The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-12-20

cannot be kept out of the wayl
when meeting is held-and build
ing of sanitary toilets. The Lea
que demands that hiring be done
through the unions. There is now
a federal union for men not pre-
vlously in craft unions, and this
union is democratically controlled,
so there need be no fear of graft |
or favoritism.
I'VE cannot be moved back for
the winter months to the counties
from which we came. We have
our families here. Our children are
IN school. Many of us have voted
here. Our debts are piling up. It
won't be long, if delays are allow
ed to continue, before we shall be
facing actual hunger. We can't
eat red tape.
LETTER SENT
BY WORKERS TO HART
The following letter has been
sent to Mr.. Hart from the Conn
mittee for the Defense of the
American Standard of Living in
Fort Peck
"Mr. Ray Hart, State Admins
traitor, WPA, Helena. Montana,
Dear Mr.. Hart:-By the closing of
considerable of the work on Fort
Peck Dam hundreds of workers
have been thrown out of work.
These men have no resources to
enable them to return to their
home counties, and there is no like
llhood that their home counties will
be able to take care of them if
they did return home. Some of
them have homes established here
fnom one to two years. Their
children are in school here. They
will be needed at the dam in the
: spring. Therefore it is extremely
: necessary that some kind of work
t be provided fou them which will
tide them over the next three
or four months. This is imperative
unless these men are willing tt
starve. They must have work. W.
are not familiar with all the WPA
I red tape, and we therefore do no
know just what procedure to TAX,
in order to have some project,
: started here Immediately. w,
: know only that they must hav,
! work here and at once. We sug
I gest that the situation here is i'm
portant enough for you to make
n trip into our vicinity. We reques
a that you give an appointment t.
5 our committee when you do com
Y here.
l. "The Valley County Trades an
Il Labor Council wrote to DIR. Nc
8 Gregor to suggest that the road
: Jordan, Miles City, etc., be i'm
IL proved in order to give work her
l. now. He replied that all his fund
It had been allocated and that thi
! road was not to be improves
Could this be WPA project?
eve frankly admit that we
not know what kind of project
A WPA can finance, but we sugge'
ID for your consideration an undo
I'd pass in Glasgow, building of
= community bath house and recre;
N ton hall in each or several of Il
ct project shack towns-Fort Pei
to has a recreation hall and II
lie houses have private baths-ir
to provement of the streets in Il
r. shack towns. We further belle
ne that there are enough unemploy'
ct single women here to warrant
70 sewing project to make clothes 8
en- the destitute families here--ce
o. tainly there are enough destitu
m families in need of clothes.
1t. eff you do not have the authori
s. to approve projects, would you a
ce wise us to whom we should a
or ply. These men must have wOl
ty This is the most expensive time
to the year here. (signed) Haven
er Perkins, Chairman, Commit
re for the Defense of the Americ
ly Standard of Living. at Fort Pc
Lee r..