The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
FRIDAY, JUNE 81, ,s,,

DISAPPEAR.
L strongly object 70 .I4 =
being taken on rViuef n,
put back. At least s S1' and Tot
We're missing, Charley Re ~ nine in
Hannah and Mrs. Clinton DV ~ M
The investigation at Mrs C COspers
was very thorough. Roda G;OsperS 4
carefully considered and > Ts was
mendatiOn made for the recon-
Weeks afterwards when she San same
at the office, my recomm ,,S JAILED +
mad been removed. This wa aa'On !
just to Mrs. COspers as V wsn IN
to myself. well as j
Tactless Interviews
A good share of tbo ne.
were stormy. This was one I ~ ~
abuses checked when the reDrsss ~
atlves went to Helena. 0'''''
In January one of orr or.-
was flung out in the snow I b''
S. Olson because he insisted rotst
stubbornly that his receipts he g
corded. 'e u
In another instance a man rich.
fully resented that his wife -,
been placed on work relief ov iou
to the condition of her health
the midst of his argument 4,ra
forms appeared at the doorwoS
L. S. Olson was one. IeVaoOS'
(then placement NAM rushed e..
ward, pounded the desk and mod.
threats he never could have cor
ried out. After both these sbama
full scenes were over, l used NJ,
influence against force, both ~
Mr.. Olson and Mr.. LeVesque. Tbs
relief office resented it.
l always attributed these IN.
couth interviews to the influenc.
of Miss Hansen. In November wo
had a case worker from Missonls
among US. She relates the follow
ing story:
Hansen Gets Face Slapped
When Miss Hansen worked AZ
the relief office at Missoula
client called and requested an IN.
dershirt. To determine the need
Miss Hansen jerked his shirt open
and, according to the case worker
was slapped in the face.
Miss Hansen has had a hard
time with her workers. When
Mrs. Nina Lampell came as senior
visitor she had a good deal of or.
iginality and ingenuity. She set
about to develop better case his.
tories, lessen the night work and
called for more workers. She
classed Miss Hansen's domineering
as "bad manners" A nice clash
was in sight when Mr.. Gerson call.
ed her to Helena.
StOrkan Profits So
At noon one day, l was with
Miss Randall and Mr.. Prendergast
DR.. Storkan came smiling up. He
told Mr.. Prendergast that the re-
lief could save eight dollars by Or
.dering a truss (for one of the
clients) from Sears Roebuck. ooh,
no, doctor, you order that" Mr.
Prendergast promptly replied. The
doctor said that he would and Of
course this meant a profit Of S.
for him. This same amount would
have kept q single person in gro
ceries for one month.
FavOritism
For some time DR.. Storkan has
been given preference at the local
relief to DIR. Hall. Often when
medical D. o. was to be written,
Mr.. Storkan was suggested with
the added remark, unless you pre-
fer DIR. Hail."
DR.. Storkan frequently called at
the relief office.
Favoritism was never shown in
regard to dental work.
Filthy Talk
Filthy talk is very general at
the relief office; to me it was in
excusable.. The most repulsive re-
mark l have ever heard was made
by Mr.. Prendergast. The CONVEX
sations between him and Miss
Randall suggested those between
Horace Walpole and Queen Caro-
: line. Miss Randall never objected
to his coarse familiarity. She did
not even rebuke him when he pull
ed hair from his body and blew it
across the desk-just giggled.
One day Mr.. Prendergast
snatched an office interview blank
off my desk, bearing my sigma
: ture. 81 am going to write dirty
: story on it," he said, and carried
it to his office. I ignored the act.
: One evening Mr.. Prendergast,
: Miss Randall and Miss Beard had
: gone to Scobey. The following
day I received a nicely typed letter,
stamped at Scobey. l opened it
! at the postoffice and found filthy
picture. l destroyed it and again
silently ignored the coarse joke OF
the staff.
When a rather questionable
show presented itself at Plenty
wood, the demonstration permitted
women in the afternoon and men
: in the evening. Miss Hansen came
sweetly to my desk saying that the
staff had voted me half day holl-
: day with ticket, to take in TINS
: show. politely refused it and
told her that l preferred to stay
on the job as the demonstration 70
e be given had no attraction for me-
Treatment Disagreeable
Most of the workers had keys
i to the office. l had asked for one
d but had never received any. MISS
: Beard would order me to return
: to work at 1880 and l would wan
S from twenty minutes to hall an
f hour in the wind or rain belOrs
e someone came who had key.