS DISTRICT
Future of Program Still indie
finite With Plans Awaiting
Action by Congress

Effective this week 100 men who
have earned approximately 500 will
be dropped from the CWA payroll,
reducing the county's quota to 47O
men and women, according to infor-
nation given out by G. R. Engeman,
county manager of the national re-
employment service.
The men cut off will be in all Sec
lions of the county and will be those
who least need the work, according
to Lyle S. Garlock, certifying officer
in charge of payrolls.
1t was the second curtailment or
dered within week as the office was
instructed to cut hours from 80 to "a
hours per week in towns over $500
in population and from 80 to Is hours
per week in all other places, in an
order issued Friday. Clerical, super
visory and professional workers in
all areas continue to have their max
imum at 80 hours per week.
Orders were also received here not
to add any names to the payroll ex-
cept in actual replacement of work.
ers discharged.
Further information on the pro-
gram given out by Mr.. Engeman in
-cludes the following:
During the week ending January 6,
a total of 1867 persons applied for
employment in the MRS offices oper-
ated in IS counties of the state.
This brings the total registrations to
154,314 since the inauguration of the
service in August. A total of 5,137
placements were reported for the
week, the figure for the entire period
since August being 74,449. Of the
74,449 nearly $4,000 persons were
placed on CWA jobs and 1871 have
been given work on PWA projects.
Some offices are reporting consid-
cradle number of placements with
private employers. A total of nearly
5000 women are registered up to
January 6, and of this number 2,134
were reported as having been given
Jobs. Home owners and other en-
ployers are urged to avail themselves
to the Unemployment Service in OBJ
tanning domestic help, day workers
clerical employees, etc.
Eight district engineers have been
appointed in the state to assist local
CWA authorities in their work and
report to L. P. Zimmerman, engineer
for the state CWA. District eight
with j. Cameron Jenkins in charge
at New Ulm includes, Brown, Meek
er, Wright, Hennepin, Renville, Nc
Leod, Carver, Sibley, Nicollet, Red
wood, Pipestone, Murray, Cotton
wood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Rock.
Mobiles, Jackson, Martin and Fari-
bault counties.
The national unemployment Offices
are not merely registration and as
signing offices for the CWA, but en-
ployment centers for all unemployed
men and women, and ready to serve
all employers, free of charge.
January IL the 500 CWA and CWS
workers in Redwood county listed
1,762 dependents.
In regard to the possibility OF en-
ployment on federal projects after
February Is State Director Hollen-
beck says the following:
"The future is not definite in re-
gard to Civil Works projects, but
there is a large amount of work to
be done this coming year on public
works projects which have been ap-
proved, but on which work has not
yet been started. We anticipate an
increasing demand for the use OF our
service by private employers as they
appreciate the value of this service
to their community"