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T -e ARK is published twice each month, the stencil cutting and mimGOWrephing
5e ng done ha and thrcW h the courtesy cf the State Office, Kentucky Emergency
Relief Administration, Louisville, Ky. The Transient Bureau is not responsible
for any of the views or opinions expressed in this magazine, nor is the accu-
racy of any statement made herein guaranteed.

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Durillj 1 Le pest w3ek, 11c:“v1ewerq from tte Kentu Meij onerhe
Relief Administre1tion of‘ Louiswille have been registering all cl
who were in the bureau before July.

The Vederal Interviewers will use t1i
by the State offici :15 in the selection of MCanO a work
projects. Priority, 1 L‘ Rusiflﬁcht, will b; g liehts who
were on the relief rolls before, or during, the month of July.

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It is exuect ed that a cent ol laoor bureau laterh1ll or 0:”ab-
lished which will act a: a eltorin” house f’or t_he Listrl utior oi
certain cla: $05 of Creicesionel and skilled workers. 'or 1r"+°rcc,
one eree m7; have a surplus of clfice won, me u:hurics, etc. In another,
an acute sior:ag3 of this type of labor may e1ist — herce tho HO“US€1?J

oi the labor bureau.

c 1 work, such a. clerical and resezr 3, will be created to
teie ourc of the so-eallod white collar worker

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Eropessiorals- 142.00 to ,75.GU per month
lptl“*eem te'— q35.00 to $68.00 per month
Lkillnd Tradesx— ‘30.C0 to L50.OO per morth
Unskilled L1erz—321.OOOto 55.00 per month
From tJe Crossroads of Louisville.
Note;‘ﬁe have sec uxed some fivures from Director Herd Uyrd
regardirg the cost of servic eLLd:\zed clielt: of this bureau. In
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st 0; the preset: Service averages 616.00 per morth, a1d
i clude: the weekly allowance of ;l.OO. In the Center, the
cost averages 20. 20 per montl.

If and when the work projects of he sient bureau are placed
under the TOU “orks Program, it will be easv to figure out the difter -
co in pay from consulting the atove

BIL ‘ LED—£11 ﬂ
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There's seven hundred people starving in Lexington, and the city is
tryin, to get together 3 fund of '“Cut thousand dollars to take care of
them. Under these circumstances, the kibosh has been pl.3ced on ”ellows doing
extra work around form after t‘ey have finished their i511ly task s around the

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bureau. Some of the boy Have been picking-up 3 Lew st 3y ziiox as in this
way - but from new on i

Cunday mornine the Aitc_en i‘orc e were 311 mv rkirq; wiLh toucls
their faces. as snw them.iron the outside and investi igatcd

' 1nd Kick and his gang gettir; ready to

brcixiLst dish "Hard boiled fried CVfSh. Some of the 031o

b,‘
*” el can I do a :yt:“in ; with

were 3 liotlc axes in tnc wool in seemed. “C
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(h9807H sub: Nleh. ”Shot~tur.” By the W33, kitchen tLani; LGVo improved
venderfully - they redll; Know how to fry V just W,r:,m,e:1t payrol - QrUille

to , for another hi arrival gene
;;ei a iob work‘ 0 cs hel,or

cl rcouring the tetm over. Overjo ed to net

on catalpa worms. The J«;t worm are
cautht in the while they crmf
up one down or‘ as one sits

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Part of the educational program offered at Blue Licks are the lessons
in Pokerology. There are many students, but few of them gre duets. The Monte
Carlo down in the Sylvan Dell gets a great run at times but it all seem
to circulate around am n5 a few. You‘ve got to be an expert before you
tackle these past masters.

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3n; of the ec:1vale ssnts at ” up Blue Lick was Poul Trock, one of the
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ed Witll lollvpopitis.
o Jall game was Ior "Doc" ,1
him he had some liuoniue in the hospital, and hen have four imi do he d

1 By the way, W‘ saw more men walli ng around with lollypoos in their
months out it amp them ”we do drin.h 11131

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:j. :k ::< $1 11:}: >I: )lr: 7k 2:: :k >1: 2;: :{<

”Check 'em.out” Carroll, who had charée at Blue Lie ks while the camp
was beif: dism1ntlcd, :u,s we have vet him in dutch. ie sevs he’s not a
tough,r rd boiled, s——-~~--h, lik we have me.e peo;; le think he is. Alri:ht,
we apole:izo. Your re not tough, you’ re not liard boiled. All ki idi. ng asi
”Check 'em gut" T ives lots of the f’ell OIS a breeL, and we like his st roight
forward remurl:s a lot better than some of the under cover stuff we have
card at diifercnt tines around here.

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: The ceanp played a doutle

Sport News for expiring Comp blue Licks
s tron esults. Both ““105 were

header with n tu'm fro m Carlie lc With d1 as
lost to the tune of 19 to 6 and 6 to 2. VJ: thought the camp nod the game
on the hip by now.

Th‘ orntel contest for 1irst at the head of the ste irs leading into
t 1 going on when we leit, and will be renewed at Camp

Domino one and cri ibbee‘ still hold the lime light in minor sports, with
horse shoe tossing still in demand.

We are 511d to rreort thit Joe SHE rsky won first prize

of $1.00 for his exhitition in handicrait, which was a
beautifully hand carved block. He also sucks lollypops

in his Spare time. {’9‘

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The picture on t} e right represents our
esteemed editor - he esteem: };isself - as he will
doubtless lock in u few more weeks oi playing
the horses. Te has lost everythi1? but his loving
disposition, and Winter is coming on. Florida editors
in need of talent please get in touch with him at
once, as he expects to leave real soon. His talent

mﬁists in 1icl:ing winners that Win next time out
- a variation of the Carroll Svstem.

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Oh the next page we're giving you t-e ¥§\ _//’ ,// V’QL '
figures in full and in detail. Kind; \\ /" v{ *

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Theorecically, every man who went out to Camp Blue Licks contributed
$14.00 to the value of the park improvements. That’s only theory of course.
We know some guys who ate that much in tWO days and then left:

Actually, the 2000 men who have been on the roll call of Camp Blue Licks
put in 78,000 hours building roads, building the museum, the cure tuker's
house, the assembly shelter, stone paths, bricklaying, plumbing, planting
shrubbery, and so on. Much of it was skilled labor. The total value of the
improvements to the park amounts to 057,500 - which is quite some improvement.
The average number of men sent to camp per month was 247 — and the average
daily roll call was 125.

At Camp Pakuneki, which operated three months, the boys put in 4,646
hours building a road to the camp site — a Boy Scout Camp. The value of the
job was $1,400., and the camp averaged 47 men per month.

Lt can“ ilkhorn, which ran along for a couple of months with an average
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of 115 men p;r month, the boys built a dam for fish conservation. they put in
11 hours on the job which was valued at V2,OOO.

Around the Center, 11,000 hours were put in muking desks, files, tables,
chairs, screens, etc, to the value of $5,500. Ten men per day were employed
at this. Some of the boys put in 1,216 hours painting and decorating two
school buildings in Lexington, to the value of $1,200. The bureau also su‘plied
office help to the N.R.S. which would have cost $1,000. At the University of
Kentucky, bureau men put in 1500 hours landscaping, digging ditches, to the
value of @500.

When we all moved over to the new Center, 15,764 hours work was necessary
to make 'he place over ready for occupation. Painting, plumbing, electrical
work, carpenter work, etc, was d,ne to the value of $4,000. Tao Larcotic Farm
project called for 9,560 hours labor at landscaping, road grading, digging
drainapo ditches, etc, to the value of e3,oeo. The toy project last Christmas
called ?or 600 hours, value $200.

All of which makes an imposing, gal.
If the boys are having an easy '4ZM‘
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time or it, as some people think, §

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BALANCE” SHEET

We haven't made these figures out of our own head - they are part
of the official record of this bureau from April 1924, through June 1935.

HQEE Project Hours XEEEE

Camp T‘lue Licks 78,000 $57,500

i Cam, Pakuneki 4,646 1,400
; Camp Elkhorn 5,511 2,000

, Shop Work 11,000 5,500

‘ School Buildings 1,215 1,200
f Office Help, N.R.S. 3,300 1,000
U. of K. Improvements 1,500 500
Center Improvements 15,764 1,000
. Narcotic Farm 9,560 3,000
foj Project 009 m_m399
Totals 128,397 $54,300
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ihe above figures do not include Camp and Center maintenance - only
work projects of defiuate value to the community or bureau. Over two hun—
; drcd thousand work hours wore required to maintain the Camp and Center
in addition to the above.

The largest project was, of course,
5 in Camp Flue nicks. This park has
been turned into a thing of beauty
and a joy forever, mainly through

the efforts of the Lexinq

It was a good job well done.

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Bill Carey and his gang have finally got around to putting up the screens,
the rubber gaskets having arrived at last. The colored quarters over the garage
are compleced and occupied. The colored men now have their own quarters and
recreation room.adjacent.

The daily threat to "Check you out” if we don‘t do this or if we do that
has not been so mrch in evidence lately — temporary let up possibly. It seems
to have little effect on the boys - they come and go so fast we can't keep up
with them. Five tons of canned beef on hand, and the cooks huviné a time trying
to figure out ways to make it palatable. Most of the boys coming here from the
larger bureaus say this is the best small town bureau in the country.

Work projects ’eclude projects at the Narcotic Farm and some cleaning up
for the City of hex Jcon. Men are being sent out to Camp Lake debs most every
day, and Blue Licks is rapidly being closed out. Then "C cck 'cm.0ut" Carroll
will be back. We're looki \ forward to a tornado of activity. It has certainly
been quiet around here the past few weeks:

The Richmond Rc' or carried a peach of an article about a
Written by Cibson Pr;ther, reporter for that journal. Articles of
are rarely seen in newspapers — written with understanding and ski
intensely interesting. ‘

.is type

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No changes of major importance. One improvement could be made. Separate
the m n in the dining room by personal appearance — the dirty ones with their
own kind. Jo excuse for not being clean in this bureau. Education, ability,
and background are lost in the bureau shuffle, men are either clean or dirty.
lmwashed, unshaven, hairtousled men, with dirty clothing, are out of place in
the dining room sitting with clean, self respectinr men.

Much discussion goinw on regarding putti L bureau men on the W P.A. -
but nobody overly optimistic. Guards and cooks noved down to second floor. As
we'Nrite this the roll is 108 at the Center, and 155 at the Camps. Miss Adams
mm hiss Bradley are on vacation. The ARK is days late in getting back from
uouisville - must be pretty busy down there.

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First death on the bureau records — Emery hunter, found dean on the road
mmr Camp blue Licks. In bureau for only a few weeks. Dr.Gre‘, of Everybody's
Church, Lexixgten, officiated at tie service. Buried in Lexington, inoghe
Potter's Field, relatives being unable to care for funeral. )

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Iiandicruf‘t School seems to have hit a snag. Have IE}? /
Eward Camp Lake Reba will have a spendid educational ’£»///:é/
mﬂ.recreatienal program under way before long — There's /(;ﬁ}'
hm years work there buildirg the dam. Logical place (1/?w-\//
hr an educational program — they move out of the K
Center too fast. {

If you're thinking of moving to Florida this

winter, please be advised the St Pete Bureau
has been discontinued and the men sent to Tampa.

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work is progres ssing right alor ‘10 under the able direction of Sam Preston,
labor foreman, We now have we ter and lights. About 2000 feet of 1:,- inch pipe
has been run 1ron1 the power house to the ki tehen, and the li 11ts are i11 the
kitchen. The ofLice buildin“ will soon be ”1111 shes. At this writing; the men
are still living in tents, but work will commence immediately on the barracks.

The men are behaving themselves as well as can be expected, and we have
had very few check outs. Everyone seems to be verg well satisfied and no."1tented.

Everybody is working hard to get tr e camp lined up, and after hours tr 1e boys
1.44 e 1. 1‘ ‘ , '1‘ n , r 1 1 . .
spend 310014 01 tﬂCll" time iishing oi 1‘t1 e dam. l‘he big ones have not yet started

to bite.

One night ins neck, 11' ile Io?) Stafford and Lee llerritt were patrolling
along Irvine 1 1:0, tnej spotted a 11.013 re coming (101111 the road carrying: a l: rggc
sack on his sack. They hollered and asked hir: 1ha t he had, end he dropped
the sack and ran. [:11 vesti1etion of the sacs turned up 27 chickens with
Meir 1-.ec1cs twisted. 1931' called the local police, who came out at once. The
chicrens belonged to » farmer a short distance up the r0211. The negro escaped,
but Bob and Lee riot :1 :‘ice write e—up in the local paper. Wonder what would

have been said if they havin' t or tht the thief in the act?

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q 1:1 some muterious wethwo, of Queen's puppies disappeared for a few hours
the other morning, and 1.7.15 George 1011911111 hot? The air was blue for awhile. One
remark he T119111 was ”The guards can catch chicken thieves but can't see anyone
ate the pum ics 3 1t" — and more tl at cant be printed! But the wup‘gi si’inally
‘trn d up.

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I’eace. Ihe O11r'1,rly :131 the hospital can now rind go to bed on schedule, as
John is iirst in thc morning 11111? the last 1., “ht to call for first aid. He
has tried out ill the pills, and is new 13 on the liquids}, But John‘

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tn: “reel: end d :rxeie arrezwer’ter1ts to go out
to cti’eh some ire s. They both waited :.round
0i ht, thou necidod to lay down for an hour until
Seen or 11111rd of either of then until seve 11 o'clock
. .13 were observel comifirt out of thei tents fully
”9530111. The 11i jht air had been too much 1or them, and the irogs are still
Croatia!

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After Barnacle Bill and me cleaned up on the water hyacinth deal
we went on up the line to Jacksonville, sitting on top of the world
again. We registered at the Vindsor Hotel, facing he park. It was a
well joint with a large front porch.

"We’ve got to think up something to make money," said Bill. "It's
still cold up north, and we‘ll need a stake by the time the weather
breaks.” And with that he lapses into a coma. We were sitting on the
porch at the time, watching the cars drive by.

'Te got to thinking there was a lot of cars going by. If we had
mﬂy a nickle for each ear that passed the hotel we Would soon be rich.
We passed the idea on to Bill. He mulled it over in his mind for a spell.

"I’ve got it,” he shouted suddenly. "Let’s go." With that he tears
off across the park in the direction of a filling station. ”All these
cars buy gas,‘i said Bill, ”and that‘s where we'll get ”em.” his foot
kicked somethirg lying in the grass. Bill stooped and picked it up -
it was a lodge emllem. He stuck it in his coat lapel. ”You never car tell,"
said Bill.
le talked to the owns" of the filling station — on independent, not
colpani owned. He admitted he had been using a premium.deal to get bus—
ss - five gallons of oil with each hundred gallons of gas bouiht. He
mmitted it did not applal to tourists.

””e've got an idea that will pull every car that passes, into your
station to buy gas,” said Bill. "It will cost you less than your presen
method, and it won't cost you C dime to try it out. he'll be back in a
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couple of legs." ”e left him standing with his mouth op,

”I got the idea from looking at that clock,” said Bill, when we got
back to the hotel. "Here's the idea.'We'll have a board made, about three
feet square, with a circle in the middle, and numbers around the circle
from.one to zero. That's ten numbers.

We'll put two arrows on a pivot, with the tip of one painted red.
The idea is to spin the arrows, and where ever the arrows step will give
a number the red one indicating the first number. It’s exactly a 100 to
one shot - saw one in a gamblinh hOl.‘ c
the customer gets five gallons of gas free.

The idea was too complicated to put over without a demonstration
so we went ahead and placed an order for a sample board, very highly
colored, with two flashy metal arrows. We also had a four by six foot
banner made, reading "Free Gas Today". In quantities of one hundred, we
could get the complete outfit for five dollars each. The sample cost us
fifteen dollars which we figured to be a conservative selling price.
lite the complete outfit ready, we went over to our filling station
prospect. "here’s the way it works," explained hill. "You hang this banner
on the outside of the station. The customer drives 1%. You‘tdu.him to
spin the arrows, and if they stop on.today's date he gets five gallons
of gas free. See, today is the Sifth, so if both arrows stop on the five
he wins and gets five gallons of gas. If the date is the fifteenth, the
red arrow must stop on the one, the other on the five. It's very simple,
and it's gust a hundred to one chance he’ll hit. The customer risks
nothing. "Ye explained it over and oecr.

1e agreed to try it out for a day, and we hung around 9 see that
ever‘thino‘weht alright. “This :uy owns fifty stations," sai 8ill, ”and
elieKs we‘re all set." That banner sure stopp é the ears. ?hey poureé
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“D oc” BRUCE CARLTON,

HIS COURSE IN FIRST AID FOR THE POCKET
BOOK NORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION ALONE.
THE DADDY OF THE DOFESTERS.

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FUGGY OBI-.HMAN.
AUTHOR OF ASTROLOGY AS AN AID TO PICQING
FIFEEES. HE GETS THEE OUT OF THE CLOUDS.

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DEAR OF DICEITISo KNOWS WU. TU PROEESSOR OF POKLROLGY.
SIDOT THE K0313. HIS COURSE {ILL MASTER OF THE YLRKED CARD“
SET YOU UP FOR LIFE. RIDE THE KCAD TO RIQHEC WITH DIZZYo

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UOIT LTT THIS DEPRESSIOT GET YOU DOHNL UOTT WASTE YOU? TIIE EETOAWIUM YObh
ELRD LUCK. DONT LET THIS OFEORTVHITY PASS - JOIE
'73 TIUE. YOU Lil NINE YCU CLN KAT? GOODE‘

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A day in the Intake Office is a varied medley of Ripley’s "Believe it
or nets”. Here, too, are encountered some of life's tragedies as well as
some rollicking roles of humor.

A few days ago a yound man entered the office and signified he wished
to regisizer for care. After being duly registered by the case worker, he was
handed a meal ticket and told to ”sign meal tickets here" - the case worker
indicating the line for his signature. The young man calmly picked up the pen
and signed the words "meal ticket" in an excellent show Of penmanship.

Then there’ s the case of the aged minister who sat in the re»; stration
waiting room reading the Bible. The intake clerk deftly rolled a cigarette
and asked lor a match. The minister stopped reading for the moment and lectured
on the evils of tobacco. In due t me he was registered and sent to the bath
room. Arriving at the head of the st air s leading to the bath room, he made it
known in no uncertain language that he did not come hare to take a bath and
then proceeded to the door and on his way.

Many men are addicted to the use of one or more aliases. A young man having
assumed an alias was being questioned rather hurriedly by the case worker,
who suddenly asked his father’s name. He as suddenly blurted out ”J O. "
"J.O. What?” queried the case worker. Thereupon the young man forgot moment-
arily and gave another name. Emerging from the registration office the young

man was pcss essed with a different name, address, new parents, A modern Dr.
Jekyl and lir.Hyde. What!

Another veteran of the road - there twenty years by his own admission - was
being registered. After finishing the necessary re Qistration, the client asked
about supper. Upon being told by the case worker that it was too late for suppc
the 76 year old veteran lustily exclaimed, "What! You want me to stay with you
and try to treat me that way?" And out he went!

This trar sient life is also, peppered freely with tragedy. Witness the case
of the 16 year old boy who had run away from home. He 0 ”me into the waiting
room looking pale and ha3rard. His reply to the usual questions came in a husky
whisper. He hadn’t eaten for over two days he admitted, and was almost crying
with weakness. The dining room was closed for the night, but one of the night
watchma in g;ave him part of his sung er - and the lock on his face and the tearful
thanks were well worth the sacrifice.

~Vincent Quickel, Intake°

The followinf items arrived surre titicuslv the other mornin — at

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early dawn, to be exact. This signifies the Phantom was on the job all
of dirt for just one night's

nijht. He has certainly gathered p a lo

t
work. Xe accept no responsibility. Here 'tis

h C H I L D ' S P R A Y E R.

we the members of Came Lake Reba wonder wh' our ”Doctor" is c
3 i. 3 ,
"Daddy" - could it be possible that he is buying dolls for a fair
in our city, for the consideration of calling him "Daddy"?

We are also interested in a certain chant, that we heard next door
to our boarding house thru all hours of the night, such as this: "I pray
to Bed to make Mom let me call the Doctor man "Daddy”.

Could this to Bruce?
C A R N I V A L 1

Our favorite truck driver, Sugar Boy Watson, with his bride to be,
Sylvia, went over to the carnival at Richmond, one night recently to make
”Whoopee".

This cooing couple was accompanied by his future in-laws. Mother,
Father, Grandmother, and Grandfather. A great time was had by all, as it
was the nifht after pay day.

Incidentally, there was a tremendous down pour of water. The inlaws,
having the interest of the bride to be at heart, demanded that Charles
take them.to their domicile immediately.

1118 I'OdC 11"; a taxi -" and "81.1 ar 80"" 1,4131de thru ihC down >ourl
) J a,

We wonder why is it that Supt.
Edward Rice wants to go back to
Blue Licks to have his shoes half
soled?

we wonder whit fair damsel
(B———k) that our ace guard Lee
Merritt was interested in the other
night, when Fix-it Smith and Robert
Holley came singing into camp?
Clanging boat chains and stringing
fish: Are your intentions honorable
Lee? All of your pals are interestedl

-The Phantom.:' .
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to the /

Louis the Kid worked a year in the 000's in Florida, then went to New
York on discharge. Tried vainly to find work, and finally went on the road
no July. He finished High School a few years ago. Here's what he has to say

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about some of the bureaus he visited:

”Perfect bureau? Where? If you're looking for the perfect bureau there
’aint no sich animal'—at least, not in my experience. Conditions are bette
in the small bureaus and camps, but, from the 'Mndhouse of Manhatton', where
men are content to live in a crowded, unsanitary, poor feeding joint, full of
drunkards, dopcs, chislers, and no counts — to the almost perfect set—up of
Camp Fort Eustis, there's wide range of conditions. Here's what I found:

NEW YORK. Stayed at the 'ZMny' two nights. 2200 men. Average of 200 men
slept on each floor. One continuous line for meals. Conditions far from clean
throughout building. Inadequate recreational facilities. General attitude,
’Let George do it'. Left in disgust of general conditions.

PHILADELPE A. Stayed at Locust St Shelter three days. 800 men. 550 or so
slept on each floor. Sleeping conditions a little better than New York. Lines
marched through quicker. Fair supervision, clean conditions. Poor recreational

facilities. waited all day to register.

BALTIMOR“. Stayed at Frederick St Shelter one month. The reason? Lost new
suit costing 535.00 in the fumigator. The line was in the hundreds and every-
body grabs anybody’s clothes when hey come out of the fumigator. Bureau re—
fused to make good the suit. Received shirt and pants later, but were ragged
overalls belonging to some one else. 400 men here, about 200 sleeping together
on each floor. Splendid cooking. Lines at meal times three blocks long - three
shelters eat in same dining room. Front gone now, unable to look for job.

W'SHIYGTON.D.C. Stayed at Canal St Shelter two weeks. 500 men. Slept on
army cots very close together, 250 men to a floor. No ventilation. Walk mile
and a half for each meal - good cooking. Long lines. Tried to enter CCC again

— refused. Sent to Fort Eustis.

FORT EUSTIS. About 2800 men here. 100 men to a
barracks. Heat and clean in dining room with good
food well cooked. Army style, with mess kits for
each man. Very good supervision. Excellent (7;?
recreational facilities. Stayed one week,
then left to find job. Fort Eustis alright
but entirely out of the world.

RICHMOND,VA. Told shelter was crowded
and sent to 'Volunteors of America' Shelter.
Walked three miles in rain. Food very poor ‘“
and ﬂoppy. About 35 men, double deck bunks. /7[#; '

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No heat, No towels, no recreation. Stayed
one week here trying to get work.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Small bureau. Registered in one hour. One meal at Shelter
then sent out to camp. Good living conditions and good food. Lived in barracks
at camp. Worked on County Road Project. Excellent recreational facilities.
Stayed three months, then left on promise of job in Detroit from friend.

COLUMBUS, OHIO. On way to Detroit. Shelter had 800 men. ZOO men to a floor.
Food fair. Very long lines. Clean bureau, good supervision. Colored and white
ate together at same tables. Stayed only one night.

MARION, OHIO. Small bureau — 100 men. Old timers have the best of it here.
Sleeping accommodations good. Good food. Fair recreational facilities. Stayed
one night.

TOLEDO, OHIO. Large bureau. 1600 men. Registered in thirty minutes at 4.30
P.M., but had to wait until 9 P.M. before eating. Waited until midnite for a
blanket, and then slept on a bench in the dining room with seventy five others.
Very unsanitary conditions. Long lines at meal times. Colored and white all ate
and slept together. Stayed one night. What a bureau!

DETR