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Editor, The Pineville Sun,
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Harch 2,1952.
Columbia Broadcasting Co.,
New York Uity,
Gentlemen:
In a broadcast by the magazine TIME on tho night of February
19, reforsnce was made to the trip of New York writers to Pinev111e,Ky.
Their escupades while here were presented by TIME in their news broadcast.
DO you have s copy of that broadcast? If you have s copy of
the plsylet produced plcsse send me one. If you do not please advise where
one may be obtained. ,
Yours truly, _.

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2 March 2,1932.
·Colliers, ` A
Springfield,O., '
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing herewith an article on"Communism in Kentucky“
which I hope you will find acceptable. ‘
Visiting writers have attacked us from all angles, yet our side
never has been presented. We feel that we are entitled to this statement. I
can supply handbills and other papers to back up every statement made in
. the article. In view of the misrepresen ation that has been made against
my part in the anti-communistic activities I especially hope that Pineville
can have her side presented.
This is submitted at your usual rates and in the event it can
not be used please return. You ere at liberty to rewrite or change this to
suit your needs so long as the fects remain as given.
Yours truly,
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   Merch 5,1932.
Editor New ¤epublic,
New York Gity, .
Deer sir:
I I request perniseion to reply to two vicious and false stories pub—
lished in the New hepublic under dates of February 24, and March 2. I know
that this will not be granted for from the tone of the articles you are in-
terested only in one side of the matter and it is your desire to distort
that side. However,bl;sed you may be you must admit there are two sides. .
on February 10, Waldo féank wired the mayor of Tineville that a
committee of writers was coming to distribute food to the starving miners.
Neyer Brooks wired beck that there weve no starving miners in Pineville
and refused permission to hold a mass meeting. The committee came on and
Y the trucks were directed by the officexs outside the city limits.
This committee stated that it was"not connected with any orgz~* e
t1on"yet it was led here by Lorie Perks, head of the communist public +
week and an udmlttee communist. Kiss Parks made speeches here in viola
of the criminal syndicallsm laws, urging the miners to fight the law a
the coal operators une telling them that they would not be given food _
they went on strike and the women went on the picket lines. Charles R.@t
emo came with Theodore Dreiser, en; nre. alker directed operations of th
committee from Knoxville. Harold Hickerson, another member of the party ‘
spoke te the miners and urged them to fight.fhe entire city was in a t
as e result of the radical speeches and the citizens decided that the sv
the committee left the better it would be for them and the city.
This committee did not come to give out food but to get publ n
why did ell"press releeses" sent by L.Oakes, communist publicity dinectow
contein the books written by the members of the committee? Thy did the c·
mittee bring milk in tin containers and issue it in paper ice—creem cart
why was it necessary to take moving pictures of this ect? There was no ec,
Vcerity in_the visit of these writers and you know it. ·
As chairman of the Red Cross I personally invited the c0mmittee¥
to visit our headquarters where we have on file 1,500 cases, complete fem;
records, giving names, ages, and all other information about those in need
The committee declined to come, promised to look over the records "sometim<
and rushed out to distribute the milk before it was too late to get good
moving pictures of the humanitarian work. They were not interested in a co
structive piece of relief work; they wanted lots of fanfare, moving pictur
front pages and they did not hesitate to exploit human misery to get it.
In an editorial comment you state that I walked up to Taub and
taunted him and said that "this will be the last chance you get to make a
. speech on constitutional law in Kentucky". That statement is a eontemptibl

 lie regardless of the statements made by members of the party of writers.
- I was at least one hundred feet from the men when they were fight-
ing and I did not see them until it was over and they came out in front of
the lights to examine their wounds. I asked ten or twelve witnesses what had
happened and all said the men fogghtone another. I heard one man eay:"Hs*¤
hitting a  oman" and another cry out:"He hit his buddy". Another said:"They-
re fighting each other so they can go back and say we beat them up." This 1
was the tone of every remark and a careful investigation failed to disclose
ONE witness who had any other opinion as to what happened. Investigations
since then have failed to disclose a witness who thought or saw otherwise.
I returned to Pineville and called the newspapers I represented
and told them exactly what happened as related to me by witnesses. Other
correspondents who talked to witnesses sent the same stories, or similar
ones. Taub or Frank made no statement at the scene of the deportation. If
they concocted any other statement after leaving I know nothing about it.
The events were reported exactly as they transpired and any reporter wetl-
have covered the case exactly as I did. »{
I was not a member of the party but went solely as a corre*p0nd-
ent. There were no writers or hengerson on of that party in the car I§;ent
in. The men were not taken across the state line. It is my opiniong;n‘ he ‘
light of developments and after reading some of the false statmncnts iscued
by the writers, that the men really feught one another, regardless of any
statements that they may have isqucd to the contrary. I feel that any impar-
tial investigator will arrive at the same conclusion after interviewing ».’
the fhty or sixty men who went with the party to the state line.
Ilalsm am of the opinion that after studying the matter and deter- _
mining what Pineville has had to go through with during the last six months {
at the hands of Mreisers, Franks, Taubs and others seeking publicity and _ `
communistic advancement that guy impartial investigator will decide that c—{
the citizenship of Pineville has exercised great self—rostraint in just i
taking these outside busy·bodies to the state line. f _
J The coal fields welcome sincere offers of help. we do not think `
band~wagon methods of charity distribution, accompanied by demands for th1s,g
that and the other, will solve our problem. Our own people are working day `
and night to remedy conditions and they welcome constructive criticism. The
4 one thing they resent above all others in intrusion by those who expdolt _
human misery to further personal ambitions or to stimulate relief returns
to agencies that do not smack of Americanism.
” Yours truly,

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March 3,1952. ?
Benton J. tong,Hsq.,
Editor §ows—Sgntinol, ·
Knoxv1llo,Epnn.,
D@&P &r.St0ng:
In accord noo with you¤ suggootiom I have tritton tocoy an
article on thc things our people apo coing to help conditions in the coal
fields.
_ VYou ccc at liberty to use this article in any way you eco
fit (aftc? it is proporly thrown together) and I do hopo that parts of
it com bo hamdloé by you through other pupors in your chain so that ohhovs y
in th¤ couvtry will got ·our side" of the mmttcr·
, If you move any suggwstions for changes ov corr otions plcaso
lot mo hoc: from you.
Yours truly,
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 Pineville,Ky.,narch -- Southeastern Kentucky is trying to meet the
problem of caring for her people. If the world-wide depression has hit the
coal fields a harder blow than other sections, as many believe, then the
people of this section are making even greater efforts to meet the problem.
The one thing that the residents of southeastern Kentucky resent
above all others is the implication- or direct charge- that her people are
sitting by and looking with complacency on the sufferings of the unfortun-
ates and that nothing isnbeing done about conditions. It is this attitHde
on the part of Theodore Mresher and his comsittee and the Waldo Frank com-
mittee that has stirred the people of the mountains to action. It has been up
the refusal of these radicals or liberals to give credit to the efforts of
the mountain people that has led to deportations and warning that such out-
side interference will not be tolerated.
Southeastern Kentucky welcomes the aid that more fortunate sec- g
‘ tions may offer. The Frieddst Society has demonstrated ablg, leaders say,  ;
how relief can be given and real service to the mountain people rendered
without the publicity and fanfare of literary excursions. Today the Quakers I
are feeding more than 2,000 children in Bell and Harlan Counties and not
a single motion picture machine has been used in the distribution projectlwp
Waldo Frank's committee brought two moving picture machines, the leaders
say, to distribute 100 gallons of milk in paper containers and to distribute
two truck loads of food.
The cities of Southeastern Kentucky- Middlesboro, Harlan and Pine-
ville- were the first in the United States fully organized for relief work
under the call of President Hoover. All charitable organizations were merged
in each community under a general welfare committee, the Red Cross, Associ-
ated Charities, Unemployment Uommittees and other agencies co-operating to {
see that the greatest good could be done and that duplication of effort §
would be eliminated. Campaigns to raise funds were launched and the response;
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was most heartening to those in charge. Middlesboro raised a community bud-.
get of $18,000 with a population of about 10,000; Harlan•s population of
less than 5,000 set a budget of $10,000, and Pineville population of 5,600
raised $6,000. ‘ _
Having done their part these communities called upon the Red
Cross or other national agencies for assistance. It was too great a load
for the communities of the mountains to carry. The coal business a s de-
moralized and when bankruptcy left coal camps helpless, the welfare agencies
` stepped in to render assistance. Naturally, with the limited resources at
hand, it was impossible to take care of all calls but these organizations
have been doing all that is possible to take care of the problem.
` The $g¥%H¥@;; in Pineville¤9an~be-teidrandlt¤e’thIn§a:that/are
_»o0 being   and Middlesboroyere=aée g-thersaheaigg  Every town is
bending every effort to meet the situation arising from over—production in
the coal fields and the leaders in these communities are of the opinion
that matters will not be helped by agitators who come in to exploit human"
misery, call men from jobs,(even though they may be underpaid} and racketeer
in food and clothing taken from poorn: workers in other sections.
Last January, that is,l95l, dnouth relief operations were carried
on in this section with an expenditure of about $25,000 in Bell County.Tnis
work was carried on in a limited way during the summer, after beinf official
ally closed down may 1. The first of the year found conditions worse than
at the beginning of last year and the leaders of eoutheastern Kentucky ral-
` lied to the task of caring for the unfortunate:.
A three-fold program is being followed in Bell County. First,
there is the matter of employment; second, comes family relief work, and
last, rehabilitation. l
A complete organization has been set up to handle the cases.More
than 1,300 cases are on file in the Pineville office and similar files may
be found in Middlesboro or Harlan. where there is a msn in the family able i

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to work he is placed on the employment list and given from one to three y
days of work a week, depending upon the size of his family. He is xissued
I scrip good at any store in Pineville equal to the day—rate of pay. If he
is not able to "make ends meet" on the amount of work available he receives
supplemental orders from the relief agency. Public works are being used
by the Employment Committee and numerous eivic_improvements will be carried
out- if the fund lasts long enough.
there there is no one in the family ablesnzxmilitng to work, the
_ case goes on the regular family relief list. Orders of food are issued
twice a month to these families and they are urged to supplement the relief
i with any odd jobs that may come up. Few get the"odd jobs" and they usually KN
are back at the expiration of the two weeks periods. Because funds have
not been available for unemployment many families have been placed on the
i family relief register. Practically all the men are willing to work, if
labor is necessary, but most of them are satisfied to draw their two weeks
·supplies. ‘ "
A Rehabilitation Committee has been operating in the field, seekv
ing sane permanet solution of the problem. All realixe that no lasting good
can come from pauperizing certain members of the community and asking oth-
ers to labor on an unemployment relief basis. This committee is looking to
the future. In its hands is placed the task of finding homes for from 500
to 1,000 miners in Bell County, and probably a greater number in Harlan
County, where they will not have to be dependent upon the coal industry
l for a livelihood. This committee has adopted a slogan of "Baek to the Farm"
and most of its work is along the line of finding homes for miners on small
farms in Bell or other counties of Kentucky and_Tehhessee. Efforts also hd
are being made to obtain governmental or other aid in meeting the problem
iof sending men back to the soil. The committee realizes that it is imposs-
ible to send a man and his family to a plot of ground unless he is properly
equipped to take care of himself and family after getting there. Farm

 (4) implements must be provided, live stock must be obtained, a house must be
build and outbuildings must be constructed. This all costs money. The prob-
lem is, where to get the funds. Q
of aeo,ooo,
A government advance[ if such is possible, would rehabilitate
500 families in this county. This would solve the trouble so far as Bell
County is concerned for the miners who remain would te able to get in enough
days a week to make a living. Living conditions would be improved_and,ult1—
mately, the coal industry might get on its feet to such an extent that much
better wages could be paid. I
The Rehabilitation Gomnittee also deals with other problems. It
sees whether this youngster, who new apparently does not have a chance, can
be placed in a children*s home in the state; it talks tQings over with this
old and decrepid couple and advises them that they should go to the county
infirnary for the declining years of their life; it sends this old man to
live with a son and this old lady to a daughter in another state. It gets
jobs for men discharged from one camp and fills a vacancy in some other line
when available. This committee is now co·operating with the Quakers in a Jnm
plan for rehabilitation and it will be glad to confer with any other group
whdoh may be interested in the problem new confronting the bituminous coal
fields.
i In the general office of the Fineville welfare League are two paid
workers and ten volunteer workers who give generously of their time in the
relief program. In addition to the staff there is a a case committee com»
posed of four or five business and professional men of Pineville who meet
every day for an hour or more and pass on C&S@8• There are other committees I
who go into the mining camps, visit the homes of applicants and make reports
as to the need. All work is on a volunteer basis.
The telfare League operates its own store and throughthis hundreds
of tons or food have been issued in a systematic way to families in need.
Hundreds of pairs of shoes have been issued to school children and adult¤’

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and thousands of garments have been given out. No estimate cen be made of
the amount of food and clothing sent in by the Red Cross end purchased
I locally by the general com ittee. `
Another committee of twenty Pineville women sew regularly three
times e week for the welfare League. Girlt’ dresses and boys' shirts are
turned out by this comuittee and taken to the gonerel store room for dis-
tribution. When new material is not available old clothes are gathered
up in Pineville and made over for the people who need them. These women
give generously of their time snd.meens to help the unfo;tunotes.
The set—up in Pineville is duplicated in middl shore and isrlan.
Every agency is uniting to see what can be done to meet the problem of
unemployment and the resultant problem of dissatisfaction. Lvery cmmsunity
is doing its utmost and all welcome constructive, sincere offers of assist-
i ence- » a? a?   A

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  Wnscowsm Lurvnszs C0|vu=ANv
DEERING SAw Mu.1. DEERING, MO.
March 5, 1952
Dear Mr. Evansz-
I am enclosing a clipping from the Sunday Post-
Dispatoh, written by some smart guy at Moberly, Missouri,
wherever that is.
Evidently I missed your letter, and I wrote them 'I
for a week of papers that I thought it might appear in but
` they sent me the wrong one. I am writing them for some more,
and as soon as they get here will send it on to you.
It makes a fellow plenty sore to see such as
this come out Mr. Evans, and something ought to be done about
it.
Kindest regards,
Sincerely,
<:i;EEi€7¢/KL  
I only get the Post-Dispatch on éundays, except when
I have it sent out from town, and I missed about a week —-
the one that your letter appeared in.
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V   V‘'··, iTo,=vtKo_Editor of,the,Post-Dispatch: _·     moot of V
° " V i OUR,i editorial, r ·"In Darkest.`,_Ken-’ "=‘ ’· ·
`   i-   tuckyff is vindicated _py_jt1ie ietteii 9?nt?°"°t?
V ` `°`_"` C. fron1`Herndon Evans, recentlyC'pubg;_ me Yme
  lished in this column, in which-l;1e‘un= confirmat
Yi"` dertbok toidefend the actions"of Kent- thgwiptg —
    tucky officials. The iepistle significantly Curtisc in
· ‘ ·`r1;€Y€B.]S ghe'Bell County official {mind. -- ,’  
. — · Let us examine a little sidélightjon ine S?¤d*¤$
,   `‘{‘ affair which appears inthis weekts 1;~1ew, V§"0\11d S€(
-   Republic, a liberal and certai11ly_--,__n0t divided tl;
.   Communistic journal: Z ·     fj · equal hum
~ ·j V · "On_ Feb. 10 ·a committee otewriters Whhbdo V
  visited Pineville in thetoal fields of _, A
‘ " Southeastern ‘Kentucky, wlththe purpose, ·IUdg€ Pere.
  ?` first, of distributing food to thestriking Those who
· .   _ miners there, and, second, f of oD€¤l¤S placed byt
_   channels by which regular supplies of _ ·FOur 8,
. `*"`é=food could be distributed inthe future.   y e‘
The committee succeeded in itsflrst aim, frem mem]
`i_`4’Z"'since three truckloads of food were di- acceptance
, vided among the _miners—with theiexcepy unfit tor t]
` ” " ·tion of two or three hundred pounds·_of t Ht OH
', l salt pork stolen by the Deputy Sheriffs- a y’ D _
‘ ’ lbut no channels were opened for future voted agml
distribution, and the committee itself was twice as g.
'   ` kidnaped and driven out of Kentucky by him.- _Th6
-   if _ an armed- mob. Waldo,Frank, the chair- vicw But
V   `man, and Allan Taub, the attbrneylfor the ~." ' _
  it striking miners now in the Pineville jail, » 4, { "‘
_ ···— were severely beaten by unidentified - 5
T **{;‘ members of the mob, which included coal _ _ _ i
" operators, lawyers for the coal operators, ,Whethe1*
i - _,_, merchants supplying the coal operators boycott ao
`* " and Deputy Sheriffs employed by them. resort to S
’ H;-T One of these self-styled ‘night riders' was X4 .
` ,4, _ Herndon Evans. who, besidesbeing head €V$Y`Ywh€¥`€
· V ____'I“ Q of the" local Red Cross_and editor .0f the that ipereiy
. V, Pineville Sun, is the Bell County corre-` totsou Joo, ‘
`   spondent of the Associated Press., Before . ·
’   _the kidnapedrwriters were. released at from Bd}1c&i
, f tithe Kentucky border, Evansrwalked up to, m}`?¥`$»,_,§P.dS
‘ ..  Allan '1`aub, wiiese face, after the beating.] against Jap}
'iQ_`,'f_was a sheet of blood. ‘Well, '1'aub,’ he doot Lowe]
said, according to the affidavits submit-
I ted to Congress by several members of ceivedfit t
`”""the writers’ committee, 'whyxdon't you Cemmlttee
_ ~ j'- ‘ ·make us another speech on constitutional aiboycott a .
P -`-··· , law? This will be the last _chance you get Louis and _
. -Tile-to make a speech on constitutional law . .
  V in Kentucky} Evans then returned to · Obiectwn
§ "'"'Pineville and wired to the Associated Wa?} but 1
’ — Press the story that Taub and Frank had couldtriot 1
` been fighting with each other. —We re- money ;wjt}
. yjntspectfull submit that Herndon Evans, on " ~
,· `   {the basisyof these facts, is unfit to be the markets `WO
_ 1 correspondent of the Associated Press or nm? mth€I`t‘
. i _· of any other newsgathering agencythat any other ’
C j pretends to any degree of impartiality.}? the boycott
. ; -; All this makes one wonder just [`what ‘ V
· ` ` ‘ " Herndon Evans would consider a "fair" Sc?0uS_ prqm
, -   Investigation; - JACK CONROY. ` tribute by b
i ` Moberly, Mo; _ A . . which Japai

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HARRY G1ovANNo1.¤
162 NORTH ASHLAND AVENUE
LEXINGTON. KENTUCKY
March 5, 1952 A
Dear Evans;
I read with great care and extreme interest your communica-
tion published in the Courier-Journal in which you described in
detail the relief measures established by the people of Southern
Kentucky for the purpose of meeting extraordinary conditions
in the coal fields and congratulate you on the completeness with
which you did the job.
Since there has been widespread confusion created in the
minds of many good people by sensational reports of alleged law-
lessness in Eastern ¤entucky—-reports particularly published in
New York newspapers--I suggest that you send a copy of your com-
munication to the New York Times for publication in their page de-
voted to "Letters from Readers of the New York Times." I feel
sure that The Times, with its characteristic spirit of fairness,
would give it space. I have a pleasant personal acquaintance with
Mr. Louis Wiley, the business manager of The Times, and you are ay
liberty, if you are disposed to do so, to enclose a copy of this
letter in your communication to him. He has lived in Kentucky and
has a friendly interest in the people of the State. Send the
article to him personally. With best wishes I am,
Sincerely yours,
Mr. Herndon Evans, pfqwvywjd “~
Pineville, Kentucky. Harry Giovannoli

 _ _ Merch 4,1952.
Su  E$q¤ ,
The Associsted Qress,
Louisville,Ky.,
Dear Stiles:
In view of the fsct thnt there hss been so much published in
the rsdicsl press during the lest week or so giving credence to statements .
msde by wsldo Lrunk, Allan Tsuo and others regarding my connection with
the deportation of the party of writers to the state line on February l0,
I feel thst in justice to the Associated Press thst I should turn this work
here over to someone else.
" I sm afraid that unjust criticism may he placed on the AP
through my connection with The Eineville Sun, which has been leading the I
fight on communism in this section. I have handled ell news for the AP
fsirly and impsrtislly but due to the fact that these rsdicsls have put
me in the limelight because of my psper's fight, I certainly do not want `"
to embarrass the AP.
· I will be glad to assist you in any way I can but I do think `
that for the good cf ell concerned that during the pr sent difficumty and
in View of s proposed xenstorisl Investigation, in which I shell doubtless ·
be celled upon to take some part, thst someone else should represent you
in this field. lf this is satisfactory please advise me.
Yours truly, j
/

 March 4,1952.
Editor,
Christian uontury,
44C $cuth—beeroorn St.,
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Leer sir: J
I respectfully cell your out ntion to an editorial in the Christ~
ian century uses: este of lerch 2, 1952, is which you make libelous stete~
ments abogt me and my work as news correspondent.
In eccordunce with my rights in the matter I hereby ask that you
make necessary retrsction of these scsboments. Every statement you made
_ in connection with me and my work, both ss correspondent or metropolitan
newspapers and ss Lee cross cbeirman, are false and libelous.
I ceiend full and complete rezrection•
·w. N . —
“‘ Yours cruly, =
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 March 4,1952.
Mr.John M.whitmore,
Reisterstown, Uaryland, ·
~ Dear sir:
I thank you for your kind letter of February ll, regarding
_ the deportation of Waldo Frank and other outside meddlers.
I thank you for the enlightenment contained in your letter.
Heretofore, I had labored under the misconception that a mine
mule was the dumbest thing on earth.
I thank you for setting me right.
' Yours truly,

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The followmg article by Herndon J. Evans, Editor of the Pine- `
. ville, Ky., Sun, IS reprmtcd from the Knoxville, Tenn., News-Scntv
ncl of March 6, 1932. ·
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Southeastern Kentucky is tryinglby agitators who come in to ex-[and his family to a plot of ground··
to meet the problem of caring forlploit human misery, call men from lunless he is properly equipped to
her people. If the w0rld—wide de-[jobs (even if they are underpaid), take care of himself and family af-
pression has hit the lcoal fields 2. and racketeer in food and cloth- ter getting there.' Farm imple- A
‘ harder blow than other sections, as ing taken from poor workers in ments must be provided, livestock
many lbelieve, then thepeople of other sections._ must be 'oibtained, a house must =be
‘ this section are making even great- Last January, that is, 1931, built and outbuildings must ibe con-
· er efforts to meet the problem. idrouth relief operations were oar- structed. This all costs money. The
The one thin-g that the residentsiried on in this section with an ex- problem is, where to get the funds.
of ·S0ul:heaster11 Kentucky resentipenditure of about $2.5,000 in Bell Need 500 To ‘Go Back' 1
albove all others is the implication, l*Ccunty. This work was carried on A government advance of $500,-
, or direct charge, that her people in e limited way during the sum- OOO, if such is possible, would re-
. are sitting by and looking with mer, after being officially closed ha}§ilitate.5OO families in this coun- _
complacency on the sufferings of d0‘W1'1 May 1. The first ofthe year ty. This would solve the trouble
the unfortunates and that nothing found conditions worse than at the S0 far as Bell County is concerned,
. `A is ibeinig done albout ·c0nditi011s. beginning of last year and the f0l1` the miners Who remain would _
— It is this attitude on the pom, of leaders of Southeastern Kentucky be aible to get in enough days a
_ Theodore Dreiser and his commit- rallied to the task of caring for week to make alivinlg. Living con- · `
tee and the Waldo Frank commit- the unfortunates. This is the plan; itions would be improved and, ul-
tee that has stirred thepeople of IA; threeefold program is ubeing timately, the coal industry might
i the mountains to action. It hes carried out in Bell County. First, get on its feet to such an extent
igggn the yefusail of these ;·g_di·eg1s there is the matter of employment; that mu·ch better wages could be .
_ or liberals to give credit to the ef- second, comes family relief work; paid. A `
forts of the mountain people that and last, rehalbilitation. The Relmlbilitatiofi Com-mittee
» has led to deportation and warn- A complete organization has also deals in other problems. It _
ing that such outside interference been set up to handle the ·cases.`Sees whether this youngster, who
· ` will not lbe tolerated ‘ More than 1,300 case are on file,l'10W 3."pparently· does not have a ' A
` Friends Society Given Praise in the Pineville office, which tekeslchance, can be placed in 2. chil-
Southeastern Kentucky wel- care of three-fourths of Bell Coun- dre¤’s home in the state; it talks
‘ comes the aid that more fortunate ty, and Similar Offiees may be things ever with this old and de-
sggtigng {nay Offgp The Friends fOl.1l'1d lll Middleslboro 0I` lI‘I3.I`l3.I1. credit €OUDii€ 8Tld 11CiVlSB fhéllli i
. Society has demonstrated ably, Where there is 2. man in the fam- they Siwllld go to the county in- `
leaders say, how relief can rbe giv- ily able to Work, he is placed on firlmify for the declining years of ·
envend real service to the moun- the employment list, and givenitheir lives; it sends this old man to .
tain rpeoplle rendered without the from one to three clays work aiiive with a son, and this old lady
pwblicitzy and fanfare of literary week, depending upon the size of to a daughter in another stage,
excursions. Today the Quakers are his family. l It gets jobs for men discharged .
feedinlg more than 3,000 children He is issued s-c1·i·p good at any.ff0m Acme camp and fills a vacancy _ _
in Ben and Harlan counties, and store in Pineville equal ie the day-{iii Seme ether line when available-   =  
f not a single motion picture ma- rate of pay. If he is not able to\`ThiS Committee is now coioperat- l i  ii
Chime has abeen used in thgldigtri- "make ends ~meei:" on the amount illg With the Quakers in a plan for ‘   ; i
' A bution project! Waldo ·Fye_nk’S r>f.w0rk available, he receives sup-‘Y€h21bilil13·l3i0H and it will =be glad Q
._ » party lb~rou·g·ht two motion picture plemental orders from the relief te confer With any 0th€I` ETOUP . ‘ ` .  
x l machines, theleaders say, to dig- a=genc·y.- Public works are {beingIWhi~Ch may lbe interested in the ’   i
tribute 100 gallons of milk in pa,- Used ·by` the Emiployment Com- ptwblem new confronting the bie    
per ·c0n’cainers and to distribute mittee and numerous civic im- iiumiiwus Coal fields. iii
·tw`o truck loads of food; provements will Ibe Carried out Two‘W¤rkers Paid, 10 Volunteer . i . (
The cities of Southeastern Ken- —if the funds last that long. ` In the general office of the i i  
— _ 1:ucky—#Mi-ddleelooro, Harlan and Food Twice Monthly to Families Pineville Welfare League are two l ` i l  
_ Pi¤eville——ivere the first in the Where there is no one in theipaid Workers and ten volunteer ‘ ,  
. . United stores fully organiied for family elile te werle ilie eeee geeelworkefs who give eenereusly of ° i `
V relief wor-k under the eel] of PyeS-!'c0 the regular family relief list. their time in the relief prog;-ern, i V. I Z
ident ·Hoover. All oheyitable 0yga-IOrders of food are issued twice elln addition to the staff, there is a V  i  
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