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Show Pg 15 to oerform thP tdsk I have at hand . · On the ~4th of March I renorted to Pi~hoo 0dnnon as follows : Bishop 8ylvestPr ~ . ~~nnon and Coun.: e llors Presidia~ Bi~hopric Salt Lake ~ity , Utah Dear Brethren : dith the statistical report I desire to state that in additioc to the number of placements therein rPcorded are a lar?e number of L. D. S. placed during this time , not included because they are not registered at the DePeret Emvloymeat ·.mrea11. The Make ·Nork Comrv1ittee bave C011Dleted i+s '~'·'lr~:-, t'"'e C01.1nt:v Relief -.. arehouse closes on the lst of A.Drll , ':'e have not thus far been able to place a man on the new Cit~ dtor~ Je Jer of 7ater mains since t~P decision -- ~- of the Supreme Court , altbou?t the.J.J . Burke and nickering Brothers are Y"lacing a n1Hnber of their old mer. who-m they claim tl:e;; h:1ve been carryinP" on their Da:v roll all ·vinter to -:-he exte :: t of b , OOO . OO . B11t r:lrn . ~nd Brick Reyberg promise to cooDerate la+er . I thi~k :you should be advised of t~e preeent condition : Mr . A.. .C. ,/ilson of the U. 2 . 3-overnmPnt PmDloymPnt "9nrealJ, has made complaint to the State Road Commission, t0 the County Commissioners and to Mayor Louis ;sarcus , th:::~.t this departmect is not cooDera.tin~" witb his department in placing the u~eMoloyed on the State Ro~d Drojects , --etc . 'rhe fact is it vvas m:v u~1derstandinP' ths.t ve wovld seed a list to the U. S . Bure~1 for place~ent of the une~oloyed on the projects insti~uted by the :.rake 'Nork Comrni ttee , but th ·::l.t the state Ro::td ·JOrk .vas not included and the result wa.s the :Ja:yor sent me the follovJirH~ lPttPr , attached as exribit a . This parti a l cooper&tion has not been at all satisfactory for the reason it duplicates our work , delays the place~ent of ~en , and hinders completion of our reports , etc . In answer to tbe !fu~or's lPtter t0 me , I ~t once ~et him and told him frankly that he ~ds the ocly official that listened to fal~e renorts without first C-lling me in to investioste and th~t I declined any longer to coo r era t e w i t h Mr • N i l son - - t h ~ t if t h P ~· Ta yo r , JO u 1 d l i ke , I w o u l d at once turn the whole matter of Civic Jmnloym~nt ove r , and He could make his own selection of Hr. Nilson or ar~:v othPr person or organization to handle the matter . He at once 3aid be did not intend his lPttPr as a criticism at all , cal l ed in his stenog-rapher , a.nd thPre tore thP l.otter up and said . ~TO\V you see no one will ever know . n During our conversatioc , I sugP-ested thAt he ,jCt.ll T.ffr. Wilson , 7·rr. none ~1r . \rPntz, :rr. R. A . Hart , Mr. Zelley, ~.}us P . Backman , and 'Ne would h 1t thrash the matter out . 11r. ~lilson , Mr. ?ope , Mr. A.rentz , and Mr. Hart , ca11e to the conference,-- thP othPrs conld no-t: c0me --and after man:y angles were di~cussed A.nd tre ir:si:2tPr:t demand of' Mr . Wils0r.: to place the TJ1an - - I again told thP entirP ~rauv -- so far as T was c0ncerned -- I rpfused to longer cooperate under tbe presen-t condi tior.s , and the :Ma;;or could act '3.8 he thought wisest and ~eqt . ~ithPr I would continuP as at present , or turn over the entire manaqcmer:t to thP .. ra.:vor f0r his o;vn selection. I felt this E course absolutel~ ripht under +be unhanDy cor.ditions develoning . ;\fter I left the rneetinP" the Jtc1te l~o -:td Commission , ~·1r. 3lood , ~~r . eterson , Mr. Park r , "Tr :t:now l ton and T~r. Cates ar.d T had a conve-rsation over the lattPr and later I h:J,d a rneetin? Jith the Count:v Commissioners and th~ re~ult is we are goin~ to carry out thP Dian of last year , an~ the County and State· neithrr arP in favor of the u.s. ~overnment Bureau interfering with local' plans of County or :J tate . ::3o the placements bein2 made no ·v are er1tirely on the na.rle:y Canyon ~ ·;arm upring , and 1~mmigr,->-tion canyon projects . V:=ry tr11 ly ~ours brother , (Signed) John K. Nhitaker |
