The Bismarck tribune., 1934-07-17
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Action Is Taken
Following Trouble
At State Capitol

Of the rival group might be penalized.
As q result, Wilson said. to grant this
request Is an impossibility.
The relief administration has been
allowing $8 q month for rent, Wilson
said. ana IN many cases this has prov
cd insufficient. since some families on
relief are living in $l5-a-month
houses. They obviously cannot meet
the rent on the budgets allotted them,
he said, and new system will 60
into effect August l. Under 1t the rent
will be paid by the county committee.
whatever 1t may he. and no money
will be granted any family for this
purpose. Thus rent will be made in
dependent Of the family budgets, in
creased 10 per cent as Of July l. These
budgets are calculated to the needs Of
the individual family for food and
other necessaries, except clothes. The
latter item is handled on the basis Of
need, since the requirements OF var
ious families differ. When clothes
are needed they are either provided
from community sewing rooms or ord
ers are given for the garments In
demand. In some cases where rent
money has been paid in cash, the rent
has not been paid and some landlords
are demanding their money.
Would Cause Injustice
Commenting on the demand for q
3O-hour week, Wilson said 1t would
work an Injustice en- some persons,
particularly men with large famil-
les. Where needed to maintain the
family. such individuals are given
80 hours OF work weekly on relief
projects. In some cases this amount
is further increased by relief grants,
the whole situation being adjusted
on the basis Of need. Big families
need more and are getting more,
whereas general adoption Of the 30
hour week would not only break the
relief treasury but would give single
persons more than they need to live,
depriving other families whose needs
are greater.
Wilson expressed regret that the
order stopping cash relief in Bis
r1arck would apply to everyone In the
city, but said that. under the circum-
stances, 1t is necessary. Some men
reported for work Tuesday, he said,
cut there were not enough Of them to
keep the projects going and as q re-
suit. all work activity was stopped.
II the agitation spreads to the coun-
ty he said, the same system will be
adopted there. Meanwhile county re-
lief will continue to be given In cash.
The trouble at the capital building
started about II a. rn., Monday, when
4 crowd led by B. ]. Drennen, Bis
narck, appeared at the relief offices
demanding to see Wilson He was not
present and they pushad their way
Into Williams office. showing aside q
girl clerk who usually announces Wis
itors.
Surrounding Williams. sitting at his
desk, they demanded that he come
out on the capital steps and answer
their demands.
Crowd Gets Rough
Williams responded that he would
g. in about Is minutes and was told
he would come at once, several men
seizing him and pulling him out Of his
chair. 1t was obviously futile to offer
pr ysical resistance, Williams said, and
he went along without further pro-
test.
In the upper hall the group appar-
emily changed its mind and started
for the governors office It was here
that the cuspidor was hurled through
the window.
In the governors office. both Will
liams and Langer talked briefly to the
men, and later Wilson appeared and
spoke briefly, explaining the relief
set-up. An arrangement then was
made for all three men to appear at
the courthouse at p. m, at which
time the strike was voted.
In his remarks Williams commented
that the relief budgets were calcul-
ated to furnish each family with
wholesome but not fancy food, point
ing out, by way of example, that
corn in the form of corll flakes costs
about 81 bushel. whereas in the
form Of corn meal it costs only about
$3.50 bushel. Subsequently, he was
accused of telling the group to live
on corn meal.
Some said corn mea. is all right
and they even prefer 1t to corn flakes,