Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-30
PROJECTS ARE
GIVEN TO COUNTIES

With several hundred youths be-
tween the ages of 16 and Is from Mon
tana relief families already assigned
to part-time work projects and more
being added daily, Sheridan county
has put its shoulder to the wheel and
has submitted projects to the state
headquarters which will give employ
ment to youths.
Sixty-four high school students in
the county were getting employment
under the National Youth admins
tration the first part of the school
term. More than so m have been
added to the roster since that time.
Proposed project submitted from
Sheridan county include construction
of skating Kinks, improving school
grounds by ~levelling thereby making it
possible to construct tennis and vol
ley ball courts, improving city parks;
and another project submitted from
this county is to have alleys cleaned
of old scraps iron and junk which has
accumulated.
lin general, NYA projects are being
set up for 40 hours per month for
each youth worker. The wage scale
for Sheridan county is $500 for un-
skilled labor, intermediate Sis. 90;
skilled, $500; professional and tech
nical, $4,000.
j. B. Love, state director of the
National Youth administration reports
that the program is taking shape very
satisfactorily.
Our biggest problem now is to give
equal benefits to all sections of the
state" Director Love said. Generally
The larger cities with their committees
functioning well and better facilities
for securing information on the pro-
gram, have been way ahead in sub
hitting projects. We do not, however,
intend to penalize the smaller and
more remote communities, and will
make every effort to spread youth
employment under this special $56, 500
work-projects phase of the NYA to
every corner of Montana"
Because it is impossible for our
limited field force to visit every com
munity," director Love explained, 81
wish to urge interested communities
to take immediate action without wait
ing for a field official. Projects can
drawn up without prior instruction,
merely by writing on a sheet of paper
the nature of the project, location,
duration, number Of youth it will en-
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of 40 hours per month per worker
name of sponsor or supervisor, and
any contributions to be made. Submit
this to our offices at WPA %headquar-
tiers, Helena. The big thing is to get
your projects in Immediately" he en-
phasized.
The fact that another member of the
youths family is employed on a re-
lief project does not prevent the
youths employment by the EYA. In
many cases, generally in large fam
lilies, the earnings of a youth in the
family to supplement the security
earnings" of the family breadwinner,
will be of great benefit. Preference as
far as possible will be given to young
people from such families, Love stated.
Eligible young people of the 1926
year class not in school will be en-
ployed for approximately one-third of
the security hours as set up by the
WPA, and will receive approximately
one-third of the security earnings
rate prevailing in their community, in
lire with the type of work performed.
The maximum earning, however, cam
not exceed SIS per month" it was
stated.