Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 66 - December
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 66 - December
Subject
American Red Cross
Great Depression, 1929-1939
Relief Efforts -- Kansas
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from December 10th, 1934 to December 17th, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1934-12-10
1934-12-15
1934-12-17
Contributor
Red Cross Volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34061
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 66 - December,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed April 16, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/115.
Text
Cooler Weather Adds to Expense of Their
Care
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Cost of handling transients in Cowley county is increasing with the approach of cold weather, according to records in the office of Case Supervisor Jesse Miller. While the report for the month ending Oct. 25 will not be ready for a few days, it was indicated that it will show an increase of approximately 100 per cent over the month of Sept. 25 to Oct. 25, which was $100.26.
Part of the increase of the report for the month ending Nov. 25 is due to the fact that the county had several long distance transient returns, Mrs. Miller said.
The Sept. 25 to Oct. 25 report shows that 102 meals were served at a total cost of $23.50; 40 lodgings provided at a cost of $10; two medical aid cases at a cost of $2.25; 20 grocery orders at a total cost of $43.35; one house rental, costing $3.33; one tire repair, cost $1; two cow feed orders, costing $3; one rank wood $1.50 and four transportations, costing $12.33. The total expenditure was $100.26. This represents an average per case of $1.67.
During the summer months the transient expense ran around $60 to $70 per month. For the period Aug. 25 to Sept. 25 there were 57 cases looked after by the transient director, who made 85 calls, the total outlay being $92.15.
Total payroll of the county-federal relief organization for the week ending Dec. 8 was $9,762.36, L. L. Petticord, county poor commissioner, announced Monday. This amount was paid for 20,275 hours’ work performed by 1,509 men and 110 women. A total of 1,250 checks were issued. Included in the hours worked are laborers, supervisors, relief and non-relief workers.
Professional clerical workers put in 633 hours and non-relief professional clerical 510 hours. Included in the non-relief work were 21 men, 11 women and 40 teams and 24 projects were worked on.
Relief Workers Will Put Wood in a Central
Yard 12-15-34
A unanimous show of hands and a chorus of “amens” expressed the acceptance of a wood cutting program for relief workers which was submitted to a crowd of workers who filled the head quarters at 113 South Second street this morning.
W. F. Walker, county commissioner, presented the proposition in a short speech. It was explained that the wood cutting would be over and above their other work, and that it would provide protection against cold weather for the needy.
Under the plan which will be used buzz saws will be furnished and trucks provided to deliver the wood and to take the men to and from the timber along the river.
To a Central Yard
Instead of each man cutting his own supply the wood will be cut by all and stacked in the wood yard at the relief headquarters. Men will be given credit for the number of hours they work at cutting and will be charged for the wood which will be delivered to their homes from the central yard.
In order to provide a starting point for figuring their work relief standing the books will start back at Dec. 1, Mr. Walker said.
Enough for Everyone
“Our plan is to have enough for everyone to be secure. There is plenty of wood, we will furnish the equipment, take you to and from work and deliver the wood.
That leaves it up to you,” Mr. Walker told the men.
“A blizzard or cold spell would mean a critical situation but if you will work there will be plenty of fuel for all and the work will be over and above your living budget.”
Applications are to be made at the relief hall in the regular way.
May Reduce Relief Wages
A reduction in the hourly wage rate of federal relief workers loomed Monday as the county relief committee and the board of county commissioners prepared to hold a joint meeting in the near future to discuss a new plan to conform to instructions received Monday from John G. Stutz, executive director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee. 12-17-34
The letter, addressed to the county emergency relief committee and others identified with relief work, said that rules and regulations of the federal relief administration have been amended to provide that the prevailing rate in the community for the kind of work performed will be the governing factor in determining hourly wage rates and salaries for work relief and non-manual projects. The minimum rate of 30 cents per hour has been abolished, the letter said.
In order to revise the wage rate and salaries in the county in accordance with the new regulations, “we are asking all county emergency relief committees to re-designate a county wage rate,” the letter said.
At the present time the federal relief rate in Cowley county is 40 to 45 cents per hour and the county rate 30 cents per hour. It is the understanding of those in charge of relief administration work in the county that both the federal and the county rates must he the same under the new ruling.
A committee consisting of three persons, one to be named by the relief committee in the county, one by labor itself and the two to select a third member, will investigate and determine the prevailing wage and salary in this district. The committee’s report will be sent in to Mr. Stutz. In arriving at rates, the instructions said, the committeemen shall use authentic existing rates of pay for the various classes of work relief and non-manual work. The determination of what constitutes the “prevailing rate” of wage for a kind of work is a question of fact and must be decided by the county wage committee. In arriving at the “fact” the committee must study the rates being paid by the county, the cities and other political subdivisions for similar work; also the rate being paid by individual and private enterprises within the county for common labor and the various classes of skilled labor.
The instructions also said that the state committee will not authorize a compensation for clerks, stenographers, foremen and timekeepers which is in excess of the rate of pay of the county poor commissioner.
Upward of seventy different work classifications are to be considered providing that all these classes of labor are performed in the county.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 66 - December
Subject
American Red Cross
Great Depression, 1929-1939
Relief Efforts -- Kansas
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from December 10th, 1934 to December 17th, 1934. The scrapbooks were created by local Red Cross volunteers. Articles during the Depression years covered food and other relief efforts, and documented unemployment issues.
Creator
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler
Source
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Publisher
Arkansas City Public Library, Arkansas City, Kansas
Date
1934-12-10
1934-12-15
1934-12-17
Contributor
Red Cross Volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34061
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 66 - December,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed April 16, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/115.Text
Cooler Weather Adds to Expense of Their
Care
-----
Cost of handling transients in Cowley county is increasing with the approach of cold weather, according to records in the office of Case Supervisor Jesse Miller. While the report for the month ending Oct. 25 will not be ready for a few days, it was indicated that it will show an increase of approximately 100 per cent over the month of Sept. 25 to Oct. 25, which was $100.26.
Part of the increase of the report for the month ending Nov. 25 is due to the fact that the county had several long distance transient returns, Mrs. Miller said.
The Sept. 25 to Oct. 25 report shows that 102 meals were served at a total cost of $23.50; 40 lodgings provided at a cost of $10; two medical aid cases at a cost of $2.25; 20 grocery orders at a total cost of $43.35; one house rental, costing $3.33; one tire repair, cost $1; two cow feed orders, costing $3; one rank wood $1.50 and four transportations, costing $12.33. The total expenditure was $100.26. This represents an average per case of $1.67.
During the summer months the transient expense ran around $60 to $70 per month. For the period Aug. 25 to Sept. 25 there were 57 cases looked after by the transient director, who made 85 calls, the total outlay being $92.15.
Total payroll of the county-federal relief organization for the week ending Dec. 8 was $9,762.36, L. L. Petticord, county poor commissioner, announced Monday. This amount was paid for 20,275 hours’ work performed by 1,509 men and 110 women. A total of 1,250 checks were issued. Included in the hours worked are laborers, supervisors, relief and non-relief workers.
Professional clerical workers put in 633 hours and non-relief professional clerical 510 hours. Included in the non-relief work were 21 men, 11 women and 40 teams and 24 projects were worked on.
Relief Workers Will Put Wood in a Central
Yard 12-15-34
A unanimous show of hands and a chorus of “amens” expressed the acceptance of a wood cutting program for relief workers which was submitted to a crowd of workers who filled the head quarters at 113 South Second street this morning.
W. F. Walker, county commissioner, presented the proposition in a short speech. It was explained that the wood cutting would be over and above their other work, and that it would provide protection against cold weather for the needy.
Under the plan which will be used buzz saws will be furnished and trucks provided to deliver the wood and to take the men to and from the timber along the river.
To a Central Yard
Instead of each man cutting his own supply the wood will be cut by all and stacked in the wood yard at the relief headquarters. Men will be given credit for the number of hours they work at cutting and will be charged for the wood which will be delivered to their homes from the central yard.
In order to provide a starting point for figuring their work relief standing the books will start back at Dec. 1, Mr. Walker said.
Enough for Everyone
“Our plan is to have enough for everyone to be secure. There is plenty of wood, we will furnish the equipment, take you to and from work and deliver the wood.
That leaves it up to you,” Mr. Walker told the men.
“A blizzard or cold spell would mean a critical situation but if you will work there will be plenty of fuel for all and the work will be over and above your living budget.”
Applications are to be made at the relief hall in the regular way.
May Reduce Relief Wages
A reduction in the hourly wage rate of federal relief workers loomed Monday as the county relief committee and the board of county commissioners prepared to hold a joint meeting in the near future to discuss a new plan to conform to instructions received Monday from John G. Stutz, executive director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee. 12-17-34
The letter, addressed to the county emergency relief committee and others identified with relief work, said that rules and regulations of the federal relief administration have been amended to provide that the prevailing rate in the community for the kind of work performed will be the governing factor in determining hourly wage rates and salaries for work relief and non-manual projects. The minimum rate of 30 cents per hour has been abolished, the letter said.
In order to revise the wage rate and salaries in the county in accordance with the new regulations, “we are asking all county emergency relief committees to re-designate a county wage rate,” the letter said.
At the present time the federal relief rate in Cowley county is 40 to 45 cents per hour and the county rate 30 cents per hour. It is the understanding of those in charge of relief administration work in the county that both the federal and the county rates must he the same under the new ruling.
A committee consisting of three persons, one to be named by the relief committee in the county, one by labor itself and the two to select a third member, will investigate and determine the prevailing wage and salary in this district. The committee’s report will be sent in to Mr. Stutz. In arriving at rates, the instructions said, the committeemen shall use authentic existing rates of pay for the various classes of work relief and non-manual work. The determination of what constitutes the “prevailing rate” of wage for a kind of work is a question of fact and must be decided by the county wage committee. In arriving at the “fact” the committee must study the rates being paid by the county, the cities and other political subdivisions for similar work; also the rate being paid by individual and private enterprises within the county for common labor and the various classes of skilled labor.
The instructions also said that the state committee will not authorize a compensation for clerks, stenographers, foremen and timekeepers which is in excess of the rate of pay of the county poor commissioner.
Upward of seventy different work classifications are to be considered providing that all these classes of labor are performed in the county.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.