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...levy on the wages of all State job holders, Governor Langer candidly replied that the contributions were necessary to the life of the G. O. P. In addition to being Governor, William Langer was also State relief administrator. When Federal Relief Administrator Hop kins learned that CWA workers were expected to subscribe to Governor Langer's political organ, the weekly Leader, he re moved the Governor from the local relief administration. Soon after, charges were filed that the Governor, as a Federal employe, had solicited party funds from other Federal employes. That, according to the law, was a conspiracy...
...Tarzan does when he and Jane get chased from pillar to post by his jungle pals. What, then, shall we do? Shall we put our trust in Roosevelt the Righteous, paint ourselves blue and sing 'NRA, my God to Thee, a Gentleman's Marks Are CCC, ERA, ERA, CWA!' Shall we be Nazi men with Hitler, or start Lenin toward the five-year plan? There is a problem for the long winter nights. What shall...
...billion, Administrator Ickes had set aside 2.2 for PWA projects. Not more than 251,000 men had been given work directly. As Great Britain could testify, the straight dole had proved less expensive, more effective. With $400,000,000 from PWA funds, 4,000,000 jobless had received CWA chores and a livelihood for three and a half months. Even the CCC provided a better employment buy than PWA. With $323,000,000 from PWA, CCC had kept 300,000 young men busy in the woods since last summer...
When Marinette. Wis. CWA workers were laying the foundations of a new school building, they kept warm by moving their concrete mixer right into the cellar. Last week they had finished the cellar, leaving no exit for their mixer...
...turned out a painting entitled "The Fleet's In." It is alleged to show the jolly tars rolling about with harlots and booze, in the popular tradition of all good sailors on shore leave. It was judged good enough to be given a place in the cross-section of CWA art to be displayed at the Corcoran gallery in Washington...