The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-01-23
.IICHTENINGO Of
CVA ACTIVITY
is FORECAST
Raleigh Observers Do Not
Believe Work Will Be
j~.eH Abandoned a>
By j. c. BASKERVILLE
Ehe lImrs-News bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

| Dir walter fiotC'
RALEIGH, Jan. ga gen
eral Tightening up Of all the ad
ministrative machinery in bOtt
] the Civil Works Administration
and the National Reemploynent
Service here in North Carolina
a. we'll as over the entire nation
is definitely forecast as the re
suit of recent developments botf
here and in Washington, accord
ing to careful observers here
For while no one who really is
familiar with what is going OF
thinks for a moment that con.
greas will permit the civil works
program for providing work tol
the unemployed to be discon,
tinued, it is believed that it is
going to insist upon much more
rigid administration and supervi'
sion of all civil works projects
and more careful observance Of
the laws and regulations govern,
ing placement of workers and
wages to be paid. There are also
indications that CWA officials il
Washington are planning to eX,
ercise much more rigid contro,
over state civil works organiza.
tions by using the National Re
employment Service as a sort OF
balance wheel that will act in
some degree as a checkup on the
CWA administrations.
Perhaps the most important
step yet taken to tighten up the
local county CWA units in this
state is the plan just approved
and announced by Mrs. Thomas
O'Berry, state CWA administra'
tor and Capus NJ. Waynick, state
director of the National Reem'
ployment service, to set up def
mite machinery for handling com,
plants and for fixing responsib'
ility where any irregularities arc
found. So far as is known
North Carolina is the first state
in which such a plan has beer
worked out and set up by the oil
rectors of these two services en-
tirely upon their own initiative
without waiting for instructions
from Washington.
This new plan, which is eX'
pected to be put into operation
Immediately, provides for the
thorough investigation Of every
complaint in the county of it:
origin by a committee Of four
composed Of the county CWA
director. the county Reemploy'
ment Service manager, one mem
Der Of the CWA advisory com
mittee and one member from tho
county MRS advisory committee
But this county complaint boart
or committee will have no eX
ecutive authority. 1t will mere
ly investigate all complaints ant
make a written report on 1t!
findings to Mrs. O'Berry ant
Director Waynick. who will Their
take whatever action they deem
necessary.
There is nothing in this plal
for the handling of complaint
that gives to the local CWA o.
MRS officials the power to settle
complaints made against them
since all decisions will eventual,
te made here in Raleigh by tn
( heads, of the two services" ID
rector Waynick said today. Il
does compel the heads OF thes'
! two services together with /
member of the advisory commit
tee for each service, to both hea
and investigate all complaint
that are made and submit a writ
ten report on their findings t
Mrs. O'Berry and me here. l
will also prevent duplication o
investigation by both service
and the buck passing that ha
been going on between the loca
managers with regard to com
/ plants. For with joint inves
LEGATION by both managers an
! committeeman from both sci
/ vices mandatory, we will now b
! able to fix the responsibility TO
| any violations of regulations o
any other irregularities"
!, All complaints, as in the past
should be sent direct either t
Mrs. O'Berry or Director Way
, nick here in Raleigh. These i
turn will be referred back to tn
county committees for investlga
ton. The reports on the inves
legations will then be sent bac
here in duplicate to Mrs. O'Berr
and Waynick who will have fuI
power to act.
Director Waynick has alread
announced that he is. going to IN
sist more than ever that count
and city unemployment manager
adhere to the letter of the LAY
more strictly than ever in max
ing placements on CWA project
and that he will not hesitate t
displace managers and put in neN
ones wherever irregularities ar
found.
There arealso indications tina
| O'Berry is going to insist mo
greater efficiency on the Pc.
of county CWA managers an