Evening star., 1936-05-27

jury Is close to being the heart OF
America. Though a humble tribunal
it is in fact the court Of last resort.
What local juries refuse to approve
cannot continue to be.
Clipping from Nebraska Paper.
Some such similar condemnation
seems to be arising about relief.
quote some sentences from a paper
published in the county seat Of JEFF
ferson County, Nebr, the Fairbury
Journal. accept the clipping with
out investigation; it was sent me by
q Fairbury woman who says she is
acquainted with the editor and that
he is Democrat, has been our Demo-
cratic editor here over 80 years"
Jefferson County is at present fac
ing an anomaly in regard to the re-
lief situation. Relief officials are wor-
rying what to do as the number of
men on w. P. A. projects is reduced
and many farmers in the country are
deeply concerned in regard to the
farm situation. Demand for farm
laborerS Will become acute in two or
three weeks when harvesting the first
crop of alfalfa will require extra help.
Farmers who have recently tried to
secure help have found that those on
w. P. A. projects are not interested in
farm work. Why quit job that pays
$44 month of 1856 hours labor to
work on farm for S25 a month and
board, or $40 to $50 a month without
board and lodging? This is what some
w. P. A. workers have been reported
to have said. One farmer, near
Fairbury, offered $25 a month with
board and lodging and waited six
weeks, finally getting boy too young
to be on w. P. A. Most laboring men
do not want farm work and prefer
to live in town and draw $44 month
and work only three or four days a
week, farmers say.
Cannot Pay High Wages.
With poor crops the past two or
three years, jefferson County farmers
do not feel justified, in fact are not
able, to pay high wages for farm
laborerS There were some who
attended the meeting on Monday
night, which was called to consider
the relief situation, who felt there
was undue concern on the part of
some regarding the so-called ap-
preaching crisis in regard to relief.
and that some now ON relief could, if
they would, secure farm employment,
and little later there will be a de-
mand for considerable farm labor,
which will not be supplied as long as
Federal aid continues. Randall Biart,
connected with the Nebraska Chill
dren's Home Society, delivered an in
teresting talk on the relief situation.
Biart was formerly State director of
relief and had an opportunity to OBJ
serve conditions first hand. While
holding that relief was, and still is,
necessary, it has created situation
that is going to be harder to deal
with than actual relief, that is the
loss of morale on the part of those on
relief and their dependence upon the
Government, the feeling that somehow
they will be taken care of, so why
worry, Biart said. Many who receive
relief, he said, first appreciate it, then
come to expect it, and finally demand
It. He criticized Federal administra-
hon of relief and said that turning
the administration back to local COM
munities is good thing. Granting
relief on the basis of population and
not on the number needing it, was
also criticized. In one county in this
State $4,000 was furnished when
there were only eight families on re-
lief"
Whether this Jefferson County,
Nebr, sentiment is typical, whether
it is widely duplicated in other COM
munities is question which may have
much weight in the November election.
tCopyright. 1850