Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 39 - June
Collection: Red Cross Scrapbook 1934
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 39 - June
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from June 13th, 1934 to June 16th, 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
1934-06-13
1934-06-16
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34035
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas)Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 39 - June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/94.
Text
— 6-13-34 Commissioners Move to Smooth Out Difficulties
A joint meeting between the board of county commissioners, the county case supervisor and the county poor commissioner, attended by the KERC committee and case workers, attempted Tuesday to smooth out alleged difficulties between the poor commissioner’s office and that of the county case supervisor, Mr. Jesse Miller. F. H. Marvin, state supervisor of emergency relief work, also was present and took part in the discussions.
Mr. Marvin warned that unless the various branches of the local relief set-up were harmonized and worked co-operatively, Cowley county stood in danger of losing federal funds now being allotted for county relief.
A misunderstanding exists, according to some, in the manner of hiring and firing personnel of the relief organization and also as to issuing instructions. These things were gone into and certain rules cites intended to eliminate any danger of friction in the future.
Some Got More Than Share
It was also charged that certain individuals had been given more than their share of work and financial and commodity allotments, while others were not given their full budget.
Finally a resolution, intended to clarify the situation, was passed with Commissioners Russell B. Hanna and James Grant voting for its approval and W. F. Walker voting against it. The resolution reads:
In order to promote closer cooperation and economy in the poor commissioner’s office and in the case supervisor’s office, the following resolution is hereby adopted:
“First—That in the judgment of the board of county commissioners the poor commissioner’s office and all relief officers. should be housed in the case workers’ office and that the building in Arkansas City on South Summit street, now used as the
poor commissioner’s office, shall no longer be used or rented by Cowley county, Kansas.
“Second—That it is the duty and responsibility of the case supervisor to hire and discharge the personnel in the case supervisor’s office and with none other.
“Third—That all work order cards shall hereafter be mailed from the city of Winfield.
“Fourth—That in conducting the operation of the poor commissioner’s office and the case supervisor’s office that all work orders shall come from the board of county commissioners, acting as a unit, and by no other means, and that any person giving any orders to the poor commissioner’s office or the case supervisor’s office shall do so without authority and said poor commissioner and case supervisor shall ignore such orders.”
Move to Close Local
Relief Office Quickly
----- 6-16-34
The weekly FERA payroll here was distributed by the timekeepers Saturday from the county case supervisor’s local office as relief officials moved to close the local relief office by the first of next week in compliance with a recent resolution by the county commissioners.
L. L. Petticord, county poor commissioner, said an assistant poor commissioner probably would be retained here. Whether L. J. Bennett remains in the position is to be decided by the county commissioners, Petticord said.
Both Mr. Petticord and Mrs.
Jesse Miller, county case supervisor, were in Arkansas City Saturday in connection with the consolidation of the two offices.
A. C. Men Go to
Relief Meeting In County Seat
A delegation of Arkansas City business men attended a meeting of the county commissioners Friday in Winfield to hear a review of the highly controversial relief resolution passed this week by the county board.
In another session punctuated by hot remarks between county officials, County Commissioner W. F. Walker resumed his attack on the resolution, which closed the local relief office, provided that all orders to the poor commissioner and case supervisor should come through the board as a unit and made other changes in the existing relief set-up.
Charging that state laws and federal regulations were being disregarded in the relief program, Commissioner Walker also contended that Arkansas City firms had not been receiving a fair division of county insurance and printing.
The other two commissioners, R. B. Hanna and James Grant, maintained that the consolidation of the relief offices would result in a more harmonious program and would effect a saving of $500 a month. 6-16-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.
Title
Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 39 - June
Subject
Great Depression, 1929-1939
American Red Cross
Food relief--Kansas
Unemployment
Description
A page from the 1934 scrapbook of newspaper clippings from the Arkansas City (Kansas) Traveler, dated from June 13th, 1934 to June 16th, 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
1934-06-13
1934-06-16
Contributor
Red Cross volunteers
Rights
Used with permission of copyright holder. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Clippings
Identifier
RC34035
Coverage
Cowley County, Kansas
Citation
Arkansas City (Kansas)Traveler, “Red Cross Scrapbook 1934: page 39 - June,” Digital Arkansas City, accessed May 3, 2024, https://arkcity.digitalsckls.info/item/94.Text
— 6-13-34 Commissioners Move to Smooth Out Difficulties
A joint meeting between the board of county commissioners, the county case supervisor and the county poor commissioner, attended by the KERC committee and case workers, attempted Tuesday to smooth out alleged difficulties between the poor commissioner’s office and that of the county case supervisor, Mr. Jesse Miller. F. H. Marvin, state supervisor of emergency relief work, also was present and took part in the discussions.
Mr. Marvin warned that unless the various branches of the local relief set-up were harmonized and worked co-operatively, Cowley county stood in danger of losing federal funds now being allotted for county relief.
A misunderstanding exists, according to some, in the manner of hiring and firing personnel of the relief organization and also as to issuing instructions. These things were gone into and certain rules cites intended to eliminate any danger of friction in the future.
Some Got More Than Share
It was also charged that certain individuals had been given more than their share of work and financial and commodity allotments, while others were not given their full budget.
Finally a resolution, intended to clarify the situation, was passed with Commissioners Russell B. Hanna and James Grant voting for its approval and W. F. Walker voting against it. The resolution reads:
In order to promote closer cooperation and economy in the poor commissioner’s office and in the case supervisor’s office, the following resolution is hereby adopted:
“First—That in the judgment of the board of county commissioners the poor commissioner’s office and all relief officers. should be housed in the case workers’ office and that the building in Arkansas City on South Summit street, now used as the
poor commissioner’s office, shall no longer be used or rented by Cowley county, Kansas.
“Second—That it is the duty and responsibility of the case supervisor to hire and discharge the personnel in the case supervisor’s office and with none other.
“Third—That all work order cards shall hereafter be mailed from the city of Winfield.
“Fourth—That in conducting the operation of the poor commissioner’s office and the case supervisor’s office that all work orders shall come from the board of county commissioners, acting as a unit, and by no other means, and that any person giving any orders to the poor commissioner’s office or the case supervisor’s office shall do so without authority and said poor commissioner and case supervisor shall ignore such orders.”
Move to Close Local
Relief Office Quickly
----- 6-16-34
The weekly FERA payroll here was distributed by the timekeepers Saturday from the county case supervisor’s local office as relief officials moved to close the local relief office by the first of next week in compliance with a recent resolution by the county commissioners.
L. L. Petticord, county poor commissioner, said an assistant poor commissioner probably would be retained here. Whether L. J. Bennett remains in the position is to be decided by the county commissioners, Petticord said.
Both Mr. Petticord and Mrs.
Jesse Miller, county case supervisor, were in Arkansas City Saturday in connection with the consolidation of the two offices.
A. C. Men Go to
Relief Meeting In County Seat
A delegation of Arkansas City business men attended a meeting of the county commissioners Friday in Winfield to hear a review of the highly controversial relief resolution passed this week by the county board.
In another session punctuated by hot remarks between county officials, County Commissioner W. F. Walker resumed his attack on the resolution, which closed the local relief office, provided that all orders to the poor commissioner and case supervisor should come through the board as a unit and made other changes in the existing relief set-up.
Charging that state laws and federal regulations were being disregarded in the relief program, Commissioner Walker also contended that Arkansas City firms had not been receiving a fair division of county insurance and printing.
The other two commissioners, R. B. Hanna and James Grant, maintained that the consolidation of the relief offices would result in a more harmonious program and would effect a saving of $500 a month. 6-16-34
Original Format
Newspaper clippings on scrapbook paper.