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4-2126 FEDERAL 70RKS AGENCY WORK PROJ:l;CTS ADHDTISTBATIQl:i For Re1 ease t o :.iorning Newspape rs , Monday , April 29 , 1940 . HAPB.IHG'rou UBG3S COO?S?..A.T ION I N NATI Ol;.AL EL1FLOYl1IE1IT ::EEK Colonel F . C. Harring t cn , Commissi on e r of ~ ork Projects, di sclosed t od.ay with the a:91)roach of National Empl oymen t ?reek t l1at l , 250 , 000 workers have l ef t tl1e ',TPA rolls v ohmtarily during the l ast 1 2 months . He urged t hn.t t he week, p r oclaimed by Presi d.ent Ro osevelt for I.by 1 to 8 , be made o, pe ri od fo r acce l e r at ing t he return of 'ITPA p r oject em~loyees t o a r eguLsr :9lc.,c e in the industry and business of their comnuni ti es . r:e.:s1·ly l1nlf of the 2 , 000 , 000 per sons now on tl1e UFA r olls , the Commi ssio n e r s.:dcl, o.re :10 years of age or olde r 2.nd belong to the g r oup of stable and. ex)eri e;1ced worke r s , mt:.ny with heavy fo..mily responsi-biliti os , ni t~1 w1lich Mr . Roosevelt t s p rocLunat i on is es-9ocially concerned . nrt hc,s boo~1 the pur nose of t he TTork Projects .Administr.'.'..ti on not only to provi a.o a living for neod_y , omployo,ble porsons nnd public i morovo;·10i1ts for t he c o1,12.1u.nit i os -.,,l1ich s po:aso r our projects , 11 Colone l H2..rrL1-;t on so,id. , 11 but Qlso to r ot~~L.1 t:10 ll: ,b i ts of work whi ch o.n om:ploy er nnturally expects of t~1 0 men ::ind wo11ol1 ho hi 1· os . !!Tho fact tho.t Vl?A p roj ect em:ployo cs aro now workin::;- - mainto,i nii1:_; t he ir sldlls on th o kiild o f j obs for whi ch their ox_::,ori onco fits t:1om--n ::·,~: o s our r olls '--'- no.tur ,},l r es e rvo ir of l abo r from which employe rs m::,.y drc..w c7-n:ticlf~ tho spring soo.son,::,, l incr oo.so in work and ospoci2.lly o..t t ~1 is time when tho dri v c for jobs is highl i gi1 t od by Presiden t Rooscvol t I s p r ocl~1..rnntio11 of Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - 2 - 11I urco thorc;o s.vho c:.,n pro vi de emn l oymcn t t o o,pproci:-:cto t he u.nifo1 m 1 desire of 2 , 000 , 000 men cmd women on 'JP.A t o go b.'.lc:c to r ot;u.l "-r j obs in i ndustry cmd busine; ss . The f o.ct thc,t t hose :peop l e arc anxious o..nd n.bl o t o l ecw o W?A fol :9 rivc,to jobs is well illustro.ted by t ho fo..ct thc. t o.n n.voro.:;::o of 1 o.:pIJroxinCLtoly 100 , 000 have boon lo.::1ving v ohmt:irily oo..ch month , oven i n ti nes of doclininc,; i:1a.us tri c.l n.ctivity . dur i ng tho l e.s t 12 r::1onths , 11 It [LYH.l Ab out 1 , 250 ,000 l oft of t hei r oYm c,cco:::a. it must be assumed t h.'.1t raost of them o.,cco Dtod is true t h.'.lt mcmy o f those persons hr.we ho.d t o return t o rTPA , but th ey do ::.1ot ~1:J si to.to t o ncc o~J t ev e n t em~on:.r y work f or n. p ri vato orn-plo:ror . The r ogul.::'.ti orls unc..or v1hich a rrnn , when n n ew j ob is t0rmino:tod after sonc dews , w0o~rn o r oven :-.10nths , m.'.'.y :::oturn t o TT?A without red t2..p o , mo.kc him .:;1.-:-.d f o r th e op)o rt·~1::1it 0r o f p rivdo ompl oy mont . 11 'Ern Pr os i c.on t ho..s g iv en po.rticul:.·.r onrph2.sis t o t h o si tun.tion of so,isoned '\7o::l:(irs ,J f 40 ::md ov e r . Noo.rly ho..lf of our r o lls o,ro mad.o u.9 oi such :poo:pl o, :1nc:.. t:, is is no t by their cl1oice . nnd ,10 3;xperioncc is on their si 6.o , h:wo fo1.md. r;en or.'.1lly t l1.'.'..t t hey a.re c,bl0 \7o r kc rs d.rivo~1 by hec.v-J f :c;·. 1ily responsibiliti e s . t he ir misfort ~:i..nc . To ov e rl ook t h em t h i s week QDd h e reaft e r wi ll not l os sa n 11 0000000 Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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